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December 31st, 2009 I hope you and your family have happy plans for New Year’s Eve and the Solemnity of Mary this weekend. I’m busy with cookie baking and rum cake making and family visiting, but I didn’t want to miss pointing out some end-of-year happenings at Faith & Family Live this week: Lisa Hendey shares her picks for 10 Most Fascinating Catholics of 2009. Check out her list and add your own December 29th, 2009 I am happy to announce that Fr. John Bartunek, LC, will be joining our team of bloggers at Faith & Family Live as well as writing a regular column for Faith & Family magazine. Please come over to welcome him and ask a question to get him started! December 26th, 2009 1. Drink a tall glass of water. You are dehydrated. Trust me. 2. Exercise. Free endorphins! 3. Scrub a floor. Not that they need it or anything. Not that I noticed or anything. 4. Read to your kids. (We love The Legend of the Poinsettia and other Tomie de Paola Christmas classics this time of year.) 5. Turn up some Christmas carols and dance. Teens might roll their eyes, but December 25th, 2009 The Nativity Prayer of St Bernard of Clairvaux Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we made in your image, conform ourselves to it. In our own strength we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder nor is it fitting for us to try. But Your mercy reaches from the heavens through the clouds to the earth below. You have come to us as a small child, but December 23rd, 2009 Breathe. Whether the cookies get baked or the laundry gets done, He will come. Whether the wreath gets hung or the stockings get stuffed, He will come. Whether the in-laws are late or show up way too early, He will come. Whether we’re “ready” or not, He will come. Because more than gifts and gadgets, more than candles and cookies, He knows that we need Him. If you only prepare |
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