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Bits and Pieces of Our Days KAREN EDMISTEN - May 14, 2013 http://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2013/05/bits-and-pieces-of-our-days.html
Homeschool Registration Visit Part 3: Writing a Program STORIES OF AN UNSCHOOLING FAMILY - May 8, 2013 ... possible learning activities. It is possible that they will be interested in many of the resources I strew in front of them. And finally there are things the girls come to me and say, "Can you help me learn about…, please, Mum?" So for each key learning area, I made a quick plan that included the probable, my possible strewing resources, and the individual requests my children have made to me. I added in a few resources which we frequently use, and a few outcomes we want to achieve. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfAnUnschoolingFamily/~3/amtt_OAjTHQ/homeschool-registration-visit-part-3.html
Devotion for Today: Joy Mixed With Sorrow GRACE4U - May 4, 2013 Like most of you, I have a set prayer life. My day starts with prayer before I even get out of bed. I follow with daily Mass, the Rosary, the Angelus at Noon, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3 pm, another evening Rosary and I end my day with the Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Why do I save this for the end? Well, this chaplet brings me much comfort and allows me to fall asleep in great peace. It shows me many things. First of all, many of Mary's joys ...http://sandy-grace4u.blogspot.com/2013/05/devotion-for-today-joy-mixed-with-sorrow.html
Dad's Fourth Anniversary THE THEOLOGY OF DAD - April 29, 2013 ... twenty, he is fifty-six, with him my memory will never be otherwise. I still have so much to learn from him. I forgot to ask so many things. About a week ago I was reading some poems of Byron. Here is a bit from his poem, And Thou Art Dead, As Young and Fair : I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties fade; The night that follow'd such a morn Had worn a deeper shade: Thy day without a cloud hath pass'd, And thou wert lovely to the last, ...http://thetheologyofdad.blogspot.com/2012/09/dads-fourth-anniversary.html
Homeschool Monday - A Little Easy SHOVED TO THEM - April 29, 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShovedToThem/~3/df27et-GcgE/homeschool-monday-little-easy.html
Betwixt and Between - Waiting for Ascension and Pentecost BLUE EYED ENNIS - April 28, 2013 T his selection of poems is influenced by a whole range of thou ghts working th rough me in this waiting period between the Ascension and the coming of The Holy Spirit at Pentecost . The f irst four are all by W.S. Merwin . In Christ's final words of promise to His disciples that He would be with them always, I too have come to recognise the living presence of Christ in the here and now of my life, and the gift of faith that I have received . T hat my life is coloured by ...http://blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com/2013/04/betwixt-and-between-ascension-and.html
Devotion for Today: Sing of Mary! GRACE4U - April 25, 2013 ... Our Lady. We begin today with two poems by Blessed John Paul II. As we prepare for our study, spend time reflecting on the life of Mary in her role as Mother of God, Mother of us all! Her Amazement at Her Only Child Light piercing, gradually, everyday events; a woman's eyes, hands used to them since childhood. Then brightness flared, too huge for simple days, and hands clasped when the words lost their space. In that little town, my son, where they knew us together, you called ...http://sandy-grace4u.blogspot.com/2013/04/devotion-for-today-sing-of-mary.html
Nicodemus Meets Jesus BLUE EYED ENNIS - April 9, 2013 ... Nicodemus (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Fine reflection on Henri Nouwen here and the revelation he gained from pondering on Nicodemus. Interesting Commentary here . A poignant and personal reflection here . Another worthwhile reflection here Nicodemus, the mystery man of Holy Week LISTEN: Nicodemus: Another Secret Saint Who Came Through for Jesus in the End . On the night before Jesus was crucified, He made this astounding statement on His life . John 16:7 records these words: " Still, I must ...http://blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com/2013/04/nicodemus-meets-jesus.html
Reflections on Louise Glück's October – Derek Jeter PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SKY - April 2, 2013 ... But there was no voice there. Winter was over. In the thawed dirt, bits of green were showing. Come to me, said the world. I was standing in my wool coat at a kind of bright portal— I can finally say long ago; it gives me considerable pleasure. Beauty the healer, the teacher death cannot harm me more than you have harmed me, my beloved life. 4 The light has changed; middle C is tuned darker now. And the songs of morning sound over-rehearsed. This is the light of autumn, not the light of ...http://payingattentiontothesky.com/2013/04/03/reflections-on-louise-glucks-october-derek-jeter/
Sermon on the Feast of St. Benedict SAINT LOUIS CATHOLIC - March 22, 2013 ... into their minds, their hearts, their very souls, so that the prayers would spring up from the depths of their being, not just from their memory. Pope Benedict XVI has still lived in the legacy of his teachings and of the restoration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Pope Francis will go to Castel Gandolfo, about 15 miles outside of Rome, to meet Emeritus Pope Benedict, on March 23, next Saturday, two days from today. Let us pray so that this historic meeting would be fruitful for ...http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2013/03/sermon-on-feast-of-st-benedict.html
Ode to St. Joe THE SPIRITUAL WORKOUT - March 19, 2013 Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, which is my favorite feast day in the Church. Jesus says, "I like your beard." And no, it's not just because his feast day always falls during the Lenten season and I get to go all ... Alright, maybe just a wee bit. But really... It's because St. Joe, As you may well know, Is my very favorite beau . (I call that little ditty "Ode to St. Joe" and yes, I know it's a masterpiece. Copyright, TM, patent pending, etc. ...http://spiritualworkoutblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/ode-to-st-joe.html
Through Peace to Light - Adelaide Anne Proctor CONJECTURES OF A GUILTY BYSTANDER - March 15, 2013 ... one prayer that always works. She explained that the prayer never fails to bring to awareness the presence of Jesus--making everything all right again (restoring faith and hope). My mother is 81 years old, and she recalls that when she was about 10, she and some other girls visited a church, Saint Joan of Arc, in Jackson Heights (in Queens, New York City), and it was there that she found the prayer, tore it off from whatever paper it was on, and saved it. Since she not only saved it but wrote ...http://catholicmusings.blogspot.com/2013/03/through-peace-to-light-adelaide-anne.html
A Beautiful Lenten Poem and the Sad, Sad Tale of the Irishman Who Wrote It ARE WE THERE YET? - March 9, 2013 http://arewethereyet-davisfarmmom.blogspot.com/2013/03/saturday-third-week-of-lent.html
Unto Us... COUNTERCULTURAL FATHER - February 28, 2013 I am grateful to a comment left by someone signing in as 'Uncomfortably Glum' for recommending this and other poems, which I had not previously known. His or her comment ( here ) is worth reading for other reasons, too. I will post the other poems over the next day or two. Unto Us... Somewhere at some time They committed themselves to me And so, I was! Small, but I WAS! Tiny, in shape Lusting to live I hung in my pulsing cave. Soon they knew ...http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2013/02/unto-us.html
I Most Feel Like a Parent When the Kids Are Sick THE LEWIS CRUSADE - February 27, 2013 ... bed with a cold or flu. After all, that was the time when it was just me with Mom and/or Dad: nothing and no one else in the way. I have a collection of "Mary Pictures." I keep it on my phone, my laptop, and all the desktops. I made a video of it. One of my favorite pictures was taken at my nephew's birthday when we were engaged, and I was having chestpain, and Mary was still in the "this is all new to me, so I'm gonna panic every time he has pain" stage. I was laying there on the sofa having ...http://lewiscrusade.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/i-most-feel-like-a-parent-when-the-kids-are-sick/
Article for Mater & Magistra ANA BRAGA-HENEBRY'S JOURNAL - February 25, 2013 ... Lear. The colorful, multi-sized volumes, some old and in poor condition, would enjoy lights and smells of kitchen and hearth room held in the hands of a good father. Once in a while he would grab a volume of his favorite poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins. Reading Hopkins isn't easy. He certainly doesn't do it perfectly. But he reads it with a heart of admiration and love, and it shows through his recitations. And, of course, Hopkins' sprung rhythm and amazing language speaks for itself: THE WORLD is ...http://anabragahenebrysjournal.blogspot.com/2013/02/article-for-mater-magistra.html
Louise Glück's Poetry – David Orr PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SKY - February 13, 2013 ... awry, but you get the idea. The relationship between poetry and mythology is central to Louise Glück's new Poems .1962-2012 (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $40), if only because no poet of Glück's generation has relied more overtly on what Philip Larkin once called "the common myth kitty." A representative list of titles: "Gemini," "Aphrodite," "The Triumph of Achilles," "Legend," "A Fantasy," "A Fable," "Amazons," "Penelope's Song," "Telemachus' Dilemma;' "Circe's ...http://payingattentiontothesky.com/2013/02/14/louise-glucks-poetry-david-orr/
