O Jesus, Who by reason of Thy burning love for ushast willed to be crucifiedand to shed Thy Most Precious Bloodfor the redemption and salvation of our souls,look down upon us here gathered togetherin remembrance of Thy most sorrowful Passion and Death,fully trusting in Thy mercy;cleanse us from sin by Thy grace,sanctify our toil,give unto…
Lenten Watchfires is a Lenten series based on the Beatitudes and the lives of the saints following the delightful picture book Rejoice and Be Glad! If you missed the previous installments you can find them here: Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Peter, Saint Juan Diego, Saint Benedict, Saint Faustina, Saint Frances of Rome and Saint…
Today, March 26th, is Robert Frost’s one hundred and forty second birthday! I discovered Robert Frost at the same time my children did one December morning at the library when we picked up the book Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening illustrated by Susan Jeffers. And it was the first time poetry in English…
Lenten Watchfires is a Lenten series based on the Beatitudes and the lives of the saints following the delightful picture book Rejoice and Be Glad! If you missed the previous installments you can find them here: Saint Francis of Assisi,Saint Peter, Saint Juan Diego, Saint Benedict, Saint Faustina. This week we have two little known…
Lenten Watchfires is a Lenten series based on the Beatitudes and the lives of the saints following the delightful picture book Rejoice and Be Glad! If you missed the previous installments you can find them here:Saint Francis of Assisi,Saint Peter, Saint Juan Diego, Saint Benedict. This week we will journey with Saint Faustina Kowalska and…
Lenten Watchfires is a Lenten series based on the Beatitudes and the lives of the saints following the delightful picture book Rejoice and Be Glad! If you missed the first installments you can find them here: Saint Francis of Assisi,Saint Peter, Saint Juan Diego. This week we will journey with Saint Benedict of Nursia, the…
Lenten Watchfires is a Lenten series based on the Beatitudes and the lives of the saints following the delightful picture book Rejoice and Be Glad! If you missed the first installments you can find them here: Saint Francis of Assisi,Saint Peter. Today we encounter Saint Juan Diego, a humble Native American who was given the…
This week we will travel with Saint Peter, the head of the Apostles and the first Pope. What a great lenten companion Saint Peter will be! I have always found him so human and relatable, he is always putting his foot in it so to speak and brings me great consolation that there is hope…
Lent is upon us and I wanted to deep dive into the Beatitudes with my family. We will be using the beautiful book Rejoice and Be Glad! Living the Beatitudes by Rachel and Ted Schluenderfritz along with different picture books for each Beatitude. This will be a weekly post throughout Lent visiting with a Beatitude…
If you have been around a little while, you will know how excited I am about this month’s Picture Book Exploration: The Secrets of Tutankhamun: Egypt’s Boy King and His Incredible Tomb, by Patricia Cleveland-Peck, illustrated by Isabel Greenberg. As an archaeologist by education, Tutankhamun’s tomb always sends tingles of excitement down my spine, no…
