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What Mary Wore: Belts and Veils from Mary’s Closet

ShareI viagra pills n honor of the Marian feast this week, I thought I’d take a peek inside the Virgin Mary’s closet. Sometimes you’d think, from looking at pious representations of the Mother of God, that she was a real fashionista. Actually, when you think about it, living in such a warm climate, Mary must [...]

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Oh, Please– Tell Me It Ain’t “Bo”

ShareOh, no. I was chuckling about the article that’s gone viral these past few days, featuring the “27 Worst Nativity Sets.” Yep, they’re pretty bad– I admit! But then I saw our White House. The People’s House. And this year, the Obama family has decorated the White House with (choose one): (a) Nativity sets from [...]

Truth and Beauty: Father Barron’s “Catholicism”

ShareOur cable carrier picks up WGN, the network from Chicago which aired several videos from Fr. Robert Barron’s 10-part series titled “Catholicism.”   The series–at least, four parts of it–will be coming to PBS in October, with the other six videos to be aired on EWTN beginning in November.  I jumped through hoops to see the first ones, [...]

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This Beetle: Maybe I’ll Name Him Benjamin

ShareSo there I was, bustling about the house getting ready for work, and this Big Brown THING caught my eye. It was a beetle, moseying along on the living room carpet. No husband in sight to rescue me, I did the best I could: I scooped it up in a wad of Kleenex and….. …crushed [...]

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Humble Pie and the Great Wall of Pretending

Share“This store,” asked the diminutive Filipino woman as I reached for the door at my local Dress Barn, “do they only sell clothes for you, or do they also sell clothes for thin women like me?” What would you have done?  Gotten angry or hurt or insulted?  Laughed it off? I blinked in amazement as [...]

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