Thursday, April 16, 2020 – It has been a month since this all started (in Virginia, anyway). I keep hoping that this will all end soon, but…alas…sigh. There was a glimmer of hope yesterday. The Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico lifted the diocesan ban on public Masses. Unfortunately, it looks like some logistics still Read More
Tag: Sobbing in the desert
Day 30 – A Random Advent Story for the Octave of Easter
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Andrew and I are putting in a small vegetable garden. We are neither handy or outdoorsy, but that is a post and (maybe) a series of videos for another time. Anyhow, while building our raised bed, a nice lady came walking past our property. She was thrilled we were out Read More
Day 29 – More Bad Catholic Puns and Jokes
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 – I know, I know. I have a problem. I just can’t help myself. The jokes just keep popping up. Again, “I have too much time on my hands and the humor level of a 5-year-old reading Laffy Taffy wrappers.” #StillSorryNotSorry Why did the sponge go to Church?…Because it was holy. Read More
Day 28 – Best Monday Ever in the History of Always
Monday, April 13, 2020 – I cannot imagine what that first Easter Monday was like for the Apostles and His disciples, but it must have been amazing and totally terrifying. The darkness they experienced suddenly gone with the knowledge that Christ rose from the dead just as promised. Mary Magdalen and the other Mary ran Read More
Day 27 – EASTER!
Sunday, April 12, 2020 – Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia! He has risen as he said, alleluia! This is totally not a normal Easter, but nobody can take our Lord or our faith from us. We can hope in Him and know deep in our hearts that He has risen. He comes to save us from Read More
Day 26 – Ka-pow! Hi-yah! and The Harrowing of Hell
Saturday, April 11, 2020 – What did Christ DO on Holy Saturday? Today is a quiet day for most of us. It is that seemingly odd 24-ish hours between the Crucifixion and the Easter Vigil. I really wish there were more homilies on what happened Holy Saturday. It’s actually quite cool. The Catechism of the Read More
Day 25 – A Day Without Mass
Friday, April 10, 2020 – “On this and the following day, by a most ancient tradition, the Church does not celebrate the Sacraments at all, except for Penance and the Anointing of the Sick.” (The Roman Missal, Friday of the Passion of the Lord, 1) Good Friday, as we all know, is they day Christ Read More
Day 24 – The Flusches are Crazy about Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 9, 2020 – Weird fact: I…LOVE…MAUNDY THURSDAY! I love that it is the start of the Triduum, which by the way is #1 on the Table of Liturgical Days. I love that Christ gave us the Eucharist and the Priesthood on this day. Andrew and I love Holy Thursday so much we bought Read More
Day 23 – Confession: Get It While You Can…Often!
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 – I am very thankful that we still have the Sacrament of Penance in our diocese. Andrew and I usually try to go every couple of weeks throughout the year. With the added tension in the air and my shorter than usual temper, I’ve made even more frequent trips to the Read More
Day 22 – Some Really Bad Catholic Puns and Corny Jokes
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 – After a much-needed break from the internet (aka social media), I decided I needed more funny in my life. Maybe I’m totally bat-guano crazy, and I definitely need a break from all the tension of the world. Perhaps this coconut is totally cracked! Whatever it is, I have too much Read More
