PIF from Marcee

This cute cute framed stitchery and dishcloth arrived from Marcee at Farmyard Crafts one day this past week. The stitchery is phenomenal and is perfect for my home. Check out her blog, she is a very talented person! Thank you Marcee!!

Lenten Chain Days 5- 11

Feb 22 -Day 5: Memorize Joshua 24:15 "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."

Feb 23 - Day 6: Ask Jesus to help you always tell the truth.

Feb 24 -Day 7: Write a special mealtime prayer and pray it tonight with your family at dinner.

Feb 25 -Day 8: Unscramle: SUJES SI ROU NOLY VASIOR.

Feb 26 -Day 9: Unscramble: SEJUS VIESL NI EM!

Feb 27 -Day 10: Do something nice today for a classmate.

March 1 - Day 11: Read Mark 8:34

The Lenten Chain - Days 1-4

This is a picture of our Lenten chain. Each chain has something for us to do during each day of Lent to help us focus on this wonderful season leading up to Easter.

Feb 17 -Day 1: List five ways to help the poor during Lent.
The boys came up with the following list:
1. Give them some of our toys. (They will be going through their toy box and donating toys.)
2. Give them some food. (We sent a check to our local food ministry that will feed a Senior citizen for a year.)
3. Give them clothes. (We will be donating clothes.)
4. Give them money. (We will send money to a Catholic charity for this. The boys will contribute their allowance.)
5. Give them shelter. (We will contact Our Daily Rest, which is our local homeless shelter, to see what they need in ways of donations.)

In each of the above, the boys will be actively involved. Dennis and I want them to grow up helping others. We want them to be generous in heart and spirit.


Day 2: Take a snack for everyone in your class at school. (Since we live in a predominately non-Catholic area, this will give the boys a chance to explain to their teacher and classmates about Lent.)

Day 3: Write a letter from Jesus to you. Keep it in a safe place.

Day 4: Read a Bible story to your family.

I would encourage you to think about these tasks and perhaps join us in our Lenten journey. If you would like to make your own Lenten Chain, please feel free to email me and I will send you what we used for ours.

Have a blessed day!

Love,

Lent is here

Lent is the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (forty days). Easter always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, roughly corresponding to the Northern Hemisphere's early spring. Ash Wednesday, which can fall anywhere between February 4 and March 10, occurs forty-six days before Easter, but Lent is nevertheless considered forty days long, because Sundays in this period are not counted among the days of Lent. The traditional reason for this is that fasting was considered inappropriate on Sunday, the day commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus. ~Wikipedia

I am a few days late in starting the countdown of Lent. The boys and I made our Lenten chain this morning and I will be following that each day.

Prepare the Way

A voice cries out:
In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill shall be made low;
the rugged land shall be made a plain,
the rough country, a broad valley.Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all people shall see it together;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 40: 3-5

No matter how hard we try to make straight the way for God in our lives, we all end up going sideways, up and down, and many times off path. I love this passage from Isaiah (which is one of my favorite books in the Bible) because it give us the promise of things to come. Life is rarely a straight path. All we can do is keep the course and work our way through faith to the final destination. Prayer is needed for all of us. We need to ask for prayer, pray every day, and pray for others, especially those in need.

Gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

Gospel Mt 2:1-12

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?

We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.”

When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.”

Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star’s appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage.”

After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.

Happy Blogoversary to me!

Today is my 2nd blogoversary. I have really enjoyed this blog and hope to do a better job this coming year! I appreciate all of you who have read my blog and those who have taken the time to leave a comment. Thank you!