Pin It Since the Old Testament, God has been mindful of our humanity. He gives us tangible realities of prayer, traditions that appeal to our senses. In the Catholic Church, we call them sacramentals: the incense, statues, scapulars, holy water, music, candles, etc. All of the holy things we can see, touch, smell, taste, and [...]
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Advent Daily Dose: From Creche to Cookies, Christmas Traditions Have Meaning
December 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Advent Daily Dose: Christmas Food Brings Us Together
December 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin It Food is pretty important at holiday times. Food binds us together as families when we figure out who is bringing what to the potluck, it creates lasting memories, and it allows us to have something to do when we all get together. I’m willing to bet that more traditions are based around food [...]
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Advent Daily Dose: Is the Octopus of the World Keeping You from Prayer?
December 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin It A friend was told by a priest once that she needed not an hour of adoration, but an hour and fifteen minutes of adoration every week. Why? This is the most interesting answer I’ve ever heard, and I think of it often when I am sitting in the Presence of our Lord, distracted [...]
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Advent Daily Dose: Gaudete Sunday and St. Lucia’s Day
December 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin ItTomorrow, the third Sunday of Advent, is called Gaudete Sunday. It’s hard to believe that we’re already to the rose-colored candle, halfway through Advent! I feel like it’s just begun… Gaudete Sunday: A Celebration of Joy Gaudete Sunday, the rose-colored candle, is also called “Rejoice Sunday”. We celebrate that we are getting oh so [...]
Advent Daily Dose: A Joyful Penitence
December 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin ItYou read earlier this week that purple symbolizes repentance. I’ve always struggled with the purple of Advent, a time of joyful anticipation and light in the darkness, seemingly contradicting the purple of Lent, a sorrowful, sacrificial, almost painful season. I was soothed to read this in The Year and our Children: [Lent's] penance is [...]
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Advent Daily Dose: What Does the Advent Wreath Mean?
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin It Mary Reed Newland explains the symbolism of the Advent Wreath for you to meditate on today: Circle of wreath = eternity and never-endingness of God Evergreen = eternal life and never-changingness of God Purple = penance White candles = divine innocence Rose candle = joy Your thought to ponder: what are the similarities [...]
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Advent Daily Dose: The Immaculate Conception was God’s Gift to Us
December 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin It Today Catholics commemorate the day Mary was conceived in her mother Anne’s womb. We believe she was set aside by God to be the mother of His Son since her very conception, and that as the vessel for the God made man, she was preserved from any stain of sin so that she [...]
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