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Packing Light, Or, How I Managed A 3-Week Trip Out Of One Backpack

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Rome, Sweet Home (to rip off Scott Hahn a little bit)

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Rome, Sweet Home (to rip off Scott Hahn a little bit)

(all photos in this post are copywrited by me) "Heart of Jesus, desire of the Eternal Hills, have mercy on us." --Litany of the Sacred Heart "It is truly right and just, with ardent love of mind and heart and with devoted service of our voice, to acclaim our God invisible, the almighty Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his Only Begotten. Who for our sake paid Adam's debt to the eternal Father, and, pouring out his own dear Blood, wiped clean the record of our ancient sinfulness. These, then, are the feasts of Passover, in which is slain the Lamb, the one true Lamb, whose Blood anoints the doorposts of believers." --The Exultet of the Easter Vigil Hello lovely readers! And welcome back to the Sam-writes-posts-the-week-she-posts-them sort of vibe! I don't know if you're happy to be back to that, but there we are. Heck, I don't know if I'm happy to be back to that. But here we are. I've returned from my three weeks of travels and am

Packing Light, Or, How I Managed A 3-Week Trip Out Of One Backpack

"Make a pile of the things you need to take, the things you might need to take, and the things you want to take. Now take the first pile and leave the others." --Liad [paraphrased] “It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” --LOTR Hello lovely denizens of the interwebs! One of the things I've been thinking about quite a bit lately, due to Many Weeks of Travel (3 weeks over the Easter holidays, another week starting yesterday by the time you read this, and another two or three weeks three days after that, minus) is packing light. From the time I first got to college, it's been my goal to be able to travel with minimum Stuff in my backpack. And while a lot of the time when I'm in the US and travelling, it's for break, so I have to bring a lot of stuff back with me, while in Europe, it is

Ecce Homo

image credit to owner "Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus while before Your face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul, pray and beseech You to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity; true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment. While I contemplate, with great love and tender pity, Your five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me and calling to mind the words which David, Your prophet, said to You, my Jesus: 'They have pierced My hands and My feet, they have numbered all My bones.'" --Prayer Before A Crucifix "By His stripes, we are healed." --Isaiah Happy Good Friday. I know most people are probably not looking at blog things today, which is as it should be--I won't either. But I thought I'd drop a little (very little) reflection here which perhaps you'll read this evening, or on Holy Saturday, or something. Anywho. I've been meditating a lot about the Passion this Lent. I alwa

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