September 6, 2008 by Kimberly
Behind the silos are many milkweed plants. Where there’s milkweed, there are caterpillars. Not just any caterpillars, mind you, but the progeny of the exquisitely beautiful Monarch butterfly. Last year we were fortunate to witness the metamorphoses of six caterpillars. Today, the children caught six more, as well as a few Tussock moth caterpillars.
Coming soon: photos of emergent butterflies!
Say 15 times a day from St. Andrew's Day (30 November) until Christmas
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary,
at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.
In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God!
to hear my prayer and grant my desires,
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and of His Blessed Mother.
Amen.
(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day
from the feast of St. Andrew, on November 30th, until Christmas will obtain what is asked.)
I am a traditional Catholic homeschooling mother of 9 children, married for 27 years to the most patient and sainted man. As converts to Catholicism in 1991, our family has only recently discovered the beauty and full expression of our beliefs in the timeless liturgy of antiquity, the Extraordinary Form also commonly referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass. An avid knitter, I also enjoy gardening, reading and immersing myself in the everyday graces of my vocation.
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Oh you have so many! congratulations – I can’t wait for the follow up post.
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