Lent is coming, y’all! We are down to less than a week before Ash Wednesday when we need to have our Lenten Disciplines for this year set. So I’m sharing how our family creates a penitential atmosphere in our home during Lent and our philosophy for discerning the year’s sacrifices. I know how annoying it can […]
Merry Christmas Adam, y’all! On this Eve of Christmas Eve let’s visit a question that came up about what we do on Christmas Eve. I thought I’d share our family’s answer here for anyone else who has run into the same issue.Christmas Eve morning is when we usually decorate our Christmas tree. Not that we think […]
In our house full of boys the feast of St. Nicholas is a HUGE DEAL. No joke. The feast gathers so much excitement for our dear ones that around noon the day before little shoes begin to multiply in front of the fireplace and some try to sneak in an extra pair or two. It […]
In our home, the commemoration of the Embertides are a carry over from my husband’s and my college days when I was an Anglo-Catholic (Anglican, Church of England in America). Anglicans follow a form of the Old or Pre-Vatican II Calendar like those under the Pastoral Provision or Personal Ordinariate. It is similar to 1962 […]
Tomorrow, December 16th, begins the Christmas Novena. This is one of our family’s most favorite Advent devotions because it marks the start of Advent’s equivalent of Holy Week and is shaped after the daily offices of a monastery! We add the Christmas Novena to our prayers around the Advent Wreath each night.But before sharing about […]
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In this episode Dr. Hatcher shares how she puts together her Mother’s Morning Basket and finds time during the busy school day with littles to use it as part of her self care routine. What do you currently have in your Mother’s Morning Basket? Let us know below!Links and Resources from this EpisodeDr. Hatcher’s Website: Dinner […]
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As part of our family’s bedtime liturgy, after prayers and hymns the last thing our children hear and sing is one of the four seasonal Marian Antiphons. These ancient chants not only give them a little more calmness at the close of the day, but more importantly something to turn their thoughts heavenward as they […]