While the kids watched a movie, my husband and I both took the opportunity to relax in our own preferred ways – he with a few episodes of his favorite show, me in a nice hot bath.
As I soaked in the tub, I heard the movie end and the kids begin to get rowdy.
I waited for a minute or two, hoping my husband would corral them and start the bedtime routine, but he didn’t.
So I got angry.
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A mother ushers her handful of small children into church on Sunday morning.
She sits down in their usual pew, but then stands back up to swap places with her husband. She settles into the aisle seat for easy escape.
The toddler climbs into her lap and tugs on her veil.
She wonders how long he will last today.
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My child asked me if we could start going to daily Mass, and I hesitated.
Our parish is a half hour drive, it’s hard to get the kids ready and out the door in the morning, we have so many other things to do in our day.
Excuses.
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Do you see what these months without the Eucharist have done to us?
The Eucharist is our strength, the center of our lives. It is the source and summit of our Faith.
The Eucharist is self-sacrificing love. It is Jesus, entirely given: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, out of love for us.
When he saw sin, what did he do? Did he attack, vilify, cut down?
No, he stretched out his hands and healed, forgave. He stretched out his arms and suffered and died. He humbly allowed himself to be beaten, mocked, and tortured by the very ones who hurt him, the ones he loved with an infinite, self-sacrificing love.
He gave of himself.
And thus he won their hearts.
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I want to tell you about a mission in Haiti that holds a special place in my heart.
My husband and I absolutely love this mission and have have been supporting it for the last 10 years.
Haiti180 is a grassroots organization that is truly changing the lives of many Haitians. And the lives of those of us here in the US who support and fund this mission are so blessed when we share our hearts and resources with them.
But here’s the thing.
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This post is a guest contribution from Tim Lucchesi, author at The Chaste Love, and my co-host on our podcast, Home But Not Alone.
What’s next?
You might be asking questions just like this.
Good news! This crisis WILL pass.
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We decided to try our first May Crowning this year. But our plans had a fatal flaw: we have no Mary statue.
I had to come up with another idea.
So I began eyeing random items around my house, scheming to turn something into a makeshift Mary we could crown.
Here’s what I came up with!
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of our Catholic Faith.
The unique beliefs Catholics hold to about the Eucharist sets us apart from other Christians.
Take this fun quiz to find out how much you know about the Eucharist!
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When I was a kid, one of the great joys of Easter morning was waking up to a basket of goodies after our 40 day long Lenten Fast.
My grammy was our Easter bunny, and she always went overboard. Mountains of candy, small gifts, and way too much of Easter grass; pinatas, egg hunts, and always a ham.
As I grew older, my mom continued the Easter basket tradition with us as “big kids.” Only, instead of baskets, she swapped over to Easter paper bags.
They were smaller. They were simpler.
And believe it or not, I loved them even more than our beloved baskets.
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Our God is a God of miracles.
This quiz will help you understand miracles a bit better – what they are, how they work, and the power they have.
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