{bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
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I’m really looking forward to speaking in Portland Oregon — are you anywhere near there? Could you come?
When I give these talks, I try to be sure that my listeners know that I’m not talking about anything stressful. Contrary to what you would suspect, making your Little Oratory and living according to the liturgical year calms your household.
I think that, when we order things towards prayer, we begin to learn that a humble beauty is best, one that draws us into a wordless communion with the spiritual life that connects heaven and earth.
So don’t imagine that I am all about inflicting a harsh regimen of baking and endless fun activities (though I do endorse cakes and fun), nor do I recommend seeking any sort of perfection that exists only in staged photos meant for social media.
On the contrary, I think — I hope — you go away feeling more content, more peaceful, and more committed to the long term of devotion in the home — the simple path that leads us to God.
Our links this week:
An Irish doctor has some strong words about modern medicine (the title is imbecilic but the article is great).
“What I am seeing every day on the wards doesn’t tally up with the narrative that we as a profession present to our patients and our politicians – which is that everything is getting better. We’ve come to believe that our core function in medicine is to cure everything, extend life as far as possible, prevent diseases by putting whole populations on drugs and into screening programmes.”
With a polar vortex our thoughts naturally turn to gardening. What do we think of this strawberry pallet planter, quite different from other ones I’ve seen? I have trouble with strawberries myself.
I had posted this link a few years ago; I think it’s good to bookmark it: Your rights during a miscarriage, from the Elizabeth Ministry International.
I have always wanted to whistle loudly to get attention. For a mom, this is a great skill — cuts down on the yelling. Also, could save your life in that situation that in my opinion is bound to happen sometime, getting lost on a hike. I need to study this: How to whistle loudly.
Amy Welborn on children in Church. I’m not sure about the book she references (to good effect), Mr. Blue. A friend kindly gave it to me once when I was convalescing from serious surgery, and that was so thoughtful. Maybe it was my post-operative haze that caused the narrative to fail to grip; in any case, it wasn’t my favorite. However, I very much appreciate what Amy says here. Someday I will write my own post on the subject, or maybe it will be a chapter in my book. I will say here that children can of course be at Mass, and attempts to keep them away or insist that they be front and center are both misguided and create false dichotomies. The best thing when we’ve lost our way so badly is to try to figure out what people did in the past and sort of take an average.
Fr. Schall (Who still lives! Amazingly! And writes!): Social justice, Judaism, and the primacy of the sacred.
Should medical professionals be neutral in matters of moral choice? What are the duties of those attending births — purely clinical? Read Pope Pius XII’s Allocution to Midwives (1951) — it’s a long read but it could absolutely be your morning meditation sometime this week. Far from the patronizing drivel we might expect a dignitary to bestow upon some visiting nurses, that Pope enters into a realistic and theological exposition of the role that the midwife plays in the life of the ordinary family, answering many tricky questions of sex education. Fantastic stuff.
Why was Karen Pence’s job in a Christian school suddenly a matter of national interest?
Did you or your kids go to the March for Life this year? Are you concerned that the March officials first caved to PC pressure from the media, without the slightest effort to ascertain the facts or consider their responsibility to underage marchers, then deleted to look into it (which obviously was step one), then, after days... and a threat of lawsuit… offered a less than satisfactory “apology”? I would think twice about sending anyone next year. If you are worried or even unsure, maybe let them know in their survey of marchers.
From the archives:
Go ahead and light those candles.
Speaking of sex education, since the Pope got on an airplane and called for sex education in schools while acknowledging the “filth” that programs include (including the one from the Vatican itself, although he doesn’t address that). Since what he says is often confusing, and in this matter he overthrows what was taught by Pius XI and John Paul II on the matter of how to educate young people, I offer you my essay, which is based on those teachings. I’m not the Pope, but we need clarity based on what has always been taught. (I didn’t choose the title, by the way.)
Today is the Feast of the Presentation, Candlemas! One of my very favorites!
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