Lily Maiden

We took a family "rosary-walk" tonight at dusk — such a tranquil time. All was still. The inky silhouettes of the trees lay agains...

is taking a walk home from Mass with your ten-year-old brother on a breezy Spring morning and laughing together at all kinds of wonderful di...

Last night, thanks to the invitation of a professional violinist with whom we've had the chance to become aquinted with recently, I had ...

Let's just continue our Sacramental theme, shall we? :) We hosted a meeting tonight for the parents of our First Communicants at St. Jos...

Tonight, the twenty-one students of my Religious Education Class at St. Joseph's in Joliet received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the...

...at just a few of the goings-on of the past few weeks! Perhaps this can make up a bit for my extended absence here. :) St. Faustina (a.k.a...

Mrs. Hammond just had this quote from St. Ambrose on her blog ... "Chastity will be lost where the distinction between the sexes is n...

Lady Clare from Romance and the Roses very sweetly awarded me with this a few weeks ago. Thank you, Clare! I'm supposed to award it to t...

Well, Spring is here (I think), and so am I! I've so many post ideas swirling around in my head that I need to make time to write! First...

"I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses... and that's probably enough for any man." "Political c...

...and tomorrow we have an opportunity to help do just that. The Rebelution's "Do Hard Things" Book Bomb A message from Alex...

"Now let the heavens be joyful, Let earth her song begin: Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein; Invisible and visi...

that Danielle Bean's lenten challenge for today includes the following: Do you have talent? Remember to give God the glory. “The sole t...

Yesterday's performance of the Seven Last Words of Christ was... glorious. Beyond words. And because it was, I won't spend time gra...

Today is actually beginning to feel like Spring ! It's almost 60 degrees, the blue sky is cheery and bright, and sun's rays are actu...

...and neither is Huck's Army . I've wanted for several days to post on the election developments since last Tuesday's primaries...

"Women are called to bring to the family, to society, and to the Church, characteristics which are their own and which they alone can g...

Well, it seems that all I need do is have a birthday and leave the blog for a few days, and two of my goddaughters will take it over with po...

A maidenly lily, as Pure as the snow With a spirit of fire And a heart that's aglow With a passionate love For Our Divine Lord And a de...

...slowly opening, slowly becoming a beautiful bloom. ...A Rose...that started breathing 20 years ago today. ...A Rose...with a beautif...