Catherine Garrett

Catie is a mom of two very active toddlers and a very active infant boy. She lives her vocation daily by also tending to the families three horses, two dogs, an orange tabby cat, and a guinea pig. A December 2007 graduate of Virginia Tech, Catie strives each day to do something good for God.


Her blog site is https://catholichousewifeblog.wordpress.com

Latest Articles By Catherine Garrett
Confession
Confession
My parish offers Confession every Saturday from 3:00-3:45. I went a few months ago with my dad and that was really nice. I sat with my three kids and my brother (who is disabled) while my dad went and then we swapped.
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What Christ Gave Us
What Christ Gave Us
I handed bedtime duty one night over to my husband. I had to take care of a teething infant and our toddlers were asking for prayers and a story so I said "Daddy will say prayers and a story for you!" So they happily climbed into bed and laid down for prayers and a story. Well when I say prayers, it's a Hail Mary followed by the "Now I Lay Me..." Prayer
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Feelings
Feelings
Recently on Facebook I have seen posts about people wanting to find "a new church". There are various reasons; the new pastor is boring, the person asking hasn't been to church in years and now has children and so they need a church with a separate children's service, their last church didn't clap enough... But the ones that really get to me are the "I was raised Catholic but...."
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Mom led prayer
Mom led prayer
As a mom of three little ones and a wife to a busy EMT, I'm a fairly busy person. Between feeding and caring for everyone (and the animals), changing diapers, doing laundry and dishes, and mowing I tend to have a lot of activities in my day! One of the things I have scheduled is prayer time.
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The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Sorrowful Mysteries
Driving home the other day from a nice vacation with my family I was praying my rosary. It being Friday, I was reciting the sorrowful mysteries. Well through the first mystery, The Agony In The Garden, I thought about the number of times I have prayed before something big in my life. A surgery, a horse show, going away to college, having my babies, and of course before our wedding!
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The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways
The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways
Thinking about the tragedies that have rocked humanity over the centuries, I find myself thinking "Why does God allow these things?" And the usual answers chime in- "We live in a broken world."
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Why I'm still Catholic
Why I'm still Catholic
Like many of you, my grandparents were devout Catholics. They then raised their children (8 and 6 children respectfully) in the Catholic faith. About half of my parents siblings are no longer practicing Catholics and almost none of my cousins are either. There are doctrines of the church that hurt me to accept because of how some people in my family are. But I am still Catholic.
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Time machine
Time machine
Have you ever thought about being able to travel back in time? Getting to be one of the 5,000+ that was fed the loaves and the fish. Seeing a blind man receive his sight. Or how about and sneaking into the Wedding at Cana to see the first miracle? Would you dare go to the Crucifixion? See your Savior carry His Cross?
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Post Lent
Post Lent
As Holy Week progresses I find myself wondering how I will continue to grow in my relationship with Christ. I keep thinking of all the things I had wanted to do during Lent and how many of those things didn't happen on a regular basis. I did read my Bible, but not every night. I did say a rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, but not every day.
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Communication
Communication
How many times have you heard a friend, a relative, or even yourself say "We just grew apart" when speaking of a friend or spouse or family member? It's always so tragic hearing this and it makes me wonder, Why?
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Encouragement through substitutions
Encouragement through substitutions
Two days ago I tried my hand at a bread recipe. I didn't have evaporated milk though, and so I substituted Greek yogurt. I also wanted apple cinnamon bread, so I rolled out the dough and sprinkled my apples, cinnamon and brown sugar over it, rolled it up and put it in the bread pans. One of the loaves is already gone- eaten- which tells you how good it turned out!
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Taking out the trash (and other chores...)
Taking out the trash (and other chores...)
Wednesday is trash day for us. All day Tuesday when I pass a trashcan I think "I have to take the trash out BEFORE its dark!" But inevitably, something else comes up. My five month old cries or needs a diaper, my four year old stubs her toe or my almost three year old brings me a treasure.
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