hot and muggy. Apparently I just thought autumn had arrived around here.
I am listening to ...
Bach. Specifically the Brandenburg Concertos. Classical music seems to make my baby happy.
I am thinking...
about all the ways we see God.
I am praying ...
the blessings before and after meals, and making a morning offering.
I am thankful...
for a baby who can spend an hour awake at church during Exposition, and make just enough baby noises that everyone there knows there is a baby in the room, and yet not so much as to be a disruption.
From the kitchen...
Chocolate cherry cake! It's my very first attempt at a layer cake, and I only made a slight mess of it.
Living the liturgical year at home...
It's a second class feast today, so we will be using the china and having dessert and coffee after dinner. It's not much, but it's the beginning of a habit of marking the major feast days of the year.
I am creating...
a Christmas dress for my baby. Considering the length of time it took to make the last one, I think I'd better get started.
The baby will be wearing...
her new dress this Saturday when we go to a special brunch.
I am reading...
Guiding your Catholic Preschooler by Kathy Pierce and Lori Rowland. I think it's going to be a quick read.
Pondering these words...
"I shall never forget the devotion and heartfelt care with which my father and mother made the sign of the Cross on the forehead, mouth, and breast of us children when we went away from home ... I believe that this blessing which is a perfect expression of the common priesthood of the baptized, should come back in a much stronger way into our daily life and permeate it with the power of the love that comes from the Lord."
-- Cardinal Ratzinger in The Spirit of the Liturgy
One of my favorite things...
Lemon curd. I'm still enjoying it.
A picture thought I am sharing...
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