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Wee Cook Wednesday: Quickie Lenten Lunch Idea

Posted in Wee Cook Wednesday, tagged Lent, recipes, Wee Cook Wednesday on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Let me start by saying I’m a born-and-bred meat lover. Meatless Fridays in Lent … especially one or two of those Fridays … I seriously have to REMEMBER to be good and eat tuna fish.
So the other day while wandering around the grocery store and spied these little bags of “Smart Chili” goodness on the [...]

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Wee Cook Wednesday: Happy Lent “Garlic Fish”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ash Wednesday, Lent, recipes on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Happy Ash Wednesday, Everyone!
The other day I came across this yummy sounding recipe for “Garlic Fish” from an EMN blogger that I’d like to share with you today. I think I’m going to whip up a batch today, and get Lent started on the right foot! (Save the fish sticks for next week…)
Photo credit: www.stmarymagdalene.org

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Weekend Ponderings: Motherly Solitude

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged confession, Lent, motherhood, parenting on February 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Tonight as Sarah and I were getting the kids ready for bed (all of us in one hotel room, which means that I am writing this in the dark as four exhausted kidlets and my co-adventurer slumber blissfully in their beds), I managed to twist my bad ankle. Again. And yet, like a goose I [...]

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Did Jesus Have a Puppy?

Posted in Lent, tagged Behold Your Mother, Lent, pets on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For an answer to this pressing question, head on over to “Behold Your Mother!”
Looking for a good Lenten read? Why not order a copy of this little book of meditations, and experience Holy Week through the eyes of Jesus’ mother?

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Looking for a good Lenten read?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Behold Your Mother, Catholic Exchange, Lent on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today on the Catholic Women’s channel of Catholic Exchange, Cheryl Dickow has posted an excerpt from the Spanish language version of my book, entitled “Contempla a tu Madre.”
If you know any Spanish-speaking women who might enjoy this, please pass along the link … Or order the book for them, directly through my website. While you’re [...]

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