Faith@Home

For May

Decorate your house a little. It doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive, it has to be really what you like. Your displays help others see into your own heart. And it’s the heart of your home that’s important anyway. Here are some hints.

• Keep the house clean, as clean as you can because it just makes the home more welcoming.

• Add little personal touches to it: a photo here, a favorite gift there. These things can be a window into your family priorities.

• Brighten a room. Bring something in from the outside. A simple bouquet of flowers your children have picked, an arrangement of vegetables from your home garden or even just a fragrant plant may inspire joy in your household.

• Be creative. Have your children create a spring collage to hang on the refrigerator, or a cross-made out twigs, leaves and glue to set off your entryway or dining area.

• Use color—even a new dishtowel in your kitchen can sometimes brighten up an otherwise dull or old room.

Part of this material is adapted from Whole Community Catechesis in Plain English by Bill Huebsh (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2002).