Her Kitchen Table Altar

~keeping faith & family close to heart in a modern world~

“As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, my home is by Your altars, LORD of hosts, my king and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They never cease to praise You.

Blessed the man who finds refuge in you, in their hearts are pilgrim roads. As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink. The early rain covers it with blessings. They will go from strength to strength and see the God of gods on Zion.

LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. For a sun and shield is the LORD God, bestowing all grace and glory. The LORD withholds no good thing from those who walk without reproach.”
PSALMS 84

Living the Liturgy: A Petition for Catholic Traditions Within the Domestic Church

Liturgical Living is a fairly new term in my life as a “born-again” Catholic. I’m realizing there are SO MANY wonderful (and beautiful!) ways of bringing God into my family’s everyday routine… but I didn’t learn of most of these faith-centered activities, feast days or even novena prayers from the Catholic community around me… The hunger I feel in my own heart – a burning desire to be fully emersed in living out the Catholic faith- has been the driving force to keep me searching for ways to better indoctrinate my life and the lives of my kiddos.

I would love to bring back as many Catholic traditions as possible within my home (the domestic church), ultimately modeling to my family and others how we can also glorify God Monday through Saturday. The hope would be that these small, meaningful traditions, applied with love to everyday living would continue to be passed down intentionally to future generations.

Sunday Mass is definitely HOLY and the homily never fails to meet me where I am in life.

But I NEED more of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit in my life than one hour on Sunday can fulfill.

(SPOILER ALERT: we all do!!!)

So, even when basic Catholic traditions haven’t been modeled growing up, Liturgical Living within my own domestic church is really proving to be something worth striving towards & implementing.

I, for one, want to keep our families and communities faith-focused always.

Remember: if we, as parents and church communities, are not putting in time & effort to “fill up” our children (and ourselves) with the word of God and His goodness, the current world culture will undoubtedly fill them up first. Just a little nugget that keeps me going. 🤍

Ave Maria has some great resources for Living Liturgically and being intentional with our faith. ✝️

Kendra Tierney is the guest speaker of this first one.

Her website has lots of fun goodies to explore and she also has some videos on FORMED.

For Steffani Aquila, founder of His Girl Sunday and director of Liturgical Living for the Co-Cathedral in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, liturgical living is an invitation for all faithful men and women to engage meaningfully with the rhythms of the year.