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This atmosphere of “hurry up, let’s go” does not provide the necessary leisure in which to anticipate and celebrate a feast. But as soon as people stop celebrating they really do not live any more–they are being lived, as it were…
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“After our first gathering around the Advent light, and the singing of the first Advent hymn, an air of expectancy spreads over the family group; now comes the moment when the mother goes around with a bowl in which are the little cards with the names of the new saints….”
Advent Giveaway!
And Now…
I’d like to offer you a Book Giveaway!!
The winner will receive these lovely books to add to your book collection!
Just leave a comment here on this post and your name will be added to the “hat”! Winner will be announced next Wednesday, November 23rd!
You will get…
Advent & Christmas Package!
Advent Christmas Cheerful Chats for Catholic Children and Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas!
Advent & Christmas Cheerful Chats for Catholic Children:
This is a unique book of Advent and Christmas stories and devotions for Catholic children. There is nothing routine and formal about these stories. They are interesting, full of warmth and dipped right out of life. These anecdotes will help children know about God, as each one unfolds a truth about the saints, the Church, the virtues, etc.
These are short faith-filled stories, within the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Each story is followed by a few questions, a prayer, and a short poem enabling the moral of each story to sink into the minds of your little ones.
The stories are only a page long so tired mothers, who still want to give that “tucking in” time a special touch, or pause a brief moment during their busy day to gather her children around her, can feel good about bringing the realities of our faith to the minds of her children in a childlike, (though not childish), way.
There is a small poem and a picture at the end of each story. Through these small stories, parents will sow seeds of our Holy Catholic Faith that will enrich their families!
Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas with Your Family:
These are short faith-filled stories, within the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Each story is followed by a few questions, a prayer, and a short poem enabling the moral of each story to sink into the minds of your little ones.
The stories are only a page long so tired mothers, who still want to give that “tucking in” time a special touch, or pause a brief moment during their busy day to gather her children around her, can feel good about bringing the realities of our faith to the minds of her children in a childlike, (though not childish), way.
There is a small poem and a picture at the end of each story. Through these small stories, parents will sow seeds of our Holy Catholic Faith that will enrich their families!
Doilies by Rosie! These are beautiful, lacy, handmade doilies made with size 10 crochet cotton. They have been blocked and starched and are ready to decorate and accent your home decor.
In this joyful and charming book, Maria Von Trapp (from The Sound of Music) unveils for you the year-round Christian traditions she loved traditions that created for her large family a warm and inviting Catholic home and will do the same for yours.
I love Advent and creating traditions with my children, while teaching our faith.
Your books are simply beautiful!!
I really do enjoy all of the daily posts! Your family is a beautiful example to learn from on truly living our Catholic Faith in our daily lives. Thank you!
Advent is so beautiful, thank you for doing this giveaway! God Bless you and your family.
Yes, Advent comes before Christmas! It is so dipicable that companies are pushing christmas stuff so fast back. It’s harder and harder to enjoy the end of the year seasons!
I do enjoy reading more than podcasts, it is generally too busy to listen well, but you have to be more committed to read something.
Thank you!
I always look forward to Advent. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been ready for advent since August! Need a good penitential season every now and then haha!
Our family has profited much from your wisdom and inspiration ❤️
Would love to win! Looking forward to Advent! Thanks for your blog💕
I can’t believe it is almost Advent! Thank you so much for doing this. I love your blog so much.
Thanks for the beautiful giveaway, Mom!
I love Advent and creating traditions!!!
I was just thinking yesterday of what I want to do for Advent this year! I’m so excited to start experiencing the liturgical seasons with a family of my own. May God bless you and the Holy Family keep you!
Would love to enter your giveaway…your items are beautiful and our family has benefited so much from your posts. Also, the kids love any videos you have put up on YouTube! Thank you!
Your family’s products are so beautiful! Thank you so much for showing the beauty of our Catholic faith!
These books would bless any family to focus on Christ in Christmas.
I love ‘Around the Year,’ it introduced me to living more liturgically! I love learning about all of these traditions that have been forgotten in our materialist culture. Advent is a time of joyful expectation that no secular culture can match!
Advent is such a beautiful season. I would love to win the books.
Marilyn
Winning the books would b perfect for Advent.
Joan
Already have the books and love them but hope to win to share with my friend!
I’ve been reading the Story Of The Von Trapp Family Singers to my younger children. She has such a beautiful way to share their story.
This is a beautiful giveaway! I would love to read these 🙂
We do the Spiritual Christmas crib every year…learned about it from you and the kids love it. I love how you are always so positive and focus on the good in our world. God bless you all.
Advent is a time of beauty and reflection. i would love to win these lovely books.
Marion
These two podcasts were a wonderful listen! I absolutely love advent and the Christmas season! I look forward to making it a wholesome and good one with my children. Yay for an advent giveaway!!!This giveaway might just be my favorite.. if I had to choose a favorite of yours! I love all your books and am so very grateful for all you put into them!!
Im going to have to be on the hunt for these two books you recommended above! They said d like a must have for every home.
Thanks for the opportunity! I’ve loved your blog for years. God bless you!
Your blog & content is a Godsend.
What a great giveaway. I would love to add these to our collection. Looking forward to Advent. It will be here soon.
What an amazing giveaway. I’ve been looking at them on Etsy!
Thank you for your blog – it is always fabulous reading. I also enjoy the pictures of your family! May you all have a Blessed Advent!
Enjoyed this post very Much! I love the beautiful doilies! I have a very old copy of Around the year”. That we have used a lot!
Colleen Strandquist
I made a rule: If I’m scrolling and come across a Finer Feminity email or post, I must stop and read it. Reading Finer Feminity is always more fruitful than mindless scrolling. I always find something delicious to mentally chew on. I will read Finer Feminity out loud to my kids too if they try to interrupt me. They enjoy it too. Thank you for your ministry. I would like yo be entered into the giveaway for your tempting books.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter the giveaway! I would love these for my family!
Wow, I like the idea of the manger in a round table and a tree just in the same place! It allows for all the attention to be focused mainly at the birth of Our Lord plus any gifts can be placed at the bottom of it and not at the tree.
Thank you for that great idea!
Thank you for another wonderful giveaway! Would love these for grandchildren!
I am so thankful for your books and blog. I can always count on them for much needed inspiration.
Beautiful books and ideas for advent! Thank you for the many words of wisdom and faith that you share on this blog. I share them with my adult children, and hoping the become inspired by this site as well. I know I am.
Please pray for one of my adult sons who is in the hospital right now with possible pneumonia.
Prayers! 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for the prayers, they found no pneumonia, just a cold that has caused rib muscle pains from so much coughing. This cold bug we have does not want to leave, it’s hit the 5 of us here at home. God’s Holy Will be done. Things to offer up.
I love how you put so much into your blog. Very informative and such a great resource!
Learning about our Catholic Faith to teach my children. These books look like they’d be helpful in doing that.
Thank you for offering these wonderful articles and resources! I love reading your posts and my kids love the stories in Cheerful Chats for Catholic Children. Thanks for all you do!
My husband suggested your website and I’m very happy he did. Thanks for doing this giveaway.
What a great giveaway! Thank you for all your work in promoting how to our your Catholic faith everyday!
Great giveaway!
Thank you!
Thank you for the lovely giveaway! The books look amazing!
We are big fans of Maria von Trapp’s writings too! Have a blessed Advent and thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
Your posts are so inspiring and much needed – I often print them and keep in a binder! Thank you and May God Bless You Abundantly.
I have some Advent traditions and even bought the Maria con Trapp because of your recommendation. I think it’s easy to want to buy more and more books and not always use them. However, I can’t help but be amazed at what God guides me to and I do end up using/teaching to my kids. I wouldn’t mind winning a few more books. 😁
These books look like a lovely way to celebrate Advent & Christmas with the children. They really enjoy both Catholic Mother Goose Books!
Sometimes I wish I could sit down and have a cup of coffee or chai tea with you. I am the mother and grandmother of a large family that comes over for lunch after Mass every Sunday. What a huge blessing! I know you have the same. Married children and still homeschooling others. I enjoy your blog so much! May you have a blessed Advent.