Every year our children look forward to our Lenten Dinners which were originally inspired Alice's Lenten Teas. Here is the link to this year's Holy Thursday Lenten Dinner. For a number of years, when we are all able to go to Stations and the Veneration of the Cross, I...
We usually have this annual Lenten Dinner on Good Friday. I had hoped to move it to Passion Sunday this year now that our children are getting older, but ended up sick on the couch with the flu… Oh well, maybe next year? Then, on Good Friday, we really wanted to...
Every year our children look forward to our Lenten Dinners which were originally inspired Alice's Lenten Teas. I've already shared pictures from our Holy Thursday Dinner, but I still haven't had a chance to share the pictures from this year's simple dinner for the...
This year, even up until the afternoon on Good Friday, I wasn't sure if we'd have our Second Lenten Tea inspired by Cottage Blessings for our one main meal. (You can find the pictures from our 2009, 2010, and 2011 Good Friday Teas in the archives...
Once again, for the 3rd year in a row, I served a Second Lenten Tea inspired by Cottage Blessings on Good Friday for our one main meal. You can find the pictures from our 2009 and 2010 Good Friday Teas in the archives for Good Friday....
*I know it is all very similar to what we have done in the past, however this blog is mainly a scrapbook (of sorts) for my children, and a place for me to record what we have been up to, so I apologize if I seem repetitive. 🙂 Our oldest three...
Before I start posting more about our Easter, I wanted to share a couple more things from Holy Week... For a very late (and light) dinner on Good Friday (after Stations, The Veneration of the Cross, and my boys first baseball game of the season), my children were so...
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.
