PDF version of my December 2018 calendar to print December 2018 catholic calendar! Sunday, December 2nd - First Sunday of Advent (Holy Day of Obligation) Time to bust out those advent weathers & calendars! Purple is the color of advent and it is time to light that first candle to begin this pre-Christmas season of [...]
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#56. Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain
Art Historical Background After the Umayyad Dynasty was ousted from Syria by the conquering Abbasid Dynasty they made their way across North Africa to a new home in Andalusia, Spain. The Umayyad prince, Abd al-Rahman I, recreated aspects of his previous capital in his new home, Córdoba. In 786, after Abd al-Rahman conquered the Visigoths, he transformed [...]
Stop Skipping Thanksgiving
Ok so I am going to apologize in advance for this little counter cultural rant but hear me out: stop skipping Thanksgiving in anticipation of Christmas! I get it, Christmas brings out all the warm and fuzzies especially in a shitty political year (yes, I'm a Democrat lol), but Thanksgiving can also serve to ground [...]
Your Guide to Catholic Holidays on Death
So Halloween is coming up as I'm sure every little kid in America is fully aware, but there are many people who hesitate to celebrate this holiday believing it to be a Satanic Devil-worshiping day (which in fact Satantists don't actually worship the Devil but that's a whole 'nother blog post!) or they feel it [...]
Hospital de la Caridad, Sevilla
This blog post could also be subtitled: when the travel books let you down royally. Or a second option: the only church I have ever been pissed to have paid to go inside. So some back story before my rant on why the Hospital de la Caridad isn't worth the 8 euro price. History The hospital/church [...]
Book Review: If you love The Handmaid’s Tale…
For starters, if you love the HBO series The Handmaid's Tale then you really need to read the book by Margaret Atwood. But if you are already past that point then I have the next book for you: The Red Tent by Anita Diamond! Read more: Book Review! The Handmaid’s Tale The gist is that The [...]
Catholic Culture: Liturgical Living
One of my goals for this past year or so has been to increase our liturgical living in our home. This is a concept that can certainly apply to other Christian denominations but is quite particular to Catholics (& I believe Orthodox...?). Essentially there is more to faith, any faith, than the once a week [...]
