The day before Ash Wednesday, Bernadette asked about fasting, and whether she could do it too. We told her that not only was she not obliged to, but that she was really too young, and it wouldn’t be safe for her. So she asked if she could do something else, and we ended up letting [...]
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I’m posting these here to give myself more motivation to keep them. I am also keeping it pretty simple this year. Last year I made a whole bunch of resolutions and ended up not being able to keep all of them, so this year I’m trying to just make the ones I’m going to keep. [...]
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Faustina was baptized on January 10, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. Now she is not just created in the image of God, but an adopted child of God! As always, I felt more relaxed once the baptism was over. I could sleep better at night now. Driving home afterwards, I also felt [...]
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Today was our last time attending the Tridentine Mass here in Naples, Florida. We have been attending this Mass for very nearly nine months now – in fact, almost exactly one week less than nine months, which equals the time that a baby spends in his mother’s womb before emerging to face the world. It [...]
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