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… One for every day in December. Because I am a giver. For anyone who has every played with their nativity sets, I give you this Doctor Who Nativity. Glorious. Read more
… An amazing thing happened this Thanksgiving. I didn’t make it back to Virginia to see my family. I missed out on My Big Fat Puerto Rican Thanksgiving, an event I look forward to every year. But that’s not the amazing part. The amazing part was instead of feeling depressed and sorry for myself, I felt incredibly grateful – grateful to have family that misses me when I am not there. And not only that, I had multiple invitations to... Read more
… In 2002 a Christmas tradition was born. It all started one evening in a Target store. There I was, a new mom anticipating her first Christmas with a new born son, a son who was due to arrive any day now. Bedridden for the past couple of months due to pregnancy complications, I was in a joyfully festive mood and happy to be out of the house. I remember it wasn’t a crazy Black Friday kind of day, just... Read more
Post by Autism Speaks. I’ve been to parishes where special needs children fidgeted and made noise all through mass and no one bats an eye. I’ve also been to parishes where everyone within ear shot turned around and gave the parents dirty looks til they moved to the cry room… where they got more dirty looks. In fact, the first ever Catholic church I went to with any regularity was in downtown Nashville. The pews were filled to the brim... Read more
… Thanksgiving is next week. You know what that means. Single ladies, brace yourselves. Annoyingly intrusive questions about your personal life are coming to a Thanksgiving dinner table near you. You can grimly smile and nod through another holiday get together or you can proactively shut them up once and for all. Introducing… Rent an ex-felon boyfriend. It’s Thanksgiving. Want to skip that long, insulting conversation about how you’re still single? About how your parents really want more grandchildren? Well,... Read more
… I have long accepted the reality that I suck at Advent. In fact, I suck at most liturgically related crafts and projects. If it’s going to require more than a glass of wine and a trip to confession, fuggedaboutit. I finally embraced this liturgical deficiency the year I almost burned down the house, not to be confused with the time I set the lawn on fire. See also – ideas on how not to set your Advent wreath of... Read more
… and I’m all like, rest on Sunday? The Gospel according to The Crescat 1 The Lord worked all week. On the sixth day He slept in for an extra 30 minutes and saw that was good. 2 On the seventh day He got up even earlier than the sixth day and made breakfast, got the family to mass, drove home after mass, but not before stopping off at the store to pick up a few things for dinner and... Read more
… Have you seen this incredible commercial for Sainsbury’s, a large supermarket chain in the U.K., based on the true events that happened Christmas Eve 1914? The commercial reminded me of a favorite movie, Joyeux Noel. From the History Channel… It was a miraculous event, a true shining moment in humankind and one that is unlikely to repeat itself since our current enemies do not believe in mercy or the love of Christ. We can hope and we can pray,... Read more
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