I'm taking a blogging break for Lent this year. I have a few things pre-posted and plan to re-post the "stational" entries from a couple of years ago when we get to the "home stretch," then I'll be back at Easter. Prayers that everyone has a blessed and fruitful Lenten season!
February
Month of the Sacred Passion
Who I am:
That would be me (Lisa) on the far left in the dark glasses. Next to me is beautiful 1st daughter, sixth child, Michelle, and our good friend, Emily at Disneyland, Summer, 2011.
The Big Boys Paul Joseph (23) * Not pictured: Paul's wife, Nicole, and baby, Gavin (1) Kevin Christopher (22)
Matthew Francis (in God's Garden)
Jonathan Charles (20)
Dominic Alan (17)
The Girls: Michelle Frances (16) Theresa Philomena (12)
Catherine Cecilia (10) Anna Germaine (8)
The Little Boys: Gabriel Joseph (7)
William Thomas (6)
Where To Go For The BEST Feast Day Recipes and Ideas:
Why I'm on a Diet:
Sign the Petition!
The Holy Family
Our Help and Our Inspiration
The Daily Chesterton
"A yawn is a silent shout."
For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway. ~ St. Theresa of Avila
Click on the image for prayers for our country
He who can reach a child's heart...
CAN REACH THE WORLD'S HEART ~ Rudyard Kipling
"Marriage...
...has less beauty but more safety than the single life; it is full of sorrows and full of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love ~ and those burdens are delightful." ~ 16th c. bishop
We Love Our
Pray While You Work
by Dom Hubert van Zeller -- Click the image to read!
Heavenly Father, we ask You to guide our children in the choice of spouse. Don't let them be carried away by false charms or be fascinated by mere outward glamour, but guide their minds to look beneath and beyond all external attractiveness for the deeper things which alone are worth while.
Especially let the choice be of one who is a fervent Catholic, true in thought and word and deed to those ideals which are Yours, especially the value of their purity.
Dear Father of us all, give Your guiding help to our children, who are Your children, too. We will be letting them go soon, but please don't ever let our children go from you. Amen
St. Valentine, patron of romantic love, pray for us!
Pray the Rosary!
Why? Click the image.
The most important work that you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes. ~ HB Lee
O, St. Joseph...
...whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in thee all my interests and desires. O, St. Joseph, do assist me by thy powerful intercession and obtain for me from thy Divine Son all spiritual blessings; so that having engaged here below thy Heavenly power I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers. O, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thy arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. Press Him in my name, and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen.
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Prayer to the Little Flower
Dear Little Flower of Lisieux, how wonderful was the short life you led. Though cloistered, you went far and wide through fervent prayers and great sufferings. You obtained from God untold helps and graces for his evangelists. Help all missionaries in their work and teach all of us to spread the true Faith in our own neighborhoods and family circles. Amen.
Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas
Student's Prayer: Grant me, I beseech Thee, most merciful God, prudently to study, rightly to understand, and perfectly to fulfill that which is pleasing to Thee, in the praise and glory of Thy Name. Amen.* * * * * * Prayer to Know God's Will: Grant me grace, O merciful God, to desire ardently all that is pleasing to Thee, to examine it prudently, to acknowledge it truthfully, and to accomplish it perfectly for the praise and glory of Thy name. Amen.
Memorare of St. Anne
Remember, O holy mother, St. Anne, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided, for thou art a most merciful mother and aid all who are in distress. Inspired with this confidence, I take refuge with thee and beseech thee, by thy great perogative of being the mother of the Queen of Heaven and the Grandmother of the Saviour of the world, come to my aid with thy powerful intercession, and obtain from thine Immaculate Daughter this favor. In honor of the nine months during which thou didst bear the ever-blessed Virgin in thy womb and brought her forth without stain of original sin, I now pray nine Hail Marys, which I offer thee through my Guardian Angel. Amen.
Are We There Yet?
For the benefit of anyone who wonders, this is where you are.
Everything written here is intended toward the honor and glory of God, for aid and encouragement in the vocations of wife, mother and homemaker, praying always for the intercession of Our Heavenly Mother, the Mediatrix of All Grace. Hoping to have a little fun, too... (Click on the above image for the story of the cross on Mt. Crucis!)
What you doin' way down here?
Scroll up to the top and see what you might've missed while you were wandering around!
3 comments:
awwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeee
Happiest of birthdays, Miss Michelle!!! Cathy
Happy Birthday Michelle.
It looks like we both had our first girl in the same year Lisa. Mind you though, you were 2 more ahead of me.
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