June 21st, 2011

Please Pray With Me

Today we received the sad news of the death of my sister’s mother-in-law, Marlene Froula (addressed in this post over 5 years ago) and the death of my parents’ pastor, Fr. Martin Kelly of St. Patrick’s Parish in Nashua, NH.

Please join me in praying for the repose of the souls of these faithful servants of God.

Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine

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May 14th, 2011

Gabby’s Special Day

Anima Christi Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me Water from the side of Christ, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from Thee From the malicious enemy defend me In the hour of my death call me And bid me come unto Thee That

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April 13th, 2011

Get Clean

A stunning video, illustrating the power of confession, made by students at John Paul the Great Catholic University, as an entry in the i-confess.com contest sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York.

October 28th, 2010

God Bless Our Priests

HT: Margaret Cabaniss

March 28th, 2010

Heading Into Holy Week

This simple song never fails to silence my inner “noise.”

Come to Jesus.

Let’s each of us do that this week.

March 17th, 2010

Brown Bag Films’ St. Patrick Story

Are you familiar with Brown Bag Films? They produced an Oscar-nominated series of short films, Give Up Yer Aul Sins, based upon the 1960s recordings of young children in Dublin telling Bible stories in a classroom to their schoolteacher. And they’re awesome.

In honor of his feast day, here’s the tale of St. Patrick:

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February 20th, 2010

Day by Day Support Throughout Lent

You might recall that for the past couple of years Elizabeth Foss and I have shared daily promptings throughout the 40 days of Lent, reminding moms of small ways to pray, fast, and give every day.

Last year, at the end of Lent, many moms asked if these daily devotions were available in book form. Which gave us an idea.

“Why not give them a whole year?” Elizabeth asked. And

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February 17th, 2010

40 Days

Since I don’t want to be the only Catholic blogger not to share this bit of Lenten genius from Nick Alexander: