Hoover Fridge Freezers Rock!

Thanks so much for your well wishes and prayers with regard to the assualt on my son two days ago. As I have written in the comments box, the boy who attacked Wonderboy has been suspended until next week but will soon return to school. We have been assured that if there is [...]

Big Boy’s do cry, and why not!

picture of DS this summer past
I intended to post earlier but life caught up with me. Both kids are off school again, the electrician has been out to do some electrical testing and informed me I need a rewire for all the lighting. His exact words were
“Your lighting isn’t earthed so be careful [...]

A love letter to Mother

For those who requested it and even those who didn’t :-) Enjoy! I hope….
A Love letter to My Mother
Mother most holy, help me to followIn all of your ways, for all my tomorrowsWhen weary or worried from all of life’s caresIntercede for me through your most blessed prayersMother most merciful, watch over meAnd [...]

SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE WITH HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI

Please join me in prayer for the Holy Father this week as he pilgrimages to Turkey on what could be an ill received visit if early indications are anything to go by, pray especially for open hearts to his message and for his safety.
SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE WITH HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI ON HIS [...]

Coolock

I’m bursting with things to tell you about the retreat day. It was fabulous. We all agreed that it had been a little slice of heaven on earth. The place, though quite small, was a hive of contemplatative opportunity. I realised when I got there that I hadn’t pulled the rechargeable [...]

On Retreat

One of the things I love about being so active in the parish is that I get the chance to work in areas of catechesis even when I’m not formally involved in catechising at say an RCIA group. As many of you know our parish foundation of the Union of Catholic Mothers was [...]

Birthday Memorial

My darling Steve would have been 39 years old today. I sometimes wonder what he would have looked like as he’d have grown older, and I swear I see men who look like I imagine him to have been and it takes my breath away. I have sat in my car and cried just [...]

Time Out

It is with considerable reluctance that I withdraw from CCDB.
There just aren’t enough hours, you know how it is. I’ve never been able to be 100% committed to it, because of the other demands on my time…this has meant that from soon after I started writing for CCDB I was unable to keep up [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Prayer
(by St. Vincent Meal on Wheels)

Dear Lord:Today we give thanksFor our many blessingsAs we pray for those in need.
We give thanksFor our family and friendsAs we pray for those who are lonely.
We give thanks for our freedomsAs we pray for those who are oppressed.
We give thanks for our good healthAs we pray for [...]

Love is….the way I feel about my computer

Has another year really passed by since I last posted this?
Seems like just a few months ago.
If you would like one of these (you’ll have to click the link to find out what I’m on about) then leave a comment at the bottom of this post and send me your address via email [...]

The Nativity Story

T.O sent me an email recently asking me if I would mention the film, The Nativity Story or her (jolly good) review of it, and of course, I said yes! The latter of which can be found here.
To watch the trailer click this
The film is to be released in UK cinemas from 1st [...]

The simple things make me smile

I had the pleasure of watching the Simpsons last night. It was made even more pleasurable than usual because it was the episode where Bart get’s put in a Catholic School and before he knows it he’s itching to convert to Catholicism…..I dare say that wouldn’t necessarily happen in real life ;-0. The [...]

Katie and Tom Cruising for a bruising

So Cruise and Holmes exchanged vows today for what? Apparantly their ’scientology wedding’ wasn’t even accepted as having legal status when they exchanged their ‘vows’ today, just north of Italy’s Catholic Capital.
Shame on them, but more particularly on Tom Cruise for persuading Roman Catholic Katie to practice a religion founded on the writings of [...]

Befuddled

Answer me this, if asked to do something, you do that something with enthusiasm so great that you go beyond what is asked of you and give 50% more, is it fair that you should be told that your hard efforts were not necessary and to have it stated that in future you are required [...]

Sanctity of Life

I know it seems like I’m slating the C of E, but is it my fault if they get themselves headlined so much in so short a period of time?
“the Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, who is the vice chair of the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council, has also argued that the [...]

Friday Feast

AppetizerDo you believe there is intelligent life on other planets?
Since it’s taken so long to prove it exists on earth, it’s unlikely we’ll ever know in our lifetime.
SoupWhat is one thing you said you’d never do, but you eventually did?
I’ve confessed it to my priest and hence, to God and that’s where it stays.
SaladWho is [...]

Rowan Williams on female ordination

Rowan Williams eyebrows remind me of my Dad’s, but that isn’t why I’m posting about him….I’m posting about him because of this …..
“The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, says women priests have not brought the sense of renewal that many had hoped for.”
so THIS was what female ordination was all about? Renewal? [...]

All you need is love….as the Beatles sang….

I know that one of the ways of showing you care is by taking the time to leave a friendly comment in my comments box, or praying for me. But just what are the many languages of love? What are the many ways in which you show your love for others? And do you, [...]

Chocolate is GOOD for a cold

It took two of us to make this….who’d a thunk stirring cake mixture could be so tiring, it’s this darn cold I’ve got, it’s zapped all my energy. Anyway, it’s sumptuous (when we ate our slices the butter filling was nicely oozing and the sponge still warm) and I made it for [...]

Decoupage and dripping chocolate

Many thanks to all who left kind comments or prayed for me yesterday/today. I’m feeling quite a bit better today, thanks to your intercession no doubt :-)
However, the kid’s have been laid up with colds and haven’t been to school today…still, by this evening they were enough recovered to indulge in a little [...]

Feeling sick

I’m missing Mass today because I feel just awful. I’ve had a chronic migraine for 3 days (the pain in my eyes is excruciating- it goes off for a couple of hours after I’ve taken pain killers but then comes back on again with a vengeance), sore throat, head cold, wheezing more than usual [...]

Rememberance Sunday

Today we remember our war dead, all those who gave their lives during the First World War. We remember them in our prayers and we thank them for the part that they played in assuring our countries’ freedom. As with all wars, it’s initial ’cause’ paled into insignificance, when the death toll rose and [...]

Divine Mercy

Suzanne sent this beautiful animated image (click the image to animate it) in an email and I thought I’d share it with you, thanks Suz! Since the Divine Mercy Chaplet is one of my most favourite devotions I was doubly blessed. To learn more about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy click [...]

Lurker Alert

I don’t know much but I can tell by my sitemeter log that I’ve been having record numbers of visitors of late (for me at least), most of whom do not leave a comment and without sitemeter, I would not know about…. I would like to extend a friendly ‘hello’ to all who pass [...]

Thanksgiving

I weep less than I used to do. What I mean to say is that I still cry, but I don’t weep as I once did. Sometimes when I am particularly sensitive to the working of the Holy Spirit within me, I weep, and it hasn’t been happening much of late. Weeping [...]