Today we Catholics are marching into the 5th week of Easter. Today, I read about Paul being rejected and stoned. He was cast outside of the gate to the city and left for dead. The people thought he would die. He did not; he rose, dusted himself off, and headed to the next city to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus. ...

Good morning students! The sun is shining; it is going to be a beautiful day. Believe it or not we Catholics are still celebrating Easter. This is our fourth week of celebrating. Today I read in the Gospel of John when Jesus told the disciples, "I have called you friends." Friends are such a vital part of a happy life. They are the people that cry with you in sad times, pray with you in bad times, and celebrate with you in the best times. Friends are truly gifts from above...

40 days with Sal It is day 30 students! Where do I begin? Since I last wrote I have had a liver biopsy, a baptismal reception for my littlest grandson, severe pain, a stay in the hospital, visiting with a dear friend contemplating what this life is all about, and a hibernation at home to try to recuperate. ...

40 days with Sal Day 29 Students, I really don't know where to begin. I have had so much turmoil the past week that it was hard to focus on anything. Do you have weeks like that? I'm sure you do. Sometimes we call it getting on the pity pot. ...

We are in the middle of our octave of Easter. This is the eight days following Easter Sunday. It is celebrated in the Catholic Church. Today's readings were about the crippled man by the beautiful gate. He had been crippled from birth. He sat there every day of his life begging for help. ...

Happy Easter students! We are still partying for Easter. Today's readings really "slapped" as my daughter would say. Today was the day Mary Magdalene went to the grave site and Jesus was gone. There were two angels there. They were saying, "Why are you weeping?" Then this strange Gardener guy came up and asked, "Why are you weeping?" When Mary looks closely at the Gardener guy and hears him say Mary she realizes who he is. ...

Wow! Easter is here! Yesterday was full of celebrating as a family. Each holiday when our family comes together it is a day of love and fellowship. I love these days. Easter has always been special day for our family. We have always gathered to share a meal and to have a big Easter egg hunt for the children. ...

Happy Good Friday! It is truly the happiest day in history. Jesus died on the cross this Good Friday. My whole life I knew that Jesus had died for us all the cross. But today as I read I realized he died with us. He died to defeat death and to give us eternity with him. ...

Happy Holy Thursday students! Today as I finished my readings, I imagined Jesus washing my feet. Why did he do this? Why did he, the son of God, wash the feet of his disciples? Peter resisted. Jesus told him unless he was allowed to wash his feet then he could not truly follow Jesus. ...

Here we are students at Holy Week! Tomorrow we'll begin our most sacred days of the year: The Triduum(Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday.) I really love how our church walks the path that was created with the death of our savior. Tomorrow as we go to church we will relive The Last Supper. ...

Hello students! No we are not going back to the future but I did not put the correct day on the last blog. So I am covering my tracks. This past week has been Uber crazy! My husband has been very sick and still is. I have had doctor's appointments and had to go to Memphis to the ALS Clinic. ...

Last Friday was a special day students. It is the birthday of my last child, Abbey. As a mother every child you have bears a special place in your heart. Each one's birthday is a special day. We have an Independence Day baby, Labor Day baby, Christmas baby, a Mother's Day baby, and Easter baby. ...

Looking back over our classes together, we have been very busy! We have covered so many virtues. We have tried to put so much goodness out into the world. Remember this is ongoing assignment. I don't want you to stop after we reach our forty days together...

Oh my students! Ms. Alley has been suffering from a fever these last few days. Spring fever! I have spent the last two days outside until dark. Monday was chilly but God had provided me with help to visit my favorite plant nursery and then gave me two days of cleaning and planting in my yard. If you know me very well, you understand what a gift of Charity from God this is to me...

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 7:23-28 This is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord God. Life happened again yesterday. I had too many obligations and not enough time. I hope you are staying strong and practicing your virtues. ...

Good day students! I hope the world is treating you with Justice. I also hope that you are treating others with Justice. Today we are going to talk about fortitude. Fortitude is a very wonderful virtue. The only downside to fortitude is that you have to go through trials in your life in order for your fortitude to shine...

Students do you remember that rhyme: "1,2 skip a few?" I promise that it's not what's happening with our 40 days together. It makes me think of a John Lennon quote, "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans." This is exactly what happened to me. Life has been happening. We have been busy researching and visiting places that could be the next chapter for our youngest daughter. But now I am back ready to double up on our journey through our 40 days...

Students I've been working on my prudence or wisdom. It's a lifelong process. I hope you are working on yours everyday as well. Today's virtue is going to be temperance. Do you remember in American history when we talked about Prohibition? That's right, it is when the word temperance became popular aka the temperance movement. It's when alcohol was illegal and people became bootleggers as well as rich. We want to look at a different definition of temperance today...

Welcome students to day fourteen! Our last assignment was to have mercy on people who are hard to deal with. I hope you had some success. If you didn't, you need to keep trying. In the next lessons we are going to get a tune up on our hearts. In order for us to put good out into the world, we have to have strong hearts...

Be merciful, just as your father is merciful. Luke: 36 Welcome to day 13 students! Today I was reminded to be merciful. I know that the 40 days of Lent that we are sharing we want to pour out Mercy for others. Do you remember a time when you were showed Mercy? As a student you may have been given more time to complete an assignment. ...