from Eucharistic Miracles by Joan Carroll Cruz Another demonstration of faith was enacted by St. Louis (d. 1270), King Louis IX of France. His biographies relate that once, during the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel in his...
Radical Catholic Mom writes beautifully about performing a Lenten service: She told me which crate was mine, I was given instructions on soaping and disinfectants, and I received my first guest. I watched as she pulled up her dirt crusted layers of...
My inspiration. I don’t think I nearly do the photo justice. I didn’t really try to capture the colors, but I used it as a guide to lay out the larger forms of the trees. I simplified and cut down on the number, of course; but tried to...
Why is it that on days I go to the grocery store I feel much less motivated to cook dinner? I’d think it would be just the opposite. Maybe it’s that when I was single I’d go to the store primarily when I was hungry and out of...
I’ve been listening to The Lord of the Rings in the car for months and months now. (has it been a whole year yet? Seems like.) I only listen when I’m in the car with only the girls. If there’s another adult present we chat. And I...
Yesterday’s beautiful weather disappeared and today was gray and cold. But I was determined to get out and walk so I bundled the girls into coats, hats, and boots and tuck them in the stroller. Not that either one took much persuading. They...
Continuing to respond to some questions Michele’s been asking about homeschooling. Part 1 is here What�s your experience? My first experiences in teaching were reading to my younger sister and brothers, helping them with their homework, and...
They smiled at the good And frowned at the bad And sometimes they were very sad —from Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans I’ve written two long blog posts on the subject of social-networking media and have planned for a third. You’d think...
A nice springy Sunday afternoon. Time to open the doors and go outside. I poked my head out to check the progress of my crocuses. There are now about a dozen of them blooming and more poking up promising an even greater profusion of color by next...
Amy Welborn has a new feature on her blog. Starting next Friday she’ll be hosting a book chat: I would like to start with Karl Adam’s The Spirit of Catholicism. Published in 1924, it was an important work in the development of 20th...
