Visit Jen to see more quick takes and thank this wonderful hostess! ** 1 ** Today is the quintessential fall day — blustery, somewhat rainy, and cool. The perfect day for copious amounts of tea, crocheting, and reading Jane Austen. Organic Chai and Emma are calling my name. ** 2 ** I love the Gilmore Girls. LOVE. I’m not sure exactly why. I guess it could be the witty verbal reparte, but then again, it could be the small town... Read more
October is Support a Catholic Speaker Month, being sponsored by Fallible Blogma. Check out the site to learn more; there are still Catholic Speakers who aren’t being represented. You too, can be part of Support a Catholic Speaker Month! Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC is a convert to Roman Catholicism. Before his conversion, Fr. Calloway had been a high school dropout, drug user, and runaway. He was kicked out of Japan, and was arrested several times. His mother converted to the... Read more
I’m very flattered and humbled that I’ve been chosen for my very first blog award! It’s called the Dragon’s Loyalty Award — I was gifted by the wonderful Rebecca at Feel My Love — for my loyal reading and commenting on her blog. Rebecca and I share a love of college football, though we do support different teams. I also appreciate Rebecca’s humor and all of the thoughtful posts about life that she has. Also, I so enjoy the many... Read more
I LOVE this song. I was big into the Goo Goo Dolls in high school, then sort of stopped listening to them. What I think is, this is (a) a Christmas song — “Tonight’s the night the world begins again” — come on! and (b) this is a pro-life song — “the one poor child who saved the world, and there’s ten million more who probably could, if we all just stopped and said a prayer for them”. Watch it... Read more
“Not too long ago, he was a pro-lifer. He wrote and spoke about the right to life and attacked advocates of abortion rights. “There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of a higher order than the right to life,” he would say. “That was the premise to slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation, because that was private and therefore outside of your right to be concerned.” He told... Read more
I have not always listened to the Church, despite my seeming enthusiasm for obedience to demanding moral principles. 🙂 There was a time, in the not so distant past, when I considered myself Catholic, and I enjoyed being Catholic. I attended Mass frequently, read the Bible a little, and tried to be a good person in general. I even became a theology major because I found the study of God and Scripture very interesting. From a theological perspective, I have... Read more
I LOVE this song. The video is a bit creepy, especially if you don’t like clowns. But it’s a super-sweet love song. For my super-sweet love. Read more
I am currently taking an ENDOW class at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The class is on Salvifici Doloris, or “On the Meaning of Christian Suffering”. ** Pause here to plug ENDOW in a big way. Every parish, or at least diocese, should have it — www.endowonline.com*** Last Tuesday was our first class, and the second is tonight. It’s such a wonderful experience, to be with other Catholic women pouring over Scripture and Church teaching to help understand and illuminate... Read more
Elizabeth from that married couple!! The quote posted earlier: “In my opinion, it is an insult to the fair sex to put up her case in support of birth–control by artificial methods. As it is, man has sufficiently degraded her for his lust, and artificial methods, no matter how well-meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.” is by Ghandi, the famous Indian peace activist and revolutionary. Being against contraception isn’t just a Catholic thing. It isn’t just... Read more
I’m going to post a quote regarding contraception from a very well-known source. However, I’m not going to tell you who it is…yet. Feel free to make your guess until Saturday at Midnight — the winner gets…my genuine esteem! “In my opinion, it is an insult to the fair sex to put up her case in support of birth–control by artificial methods. As it is, man has sufficiently degraded her for his lust, and artificial methods, no matter how well-meaning... Read more
Fumbling Toward Grace
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