We are delighted to announce that our blog has been accepted as an affiliate of Ignatius Press and when you go to their web site by way of one of the Ignatius icons on this blog and make a purchase you help to support this blog. Ignatius carries MANY excellent books. Following are a few examples: Didache series: If you look under Catechesis: Didache you will find an excellent series of exceptionally well done texts for teenage catechesis. I recommend these books because I’ve purchased them and found them colorful and filled with orthodoxy and plenty of it. Not light … Continue reading
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It can be done! You can be dressed modestly and also be appropriate for the office. You can be dressed modestly and avoid being frumpy. Just think about the various styles that have existed over the history of clothing and realize that today there is a wider variety of styles in fashion than ever before– it can be very exciting and confusing. One delightful book about modest style is IT’S SO YOU by Mary Sheehan Warren, which is about finding your personal style and colors and being frugal and stylish by buying only what works for YOU; another is THE … Continue reading
Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary is a wonderfully orthodox school for the development of priests who know the Extraordinary form of the Mass and have studied in great depth the truths of our Faith and are prepared to give sound homilies. This is the seminary for the English speaking members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter which was established by Blessed John Paul II in the year 1988. The training the men receive from the fraternity is highly orthodox, along the lines of St. Thomas Aquinas, and incorporates Vatican II properly. For someone seeking a place worthy of donations … Continue reading
I love old hymns. Especially ones that were meant to be sung during worship of God in the holy Mass. Hymns of the Breviary and Missal is a marvelous site. The web site has tons of historical notes which are just an incredible resource about the music. It explains concepts that, due to the age of the music, might not be so easily understood. If you love Hymnology I recommend that you go enjoy this web site and explore the depths of the entire project. I enjoy all the music of the Church. Even hymns which seem dark on the … Continue reading
Imagine a group of men dedicated to praying every day without exception. For what do they pray? For this country, for our leaders, for anyone who might need to be prayed for, and they do it because they feel the call of God on their lives. Some people are called to marriage and children, some to the priesthood, some to teach, and some to prayer to the exclusion of everything else. That is what this monastery of Carmelites DO, they pray. They pray every day for hours, they also worship daily at Mass. It is their main job, but on … Continue reading
Sharing a link to a perfectly wonderful blog, House Unseen, Life Unscripted. I particularly related to the blog post here. I’m having “one of those days” and when I do have “one of those days” I tend to take myself and every little irritation much much too seriously. Today, I was bothered far more about the screeching child who is unhappy about being on the SAFE side of the baby safety gate while I attempt to get my work done (totally ignoring toys and the nearly 200 square feet of baby safe space, with rug to play on and bare … Continue reading