Not-So-Small Success Thursday: Time for Myself Edition
The Small Success post that made me cry, but in a good way.
Lawn Chair Catechism: Hearing is Believing
Welcome back to CatholicMom.com’s Summer series, Lawn Chair Catechism. For details on the series, to find the book or study guide, or to catch up on my previous posts for this year, head on over to my page for this year’s series. This week, we’re talking about the Sacraments of Healing: Confession and Anointing of…
Post from the Past: Novena to Saint Dominic
Originally posted on Domestic Vocation:
The Miracle of Saint Dominic Today begins the novena to Saint Dominic, the founder of the Order of Preachers. A novena is a nine-day long prayer, during which you pray for a specific intention. It’s modeled after the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary’s nine days of prayer between the…
Post from the Past: Choosing the Better Part
Originally posted on Domestic Vocation:
I’ve struggled with daily Mass attendance, even though I need to assist at daily Mass as much as is possible for me, for a long time. The older my girls get, it seems it becomes harder for me to get to Mass. We have so much to do for school…
Sunday Funnies: Monday Morning Edition
On Saturday morning, Nathan and I went to the chapter meeting for our local Dominicans. He’s beginning the Inquiry (Postulant) phase to discern if he’s called to the life of a Lay Dominican. He’s been waiting to discern this path until we had a chapter in our area, since previously I was driving more than…
Writing Elsewhere: Gospel Reflection
CathlicMom.com has a great Daily Gospel Reflection series this year, and I’m honored to be a part of it. Today is my turn again, and I’m talking about the Pearl of Great Price that is our Christian faith: While I never officially left, I did my share of wandering spiritually in my 20′s. I would…
Seven Quick Takes: #5DaysRunning, First Drafts, Dentists, and Crazy Summers
Welcome to Seven Quick Takes Friday, hosted at Conversion Diary by Jennifer Fulwiler. Be sure to go check out all the other Quick-Takers at her link-up. ~one~ My kids went to VBS this week. They’re both old enough to be volunteers, which is kind of cool because I have absolutely no guilt about dropping them…
Small Success Thursday: Research, Writing, Green Braces, and OP3!
Welcome to Small Success Thursday. This is our chance to take stock of our week and notice the little things that have gone right. This shindig is hosted by CatholicMom.com, and you should head over there to check out the other Small Success posts and cheer everyone on! My life seems to have been non-stop…
BINGO!
At CatholicMom.com, I’m talking about a technological update to the old Auto Bingo games we used to get at Cracker Barrel. When my girls were little, we found these cool Road Trip Bingo cards at Cracker Barrel. We stocked up and wound up with half a dozen of these cards to keep everyone amused while…
Lawn Chair Catechism: Initiate Catholic Life
Welcome to this week’s Lawn Chair Catechism discussion! For an explanation of the project, hosted by CatholicMom.com, as well as links to the book and discussion guide, go to my page for Lawn Chair Catechism 2.0. For links to other bloggers’ thoughts on this week’s readings, head here. This week, we read about the Sacraments…
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