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December 2017

December 11, 2017
  I never knew how I'd broach the truth about Santa to my daughter, Rosie....
December 10, 2017
  After three days, they found Him in the temple, sitting among the teachers,...
December 10, 2017
  I was recently informed by a disgruntled reader that I "literally threw the entire...
December 07, 2017
I don't know exactly whose idea it was to come up with an Adventosaurus. My friend...
December 07, 2017
  Christmas is on its way!  Here's today's earworm: This is just your periodic humble reminder...
December 07, 2017
Things had been easier for so long. Herod was dead. They were not in...
December 06, 2017
Rosie and I went to the Friendship Room with our widow's mite. There had been...
December 04, 2017
  Miriam was still living in the cave. There was nowhere else to stay...
December 03, 2017
It was bound to happen at some time or other. I'm sorry that it happened...
December 02, 2017
  He is here. The Lord of Heaven and Earth is here. Miriam sees Him,...
December 02, 2017
  Hello, Latin Catholics! Come on in, pull up a chair, help yourself to something...
December 02, 2017
I'm not known for being at a loss for words, but here I am. I...

November 2017

November 29, 2017
By Donna Provencher I mulled a few hours too long about an uncomfortable Facebook message...
November 27, 2017
I recently saw an article that was published and became very popular last summer, which...
November 25, 2017
Imagine her terror. Things were bad enough before. She came to Bethlehem in the...
November 24, 2017
  [This account was written for me by a Brooke Alker Gregory. I am sharing it with...
November 24, 2017
(Note: most Seven Joys devotions skip over the Visitation and count the Nativity of Christ...
November 23, 2017
Gobble Gobble, everyone! It's time to talk turkey with some entertaining tips from the Marchioness...
November 20, 2017
Donna Provencher, one of the women who reported being used sexually and spiritually abused by Jonathan...
November 19, 2017
Hi everyone, This is just your periodic reminder that Steel Magnificat is about 90% donor-supported,...
November 19, 2017
She must have been exhausted. Eight days after giving birth unexpectedly, in a stable,...
November 18, 2017
I have seen many men-- men I respect deeply and believe are totally sincere-- reacting...
November 17, 2017
  The following message was written by my friend Jessica Mesman Griffith, and I share...
November 15, 2017
The centuries-old prophecy has been fulfilled. The Virgin has conceived, and will bear a...
November 14, 2017
As I write this, we are six hours away from the start of Philip's Fast...
November 13, 2017
  I never in a million years thought I'd be defending the Slumgullion-in-chief. I defended...
November 12, 2017
I was thirteen. I remember, because I was leaving for my first overnight bus trip...
November 09, 2017
Saint Philip's fast starts less than a week from today! Latin Catholics don't start Advent...
November 09, 2017
My daughter has been on a Beverly Cleary bender, lately. Don't get me wrong, I...
November 08, 2017
I did it. I finally did it. I successfully made and ate stew. We almost...
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