April 30th, 2006

Living the Crabby Life

Kateri has never been and never will be the kind of little girl I once was. Here’s our latest example: Little girls are supposed to love dollhouses, right? They are supposed to spend hour upon hour arranging the furniture and posing the mommy at the breakfast table and the baby in his highchair, right? I know I did.

But what does my 11 year old do when she gets her

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April 30th, 2006

May 1: Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

Glorious Saint Joseph, you are the patron of all who work. Obtain for me, please, the grace to work conscientiously and to put devotion to duty before my selfish inclinations. Help me to labor in thankfulness and joy, for it is an honor to employ and to develop by my labor the gifts I have received from almighty God. Grant that I may work in orderliness, peace, moderation and

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April 30th, 2006

Television Perspective

I’m a little late getting to this, as last week was TV Turnoff Week, but better late than never:

A Reader’s Question What is your family’s perspective on television? Do you let your kids watch it? Is it hard to set rules?

My Response When it comes to television, our family has pretty much done it all and tried it all through the years. For the first year of our

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April 30th, 2006

From Today’s Gospel

And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a

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