by billyzh | Apr 6, 2009 | Financial, History, Holidays, Spirituality
Holy Week. Day 2. Monday. So, now you know what happened on Palm Sunday. If you read yesterday’s blog that is. Jesus went into Jerusalem, rode through the streets on a donkey and the people waved palm branches and sang, “Hosanna to God in the highest.” You may have...
by billyzh | Apr 5, 2009 | History, Holidays, Spirituality
Holy Week. Day 1. Palm Sunday. In case you didn’t know, today began what is known as Holy Week. Yep, the week before Easter. And it starts officially today. Palm Sunday. I am amazed, saddened really, that a lot of churches this morning went through the entire day...
by billyzh | Mar 26, 2009 | Entertaining, Family, History, Holidays
If you are a musician, have been a student of music, or had music classes in school, the above phrase may have left you humming or singing, “Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns…” or better yet you were doing the number system as you sang, “3,2,1….3,2,1” (the numbers used...
by billyzh | Mar 17, 2009 | Family, History, Holidays, Spirituality
Those were the words my grandfather would repeat to me without fail each and every St. Patrick’s Day. He wasn’t trying to make a point, he was just proud that he knew something about our heritage and was pleased to pass the knowledge along to me. When you see or...
by billyzh | Feb 25, 2009 | History, Holidays, Spirituality
If you are Catholic, you most likely are familiar with the terms. Those of us outside the papal realm of spirituality have no idea what the words mean let alone how to properly say them. Basically, welcome to the season of Lent. Today is Ash Wednesday and for those of...
by billyzh | Feb 13, 2009 | Divorced, History, Holidays, Not-Yet-Married, Women/Relationships
It’s Valentines! And I have to tell you, I can’t quite figure out how we ended up with cupid, saints, and love notes. Few remember it used to be called St. Valentine’s Day. And even less people could tell you that the Catholic Church literally has three saints...
