Feast of St. Gemma Galgani

Today is the feast day of St. Gemma Galgani, my patron saint.  Stop by St. Gemma Galgani  for lots of info and pictures of St. Gemma.

The web master has offers of St. Gemma prayer cards and medals.  Scroll down and look at the sidebar there for a great variety offers--some are free!

St. Gemma is the patron saint of pharmacists, those with back pain, migraine and head ache sufferers, those suffering from temptations and those seeking purity of heart. Her spirituality was mystical and deep. She was deeply devoted to Jesus' Passion and to the Sacred Heart and the Passionists consider her one of their own.

If all the world had only a small portion of the love that Gemma bore for Christ, we would all not only be at peace with each other but willing to die for the least of our brothers and sisters.

St. Gemma Galgani, pray for us!!

Feast of St. Gemma Galgani

Today is the feast day of St. Gemma Galgani, my patron saint.  Stop by St. Gemma Galgani  for lots of info and pictures of St. Gemma.

The web master has offers of St. Gemma prayer cards and medals.  Scroll down and look at the sidebar there for a great variety offers--some are free!

St. Gemma is the patron saint of pharmacists, those with back pain, migraine and head ache sufferers, those suffering from temptations and those seeking purity of heart. Her spirituality was mystical and deep. She was deeply devoted to Jesus' Passion and to the Sacred Heart and the Passionists consider her one of their own.

If all the world had only a small portion of the love that Gemma bore for Christ, we would all not only be at peace with each other but willing to die for the least of our brothers and sisters.

St. Gemma Galgani, pray for us!!

Lenten Music Monday

This Lenten meditation reminds us to fast from petty sinfulness and to feast on the Love of Christ.

Lenten Music Monday

This Lenten meditation reminds us to fast from petty sinfulness and to feast on the Love of Christ.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Sunday Snippets is brought to you each week by RAnn at This, That and the Other Thing.

This week's Music Monday was a Lenten Meditation set to a song called Open my Heart by HARC.

Art and Beauty Tuesday was a surrealistic painting by Walfrido Garcia called Blind Faith.

Poetry Wednesday continues our look at Protopresbyter Gregory Petrov's praise of God written in a 1940 prison camp.

We also had Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring played on a wooden contraption set in motion by a single wooden ball. And amazing piece of artistic and musical engineering.

Have a blessed week!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Sunday Snippets is brought to you each week by RAnn at This, That and the Other Thing.

This week's Music Monday was a Lenten Meditation set to a song called Open my Heart by HARC.

Art and Beauty Tuesday was a surrealistic painting by Walfrido Garcia called Blind Faith.

Poetry Wednesday continues our look at Protopresbyter Gregory Petrov's praise of God written in a 1940 prison camp.

We also had Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring played on a wooden contraption set in motion by a single wooden ball. And amazing piece of artistic and musical engineering.

Have a blessed week!

A Musical Interlude

And now, for a musical interlude--a break from your busy day.

Note how this wooden ball somehow manages to play this peice with human-like feeling--pauses, accents and all.