Easter blessings to you all. Alleluia! I hope to share more thoughts on my Holy Week and Easter weekend, but a nasty cold and the nearly constant ministration to a sick toddler who only wants mama has left me feeling like a Mack truck rolled right over me. Truthfully, I haven’t been in the bestRead the whole post >>
Celebrating the Easter Season with Children
The Easter season is one of my favorite times of year. Spring has lavished the trees and the earth with blossoms. Easter lavishes our souls with the hope of promises kept and new beginnings. Easter is also a season that lasts 50 days. That’s right – 50 days! So don’t store those Easter decorations awayRead the whole post >>
Children, Our Easter People
Marjorie Campbell, an author, a writer for Inside Catholic and Phases of Womanhood, and a treasured e-friend of mine shared with me an excerpt from a beautiful Easter homily that Father Ramelo Somer delivered in a small parish in Kauai. Because it put into words the meaning and hope behind Easter so eloquently, I share it hereRead the whole post >>
What are Your Easter Sunday Brunch Traditions?
Yup. That’s right. I’m already thinking about Easter, and it’s not even Advent season yet. I’m a born planner, but even someone as anal as I am doesn’t really start planning for Easter before Christmas unless I’m working on an article. The publishing world is always thinking ahead. Thus, the reason for this post. I’mRead the whole post >>
Penance, Suffering, and New Life
There’s nothing like a pregnancy completely planned by God instead of me, bed rest, and giving birth to a new baby on Palm Sunday to make for a more meaningful Lent and Easter. At long last after 40 days of fasting and penance, I now have 50 days to celebrate our Lord’s victory over theRead the whole post >>