tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post1661273047899599139..comments2024-03-27T04:22:32.844-05:00Comments on Catholic Embroidery: GIVEAWAY: *Lent and Easter* in Hearts & HomesCatholic Embroideryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078612323809651652noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-58256212916182465292013-02-20T10:25:27.354-06:002013-02-20T10:25:27.354-06:00In addition to our personal things, we do one sacr...In addition to our personal things, we do one sacrifice as a family -- the easiest thing we can keep in check is giving up all sweets. On Ash Weds., we cover up nearly all religious pictures/statues in purple fabric. I'd rather wait for Palm Sunday to do this, but when your teens are the ones who instigate this type of activity, you go with the flow. The littles do the Holy Heroes Lenten Kathinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-56756741646415244502013-02-20T10:23:57.138-06:002013-02-20T10:23:57.138-06:00I also like you on FB.I also like you on FB.Charlotte (WaltzingM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12690056082240865041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-78361141811664898392013-02-20T10:23:22.681-06:002013-02-20T10:23:22.681-06:00We've done different things during different y...We've done different things during different years but the one devotion my kids keep asking for year after year is the Divine Mercy Chaplet during our nighttime prayers.Charlotte (WaltzingM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12690056082240865041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-63953693656992861342013-02-20T10:18:28.801-06:002013-02-20T10:18:28.801-06:00I too am loving the idea of painting the crown of ...I too am loving the idea of painting the crown of thorns. What a great motivation for the littles to do enough to get all those toothpicks out :)Kathinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-33621368572322003792013-02-20T10:09:21.080-06:002013-02-20T10:09:21.080-06:00Mindy! We did the crown of thorns, but I never tho...Mindy! We did the crown of thorns, but I never thought to paint it after for Easter :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-12849841395512468502013-02-20T09:48:03.247-06:002013-02-20T09:48:03.247-06:00I like you on FB too.
Mindy Mcdonald
Pascendifarm@...I like you on FB too.<br />Mindy Mcdonald<br />Pascendifarm@gmail.commindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-32453059251219631902013-02-20T09:43:18.987-06:002013-02-20T09:43:18.987-06:00We attend stations on Fridays, have a salt dough c...We attend stations on Fridays, have a salt dough crown of thorns that the children remove thorns for sacrifices, and we make a Lent calendar on a big poster that the kids put purple crosses on to count down to Easter. My favorite thing would be that after the children make enough sacrifices to remove all of the thorns from the crown, we then paint the crown gold and decorate it with jewels on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-58190886383235531762013-02-20T09:28:58.530-06:002013-02-20T09:28:58.530-06:00We say the Saint Ephrahim prayer every night durin...We say the Saint Ephrahim prayer every night during Lent!!! It is a beautiful tradition in the Eastern Churches. And also during Lent we do prostrations during Liturgy!!!Nopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300630249992505686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-49122194370215428332013-02-20T09:24:16.017-06:002013-02-20T09:24:16.017-06:00Our family attends Stations of the Cross on Friday...Our family attends Stations of the Cross on Fridays, and we make family sacrifices as well as personal ones. I just love all of your products, and really hope I can win this apron. It's a beauty!Anna Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-14521705415910099092013-02-20T07:33:23.747-06:002013-02-20T07:33:23.747-06:00We have a sacrifice jar but use pennies instead of...We have a sacrifice jar but use pennies instead of beans. On Easter morning after the pennies have turned into jelly beans, the children divide the pennies and put them in the collection at Mass. We also have a daily reading and symbol for the Jesus tree. The children also like to do the Lent Adventure with Holy Heroes. We also attend Stations of the Cross on Fridays and this year we are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-11218848521642349042013-02-19T15:52:59.193-06:002013-02-19T15:52:59.193-06:00A few of our Lenten traditions: We pray a decade o...A few of our Lenten traditions: We pray a decade of the rosary every night, except Stations of the Cross on Fridays. We have a grapevine wreath with craft picks for thorns. These are removed every time extra prayers, good deeds or sacrifices are performed. Jennifer Gregory Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677077951743177153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-85591444225663037682013-02-19T15:07:18.241-06:002013-02-19T15:07:18.241-06:00I have also "liked" you on FB...Thank yo...I have also "liked" you on FB...Thank you for your beautiful work!!!Pattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-6564897536589745802013-02-19T15:06:03.401-06:002013-02-19T15:06:03.401-06:00In our little family we go out of our way to pray ...In our little family we go out of our way to pray a family Rosary every night. We usually pair it with a novena, which keeps us motivated to make sure to pray every single night. By the time Lent is over, it is a good habit we have formed and we do our best to carry it on the rest of the year.Pattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-30266383332905396612013-02-19T13:35:01.287-06:002013-02-19T13:35:01.287-06:00I like you on FB.I like you on FB.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353696433987975754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150517304814548666.post-68569792437899246792013-02-19T13:34:09.752-06:002013-02-19T13:34:09.752-06:00We have a bean jar for the children. When they ma...We have a bean jar for the children. When they make a small sacrifice or do something nice for someone else they earn a bean. The goal is to fill the jar with beans before Easter because on Easter Sunday the beans get replaced with candy filled to the same level that the beans were. To help the children learn to perform the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, we also have a big brown paper Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353696433987975754noreply@blogger.com