Like Catholic Mosaic: Living the Liturgical Year With Children, author Cay Gibson's Christmas Mosaic, An Illustrated Book Study for Advent and Christmas is so much more than just a book list! It was an invaluable resource for me when I was building our...
Last year I had trouble finding the usual purple and pink wrapping paper at our local stores and ended up wrapping our Advent books, for our annual Christmas countdown, in simple (and easy to find!) brown paper, adding labels I created for each day. I loved how they...
I'll be back soon with this year's Advent Book Basket and Printable Labels. In the meantime, I wanted to share the recent talk on the liturgy that was given by our Archbishop. It's long and I haven't had the time to listen to the whole thing yet, but from what I hear...
Photos © Marc Salvatore. Posted with permission. You can find my pictures from our 10th Annual All Souls Mass here.
Katy's Christmas GiftI'm always on the lookout for great deals on books and wanted to share one I found on Katy's Christmas Gift. I haven't seen this book in person (I added it to my "possible Christmas books to buy" list when it was published last year) and it...
Earlier today I shared a link over on Facebook to the Martinmas Lanterns we made a couple years ago. Shortly afterwards I received a comment that made me stop and wonder how many others feel this way when they visit my blog(s), although I'm sure that long time...
I have seven quick takes to share with you all this morning, seven photos I took right after those precious pictures of Blessed Mother Teresa and Saint John Paul II last week. Rose wanted me to take a few more, but her little brother was done...I guess she...
It's time for another quarterly update on my awesome sponsors here at Shower of Roses!I have a quite a few new sponsors to introduce you to this quarter including My Catholic Faith Catechism, Shining Light Dolls (who I've mentioned many times in the past!), and some...
… on All Souls Day!The rain let up just long enough for our annual All Souls Mass in the Catholic section at the Historic Cemetery this morning... It always does! Today marked the 10th year in a row that Father Carmelo has offered this beautiful Mass. Our oldest son...
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Maurice, St. Rose of Lima, St. Louis IX and Blessed Isabella of France, St. John Paul II and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta - All Saints in Heaven, Pray for us!Here are some pictures and all the details on this year's saints costumes:.:...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
