Tuesday, August 4, 2020 – Sooooo…turns out past self already did a Captain’s Log of the Eucharist. I guess that takes care of that! I am unsure if I missed any rundowns. Maybe Holy Days of Obligation? Huh…I will have to figure that one out and get back to y’all. Anyhoo, moving on to an Read More
Day 140 – A Break for Some Truly Nerdy News
Monday, August 3, 2020 – Holy Moly! Has it really been 20 weeks!? Are we even still in 2020!? I know, I know…there are still a bunch of the Captain’s Logs I need to do. Actually, I **think** it is just the basic primers on the Eucharist and a rundown of all the liturgical infographics Read More
Day 139 – Captain’s Log: Basic (Vertical) Primers on Church Architecture
Sunday, August 2, 2020 – Annnd…we’re back to the basic primer logs. Today we’ll finish the logs on Church architecture. I believe we covered the horizontal layout a couple of days ago, so that means it is high time for the vertical layout (heh…see what I did there?). Part VIII: inside basic vertical layout Part Read More
Day 138 – Monthly Devotion: The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Saturday, August 1, 2020 – It is the first of a new month! That means it is high-time again for another Monthly Devotional sheet. Woot! August brings us to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is one of those devotional moths that made a bit more sense in the old (ahem…Latin) calendar. Originally celebrated on Read More
Day 137 – Captain’s Log: Basic (Horizontal) Primers on Church Architecture
Friday, July 31, 2020 – Nothing says “Happy Birthday” better than a house full of people praying the Rosary followed by a horde of kiddos running around, hopped up on cupcakes. It really was a spectacular day! I love my Catholic family. And yes, I know I am a day behind in saying that. Sorry. Read More
Day 136 – Captain’s Log: the Basic Primers on the Novus Ordo Mass
Thursday, July 30, 2020 – Yesterday was cool and all with dragons, but it is now time to get back to our logs of various things… Part IV: what is the “Novus Ordo” Part XII: Novus Ordo – Introductory Rites Part XIII: Novus Ordo – Liturgy of the Word Part XIV: Novus Ordo – Liturgy Read More
Day 135 – Birthday Break and a Bizarre Story About A French Dragon
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 – I made it around the sun another time! Woot! More importantly, I am thankful for my mother giving me life and saying “yes” to God’s crazy plan for me. I was not an easy child, nor have I mellowed with age. =) On a side note: a great Priest once Read More
Day 134 – Captain’s Log: the Basic Primers on the Extraordinary Form of the Mass
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 – Again, because the basic primers on the Mass were so, well, massive (snort! See what I did there!?), we broke the re-cap into smaller chunks. Today’s chunk is a listing of the basic primers on the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. You know, the Latin stuff (that is apparently not Read More
Day 133 – Captain’s Log: Some of the Basic Primers on the Mass
Monday, July 27, 2020 – Today is a run-down of the primer posts on the Mass. Well, I am going to divide them up into three posts: basics, Extraordinary Form, and Novus Ordo. Why? Well, remember that this basic primer went on for a couple of weeks… But, fear not, dear reader! Today will be Read More
Day 132 – Captain’s Log: All the Basic Primers on the Eucharist
Sunday, July 26, 2020 – A while ago someone asked me to pull together all the little primer posts on whatever it was we were discussing at the time. Since I cannot remember what that was, I’ll go through and post a run-down for each topic of all the little primer posts…starting with Mrs. Flusche’s Read More