Tag: Advent
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There’s No Place Like Home 🏠
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The second week of Advent this year is a BIG one for Mother Mary! 💙 Go Team Mary! 💙 We celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Monday (Lucys’ birthday!), Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday (my MIL’s birthday), and a day that I’m just starting to learn more about and LOVE, Our Lady…
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Jiggety Jig
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in ReflectionsLet’s talk about jigs. Not the lively dance with leaping movements, but rather the device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place. The older I get, the more I appreciate that the Church has liturgical seasons. I’ve come to think of them as jigs that keep us on track spiritually. And this world has no…
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The Thing About Gifts
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in ReflectionsYou don’t need to put a gift in a box and wrap it in fancy paper for it to be a gift. It’s still a thoughtful and generous gesture of love or appreciation. But the wrappings add mystery, magic, and a key ingredient that makes it truly special: anticipation. Anticipation is one of two things we’ve…