If I'm not off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are I'm chasing a toddler or a Jack Russell (or sleeping, because every mom can use a nap!). I found Prince Charming and married him, and now we enjoy the idiosyncrasies of life in an old farmhouse. Oh yeah, and we root for the Buckeyes. Every time.
Catholic Carnival 97: Egg Nog Edition
It's that time of year when the egg nog doesn't hurt the prayers, and the prayers don't hurt the craziness. In the midst of your busy schedule, your thousands of "to-do" things, your hectic running around...grab a goblet of nog and enjoy this week's Catholic Carnival. It's full of goodies, just like the nog, and it will leave you feeling better somehow, just like the nog.
Interested in more information about the Carnival, like how to submit or how to host? Thanks to Jay, we have all the information gathered in one handy place here.
Art-life-spirit.com brings us Christmas Gifts and Red Envelops, a reflection on Christmas from someone from China who experienced it for the first time here in America.
Professor Bainbridge's Journal submits Zywicki on Religious Conservatives, some thoughts on free market Catholics.
At Living Catholicism, you'll find A Short History of the Creche or Nativity Scene, which includes a short history of the crèche along with some details of which animals are traditionally included and why.
Having it the Lord's Way, at HMS Blog, is reflection on the Mass readings for the second Sunday of Advent, focusing on the meaning of “the way of the Lord.”
Visit A Grain of Wheat for Old Scrooge, which reflects on the reason why we are on this earth and how this is a good time of year for new beginnings. (John gets extra credit points for connecting my email handle with Dickens' Cricket on the Hearth. He's the first and only person to have made that connection, aside from a beloved aunt, who introduced me to the fine Christmas tradition of reading Cricket during the Christmas holidays.)
Are we as good at being heralds of the Lord and His slightly nutty cousin was? So asks Kicking My Over My Traces in the post Luke Sets Us Up for the Nativity.
Musings from a Catholic Bookstore brings us Both/And Not Either/Or, a discussion about recent presentstions on papal primacy and infallibility and the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Remembering the birth of her brother, Hope asks for his prayers in For Rodney at A Song Not Scored For Breathing.
Reading Doing What You Like... But Not Often Enough at Here's what I think about that, you might find yourself nodding to the introduction: "Ever have one of those moments where you do something or engage in some activity and afterwards think, "Man, I gotta do this more often!"... but then you don't or at least not often enough?" Then you'll keep reading, and keep nodding. Go check it out.
Aggie Catholic, in his post Kofi Annan: The Man, The Myth, The Photoshopped, gave a little reminder why Kofi Annan isn't an angel, even though he blasted the US in his farewell speech. There are also some pretty funny KofiAnnan photoshop pictures linked at the end.
Here at just another day of Catholic pondering, I invite you to Tis the Season, which considers what the season is all about and how Jesus was somewhat of a disappointment later in life to those who were expecting big guns and sparkling entertainment.
Second Sunday of Advent, at The Apologist’s Evening Prayer by C.S. Lewis, brought to us by Deo Omnis Gloria, is a short prayer written by CS Lewis for those practicing apologetics.
Maybe it's against the rules, but AdoroTeDevote couldn't pick between two posts to submit, and neither can I. The Patron Saint of Prostitutes: Every soul has a story; every soul deserves God's mercy. Eeyore and the Virtue of Humility: "Thanks for noticin' me."
If stringing lights, buying presents and wrapping them, or baking has kept you from being as spiritually in the season as you want to be, "My Domestic Church might help you salvage it!
A Penitent Blogger brings us a brief reflection on the power of faith against theobstacles and challenges that confront us in the post There is a Way.
The Unity of All Romes: In Studio Veritatis brings us The Church and the Fantastic, which takes a look at Christian Fantasy writers (in particularl J.R.R. Tokien and C.S. Lewis) and asks what makes good Christian Fiction and why an honest Christian's writing is inherenly Christian itself.
Not everyone is feeling the joy of the season-to-come. For some we meet,there is only heartbreak ahead. SFO Mom met a child who is experiencingthat heartbreak right now, and she writes about it in her post A Little Heart Breaks.
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