HeyJaredThe Catholic Librarian
Striving to point you to the true, good, and beautiful by sharing how I live a literary life as a Catholic wife and mom.
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6 Children's Books with a Rhythm We Love (opens the original)
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Thanks for hanging with me as I get back into the swing of things postpartum! I’ve got some fun content coming up so please stay tuned and share with a friend who likes all things Catholic + literary! All links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links that provide me with a small kickback and support an independent bookstore of your choice at no extra cost to you. Other links are non-affiliate, just supportive of good books wherever you can get them:) <form class="
Folk Music & The Church: Part 2 (opens the original)
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Folk music’s importance to the Church begins with poetry’s importance, which I will not discuss at length because Sally Read has done so perfectly in her selection 100 Great Catholic Poems from Word on Fire. She asserts that poetry is in fact “the language of Catholicism,” wherein poetic devices are made true in the tangible sacramentality of our faith. Comparing a Shakespearean metaphor to the Catholic experience of receiving the Flesh and Blood of Christ, she says:The bread and wine are not “l
Folk Music & The Church: Part 1 (opens the original)
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I’ve had this piece rolling around in my head for months now, and just couldn’t find the right angle. Essentially, I want to discuss why folk music in particular is so important in the Church. Especially in the modern day, I find that we are much less able to understand literary devices like metaphors and allegories, and folk music can in some ways fill this important gap. Its relation to poetry, its origin/tradition, and its emphasis on storytelling all make it incredibly valuable to the Church
A Missive from the "Newborn Bubble" (opens the original)
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First of all, I’d like to thank you all for sticking it out through this slow summer of writing. As I type this, it occurs to me how foreign it feels to be clacking away at the keyboard even though a month ago I was doing almost nothing but that while racing against the unpredictable birth clock to finish a final writing contract. Our daughter Meredith Therese was born on July 22, after a three-day labor that really only picked up in the final three hours. She came fast and furious once all gran
Making God Laugh (opens the original)
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This is a vocation story, but it’s also a way for me to announce where the Lord is leading us next - and process my emotions about it. Andrew and I just celebrated 5 years of marriage in June and I wouldn’t trade a single moment, trial, or move that we’ve taken on together. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, especially in the past year or so, is that God is incredibly creative in answering our prayers - both those that we share with him and those that we hide out of fear or doubt or shame.
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