"One great means of preserving a constant peace and tranquillity of heart is to receive all things as coming from the hands of God, whatever they may be, and in whatever way they may come."
~ St. Dorotheus ~
Children
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Monday, May 28, 2018
Allium ‘Globemaster’
Some of my children used to be intrigued by our neighbor’s alliums. When our neighbor moved away, the alliums stopped growing. Last fall, I was thrilled to find allium bulbs at Costco. This spring, I think that the bees are happy to have alliums growing in our garden. I know that my little boys are fascinated by the purple balls sitting on top of green stems. I am simply thankful to have these interesting looking flowers blooming in our garden.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Early Spring Flowers
Muscari (Steeple Bells)
Tulips ‘Foxtrot’ (Mary’s Prayer)
Lilac ‘Josee’ (Ascension Flower)
Clematis ‘Dr. Ruppel’
Clematis
Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’
Allium ‘Globemaster’
Lupine (St. Mark’s Plant)
Our purple lupine is somehow purple and white.
Rose ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ (Mary)
Whenever I go outside, my little garden helper is right by my side.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Embrace Your Crosses
“Kiss frequently the crosses which the Lord sends you, and with all your heart, without regarding of what sort they may be; for the more vile and mean they are, the more they deserve their name. The merit of crosses does not consist in their weight, but in the manner in which they are borne. It may show much greater virtue to bear a cross of straw than a very hard and heavy one, because the light ones are also the most hidden and contemned, and therefore least comfortable to our inclination, which always seeks what is showy.”
~ St. Francis de Sales ~
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
2017 Personal Reading
Casti Connubii
by Pope Pius XI
Catherine of Siena
by Sigrid Undset
The Catholic Family Handbook
by Fr. George Kelly
The Catholic Family Handbook
by Fr. Lovasik
The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
by Cardinal Robert Sarah
St. Rita of Cascia
by Joseph Sicardo
Thursday, November 30, 2017
St. Andrew Christmas Novena
Happy Feast of St. Andrew!
I was blessed to be able to venerate a first class relic of St. Andrew after Mass this morning.
It is piously believed that whoever recites the St. Andrew Christmas Novena fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew until Christmas will obtain what is asked.
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires (Mention your intentions here) through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His most Blessed Mother. Amen.
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+Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York
February 6, 1897
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving
This year as the unknown looms ahead of me, I am reminded that there is so much for which we can and should be thankful.
May God bless all of you!
*I couldn't resist going with the Charlie Brown theme. My little boys really like Snoopy. How could I not be a fan?
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