Christina M | May 30, 2005
I was going to blog today about Manna, and gratitude, and how we sometimes scoff at how God chooses to meet our needs when, in materialism, we want more, or better. The first time I sat down, one of the kids knocked on my door immediately. She wanted to explain why she refused to do […]
Christina M | May 5, 2005
We all have our weaknesses, you know. I have mine. It isn’t like I don’t have enough to do around here. I know that. There’s the garden to mulch, and the dishes to wash, and there are always enough diapers to change. But sometimes picking up and putting away the same toys that I picked […]
Christina M | May 3, 2005
The other day, my husband had to go to work early, and our 1 year old was already up. When hubbie said good-bye to me, I got up to get dressed, and the baby was out in the family room playing (or maybe destroying something; there’s a fine line with him). When Dada left, I […]
Christina M | April 20, 2005
I admit, my first reaction to the announcment of our new Pope was one of confusion. Part of that confusion was simply that I had been so certain that this was the last man who could be elected Pope, so I didn’t really have any reaction ready. And part of it, I realize now, was […]
Christina M | April 10, 2005
The media are calling it a media blackout, but Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls has referred to the Cardinals’ period of media silence as a “‘period of silence and prayer’ ahead of the conclave gathering later this month, which itself will be shrouded in secrecy.” I’m not sure how any journalist could take offense at such […]
Christina M | April 8, 2005
At the funeral of Pope John Paul, while people outside waved banners reading “Santo Subito” (meaning “Sainthood at once”), Cardinal Ratzinger gave a homily with an image that I believe will stay with me as long as I live. “Recalling how the Pope had appeared at a window in the Vatican to bless believers on […]
Christina M | April 6, 2005
Some people refer to their spouses as the “other half.” Maybe I should call mine the “other foot.” I’d be less than properly biased if I didn’t stop and give a plug to Joel, who started his new blog yesterday. I don’t think it’s entirely bias on my part, though, when I say that he’s […]
Christina M | March 2, 2005
Off the Record tells us about a new David Haas song with pro-gay lyrics, adding: “It pains me inexpressibly to report that Haas’s litany extends no welcome to hermaphrodites, cellists, gluten-intolerant Latvians, Scorpios, Jesuits, self-employed taxpayers filing jointly, redheads, or Catholics. Must we be so quick to EXCLUDE?” I don’t think there’s a thing I […]
Christina M | February 14, 2005
Catholic World News and Vatican news; Eternal Word Television Network: “Fatima, Feb. 14 (CWNews.com) – Sister Lucia, the last survivor among the three Portuguese children to whom the Virgin Mary appeared at Fatima, has died at the age of 97. Sister Lucia died on February 13 at her Carmelite convent in Coimbra, Portugal, after a […]
Christina M | February 12, 2005
First, I need to apologize for going so long between posts. The whole family has had the flu, including our 10 month old who’s still straggling back toward health yet refuses to touch rehydrating beverages. Which leads me to today’s topic: parental bonding. Years ago, when I nursed my second newborn back to health after […]