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Parenting advice I was glad to receive
Via Pixabay (2011), CC0 Public Domain Show of hands: who here has been told to sleep when the baby sleeps? How about to enjoy it while it lasts? Oh, everyone? Yeah that is what I thought. Something...
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Encouragement for Big Families
Via Pixabay.com (2014), CC0 Public Domain “Two in diapers? You need to put a TV in your bedroom.” It was almost a month ago, but that comment still gets my blood boiling. It had been a horrible Sunday,...
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Motherhood Matters Catholic Conference for Moms Review: Steve Wood on...
Copyright 2017 Tami Kiser. All rights reserved. From October 10-14, Tami Kiser is hosting the free Motherhood Matters: Big and Small Catholic Conference for Women. If you haven’t signed up yet, go do...
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3 Motivational Quotes (that are hogwash)
Everyone loves a good motivational quote. These little bite-sized mantras have the power to refocus our attention and push us to achieve before unreachable goals. I’ve got one from Winnie the Pooh...
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Happy Hanukkah from a Catholic
“Happy Hannukah from a Catholic” by Hilary Thompson (CatholicMom.com) “We’re all Jews, did you know that?” As a kid, that was just something my grandmother told me every so often. I didn’t think much...
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And deliver us from flu season. Amen.
Pixabay (2017), CC0 Public Domain Whether you got your flu shot or your stock of essential oils, it’s almost inevitable that at one point or another this winter, your kids are going to get sick. My...
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Daily Gospel Reflection for January 25, 2018 - Conversion of St. Paul
Today’s Gospel: Mark 16:15-18 – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul Imagine how the Early Christians must have felt when St. Paul first began preaching about Christ. He had previously been one of the...
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Book Notes: The Case for Catholicism
Cat: Book Notes Tag: Books, Book Notes, Reading, featured-slider Featured image: Book Notes logo It was 500 years ago, but Christianity is still reeling from the Protestant Reformation. Honest efforts...
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The Grace of Imperfect Contrition
Pixabay (2017), CC0 Public Domain This time of year, when you pick up your parish bulletin, somewhere in between the Pastor’s Column and ad for the local K of C Fish Fry, you’re likely to find a list...
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A Coffee Celebration
Pixabay (2017), CC0 Public Domain Remember that good thing you gave up for Lent? Remember how frustrating it was not having it? Remember how magnificent it was indulging in it again on Easter Sunday...
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Glorifying God in the Body You Have
Pixabay (2011), CC0 Public Domain When I was first introduced to St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body in my late teen years, everything clicked so perfectly. Our bodies are images of Christ. Love...
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Daily Gospel Reflection for May 31, 2018 - The Visitation
Today’s Gospel: Luke 1:39-56 – Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today ends the month of Our Lady with an often underappreciated Marian feast: the Visitation. After the Annunciation by...
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St. Anthony of Padua - No Problem Too Small
Pixabay (2016), CC0 Public Domain “Tony, Tony, come around. Something’s lost that must be found.” I just learned that rhyme last year, but St. Anthony and I are very old buddies. Usually, because I...
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Learning How to Ask
Pixabay (2016), CC0 Public Domain “Honey, do you want to open that blanket so the kids can sit down?” “Uh, not really.” A few weeks back, I read an amazing post on the Gottman Institute website:...
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DVD Review: Marital Love and Responsible Parenthood
1968: the moral climate of the developed world was devolving at a breakneck pace. One by one, the Christian churches caved to the demands of their congregation and permitted them to use artificial...
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Blessed Herbs for the Assumption
Copyright 2018 Hilary Thompson. All rights reserved. My home parish, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (or Assumption Grotto, as it’s commonly called) goes all out for its feast day. The whole...
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Even if the sky is falling down
Photo via Pixabay (2016), CC0 Public Domain Each time something horrible happens in our world, I find myself having the same conversation with one person or another: “Do you think this is the end?” It...
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Daily Gospel Reflection for September 14, 2018 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Today’s Gospel: John 3:13-17 – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross “Lift high the cross! The Love of Christ proclaim!” Today we commemorate the finding of the True Cross by St. Helena in 320, and...
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