Well no raincloud without a silver lining. I got to sleep in this morning. We watched the Mass from the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, which we visited in 2013, but only Bella really remembers it. That was really beautiful. I also...
So… what’s new? Not much has changed here at Casa Bettinelli. Our homeschool routine clicks on apace. I’d love to add a lot of the cool new things to do when your kids are home activities that I see shared all over social...
Distance How many miles to Babylon? Threescore and ten. Can I get there by candlelight? Yes, and back again. How long is a mile? How tall is a tree? If I climb to the top, how far can I see? Can I see to China, can I see to Rome? Can I see over the...
MASK Picking up a pen these days is like donning a mask to dive deep, delve into the dark waters down down below the bubbles, sinking below the twilight zone, searching the seas for signs of submarine life. Where there’s life, there’s hope. It’s...
#withdraw2020 Day Two WASH Well, that’s a wash, you say. Meaning a failure. Over and done with. Or never done at all. Canceled, suspended, never managed to materialize. Hanging incomplete in the air, awaiting no certain resolution. Everything...
In today’s first reading from the book of Daniel Azariah prays in the fiery furnace, asking God for mercy and praising his goodness. And. . . making a sort of spiritual communion? “ We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader, no burnt...
Home I want to go home, the tired child whines and his mother silently agrees— though she doesn’t want to encourage his bellyaching. Her sore feet shuffle their complaints and her back groans assent, her hips remembering wearily how they have...
Well, today we didn’t have to make a hard decision about Mass, since Cardinal Sean had suspended all Masses. But we did have to make a decision about the previously scheduled cub scout hike. + + + To tell the truth, I slept in. Honestly, I...
Bella has been working on her cooking merit badge for scouts. On Tuesday she made chicken-lemon soup (avgolemono), which is one of her favorites. Also homemade biscuits and broccoli and a fruit plate. Her biscuits she made after her morning...
Rome has canceled all public Masses and it was shocking. Now dioceses across the US are following suite, or at least considering the same… (Since I wrote that my own Archdiocese of Boston has suspended all Masses for the time being.) Most of...
