{This post, with some embellishment, became a chapter of The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying in the Home.} The month of October has been dedicated in the Church to Our Lady of the Rosary, so I have had it in mind for a while to post about families saying this beautiful prayer —… Read More »
The Way of Beauty
You may have noticed The Way of Beauty button over there on the sidebar. Naturally your interest is piqued with my clever tease. I just put it there and then waited a good long while before telling you all about it. It’s all part of my master plan…in which I have great ideas and then… Read More »
Competence vs. Perfectionism
I’ve noticed that one (perhaps unintended on your part, dear readers) side-effect of infrequent posting on my part is an increase in emails I receive that have the theme “I’m looking through the archives and thanks, it’s really helping me.” [Followed by, as the author says in Backyard Sugarin’, unwarranted compliments.] Apart from being just… Read More »
The Seven Sundays of St. Joseph…
… begin this coming Sunday, January 30. Just as I believe that any physical exercise I do just doesn’t count, as in, “If I can do it, it can’t be considered a workout,” I also don’t really credit any praying or devotion I have as “real” prayer. I don’t know why that is.… Read More »
Prayer.
What about prayer? Recently I’ve been thinking about how there are some things that seem like you can really be an expert on, but the proof is in the pudding. {One of those things is raising a family. You know that I got going on blogging because I was shaking my head just… Read More »