Can this be right? Has another month slipped by? Is 2025 really and truly half way behind us? That’s scary. But then again, perhaps the best is yet to come. We just need to let go, and trust in Him.
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If ever there were polar opposites among Christ’s Chosen, it had to be Peter and Paul. Both men were Jews who lived in the time of Christ. Both reacted to Christ’s teachings and conversion in very different ways.
Continue reading “A Day to Celebrate Two Pillars of Faith”The Beautiful Heart of Mary
Today, following the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we celebrate the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. While both of these feasts involve the heart, they are not the same.
Continue reading “The Beautiful Heart of Mary”Help Us, Dear Lady
Today is both the feast day of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our Lady’s feast day is fixed on June 27, while the Sacred Heart of Jesus is tied to Pentecost Sunday, which all goes back to Easter.
Continue reading “Help Us, Dear Lady”Gonna Smash Those Burgers
This year for Father’s Day Kiddo got Hubby a new tabletop grill. It’s really awesome with a big cooking area, uses a propane tank so you aren’t running out of fuel in the middle of cooking and has three separate burners to control temperature.
Continue reading “Gonna Smash Those Burgers”A Most Inspired Breakfast
Vacations and weekend get-aways are essential to our overall well being. Even God took a day to rest to reflect upon all He had accomplished. We should do the same. Enjoy the fruits of our labor, and give thanks to the Lord above.
Continue reading “A Most Inspired Breakfast”Celebrate the Birth of a Forerunner
Have you ever noticed that God’s timing is rarely in line with our wants, wishes or desires? That’s because God has a way of reminding us He is the one in charge aways.
Continue reading “Celebrate the Birth of a Forerunner”Let’s Light It Up
How’s your Monday thus far? More importantly, did you have a good weekend? Here in our corner of the world, the weather has been unusually mild. Some might think the upper 80s is hot, but when you are accustom to double digits by the end of June, 80s is down right refreshing.
Continue reading “Let’s Light It Up”A Bit of Mission History on Corpus Christi Sunday
When you grow up in America, at some point in your elementary school education you learn about the state you live in. By the time fourth grade rolled around, I had a firm grip and deep love of California’s rich history.
Continue reading “A Bit of Mission History on Corpus Christi Sunday”The Lawless Streets of the Wild West
Now I know that we haven’t been profiling National State Day all that much this year. It’s been a hit and miss, depending largely on my frame of mind and the world around me. Arizona does hold a special place in my heart.
Continue reading “The Lawless Streets of the Wild West”Greeting the Summer Solstice
For my birthday Hubby, Kiddo and I spent three glorious days in the Napa Valley. Napa is California’s renowned wine region. With its rolling hills, fertile soil and Mediterranean climate, the wines produced here are world-class.
Continue reading “Greeting the Summer Solstice”On This Blessed Thursday
Today is the second Thursday after Pentecost. Traditionally it is Corpus Christi Thursday. It seems like the Catholic Church is filled with moving Feast Days that all revolve around Easter. Even Easter revolves around an even older Holy Time, Passover. All of this is based on the cycle of the moon.
Continue reading “On This Blessed Thursday”What a Wildly Delicious Wednesday
Scary stuff happening in the world right now. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather listen to music or watch uplifting movies than turn on the news.
Continue reading “What a Wildly Delicious Wednesday”Did You Eat Your Vegetables Today?
Did you know that today is National Eat Your Vegetables Day? So I ask you, does onions, fire roasted tomatoes and a spicy chunky salsa count as vegetables? I know the main ingredient is tomato, which is technically a fruit. Still when we think vegetable, tomatoes do come to mind, right?
Continue reading “Did You Eat Your Vegetables Today?”Take a Ride on the Napa Wine Train
You don’t turn 70 every day. That’s what everyone kept telling me. As my 70th year spent on this spinning blue marble drew ever closer, I was filled with such mixed emotions.
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