Because He's So Happy!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
My parents taught me that “Mommy loves you, and Daddy loves you, but Jesus loves you best of all.” I tell Camilla the same thing.
We also talk about how it is good to love Jesus, and why: because it makes him happy.
Even basic theology is often too complex for a two-year-old, and in this case my daughter has gotten mixed up.
“I love Jesus!” she’ll chirpily declare. “Because he’s so happy!”
But it... READ MORE
You Can Stop Looking for God - I Found Him!
Posted by Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC in Just me on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Have you ever looked for something only to find it was right, smack in front of you? All the frantic searching, pleading to Saint Anthony and yelling out, “Who stole my ? (fill in blank) was totally unnecessary. It wasn’t lost in the first place. You were just confused, addled and not seeing what was in front of you.
Hi! My name is Sister Patricia and I am a Poor Clare nun in Spokane, Washington.... READ MORE
Celebrity Chef
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Fr. Leo Patalinghug was featured on the cover of the Washington Post recently, and it seems his public ministry is about to explode.
Fr. Leo is on a mission to bring back the sacred of the family meal to draw families closer to each other and to the Lord. My favorite part of the article is when the writer describes Fr. Leo as the “compact, smiley 39-year-old.” He is truly one of the most dynamic personalities you will ever meet. How wonderful that he uses his gifts to glorify God.
Best of luck to you, Fr. Leo, and may God bless your ministry!
God Is Love
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, February 12, 2009
When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained, and moved moment by moment within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love.—C.S. Lewis
True Happiness
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
All that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
—C.S. Lewis
Akimiski Island
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Sunday, January 18, 2009
An island off the coast of Ontario as seen from a satellite.
Go here to see this photo in the huge scale it deserves—and for more satellite pictures of our amazing planet.
Which is your favorite? Mine might be the God’s-eye view of Tibet—it looks like frost on a window-pane.
Thoughts at the end of a long day
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, October 01, 2008
That I see wrestling as a God-given gift to this world says a lot about my life. Are you in the same boat? Do you see the Father’s love for us when you think about wrestling, when you watch your boys engage in such an activity?
I realize, as I write this, that there may be certain people among us who would turn their nose at such a notion. Some people, I would image, might find wrestling utterly profane,... READ MORE
God’s Small Voice
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Some days it takes all the strength I have just to say, “Have you brushed your teeth? Please brush your teeth” and “Have you picked up your rooms? Please pick up your rooms” as many times as required without yelling.
I am a hero, I think. I did not yell.
On these days, it’s not so much the noise that drives me to the brink as it is the constant motion that’s just part of the deal in a household filled... READ MORE
A Question of the Ages
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Friday, July 18, 2008
“Mom,” nine-year-old Elliott asks at breakfast, “does God decide, or does he just know?”
Mass Distraction
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Monday, June 30, 2008
It’s hard to admit, but I don’t enjoy going to Mass as much as I once did. Before I was a mother, I’d often walk out of Mass feeling that the grace I’d received from hearing the Scriptures and receiving the Eucharist was actually palpable. These days, what’s palpable is the aching in my arms from restraining my daughter as she tries to squirm out of the pew and explore. I’ve usually spent a part of... READ MORE
