Age is pain
migrating 'round
the body
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Carpal Tunnel
Hi. I wanted to let everyone know that I won't be posting quite as much due to my struggles with carpal tunnel. I'm going to try to remedy the situation so I can be back in full force soon!
Carpal Tunnel
Hi. I wanted to let everyone know that I won't be posting quite as much due to my struggles with carpal tunnel. I'm going to try to remedy the situation so I can be back in full force soon!
Sunday, November 27, 2005
First Sunday of Advent--Keep Watch
Today's Gospel urges us to keep watch for we will not know when the Lord will be coming. So many missed Him when he came to earth as a baby in a manger. So many were so busy worrying about so much, that they missed the humble birth in Bethlehem. So many of us will be so busy worrying about the commercial or psychological aspects of the Christmas season, that we will fail to do the inner, spiritual preparation that is necessary for Him to come to us.
Today's Advent gospel talks about staying awake in preparation for the Lord's coming. Since Jesus himself was speaking, He wasn't talking about his coming in a manger, but his returning to earth at the end of the world. There are so many people today who focus their spiritual energies on the so-called "end times". Yes, one day, there will be the "end of the world". But Jesus said we will not know the day or the hour. One thing is for sure. We each will see the "end times"--when we die and face our Father in Heaven.
So, prepare for the end times--your end times, and, don't worry about what you can not control. Leave that up to God.
This Advent, prepare yourself spiritually for the Lord's coming--both in your own heart, now, and when you meet Him in Heaven. Go to confession, forgive others, forgive yourself, reach out and show His love.
First Sunday of Advent--Keep Watch
Today's Gospel urges us to keep watch for we will not know when the Lord will be coming. So many missed Him when he came to earth as a baby in a manger. So many were so busy worrying about so much, that they missed the humble birth in Bethlehem. So many of us will be so busy worrying about the commercial or psychological aspects of the Christmas season, that we will fail to do the inner, spiritual preparation that is necessary for Him to come to us.
Today's Advent gospel talks about staying awake in preparation for the Lord's coming. Since Jesus himself was speaking, He wasn't talking about his coming in a manger, but his returning to earth at the end of the world. There are so many people today who focus their spiritual energies on the so-called "end times". Yes, one day, there will be the "end of the world". But Jesus said we will not know the day or the hour. One thing is for sure. We each will see the "end times"--when we die and face our Father in Heaven.
So, prepare for the end times--your end times, and, don't worry about what you can not control. Leave that up to God.
This Advent, prepare yourself spiritually for the Lord's coming--both in your own heart, now, and when you meet Him in Heaven. Go to confession, forgive others, forgive yourself, reach out and show His love.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
In the Garden of the Bloggists
Approchons-Nous De La Table has started an interesting discussion on Catholic Lay Apostolates and the blogosphere. Is blogging "real"? Is it an "apostolate"? Does the electronic nature of blogging prohibit it from being called an "apostolate" of the Church? I don't think so.
Like anything else, if you are not also living your faith, then merely blogging is not enough.
But, the availability of so much faith information, while being both a blessing and a potential curse, can be a great boon to spiritual people in the 21st century.
The Vatican II document, Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, tells us that:
This document was published almost exactly 40 years ago, on November 18, 1965 and could not have foreseen the extent to which technology would change the face of the world in the years following.
I thank God that we have access to information about our Church and what it teaches, at the click of a mouse.
As Renaud says in one of his comments, "Voilà une petite pierre dans le jardin des blogues..." (Here is a small stone in the garden of the blogists...)
Like anything else, if you are not also living your faith, then merely blogging is not enough.
"Faith without works is dead." James 2:20
But, the availability of so much faith information, while being both a blessing and a potential curse, can be a great boon to spiritual people in the 21st century.
The Vatican II document, Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, tells us that:
The apostolate of the laity derives from their Christian vocation and the Church can never be without it. Sacred Scripture clearly shows how spontaneous and fruitful such activity was at the very beginning of the Church (cf. Acts 11:19-21; 18:26; Rom. 16:1-16; Phil. 4:3).
Our own times require of the laity no less zeal: in fact, modern conditions demand that their apostolate be broadened and intensified. With a constantly increasing population, continual progress in science and technology, and closer interpersonal relationships, the areas for the lay apostolate have been immensely widened...
This document was published almost exactly 40 years ago, on November 18, 1965 and could not have foreseen the extent to which technology would change the face of the world in the years following.
I thank God that we have access to information about our Church and what it teaches, at the click of a mouse.
As Renaud says in one of his comments, "Voilà une petite pierre dans le jardin des blogues..." (Here is a small stone in the garden of the blogists...)
In the Garden of the Bloggists
Approchons-Nous De La Table has started an interesting discussion on Catholic Lay Apostolates and the blogosphere. Is blogging "real"? Is it an "apostolate"? Does the electronic nature of blogging prohibit it from being called an "apostolate" of the Church? I don't think so.
Like anything else, if you are not also living your faith, then merely blogging is not enough.
But, the availability of so much faith information, while being both a blessing and a potential curse, can be a great boon to spiritual people in the 21st century.
The Vatican II document, Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, tells us that:
This document was published almost exactly 40 years ago, on November 18, 1965 and could not have foreseen the extent to which technology would change the face of the world in the years following.
I thank God that we have access to information about our Church and what it teaches, at the click of a mouse.
As Renaud says in one of his comments, "Voilà une petite pierre dans le jardin des blogues..." (Here is a small stone in the garden of the blogists...)
Like anything else, if you are not also living your faith, then merely blogging is not enough.
"Faith without works is dead." James 2:20
But, the availability of so much faith information, while being both a blessing and a potential curse, can be a great boon to spiritual people in the 21st century.
The Vatican II document, Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, tells us that:
The apostolate of the laity derives from their Christian vocation and the Church can never be without it. Sacred Scripture clearly shows how spontaneous and fruitful such activity was at the very beginning of the Church (cf. Acts 11:19-21; 18:26; Rom. 16:1-16; Phil. 4:3).
Our own times require of the laity no less zeal: in fact, modern conditions demand that their apostolate be broadened and intensified. With a constantly increasing population, continual progress in science and technology, and closer interpersonal relationships, the areas for the lay apostolate have been immensely widened...
This document was published almost exactly 40 years ago, on November 18, 1965 and could not have foreseen the extent to which technology would change the face of the world in the years following.
I thank God that we have access to information about our Church and what it teaches, at the click of a mouse.
As Renaud says in one of his comments, "Voilà une petite pierre dans le jardin des blogues..." (Here is a small stone in the garden of the blogists...)
Friday, November 25, 2005
Gospel Birthday Meme
I saw this on The Curt Jester. You take the month and day of your birh and look up the 4 gospel verses associated with it. Here are mine from the searchable online Douay-Rheims Bible:
My take on these verses: People are always in need of healing. Jesus especially reaches out to those who are hurting and preaches poverty of spirit, that is, reliance on Him, to all of us.
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 5:3 Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him, not even with chains.
Luke 5:3 And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.
John 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered: waiting for the moving of the water.
My take on these verses: People are always in need of healing. Jesus especially reaches out to those who are hurting and preaches poverty of spirit, that is, reliance on Him, to all of us.
Gospel Birthday Meme
I saw this on The Curt Jester. You take the month and day of your birh and look up the 4 gospel verses associated with it. Here are mine from the searchable online Douay-Rheims Bible:
My take on these verses: People are always in need of healing. Jesus especially reaches out to those who are hurting and preaches poverty of spirit, that is, reliance on Him, to all of us.
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 5:3 Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him, not even with chains.
Luke 5:3 And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.
John 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered: waiting for the moving of the water.
My take on these verses: People are always in need of healing. Jesus especially reaches out to those who are hurting and preaches poverty of spirit, that is, reliance on Him, to all of us.
Thankful for Thanksgiving
I thought of President Kennedy this Thanksgiving. "The torch has been passed to a new generation..." and all that.
My neice's boyfriend (eagle scout and all around good kid) volunteered for "Nana duty"--carting the 78 year old twins to the festivities. It brought back memories of when my own dh was in the "courting" stage and trying to do things for my parents when the opportunity presented itself.
When the after dinner guitars came out, it was my son and my sister's step-daughter who entertained us, instead of my husband. We all felt promoted to a higher rung. It is very comforting to know that there is such an able generation coming up after us. I have always had high hopes for them and this cements my faith in their ability.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
My neice's boyfriend (eagle scout and all around good kid) volunteered for "Nana duty"--carting the 78 year old twins to the festivities. It brought back memories of when my own dh was in the "courting" stage and trying to do things for my parents when the opportunity presented itself.
When the after dinner guitars came out, it was my son and my sister's step-daughter who entertained us, instead of my husband. We all felt promoted to a higher rung. It is very comforting to know that there is such an able generation coming up after us. I have always had high hopes for them and this cements my faith in their ability.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thankful for Thanksgiving
I thought of President Kennedy this Thanksgiving. "The torch has been passed to a new generation..." and all that.
My neice's boyfriend (eagle scout and all around good kid) volunteered for "Nana duty"--carting the 78 year old twins to the festivities. It brought back memories of when my own dh was in the "courting" stage and trying to do things for my parents when the opportunity presented itself.
When the after dinner guitars came out, it was my son and my sister's step-daughter who entertained us, instead of my husband. We all felt promoted to a higher rung. It is very comforting to know that there is such an able generation coming up after us. I have always had high hopes for them and this cements my faith in their ability.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
My neice's boyfriend (eagle scout and all around good kid) volunteered for "Nana duty"--carting the 78 year old twins to the festivities. It brought back memories of when my own dh was in the "courting" stage and trying to do things for my parents when the opportunity presented itself.
When the after dinner guitars came out, it was my son and my sister's step-daughter who entertained us, instead of my husband. We all felt promoted to a higher rung. It is very comforting to know that there is such an able generation coming up after us. I have always had high hopes for them and this cements my faith in their ability.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns. As the temperature drops here on the east coast of the U.S. and snow begins to fall, I think it is especially appropriate this year.
Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.
All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns. As the temperature drops here on the east coast of the U.S. and snow begins to fall, I think it is especially appropriate this year.
Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.
All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.
Advent Part 3--The Advent Wreath
Using candles around a wreath during winter predates Christianity. Both pre-Germanic and Scandinavian people used candles to signify hope for the coming of Spring and lengthening of days.
My the Middle Ages, Christians had adapted this ancient tradition to prepare for Christmas. By 1600, both Catholics and Lutherans had more formal practices surrounding the Advent wreath.
The Advent Wreath is replete with symbolism. Evergreens and the circle symbolize eternal life. Light from the candles symbolizes Jesus, the Light of the World. The first two weeks as well as the final week is symbolized by the lighting of successive purple candles. Purple is a reminder of the penance and works of mercy we do during this season to prepare ourselves spiritually for the coming of Christ into our hearts.
The third week is Gaudete Sunday and we light a pink candle. The pink symbolizes our hope in the coming of Christ since we have made it halfway through Advent at this point.
My advent wreath was made by my husband years ago out of a piece of wood from his grandfather's barn in Texas. He drilled 4 holes using his grandfather's antique hand drill. It means a lot to me.
Check out EWTN's Advent wreath during Advent. They have four candles that you can click on to light. Very cool!
Advent Part 3--The Advent Wreath
Using candles around a wreath during winter predates Christianity. Both pre-Germanic and Scandinavian people used candles to signify hope for the coming of Spring and lengthening of days.
My the Middle Ages, Christians had adapted this ancient tradition to prepare for Christmas. By 1600, both Catholics and Lutherans had more formal practices surrounding the Advent wreath.
The Advent Wreath is replete with symbolism. Evergreens and the circle symbolize eternal life. Light from the candles symbolizes Jesus, the Light of the World. The first two weeks as well as the final week is symbolized by the lighting of successive purple candles. Purple is a reminder of the penance and works of mercy we do during this season to prepare ourselves spiritually for the coming of Christ into our hearts.
The third week is Gaudete Sunday and we light a pink candle. The pink symbolizes our hope in the coming of Christ since we have made it halfway through Advent at this point.
My advent wreath was made by my husband years ago out of a piece of wood from his grandfather's barn in Texas. He drilled 4 holes using his grandfather's antique hand drill. It means a lot to me.
Check out EWTN's Advent wreath during Advent. They have four candles that you can click on to light. Very cool!
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Feast of Saint Cecilia
Today is the feast of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicicians. Let's pray especially for all Church musicians and for the state of music in the Church today.
Prayer to Saint Cecilia
Dear Saint Cecilia, one thing we know for certain about you is that you became a heroic martyr in fidelity to your divine Bridegroom. We do not know that you were a musician but we are told that you heard Angels sing. Inspire musicians to gladden the hearts of people by filling the air with God's gift of music and reminding them of the divine Musician who created all beauty. Amen.
Saint Cecilia, interceed for us!
Feast of Saint Cecilia
Today is the feast of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicicians. Let's pray especially for all Church musicians and for the state of music in the Church today.
Prayer to Saint Cecilia
Dear Saint Cecilia, one thing we know for certain about you is that you became a heroic martyr in fidelity to your divine Bridegroom. We do not know that you were a musician but we are told that you heard Angels sing. Inspire musicians to gladden the hearts of people by filling the air with God's gift of music and reminding them of the divine Musician who created all beauty. Amen.
Saint Cecilia, interceed for us!
Word verification woes
Am I the only one who sometimes misreads those word verification series of letters in the comment sections of blogs and has to do it over again? I just can't get it when they put letters like ww together. I'm never sure if it is supposed to have a v or a u in there!
BTW, I do think they are worth it to cut out spam.
BTW, I do think they are worth it to cut out spam.
Word verification woes
Am I the only one who sometimes misreads those word verification series of letters in the comment sections of blogs and has to do it over again? I just can't get it when they put letters like ww together. I'm never sure if it is supposed to have a v or a u in there!
BTW, I do think they are worth it to cut out spam.
BTW, I do think they are worth it to cut out spam.
Monday, November 21, 2005
A Thanksgiving Poll
Money bags over at A Catholic Life passed this on to me.
1. Write three things for which we are grateful to God for in this past liturgical year.
- My family, my health and my friends.
2. Write three ways in which we hope to improve our relationship with God in this coming liturgical year.- Go to Confession more often, Be more faithful in daily prayer, do more works of mercy.
3. Pass this on to three other bloggers...Wendy, Carmel and St. Peter's Helpers.
1. Write three things for which we are grateful to God for in this past liturgical year.
- My family, my health and my friends.
2. Write three ways in which we hope to improve our relationship with God in this coming liturgical year.- Go to Confession more often, Be more faithful in daily prayer, do more works of mercy.
3. Pass this on to three other bloggers...Wendy, Carmel and St. Peter's Helpers.
A Thanksgiving Poll
Money bags over at A Catholic Life passed this on to me.
1. Write three things for which we are grateful to God for in this past liturgical year.
- My family, my health and my friends.
2. Write three ways in which we hope to improve our relationship with God in this coming liturgical year.- Go to Confession more often, Be more faithful in daily prayer, do more works of mercy.
3. Pass this on to three other bloggers...Wendy, Carmel and St. Peter's Helpers.
1. Write three things for which we are grateful to God for in this past liturgical year.
- My family, my health and my friends.
2. Write three ways in which we hope to improve our relationship with God in this coming liturgical year.- Go to Confession more often, Be more faithful in daily prayer, do more works of mercy.
3. Pass this on to three other bloggers...Wendy, Carmel and St. Peter's Helpers.
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Advent Part 2--The Advent Calendar
According to the RICHARD SELLMER VERLAG Advent Calendar Company that makes them, Advent Calendars date back to 19th century Germany. Early Advent calendars were simply chalk marks on the doors of religious families. There were also Advent clocks and Advent candles.
Advent calendars were made with a picture for each day of Advent and later, with a bible verse for each day. Sometimes a peice of candy was behind the little window for each day of Advent. There was even a lampshade Advent Calendar that had little windows to open each day.
Richard Sellmer Verlag tells us that,
in 1904 an Advent Calendar was inserted in the newspaper "Neues Tagblatt Stuttgart" as a gift for their readers. We know that Advent Calendars filled with Chocolate was already available in 1958.
A great site to check out is the St. Margaret Mary Parish online Advent Calendar. It beings on November 27th, the first Sunday of Advent and has a door for each day. You cannot open the door until the day shown under it.
EWTN has an online version of an Advent Calendar as well. Theirs is a very nice devotional calendar. Click on any day of Advent and it takes you to an Advent Prayer and devotional paragraph or two to get you thinking. Well worth checking out.
Advent calendars come in all shapes, types and sizes and are a great way to celebrate Advent and look forward to Christmas and the birth of Christ.
Advent Part 2--The Advent Calendar
According to the RICHARD SELLMER VERLAG Advent Calendar Company that makes them, Advent Calendars date back to 19th century Germany. Early Advent calendars were simply chalk marks on the doors of religious families. There were also Advent clocks and Advent candles.
Advent calendars were made with a picture for each day of Advent and later, with a bible verse for each day. Sometimes a peice of candy was behind the little window for each day of Advent. There was even a lampshade Advent Calendar that had little windows to open each day.
Richard Sellmer Verlag tells us that,
in 1904 an Advent Calendar was inserted in the newspaper "Neues Tagblatt Stuttgart" as a gift for their readers. We know that Advent Calendars filled with Chocolate was already available in 1958.
A great site to check out is the St. Margaret Mary Parish online Advent Calendar. It beings on November 27th, the first Sunday of Advent and has a door for each day. You cannot open the door until the day shown under it.
EWTN has an online version of an Advent Calendar as well. Theirs is a very nice devotional calendar. Click on any day of Advent and it takes you to an Advent Prayer and devotional paragraph or two to get you thinking. Well worth checking out.
Advent calendars come in all shapes, types and sizes and are a great way to celebrate Advent and look forward to Christmas and the birth of Christ.
National Adoption Day
Today is National Adoption Day. There are so many children around the world who need stable, loving homes and there are so many couples who are willing to provide them. Especially in need are "older" children who have been through harrowing experiences in their short lives without parents and without proper care.
Spread the love.
Spread the love.
Adoption--not abortion.
National Adoption Day
Today is National Adoption Day. There are so many children around the world who need stable, loving homes and there are so many couples who are willing to provide them. Especially in need are "older" children who have been through harrowing experiences in their short lives without parents and without proper care.
Spread the love.
Spread the love.
Adoption--not abortion.
Remembrance Day
Today Gettysburg celebrates Remembrance Day. This year is the 142nd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address dedicating the National Cemetary in Gettysburg. There will be parades, speeches, wreaths will be laid and reenactors will swarm the town.
Civil wars are often bloodier than wars not fought between members of the same country. It's as if we try to convince ourselves that our brother is indeed "other" and enemy.
Four years ago on this day, my mother and father-in-law visited us in our new home in Gettysburg. They have both since passed away and we miss them dearly. So, for us, this is indeed "Remembrance Day." Death, even when expected, is a great loss for those of us left in this life to mourn.
Remembrance Day
Today Gettysburg celebrates Remembrance Day. This year is the 142nd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address dedicating the National Cemetary in Gettysburg. There will be parades, speeches, wreaths will be laid and reenactors will swarm the town.
Civil wars are often bloodier than wars not fought between members of the same country. It's as if we try to convince ourselves that our brother is indeed "other" and enemy.
Four years ago on this day, my mother and father-in-law visited us in our new home in Gettysburg. They have both since passed away and we miss them dearly. So, for us, this is indeed "Remembrance Day." Death, even when expected, is a great loss for those of us left in this life to mourn.
Friday, November 18, 2005
Into Great Silence
Into Great Silence is a movie chronicling the everyday life of a Carthusian Monastery.
Some background info on the Carthusian order from a website about the film:
The Order of the Carthusians was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne (1030 - 1101) in 1084 and is considered as the Catholic Church's strictest order. Since its founding, this order of hermits has been located in the mountains near Grenoble, France. There the monks dedicate themselves entirely to the service of God and to spiritual life, in permanent silence. The monastery was buried under an avalanche in 1132 and came close to being destroyed by fire eight times in its history. The present-day structure was built in 1688.
Every Charterhouse is economically independent and essentially self-sufficient. The monks are thus also active as farmers and craftsmen. There is a system of compensation within the Order, through which poorer houses are given aid, chiefly through the production of the famous liqueur.
The hermits' way of life – consisting of prayers, studies and physical work – has hardly changed to this day.
According to the Bavarian Film International website,
"Into Great Silence" is the first film ever about life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the legendary Carthusian Order in the French Alps. No music except the chants in the monastery, no interviews, no commentaries, no extra material.
A film to become a monastery, rather than depict one.
A film on awareness, absolute presence, and the life of men who devoted their lifetimes to God in the purest of form."
What a radical expression of faith in our time!
Could a modern person sit through a movie like this? According to Catholic World News it is a suprising hit. It had its world premiere in Venice and was shown at World Youth Day in Germany.
A subscriber to CWN asks, "Where is it showing?" That, indeed is the question. I would love to get a DVD of this. It sounds like something well worth having.
For more information on the Carthusians, visit their website.
Into Great Silence
Into Great Silence is a movie chronicling the everyday life of a Carthusian Monastery.
Some background info on the Carthusian order from a website about the film:
The Order of the Carthusians was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne (1030 - 1101) in 1084 and is considered as the Catholic Church's strictest order. Since its founding, this order of hermits has been located in the mountains near Grenoble, France. There the monks dedicate themselves entirely to the service of God and to spiritual life, in permanent silence. The monastery was buried under an avalanche in 1132 and came close to being destroyed by fire eight times in its history. The present-day structure was built in 1688.
Every Charterhouse is economically independent and essentially self-sufficient. The monks are thus also active as farmers and craftsmen. There is a system of compensation within the Order, through which poorer houses are given aid, chiefly through the production of the famous liqueur.
The hermits' way of life – consisting of prayers, studies and physical work – has hardly changed to this day.
According to the Bavarian Film International website,
"Into Great Silence" is the first film ever about life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the legendary Carthusian Order in the French Alps. No music except the chants in the monastery, no interviews, no commentaries, no extra material.
A film to become a monastery, rather than depict one.
A film on awareness, absolute presence, and the life of men who devoted their lifetimes to God in the purest of form."
What a radical expression of faith in our time!
Could a modern person sit through a movie like this? According to Catholic World News it is a suprising hit. It had its world premiere in Venice and was shown at World Youth Day in Germany.
A subscriber to CWN asks, "Where is it showing?" That, indeed is the question. I would love to get a DVD of this. It sounds like something well worth having.
For more information on the Carthusians, visit their website.
Katelyn Sills
I have added a new link to Katelyn Sills' Blog. She is the young lady expelled from a Catholic High School in California because she and her mother reported seeing a teacher acting as an escort into an abortion clinic. The Bishop told the school to fire the teacher. They did, reluctantly. They also expelled Katelyn and banned her mother from the property.
I have read that the bishop has no further jurisdiction in the case because the school is run by an order of nuns who are under their own order's authority. I hear that only the Vatican can do anything about this outrage. In my opinion, that is exactly who should be turned to at this point.
This is a grave injustice and something that can only add scandal to the already difficult times the Church is going through. How dare these nuns go against Church teaching by supporting a faculty member who is publicly pro-abortion and persecuting a pro-life family!
I have read that the bishop has no further jurisdiction in the case because the school is run by an order of nuns who are under their own order's authority. I hear that only the Vatican can do anything about this outrage. In my opinion, that is exactly who should be turned to at this point.
This is a grave injustice and something that can only add scandal to the already difficult times the Church is going through. How dare these nuns go against Church teaching by supporting a faculty member who is publicly pro-abortion and persecuting a pro-life family!
Katelyn Sills
I have added a new link to Katelyn Sills' Blog. She is the young lady expelled from a Catholic High School in California because she and her mother reported seeing a teacher acting as an escort into an abortion clinic. The Bishop told the school to fire the teacher. They did, reluctantly. They also expelled Katelyn and banned her mother from the property.
I have read that the bishop has no further jurisdiction in the case because the school is run by an order of nuns who are under their own order's authority. I hear that only the Vatican can do anything about this outrage. In my opinion, that is exactly who should be turned to at this point.
This is a grave injustice and something that can only add scandal to the already difficult times the Church is going through. How dare these nuns go against Church teaching by supporting a faculty member who is publicly pro-abortion and persecuting a pro-life family!
I have read that the bishop has no further jurisdiction in the case because the school is run by an order of nuns who are under their own order's authority. I hear that only the Vatican can do anything about this outrage. In my opinion, that is exactly who should be turned to at this point.
This is a grave injustice and something that can only add scandal to the already difficult times the Church is going through. How dare these nuns go against Church teaching by supporting a faculty member who is publicly pro-abortion and persecuting a pro-life family!
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
More Catholic fashion
Wow! Another Cool Catholic Thing......well, if you are a Catholic nerd like me!
The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman has a very interesting post about Saints with earrings! Who would have guessed there was such a thing?! Now I don't feel so bad about my own love of earrings!
Zadok has links to various pictures of saints and blesseds complete with earrings, including a favorite of many, St. Therese of Lisieux and her mother, Venerable Zelie Martin.
The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman has a very interesting post about Saints with earrings! Who would have guessed there was such a thing?! Now I don't feel so bad about my own love of earrings!
Zadok has links to various pictures of saints and blesseds complete with earrings, including a favorite of many, St. Therese of Lisieux and her mother, Venerable Zelie Martin.
More Catholic fashion
Wow! Another Cool Catholic Thing......well, if you are a Catholic nerd like me!
The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman has a very interesting post about Saints with earrings! Who would have guessed there was such a thing?! Now I don't feel so bad about my own love of earrings!
Zadok has links to various pictures of saints and blesseds complete with earrings, including a favorite of many, St. Therese of Lisieux and her mother, Venerable Zelie Martin.
The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman has a very interesting post about Saints with earrings! Who would have guessed there was such a thing?! Now I don't feel so bad about my own love of earrings!
Zadok has links to various pictures of saints and blesseds complete with earrings, including a favorite of many, St. Therese of Lisieux and her mother, Venerable Zelie Martin.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Love those red shoes!
Thanks to St. Peter's Helpers
for another reminder
of the cool fashion sense
of Pope Benedict!
Gotta love someone
who likes to wear
red loafers!
Love those red shoes!
Thanks to St. Peter's Helpers
for another reminder
of the cool fashion sense
of Pope Benedict!
Gotta love someone
who likes to wear
red loafers!
More from the catechism on proper communication
I am finding this so helpful and necessary in today's "right to know" world.
Catechism #2489
Charity and respect for the truth should dictate the response to every request for information or communication. The good and safety of others, respect for privacy, and the common good are sufficient reasons for being silent about what ought not be known or for making use of a discreet language. The duty to avoid scandal often commands strict discretion. No one is bound to reveal the truth to someone who does not have the right to know it.
More from the catechism on proper communication
I am finding this so helpful and necessary in today's "right to know" world.
Catechism #2489
Charity and respect for the truth should dictate the response to every request for information or communication. The good and safety of others, respect for privacy, and the common good are sufficient reasons for being silent about what ought not be known or for making use of a discreet language. The duty to avoid scandal often commands strict discretion. No one is bound to reveal the truth to someone who does not have the right to know it.
In God We Trust
Thanks go out to A Catholic Life for alerting me to this.
The same man who has filed suit to remove "under God" from the pledge of Allegiance has now filed suit against "In God we trust" on America's currency. He is expected to win the case in the circuit court and take it to the Supreme Court.
Click here to sign a petition to guarantee the right to use and recite the motto and the Pledge of Allegiance.
In God We Trust
Thanks go out to A Catholic Life for alerting me to this.
The same man who has filed suit to remove "under God" from the pledge of Allegiance has now filed suit against "In God we trust" on America's currency. He is expected to win the case in the circuit court and take it to the Supreme Court.
Click here to sign a petition to guarantee the right to use and recite the motto and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Something to ponder.
MyCatholic.com gives a short catechism lesson each day. Today I noticed it was about when to tell the truth. Something that is not often covered in religious ed classes, at least not beyond the early grade-school level. Here is what the catechism has to say about it:
Reminds me of steps 8 and 9 of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Those seeking to follow the 12 steps are told in step 8 of the importance of making amends to all those whom they have harmed in any way. The caveat however, is that direct amends sometimes brings up hurtful feelings or memories, and may sometimes endanger the other person. In cases like this, indirect amends are made instead.
In times past, too many of society's problems were swept under the rug, and made as if they didn't exist. Today our "tell all" society would often have us go to the other extreme.
The Church asks us to think deeply about each individual situation and to always act with charity and fraternal love for the other party foremost in our minds.
Catechism #2488
The right to the communication of the truth is not unconditional. Everyone must conform his life to the Gospel precept of fraternal love. This requires us in concrete situations to judge whether or not it is appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.
Reminds me of steps 8 and 9 of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Those seeking to follow the 12 steps are told in step 8 of the importance of making amends to all those whom they have harmed in any way. The caveat however, is that direct amends sometimes brings up hurtful feelings or memories, and may sometimes endanger the other person. In cases like this, indirect amends are made instead.
In times past, too many of society's problems were swept under the rug, and made as if they didn't exist. Today our "tell all" society would often have us go to the other extreme.
The Church asks us to think deeply about each individual situation and to always act with charity and fraternal love for the other party foremost in our minds.
Something to ponder.
MyCatholic.com gives a short catechism lesson each day. Today I noticed it was about when to tell the truth. Something that is not often covered in religious ed classes, at least not beyond the early grade-school level. Here is what the catechism has to say about it:
Reminds me of steps 8 and 9 of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Those seeking to follow the 12 steps are told in step 8 of the importance of making amends to all those whom they have harmed in any way. The caveat however, is that direct amends sometimes brings up hurtful feelings or memories, and may sometimes endanger the other person. In cases like this, indirect amends are made instead.
In times past, too many of society's problems were swept under the rug, and made as if they didn't exist. Today our "tell all" society would often have us go to the other extreme.
The Church asks us to think deeply about each individual situation and to always act with charity and fraternal love for the other party foremost in our minds.
Catechism #2488
The right to the communication of the truth is not unconditional. Everyone must conform his life to the Gospel precept of fraternal love. This requires us in concrete situations to judge whether or not it is appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.
Reminds me of steps 8 and 9 of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Those seeking to follow the 12 steps are told in step 8 of the importance of making amends to all those whom they have harmed in any way. The caveat however, is that direct amends sometimes brings up hurtful feelings or memories, and may sometimes endanger the other person. In cases like this, indirect amends are made instead.
In times past, too many of society's problems were swept under the rug, and made as if they didn't exist. Today our "tell all" society would often have us go to the other extreme.
The Church asks us to think deeply about each individual situation and to always act with charity and fraternal love for the other party foremost in our minds.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
How British are you?
Jolly good, wot! Anyone for tennis? That'll be ten ponies, guv. You're the epitome of everything that is english. Yey :) Hoist that Union Jack!
How British are you?
this quiz was made by alanna
How British are you?
Jolly good, wot! Anyone for tennis? That'll be ten ponies, guv. You're the epitome of everything that is english. Yey :) Hoist that Union Jack!
How British are you?
this quiz was made by alanna
Advent--Part 1
With Advent fast approaching, I thought I would do a series of posts on the subject. This year, Advent begins on Sunday, November 27, 2005.
There seem to be two different schools of thought as to how to approach Advent. One basically says, there is no Advent. Christmas starts December 1, (Or perhaps, November 1!) and all the Christmas-related decorations come out with a vengeance! The tree is put up, the outside lights go on, and the light-up Santa comes out.
The other extreme says that Advent is not Christmas, and therefore, NOTHING comes out until the evening of December 24th, after the kids go to bed. I will admit to having grown up under this theory, and, while it was quite magical to wake up on Christmas morning to a totally transformed home, I later realized how difficult it was for my mom, who had the responsibility of doing all this, as well as making all the Christmas stuff "magically" disappear on January 6, usually while my dad was at work.
What does this all have to do with Advent? I have discovered that I am a visual/sensory/ADD type person who has to have a lot going on in my environment. Being prone to depression, I just can't have a newly-darkened environment for weeks before Christmas with no visual or emotional break.
My own way of coping with this is to go all-out, whole-hog in decorating for Advent, starting, not on December 1, but whenever Advent begins, which is often before December. The tree itself does not go up until the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday--the "pink" Sunday). But, as soon as Advent itself starts, I put out my Advent wreath(s), my entire manger scene, without the baby Jesus, my Mary statue (without her baby Jesus), and I decorate my mantel with purple and pink candles and purple Christmas balls. The wreath outside my home is a grape vine wreath wrapped in purple and gold ribbon.
All this adds to the festivity of the season without bowing to the "Christmas-starts-right-after-Halloween" crowd. The profusion of purple and Nativities without the Baby in them, reminds me to prepare for a season which is fast approaching, and, not to despair the shortness of days which come this time of year.
Advent--Part 1
With Advent fast approaching, I thought I would do a series of posts on the subject. This year, Advent begins on Sunday, November 27, 2005.
There seem to be two different schools of thought as to how to approach Advent. One basically says, there is no Advent. Christmas starts December 1, (Or perhaps, November 1!) and all the Christmas-related decorations come out with a vengeance! The tree is put up, the outside lights go on, and the light-up Santa comes out.
The other extreme says that Advent is not Christmas, and therefore, NOTHING comes out until the evening of December 24th, after the kids go to bed. I will admit to having grown up under this theory, and, while it was quite magical to wake up on Christmas morning to a totally transformed home, I later realized how difficult it was for my mom, who had the responsibility of doing all this, as well as making all the Christmas stuff "magically" disappear on January 6, usually while my dad was at work.
What does this all have to do with Advent? I have discovered that I am a visual/sensory/ADD type person who has to have a lot going on in my environment. Being prone to depression, I just can't have a newly-darkened environment for weeks before Christmas with no visual or emotional break.
My own way of coping with this is to go all-out, whole-hog in decorating for Advent, starting, not on December 1, but whenever Advent begins, which is often before December. The tree itself does not go up until the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday--the "pink" Sunday). But, as soon as Advent itself starts, I put out my Advent wreath(s), my entire manger scene, without the baby Jesus, my Mary statue (without her baby Jesus), and I decorate my mantel with purple and pink candles and purple Christmas balls. The wreath outside my home is a grape vine wreath wrapped in purple and gold ribbon.
All this adds to the festivity of the season without bowing to the "Christmas-starts-right-after-Halloween" crowd. The profusion of purple and Nativities without the Baby in them, reminds me to prepare for a season which is fast approaching, and, not to despair the shortness of days which come this time of year.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, known to many of us because of the 1976 Gordon Lightfoot hit by the same name.
Yes, there really was a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald. According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum,
The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with her entire crew of 29 men on Lake Superior November 10, 1975, 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan.
Until today, I admit I thought that the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald took place a lot closer to 100 years ago than 30. I had no idea the wreck itself was a fresh tragedy when Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folksinger wrote his song.
The picture above shows what the Edmund Fitzgerald looked like in 1975 on the Saint Mary's River.
The lyrics to Lightfoot's song shows the tragedy painted in words as only the poetry of a well written folk song can do.
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by Gordon Lightfoot
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned.
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ships bell rang
Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling.
The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,
T'was the witch of November come stealing.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane West Wind
When supper time came the old cook came on deck
Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya
At 7PM a main hatchway caved in
He said fellas it's been good to know ya.
The Captain wired in he had water coming in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the words turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the ruins of her ice water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered.
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they say, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.
© 1976 Moose Music, Inc.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, known to many of us because of the 1976 Gordon Lightfoot hit by the same name.
Yes, there really was a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald. According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum,
The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with her entire crew of 29 men on Lake Superior November 10, 1975, 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan.
Until today, I admit I thought that the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald took place a lot closer to 100 years ago than 30. I had no idea the wreck itself was a fresh tragedy when Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folksinger wrote his song.
The picture above shows what the Edmund Fitzgerald looked like in 1975 on the Saint Mary's River.
The lyrics to Lightfoot's song shows the tragedy painted in words as only the poetry of a well written folk song can do.
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by Gordon Lightfoot
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned.
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ships bell rang
Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling.
The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,
T'was the witch of November come stealing.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane West Wind
When supper time came the old cook came on deck
Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya
At 7PM a main hatchway caved in
He said fellas it's been good to know ya.
The Captain wired in he had water coming in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the words turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the ruins of her ice water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered.
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they say, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.
© 1976 Moose Music, Inc.
Continued Prayers for Annie and Mike
Please continue to offer up prayers for Annie and Mike in their adoption journey. They have spent 48 hours with their new son and, just when they were all ajusting to each other, they had to wake him up and give him back to his foster mom. Knowing you have to do this does not make it easier. Annie is suffering tremendously right now and hopes to be able to pull herself together to come home to America to her oldest son.
She is truly an inspiration to many people.
She is truly an inspiration to many people.
Continued Prayers for Annie and Mike
Please continue to offer up prayers for Annie and Mike in their adoption journey. They have spent 48 hours with their new son and, just when they were all ajusting to each other, they had to wake him up and give him back to his foster mom. Knowing you have to do this does not make it easier. Annie is suffering tremendously right now and hopes to be able to pull herself together to come home to America to her oldest son.
She is truly an inspiration to many people.
She is truly an inspiration to many people.
Creation Reveals God and His Love, Pope Says
During a general audience, Pope Benedict XVI commented on on Psalm 135(136)about the revelation of the Creator through His creation.
"God does not appear in the Bible as an impassible and implacable Lord, or an obscure and indecipherable being, or fate, against whose mysterious force it is useless to struggle," the Pope said. "There is, therefore, a divine message secretly inscribed in creation," a sign of "the loving faithfulness of God who gives his creatures being and life, water and food, light and time," he added. "From created works one ascends ... to the greatness of God, to His loving mercy."
When I come home each day to my dog, I realize that God, in His love, put animals on this earth to show us how to love. Dogs especially show God's unconditional love and show us what love ought to be--unconditionally forgiving and demonstrative.
"God does not appear in the Bible as an impassible and implacable Lord, or an obscure and indecipherable being, or fate, against whose mysterious force it is useless to struggle," the Pope said. "There is, therefore, a divine message secretly inscribed in creation," a sign of "the loving faithfulness of God who gives his creatures being and life, water and food, light and time," he added. "From created works one ascends ... to the greatness of God, to His loving mercy."
When I come home each day to my dog, I realize that God, in His love, put animals on this earth to show us how to love. Dogs especially show God's unconditional love and show us what love ought to be--unconditionally forgiving and demonstrative.
Psalm 136(135)
With praise, bless the Lord, for he is good!
His love lasts forever!
With praise, bless the God of gods!
His love lasts forever!
With praise, bless the Lord of lords!
His love lasts forever!
He alone has wrought wonders!
His love lasts forever!
He fashioned the sky with wisdom!
His love lasts forever!
He fixed the earth on the waters!
His love lasts forever!
He made the great lights!
His love lasts forever!
The sun to rule the day!
His love lasts forever!
The moon and the stars to govern the night!
His love lasts forever!
He smote the Egyptians in their firstborn!
His love lasts forever!
And brought Israel out of their midst!
His love lasts forever!
With a mighty hand and an outstretched arm!
His love lasts forever!
The Sea of Reeds he divided in two!
His love lasts forever!
And marched Israel right through it!
His love lasts forever!
But pharaoh and his army he swept into it!
His love lasts forever!
He led his people across the desert!
His love lasts forever!
He battered mighty kingdoms!
His love lasts forever!
And he struck down great kings!
His love lasts forever!
Sihon, king of the Amorites!
His love lasts forever!
And Og, king of Bashan!
His love lasts forever!
He gave their lands to Israel!
His love lasts forever!
As their prize!
His love lasts forever!
For he remembered us in our troubles!
His love lasts forever!
And he snatched us out of the hand of our foes!
His love lasts forever!
He provides all living things with food!
His love lasts forever!
With praise, bless the God of heaven!
His love lasts forever!
Creation Reveals God and His Love, Pope Says
During a general audience, Pope Benedict XVI commented on on Psalm 135(136)about the revelation of the Creator through His creation.
"God does not appear in the Bible as an impassible and implacable Lord, or an obscure and indecipherable being, or fate, against whose mysterious force it is useless to struggle," the Pope said. "There is, therefore, a divine message secretly inscribed in creation," a sign of "the loving faithfulness of God who gives his creatures being and life, water and food, light and time," he added. "From created works one ascends ... to the greatness of God, to His loving mercy."
When I come home each day to my dog, I realize that God, in His love, put animals on this earth to show us how to love. Dogs especially show God's unconditional love and show us what love ought to be--unconditionally forgiving and demonstrative.
"God does not appear in the Bible as an impassible and implacable Lord, or an obscure and indecipherable being, or fate, against whose mysterious force it is useless to struggle," the Pope said. "There is, therefore, a divine message secretly inscribed in creation," a sign of "the loving faithfulness of God who gives his creatures being and life, water and food, light and time," he added. "From created works one ascends ... to the greatness of God, to His loving mercy."
When I come home each day to my dog, I realize that God, in His love, put animals on this earth to show us how to love. Dogs especially show God's unconditional love and show us what love ought to be--unconditionally forgiving and demonstrative.
Psalm 136(135)
With praise, bless the Lord, for he is good!
His love lasts forever!
With praise, bless the God of gods!
His love lasts forever!
With praise, bless the Lord of lords!
His love lasts forever!
He alone has wrought wonders!
His love lasts forever!
He fashioned the sky with wisdom!
His love lasts forever!
He fixed the earth on the waters!
His love lasts forever!
He made the great lights!
His love lasts forever!
The sun to rule the day!
His love lasts forever!
The moon and the stars to govern the night!
His love lasts forever!
He smote the Egyptians in their firstborn!
His love lasts forever!
And brought Israel out of their midst!
His love lasts forever!
With a mighty hand and an outstretched arm!
His love lasts forever!
The Sea of Reeds he divided in two!
His love lasts forever!
And marched Israel right through it!
His love lasts forever!
But pharaoh and his army he swept into it!
His love lasts forever!
He led his people across the desert!
His love lasts forever!
He battered mighty kingdoms!
His love lasts forever!
And he struck down great kings!
His love lasts forever!
Sihon, king of the Amorites!
His love lasts forever!
And Og, king of Bashan!
His love lasts forever!
He gave their lands to Israel!
His love lasts forever!
As their prize!
His love lasts forever!
For he remembered us in our troubles!
His love lasts forever!
And he snatched us out of the hand of our foes!
His love lasts forever!
He provides all living things with food!
His love lasts forever!
With praise, bless the God of heaven!
His love lasts forever!
Patron Saint of Common Sense
A great article over at Ignatius Insight about Saint Therese of Lisieux entitled, St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Patron Saint of Common Sense by Stephen Sparrow. I don't know about you, but I could certainly use a patron saint of common sense myself!
One thing it says that I didn't know--Therese was given to a foster mother, Rose Taillè as a newborn because her mother had breast cancer and couldn't nurse her. She would visit her family each week when Rose went to market. At fifteen months, Therese was sent back to her family permanently and raised by her 2 oldest sisters.
Saint Therese has always been one of my favorite saints and is certainly is a saint for our times!
Patron Saint of Common Sense
A great article over at Ignatius Insight about Saint Therese of Lisieux entitled, St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Patron Saint of Common Sense by Stephen Sparrow. I don't know about you, but I could certainly use a patron saint of common sense myself!
One thing it says that I didn't know--Therese was given to a foster mother, Rose Taillè as a newborn because her mother had breast cancer and couldn't nurse her. She would visit her family each week when Rose went to market. At fifteen months, Therese was sent back to her family permanently and raised by her 2 oldest sisters.
Saint Therese has always been one of my favorite saints and is certainly is a saint for our times!
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Prayers for France
Let's continue to pray for those living in France while they deal with the unrest there.
I heard breifly on the news this evening that a warehouse in Lille was set fire. Lille is where Les Petites Soeur de Pauvres run Ma Maison, a home for the aged poor and where my aunt lives and works as a Little Sister.
Je vous salue Marie, pleine de grâce!
Le Seigneur est avec vous,
vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes et Jésus,
le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu,
prie pour nous, pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant et à l'heure de notre mort.
~Amen.
Prayers for France
Let's continue to pray for those living in France while they deal with the unrest there.
I heard breifly on the news this evening that a warehouse in Lille was set fire. Lille is where Les Petites Soeur de Pauvres run Ma Maison, a home for the aged poor and where my aunt lives and works as a Little Sister.
Je vous salue Marie, pleine de grâce!
Le Seigneur est avec vous,
vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes et Jésus,
le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu,
prie pour nous, pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant et à l'heure de notre mort.
~Amen.
Martha Stewart is not coming to Thanksgiving!
Getting stressed about Thanksgiving? Put your feet up, read this, and smile! :)
"Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving. I'm telling you in advance, so don't act surprised.Since Ms. Stewart won't be coming, I've made a few small changes:
Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, it was decided that no matter how cleverly done, rows of flaming lunch sacks do not have the desired welcoming effect.
The dining table will not be covered with expensive linens, fancy china or crystal goblets. If possible, we will use dishes that match and everyone will get a fork. Since this IS Thanksgiving, we will refrain from using the plastic Peter Rabbit plate and the Santa napkins from last Christmas.
Our centerpiece will not be the tower of fresh fruit and flowers that I promised. Instead we will be displaying a hedgehog-like decoration hand-crafted from the finest construction paper. The artist assures me it is a turkey.
We will be dining fashionably late. The children will entertain you while you wait. I'm sure they will be happy to share every choice comment I have made regarding Thanksgiving, pilgrims and the turkey hotline. Please remember that most of these comments were made at 5:00 AM upon discovering that the turkey was still hard enough to cut diamonds. As accompaniment to the children's recital, I will play a recording of tribal drumming. If the children should mention that I don't own a recording of tribal drumming, or that tribal drumming sounds suspiciously like a frozen turkey in a clothes dryer, ignore them. They are lying.
We toyed with the idea of ringing a dainty silver bell to announce the start of our feast. In the end, we chose to keep our traditional method. We've also decided against a formal seating arrangement. When the smoke alarm sounds, please gather around the table and sit where you like. In the spirit of harmony, we will ask the children to sit at a separate table. In a separate room. Next door.
Now I know you have all seen pictures of one person carving a turkey in front of a crowd of appreciative onlookers. This will not be happening at our dinner. For safety reasons, the turkey will be carved in a private ceremony. I stress "private" meaning: Do not, under any circumstances, enter the kitchen to laugh at me. Do not send small, unsuspecting children to check on my progress. I have an electric knife. The turkey is unarmed. It stands to reason that I will eventually win. When I do, we will eat.
Before I forget, there is one last change. Instead of offering a choice between 12 different scrumptious desserts, we will be serving the traditional pumpkin pie, garnished with whipped cream and small fingerprints. You will still have a choice: take it or leave it.
Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Year.
She probably won't come next year either.
And yet, I am Thankful !!!"
"Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving. I'm telling you in advance, so don't act surprised.Since Ms. Stewart won't be coming, I've made a few small changes:
Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, it was decided that no matter how cleverly done, rows of flaming lunch sacks do not have the desired welcoming effect.
The dining table will not be covered with expensive linens, fancy china or crystal goblets. If possible, we will use dishes that match and everyone will get a fork. Since this IS Thanksgiving, we will refrain from using the plastic Peter Rabbit plate and the Santa napkins from last Christmas.
Our centerpiece will not be the tower of fresh fruit and flowers that I promised. Instead we will be displaying a hedgehog-like decoration hand-crafted from the finest construction paper. The artist assures me it is a turkey.
We will be dining fashionably late. The children will entertain you while you wait. I'm sure they will be happy to share every choice comment I have made regarding Thanksgiving, pilgrims and the turkey hotline. Please remember that most of these comments were made at 5:00 AM upon discovering that the turkey was still hard enough to cut diamonds. As accompaniment to the children's recital, I will play a recording of tribal drumming. If the children should mention that I don't own a recording of tribal drumming, or that tribal drumming sounds suspiciously like a frozen turkey in a clothes dryer, ignore them. They are lying.
We toyed with the idea of ringing a dainty silver bell to announce the start of our feast. In the end, we chose to keep our traditional method. We've also decided against a formal seating arrangement. When the smoke alarm sounds, please gather around the table and sit where you like. In the spirit of harmony, we will ask the children to sit at a separate table. In a separate room. Next door.
Now I know you have all seen pictures of one person carving a turkey in front of a crowd of appreciative onlookers. This will not be happening at our dinner. For safety reasons, the turkey will be carved in a private ceremony. I stress "private" meaning: Do not, under any circumstances, enter the kitchen to laugh at me. Do not send small, unsuspecting children to check on my progress. I have an electric knife. The turkey is unarmed. It stands to reason that I will eventually win. When I do, we will eat.
Before I forget, there is one last change. Instead of offering a choice between 12 different scrumptious desserts, we will be serving the traditional pumpkin pie, garnished with whipped cream and small fingerprints. You will still have a choice: take it or leave it.
Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Year.
She probably won't come next year either.
And yet, I am Thankful !!!"
Martha Stewart is not coming to Thanksgiving!
Getting stressed about Thanksgiving? Put your feet up, read this, and smile! :)
"Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving. I'm telling you in advance, so don't act surprised.Since Ms. Stewart won't be coming, I've made a few small changes:
Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, it was decided that no matter how cleverly done, rows of flaming lunch sacks do not have the desired welcoming effect.
The dining table will not be covered with expensive linens, fancy china or crystal goblets. If possible, we will use dishes that match and everyone will get a fork. Since this IS Thanksgiving, we will refrain from using the plastic Peter Rabbit plate and the Santa napkins from last Christmas.
Our centerpiece will not be the tower of fresh fruit and flowers that I promised. Instead we will be displaying a hedgehog-like decoration hand-crafted from the finest construction paper. The artist assures me it is a turkey.
We will be dining fashionably late. The children will entertain you while you wait. I'm sure they will be happy to share every choice comment I have made regarding Thanksgiving, pilgrims and the turkey hotline. Please remember that most of these comments were made at 5:00 AM upon discovering that the turkey was still hard enough to cut diamonds. As accompaniment to the children's recital, I will play a recording of tribal drumming. If the children should mention that I don't own a recording of tribal drumming, or that tribal drumming sounds suspiciously like a frozen turkey in a clothes dryer, ignore them. They are lying.
We toyed with the idea of ringing a dainty silver bell to announce the start of our feast. In the end, we chose to keep our traditional method. We've also decided against a formal seating arrangement. When the smoke alarm sounds, please gather around the table and sit where you like. In the spirit of harmony, we will ask the children to sit at a separate table. In a separate room. Next door.
Now I know you have all seen pictures of one person carving a turkey in front of a crowd of appreciative onlookers. This will not be happening at our dinner. For safety reasons, the turkey will be carved in a private ceremony. I stress "private" meaning: Do not, under any circumstances, enter the kitchen to laugh at me. Do not send small, unsuspecting children to check on my progress. I have an electric knife. The turkey is unarmed. It stands to reason that I will eventually win. When I do, we will eat.
Before I forget, there is one last change. Instead of offering a choice between 12 different scrumptious desserts, we will be serving the traditional pumpkin pie, garnished with whipped cream and small fingerprints. You will still have a choice: take it or leave it.
Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Year.
She probably won't come next year either.
And yet, I am Thankful !!!"
"Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving. I'm telling you in advance, so don't act surprised.Since Ms. Stewart won't be coming, I've made a few small changes:
Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, it was decided that no matter how cleverly done, rows of flaming lunch sacks do not have the desired welcoming effect.
The dining table will not be covered with expensive linens, fancy china or crystal goblets. If possible, we will use dishes that match and everyone will get a fork. Since this IS Thanksgiving, we will refrain from using the plastic Peter Rabbit plate and the Santa napkins from last Christmas.
Our centerpiece will not be the tower of fresh fruit and flowers that I promised. Instead we will be displaying a hedgehog-like decoration hand-crafted from the finest construction paper. The artist assures me it is a turkey.
We will be dining fashionably late. The children will entertain you while you wait. I'm sure they will be happy to share every choice comment I have made regarding Thanksgiving, pilgrims and the turkey hotline. Please remember that most of these comments were made at 5:00 AM upon discovering that the turkey was still hard enough to cut diamonds. As accompaniment to the children's recital, I will play a recording of tribal drumming. If the children should mention that I don't own a recording of tribal drumming, or that tribal drumming sounds suspiciously like a frozen turkey in a clothes dryer, ignore them. They are lying.
We toyed with the idea of ringing a dainty silver bell to announce the start of our feast. In the end, we chose to keep our traditional method. We've also decided against a formal seating arrangement. When the smoke alarm sounds, please gather around the table and sit where you like. In the spirit of harmony, we will ask the children to sit at a separate table. In a separate room. Next door.
Now I know you have all seen pictures of one person carving a turkey in front of a crowd of appreciative onlookers. This will not be happening at our dinner. For safety reasons, the turkey will be carved in a private ceremony. I stress "private" meaning: Do not, under any circumstances, enter the kitchen to laugh at me. Do not send small, unsuspecting children to check on my progress. I have an electric knife. The turkey is unarmed. It stands to reason that I will eventually win. When I do, we will eat.
Before I forget, there is one last change. Instead of offering a choice between 12 different scrumptious desserts, we will be serving the traditional pumpkin pie, garnished with whipped cream and small fingerprints. You will still have a choice: take it or leave it.
Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Year.
She probably won't come next year either.
And yet, I am Thankful !!!"
Historic Voting Results in PA
Pennsylvania succeeded in voting out one of the two Supreme Court justices yesterday. This is a first in state history. Every vote DOES count!!
Historic Voting Results in PA
Pennsylvania succeeded in voting out one of the two Supreme Court justices yesterday. This is a first in state history. Every vote DOES count!!
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Adoption update!
Mike and Annie flew out to Guatamala today to meet their new son and sign papers in person, shaving about 3-4 weeks off the total wait time.
The difficult part will be to "have" the baby for 48 hours in the hotel and then return him to his foster mother until everything is finalized. They went through this with their oldest son and they know how hard it will be, but they are thrilled to be able to meet their new son. Truly a labor of love on their part!
Keep the prayers coming!
The difficult part will be to "have" the baby for 48 hours in the hotel and then return him to his foster mother until everything is finalized. They went through this with their oldest son and they know how hard it will be, but they are thrilled to be able to meet their new son. Truly a labor of love on their part!
Keep the prayers coming!
Adoption update!
Mike and Annie flew out to Guatamala today to meet their new son and sign papers in person, shaving about 3-4 weeks off the total wait time.
The difficult part will be to "have" the baby for 48 hours in the hotel and then return him to his foster mother until everything is finalized. They went through this with their oldest son and they know how hard it will be, but they are thrilled to be able to meet their new son. Truly a labor of love on their part!
Keep the prayers coming!
The difficult part will be to "have" the baby for 48 hours in the hotel and then return him to his foster mother until everything is finalized. They went through this with their oldest son and they know how hard it will be, but they are thrilled to be able to meet their new son. Truly a labor of love on their part!
Keep the prayers coming!
Happy birthday dear dh!
My dear dh turns 50 today. It is such a blessing to have him in my life.
So many things were different back in 1955.
In 1955, Gunsmoke debued on CBS, and went go on to be television's longest-running western. 70mm film was introduced with Oklahoma! and James Dean died in a car accident at age 26.
President Eisenhower suffered coronary thrombosis in Denver (Sept. 24). Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus, and Martin Luther King, Jr., lead a 381-day black boycott of Montgomery bus system.
The laying of transatlantic telephone cables began in 1955. Telephones were black, dial, and HEAVY! Telephone operators still plugged in individual calls. Telephone numbers still had words attached to them.Narinder Kapany (England) developed fiber optics. Churchill resigned and Albert Einstein died in 1955.
The cost of many popular books in 1955 was about the same as a gallon of gas--about .25 cents. The cost of a first class stamp was .03 cents.
Only the Volkswagen was essentially the same as it would be for years to come, stopping production in the U.S. in 1977 and in Brazil in 1996.
Happy Birthday, dear!
Happy birthday dear dh!
My dear dh turns 50 today. It is such a blessing to have him in my life.
So many things were different back in 1955.
In 1955, Gunsmoke debued on CBS, and went go on to be television's longest-running western. 70mm film was introduced with Oklahoma! and James Dean died in a car accident at age 26.
President Eisenhower suffered coronary thrombosis in Denver (Sept. 24). Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus, and Martin Luther King, Jr., lead a 381-day black boycott of Montgomery bus system.
The laying of transatlantic telephone cables began in 1955. Telephones were black, dial, and HEAVY! Telephone operators still plugged in individual calls. Telephone numbers still had words attached to them.Narinder Kapany (England) developed fiber optics. Churchill resigned and Albert Einstein died in 1955.
The cost of many popular books in 1955 was about the same as a gallon of gas--about .25 cents. The cost of a first class stamp was .03 cents.
Only the Volkswagen was essentially the same as it would be for years to come, stopping production in the U.S. in 1977 and in Brazil in 1996.
Happy Birthday, dear!
VOTE today!!
If your state has voting today, get out and VOTE before the polls close!!
"Only" a local election?
Think globally--act locally!
VOTE today!!
If your state has voting today, get out and VOTE before the polls close!!
"Only" a local election?
Think globally--act locally!
Monday, November 7, 2005
Where would the World be without Roe v Wade?
Thanks to Ignatius Insight for pointing out a Wall Street Journal Editorial on Where would the World be without Roe v Wade.
The author makes a point that I think of each time I go to vote, which I will be doing tomorrow. Without Roe v Wade, politics would be a lot healthier. Parties could focus on actual issues and not be forced to polarize on the single issue of abortion. Imagine, being able to focus on other issues, such as health care availability. Isn't it ironic that we have the "right" to kill our children, but not the right to gain access to health care for ourselves, or even those same children once they are born?
If Roe v Wade were overturned, abortion availability would fall, once again, to each state to decide. It would be left to the voters, and not to judges who acted, in the words of Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor as, "a body of Platonic Guardians charged with bringing the Constitution up to date . . . without regard to the past or the long-run sentiment of the people."
Thanks to these activist judges, the U.S. now has one of the world's most permissive laws on abortion. Most European countries allow abortion only with counseling, and only in the first or up to the early second trimester. In Great Britain and Japan, it is allowed only when the physical or mental health of the woman is at stake. The U.S. allows abortion-on-demand for anyone at any time. Only China and the former countries in the Soviet Union also fall under this category.
Roe v Wade has ruined the political climate in the United States and forced many of us to vote on one issue only, or risk voting against our consciences. Overturning it would not be the nightmare that is often portrayed.
The author makes a point that I think of each time I go to vote, which I will be doing tomorrow. Without Roe v Wade, politics would be a lot healthier. Parties could focus on actual issues and not be forced to polarize on the single issue of abortion. Imagine, being able to focus on other issues, such as health care availability. Isn't it ironic that we have the "right" to kill our children, but not the right to gain access to health care for ourselves, or even those same children once they are born?
If Roe v Wade were overturned, abortion availability would fall, once again, to each state to decide. It would be left to the voters, and not to judges who acted, in the words of Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor as, "a body of Platonic Guardians charged with bringing the Constitution up to date . . . without regard to the past or the long-run sentiment of the people."
Thanks to these activist judges, the U.S. now has one of the world's most permissive laws on abortion. Most European countries allow abortion only with counseling, and only in the first or up to the early second trimester. In Great Britain and Japan, it is allowed only when the physical or mental health of the woman is at stake. The U.S. allows abortion-on-demand for anyone at any time. Only China and the former countries in the Soviet Union also fall under this category.
Roe v Wade has ruined the political climate in the United States and forced many of us to vote on one issue only, or risk voting against our consciences. Overturning it would not be the nightmare that is often portrayed.
Where would the World be without Roe v Wade?
Thanks to Ignatius Insight for pointing out a Wall Street Journal Editorial on Where would the World be without Roe v Wade.
The author makes a point that I think of each time I go to vote, which I will be doing tomorrow. Without Roe v Wade, politics would be a lot healthier. Parties could focus on actual issues and not be forced to polarize on the single issue of abortion. Imagine, being able to focus on other issues, such as health care availability. Isn't it ironic that we have the "right" to kill our children, but not the right to gain access to health care for ourselves, or even those same children once they are born?
If Roe v Wade were overturned, abortion availability would fall, once again, to each state to decide. It would be left to the voters, and not to judges who acted, in the words of Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor as, "a body of Platonic Guardians charged with bringing the Constitution up to date . . . without regard to the past or the long-run sentiment of the people."
Thanks to these activist judges, the U.S. now has one of the world's most permissive laws on abortion. Most European countries allow abortion only with counseling, and only in the first or up to the early second trimester. In Great Britain and Japan, it is allowed only when the physical or mental health of the woman is at stake. The U.S. allows abortion-on-demand for anyone at any time. Only China and the former countries in the Soviet Union also fall under this category.
Roe v Wade has ruined the political climate in the United States and forced many of us to vote on one issue only, or risk voting against our consciences. Overturning it would not be the nightmare that is often portrayed.
The author makes a point that I think of each time I go to vote, which I will be doing tomorrow. Without Roe v Wade, politics would be a lot healthier. Parties could focus on actual issues and not be forced to polarize on the single issue of abortion. Imagine, being able to focus on other issues, such as health care availability. Isn't it ironic that we have the "right" to kill our children, but not the right to gain access to health care for ourselves, or even those same children once they are born?
If Roe v Wade were overturned, abortion availability would fall, once again, to each state to decide. It would be left to the voters, and not to judges who acted, in the words of Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor as, "a body of Platonic Guardians charged with bringing the Constitution up to date . . . without regard to the past or the long-run sentiment of the people."
Thanks to these activist judges, the U.S. now has one of the world's most permissive laws on abortion. Most European countries allow abortion only with counseling, and only in the first or up to the early second trimester. In Great Britain and Japan, it is allowed only when the physical or mental health of the woman is at stake. The U.S. allows abortion-on-demand for anyone at any time. Only China and the former countries in the Soviet Union also fall under this category.
Roe v Wade has ruined the political climate in the United States and forced many of us to vote on one issue only, or risk voting against our consciences. Overturning it would not be the nightmare that is often portrayed.
Friday, November 4, 2005
Adopting a Gift from God
Pray for Mike and Annie who are in the process of adopting a second boy from Guatamala. They have been told that it will be 6 months before they can bring this precious gift from God home to America. Pray that the Holy Spirit gives them the strength to endure it.
Adopting a Gift from God
Pray for Mike and Annie who are in the process of adopting a second boy from Guatamala. They have been told that it will be 6 months before they can bring this precious gift from God home to America. Pray that the Holy Spirit gives them the strength to endure it.
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Last Rites
Father Martin Fox has a very helpful and insiteful post about the "Last Rites" or Annointing of the Sick. He has a few very helpful tips for anyone who has a family member who is in the last stages of their journey towards Heaven.
*Let the priest know the dying person is dying. This helps him to be clear about the situation and know that the family and/or patient is ready to accept the final blessing of the Church.
*If you can possibly anticipate that the patient will be unable to receive communion by mouth, let the priest know ahead of time so he can bring the Precious Blood and some blessed eye droppers so the person can receive what the Church calls "Viaticum" (or final communion)in a form that he or she can physically tolerate.
This is something that families and even many priests do not think about because it requires some pre-planning. Consecrated altar wine can only be reserved for a short period of time and is not normally reserved as a regular practice as the hosts are.
Father Fox suggests describing the practice of using the Precious Blood only for Holy Communion in these types of situations to priests who may not be familiar with the practice and generously offers himself as a referral if necessary.
*Let the priest know the dying person is dying. This helps him to be clear about the situation and know that the family and/or patient is ready to accept the final blessing of the Church.
*If you can possibly anticipate that the patient will be unable to receive communion by mouth, let the priest know ahead of time so he can bring the Precious Blood and some blessed eye droppers so the person can receive what the Church calls "Viaticum" (or final communion)in a form that he or she can physically tolerate.
This is something that families and even many priests do not think about because it requires some pre-planning. Consecrated altar wine can only be reserved for a short period of time and is not normally reserved as a regular practice as the hosts are.
Father Fox suggests describing the practice of using the Precious Blood only for Holy Communion in these types of situations to priests who may not be familiar with the practice and generously offers himself as a referral if necessary.
Last Rites
Father Martin Fox has a very helpful and insiteful post about the "Last Rites" or Annointing of the Sick. He has a few very helpful tips for anyone who has a family member who is in the last stages of their journey towards Heaven.
*Let the priest know the dying person is dying. This helps him to be clear about the situation and know that the family and/or patient is ready to accept the final blessing of the Church.
*If you can possibly anticipate that the patient will be unable to receive communion by mouth, let the priest know ahead of time so he can bring the Precious Blood and some blessed eye droppers so the person can receive what the Church calls "Viaticum" (or final communion)in a form that he or she can physically tolerate.
This is something that families and even many priests do not think about because it requires some pre-planning. Consecrated altar wine can only be reserved for a short period of time and is not normally reserved as a regular practice as the hosts are.
Father Fox suggests describing the practice of using the Precious Blood only for Holy Communion in these types of situations to priests who may not be familiar with the practice and generously offers himself as a referral if necessary.
*Let the priest know the dying person is dying. This helps him to be clear about the situation and know that the family and/or patient is ready to accept the final blessing of the Church.
*If you can possibly anticipate that the patient will be unable to receive communion by mouth, let the priest know ahead of time so he can bring the Precious Blood and some blessed eye droppers so the person can receive what the Church calls "Viaticum" (or final communion)in a form that he or she can physically tolerate.
This is something that families and even many priests do not think about because it requires some pre-planning. Consecrated altar wine can only be reserved for a short period of time and is not normally reserved as a regular practice as the hosts are.
Father Fox suggests describing the practice of using the Precious Blood only for Holy Communion in these types of situations to priests who may not be familiar with the practice and generously offers himself as a referral if necessary.
Paris Riots
I'm sad about the Paris riots in the wake of the accidental electrocution deaths of two African teen agers in France. It brings back bad memories of the riots in the late 1960's in many U.S. cities. It is especially sad that problems in cities continue to exist across the globe. It's sad for France and sad for humanity.
Paris Riots
I'm sad about the Paris riots in the wake of the accidental electrocution deaths of two African teen agers in France. It brings back bad memories of the riots in the late 1960's in many U.S. cities. It is especially sad that problems in cities continue to exist across the globe. It's sad for France and sad for humanity.
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Soap Operas
Yes, I had a stage during my early teens when I watched soap operas. Now, though, I can't stand to be in the same room when a soap opera is on tv. Besides having totally unbelievable storylines, and too many people trying too hard to be "beautiful", I can't abide by the constant shrill tone that eminates from them. Soap operas are "all crisis, all the time." I've had too many years of therapy to purposly subject myself to that. I can't imagine why anyone would want to.
Soap Operas
Yes, I had a stage during my early teens when I watched soap operas. Now, though, I can't stand to be in the same room when a soap opera is on tv. Besides having totally unbelievable storylines, and too many people trying too hard to be "beautiful", I can't abide by the constant shrill tone that eminates from them. Soap operas are "all crisis, all the time." I've had too many years of therapy to purposly subject myself to that. I can't imagine why anyone would want to.
Illustrated "Elements of Style"
E.B. White's Elements of Style, long a cornerstone of writers' reference collections, has just come out with an illustrated version! I realize that only an English major geek like myself would be excited about this, but, this is a book I actually own--or did--where *did* that copy go?! Anyway, now I can go out and get myself a new copy of the Elements of Style, complete with Maira Kalman's imaginative illustrations for the example sentences Strunk and White have throughout the book.
Strunk and White admonish readers to "revise and rewrite" and "avoid fancy words." Kalman's art work follows suit in a linear, primitivist style. The sentence, "Well, Susan, this is a fine mess you are in" is humorously illustrated by a painting of a basset hound.
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book, and even to listen to the opera she is writing using Strunk and White's example sentences.
Illustrated "Elements of Style"
E.B. White's Elements of Style, long a cornerstone of writers' reference collections, has just come out with an illustrated version! I realize that only an English major geek like myself would be excited about this, but, this is a book I actually own--or did--where *did* that copy go?! Anyway, now I can go out and get myself a new copy of the Elements of Style, complete with Maira Kalman's imaginative illustrations for the example sentences Strunk and White have throughout the book.
Strunk and White admonish readers to "revise and rewrite" and "avoid fancy words." Kalman's art work follows suit in a linear, primitivist style. The sentence, "Well, Susan, this is a fine mess you are in" is humorously illustrated by a painting of a basset hound.
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book, and even to listen to the opera she is writing using Strunk and White's example sentences.
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