by Kendra | Dec 24, 2020 | Catholic Living, Christmas
Christmas Eve greetings, dear readers! Our Christmas cards are currently chilling with all their pals in a USPS sorting facility. So, if you get a card from us . . . it’s coming! But in the meantime, and for all of you out there on the interwebs, here’s a...
by Kendra | Jan 21, 2020 | Christmas, Tierneys Unmasked
Usually I can sneak a Christmas blog post in during the Christmas octave, or before Epiphany, or at the VERY latest before the Baptism of the Lord, and get to say, hey it’s late but it’s STILL Christmas! Even *I* think it’s pushing it now, but watch...
by Kendra | Dec 30, 2018 | Christmas, Tierneys Unmasked
Happy sixth day of Christmas! I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. I wanted to pop in here to share our 2018 Christmas Card with all of you. For reasons I explained here, I’m redacting a bit of the text, but if you zoom in on the image of the card itself...
by Kendra | Dec 15, 2018 | Advent, Catholic All Year Compendium, Catholic Living, Christmas, Liturgical Year
Why yes this IS a new blog-do . . . 💁♀️ What do you think? I really REALLY love this tradition. With my book out and the approximately 4672 radio and print interviews I have done in support of it, I am very often asked what is my favorite...
by Kendra | Jan 6, 2018 | Christmas, Liturgical Year
Today is January 6th, which is the traditional date of Epiphany, the day that the three Wise Men arrived in Bethlehem, having followed the star to meet the baby Jesus. But for Western Catholics, we celebrate it tomorrow, on the Sunday after January 1st. Liturgical...
by Kendra | Nov 24, 2017 | Advent, Can of Worms, Catholic Living, Christmas, Liturgical Year, Mailbag
I had every intention of not wading into the Elf on the Shelf debate, because it’s really not a matter of faith and morals, and is therefore something about which good Catholics are free to make their own choices, and follow their own consciences, and disagree....
by Kendra | Nov 8, 2017 | Catholic Living, Christmas, Liturgical Year, Saints
This is the time of year I start getting emails and Facebook messages from parents who are trying to decide how to handle the cultural traditions surrounding Christmas, and how to balance them with their Catholic faith. There is genuinely a lot of worry that...
by Kendra | Jan 4, 2016 | Christmas, Gramblewood
I hope everyone is having a lovely Christmas! School starts up again around here today, for better and worse. I do like a break, but . . . Especially this year. This holiday season has been an absolute blur of new house stuff. There was some back and forth as to...
