Poor Saint Thomas, doubting Thomas. For an Apostle, he sure seems to get the short end of the stick. Saint Thomas is believed to have died on December 21, which by all accounts should be his feast day. After all, it is the day he was called home to Heaven.
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I'm a wife, mother, grandmother and avid home cook.I believe in eating healthy whenever possible, while still managing to indulge in life's pleasures.
Sunday’s Best Gather Round Supper
Would you believe that there is a movement in this country called the Family Sunday Supper Movement? When I was a girl, the very idea of a movement to reclaim Sunday Supper would have seemed crazy – as in what are you talking about? Every Sunday is spent with family.
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Every now and then, Hubby will stand in front of the refrigerator and “read” the bulletins. On the fridge I’ve posted two notices. The first is a menu plan for the week, the second are events scheduled in our area for the month.
Continue reading “A Simple Sandwich for a Simple Picnic”Mai Tai Fridays
What’s that – June is over? Wow, hard to believe. Today is more than just the last day in June, it’s National Mai Tai Day. And a Friday – that’s a double blessing!
Continue reading “Mai Tai Fridays”The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Today we celebrate two very different yet indispensable pillars of faith – Saints Peter and Paul. Peter was an apostle, Paul a calculated persecutor of the early Church. And yet Christ touched both their lives, transforming them into tools of faith.
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Today we celebrate Alaska, land of the midnight sun, the 49th state to join the union. Alaska home to polar bears, beluga whales and walruses.
Continue reading “Alaska’s Majestic Beauty”Holy Mary, Mother of God
The Catholic Church is rich in Feast Days. For us, our relationship with Christ is more than just Sunday Mass. And even Mass itself is more than just preaching and a lot of Amen! There is scripture, the Homily, and the Communion itself.
Continue reading “Holy Mary, Mother of God”A Mello Monday Supper
Do you have “Themes” for the days of the week? I do – it helps with meal planning. Mondays in our house are known as Mello Monday. It means, unless something really special is happening like a birthday or anniversary, Monday night our supper is simple.
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Welcome to the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There is nothing ordinary about Sundays. Every Sunday is a gift from above. It is a day of rest, to reset our prespective, regroup and recharge.
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The power of three is something to behold. We are created in the image of God, and God is three beings in a single entity just as we are. There is God the Father – the intellectual existence, God the Son, the physical existence, and God the Holy Spirit, the spiritual being, our souls.
Continue reading “Prepare the Way”It’s All in the Sauce
Happy Friday everyone! Are you all ready for the weekend? Would you believe this is 824 straight days of chatting with you all? So glad you’re come along.
Continue reading “It’s All in the Sauce”Tuscan Thursday and Something New
Have you ever had one of those days when you think you know what your are doing, but it turns out you really don’t? Yeah, that’s a bummer. On the menu I had planned Italian Sausage Sandwiches. While that’s what I eventually made, it wasn’t the recipe I had planned.
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June is nearly over – can you believe that? Today is Arizona Day. Arizona, one of my favorite states in this vast country of ours.
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Recently I celebrated a birthday. Not going to go into too much detail except to say Hubby and Kiddo decided it wasn’t enought to have a single night out, but rather an entire weekend. Wow.
Continue reading “Chicken Birria Tacos”Can Dinner Be This Easy?
Sometimes the answer to that question is yes, it can. And thank goodness, because life as of late has not been easy.
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