The F.U.N. Quotient… the hamster thanksgiving
And just in case you are in total hamster cuteness mode… there’s this….
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Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours…*
So many things to be thankful to God for this year… from the big things to the little things… My Bob and my all grown up family… For renewed health for my mom… (thanks for all the prayers!) For new employment for Bob… yay! And continued free-lance style work for me……
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Among Women 187: Saintly Models for Charity, Diligence, and Temperance
This week on Among Women, I interview author and Catholic Fire blogger, Jean Heimann. We discuss her blogging life and her new book, Seven Saints for Seven Virtues. This new book profiles saints who model the virtues we all need. Traditionally, Catholics have trusted there are seven heavenly virtues that help defeat the seven deadly sins…
Read MoreThis makes me think… how countercultural Christian faith really is… or, be like a salmon
A few years ago I was on holiday in Scotland and saw an amazing sight: thousands of wild salmon in a river, swimming upstream, racing ahead, jumping in the air to get past rocks and over the boulders. Salmon, I am told, lay their eggs upstream, and once hatched, the new salmon swim down to the…
Read MoreThe F.U.N. Quotient… having fun at work edition…
Honestly, I went a bit weak in the knees watching these angles. And just in case you needed something more lighthearted…
Read MoreThe #GraceOfYes + the feminine genius = a vocation story for a Daughter of St Paul (2min video)
Let your heart be moved by this two minute witness.
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#GraceOfYESDay… who inspires me? Intercessors, Helpers, Missionaries, Caregivers, Mercy-bearers
In honor of the”Grace of YES” day… (inspired by Lisa Hendey’s book, The Grace of Yes): The people who inspire me with their yes include … Intercessors: the men and women who silently, and particularly, intercede for others with their hidden prayers. I know I have been the grateful recipient of many prayers lifted to…
Read MoreFrancis on Complimentarity, Marriage, and Family Life #Humanum
Here is a portion of the text of Pope Francis’ greetings to the Humanum participants: You must admit that “complementarity” does not roll lightly off the tongue! Yet it is a word into which many meanings are compressed. It refers to situations where one of two things adds to, completes, or fulfills a lack in…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about the divine face, the incarnation…
The Divine Image by William Blake (1757-1827) To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care. For Mercy has…
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I write for Catholic Digest; Make this your easiest-to-give Christmas present…
For a few years now, I’ve been privileged to be a columnist in the Catholic Digest. My space is “From the Catechism”. (I always thought it should be called “The Pat in the Cat” — but I’m grateful to my editor, not only for the work each month, but for her good taste in not…
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