April 30th is the feast of Saint James, who is the brother of St. John the Theologian. I recently posted an article about St. James who is called the brother of Our Lord. This article goes into the etymology of James/Jacob in scripture, and also about St. James. But there are two other major James’ …
Parenting is a daily learning experience. We learn more about our children and about ourselves everyday. We have a lot to learn. And so do our children. “The role of parents in education is of such importance that it is almost impossible to provide adequate substitute” (CCC 2221). What an awesome responsibility to have. But …
Active Activity Time: Indoors with Your Kids Looking for an active activity to do inside with your kids? Here is a list of my top 5 active activities my toddler likes to play. Older kids may enjoy these games as well! My Toddler’s Favourite: The Command Game This active activity is really simple. You can …
The Theotokos is ready to help your make your prayer life great again (through the Rosary and other Marian prayers)! This is the third and final week in our Great Lenten series on deepening your prayer life. The first week we talked about praying with our Guardian Angel. And last week we discussed spicing up …
Icon corners are where it is at! Last week we talked about how to make your prayer life great again with your guardian angel. This week we are talking about deepening our prayer life with icon corners! Great Practice Two – Spice Up Your Icon Corner So before we can talk about how to improve …
“Penance, Penance, Penance” -Angel to the Fatima Children, 3rd Vision, July 13, 1917. (Source: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html) A Brief Public Service Announcement From Kyleshka, TheBadgerDad, Little Fox and Little Badger of The Byzantine Life: Stay safe and well, brothers and sisters! May the Lord grant that our Churches continue the Apostolate of the Great Commission and bring …
Make your prayer life GREAT again this Great Lent. This week we are going to talk about one of three ways to deepen our prayer life. And now is the day to start! That’s right. It doesn’t need to be Clean Monday, Holy Thursday, or Pure Monday to start some new prayer practices. The day …
ByzLife 101: From beginner to extreme, we are going to have fun going through things that make life more Byzantine! At the end, let me know in the comments what would make your list of top five things that make for a ByzLife. Number 1 – ByzLife Icons Life would not be Byzantine without icons. …
Toys are a lot of fun. But they can also be annoying and messy. For the first 27 months of Little Foxes life we had a pretty good handle on her toys. There was never more out than could be put away in five minutes. And if it did get to the point that it …
John the Baptist is one of the most highly venerated saints in Byzantine tradition. Off the top of my head I can think of only three nativity feasts: Jesus’, Mary’s, and John the Baptist’s. We also celebrate the conceptions of these same three. Like many other saints, we celebrate a feast for his death (The …
