Are you looking for something fun to do with your kids (on vacation from school), or extended family (visiting over the holidays)? This great idea was emailed from Theresa:
“Our family loves to act out charades and this evening the theme was “Advent/Christmas”. I made up about fifteen index cards with different Advent/Christmas events to act [...]
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Family Fun Night
December 21, 2009Are You Ready?
December 13, 2009Take advantage of the opportunities Church of Saint Paul offers for the Sacrament of Reconciliation before Christmas. You wouldn’t bring your family to Christmas Mass without first making sure every is clean, so make sure everyone’s soul has been scrubbed clean too!
Parish Penance Service:
Monday, December 21, 7 PM (several priests)
Individual Reconciliation Schedule:
Monday, December [...]
Why is the Third Advent Candle Rose-Colored?
December 13, 2009If you’ve ever been up before sunrise, you may have seen the sky changing from dark to a beautiful rosy color as the sunlight begins to shine on the new day. The third Sunday in Advent is a little like that. The opening prayer for Mass is this:
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will [...]
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 12, 2009Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In 1531, while Mexico was overwhelmed by the worship of false gods the Blessed Mother appearanced to a young man, Juan Diego, on a hill in what is now known as Mexico City. She asked that a church be built on the site of her [...]
The Lord Keeps His Promises
December 8, 2009(NOTE: I just happened to find this fabulous quote from St. Augustine this morning while paging through the Liturgy of the Hours, and had to share it with you. It’s the exact message taught in this month’s classroom lessons – only much more brilliantly expressed!)
God established a time for his promises and a time for [...]
The One Who Has Hope Lives Differently
December 2, 2009This week’s Family Formation lesson on Hope is a perfect transition between the somber tone of November and the fulfillment of the promise we celebrate with the birth of Christ. The Holy Father wrote:
“… a distinguishing mark of Christians [is] the fact that they have a future: it is not that they know the details [...]
The Season of Advent
December 1, 2009Beloved, now is the acceptable time spoken of by the Spirit, the day of salvation, peace and reconciliation: the great season of Advent. This is the time eagerly awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, the time that holy Simeon rejoiced at last to see. This is the season that the Church has always celebrated with [...]
The Feast of Saint Andrew: “The Christmas Novena”
November 30, 2009Today marks the Feast of Saint Andrew and the beginning of what is traditionally called “The Christmas Novena”. Although a Novena is often a prayer lasting nine days, the term can also be used to refer to a prayer repeated over several days.
This simple prayer implores the Lord to grant requests in the name [...]
Happy New Year!
November 28, 2009The first Sunday of Advent is the beginning of the Church’s liturgical year so do something to celebrate tomorrow! Begin using your new Liturgical Calendar and the stories from your cycle C copy of Our Sabbath Scripture Book.
Countdown to Advent – Decorating
November 23, 2009Advent is a season of waiting and preparing, and like Lent the color used by the Church to represent this mood is violet (purple). Consider setting aside the typical red and green and instead using this color around your house (on your prayer table, a runner or tablecloth in your dining room, even using purple [...]
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