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O Antiphon House and Coins

17 Dec 2011 by

Today we begin the great O Antiphons! The O Antiphons are the antiphons that are read before the Magnificat during the vespers of the liturgy of the hours from December 17 until December 23 . Each one highlights a title for the Messiah: O Sapientia (O Wisdom), O Adonai (O Lord), O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse), O Clavis David (O Key of David), O Oriens (O Rising Sun), O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations), and O Emmanuel. (You will recognize those from the song, O Come O Come Emmanuel.)  Also, each one refers to the prophecy of Isaiah of the coming of the Messiah.

Yesterday the kids made their O Antiphon houses. This year I also included a new tradition of O Antiphon coins. Each night the kids peek in the window of the day and find out what the O Antiphon is, then  we read the O Antiphon and they can enjoy one coin. 

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Fulton turns 6

17 Dec 2011 by

It’s hard to believe that our little guy is already 6 years old. He’s an amazing young man. This year out of the blue and I’m not quite sure where he got this idea, he wanted to put on a play for his friends. After a little bit of discussing, we settled on a play of Our Lady of Guadalupe since he’s birthday is the day before the feast of OLG. That week I was fighting off a cold (and still am), but somehow we managed to pull it off. However the drama didn’t end with the play. Fulton got a stomach bug and was sick during the party. Two of the other children came down with it overnight and I got it the next morning.

But all in all, the party was great and the kids and Adam did a great job on their first play!

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Celebrating St. Nicholas

17 Dec 2011 by

We celebrate good St. Nicholas on his feast day, December 6. This year I took the kids to “Breakfast with Santa” the weekend before while Adam was on a retreat. On the feast of St. Nicholas we had friends over for a party. We read St. Nicholas books, made bags of food for the homeless, and decorated St. Nicholas cookies. That afternoon the kids also had a choir concert at a local nursing home.  At the end of the day the kids opened their stockings. I filled them with gold chocolate coins with pictures of St. Nicholas on them and a little St. Nicholas chocolate. Their big stocking gift didn’t arrive until the next day. This year the kids got prayer pillowcases. Therese got the one of St. Therese. Fulton got St. Michael the Archangel. Gianna got Our Lady of Grace. And Cecilia got Our Lady of Guadalupe.

And since the next day, December 7, was the feast of St. Ambrose, we used the leftover cookies to make St. Ambrose and I also made some yummy beehive rolls!

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Belated Birthday Post

17 Dec 2011 by

One thing I love about my husband is his creativity. This year for his birthday (back Nov. 20) he picked a winner of a theme. BACON! We made some bacon tomato bread, bacon wrapped shrimp, and bacon brownies. Friends brought some delicious dishes to share! It was some great fun!

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