Advent is here and so is the pressure to “do it all.” Katie Ryzenga joins us and shares simple, realistic ways to live liturgically—small practices that bring peace, purpose, and prayer into your home without adding more to your plate. If you’ve ever wanted Advent to feel meaningful but doable, this one’s for you.

What’s for dinner?

Katie S: Turmeric Chicken Soup

https://tastybytanya.com/anti-inflammatory-creamy-chicken-soup/

Katie R: Hawaiian sweet roll ham sandwiches

Katie R resource: https://gatherandpray.co/

As women and mothers we tend to want to control. But the opposite of control is surrender. We talk about the ongoing process of trustful surrender in all things.

What’s for Dinner

Katie: Falafel

Molly: Johnny Marzetti

2lbs ground beef, drained and rinsed

16oz elbow macaroni, cooked

24oz spaghetti sauce

14.5 oz jar Italian seasoned diced tomatoes

Combine all ingredients in a 3qt casserole dish or 13x9 cake pan. Cover with foil. Cook at 350 degrees or 40-45 minutes. Serve with cheese if desired.

Resources

Surrender novena: https://catholicexchange.com/the-surrender-novena-let-jesus-take-care-of-everything/

Litany of trust: https://sistersoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mobile-Litany-of-Trust.pdf

Litany of peace: https://ascensionpress.com/pages/litany-of-peace?srsltid=AfmBOooz6mYI2g1QlMxIsFX16G3EkkjGHn4YBkHYrZXGNQo59sF1tI_t

Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: https://tanbooks.com/products/books/trustful-surrender-to-divine-providence-the-secret-of-peace-and-happiness/

Searching for and Maintaining Peace: Searching For Maintaining Peace | Pauline Books and Media

Jesus, I Trust In You: Jesus I Trust in You: A 30-Day Personal Retreat with the Litany of Trust - St. Paul Center

Two saintly and special moms join us to talk about saints mothers should know. Plus, why pray to saints at all?

What’s for Dinner

(Aunt) Molly: Skillet shaved beef

(Aunt) Mame: Chicken noodle soup

1.5lbs cooked chicken, cubed or shredded

12oz egg noodles

4 chicken bouillon cubes

1 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup

1/2 tsp ground black pepper or more to taste

3/4 tsp onion powder

3/4 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp salt or more to taste

1 1/4 tsp parsley flakes, optional

Salt and pepper chicken, lightly, and bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Let cool while you prepare the noodles. To make the noodles, add the bouillon cubes to 10 cups of water in a 4qt or larger pot. Bring water to a boil. Whisk the soup into boiling water and mix until smooth. Add the pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and salt, return to boil, then add noodles and cook according to package. While noodles cook, cube or shred chicken, reserving the broth that formed during cooking. When noodles are done, add chicken. Reduce heat to low and cook for 5-10 minutes. Add parsley and stir. Optional: Chicken and dumplings: After adding chicken, return to boil and drop dumpling mix by the tablespoon on soup. Reduce heat to low, cover, cook for 10-12 minutes more. We serve our soup over mashed potatoes.

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Halloween means All Hallows’ Eve! While there are many dark and secular elements now, Halloween is at root a Catholic holy day. How do you celebrate in a Christian way?

What’s for Dinner

Molly: Sheet pan chicken fajitas (https://momsdish.com/sheet-pan-chicken-fajitas)

Soul Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ tsp nutmeg

½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp salt

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup sugar

2 egg yolks

½ cup milk

½ cup raisins

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix dry ingredients.

Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, then milk.

Combine with dry mix, stir in raisins (or throw them out)

Roll out to ½-inch thickness, cut into rounds.

Bake 15-18 minutes until golden. Pray for souls while they cool!

As mothers, our daily tasks, sufferings, and joys can all be offered up to God for our own salvation and for the salvation of others. We dive into Church teaching on purgatory, redemptive suffering, and praying for the dead. Join us as we offer up the laundry.

What’s for Dinner

Molly: BLTs

St. Gertrude the Great Prayer

Eternal Father, I offer You the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, and for those in my own home and family.

Articles on purgatory

https://www.catholic.com/tract/purgatory

https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/the-burning-truth-about-purgatory

https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/5-bible-passages-which-point-to-purgatory

October is the month of the Rosary! We talk all things from its history to its impact on our lives, and why even busy moms can pray the Rosary daily. And it’s Halloween season—what’s Church teaching on ghosts?

What’s for Dinner

Molly: Tuna salad with cranberries and apples on pita

Katie: Lettuce wrap tacos

Don’t believe you have anything special to offer? We all have God-given talents, but in false humility we can hide them away. Gwenny joins us to talk about the unique gifts we’re all given and how to use them to give God all the glory.

Spiritual gifts test: https://olmc1.org/gifts-assessment

What’s for Dinner

Molly: Honey soy chicken thighs (https://cafedelites.com/honey-soy-baked-chicken-thighs/)

Today we talk about the four temperaments and how knowing ourselves can help us grow in virtue, relate to our families and, ultimately, become more like Christ.

The Temperament God Gave You: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-temperament-god-gave-you/

The temperaments video: https://youtu.be/fRXcAOW0D9E?si=rMQoKFE2Iww3ocIf

The temperaments and your predominant fault: https://youtu.be/6NNzNlKFm2k?si=Huch_UNdpBePNZJY

What’s for Dinner

Molly: Sausage and spaghetti

Katie: Chicken and vegetables