Millionaire Monks - share the wealth!

Despite vows of poverty, they’re millionaire monksBernard McCoy is the worst-paid CEO in the country. His business makes millions in profits per year selling ink and toner online, but his annual pay is ... zero.(click here to read more)Click here to shop at the monk's store: LaserMonksGod Bless!H/T: What does the prayer really say? - voted best Catholic Blog of 200...

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40 Days for Life!

I am joining in on the prayer partnership of 40 Days for Life. A worldwide mission of prayer and action to fight for the lives of the unborn. It is also a calling to pray for prosperity of all life from conception to natural death.40 Days for Life Blog: Add it to your google reader! Follow along with their efforts and view the daily devotionals.40 Days for Life website: everything you want to know about this mission.God Bles...

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My First Hero!

A girl's first hero is usually her daddy. Well, I'll try not to exaggerate, but I think my dad is my hero not just because he is the best dad ever... :) but for all who he is and wants to be. My parents are already saints in my mind. So my way of sharing the wisdom of such a Godly Man was to create a blog page dedicated to his homilies, humor and daily thoughts. Because he's been endowed with such beautiful words of wisdom, and he always knows the right thing to say to make me think a little harder or smile a little bigger - it's a shame not to share.Here is a peice of his homily from last Sunday...

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Another Ah-ha moment between me and God.

I've just joined a handful of Catholic Mothers who are studying God's word using incredible study guides. The current guide is "Courageous Love" written by Stacy Mitch. It is certainly an eye opener, especially with this first week's "Holiness 101" lesson. I have always been on the path to holiness, straying just a few times when I was entering adulthood. Growing up I had always been the girl who tagged along with my parents to their Bible Study meetings, Deaconate Classes, and other adult activities, since I was a mellow and only child at the time.This new study group is the first one I've...

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Get outta bed!

Powerful Women's Motto:"Live your life in such a way thatwhen your feet hit the floor in the morning,satan shudders & says...'Oh sh*t..........she's awake!!!"So the next time you get up out of bed,do it with purpose and live your life like you mean it!HT: Catholic Fi...

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Learning to Sacrifice Week 6: I have God's Word

This week is the first meeting of our Catholic Women's Book Club. We are going to be studying the bible using the Courageous Love book. It looks wonderful, but I let them know ahead of time - I am not a reader. I have never really enjoyed reading, and rarely finish a book no matter how interesting it is. So this ought to be quite the feat if I get through it all.What I am proposing to myself is to give up any nighttime TV I may be tempted to watch, and read this book and the Bible instead. I am not guaranteeing anything, but I am putting my remote down, and picking up something that is much more...

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An American Carol

Got his one from Catholic Fire. I hope this one comes to our area - looks like a good laugh in an election year! It's a spoof on The Christmas Carol.God Bles...

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McCain-Palin in Minnesota Today

http://www.wcco.com/video/?id=47714@wcco.dayport.comThis link has some great video footage of McCain and Palin talking to us Minnesotans today in Blaine, MN. My parents and brother went to see them in person since it's near them, and she said the enthusiasm was so high and LOUD! No signing or time to meet them, but a great rally for the republicans.The one thing that struck me in Palin's speech was when she said that Obama is the instigator in all this Deomcratic yelling and "getting in our face" stuff. I was appauled at all the crap I got on my comment on You Tube just because I was republican....

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Tragedy Strikes!

For those of you who watch/read the news today - my husband is okay. He works at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant where there was a tragic accident today. Please keep this man's family in your prayers, as they seek consolation. May they have a deep rooted faith to still the shaking of their souls.WCCO Ch4 ArticleStar Tribune ArticleKSTP Ch5 NewsKare11 NewsReading more online, I find another person just died on Hwy 15 near our home being hit by a windmill a truck was hualing. Could have been someone coming home from work, perhaps someone I know. Two more in a car accident in Detroit Lakes. And...

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Learning to Sacrifice Week 5: Offer It Up

Anytime this week I feel crabby, irritable or whatever bad mood I am in - I am going to offer it up in prayer for the many people who are burdened with depression. That they may find relief in their day. This is how I plan to make a bad thing good. Another week survived by the many Graces of God!God Bles...

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I know I should be in bed but...

I know I should be in bed, but I just got a chance to create my school week plan, and thought I'd send a happy hello to all of you!I had a really bad day today, as many of you may have read. Thanks Paula for offering an open ear. I was able to pull through it thanks to the help of a dear friend, Jamie. She came right over to my house just after reading my blog, whisked me out the door with all the kids and we went for a walk. On this feast of Our Lady of Sorrows - a woman with more sorrows than I can ever imagine - Jamie started us on a one decade of the Sorrowful Mystery of the Agony in the...

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Good Grief!

"Good Grief!" - Charlie BrownWell, I am not sure if I should even be posting this. Today is just a really bad day, and I am not sure if it is hormonal or not. Probably, which means it will pass in 24-48 hours. If not, this sucks big time.TODAY's 5 STAGES OF GRIEF1. Denial: Everything is just fine. I am just having a hormonal day.2. Anger: I hate this life, and I blame everyone else! Why me?3. Bargaining: Maybe it would be better if someone came to help me watch the kids, so I could get some of these things done. I swear things will get better if someone else takes care of it for me. I promise...

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I Travel by Marian Express!

Most do not know the extent of my travels as a little girl. Oh, the places I've been and the things I've seen.My parents were very determined in the 1980s and 1990s to visit, and take me (and sometimes my siblings) to many of the Marian Apparition sites and places of Catholic importance around the globe,As well as many other trips throughout the USA. Here are just a few that I currently have pictures of - [MOM I need those pictures soon!] Mexico - Guadelupe 1986(What a blondie I used to be!) Medjugorje, Yugoslavia 1987 I remember that walking stick, for some reason I was selfish about it and...

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What a real black man has to say...

Found this at Catholic Fire, a really great poster on what matters to Catholic mom's and parents everywhere. I like this guy below too...God Bless!H/T: Catholic Fire...

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We could all use a dose of humility.

By far one of the hardest prayers I've ever had to pray. I think everything else in my life is easier to change than this. That's why I pray it as often as I can lately.LITANY OF HUMILITYO Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me, Jesus.From the desire of being loved, From the desire of being extolled, From the desire of being honored, From the desire of being praised, From the desire of being preferred to others, From the desire of being consulted, From the desire of being approved, From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me, Jesus. From the...

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A day I'll never forget.

I will never forget they day I heard on the radio at work that one of our nation's landmarks had been destroyed along with thousands of lives. I will never forget the fear in my heart when I couldn't reach my fiance who worked at a nuclear power plant, later to find he had been told to stay put for tightening of security for a possible terroristic attack on them. I will never forget shaking in my seat, wondering if this was the start of the 3rd World War. I will never forget the endless tears my family shed that day, wondering what and who was next. Tears shed for all those who will never see...

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Learning to Sacrifice Week 4: Procrastinator

My sacrificing just hasn't worked out. I write one thing and do another. I believe I've spent about 80% of my day on this dang computer. I love it and hate it at the same time.This week, I am learning to sacrifice my procrastination. I have kicked a lot of bad habits, but this one just won't budge. I swear my boots are getting bruises trying.Why do I do this to myself, day after day, and stress myself out even more? Who knows. But one thing I know - I hate it, internally and self-consciously, I hate it. There are somethings I know will never get done, but there are tasks that must be completed...

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Quirks MEME

Here are the rules:1. Link the person(s) who tagged you2. Mention the rules on your blog3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.God Bless!My QUIRKS, thanks to A Book A Day:#1 I can't stand people that JUST DONT GET IT. Their ignorance eats away at me for hours or longer.2. I used to have a thing about the way pillows were arranged (thanks to mom), but now that I have kids who really could care less - my new one is the arrangement of things higher up like...

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Adoration Thursday Night

As you can see from my posts, I'm struggling with my life and homeschooling. But I'm trying to buck up and take it like a mother. So tonight while in prayer at Adoration, feeling like my soul was so black maybe God couldn't reach me with his words...He called me to pray the rosary. Mary inspired me to pray without hesitation the Joyful Mysteries. I willingly agreed and began. My daughter, only 6, requested to come with me, so I got her started and then began my own. (She did rather well, but this will not be a regular thing.)The Joyful Mysteries for Homeschoolers (what I heard)1. The Annunciation:...

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Learning to Sacrifice Week 3: Sleep Deprevation

Very late on this one again due to the school week. Sacrificing my sleep and fun in my day seems to be the theme for me. This week has been a lot of work for me, you know the one who has never followed a schedule in the past 7 years! The one with the kids that have never been prompted nor encouraged to wake up before 9:30am. So this next week, I am sacrificing my late night hours and sleeping in for the greater good of my soul. I am waking up and getting to my morning prayers asap. I haven't done this in oh, about 10 years. And I am going to push for a "by 10pm" bedtime. So lots of changes, lots...

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Vote for someone who's more than words

A few weeks ago, my daughter (now 6) and I were talking about children, and we started talking about her being the first baby of our family, me of mine, and I told her about the first children on earth. "What were their names, mommy?" "Cane and Abel," I said. She lifted her head from her lunch and confidently asked, "John McCain?" Now I've heard a lot of old jokes about McCain, but that one tops the funny list, don't you think!? The people on the campaign trail have really thought of everything. Tonight while watching the news after Sarah Palin's wonderful and thought provoking speech, channel...

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A prayer for the start of our days.

This is a really good prayer for the start of our days.PRAY THIS EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT!!IT WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.Dear Lord,I thank You for this day.I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God.You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thoughtthat was not pleasing to you.I ask now for Your forgiveness.Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.Let me make the...

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