What Mary Did You Know Means to Me

This morning our offertory hymn was “Mary, Did You Know?”.   It is also the meditation song for the Joyful Mysteries on my Praying the Rosary with the Daughters of St. Paul CD.  I love this song and I enjoy hearing it any time of the year.  It is a beautiful hymn that has become a [...]

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Merry Christmas 2008

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas.  I just got in from Midnight Mass about a half hour ago.  I made a couple pictures of our creche.  This year the arrangement was different.  Baby Jesus was centered in front of the altar while Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds were placed facing the Gospel.  I found it interesting [...]

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4th Sunday of Advent

I’m near the end of the 4th Sunday of Advent.  There are just a couple days of work in the office before Christmas Eve — the anticipation of being released from work early.  After Mass this morning and OCIA, we wished each other a Merry Christmas and a “see you at Midnight Mass.” 
My shopping is [...]

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Papa’s Christmas Poem

As referenced in my Peppermint post, my grandfather wrote a couple of poems that were Catholic influenced.  He was about 19 years old when he wrote this.  It is the appropriate season to share this one with you.
CHRISTMAS DUTY
Written by my Papa, probably Christmas 1929
 
Christmas season is here again
To remind us once more;
Of God’s gift [...]

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Peppermint, Prayers, & My Papa

 
I was shopping in a Christian store when I came across the Candy Maker’s Witness bracelet.  I’ve seen the candy cane witness ornaments, but, never the bracelet.  The colors defined: white of Jesus’ purity and the red of Jesus’ suffering.  It was not this witness that prompted me to buy the bracelet — it was my [...]

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