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Weekend Project Girl's Room Extreme Makeover

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:11:31 GMT

We've been hoping for a while to get Ben out of the portacrib in the office and into the crib in the girls' room. The first step in that process is to get Sophie out of the crib. And for that to work in the limited space we have, we needed bunk beds. Finally we had a little extra money come in and we could afford to do what needed to be done. Last Saturday we went to Ikea to get the bunk beds for the girls. It was a major expedition for the whole family; that took the whole morning....

Domestic Church Photo Contest

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:46:23 GMT

My friend Dorian is looking for pictures of the domestic church for her new Domestic Church Flickr photo pool: "I'd like to see examples of how you integrate your faith life into your home through altars, prayer corners, decorations for the liturgical seasons, and...

The History of the Covenant is the True Cause of the Cosmos

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:59:33 GMT

The history of salvation is not a small event, on a poor planet, in the immensity of the universe. It is not a minimal thing which happens by chance on a lost planet. It is the motive for everything, the motive for creation. Everything is created so that this story can exist-- the encounter between God and his creature. In this sense, salvation history, the covenant, precedes creation. During the Hellenistic period, Judaism developed the idea that the...

Wandering Sophie

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:01:28 GMT

Yesterday I lost Sophie at the grocery store. We'd just finished checking out but the register was having trouble printing the receipt and I was waiting for a clerk to fix it. Suddenly...

Pray with Me?

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:53:18 GMT

Prayer of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Jesus, I promise You to submit myself to all that You permit to befall me, make me only know Your will. My most sweet Jesus, infinitely merciful God, most tender Father of souls, and in a particular way of the most weak, most miserable, most infirm which You carry with special tenderness between Your divine arms, I come to You to ask You, through the love and merits of Your Sacred Heart, the grace to comprehend and to do always Your...

Ben at One Year

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Ben had his one year check up Tuesday. He'd gained more than two inches and yet was almost exactly the same weight. The doctor had me put him back on the scale and checked again. (He'd...

Narration, Untitled

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:10:13 GMT

Dear Elizabeth, First, thank you for your beautiful words. Thank you for your story which has spoken to my heart and continues to speak, long after I have turn away from the computer. I woke this morning in the wee small hours. Around 3:30 or so. Not unusual for me. I went to the bathroom, got a drink, went back to bed, expecting to fall back into much-needed sleep. But that...

Really Amazing Bread and Chakchouka

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:41:32 GMT

I had a high energy day yesterday. I guess sometimes it does happen! I used all that excess energy to make a super fussy artisan bread loaf that was totally worth the effort. The recipe...

Ben's Birthday Video

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:35:05 GMT

New on the To Be Read Pile

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:55:32 GMT

Ben isn't the only one who got presents yesterday. Check out the three latest additions to my bedside reading pile:...