Happy feast of St. Valentine everyone!
I do not have a boyfriend or a Valentine this year. I haven't for the last couple of years and I am totally ok with that. I'm only 17, I'll wait for the right one.
Even though I don't have a Valentine, I still have a few words of wisdom I can impart on you lovely people :)
Here's what not to do on Valentine's Day:
1. Complain about your singledom and cry in your room with chocolate.
(BTW singledom is totally a word, I just made it up :))
This will get you nowhere. Be happy. Even though you don't have a boyfriend to spend today with, Valentine's can still be fun. Go out with your friends. Walk around town, go out to dinner, have a sleepover, make fun of all the lovey-dovey couples you see.(Nicely. and not necessarily in that order)(And I suggest quietly too-Kat)
2. Post on social media that you are #singleandproud.
Just don't do it. You might actually be single and proud of it and that's ok. But if you post about it, it makes you look desperate. That you want the whole world to know you're single.
-Lia
(Ha ha. We are both posting on this one! The pink is Lia, the blue is mine -Kat)
3. Walk up to a random cute couple your age, slap the guy in the face and scream "You said you would always remember me!" and then stomp off. Please. Just don't.
4. Don't go out to people -ly places. Avoid all those places that are always filled with couples (unless it the coffee shop. coffee, coffee, coffee,)
5. But don't stay in either. (Unless you LIKE staying in.) If you like going out and about, go some place that isn't a "couple" thing. (Please tell me Barnes and Nobel isn't a "couple place.")
6. Don't sit on your computer all day
A Suggestion: I suggest you get all you friends together (the awesome single ones) and have a movie marathon. It could be chick flicks, Disney, period drama (P&P, any other Jane Austen, North and South, etc) but it doesn't have to be. You could watch war movies, cheesy movies, the classics, spy movies (invite me please.) Pizza, on the other hand, is a MUST. Chocolate is good too. And popcorn. Since St. Valentine's isn't in Lent this year (YAY) that means you have no excuse not to splurge on chocolates. (unless your broke, in which case I suggest inviting friends who have jobs.)
-Kat
What do you suggest people do or don't do on St. Valentine's day?
Showing posts with label Patron Saints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patron Saints. Show all posts
Courtship Vs Dating
This always REALLY confused me.
What? I'm not going to COURT someone! Weird. I'm going to date people! I'm not going to sit on a couch. (In front of my family. Awkward)
I want to go to dinner. To movies.
What do you mean dating ruins marriage? My brother dated and he married the girl and they are happy!
Here is what I didn't understand.
Courtship doesn't mean sitting on the couch and playing the organ and serving him pie you made (though you could do that if you really wanted to)
The difference between dating and courtship is the reason you do it.
If you are dating in the hopes of finding your future spouse, you are courting. If you are dating because everyone is doing it, because your bored, etc you're doing it for the wrong reason.
So now you know!
Also, if somebody asks you on a date, or asks you to date them you do not have to scream: "Dating Bad! Courtship Good!"
Dating, for the sake of marriage, is still called dating.
Have a blessed Saint Valentine's Day!
-Kat-
St. Cecilia Patroness of Musicians
Hey y'all!!
Today is the feast day of St. Cecilia. She is one of my patron saints so I thought I would make a post about her.
St. Cecilia lived in the early days of the church. On her wedding night, she was praying to her guardian angel and her husband, Valerian, came into the room and saw her angel.
He wanted to know who the angel was so Cecilia told him to go see the pope. Valerian and his brother were received into the Church and were martyred shortly after.
Cecilia was ordered to give up her faith and she refused.
She was imprisoned in her bathhouse which was heated to a very high temperature.
Cecilia was left in the bathhouse for three days. She remained unhurt.
The judge ordered her to be beheaded. The executioner struck her three times and her head was partially severed from her body. She lay on ground for three days and expired on the third day.
St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians. Its great that I'm named after her cause I sing a lot. I mean a LOT.
My family has to continually tell me to be quiet cause I keep singing.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment and I'll answer as soon as possible!
Love,
-Lia
Today is the feast day of St. Cecilia. She is one of my patron saints so I thought I would make a post about her.
St. Cecilia lived in the early days of the church. On her wedding night, she was praying to her guardian angel and her husband, Valerian, came into the room and saw her angel.
He wanted to know who the angel was so Cecilia told him to go see the pope. Valerian and his brother were received into the Church and were martyred shortly after.
Cecilia was ordered to give up her faith and she refused.
She was imprisoned in her bathhouse which was heated to a very high temperature.
Cecilia was left in the bathhouse for three days. She remained unhurt.
The judge ordered her to be beheaded. The executioner struck her three times and her head was partially severed from her body. She lay on ground for three days and expired on the third day.
St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians. Its great that I'm named after her cause I sing a lot. I mean a LOT.
My family has to continually tell me to be quiet cause I keep singing.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment and I'll answer as soon as possible!
Love,
-Lia
All Saints Day
Hey guys!
Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while. I've been a bit busy(aka homework, joy)
Anyway I had some free time on my hands and decided to make a post.
November 1st was All Saints Day. It is a holy day of obligation. A holy day of obligation means you are required to go to church that day. It's like a Sunday during the week.
Our church had its All Saints Day party on November 6th. All of the kids in the parish dress up as a saint and our priest and the adults have to guess who they are.
Basically, all the kids in our parish look through saint books and try to find the most obscure saints no one has ever heard of. It worked too. Our priest had the hardest time trying to guess. It was really funny!
Me, I didn't dress up. I stopped dressing up when I turned 13. It just wasn't as fun as it used to be.
After the guessing is finished, the teenagers in our parish set up games for all the kids to come back and play. I was in charge of the St. Peter's Fishing Hole. Yes, it was as fun as it sounds. It was a blue curtain hung between two doors. The kids tossed rods with clothespins on the end of them over the curtain and the people behind the curtain clipped candy on them.
Kat and I were behind the curtain for most of the time. It was really fun. The kids would come up and say, "Is there anyone behind the curtain?" We sat there and giggled into our sleeves, trying not to laugh too hard. The kids eventually figured out we were back there and kept requesting certain candies that we didn't even have!
All of us were exhausted once the party was over. Giving candy to little kids is just soo tiring!
We had fun though.
Til next time!
-Lia
Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while. I've been a bit busy(aka homework, joy)
Anyway I had some free time on my hands and decided to make a post.
November 1st was All Saints Day. It is a holy day of obligation. A holy day of obligation means you are required to go to church that day. It's like a Sunday during the week.
Our church had its All Saints Day party on November 6th. All of the kids in the parish dress up as a saint and our priest and the adults have to guess who they are.
Basically, all the kids in our parish look through saint books and try to find the most obscure saints no one has ever heard of. It worked too. Our priest had the hardest time trying to guess. It was really funny!
Me, I didn't dress up. I stopped dressing up when I turned 13. It just wasn't as fun as it used to be.
After the guessing is finished, the teenagers in our parish set up games for all the kids to come back and play. I was in charge of the St. Peter's Fishing Hole. Yes, it was as fun as it sounds. It was a blue curtain hung between two doors. The kids tossed rods with clothespins on the end of them over the curtain and the people behind the curtain clipped candy on them.
Kat and I were behind the curtain for most of the time. It was really fun. The kids would come up and say, "Is there anyone behind the curtain?" We sat there and giggled into our sleeves, trying not to laugh too hard. The kids eventually figured out we were back there and kept requesting certain candies that we didn't even have!
All of us were exhausted once the party was over. Giving candy to little kids is just soo tiring!
We had fun though.
Til next time!
-Lia
Pray For Our Troops
Today is Veteran's day. The day dedicated to all American Troops, those who have served, those who are serving and those who have fallen in service of their country.
One of my favorite quotes about the fallen is
Remember: Someone sacrificed their tomorrow so you could have your today.
So, Please please pray for our troops, especially those overseas and their families.
(Saint Adrian is the patron saint of soldiers, by the way)
Feast Days in November
November is just a few days away! November's theme will be All Saints.
Nov. 1-All Saints
Nov. 2 - All Souls
Nov. 3- Martin De Porres
Nov. 5- St. Elizabeth, cousin of Mary and mother of St. John the Baptist.
Nov. 13 - St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
Nov. 22- St. Cecilia
Nov. 28- St. Katherine Laboure
Nov. 30- St. Andrew
There is a novena that goes from St. Andrew's feast day until Christmas. It's very beautiful. You can look it up yourself, but hopefully, I will post it one here soon
-Kat
Patron Saints
Everyday on the calendar has a saint. It is that saint's feast day!
A lot of people complain ( especially during lent) as to how much Catholics HAVE to fast.
That's just because they are ONLY doing what they have to.
Do they celebrate the feast days of their favorite saints? Do they celebrate their baptismal anniversaries (Commonly referred to as "Name days") with parties as big as their birthdays?
Everyone has patron saints. The saints your named after perhaps? Or maybe the patron saint of your occupation or hobby? Or just a saint you like.
Here are some common patron saints:
- Saint Adrian the Patron of soldiers
- Saint Anne the Patron of Grandmothers, Mothers, Women in labor
- Saint Isidore the Patron of Ranchers and farmers
- Saint Joseph, patron of workers, fathers,
- Saint Cecilia, patron of musicians and music
- Saint Christopher, patron of travelers (also, Archangel Raphael)
- Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, patron saint of guns, handguns, and gun owners
- There are a billion more! But I've drawn a blank...
http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/list-of-patron-saints-patronage.htm
http://www.catholicsupply.com/CHRISTMAS/saint_meaning.html
http://catholicsaints.info/
I don't think any of these websites have the saint's feast days...
You'll have to find them yourself!
Keep Celebrating!
-Kat
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