by Kendra | Feb 22, 2021 | Lent, Liturgical Year
Get this as free printable here!Download Well, here we are on Monday of the first week of Lent. Happy feast of the Chair of St. Peter! (See how our family celebrates the day here.) If Ash Wednesday crept up on you this year, not to worry . . . it’s never too...
by Kendra | Jan 31, 2021 | Catholic All Year Shop, Liturgical Year
Thanks for putting up with this week of me trying to sell you stuff.* But hopefully you think it’s good stuff and . . . it will mostly be over after this last push today. So, here’s what I’ve got to tell you about . . . The Catholic All Year...
by Kendra | Apr 8, 2020 | Lent, Liturgical Year
The triduum is upon us! Let’s talk Holy Thursday. No, wait, for a Holy Thursday overview, see this post The “You Can Still Do This” Guide to All Things Holy Week Here, let’s talk about the Seven Churches Visitation. Under normal circumstances, following...
by Kendra | Apr 7, 2020 | Lent, Liturgical Year
Happy Spy Wednesday! Today we’ll be hiding thirty quarters. Here’s why: See the April Booklet for the collects and readings for Spy Wednesday and each day of the Triduum. We’ve done the quarters thing for many years now, and love it. New this year,...
by Kendra | Apr 6, 2020 | Catholic All Year Shop, Catholic Living, Easter, Liturgical Year, Weird Catholic Stuff
Easter candles, you guys. EASTER CANDLES. We must have them. And really, my family can’t imagine missing out completely on the stirringly beautiful beginning of the Easter Vigil Mass, with the fire and the candles and the Exsultet. The whole Easter Vigil is...
by Kendra | Oct 10, 2019 | Catholic Mom Book Review, Liturgical Year
YOU ASKED FOR IT! This is probably my most requested not-yet-posted post ever. So here it is: Every single read aloud we use on saints’ days all year long! (This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through those links, I receive a small...
by Kendra | Oct 1, 2019 | Catholic All Year Compendium, Catholic Living, Liturgical Year
Happy October! In honor of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7th, and the whole month of October, which is dedicated to the Rosary, this month’s Catholic All Year Liturgical Living video is about . . . saying a family Rosary. We know we should be...
by Kendra | Aug 31, 2019 | Catholic All Year Compendium, Catholic Living, Liturgical Year
September is traditionally a more somber month, liturgical calendar-wise. The month is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. On September 14 and 15 we observe the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. The fall Ember Days are...
