Praying for Unicorns
Lately, during our nightly prayers, my husband and I have had to stifle quite a bit of laughter. We’ve managed to get through the adorable mispronunciations, the questions about the “strumens” (you know, in the Hail Mary, where we pray the words, “among strumens,” otherwise known as “among women”), and the flying Rosary beads (when a child has lost...
read morePlease Don’t Drop the Host: A Mother’s Prayer
As I sat in the pew, watching my son climb the steps into the Sanctuary to receive his First Holy Communion alongside his cousin, I prayed a prayer I’m sure parents the world over have prayed at every single First Holy Communion ever: “Dear God, please don’t let him drop the Host.” Repeated, over and over, in my mind until it was done and he was back in the pew beside...
read moreSlipping Things In
This morning, in one of those “I’m so sick I feel like my head will explode if the kids don’t quiet down for five minutes” moments of weakness, I let my children watch an episode of Powerpuff Girls on Netflix. I was only half paying attention for most of it, as I’ve seen most of the episodes before (you know, years ago, when I was young and had time to watch...
read moreSBFFs
I have an interesting relationship with several saints. I talk to them, often out loud, in the same terms and tone I use with my siblings and close friends. (Go read about it on my blog if you don’t believe me.) I see no distinction, in fact, between them. These saints, are, in essence, my SBFFs: Saint Best Friends Forever. And I’m hoping that I pass this odd little quirk of...
read moreBeing Present is a Gift
Since I wrote the post two weeks ago about losing control, I have been thinking more about Martha and Mary and how they are examples to us in many ways. Mary had the gift of contemplation in being attentive to Jesus as her guest, and we are called to be attentive to Christ in our prayer. We are also called to be attentive to those with whom God has given us: family, friends, co-workers, and...
read moreAbout the Author
The youngest of 16, Bridget Green is a Catholic, wife, and mother to five children. After being homeschooled through high school, she attended Seton Hall University where she earned a Bachelors degree in English and Religious Studies (with a concentration in the Christian Tradition) and minors in Latin and Catholic Studies. Currently, she and her family live in her hometown of Newark, NJ. When not busy with homeschooling her own growing brood and otherwise caring for her family, she writes about it all at her blog, Life at Le. Rheims.
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