Our Domestic Church

I’m in the midst of reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis for the very first time.  I love it.  I love the way C.S. Lewis wrote a twisted view of the world through Screwtape.  One quote I came across last night seemed perfect for yesterday’s thoughts.
“…that ‘love’ is not enough, that charity is needed…”
Screwtape [...]

Life is busy. These last couple of weeks have been especially so.
Volunteering at Cub Scout Day Camp.  Getting ready and then thinking about one son at Boy Scout Camp in Wisconsin.  One son helping Grandpa with yard work.  Helping my Mom at the store.  Tutoring my niece for the ACT.  Soccer Camps starting up. Math [...]

Today, I’d like to focus a little on the Rosary.  It’s such a wonderful prayer.
If there is anyone reading this and wondering about the Rosary, I’ll share what I can. As we say the prayers of the Rosary we are thinking about and meditating on the Life of Jesus. The Birth of [...]

“Jesus was born into a family and stayed in Nazareth for thirty years. He had come to redeem the world, yet He spent thrity years in Nazareth, doing the humble work of an ordinary person. He spent all those years just living out family life.”
Just think about that. Jesus dedicated himself to [...]

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” Saint Therese of Lisieux
“Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.” Mother Terersa
“Truly I say to you, as you did it to one [...]

Yesterday, the boys and I went to Mass. They are so well behaved and do take part. My 12 year old, who I never think is listening, turned to me at one point during the Homily and asked what the priest meant with his last example. It just reminds me that I [...]

“Faced with an increasingly secularized culture, every baptized person must become active in the Church’s missionary activity.” [I] “invite local Churches on all continents to a joint awareness of the urgent need to re-launch missionary activity to meet the many grave challenges of our time”. … The missionary challenge [...]

I’d like to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July!
God Bless you, your family and America!

 
 
I received this article and found it very interesting. I put two lines in italics.
The first states how many people from my generation are practicing Catholics who attend church regularly. 70%. Not bad. We were raised in a very changing time for the US. …Post-Vatican changes that were not fully [...]

This is year is dedicated to St. Paul.  He was not only a man of great faith but also a great missionary.  I’ve begun to realize great missionaries have to start at home.  This is my hope.  As I develop my faith and understanding of the Church, I will share all I learn and experience [...]