"The New Testament lies hidden in the Old, and the Old is unveiled in the New." - Saint Augustine (from title page of Into the Sea, Out of the Tomb)In the same thread as the author's first book in the "Old and New" series, which I was excited to add to...
Stacks of Books on Christmas Morning
Speaking of books, I think I'm going to just copy and paste the beginning of last year's Stacks of Books on Christmas Morning post and update the pictures, book titles, and links! I'm still way "behind" on all the posts I'd love to finish and share... #impossiblegoals...
Baskets of Books for Easter {and a Giveaway!}
Easter is just three weeks away and I've been trying to round up gifts to fill our children's Easter Baskets! As I have shared before, I'm always collecting books to give our children on their birthdays, Easter, and Christmas. Some of the books I have purchased from...
Bargain Priced Board Books for Easter Baskets
I've been browsing through lots of books lately searching for some new ideas for this year's Easter Baskets. I happened to run across some great deals on a few of our favorite spring and Easter themed board books and wanted to share them with you all! Amazon's prices...
The Little Flower: A Parable of St. Thérèse of Liseux {Sponsored Review & Giveaway}
Happy First Sunday of Lent and Feast of St. Valentine to all my visitors here at Shower of Roses! We are heading out to my parents to celebrate my brother's birthday (he was born on St. Valentine's day 26 years ago today) but first I wanted to share a new picture book...
Bargain Priced Books :: Saint Valentine
A Time To Keep • LOVE Is... • Saint Valentine • Cranberry ValentineI'm starting to pull together the books for our February Book Basket and wanted to give you all a quick heads up that Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda is currently 34% off (only $5.26!) over at Amazon...
Saint Nicholas & the Nine Gold Coins
Saint Nicholas & the Nine Gold Coins by Jim ForestThe figure of Saint Nicholas stands apart from nearly every other Christian saint: his fame spread across empires and generations to make him one of the most recognizable Christian saints in history. But the...
New Additions to Our October Book Basket
I love October! Our smoke filled skies have cleared and we have been enjoying the beautiful weather while celebrating our anniversary and some of our favorite fall feasts. We are starting to make plans for our annual All Hallows' Eve party and discussing...
New Additions to Our May Book Basket
Our days have been incredibly fun and FULL, from early start to late finish, this week as we work on completing some to the 500 tasks for the National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week contest! We are getting ready to head out the door again this morning, but first I wanted to...
Stacks of Books on Christmas Morning
I realized, while putting together this year's Baskets of Books for Easter, that I never did share the list of books our children received for Christmas. Since I already had this post almost completed in my drafts folder, I decided to finish it up and share it...
Prayer of Mothers
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.