Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
God has blessed me with a good friend (Rosalie), who I met at a swimming pool, shortly after moving to our current home. Rosalie has received all three levels of training for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (something that I would like to do, but God has not called me to do). Two years…
Read MorePoetry Friday
After Apple-Pickingby Robert Frost My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a treeToward heaven still,And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fillBeside it, and there may be two or threeApples I didn’t pick upon some bough.But I am done with apple-picking now.Essence of winter sleep is on the night,The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.I…
Read More10 Random Facts about Meme
I’ve had the honor of being tagged by Alice at Cottage Blessings and Margaret a.k.a. Minnesota Mom. Now for the challenge: 1. I am a middle child. 2. I was born in 3. Before moving to the United States, my family stayed in Switzerland and Canada. We visited various shrines, etc. while in Canada. 4.…
Read MoreNovena to Our Lady of Guadalupe for South Dakota
The November 7 vote on Referred Law 6 (the abortion ban) is critical for the unborn in South Dakota and stands to have an impact on abortion laws in twelve other states. Planned Parenthood is stopping at nothing to try and kill South Dakota’s abortion ban. They have unleashed an unprecedented $8 million to assist…
Read MoreSafe at Home
Catherine and Bernadette arrived home safely on the 19th. They were well taken care of by all of my family during their stay in and around Switzerland. Both girls thoroughly enjoyed their vacation. Catherine is still talking about returning in nine years and Bernadette often says, “Next time, I go to Switzerland…” Both girls have…
Read MoreComing Home
I am waiting with eager anticipation for Catherine’s and Bernadette’s arrival tomorrow. In the interim, my dad sent a few photos. I have been trying to post them with the appropriate journal (blog) entries that I have been making regarding their travels. Please pray that my daughters and other family members have a safe trip…
Read MoreLittle Flowers Meeting
Today, the Little Flowers met at my house. They learned about St. Zita and the virtue of orderliness (or being organized). They enjoyed painting shelves on which to store little statues, pictures, etc.
Read MoreHunting, the Curé, and Driving a Quad
Catherine and Bernadette spent the weekend hunting. Actually, they didn’t hunt. Catherine told me that the children and the mothers stayed at her aunt’s parents’ hunting house, while the men went hunting. The hunters killed five wild boar. Catherine spent her time learning French from and teaching English to Camille (another one of my brother’s…
Read MorePoetry Friday
The Legend Beautifulby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Hads’t thou stayed, I must have fled!”That is what the Vision said. In his chamber all alone,Kneeling on the floor of stone,Prayed the Monk in deep contritionFor his sins of indecision,Prayed for greater self-denialIn temptation and in trial;It was noonday by the dial,And the Monk was all alone.Suddenly, as…
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