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Holy Leisure

Dogs and Holy Leisure

October 4, 2018 by Lisa Schmidt 1 Comment

On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron of animals, a quick post recollecting on how a dog ushered a bit of holy leisure into our lives.

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Das Schmidt Haus, Dog, Holy Leisure, Sophie, St. Francis of Assisi

So How is Catholic School Treating Your Family?

February 2, 2016 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

So how is Catholic school treating your family? That’s the question Joel and I have received a lot since enrolling our oldest child in Catholic school and not homeschooling this year. Given it’s National Catholic Schools Week, the time seemed right to offer a response to that FAQ.

Posted in: Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Catholic Education, Catholic Schools, Catholic Schools Week, children education, Discernment, Holy Leisure, Homeschooling, Mary Undoer of Knots, Not Homeschooling, St. Benedict

Finding Holy Leisure in Flowering Crabapples

May 1, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

Pope Emeritus Benedict once said, “We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be ‘filled’ with initiatives, activity, sound; often there is not even time to listen and dialogue … Let us not be afraid to be silent outside and inside ourselves, so that we are able not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Fun, Schmidt, Lisa, Through Our Lens Tagged: Des Moines, Holy Leisure, Through Our Lens

Wasting Time and Holy Leisure

November 5, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 6 Comments

The Church fathers, St. Benedict in particular, wrote about the need for Otium Sanctum or Holy Leisure. It refers to an ability to rest and take time to enjoy beauty, to be at peace through the activities of the day, to pace ourselves. Or, as Pope Francis might say, simply wasting time with one another. Do you waste time with your children? What does that look like in your home? Do we, collectively, even know how to waste time with one another?

Posted in: Family, Pray Work Rest & Play, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Holy Leisure, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pray Work Rest & Play

In Search of Holy Leisure

September 11, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt 3 Comments

In between bouts of folding laundry, cleaning house, and preparing lunch one recent day, I spotted a family sitting on my next-door neighbor’s front lawn. After a second look, I realized the man was the construction worker who had been pouring concrete in the neighborhood all morning. He was taking a lunch break and his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Deacon Formation, Diaconate, Ephphatha, Gospel of Mark, Holy Leisure, Otium Sanctum, Pope Benedict XVI, St. Benedict
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