by applewooddollhospital | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog, Feast Days
This is saint Lucy. I was surprised to find out she was Sicilian since most images I’d seen of her were blonde! Very little is actually known about her except that she was killed under Diocletian (bad, bad man!) in about 304 AD. But there is plenty of legend...
by applewooddollhospital | Dec 13, 2021 | Christmas for Beginners
King Solomon Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): God gave Solomon the gift of wisdom because Solomon was wise enough to ask for it. The...
by applewooddollhospital | Dec 12, 2021 | Blog, Feast Days
Our Lady of Guadalupe. She’s my favorite Mary appearance. The missionaries were not making any inroads with converting the Mexican people. Mary, always happy to help bring souls to her Son, appeared to a poor man in Mexico named Juan Diego. She asked him to ask the...
by applewooddollhospital | Dec 12, 2021 | Christmas for Beginners
King David Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): God told the prophet Samuel to anoint David, son of Jesse, causing the Spirit of the Lord to come...
by applewooddollhospital | Dec 11, 2021 | Blog, Christmas for Beginners
Judges and Ruth Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): The Book of Judges describes a cycle in which Israel found itself: ...
