The Great O Antiphons, The Golden Nights + Giveaway Ever since our oldest children were very little, we have been implementing an old monastic custom in our home by providing special treats, representing each of the “O Antiphons” on the days leading up to Christmas....
A Letter to Baby Jesus on the Eve of the Feast of St. Nicholas Incorporating the Christkindl Tradition into Advent Back in 2012, I shared about a beautiful Austrian custom I first read about in Maria von Trapp’s Around the Year with the Trapp Family. (At the time, I...
A Book Lover's Christmas A 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle — Includes Beautiful Illustrations of Christmas Scenes from Literature, find Your Favorite Characters! I mentioned earlier that our family really loves puzzles. I included this Book Lover's Christmas puzzle in this...
Christmas Market Search & Find Puzzle - Amazon Affiliate Link Winter in our house means puzzles! Right after Thanksgiving, the folding card table and puzzles come out. There’s something so relaxing about gathering around the table and working on puzzles together....
The Road to Bethlehem: Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas by St. Alphonsus Liguori TAN Books has been publishing some beautiful books, and this one is no exception! Yesterday, for the First Sunday of Advent, I gave each of our older kids their own copy. I had...
The Advent Season in our home includes so many lovely traditions that have slowly grown over the years including our Advent Wreath, Advent Calendars and Jesse Tree, but one of our favorites is counting down the days with our annual Advent Book Basket. Over the years,...
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There’s a charming French tradition where heart-shaped cakes are given to single women on St. Catherine’s Day once they turn 25, as a little “encouragement in their search for love.” While our heart cake tradition started long before our oldest daughter was even...
Another Soldier of Christ! ❤️ Conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross On September 14th, our sweet "Rose" received the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Joan of Arc. Our pastor, Fr. Rapoport, FSSP, administered the...
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Looking through my drafts folder for the post I had started about Rose’s Confirmation this fall, I realized I had never shared this one either! Life got extra hard at the...
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.
