my family expects turkey
[judging by the amount of canberrry sauce at the supermarket]
I ASSUME.................
they are in the majority in north america.......

I am making ham as it is so much easier

what do you think?

Cardinal George Pell possible miracle

I am waiting six more days to read a message
[the first one of this year was removed by admin. the day I read the message]

hard to see much going on

I think the younger folks have more messages....

Here's an article about how to approach the Lenten season and about suffering. A Hidden Life, which is about a Catholic martyr from Austria during WWII, seems to fit the Lenten theme, so I will plan on watching it.

https://catholicexchange.com/beyond-the-...zed-cross/

Movie trailer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0

Note: Feel free to only share what you are comfortable sharing on this topic.

Do you plan to do some reading this year for Lent? For me I will be reading He Leadeth Me by Father Walter Cizeck

This looks like an incredible movie! In theaters TODAY! Please try to see it this weekend (whether or not you pre-order tickets).

Based on a True Story of a Woman Who Taught Girls to Dream in a Society that Forbade it.

Showtimes: https://www.angel.com/tickets/rule-breakers
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_P4zT6i9A

   

our choir has big plans......

looking forward to Ash Wednesday......

I have many internet friends like most of us.....

in recent years I have only met  two and a couple yesterday.....

only one was a dating friend and it wasn't interested 
but an excelent contact for mental health questions
about schizaphrenia...

I have known this couple from oz for more than 15 years
about parenting adopted kids and they came here to ski
at whistler [ coincidentally with Prince Harry]

they too had travelled for years in africa.........

I actually love driving in snow because I was a skier
and lived in a mountainous cold place for awhile....

these days......although I made it to Mass yesterday
...there are so many accidents that I drive only 
when essential......

oops......most of you live in summer climates

For the past few years, I have kept my Christmas tree up until February 2, the Feast of Candlemas (The Presentation of Our Lord and Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Traditionally this is end of the Christmas season, although in the current church calendar the Christmas season ends on the Feast of the Baptism (January 12 this year) and then we are back to "ordinary time." I was inspired by a priest who has spoken about how the true end of the Christmas season is the Feast of Candlemas and that he keeps his Christmas tree up until then. He is a priest who says the Novus Ordo and not the Traditional Latin Mass. By the way, I have a small artificial tabletop Christmas tree, which is very low maintenance. I am just curious if anyone else is keeping his or her Christmas tree up until February 2. If not, when did you take yours down?