The Best Nativity Fast/Advent Music Having trouble finding music to listen to this season? Our Little Fox loves music. Whenever we start playing something she begins her version of dancing and if there is words she tries to sing along. Malls and other stores have already started playing Christmas music. But it is not Christmas …
It has become increasingly obvious and tragic that members of our hierarchy continue to politick and obfuscate around the ongoing scandal of homosexual predation in the Catholic presbyterate and episcopacy. This has left more than a few faithful Catholic Vloggers, Youtubers and Bloggers aghast, or worse, and left many of the laity feeling numb and betrayed. One …
St. Nicholas The Feast of St. Nicholas is a super beautiful day for Byzantine Catholics. He is actually one of the most popular saints in the Eastern Churches. Today on TheByzantineLife.com we talk about the history of St. Nicholas, traditions, and what our family is doing with Santa Claus. Who is St. Nicholas? Google lists …
Hello readers! Unless you somehow got to this page without reading the title, then you know we are pregnant with baby number two! Our first children will be 21 months apart which is almost exactly what we wanted. (We were aiming for 18 months). And now that we’ve told family we can share the good …
Liturgical Colours When I first started attending Divine Liturgies, I really missed the green. Now don’t get me wrong – the gold is beautiful – but green is my favourite colour! Green is the colour of vestments for priests during ordinary time in the Roman Rite. In the Eastern Churches, where ordinary time is replaced …
A Time of Preparation Surprise it is that time of year again! Last Sunday it was Christ the King for Byzantine Catholics, which reminded me that it’s time to start thinking about preparing for Christmas. Preparing to prepare… that’s how prepared we are! Advent vs Nativity Fast In the Byzantine Catholic Church the time preparing …
The Adventure Begins What a weekend! Saturday we had a workshop at our Church all day, then supper with my husbands family (people I hadn’t met yet), and then an evening prayer gathering at a friend’s home to do a mini Panahyda for the soul of his recently deceased father. By the end of the …
Moving Update Hello! What a crazy first week we’ve had in our new home! Little Fox decided to protest sleeping the last night before we stayed at our new place and my husband and I both lost a day to catch up on sleep and brain power. That is also why I missed posting last …
Baby Activities When my husband arrives home from work, the first thing he does is ask me, “So what did you and Little Fox do today.” Sometimes, I can’t think of the answer. Well, we were together the whole time, and there was a nap in there somewhere… Yet it is still difficult to figure …
Moving Tips Two weeks left till moving day! Wow, even typing that is making me nervous. All the details have been falling – almost – perfectly into place, but it is still hard not to get anxious. Little Fox has done okay sleeping on trips, but I don’t know how she’ll feel about a new …
