by Kim | Dec 4, 2020 | Advent and Christmas, Radiant Faith
Here is my Advent Lectio Divina for Families guide for Week 2 of Advent! In this post, you can read an explanation of lectio divina (sacred reading) and why we would want to pray lectio with our children. In short, lectio is an ancient form of prayer in which we...
by Kim | Nov 26, 2020 | Advent and Christmas, Radiant Faith
“What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!'” -Mark 13:37 Advent is upon us! In my last post, I put together some prayer resources for families to use during Advent. As I mentioned there, I want to include lectio divina in our family devotional time...
by Kim | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Radiant Faith
Kim’s note: Here’s an updated version of my Christmastide greeting! Happy Christmastide! You probably know that “Christmas season” for Catholics is not in the weeks prior to Christmas (as advertisements would have us believe) and ending on December 25....
by Kim | Dec 10, 2019 | Advent and Christmas
Before I was married and had children, the “Christmas” season wasn’t really on my radar (and Advent even less so). I saw Christmas as a welcome break between the fall and spring semesters in school, when I would reorganize my books, sleep in, maybe watch a movie or...
by Kim | Dec 25, 2018 | Advent and Christmas, Radiant Faith
Happy Christmastide! You probably know that “Christmas season” for Catholics is not in the weeks prior to Christmas (as advertisements would have us believe) and ending on December 25. Nope, on Christmas Day we’re just getting started with the celebration! Christmas...
by Kim | Feb 1, 2016 | Advent and Christmas, Radiant Faith
On February 2, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (or the Feast of the Purification of Mary or, popularly, Candlemas because this is the day Catholics traditionally had their candles blessed). If you don’t know much about this feast...
