Heard At Mass...

"If you were on trial for being Catholic, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"

I haven't shared our feast day table for May or June-

May is the month of Mary!! 

Those flowers in the top left were given to me by hubby on Mother's day for our feast day table. Very elegant- don't you think?

The adorable flowers on the right were made by my 3yo grandson to add to May's "Mary Table" as well. 

I love the little Holy Spirit picture (shown up close on the top L picture)- I look for little things like that in spring when confirmation gifts are in stores. 

June is a great month for feast days! 

The two pictures across the bottom are from the same holy card- it is one those cards that when you tilt it, it goes from one picture to the next. 

And more flowers!! This time from my 3 yo granddaughter. 

Super duper cute! Made out of plastic cups (I think). 

On the side row- the cross is from an Oriental Trading Co. kit, the Corpus Christi craft is from Seton Art 1, and the Sacred Heart was created using Seton as well. 

One more awesome thing to share: 

My boys made their confirmations on Pentecost Sunday!! 

On the left- 

Paul and his oldest sister, Shauna. 

Shauna is also Paul's Godmom and she takes her job very seriously. 

On the right-

Mark and his brother-in-law, Bob (married to Mark's Godmom, Jessica). 

He and Jessica also take their God-parenting seriously. 

Good-bye June!

Where did you go?

Our feast day table was a bit hodge podgy this last month.  But here are a few of our decorations.

 We came across this card during an organizing spree- perfect timing. 

When you turn it one way, it is the Sacred Heart.

The other, the Immaculate Heart. (The photo kind of blurs the two hearts)

For the feast of Corpus Christi.

Votive candle holder dollar store find.

However!! Note to self- never ever leave a flame lit near the open door and think it is safe enough. The wind came through and blew this right in to the flame! I really thought I had checked it out, but was obviously mistaken!

Made a few years ago by one of the boys.

A fun June read: 

This book contains snippets from the lives of 115 saints. Some familiar (Bernadette, Jerome), and some not so familiar (Ansgar, Benilde) are included. Each saint gets just a page or so description plus a little "thought for the day". I'll admit that some thoughts are better than others, but we are still enjoying this fun little book that came to us via James' Easter basket. 

Happy Feast Day of Blessed Junipero Serra!! 

A favorite of us Californians- click his name to hear about him. 

THE FEAST OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Michelle (my daughter) started making these craft bags for me last summer. In each bag is a copy of the instructions from Seton Art 1, the pattern needed for the project and most of the materials needed for three boys to each complete the project. Scissors, glue and crayons and other materials that are not included are highlighted on the instruction sheet and added when we do the project. Today we pulled out our "Sacred Heart" craft.

The Pattern

Materials for one craft.

James gluing his project together.

Paul's completed project- James gave his away to Grandma before I took a picture!

"We show our devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by honoring the symbol of His Heart of Flesh."

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Great books to have on hand for all feast days and saints celebrations are Father Lovisik's small volumes. We have this one about the Promises of the Sacred Heart.

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This explanation of the symbol of the Sacred Heart comes from Fr. Lovisik's book:

The flames that come forth from His Heart remind us of the His burning love for us and His desire that we love Him in return. The crown of thorns around His Heart reminds us of sacrifice to make up for sin.

Craft for The Feast of Corpus Christi

I love simple and easy, and I love making use of resources that I have on hand. This project covers all of those. We have the Seton Art 1 for Young Catholics that has crafts for many of our feast days (a few for each month), so we pulled it out today and made good use of it. First the boys colored a tabernacle. It was a basic house shape with a cross on the top and angels at the sides. Even my 12yo colored one.

I often hear from people that their boys "hate" to color. My boys are mostly okay with it. They love to create, so they are usually agreeable to the process. They do like to use fine tip felt markers for outlining- it gives the project more of a finished look.