Friday, November 27, 2020 – We absolutely detest black Friday. As such, we normally go to Mass, then hole-up in our jammies and ride out the crazy storm whilst eating non-meat fare (AKA pie!). So, clearly I wrote this post BEFORE today because my laptop is turned off and I am currently either attending Mass Read More
Tag: Thanksgiving
Day 255 – Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 26, 2020 – Today we give thanks. Mr. Flusche and I start every Thanksgiving at Mass and end with a meal with family friends. And if you are the government spying on me, well… And if you are looking for Mrs. Flusche’s annual Advent calendar (ahead of official release…on Sunday), you can download Read More
Day 196 – Captain’s Log: The Types of Prayer
Monday, September 28, 2020 – Okay, this is going to be a looong captain’s log because we spent a lot of time talking about the Types of Prayer! Part I: What are the Types of Prayer (Forms and Expressions) Part II: Vocal (External) Prayer Part III: Meditative (Internal) Prayer Part IV: Contemplative (Internal) Prayer Part Read More
Day 187 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part XI)
Saturday, September 19, 2020 – Yesterday we walked though going to Confession and showed how it goes through each of the expressions and forms of prayer. Today we want to do that for the Mass. Now, the Mass has a lot more “stuff” to it, so I will be pulling out examples rather than a Read More
Day 186 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part X)
Friday, September 18, 2020 – Over the next two days I am going to cover specific “times of prayer,” for lack of a better phrase. Basically, I want to take two very important “things” we do as Catholics—going to Confession and going to Mass—and talk about how the expressions of prayer and the forms of Read More
Day 177 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part I)
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 – A lot of Catholics have trouble with prayer: what is it? How do you do it? Why do we need it? Etc. Well, the “why” we covered a few days ago (Friday, September 4, 2020) when we talked about the Three Eminent Good Works. For that not-so-in-depth exposé, see: Mrs. Read More
Day 69 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Mass (Part I)
Sunday, May 24, 2020 – Now that we have really hashed out what the Eucharist is (and is not), we need to go over what Mass is (and is not). It would surprise most Catholics to learn that the Mass is not the Eucharist. Rather, the Eucharist is brought to us in the Holy Sacrifice Read More