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Genealogy research in Slovenia 2020

In the past, the ONLY way to do genealogical researching in Slovenia and find your family, was to go there and visit the TWO archdioceses. One in Ljubljana, the capital, on the west side of the country and one in Maribor on the east side of the country. My husband has been so generous and…

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Don’t Eat Uncle Pete!

This is a twist on a fun family classic game “Don’t Eat Pete”! Here is how you play: Gather your family around the game board.  Place a piece of candy on each face.  Have one person leave the room. Another person picks a face to be “Pete”. The player then comes back into the room. …

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Easter Holy Week – Monday – Jesus Teaches at the Temple and Mary’s devotion

PART 1: Jesus Teaches at the Temple Jesus continues teaching in the temple, offering wisdom that would shape the faith of generations to come. This is day ‘3’ of being in His Father’s house. Among the lessons Jesus taught in the temple, include: As you recount the stories and moments of Holy Week, these scenes…

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Easter Holy Week – Sunday – Cleansing of the Temple

As Jesus entered the temple, expecting a place of reverence and prayer, He was met with chaos—animals bleating, merchants shouting, and money changers cheating the poor. This was no place of worship. Jesus saw it for what it was—it had become a marketplace, corruption invading His Father’s house of worship. The animals being sold for…

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Easter Holy Week – Sunday-the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

On this special Sunday, before sunrise, while the sky was still dark, the earth shook and an angel of the Lord descended, rolling back the massive heavy stone sealing Jesus’ tomb and sat upon it. The Roman soldiers were paralyzed with fear and fell to the earth. When they recovered, they fled. (Matthew 27:1, John…

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Easter Holy Week – Thursday, Friday and Saturday – 3 days and 3 nights in the Tomb

After the burial of Jesus on Wednesday before 6pm, the following three days were filled with traditions, sacred observances, and deep spiritual significance. “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of…

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Easter Holy Week – Wednesday – Jesus endures False Trials, Carrying the Cross, Crucifixion, Death, and Burial

This is an important day for all who believe on Jesus Christ. This day continues until 6pm. Maybe set a timer and bring out new sets and places throughout the day. After Jesus is arrested, then begins the illegal trials: Jesus is first taken to Annas (the former high priest and father-in-law to Caiaphas the…

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Easter Holy Week – Tuesday – Last Supper, Gethsemane and Betrayal

On Tuesday, Jesus teaches in the temple for the last time, marking day four of His time spent at the Temple in Jerusalem. (Just like the lambs who have spent 4 days living in the homes of the families). This morning, Judas agrees to betray Jesus to the Pharisees for thirty pieces of silver—the price…

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