A sweet reminder from our son during Mass April 24, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window “Pure love … knows that only one thing is needed to please God,” St. Faustina wrote, “to do even the smallest things out of great love—love, and always love.”
First Communion Prep with Pope Francis April 24, 2017By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional There is so much joy to be found in these 40 beautifully illustrated pages.
7 Quick Takes: Lasagna for Easter, our fun spring break, preparing for summer, a trip to the zoo, and signs of spring April 21, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window This week’s 7 Quick Takes includes Easter fun and a trip to the zoo.
The search for a new-to-us bicycle April 20, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Two boys and two bicycles and two bicycle helmets and a new love for bargain shopping. Not bad for a beautiful spring afternoon.
What happened when we put all our prayers in one basket for Lent April 14, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window If I were getting graded on how I’ve done this Lent, I am not sure I would pass.Maybe that’s why I am especially grateful for the prayer basket we filled with intentions before Lent even began.Every morning we’ve pulled out a name for our intention of the day. We’ve prayed for
As my goddaughter turns 1… April 12, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window One year ago I drove to the hospital to hold my niece for the first time. She was precious and sweet and snuggly and warm.This weekend we celebrated her first birthday. Throughout her party, she was laughing and crawling and bouncing and reaching over to give her big sister a
With a Peep Peep here, and a Peep Peep there: An Easter-themed snack for a Cub Scouts meeting April 12, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window For weeks our first grader has been reminding me that soon it would be our turn to bring the snack to Cub Scouts. I haven’t focused much on it, but he has been taking it very seriously.Our turn came the Wednesday before Easter—Spy Wednesday—so I suggested we should bring pretzels.
A week of turmoil and triumph April 6, 2017By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary Each year, we celebrate the most momentous week in all of history, a week filled with turmoil and triumph: Holy Week.
Some of my best friends are journalists April 6, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog At some point my parents left it to my older siblings to correct my behavior at St. Rose of Lima in Brooklyn. Two memories stand out, once for slouching as an altar server, the other in a pew, for not washing from my neck and arms the newsprint that had
7 Quick Takes Friday: April Fools Day, fishing in the cold, a dragon in the sky, a visit to a beloved playground, and the start of baseball season April 6, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window How did you celebrate April Fools Day?
Answered prayers (or the story of a missing watch) April 3, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Every day during Lent we pull a slip of paper out of our prayer basket and read the name of the person or people listed there.We’ve prayed for cousins and grandparents, deceased family members and living friends. We share stories about the people we’re praying for, and—when I think of
The Litany of Trust: A Prayer for our Times April 3, 2017By Hanael Bianchi Filed Under: Blog, Fertile Soil It was a typical Saturday in late January. My best friend was helping me install a laminate floor in our living room. We took a break to have lunch together, and chitchatted for a bit before he left. Four days later, I received a series of frantic text messages and
