Mark your calendars!
Catholic Trivia is going down this Friday! I hope you'll join me over on @tojesussincerely IG stories for a virtual game of Catholic Trivia.
Why should you play? This is a great opportunity to:
- deepen your faith,
- have fun while you learn,
- and a chance to win cool prizes from Catholic artisans!
This month's trivia sponsors are @smallthings.gr8love and @glorydesigncrochet.
Allison is the owner over at @smallthings.gr8love . She makes beautiful inspirational bracelets and rosaries. But her prayer space rosaries are especially to die for. Allison is donating a gorgeous prayer space rosary (retails for $32) to the winner of this month's Catholic Trivia game. This is a rosary intended to be left out on a coffee table or a designated prayer space. It is made from wood beads, cotton string, and a wood cross.
Tiffany is the creative behind @gloredesigncrochet. She has a beautiful array of crocheted accessories in her shop. I love her teething accessories and nursing necklaces. For this month's Catholic Trivia winner, Tiffany is donating a Rosary Tea Cozy (retails at $12). It fits average “grande” sized drinks. Made from cotton yarn and clay beads. A way to keep track of your Rosary while sipping your favorite hot (or cold) beverage!
Are you as excited as I am? Spread the word and study up on your Catholic trivia! Hint: This month's trivia theme is THE ROSARY!
Questions will be posted first thing Friday morning. Be there!
#CatholicTrivia
#4thFridayTrivia
#Rosary
#MyMassTakeaway - True Blessings.
We don’t put our hope in Christ as some sort of magical genie who will give us good things in this life.
We put our hope in Christ’s Resurrection.
Our hope is for the things of heaven. We look ahead to our death, and beyond.
We’re all going to die. There’s no getting around it. And at that time, we let go of all our earthly blessings – including our body!
What do we have left?
Jesus.
Heaven.
If there’s no Resurrection, there’s no heaven waiting for us. And if that’s true, then nothing really matters.
But Jesus did rise from the dead. And by his Resurrection, he opened the gates of heaven to us.
If we let go of the earthly things we cling to, our hands will be free to reach for heaven. To seek the true blessings, the eternal blessings.
So today, we rejoice in our suffering, because it reminds us where our true happiness is. It’s not in food, money, or popularity. It’s not in earthly pleasure.
Our true happiness lies in our hope in heaven.
All that matters is Christ’s love for us, and ours for him.
Full reflection plus linkup on the blog! Link in bio 😍
Yesterday, for Valentine's Day, my husband and I did exactly nothing special for each other.
Today, on not-Valentine's-Day, he brought me home an iced coffee, and I made him a special dessert.
It's always a good day to show love.
While I'm here, I might as well mention that next Friday is #CatholicTrivia night!
Our generous sponsors and their prizes will be announced on Monday!! I'll tell you the theme to so you can study up.
#4thFridayTrivia #gamenight #mycatholiclife #catholicsonline
"So this is love. This is what makes lidea divine... So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of. This is love." -Cinderella.
Do you remember the miracle of new love? I remember it. The early days, dating my husband. That feeling of newness, excitement, adventure.
The moment I met my babies. The tears of joy I cried when they were placed in my arms. The hours spent gazing at their peaceful, sleeping faces and touching their tiny fingers and toes.
New love, beautiful love, exciting love, is a miracle.
But it's the difficult love that makes life divine.
It's the hard love, the ugly love, the love that endures, which sanctifies us.
The love that weathers the tough seasons of marriage. That fights back against the obstacles that threaten to tear us apart. That holds on through the boring days and long nights and stressful seasons.
The love that sacrifices sleep when the kids climb in bed, scared of nightmares. That potty trains and disciplines and teaches. That reads one more book and gives one more hug and serves one more snack.
Love that sacrifices is what makes life divine. Love that gives is what makes us Christlike.
It may not always be pretty, but it is beautiful.
This is the love I'm celebrating today. Love worth dying to self for.
This. Is love.
