Transitus Tiber

Life as a Catholic wife and mother

Some nifty dictionaries

Wondering about any heresies? The New Catholic Dictionary of Heresies and Condemned Dogmas can provide you a list of some heresies. And don’t forget to check out the New Catholic Dictionary. What the heck does F.S.C. stand for, anyways?

Brain exercises

Mmm, the classes have begun! The classes have begun! This semester I’m taking classes that actually has made some people cringe and squirm uncomfortably in their seats: Cartography, Physics, Zooarchaeology, Biological Anthropology and Human Prehistory, and Volcanology. My BA&HP class came complete with an EvolutionDisclaimer, and the first thing we’re discussing after the basic concept [...]

We can do it but you can’t….?

I was thinking about something over the last couple of days. Mainly, how evangelicals often accuse Catholics of certain practices, but yet they tend to do some of the same. Obviously, the Communion of Saints is a nice extension of intercessory prayer. However, a lot of people use Saints as role models of those who [...]

The Mystery Community

I’m keeping a low profile on the Mystery Community/Third Order that I’ve been persuing further. I do have some news, in that I’ve successfully gotten in touch with about three different communities of the Order and have had many questions asked to ponder over, a general outline of what I would need to do, and [...]

St. Bartholomew

Today is the feast of St. Bartholomew, who I’ve come to get to know this past year. St. Bartholomew is the patron of bookbinders; butchers; cobblers; Forentine cheese merchants; Forentine salt merchants; leather workers; nervous diseases; neurological diseases; plasterers; shoemakers; tanners; trappers; twitching; whiteners; and Gambatesa, Italy; Armenia. I also have adopted him as the [...]

Schooltime!

I might be behind on the Marian Prayers of the Day. The residence halls opened today, and there is freshman orientation going on all over the place, activities everywhere and so forth. I work in a department that deals a lot with freshmen and just students in general, so we’re expecting some busy days until [...]

Two Marian Prayers of the Day

August 22nd: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate Mother of God, Queen of the Apostles, we know that God’s commandment of love and our vocation to follow Jesus Christ impels us to cooperate in the mission of the Church. Realizing our own weakness, we entrust the renewal of our personal lives and our [...]

Remember Fr. C?

I don’t know if anyone recalls Fr. C – a friend of mine’s priest who has cancer? I’ve gotten a report on Fr. C’s condition: COMPLETE REMISSION!! Fr. C still has some rounds of chemo left to make sure, but as of his last blood test, there is not a trace of any cancerous cells. [...]

MPotD: As a Little Child, I Loved You

As a little child, I loved you like a mother. Now that I am old, my love for you has grown. Receive me in heaven as one of the blessed, and I will proclaim that I have obtained such a great prize through your patronage. Amen. (by Pope Leo XIII, source)

Bringing out the brooms

This past couple of weeks has been a delightful exercise in why one should not lie solely on their emotions to determine their faith, and whether or not God loves them. I have been running through the gauntlet of emotions, from “yay” to “so unworthy that there’s no sense in trying to overcome temptations”. The [...]

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