Faith
How Boys Pray
Finnian: “Mommy, how do boys pray?” Me: “In the name of the Father, and…” Finnian (interrupting): “I mean, how do boys pray?” Me: “They pray, ‘In the…’” Finnian (interrupting again): “I asked, how do boys pray?” Me: “I don’t know what you are trying to ask.” Brendan: “I think that he wants to know how…
Read MoreHow Boys Pray
Finnian: “Mommy, how do boys pray?” Me: “In the name of the Father, and…” Finnian (interrupting): “I mean, how do boys pray?” Me: “They pray, ‘In the…’” Finnian (interrupting again): “I asked, how do boys pray?” Me: “I don’t know what you are trying to ask.” Brendan: “I think that he wants to know how…
Read MoreTriduum Photos
Photos from Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday (Early Easter morning) were taken by a fellow parishioner, Michael Curtis. I have a few favorites. North American Martyrs does not have its own church, yet, so we were at the old major seminary (now Bastyr University) for the Triduum and Easter Sunday. Please pray that a permanent…
Read MoreCelebrating Easter
Growing up, I fell in love with the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Easter Vigil. This weekend, I fell in love with the Holy Thursday Mass and the Good Friday services, too. My family and I are blessed to be parishioners at a Fraternity of St. Peter parish. This year, our pastor, Fr. Saguto, had…
Read MorePassion Week and Holy Week
There were so many little things that happened over the past couple of weeks that I want to remember, so I am hoping that I have a few spare minutes here and there to write about them. On Saturday of Passion Week, we spent the day gardening. On Palm Sunday, Elizabeth acted ornery during Mass (unbeknownst…
Read MoreHappy Easter
Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. O Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Has risen, as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. For the…
Read MoreWhat I am Reading
I am currently reading what is available of Transformation in Christ on Google Reader. It is a lot slower than reading a physical copy of this work and I am very tempted to just buy Dietrich von Hildebrand’s book. It is excellent! I am also reading A Year with the Saints on Google Reader. Each month focuses on a specific virtue…
Read MoreRequiescat in Pace Fr. Paul Marx, OSB
It was with a sad heart that I learned from LifeSiteNews that Fr. Paul Marx, the founder of Human Life International and one of the greatest pro-life leaders the world has ever known, has died. LifeSiteNews shared the following words from Fr. Frank Pavone: “I just learned with sorrow of the death of one of the…
Read MoreSt. Joseph’s Day
We just returned from a beautiful Mass celebrated in honor of St. Joseph. Our pastor gave a very nice sermon about St. Joseph and how we should look to him as our father with a lower case “f”, as he was the second closest person to Our Lord after Mary, our Heavenly Mother. He ended with the words, “Those…
Read MoreWatch the FSSP Seminary Chapel Consecration this Morning
We will be watching the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary Chapel Consecration on EWTN, starting at 8:00 a.m. this morning. EWTN will be airing the Chapel Consecration live from Denton, Nebraska. You can watch it online by visiting this webpage, clicking “Watch Live”, and then selecting how you want to watch it. According to EWTN, the Chapel Consecration…
Read MoreWorthwhile Listening
Yesterday, I listened to: Banish Envy from Your Heart “Banish from your heart this shameful and destructive vice. Let charity reign amongst you, and do not envy one another any more. Rejoice with the joyful, and mourn with the sorrowful. Take a sincere interest in the weal or woe of your fellow man. Grant to…
Read MoreGlory Stories and Homilies
We have been listening to Glory Stories since Patrick was a baby, possibly even a few years earlier. As we drove to my parent’s house after Mass one Saturday, we heard the story Treasure in Heaven: The Story of Saint Katherine Drexel on Sacred Heart Radio and we knew we had to buy theses CDs (each…
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