Best Use:This tradition is done at the beginning of each year so that you can invite God into your homes and place all who live there under his protection. Nutritional Value:On the Feast of the Epiphany, we remember the Three Wise Men who visited the home that the Holy Family had established in Bethlehem. The FeastContinue reading “Epiphany Home Blessing”
Category Archives: Idea Card: Marriage
Lenten Resolutions for Married Couples
Inspired by Pope Francis Best Use:Grow in holiness together with your spouse. Nutritional Value:In his homilies and addresses, Pope Francis has spoken quite directly about how husband and wife should treat each other, about prayer within the family, and other ways the family lives its identity as a “domestic Church.” Commit with your spouse toContinue reading “Lenten Resolutions for Married Couples”
Morning Offering
A Prayer to Start your Day Best Use:To help you start your day grounded in prayer. Nutritional Value:Helps you start your day by offering everything you have to Jesus. Focuses your day and sets you off on the right foot.
A.C.T.S. Prayer Guide
A Simple Acronym to Help You Pray Best Use:To guide your personal prayer time or prayer time as a family. Nutritional Value:Helps you pray with confidence and stay focused and intentional about the time you spend in prayer.
Mealtime Prompt: The Year of the Lord-Making Your Household Calendar Christ-Centered
Best Use:As a family activity early in the new year. Nutritional Value:Creating memorable teaching moments about the Church’s calendar and making your household calendar Christ-centered.
Christmas@Home: Blessing the Christmas Tree
Best Use:As a Christmas family activity. Nutritional Value:Helping connect the traditional Christmas decorations to the birth of Jesus and the reason he came.
Christmas@Home: Blessing the Nativity Scene
Best Use:As a Christmas family activity. Nutritional Value:Helping connect the traditional Christmas decorations to the birth of Jesus and the reason he came.
Holidays: Christmas Gifts from the Heart
Best Use:As a Christmas family activity. Nutritional Value:Focusing on the true meaning of Christmas as you celebrate Christ’s birth and find ways to give gifts that money cannot buy.
Mealtime Prompts: Planning Your 2020 Christmas
Best Use:To guide a discussion with your household on your expectations and plans this Christmas. Nutritional Value:Helps you celebrate your favorite holiday memories, identify your expectations for this year and plan for a memorable joy-filled Christmas.
Mealtime Prompts: Crafting a Vision Statement for Your Household
Best Use:To guide a discussion with your household on shared family vision. Nutritional Value:Helps you identify and celebrate your family’s values; gives you an opportunity to share your dreams for your family and create a shared vision for the future.