Give your life to God while there's still time!
I'd like to share with you a video you will want to show your teen. It's a rap, but if you're 14 or 44, you're gonna love it, too. It's about the modern world--all the stuff we and our kids are "fed"--and how its promises are empty. There is only one true promise, and it is in Christ. The video is fun and not preachy...but very effective!
As Catholics, let's pray that the same fervor you see on this video brings all our brothers and sisters to the Blessed Sacrament, so all will have Christ with us both spiritually and physically and we will be united as One. What a bountiful gift our Lord gave us through His Body and Blood! May we also share in this fervor as we receive Him in Holy Communion. Remember to say, "Thank you, Lord Jesus," as you consume the consecrated host.
Thanks to Brian at A Book of Everything. Click here to watch the video now.
God bless.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Great Promises: The Apple Blossom
How can so much come from so little?
Potential--one of the glorious mysteries of His Creation.
(photo copyrighted by Roger L. Blease)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Lacy's Easter Link-Up
Over at Catholic Icing, Lacy has organized her latest link-up. Catholic bloggers from all over are invited to feature their posts about Easter. You will find reflections, meditations, and ideas on how to celebrate the entire season (fifty days!) with your family and friends.
Click here to visit Catholic Icing.
While you're there, don't forget to page through all of Lacy's blog, not just the link-up. If you're a teacher, mom, or grandmom, you will find it particularly helpful with lots of craft projects, recipes, and printables that will help bring the Easter story to life for children...and for you. Check it out and have fun!
But before you go, you might want to read my "Easter Joy Inside and Out," a funny little Easter story, which I include in Lacy's link-up. I posted it yesterday. Scroll down or check my archives in right column. Look for the Easter Bunny costume.
Be sure to leave a comment for Lacy and tell her that you came from Kathleen's Catholic! Happy Easter!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter Joy Inside and Out
by Kathleen Blease
When my oldest son was just four years old, and his brother was two, the three of us made a visit to our favorite mom-and-pop toy store. While my little one was enjoying the Thomas the Tank Engine playset at the back of the store, a surprise guest walked through the front door. Ben saw him right away, and clapped his hands. Then, he ran to get his baby brother. Spring was in the air, and the promise of baskets brimming with candy and goodies was so close!
Ben collected his little brother, who wouldn't give up his Percy, the green engine. "Look, Max, look! It's the Easter Bunny, Max! He'll be coming to our house real soon and bring us some yummy baskets!"
I was marvelling over my son's enthusiasm. His little brother stood with his mouth wide open and his eyes like Little Orphan Annie's--amazed and dazed and a little unsteady on his toddler feet as he gazed up at this holiday giant. His big brother was educating him on the finer points of the sweet holiday just before us.
Ben's thrill was obvious. "Oh, it's the Easter Bunny! The Easter Bunny!" He drew close to my legs and looked at me with a smile full of enthusiam and childlike pure joy.
"Mommy, it's the Easter Bunny."
"I see that, Honey."
He jumped around a bit. Then he waved his long arms in the air and asked, "Mommy, who's in the costume?"
Out of the mouths of babes. Somehow I managed to do what any mother of sound mind would do: I looked at him and put my finger over my lips to convey to him the secrecy of the moment. Shh. Don't give it away.
Oh to see the joy of the Easter Bunny--inside and out!
When my oldest son was just four years old, and his brother was two, the three of us made a visit to our favorite mom-and-pop toy store. While my little one was enjoying the Thomas the Tank Engine playset at the back of the store, a surprise guest walked through the front door. Ben saw him right away, and clapped his hands. Then, he ran to get his baby brother. Spring was in the air, and the promise of baskets brimming with candy and goodies was so close!
Ben collected his little brother, who wouldn't give up his Percy, the green engine. "Look, Max, look! It's the Easter Bunny, Max! He'll be coming to our house real soon and bring us some yummy baskets!"
I was marvelling over my son's enthusiasm. His little brother stood with his mouth wide open and his eyes like Little Orphan Annie's--amazed and dazed and a little unsteady on his toddler feet as he gazed up at this holiday giant. His big brother was educating him on the finer points of the sweet holiday just before us.
Ben's thrill was obvious. "Oh, it's the Easter Bunny! The Easter Bunny!" He drew close to my legs and looked at me with a smile full of enthusiam and childlike pure joy.
"Mommy, it's the Easter Bunny."
"I see that, Honey."
He jumped around a bit. Then he waved his long arms in the air and asked, "Mommy, who's in the costume?"
Out of the mouths of babes. Somehow I managed to do what any mother of sound mind would do: I looked at him and put my finger over my lips to convey to him the secrecy of the moment. Shh. Don't give it away.
Oh to see the joy of the Easter Bunny--inside and out!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Six Days Until St. Valentine's Day
Dear St. Valentine,
Pray for our hearts and minds. Pray that we are filled with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may celebrate the love that has walked into our every day lives!
Amen.
(photo from www.zastavki.com/.../wallpaper-4959.htm)
"The first time two hearts connect, that is the day to mark and celebrate, for it’s the birthday of life. The first day of life as it should be!”
from Introduction by Kathleen Blease, from Love In Verse: Classic Poems of the Heart
"The first time two hearts connect, that is the day to mark and celebrate, for it’s the birthday of life. The first day of life as it should be!”
from Introduction by Kathleen Blease, from Love In Verse: Classic Poems of the Heart
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