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It happens every year: I catch myself saying, with varying level of drama, “I HATE CHRISTMAS!” My husband points out, every year, that this simply isn’t true. “You know you love it,” he gently reminds me. He has a point. I don’t really HATE Christmas. In fact, it is at Midnight Mass—or thanks to the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Advent'
Getting Past Hating Christmas
December 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Faith, writing
Tags: Advent·Catholic Times·Christmas·Faith·Finding Faith in Everyday Life
Light a Candle
December 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Mary Moment Mondays
A Mary Moment Monday post I can’t pretend that I’ve been really easy to be around lately. I’m pretty impressed that my husband still smiles at me, my mother-in-law will still speak with me, and that my children still seem okay with my presence. Then again, all of that assumes that they are as grinchy and [...]
Tags: Advent·depression·Mary Moment Monday·seasons·Virgin Mary
Some Quick Takes Near the End of Advent
December 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Books, links, podcasts, Quick Takes
— 1 — I have a special intention for the Christmas Novena, which begins today. Will you join in? Pray More Novenas has a handy site and will even send you emails, if that helps you remember to pray. — 2 — Now that I’ve been Catholic for ten years (ten years! ten years?), I [...]
Tags: Advent·Books·Fr Andrew Apostoli·links·marketing fun·novena·podcasts·prayer·Quick Takes·reading·Uncommon Sense·videos·Virgin Mary
Celebrating Advent: An Advent Wreath Carnival Link-up (with updates)
December 15th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Carnivals, links
Advent is a season that fills me with love and hate, in almost equal amounts. I love the idea. I hate the reality. But I’ve come to find, especially this year, that I can choose my attitude (hard though that may be so often) and thus, my reality. Hosting this carnival is one way that [...]
Don’t forget to share your wreath!
December 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Carnivals
Thursday’s our Advent Wreath Carnival/Link-up, so don’t forget to share your pictures and links! I’m looking forward to seeing how lovely your Advent wreaths are! (And I’m going to get a better picture of mine, too. I hope. Especially as it’s now the third week of Advent!) Who am I kidding? I’m just looking forward to seeing your [...]
Tags: Advent·carnivals·celebrations·links·seasons
