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June Devotion – Sacred Heart of Jesus

jen — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000

June is set apart in a special way for devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. When Jesus hung on the cross and they pierced his side with a lance, blood & water poured out for us. Today, the water symbolizes baptism & the blood symbolizes the Holy Eucharist. Both of them are the outpouring of his love for us. Traditionally, the Sacred Heart of Jesus is shown outside of his body, surrounded by thorns & flaming, showing his burning love for mankind.

Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and asked that the Feast be celebrated after Corpus Christi in reparation for our ingratitude for his sacrifice. The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus usually falls in June as well — it is 19 days after Pentacost Sunday.

Prayers & Novenas

You might consider adding one of the following prayers to your prayer time this month. If you are looking for something short, you can try:

Invocation to the Sacred Heart

O Heart of love, I put all my trust in Thee; for I fear all things from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness. Amen.

Or this prayer is beautiful, too:

Prayer to the Sacred Heart

Hail! O Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and quickening source of eternal life, infinite treasure of the Divinity, and burning furnace of divine love. Thou art my refuge and my sanctuary, O my amiable Savior. Consume my heart with that burning fire with which Thine is ever inflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Thy love, and let my heart be so united with Thine, that our wills may be one, and mine in all things, be conformed to Thine. May Thy divine will be equally the standard and rule of all my desires and of all my actions. Amen.

You could also say a Novena to the Sacred Heart – found here.

Devotions

There are several common devotions to the Sacred Heart.

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

First is the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is the one I have been most struggling with since reading Apostolate of Holy Motherhood. It sounds so simple to do, but I can never seem to get it done. And I want to.

To Consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart, you need to:

Receive Communion frequently
First Fridays: go to Confession and receive the Eucharist on the first Friday of each month for nine consecutive months. Many parishes will offer public First Friday devotions; if they do, you must perform First Fridays publicly. If it isn’t so offered in your parish, you can do this privately, going to Confession, receiving the Eucharist, and offering your prayers for the intention of the Holy Father.
Holy Hour: Eucharistic Adoration for one hour on Thursdays (“Could you not watch one hour with me?”). Holy Hour can be made alone or as part of a group with formal prayers.
Celebrating of the Feast of the Sacred Heart.

How hard is that, really? 4 hours a week, plus 1-2 hours per month, depending on how long it takes to go to Confession. And I love going to adoration! But getting out the door and getting on a schedule with hubby’s work hours as they are feels impossible to me right now .

For these acts of reparation, He makes the following promises:

He will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
He will establish peace in their homes.
He will comfort them in all their afflictions.
He will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.
He will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
Sinners will find in His Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.
Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
He will bless every place in which an image of His Heart is exposed and honored.
He will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in His Heart.
In the excessive mercy of His Heart that His all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in His disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. His divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

Have you come up with ways to make this happen even with small children? I’d love to hear it!!

Sacred Heart Badge

Another one is the Sacred Heart Badge. Several years ago our priest handed these out during the month of June. You have probably seen one — they are a cloth or plastic emblem with a picture of Christ with his heart on one side, and an image of the Heart of Jesus alone on the reverse. The badge may be worn inside one’s clothing or carried in one’s purse or wallet.

The Badge reminds us of the reparation by which we accept our share in the sufferings of Christ & cooperate in the work of the redemption of mankind. By accepting the obligations of God’s commandments, our fidelity to the daily tasks of our state in life, patient acceptance of the trials, disappointments, and crosses thrust upon us each day, we help in that mission.

In addition, there is also a partial indulgence granted to those who wear the badge and pray daily one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Enthronement to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Our priest is offering to come to each families home to perform the enthronement of the family to the sacred heart of Jesus. To see the details of what it involves and what is done, visit this comprehensive article about the Enthronement to the Sacred Heart at Catholic Culture.

You can also read more about the Sacred Heart at my favorite site – FishEaters.com here.

Do you do anything special to commemorate the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in your home?

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Novenas for the Church Year {Book Review}

jen — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Several months ago, The Catholic Company sent me a copy of Novenas for the Church Year to review. At one point our parish priest was sharing upcoming novenas and PrayMoreNovenas.com had some of the major novenas as well, but I wanted to be able to plan ahead a little and pick some favorites so I was really excited to receive this book for review.

There were a few things about this book that I really liked. The book is laid out beginning the start of the year and includes not only the novena prayer itself, but also a little bit about the particular feast, apparition or whatever that that novena is ending on. From just the point of view of learning more about a particular feast, that’s very handy. I also liked the encouragement to use a particular novena when it’s SUBJECT struck you and to not be limited by date constraints.

There were unfortunately, a couple things I DIDN’T like about this book. First of all, the explanation of why or how to say a novena was a little lacking. I’m pretty sure that many of them want you to add the big 3 (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be), but I’m not sure.

Second, was the lack of index or chart with start dates. I’m horrible with math and was really bummed that I had to make my own chart with start/end dates of the novenas. I marked up the whole back & part of the front covers doing so.

If, however, novenas are old hat to you, you are pretty familiar with the church calendar and you’re not looking for a manual, this would be a good resource for you. On the plus side, it’s small and a good size for putting in your purse or at your bedside table. Overall, I liked it, in spite of its limitations and will be keeping it around.

Disclaimer: This review was written as part of the Catholic book reviewer program from The Catholic Company in exchange for a copy of the book. Visit The Catholic Company to find more information on Novenas for the Church Year. The Catholic Company is the best resource for all your seasonal needs such as First Communion gifts as well as ideas and gifts for the special papal Year of Faith.

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Pope’s Intentions {June 2013}

jen — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:59:27 +0000

The Pope’s general intention is: “That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples.”

His missionary intention is: “That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.”

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Luke’s Life List & Luke’s School List {Schoolhouse Review Crew}

jen — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

I have been in big time planning/nesting mode these days. With the new baby coming in June, I have been working on trying to get as much ahead for the next 12 months as possible — planning goals (keeping in mind that I will have a newborn taking most of my time/attention/brain function ), planning next school year, cooking for the summer, finishing projects that will drive me nuts for a year if I don’t get them done. I was pretty excited when the opportunity to review some Joyce Herzog products came up for the Schoolhouse Review Crew. Especially since we are kind of rethinking our philosophy.

Luke’s Lists

Of her many programs, I was most intrigued by Luke’s Life List and Luke’s School List. Like I said, I have been planning ahead for the rest of the year and while I try to be intentional, I also try very hard to encourage independence as able. As such, I have been creating lists of things that I want to make sure that I do with the girls — seasonal bucket lists, family fun dates, daddy-daughter dates, places to take them, books to read, etc. Luke’s Life List and Luke’s School List have been fitting VERY well into that plan.

Luke’s Life List is perhaps the one I will be concentrating most on this year. While my 5 year old is very academically capable, with a newborn around, I will probably be working on the basics — character, bible & Catechism, manners, chores, along with the 3R’s. Luke’s Life List is divided into several areas that concentrate primarily on life skills — early childhood development/growth (from birth!), wisdom, taking care of one’s self (cleaning, dressing, etc), spiritual growth, social growth, a light touch on academic subjects, and adult life skills. It’s set up as a kind of checklist where each topic is listed out and you can date whether the topic has been introduced or mastered.

While you cannot copy the pages, it does have several worksheets that you CAN copy and write your own personalized wish list of things to work on with each child. Alternately, you could buy a book for each child. My tentative plan is to select a handful of goals for the year from each section that need to be worked on and put them in a spreadsheet in Google Docs so that I can easily refer to them when planning out our months/themes/etc. This book is $30 and is spiral bound.

Luke’s School List is nearly identical in format and highlights major areas of academics for children in elementary through high school. It is divided up by subject — language (and the myriad of topics that encompasses), math (ditto), history (creation to present), science, geography & cultural knowledge. Again, it is set up in grid format and you can track when things are introduced and mastered and it also suggests a grade level when certain things are usually worked on.

Like Luke’s Life List, you cannot photocopy the book in its entirety. There are several sheets in front that you CAN photocopy to make your own lists or you could use it as a guide to create your own lists. I’m sure hubby and I will have a whole list of business/entrepreneurial items that we will be adding to our plan and a whole list of Catholic Catechism items to add to the Luke’s Life List suggestions. The School List is also $30.

Summary

Overall, I’m finding Luke’s Life List and Luke’s School List to be very useful resources. I contemplated buying extra copies so that I had a set for each child and then realized that if it’s in print, it will probably lose it’s usefulness for me. While I scribble on paper a lot, ultimately it needs to be digital for me to keep up on it.

For this year, I went through each book and read the items pertaining to where my kids are and added every item that I wanted them to learn in the next year to my list of curriculum and such that we would be using. I’m really happy about having these goals with the academic plan so they are all in one spot.

The format is really easy to follow and super useful. It would lend itself really well to an editable PDF or a software program or spreadsheet. Alas, right now it is just a super useful resource for determining what you want your children to know before they leave your home.

Click to read more reviews from the Schoolhouse Review Crew.

Do you have comprehensive wish lists for your kids?

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Catholic Mass Listening Pages — Novus Ordo and Traditional Latin Mass

jen — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

For my CatholicMom.com post today, I shared about how to keep children in the sanctuary during mass with a post titled: Keeping Your Children in Mass – A How To Guide From Birth to Age 5. In connection with that, I wanted to share these Catholic Mass worksheets (or listening pages) for ages 4-7. There is a set for both the regular (Novus Ordo) Mass and the Traditional Latin Mass. Each set includes a page to be used during each liturgical season.

Click on the image or the the text link to download the Novus Ordo Listening Pages.

Click on the image or the text link to download the Traditional Latin Mass Listening Pages.

Enjoy!

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ENDED – The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle is Now on Sale through Saturday 5/4!

jen — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000

For 6 days only, more than 75 widely-known bloggers and authors in the homemaking sphere have joined together to offer 97 of their most popular eBooks and eCourses, valued at just over $600, for the incredibly low price of $29.97!

More than anything, our goal for this sale was for it to be, well… ultimate! We firmly believe that you will not find a more comprehensive collection of homemaking resources anywhere on the web, and particularly not in this price range. For this low price, you gain access to every single one of these resources, so that you can customize your own collection to contain exactly the ones you want and know you’ll use.

This library of homemaking helps include topics such as mothering, organization and cleaning, recipes and kitchen helps, home education, spiritual growth for both moms and kids, home décor and DIY, pregnancy and baby care, frugal living, health and fitness, and even work-from-home and financial tools.

To sweeten the pot, we’ve also teamed up with 10 companies to bring you over $140 in bonus offers, giving you an affordable opportunity to get products you’ll use and love for only the cost of shipping, or in some cases, entirely for free!

What’s Included in the Sale?

When you purchase The Ultimate Homemaking eBook collection, you will get instant access to any of the 97 eBooks and eCourses listed below.

PLUS over $140 of FREE Bonuses

Each The Ultimate Homemaking eBook collection comes with more than $140 of FREE Bonuses from 10 companies that we know you’ll love. More on these bonuses below.

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31 Days to Clean
Getting it Together: Your Guide to Setting Up a Home Management System that Works
Pulling Yourself Together: Implementing a Cleaning Routine that Sticks
Simple Living: 30 Days to Less Stuff and More Life
NOT a DIY Diva
One Bite at a Time: 52 Projects for Making Life Simpler
28 Days to Hope for your Home
Organizing Life as Mom
Clean Enough: Simple Solutions for the Overwhelmed Homemaker
10 Steps to Organized Paper
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My Bedtime Learning Book
Think Outside the Classroom
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Easy Peasy Chores: An Easy-to-Use Chore System That Brings JOY Back Into Family Chores
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Your Grocery Budget Toolbox
Finding Financial Freedom
Become a Frugalista in 30 Days

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Crock On
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20-Minute Meals
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Money Saving Mom’s Guide to Freezer Cooking
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Do the Funky Kitchen
Real Food Kids: In the Kitchen
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Seasonal Menu Plans on a Budget
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My Pregnancy Journey
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Holiday Mixes: Gifts in a Jar
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God’s Word in my Heart: A Scripture Memory Learning Guide with Verses {all 4 versions}
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True Christian Motherhood
Hula Hoop Girl
When Motherhood Feels Too Hard
Mindset for Moms
From Cube to Farm
4 Moms of 35+ Kids Answer Your Parenting Questions
That Works for Me!

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Honoring the Rhythm of Rest
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Healthy Homemaking
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Simple Scrubs to Make and Give
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Working from Home/Blogging
Your Blogging Business: Tax Tips and Tricks
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How to Grow Your Blog and Manage Your Home
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Bonus Offers

Each bonus offer can be redeemed once only per eBook Bundle purchase.
For each bonus offer, transaction numbers or proof of purchase may be required at the time of redemption.
All bonus offers are free gifts from the bonus sponsors, are their sole responsibility to provide, and are subject to availability.
All bonus offers expire at midnight on May 19th, 2013 (2 weeks from the last day of this sale).

General

It is your responsibility to download and back-up your purchase within the 1-month download time-frame. With proof of purchase, we can renew download links up until August 1st, 2013. After this date we will no longer have access to the books and will not be able to provide any new links to download.
Due to the nature of this sale, there will be no refunds available. However, we would invite you to read our Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about the file types, the download process, how the bonus offers work, etc.

Please note: This collection is only available from 9 a.m. EST on April 29th to 11:59 p.m. EST on May 4th. There will be no late sales offered, so make sure that you get your bundle right away!

Click here to learn more about the file types, how to download them correctly, and how to transfer them to your device.

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ENDED – Don’t Forget! The Homemaking Sale of a Lifetime starts tomorrow at 9AM!

jen — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0000

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Helping Hearts Heal {Gabby Moms}

jen — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:20:28 +0000

*** CORRECTION ON DATES: This e-book will be on sale from Wednesday, May 1 through Friday, May 3 ***

Sometimes I’m surprised. And I don’t know why I should be. But I still am. I have to confess that when I found out the latest book that we would have to review for the Gabby Mom’s program, I groaned.

Helping Hearts Heal is an ebook to help those who are trying to help grieving people. It’s a completely foreign subject to me, to be honest. I’m pretty stoic. If it wasn’t a child or my hubby, I’d probably be sad during the services & occasionally in retrospect, but I just don’t seem to feel that deeply. Or something.

Even my two miscarriages weren’t that big of a deal to me other than the clear indication that something was wrong and I HAD to find an answer. So again, it’s kind of a foreign concept to me & I have trouble empathizing. I really don’t understand how people feel, so…

Anyway. I started to read through Helping Hearts Heal from Lorrie at Eternal Encouragement magazine. While I thought it would be primarily aimed at death, grieving & the grieving process, it was really much more than that.

It did talk about death & funerals and other tragedies, including what NOT to say. Since I specialize in putting my foot in my mouth, this was helpful . However, it went deeper, including miscarriages & stillbirth deaths & grieving as well as how to help those people in the way you are best capable of.

I was surprised to see a whole section on meal preparation as a ministry…she’s a little like me that way . I’m no good at being touchy-feely, but I can send you a meal! Not only does she go into what to take, what to not take & how to coordinate meals, but she also addresses long-term grieving & help.

It was really very useful to someone like me, who is not very empathetic but wants to help those who are hurting. If you are someone who always likes to do more, this is a great place to start.

Lorrie has just released this new ebook for Kindle and on April 29, 30 and May 1 it will be on sale for $0.99! No Kindle? No problem! You can also get a Kindle app for Android & iOS devices as well as a desktop app for your computer. I think I have all 4 at my house . You can also get her magazine for free each month!

Disclaimer: I received this item for free as part of the Gabby Mom’s program by Eternal Encouragement Magazine in exchange for an honest opinion/review. No other compensation was received.

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ENDED – The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle – Starts Monday, 4/29!

jen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000

You know that I don’t do a lot of promo only posts, but I had to share this one with you because it’s such a fabulous deal! Several bloggers have put together another super e-book bundle (did you get in on the Healthy Living Bundle last time?).

This newest bundle is a complete homemaking library that includes 97 ebooks plus some awesome freebies. The sale will run for SIX DAYS ONLY from Monday, 4/29 to Saturday 5/4 (2013) and is only $29.97! That’s like getting 97 books for only $0.16 each! Talk about a good way to stretch the budget!

I have a good number of these books and have used them and have plans to use several others that I own, but haven’t used yet. Even if you have many of them, the freebies alone are worth the purchase price!

Here is what will be included:

FREEBIES

PLUS, You will receive FREE Bonuses from these companies…

Your choice of 3 FREE ePlanners OR a 3-Month FREE Membership to ListPlanIt, whose mobile lists will help to organize your life. ($15.00 value. No shipping restrictions.)

The fine print:

Bonus Offers

Each bonus offer can be redeemed once only per eBook Bundle purchase.
For each bonus offer, transaction numbers or proof of purchase may be required at the time of redemption.
All bonus offers are free gifts from the bonus sponsors, are their sole responsibility to provide, and are subject to availability.
All bonus offers expire at midnight on May 19th, 2013 (2 weeks from the last day of this sale).

General

It is your responsibility to download and back-up your purchase within the 1-month download time-frame. With proof of purchase, we can renew download links up until August 1st, 2013. After this date we will no longer have access to the books and will not be able to provide any new links to download.
Due to the nature of this sale, there will be no refunds available. However, we would invite you to read our Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about the file types, the download process, how the bonus offers work, etc.

Please note: This collection is only available from 9 a.m. EST on April 29th to 11:59 p.m. EST on May 4th. There will be no late sales offered, so make sure that you get your bundle right away!

Follow this link to learn more about the file types, how to download them correctly, and how to transfer them to your device.

What’s Included in the Sale?

When you purchase The Ultimate Homemaking eBook collection, you will get instant access to any of the 97 eBooks and eCourses listed below.

PLUS over $140 of FREE Bonuses

Each The Ultimate Homemaking eBook collection comes with more than $140 of FREE Bonuses from 10 companies that we know you’ll love. More on these bonuses below.

Please note: This collection is only available from 9 a.m. EST on April 29th to 11:59 p.m. EST on May 4th. There will be no late sales offered.

So this weekend, shift around items in your budget and talk it over with the hubby if you need to. You could even negotiate to make it your mother’s day present . Stay tuned — Monday is the big day!

Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links, and I make a portion of the sale of each ebook bundle. Thanks for your support of this site!

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Prayer Intentions {April 2013}

jen — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Pope Francis met with media (Photo credit: Catholic Church (England and Wales))

We have a new pope! Let us pray that Pope Francis leads us well! I haven’t heard that he has written new prayer intentions so these are what I found for April:

General: That the prayerful and public celebration of the faith may be a source of life for the faithful.

Missionary: That the particular Churches in mission territories may be a sign and instrument of hope and resurrection.

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