I made an upside down cake that I didn’t turn upside down. It didn’t want to come loose from the pan, and I didn’t care. Just cut pieces, dug them out of the pan, and enjoyed. It used four cups of rhubarb and 1 1/3 cups of flour. That seemed like a lot of fruit [...]
Today, June 24, is the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist. He is so important that he actually gets two feast days, the other being his death, celebrated on August 29. As a solemnity there are extra readings at Mass and we say the Gloria and recite the creed. The first reading was [...]
I went to look for the saint of the day and Saint Helena was listed for today, June 20th, on a particular website. I happily wandered down the rabbit hole called, Google Saint Helena and get the island where Napoleon was ultimately imprisoned. I didn’t bother reading anything about him, but found an enchanting video [...]
I sat down to think about writing and realized that I am not ready to express my deep thoughts about the ordination I attended last week. I can say it was a joyful and lengthy event. I can say that I attended with an eight-year old, a six-year old, a three-year old and a one-year [...]
June 13 is the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua. He’s got a few surprises hidden in his story. In the first place he’s Portuguese and Padua is in Italy. In the second place, he died in 1231 after only ten years as a Franciscan, and after the first two years of his preaching as [...]
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