Quiet Time
Monday of Holy Week is already upon us. How did that happen? One day it’s Mardi Gras and we’re living it up, eating cheese steaks and (separately) chocolate, and then, bam! We’re standing for the longest Gospel of the year and wondering why we wore the high heels. Maybe it’s because of all the time we’ve spent focusing on the Holy Father(s) and the conclave...
read moreA Papal Focus for Lent
I won’t lie. Until about five minutes ago, I had no real idea as to what I was going to write for today’s post. In my head, thoughts about Lent, Ash Wednesday, the Holy Father, and Sts. Cyril and Methodius were running a muck, each vying for the spot. (Also running through my mind: how to get a two month old to sleep and how to simultaneously quiet down both of her sisters.)...
read moreThe Light of St. Lucy
Advent is full of great feast days, including today’s feast of St. Lucy whose name literally means “light.” St. Lucy’s (283-304 A.D.) life and death were a shining light in the darkness of the secular Sicily where she lived. After her mother was healed through the intercession of St. Agatha, Lucy vowed to remain a virgin and distributed her money, including her dowry, to the poor. When...
read moreRethinking Lenten Sacrifices
Over the last week, a plethora of articles immersed the Catholic blogoshere in the subject of Lent. Content to allow my contemporaries handle the topic, I chose to continue tossing my usual hay on the fire – that is, until Inspiration came knocking at my door about a week late and a dollar short. I gave Inspiration my watch and a buck and this is what he had to say. When I was a child,...
read moreDo Sundays Count? A Lenten Consideration
It has finally come again. The Season of Lent, I am speaking of. I always find it a relief. Many folks are surprised to hear me say that. I think of a scene from the vintage 1970s biopic “Brother Sun, Sister Moon.” St. Francis has shed his clothing and is making a ruckus in the piazza below the Cathedral. The bishop – depicted as an obese and aloof aristocrat – is about...
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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