… as you can see, Our Lady holds a special place of honor in my household. Read more

… appropriate for today. My son decided to play Ash Wednesday with my set of charcoal art supplies. This entailed him smudging little black crosses on the foreheads of all the photos in the house, his own head, a toy robot and the cat. That poor cat. It is going to kill us in our sleep. I just know it. Read more

… Eucharistic Congress, Sept 10 & 11. Also, the Catholic Company is having a warehouse sale this weekend with benefits going to the Misionaries of the Poor. Time for me to load up on yard statues and my much loved kitsch. Read more

… yeah you. The regular reader. I heard housing pilgrims is good for more than a few indulgences. Just saying is all. Read more

… I’m so proud of Cory, he’s like the little brother I never had. Remember them in your prayers, as well as the 21 seminarians in the Raleigh Diocese. Read more

… I got new neighbors and, judging by the kitsch in their yard, they’re Catholic. Let the competition to be crowned the Tackiest Neighbor begin. At least this gives me an excuse to break out the Christmas lights a few months early. Oh, this is going to be so much fun. Read more

… trading in malta mondays for a tuesday theme, and you can’t go wrong here. Read more

… an excuse for my son to throw holy water on the cat, the insolent neighbor kid, his skateboard, his lucky underwear and the cat. He loves baptizing the cat. Cat can never be too holy. Read more

… that, and black is slimming. Read more

… being caught by your parish priest trying to tame down your son’s cowlicks with the holy water. Read more