The month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary and Respect Life Month. I took these sweet pictures of our baby girl back in February, when she was six months old, but since we just celebrated the feasts of the Holy Guardian Angels and Our Lady of the...
"I have not the courage to force myself to seek beautiful prayers in books; not knowing which to choose I act as children do who cannot read; I say quite simply to the good God what I want to tell Him, and He always understands me." - St. Thérèse of...
Happy Feast of the Visitation (OF) and the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (EF)!It has been so much easier to share little updates and pictures over on Instagram this pregnancy, but I wanted to go back and record some more of those memories here on the blog too....
Let us allow ourselves to be “infected” by St. Joseph’s silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditation or listening to the voice of God. - Pope Benedict XVIThis year the Solemnity of St. Joseph was transferred to...
Today is our 15th wedding anniversary! I realized this afternoon that our littlest ones had never seen our wedding album. I pulled it out and it was so much fun watching their reactions to all the pictures. I also finished praying my St. Therese novena today, the eve...
Dear St. Therese, thou wert always good and obedient and always did the Will of God. Now thou art a great saint in heaven with God. Thy loving and tender heart rejoices to send down roses upon earth. O give me the sweet flower of a great love for...
I quietly captured this moment from his bedroom door the other night without being seen... It always melts my heart to catch our children praying again on their own after being sent to bed!
O my God, I know too well that whatever I may do for the education of my children will remain fruitless without the blessing of Thy grace. "Unless our Lord build the house," says the psalmist, "they have labored in vain that build it. Unless our Lord keep the...
I WISH I'd been a child, dear God,When You were little too!O! Think of all the lovely thingsWe would have thought to do! Perhaps I would have lived acrossThe street, and everydayPerhaps You would have asked me toCome over, God, and play?Perhaps You would have taught...
My dear Child: The Blessed Virgin is your Mother in Heaven.She loves you because her Son, Jesus, loves you and has died for you.Vintage 1960 edition of Jesus, Make Me WorthyShe is anxious to help you. You may be sure that she will hear your prayers.She is...
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.
