Irony

Due to the current family illness, yesterday, on Regina’s nameday, Regina was not able to have any of the dessert (cherry crisp); tonight, on B. Rose’s nameday, Rose was not able to have any of the dessert (same thing, since we didn’t finish it yesterday). Hope we make it through this soon!

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

Today marks the 91st anniversary of the first appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to the shepherd children Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta. This always feels like a special day for me, although it is not exactly my nameday. We of course made sure to pray a rosary this morning – this would [...]

Back to Ordinary Time

I had to go back to the first Ordinary Time volume in the breviary set today, and realized that I had made it all the way through the Lent/Easter volume.  That is the first time ever that I have made it through an entire volume of the breviary!  Actually, at Mass last week the priest [...]

Divine Mercy Sunday

For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Palm Sunday

Hard to believe that it’s Palm Sunday already! I guess that means it’s only one more week until Easter. We overslept by half an hour this morning, but still made it to Mass on time, thanks to having several children who can dress themselves, and to our habit of usually showing up [...]