Peony: Well, I unpacked all the bags but I couldn’t find those stamps that got lost. Posco (Peony’s husband): Well, that’s the way it goes, I guess. Are you sure you don’t want to go out with me this afternoon? Peony: Honey, I really want to finish the laundry. You’re going to the stamp store,… Continue reading St Anthony hits one out of the park
Author: Peony Moss
Pansy update
Yesterday I brought home a huge armful of accumulated mail — mostly ads, a few bills, the diocese newspaper, and exactly one piece of personal mail: a letter from Pansy. She says hello and that she and the family are doing well, but that it may be a while before she can get her modem… Continue reading Pansy update
Happy Birthday, dylan!
Wish him a happy birthday here, in the most recent comments box.
Back, early
We had a good time, but a lot of other stuff went wrong. If it weren’t against the First Commandment I would wonder if there was a jinx on our trip. St Anthony prayer request: the thing of my husband’s that I misplaced the very day he bought it. St Anthony, help!
A Postcard from Peony
The place we’re staying tonight has not only a complimentary continental breakfast but also limited internet usage! — Thank you for your prayers for my grandmother. She died on Sunday (she had turned 94 just this month.) And she got her wish — she never had to move off the farm. — Happy anniversary to… Continue reading A Postcard from Peony
Almost ready
Okay, I am feeling a little less frantic. I got everything done that was on my things-to-do list –well, except the potatoes; I just skipped those and made couscous that night instead. And I never got hold of Pansy. But I did everything else, and more. I still need to pack! I am waaaaaaay behind… Continue reading Almost ready
The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
V/ Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy. V/ Christ, have mercy. R/ Christ, have mercy. V/ Lord, have mercy. Christ, hear us. R/ Christ, graciously hear us. R/ for ff: have mercy on us God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, God, the Holy Spirit,… Continue reading The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
“Behold the Heart that has so loved men”: Sacred Heart novena
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is next Friday. Today is a good day to start a novena. For my personal intentions, I have a little intention and two big ones. Divine Jesus, You have said, “Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.” Behold… Continue reading “Behold the Heart that has so loved men”: Sacred Heart novena