tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post4481590932105304901..comments2023-06-10T11:57:55.986-04:00Comments on Everything to Someone: Liturgical Living: the Domestic MonasteryChristiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-22899449305042429242014-02-28T18:55:53.798-05:002014-02-28T18:55:53.798-05:00This is AWESOME advice, Anna, thank you! You ment...This is AWESOME advice, Anna, thank you! You mentioned before that you would be interested in writing a guest post--do you think you'd have something like this to expound on for EtS?Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-17261937837863188762014-02-27T22:26:44.995-05:002014-02-27T22:26:44.995-05:00I have been following my version of a monastic sch...I have been following my version of a monastic schedule for a year or so, and it has anchored my life in a very deep peace. The trickiest part has been to have a time of prayer in the middle of the day. It's easy to set aside time for prayer first thing in the morning, when nobody else is awake, and at night after all your tasks are done, but getting in a mid-day Angelus and intercession for various people (including you, BTW) has been a challenge. I finally put an alarm on my cell phone which reminds me that it's time to stop what I'm doing and pray, and that has helped tremendously. Also, if you find that as soon as you get up your son wakes up, I strongly recommend starting your time of prayer while you're in bed. I do that every day because it ensures that I don't get distracted as soon as I get up (easy enough to do!) BajaMannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874805186467347954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-36825652081727823542014-02-25T21:09:22.021-05:002014-02-25T21:09:22.021-05:00Facebook is seriously tempting. I might have to a...Facebook is seriously tempting. I might have to apply an internet blocker that I've heard of people doing. That would be good for me <i>and</i> John!<br /><br />You know, if I have a nap in the middle of the day, so long as it doesn't go over two hours, I actually sleep better at night!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-26615960413465408852014-02-25T21:07:50.218-05:002014-02-25T21:07:50.218-05:00If I dress in the morning before I do anything els...If I dress in the morning before I do anything else, my chances of productivity for the day improve dramatically. It's weird! But it works!<br /><br />We're going to miss the peace of the first couple of weeks of Lent because of the move, but I'm going to try to do the fast through traveling. I went ahead and ordered a vegan meal for the plane journey. It'll probably be yucky! So I'll just have to furnish my own snacks!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-24106725305227452812014-02-25T21:06:13.555-05:002014-02-25T21:06:13.555-05:00Yes! Now that you mention it, I should go and fin...Yes! Now that you mention it, I should go and find it so that I can link to it. It was really helpful in figuring out my daily schedule for a few weeks, and I think my health improved with the rhythm. Thanks for all your prayers. xChristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-14396037325501467372014-02-25T14:49:16.331-05:002014-02-25T14:49:16.331-05:00Absolutely loved this!!
Lou's love for ritual...Absolutely loved this!!<br /><br />Lou's love for ritual helps me out... I wish I was as good as he is at saying morning and evening prayer, but getting up with him, making the bed, showering and getting put together early are serious aids to sanity. It's going to be tougher when I start school. I'm going to have to organize a solid routine to make that work--routine is the only way I ever remember to get anything done. Although I should probably move "Get on Facebook" to sometime later in the day, AFTER work.... ;P<br /><br />I like the idea of scheduling a nap in. :D A young acquaintance/friend of mine was just in Spain, and <i>he</i> thought the siesta was a wonderful invention. I'm inclined to believe him.Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-28993481794319871382014-02-24T07:45:56.603-05:002014-02-24T07:45:56.603-05:00As always, my tracks of thought turn to the Church...<i>As always, my tracks of thought turn to the Church-dominated Middle Ages and find the Ideal and the Blueprint, all in one. In the Dark Ages, the monasteries were tiny pricks of light in the darkness, fostering and holding close the flame of truth until that time when it was safe to spread it like wildfire. So too in our times, the home is more than ever a monastery, a fortress of goodness, beauty, and knowledge in a world of growing ignorance and darkness.</i><br /><br />absolutely beautiful! I love this growing view of home as not just domestic church, but domestic <i>monastery</i>..<br /><br />Our schedule all wild right now - but in Lent we'll be moving back to something similar..I haven't worked it out yet..I LOVE that you have 'dress' <i>before</i> breakfast - it's something I've been working toward again. <3Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-36474597323040738082014-02-24T04:22:42.152-05:002014-02-24T04:22:42.152-05:00I really liked the post you are referring to as we...I really liked the post you are referring to as well. It will take sometime for you to adjust your schedule and to adjust to being a family again; a time of transition and need for patience... may God bless and keep you...and your son, your family...elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.com