Author Archives: Marylea

Mission Monday: Mission Bells

As I visited this quiet little mission, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, just a few miles from California’s Highway 101 I heard this song in my head. It is title “The Mission” by The Newsboys.  I could hear the mission…

Prayer In A Box

I made this for my Mom today, and thought you might like this idea for a special someone this summer. Prayer in a box.  I created a prayer card to Mary Star of the Sea and book mark that you…

The Mary Month of May

The other day a friend stopped me in the parking lot and told me her 9-year-old son asked, “Mom, is there really such a thing as sea glass?” And my friend replied “Why yes there is, because Marylea just posted…

Making Spanish Tortilla

Awh, you miss me don’t you? Yes, I know it has been a difficult month for you without all my words of nonsense to read – my sometimes dyslexic attempt to communicate my pilgrim journey on this earth with you….

Mission Monday: Mission Delores Basilica

I leave you with one last post before I head out to serve the pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago – the road to St. James’s tomb in Santiago de Compostela. I will stay in contact via https://www.facebook.com/TheCatholicMuse?ref=hl and post…

Mission Monday: Francis

Yes, he is handsome too. Even the ceiling, windows and doors are handsome. And kind of masculine. He’s pretty old though, older than any other building in all of San Francisco. Even John Paul came to pray with him here….