Sunday, August 9, 2020 – A lot of people think I do not have a degree, or somehow managed to get the world’s best college education in domestic studies. BUT…I actually have a degree in Political Philosophy. I know, right!? Who’d-a-thunk? Lil ole me has some learnin’ under that veil! Anyhoo, today I will put Read More
Tag: Sobbing in the desert
Day 145 – Free Cat (kidding…maybe)
Saturday, August 8, 2020 – Have I ever told you all about Thaddeus? If yes, sorry for the repeat. If no, buckle up! You are about to hear another crazy cat story. Once upon a time I was teaching 3rd grade CCD up at Church. Class went as planned and I packed up to head Read More
Day 144 – Captain’s Log: Throwdowns of Each Holy Day of Obligation
Friday, August 7, 2020 – Blessed First Friday! Well, this brings us to the last of our Captain’s Logs (for now). I still need to do one for the monthly devotionals, but given that I currently only have three months (June – August) done, it doesn’t really make sense to do a whole captain’s log Read More
Day 143 – Captain’s Log: Holy Days of Obligation
Thursday, August 6, 2020 – Oh my lanta! I **think** I figured out what was missing from the Captain’s Logs. However, if this is a rehash of something I already posted, well…just come back in a couple of days. Part I: basic intro and what are the Holy Days of Obligation Part II: Canon law Read More
Day 142 – Captain’s Log: Liturgical Infographics (again)
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 – Today is the motherload of seasonal liturgical infographics. I have not done one yet for ordinary time, but…you know…it is so…well…ordinary. (Snort, see what I did there!?) I also need to do these for Traditional Latin Mass seasons. I mean, they are basically the same, but with better titles (AKA Read More
Day 141 – Captain’s Log: (some) Liturgical Infographics
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 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