Today is Paczki Day in these parts. I first learned about this tradition when my college roomie brought some of the girls in our dorm paczkis, delicious jelly and custard filled pastries, on Fat Tuesday my freshman year of college. Since then, after moving to Chicago and marrying into…
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At Mass last Sunday, this was the first reading: The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy. “You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart. Though you may have…
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Yesterday at Mass there was a baptism for a baby boy of about one month old. He was super cute with big squishy cheeks, and he smiled and cooed when Father anointed him with oil. During the Rite of Baptism, the priest asked a series of questions to the child’s…
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My Mom told me last week the city (I grew up in) was tearing down the water tower just down the street from their house. I felt a pang of sadness when I learned of its destruction because the water tower was a monument on the backdrop of my childhood.…
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I really enjoy books that offer concrete, practical steps you can take to strengthen your faith. One such book I had the pleasure to read recently is Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly. Kelly urges readers to do one thing at the beginning of Mass each week. Pray, and ask the…
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Mark and I have a system for getting ready for work in the morning that really works for us. It is really less of a “system” and more of a free for all. Whoever gets to it first makes the coffee, prepares our lunches, sets up the DVR so we…
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Mark and I were both sick with the flu last week. He had it really bad, and I just had a touch of it. After a long week of fighting off the illness, we were both pretty exhausted, so we decided to sleep in on Sunday morning and attend whatever Mass we happened to wake up in time to attend.
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Have you ever received a friendly reminder that God is listening and knows your heart? Mark and I went to a cookout at a friend’s house over Labor Day weekend. At around 9:30 p.m., the city had a fireworks show you could see from the front yard of his friend’s…
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Two loved ones on my husband’s side of the family were hospitalized this past weekend. (Both are thankfully on the road to recovery now, but I’m sure they would appreciate any prayers you can offer.) When we entered the hospital to visit one of them on Saturday morning, we were welcomed…
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The past couple of months, I’ve been super busy. (Hence, my nearly 2 month absence from this blog.) Not the bad kind of busy where everything is going wrong and I’m super stressed. The good kind, where there are so many opportunities for professional and personal growth and fun and…
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