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February 20, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

I haven’t read my uncle’s articles in a while, his definition of diplomacy is entertaining.

-41 throws curve balls

February 18, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Different bus, different bus driver and two hours late today, Grandpa’s gauge had -41, poor livestock! We got everything bedded yesterday. Stay warm and keep your chin up, summer is supposed to come Sunday, nearly 50 above!

Quote of the Day

“You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading.”— St. Athanasius of Alexandria

https://kissthegroundmovie.com/#watchonnetflix

Worth Watching

February 15, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

https://www.angel.com/watch/the-lunatic-farmer/episode/bb53c1d5-67f7-4d21-968f-1838888334a4

Quote of the Day”If I am distracted, Holy Communion helps me to become recollected. If opportunities are offered by each day to offend my God, I arm myself anew each day for the combat by the reception of the Eucharist. If I am in special need of light and prudence in order to discharge my burdensome duties, I draw nigh to my Savior and seek counsel and light from him.”— St. Thomas More

Pep Band🎺

February 14, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

From the Catholic Company::::

Who was the real St. Valentine? Remember, today isn’t Valentine’s Day—it’s Saint Valentine’s Day.You have to wonder whether St. Valentine and St. Patrick commiserate in Heaven about their feast days being somewhat obscured by their popular celebrations. Treating your sweetheart to a nice dinner or a box of chocolates on this day is certainly a nice thing to do. However, as a part of your celebrations, be sure to call to mind Saint Valentine, whose real story is usually forgotten on his feast day. We actually don’t know a lot for sure about this saint. He was either a Roman priest or a bishop in central Italy who was martyred in the 3rd century. His remains are buried along the Via Flaminia in Rome.The connection between him and romantic love is also a bit uncertain. One legend says that he secretly married Christian couples, a grave offense according to the persecuting government. Some versions say that this favor was done particularly for Roman soldiers, who were not allowed to marry since—the government thought—this would make them unwilling to risk their lives in war. The customs we associate with St. Valentine’s Day are traceable to the Middle Ages. Based on the tradition that birds began to pair on St. Valentine’s Day, lovers exchanged letters and tokens of affection on this day. We see references to these customs in literature from 14th- and 15th-century France and England. Whatever the veracity of the legends surrounding the life of St. Valentine, we know that this holy priest existed, and that he died for his faith during a time of bitter persecution. His very status as a martyr makes him an apt patron for love: he and his fellow-martyrs illustrate to us, through their sufferings, the depth of their love for Christ, Who is Love Himself. As you enjoy your day with your sweetheart, remember the love of St. Valentine, which gave him the courage to suffer everything for the sake of his Beloved—and made him a saint. Not all of us are called to prove our love by physical martyrdom, but we can live out the vocation to love by sacrificing ourselves in smaller, though still powerful, ways—that is what love is about!

Heat Wave

February 13, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

God sent beautiful weather, so we utilized it to trail the bossies to a new pasture.

-27 below

February 11, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 2 Comments

But no wind and it’s sunny.

We’ve got it easy. I’m grateful for where we live.

Holy Rest

February 10, 2025 / Monica Jacobson / 0 Comments

Nowadays, we think of rest as a sort of “mental health break,” a thing which we grasp at in our exhaustion from the helter-skelter of life but never quite catch. That’s a misrepresentation of this important aspect of the Christian life. Think of the seventh day of Creation, when God rested from His labors. Genesis reckons six days of divine labor, which shows us the enormity of Creation. Then, on the seventh day—God rested.

Not only did God rest—an act totally unnecessary for Him—but He rendered sacred to Man the day on which He rested and gave it to Man as a gift he must keep. The Jewish people called this day the Sabbath and kept it on what is now Saturday.However, because Our Lord rose on a Sunday—completing a new creation—we Christians keep Sunday as our day of rest. This expands into important feasts whose solemnities approach that of a Sunday.restThe Church considers rest so important that, in addition to attending Mass, she actually commands us to rest from work on Sundays and holydays! The key to practicing rest as a virtue—as something we should actively, intentionally cultivate—is to see it as a visit with God, a time to rest in Him. Now, you might ask, “Well, how do I rest?” Good question! Put aside housework, chores, and errands. Mentally close up shifting thoughts about what needs to be done. Do something you enjoy—reading, getting outdoors, engaging in a hobby. Consider turning off your phone and iPad for a while. Enjoy your time of rest with God and share it with Him. Source: Catholic Company