October 31st marks All Hallow’s Eve. For most of us, we fondly remember our childhood…anxiously awaiting the time that we would don our costumes and venture into the cold, frosty evening to beg for candy from our friends and neighbors. Times have changed. Many families have opted to avoid acknowledging All Hallow’s Eve, opting for [...]
Archive for October, 2007
All Hallow’s Eve
Posted in all hallow's eve on October 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Un-cool…
Posted in brother, family, fun on October 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Un-cool. A play on words. Uncle/un-cool. Several years ago, this was my dear daughter Meredith’s pet name for her Uncle. He is everything BUT un-cool. Incredibly intelligent, articulate and handsome. Rapier wit and artistic as well. A computer genius (he just rescued 7 GB of data trapped in an old computer for five years…all of [...]
Gareth’s First Holy Communion
Posted in first holy communion on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Feast Of Christ The King…what a day to celebrate Gareth’s First Holy Communion! Words will simply not suffice. The pictures tell such a lovely story. Here, our young man meets his King at the altar, for the very first time. How small he seemed, as he bravely strode forward. His confidence and excitement were [...]
Why the "Grands" are so much fun…
Posted in fun, grandparents, pumpkins on October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Meet the grandparents, aka the “Grands”: Only they could engage in, with complete enthusiasm, in the carving of an extremely nauseous pumpkin: The Pumpkin King, aka my dad: I miss you already, mom and dad! What a great week!
Happy Birthday, my darling Jane!
Posted in happy birthday on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday a bit early sweetheart! October 23rd, 198112:18 a.m.8 lbs. 8 oz. and 21 inches long What a joy it was to raise you, precious girl. May you experience the same joy with your own dear daughters. Dad and siblings send love as well! BTW: Mom is putting together a slideshow for you, dear. [...]
In Preparation For The Feast Of Christ The King
Posted in feast of christ the king, first holy communion, sacrament on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This Sunday, October 28th, is the traditional Feast Of Christ The King. On that day, my youngest son, Maximilian, will receive Our King in the Most Blessed Sacrament for the first time. With great joy, this young man is preparing to receive his Lord! As this week will be rather full, I will be undertaking [...]
Goodbye Indian Summer
Posted in indian summer on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Indian Summer…highs today will be right around 80 degrees… That all changes tomorrow. The forecast for Tuesday: high of 55! So long, Indian Summer… Here are a few “October highlights”. Before the children decided to carve not just the pumpkins, but the gourds as well: The carving begins: Meet the Pumpkin Gang: Look what we [...]
God bless the BSA
Posted in boy scouts, traditional mass on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
235. That was today’s attendance for the 9:00 a.m. Traditional Mass. Amazing! Monsignor John Cody was today’s celebrant (Fr. Lutz is in Denton, Nebraska for the tonsure of seminarian Michael Connaughton) and in addition to regular parish members as well as a few other visitors, there were more than forty Boy Scouts, leaders and parents. [...]
The soup of suffering…
Posted in abstinence, fasting, Friday, potato soup on October 20, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Ah, Friday! Have I mentioned that our family observes the traditional Friday Fast throughout the year? Abstaining from meat for one day a week has been more that just a practicality, though it has been easier to apply than the “substitution of other penitential practices” which doesn’t always happen. The “meatless” day provides a day-long [...]
Happy Birthday, Charlotte!
Posted in happy birthday on October 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Six years of blessings. We praise God for you…your sweetness, your generosity and your fearlessness delight your loving family. God bless you, Charlotte!
Coming soon to a middle school near you..the Pill
Posted in contraception, public school on October 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The community of Portland Maine will be taking a vote tomorrow evening to approve making available oral contraception and other “reproductive services” to 6th grade students. Richard Veilleux, Executive Director of the Portland Maine Assembly on School Based Health, states: “It’s really about giving kids the services they need to keep them safe and healthy [...]
"You say ‘stabiliter’, I say ‘continenter’ "…
Posted in continenter, stabiliter, summorum pontificum on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To-may-to, to-mah-to. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. Perhaps the more likely comparison would be apples and oranges. This is the precise problem encountered when looking at the original Vatican document and those that were released by the Nunciature to the USCCB (continenter vs. stabiliter). Thank heavens, the Vatican is finally issuing a clarification/directive for implementation of the motu [...]
"A small error in principle is a great error in conclusion…"
Posted in scholasticism, schoolmen, thomism on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Blessings to The Schoolmen and the formation of the Society of Scholastics. The Society website is dedicated to the promotion of traditional Scholastic Thomism. Be sure to click on the press release image for more information. Remember: “Parvus error in principio magnus est in fine”
Twenty-two…Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!
Posted in happy birthday on October 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
October 14th, 1985 2:32 a.m. 8lbs., 10 oz. – 21 inches long. Happy, happy birthday, baby! I miss you so very much. Twenty-two years on this earth…time flies! Praising God for you…you are ever in my prayers. Hope you can come home soon! Love, Mom.
Courtship humor
Posted in courtship, humor on October 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
h/t to Irish-Catholic and Dangerous: Made you laugh, didn’t it?!
The company one keeps…
Posted in inspiration, parenting on October 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The last few days have been rather hectic. Alas, when are they not? House cleaning, homeschooling, chauffeuring, catering, doctoring, mothering…it’s easy to get tangled up in the “Martha-ness” of the everyday, and miss those “Mary” moments. As I’ve struggled for the last few weeks to manage the husband’s schedule, the college student’s schedule, the homeschool [...]
Columbus speaks…
Posted in columbus day on October 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This amazing letter is a translation from the original Latin, and gives us a quick glimpse into the heart of Cristobal Colon/Christopher Columbus. When I was a child, Columbus was a hero. Now, thanks to a little “revisionist history”, Columbus has become a pariah, a violator of human rights and dignity. Lest we all jump [...]
What a dunce…
Posted in columbus day, humor on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
See the kid in the dunce cap? That would be me. Who knew today was Columbus Day?! To be certain, I was quite aware on FRIDAY that MONDAY was Columbus Day. But that was Friday. Today is Monday. So…at approximately 8:00 a.m. this morning, I’m racing to get gas, taking a new route to the [...]
Thanks, Esther!
Posted in fun on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Esther for the groovy new signature… She is one talented lady!And here is the rest of it.
A rotten "trick" and certainly no "treat"…
Posted in pro-abortion, pro-life, UN, UNICEF on October 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
From UNICEF USA: Hey! Want to help kids in other parts of the world get the things they need to survive and grow? You’ve got the power to do it! Join Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, The Original KIDS HELPING KIDS® campaign, and help save other kids’ lives! Join hundreds of kids across the country this October [...]
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Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.
Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.
Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.
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Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being loved...
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That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I ...
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease ...
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