50 Days of Amazing Grace: Days 49 and 50 – We Are All Called To Be Holy / Give Your All {A Post-Pentecost Reflection}

Warning! Rather lengthy post ahead! 🙂 Making up for the weekend's lack of posts, hehe! 🙂 Please do read it till the end though! 🙂 Thanks! 🙂 God bless yah!I failed to post here last weekend for the 50 Days of Amazing Grace series because the kids and I were at Kindermusik the whole day … Continue reading 50 Days of Amazing Grace: Days 49 and 50 – We Are All Called To Be Holy / Give Your All {A Post-Pentecost Reflection}

Countdown to Pentecost (and a Novena to the Holy Spirit from Raising and Teaching Little Saints)

Tomorrow, we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord, which means Pentecost (which traditionally signals the end of the 50 Days of Easter) is just around the corner! 🙂 Our family has been SUPER BLESSED this particular Easter season, and I can only say it is by God's amazing grace! :)He's even been … Continue reading Countdown to Pentecost (and a Novena to the Holy Spirit from Raising and Teaching Little Saints)

50 Days of Amazing Grace: Day 2 – I Love the Lord

It's 10 minutes to midnight on our clock and we just had our household meeting (our regular small group prayer meeting in Couples for Christ) here at our apartment. We've been doing some "spring cleaning" (more like "summer cleaning" for us in the Philippines!) and we're only one room away from getting everything finished. (That's … Continue reading 50 Days of Amazing Grace: Day 2 – I Love the Lord

Here’s to a Beautiful, Blessed and Bountiful Easter! {Also announcing Truly Rich Mom’s Easter Series 2012: 50 Days of Amazing Grace, Fabulous Weekly Giveaways and Super-Inspiring Guest Posts!}

Image source here. It's already Easter Sunday here in the Philippines, and I'd like to greet everyone a beautiful, blessed and bountiful Easter! 😉 Hallelujah, Jesus is risen! 🙂 For us Catholics, Easter is actually 50 days long (!) — what a wonderful way to celebrate Jesus' Resurrection, right? 🙂 After 40 days of Lent, … Continue reading Here’s to a Beautiful, Blessed and Bountiful Easter! {Also announcing Truly Rich Mom’s Easter Series 2012: 50 Days of Amazing Grace, Fabulous Weekly Giveaways and Super-Inspiring Guest Posts!}

The true meaning of Holy Week and Easter

What is Holy Week really about? What is Easter really about?It's definitely not about the Easter Bunny. At least, that's the case for our family. It's not about going on a vacation to some beautiful beach resort, or spending super-lazy days at home. It is about so much more than that.This Holy Week and beyond, let's … Continue reading The true meaning of Holy Week and Easter

Truly Rich Reflections: The Easter Story Told through Social Media

I just discovered this! 🙂 LOVE it! I hope you have a blessed time with this "high-tech reflection," everyone! 😉

Truly Rich Reflections: This Holy Week and Beyond, Hug It Out! {Scroll down for Ways to Make Your Holy Week REALLY Holy!}

I've been a really mean mom this past week. Seriously. In fact, you could say that the Parenting Police would have a field day if they knew what really goes on in our little apartment. I'd probably be locked away, with the key thrown out. It's a good thing, though, (thank You, Lord, for Your … Continue reading Truly Rich Reflections: This Holy Week and Beyond, Hug It Out! {Scroll down for Ways to Make Your Holy Week REALLY Holy!}

What Kids Should Know About Easter

Easter is THE most important time of the year for us Christians, even more important than Christmas. Sadly though, many people, Catholics and Christians included, often forget about this, and get lost in the hype of Easter egg hunts and chocolate bunnies. Personally, we do not claim to be the perfect Catholic parents, but we … Continue reading What Kids Should Know About Easter