Another grandbaby! {bits & pieces}

The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! 

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The babies, they are raining down on us!

Here is little Odelia Day, born to Deirdre last week. I left the house, midwife in charge, to take the older children on an errand, and half an hour later I popped up to the birthing room to find this darling in Deirdre’s arms!

That was easy! (This picture isn’t of that, though. It’s a day or two later, just so you don’t think it’s actually magic!)

The stork was quick this time!

 

Isn’t she beautiful? She’s as good as gold. Lots of nursing, lots of sleeping, lots of sweet little baby faces.

 

Just to remind you, last month this little guy, Nicholas Fitz, was born to our Nick and his wife Natasha! Getting big! Also as good as gold. Maybe this is “calm baby” year?

 

You too can have your own little dynasty of cuties someday — just stay in the fight. Don’t give up! (Odelia is grandchild #14 — I have friends who have literally dozens of grandchildren — one has something like 60! So I’m just getting started. God is so good.)

On to our links!

Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Was Preserved and Found in the Coffin of a Saint

 

Fr. Schall on ancient morality: keep it or be forced to reinvent it, every time.

 

I don’t think evangelization means what we think it means. Fr. Heilman lays out what a good parish ought to begin to aim for, in order to do its best to offer true worship, the foundation of evangelization, from which it flows, never to be packaged or programmed. Perhaps you have a pastor who is open to thinking this way and just needs a little encouragement as to particulars.

 

I appreciated this article, Moms at Mass and Other Heroes, not only because I’ve done my share of kid-wrangling, but because the “other” heroes he mentions are the dads who bear the burden of provision so that the moms can wrangle.

 

St. Francis — do you know him? “One of the most striking elements of this biography is the revelation that the dominant theme in Francis’ spirituality is not activism, but devotion to the Mass and to the Body of Christ.” “The issue he found most pressing was not poverty, not obedience, but proper reverence for the Eucharist.”

 

Matthew Mehan (author of Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals) on Wonder.

 

From the archives:

In case you missed the post about grandchild #13.

 

Dating rules for teenagers? (Remember, this is a post about TEENS. Here’s another about dating in general.)

 

The first in a series of posts that attempt to read Romano Guardini’s Spirit of the Liturgy, a short book (available for free online) that will jump-start your spiritual life like nothing else. The whole series is linked here (at the end of the second series reading Cardinal Ratzinger’s Spirit of the Liturgy).

 

If you wanted to start a St. Greg’s Pocket, these Liturgy books could be a great place to start, since I’ve guided your reading for you. You’d have both — something good to read and the meeting point of the shared interest in our blog.

 

However, I’ve put together a whole reading list with all types of readings that we have found to work well in the Pocket — pick and choose! 

 

Not from the archives here, but from my Facebook page: my “top 10” movie recommendations — actually more like top 100! I will try to make this into a post at some point, but if you are on FB, you can maybe get some ideas (I have them roughly categorized) and leave comments as to your faves!

 

Today is the feast of the Archangels. The 1st is St. Thérèse, and the 2nd is the Guardian Angels!

 

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