Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the crop and of the preceding years. The festival is celebrated on the 04th November in the United States and on 2nd Monday of October in Canada. Before the dinner, for saying thanks...
The Roman authorities were still hunting for the body of the Rabbi Jesus that disappeared from the tomb, some weeks before. Remember what happened on Easter morning? Not only the Roman authorities but also Jewish leaders were still demanding to see the body of this itinerant rabbi that they sa...
breathing, walking, talking, making decisions (or not); then simply disappear with a wake of a life left behind. I find comfort in knowing he is in Heaven. I was there the day he made his declaration of faith, Easter Sunday 81 or 82 if my memory is correct. ...
When Easter Sunday morning came it was so warm only spring clothes could be worn. My sister and I decided at breakfast that we could not go to church, as we had only our old winter dresses. Going to my room, I turned to my Bible to study it, when it opened at Matthew 6, and my...
I’d first thought of hosting a gathering of local Catholic women bloggers a couple of years earlier.Jen Fulwilerhad mentioned attending a “salon dinner,” at which guests listened to a speaker and split into groups for a sit-down dinner/discussion. Information about the guests had been circu...
29. At the end of 3rd grade at Easter, my dad died of a massive heart attack. I have a string of memories that aren’t particularly good which I’m not going to mention here. His death sent me into a shell…one that took me years to come out of. I am so thankful for him, ...
One of the traditions at our house after church on Easter morning is for all the children -- and the Daddy -- to search for Easter baskets filled with candy that the Mommy has hidden. My children have bright eyes, I guess. Because they inevitably find theirs before I find mine. The ch...
October 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Thank you St Jude Thank you St Jude for answering my prayer. You have never let me down and I am always so grateful to you. I know that I can always come to you in my deepest needs. I have not completed my nine day Novena and you answered my praye...