Critical Mass

1.  When you start choosing sticky notes at work based on liturgical color.
2.  When you start singing hymns at the office — most especially when you start singing parts of Mass around the office.
3.  When you start feeling more comfortable when things are in triplicate.
Note:  These may not be indicative of Mass frequency for those [...]

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I’ve been tagged by Kasia for the Middle Name Meme.
First the rules:
1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.
2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don’t have a middle name, use your maiden name or your mother’s maiden name).
3. At the end [...]

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From Christopher West’s book, “Theology of the Body Explained”:
In our day and age, the desire for youthfulness and beauty has spawned its own religion.  This false “cult of the body” is saturated with a million and one “sacraments” that promise the “grace” of remaining forever young and attractive.  Thousands of beauty aids promise skin without [...]

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1.  Since it took me 4 hours to get home from work yesterday due to the weather, I completely missed the Parish Mission.  There was to be a soup dinner (outside of my penance anyway, that I was not planning on going to) and distribution of the ashes prior to the mission.  My friend and [...]

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Ah, humor.  I love it!  I happened across this blog entry, where someone has made church signs “talk,” trying to explain Ash Wednesday.  Oh, you have to take a look!  So funny!

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Here are a couple of pictures from the first day of Jenn’s cooking experiment, otherwise known as her Lenten penance.
First, there was the trip to Crate and Barrel on Sunday to buy some more dishes, so that people would have a place to put their food — usually a useful thing:

Then, I had to get [...]

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Tristement, j’ai été dit pour parler en anglais, puisque mon docteur ne parle pas français.  :(  Ainsi, peut-être, je vous tracasserai les personnes aimables.

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Here is a forward from Jill:
Ladies Only … Which Movie Star Are You? This is kind of fun!
Ever wonder which movie star you are most like?
Well ~ A team of researchers got together and analyzed the personalities of movie stars.
The gathered info has been incorporated into this quiz.
There are only 10 questions so it doesn’t [...]

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It was one of those moments that really make you understand the phrase, “Fear of the Lord.”
Morning Mass.  I usually sit in the center, second row, in the middle of the row.  Not that I sit in the same place all the time  - no, no, then I would be Catholic.  Oh.  Wait.  Hmm.  Maybe [...]

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For some questions, there is only one answer….
1.  What size coffee would you like?
Huge/large/do you have a vat?/does it come in IV form?
2.  Do you want me to give you a newer, bigger monitor for your computer?
Yes, please!
3.  Would you like surgery?
NO!!  I’m currently trying to avoid surgery, thank you.  I hope the pain does [...]

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