Sum sum summertime! It’s amazing what a big ol’ dollop of free time does for me. What a rush! Already we’ve ripped out dead bushes from our front yard, had new windows installed (to replace the original, 60+ year-old shards of glass we used to have), Andrew fixed a cabinet, and soon we’ll hang a new ceiling fan in the nursery. Yipee! Happy Wednesday everyone! Don’t forget to find Pope Francis’s weekly audience for the ultimate Words of Wisdom Wednesday!
A First Homily by freshly-ordained Deacon Mark Ostrowski
A friend of mine from Benedictine, Deacon Ostrowski was ordained to the diaconate just this past weekend! Congratulations MarkO! er…Deacon 🙂 His first homily covers the gravity of the simple phrase “Jesus is Lord.” A simple truth, so often said, is not as often believed or felt.
Help! My Children Aren’t Catholic Anymore! by Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Patheos
Fr. Longenecker mulls over what leads a cradle Catholic to “fall away” and how it can be prevented. As a parent who loves the Catholic faith, this post addresses one of my biggest fears.
Beautiful Things by Alzbeta Volk at The Volk’s Wagon
Alzbeta is a truly wholesome person and her approach to life in general is pretty motivating. In this post, she was having a particularly challenging day, but chose to turn her perspective around. Foregoing stuck-in-the-mud lamenting, Alzbeta wrote about what was going right.
Potty Training – A Full Version by Lindsay at My Child I Love You
My sister’s friend Lindsay has a blog devoted to her children. Among posts written directly to them, she’s offered her take on Catholic wife-n-mommyhood as well. Since potty training is upon us, I found this post to be pretty thorough and instructive. Pass it on if you know someone who could use it!
Aw, man! Thanks for mentioning my little blog… I’m so glad it brought you something good! Thank you for your beautiful writing and all of the work you put into it. It really is wonderful.