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Epiphany… Finally
Every year, I like to do the Epiphany Home Blessing, a tradition in the Catholic Church. Lord God of heaven and earth, you revealed your only-begotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who inhabit it. Fill us with the light of Christ, that our concern for…
Keep readingFuneral Preparations/Plans
I originally had these plans listed on a separate page at the top of my blog under “The Bucket List,” when my terminal illness loomed more menacingly and present before me. However, I’ve been feeling great for a while and things do not seem to be progressing, so I’d rather file these away under a…
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Praying for You
Sirach 2: 1-6 My son, if you come forward to serve the Lord,remain in justice and in fear,and prepare yourself for temptation. Set your heart right and be steadfast,incline your ear, and receive words of understanding,and do not be hasty in time of calamity. Await God’s patience, cling to him and do not depart,that you…
Keep readingQuiet Mornings
When I adhere to it, I really am loving my quiet morning routine. After getting ready for the day and having some breakfast, I sit down for some spiritual reading time. This morning I continued reading in Pope Benedict’s Infancy Narratives, concerning John the Baptist. Music helps to influence your emotions, so while I tend…
Keep readingDrifting into December
December starts now. The last month of a very unusual year. I’ve been attempting to create more routines to my days, and am trying to build in specific times during the day where I can read, pray, and reflect. This nighttime one can be difficult, because I’m very good at working or distracting myself until…
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Ignite Conference 2020: Day 1
As I was signing up on Eventbrite for Mass on Sunday, this conference was suggested to me. Since it is Pentecost weekend, the topic of the conference is appropriately Evangelization. It is hosted by a Dominican order from Ireland, but they do have some international speakers, including Ralph Martin and Scott Hahn. I came into…
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Thanos Snap
This afternoon, I finished the fiction book I had been reading over the past few weeks and debated what I was going to pick up next. It had been the end of a series and I didn’t really want to jump right into some other fictional world just yet. I drifted from bookcase to bookcase,…
Keep readingRemain in Him
With every New Year comes a spate of New Year’s Resolutions. I look forward eagerly to this time of renewal and enthusiasm for goals and planning and getting back to the things that I love and the things that I value. Every year, however, I always find myself ill-prepared and scrambling. I’m rarely ready to…
Keep readingFr. John’s Daily Pontiffications
Fr. John has been breaking down and discussing events and issues surrounding the Holy Father, Pope Francis’s, trip to the US. Well worth a watch! Enjoy! Daily Pontiffications #1 Daily Pontiffications #2 Daily Pontiffications #3 Daily Pontiffications #4 I’ll keep this page updated as new Pontiffications are published! God Bless!
Keep readingFirst Day of 20th Grade!
//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js I’ve always loved the start of a new school year! I love learning, and there’s something intoxicating about the smell of new office supplies. After a three year hiatus, I have returned to grad school as of the past Spring semester. Today, I start classes for Fall semester. I will be taking Synoptics and…
Keep readingMy First Baseball Game!
There are still quite a few “first” experiences for me to have, but tonight, I was able to cross “Go to a Tiger’s Baseball Game” off the list! Fr. Jim invited me to an event for young adults from St. Anastasia where we would all meet at the rectory at 5 pm for a barbecue,…
Keep reading2nd Day of Advent
I know it’s already day 2 of Advent, but I’m still planning out how I will spend this time. I came across a good idea on a website, so starting today, I will be praying for the intentions of any person who sends me a Christmas card. Because we can all use prayer, right? :)…
Keep readingYou Know How Weak I Am!
I was reading in St. Faustina’s Diary last night and was struck by this passage: O inexhaustible treasure of purity of intention which makes all our actions perfect and so pleasing to God! O Jesus, You know how weak I am; be then ever with me; guide my actions and my whole being, You who…
Keep readingBeing Present
There’s something about this time of year that makes me restless. I want to DO STUFF. I want to re-evaluate my life and make it shiny, and new, and fruitful. I want to REALLY live instead of going through the motions. We are still in the Easter season and everything is greening up and the…
Keep readingGod to Go
I have a new project in the works. It’s called God to Go. I will be making myself available in various places and communities for people to drop by to say “Hi”, talk about the faith, ask questions, request intercession, or just be encouraged in whatever they may be going through. I’ll post up times…
Keep readingMy Papa in Heaven
Today is a blessed day for a lot of reasons. First, it is Divine Mercy Sunday. Second, we are celebrating the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. Make that Saint Pope John XXIII and Saint Pope John Paul II. Myself, instead of being able to pray for much of the day,…
Keep readingGive Everything to God
I admit it freely; I have fallen behind on many things that I wanted to do for Lent, but somehow, this is okay. It is okay because I realized that it isn’t a race to the finish. None of this is “over” once Easter Sunday dawns. Until God calls me home, I will always need…
Keep readingPalm Sunday
Holy week. Probably my favorite week of the year. I love the excitement and celebration surrounding Jesus’s triumphant return to Jerusalem. I love the promise of life that those green branches hold, especially after a long, cold winter. I love the bright red color on the altar and in the priests’ vestments. I love the…
Keep readingSpiritually Pregnant!
If you are observant, you might have seen a tiny change to my site today. I got an e-mail this morning letting me know that I’m expecting! 🙂 Spiritually, that is. I have adopted a baby that may be in danger of being aborted (or some other disaster), so I will be praying during these…
Keep readingWalking While Catholic
I had training at work this morning and we let out a little early. I stopped at Subway for a quick lunch, then decided to spend some of my “lunch time” taking a walk in Gallup Park along the Huron River. I confess, most of my motivation comes from the fact that I got a…
Keep readingGreat Story
Saints in the Making University had a great story that makes you think about prayer and compassion. Check it out!
Keep readingGod Gives So Much More Than We Do
This will also be a fairly short entry. Mostly because I didn’t really do much on my Sunday. I had made plans to try to get together with my friend, Terry. However, this didn’t go as I planned, as I slept most of the day. Seriously. I woke up at 4:49 pm and debated whether…
Keep readingA Blessed Day
I did post for the 22nd…. Promise! I just happened to post it over at Paroxysm of Giggles (one of my other blogs), since the day was more of a day of fun. 🙂
Keep readingDestroy All the Wicked
I’m reading through the Psalms for Lent, and there are passages here that call for the utter destruction of one’s enemies. Some people have had a hard time reconciling this kind of destruction with an all-good God. Theories have been suggested that he was responding in this way due to the culture of the times.…
Keep readingOne, Two, Skip a Few…
This seems to describe my best intentions when it comes to my spiritual life. Okay. Really, my life in general. I find it so hard to hold to something that I will do every single day. I suppose if I had a habit of checking my calendar and to-do list every night before I went…
Keep readingPeaceful Sunday
The day started with me waking up snug and cozy in bed. I had the space heater running, so for once my bedroom was about 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the house. Since Sundays are feast days, I celebrated by hitting the snooze button a few times (as opposed to those other days,…
Keep readingSimple Saturday
I had a ten hour day at work, so I didn’t have any elaborate plans. After work, because a friend of mine doesn’t have an Adoration chapel anywhere close to her, and because I have at least 5 that I can think of on the drive home, I visited Jesus and prayed Evening Prayer. What…
Keep readingStay Strong and Live with Passion
I wish I could embed video on this blog. My Lenten challenge for today is to share an inspirational video. There was a challenge in finding a good inspirational video, but I think I have a winner: Stay Strong & Live With Passion from Di Fruscia Photography on Vimeo. It incorporates some of my favorite…
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