...and ever so deserving of much candlelight!
Dear Dawn, I wish you the happiest of birthdays and much joy all year long. You inspire me every single day and my life and the lives of my children are so much richer for knowing you!
Please pray for this young family.
I'm a complicated voter. I went to the Candidate Calculator, read all the tabs on the issues and then did the quiz to have them match me with my candidate. The computer failed me. I came up with a three-way tie (exactly 70.83%) for Huckabee, Obama, and Romney. So much for having the computer figure this out for me. I highly recommend going to the calculator, clicking on the issues, and then taking the quiz. It's interesting to really look at what the site says the top issues are and it's very interesting to see where your ideas line up with candidates' positions.It's also a great way to initiate conversation with the teenagers in your house. At that, friends, is my first and last political post because, clearly, I'm confused.
ETA: My son points out that I'm not as confused as the calculator would indicate because if it comes down to it, I'm a one issue voter and being solidly pro-life trumps all.
Maryan is having contractions fifteen minutes apart.I love this prayer, which is dear to me as my name is Elizabeth Ann, and these saints are my patrons. Please take the next fifteen minutes to pray for Maryan and for her baby.
Prayer for a Safe Delivery
Saint Elizabeth, through the great blessings you received from God at the birth of your son, Saint John, I beseech you to obtain for Maryan the grace of deeply understanding with joyful wonder the privilege of motherhood and of living each day in happy anticipation.
I ask this grace through the Precious Blood of Jesus, God’s Gift of Love to us.
Saint Anne, obtain for Maryan through your own blessed child, Mary ever Virgin, the grace that no accident may befall her and that she may deliver her child safe and sound into the world.
I ask this grace through the Precious Blood of Jesus, God’s Gift of Love to us.
Mary, my Mother, I pray you to intercede before your Divine Son, Jesus, and obtain for Maryan the help and blessings of God so that she may patiently endure with joyful expectation the pains of delivery and that her child may receive the grace of Baptism.
I ask this grace through the Precious Blood of Jesus, God’s Gift of Love to us.
Amen.
Prayer HT: Anne
Go celebrate with Alicia as Love2learn.net celebrates 10 years of helpfulness AND the launching of its new website. It seems funny to review a review site, but this one is truly a blessing worth mentioning. A top-notch crew of experienced Catholic homeschoolers help Alicia review resources regularly. The new site is very user-friendly. Reviews are archived alphabetically, and by calendar,by subject, and by educational philosophy. But wait! There's more! The search engine works beautifully. The section on high school at home is particularly appreciated by this reviewer. The new site is clear, crisp, and incredibly easy to navigate. To celebrate, Alicia is hosting book giveaways all month at the Love2Learn blog. Do stop by, congratulate (and thank) her and maybe win a book. See you there!
I'm Elizabeth. I'm a happy wife and the mother of nine children. I grab grace with both hands and write to encourage myself and others to seize and nurture the joy of every day. I blog here with my daughter, Mary Beth, a wholehearted young lady on the brink of adulthood.
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