Please pray for this baby and his family.

Parents Told Their Disabled Baby Will Live Five Minutes, Hours Later He’s Alive But Needs Prayer

Sad update
 He lived only 24 hours after his birth, but for those 24 hours, he was LOVED. And someday, those 24 hours will be a very precious memory.

Mechanics Find Toddler Force to Live in Car Trunk, Parents Face Prison Time

Mechanics Find Toddler Force to Live in Car Trunk, Parents Face Prison Time

This is horrible and horrifying. Thank God that baby was found in time.

Stained Glass Image Added to Collection

I've just added this beautiful stained glass image of the Sermon on the Mount to my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come one, come all to Sunday Snippets !  Thanks to RAnn for hosting!  I've discovered some
wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: New Image in Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Fr. Pablo Straub, R.I.P

Semper Gaudete!: This Week's Fan Fiction

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

adapted by M.J. Huber

[non-fiction, Catholic)

{Sunday book} 

"Kitty in High School"

by Judy Delton

[children's fiction]

{Sunday book} 

(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Imitation of Mary #
In Four Books"
by Alexander De Rouville 
Revised and Edited by Matthew J. O'Connell
[devotional reading, Catholic]
(one chapter a day; more on Sunday)

"Stepping Heavenward" 1/2 #

by Elizabeth Prentiss

[YA fiction, Christian, Protestant]

(free online book)

(I gave this book 1/2 # because I've started it

several times, but never managed to finish it. Maybe this time I will.)
{carrying over into next week}

"Precious Bane" #
by Mary Webb
[fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
{carrying over into next week}

This Week's Fan Fiction

I've added new chapters to the following Another World stories,

Lydia

Never the Same

written a prequel to Gordon Korman's "Bruno and Boots" series,
It's ALWAYS You

and started a new Another World/As The World Turns
AU screwball comedy.
Scrambled Worlds

Fr. Pablo Straub, R.I.P

Fr. Pablo Straub, well-known to, and beloved by, EWTN's viewers, has passed away.

Requiescat In Pace.

New Image in Rosary Art Collection

Here is the newest image in my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come one, come all to Sunday Snippets!  Thanks to RAnn for hosting!   I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: New Item in my Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Pro-Life Students Ignore Bullying to Stand Up for Babies Killed in Abortion

Semper Gaudete!: This Week's Fan Fiction

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

adapted by M.J. Huber

[non-fiction, Catholic]

{Sunday book} 

"The Imitation of Mary #
In Four Books"
by Alexander De Rouville 
Revised and Edited by Matthew J. O'Connell
[devotional reading, Catholic]
(one chapter a day; more on Sunday)

"My Roads"
by Anne Carroll Moore
[nonfiction]
{carried over from last week}

"An Old-Fashioned Girl"
By Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]

{carried over from last week}

"The Shoo-Fly Pie" #

by Mildred Jordan

[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes]
(October chapter only)

"Stepping Heavenward" 1/2 #

by Elizabeth Prentiss

[YA fiction, Christian, Protestant]

(free online book)

(I gave this book 1/2 # because I've started it

several times, but never managed to finish it. Maybe this time I will.)
{Carrying over into next week}

"Precious Bane" #
by Mary Webb
[fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
{carrying over into next week}

This Week's Fan Fiction

 Dante's Dilemma
Chapter 3 is now up.
This new chapter went in a
direction I did not expect.

New Slogan

This AU Another World fic is set during
Josie's career as a model.  I'm sure I'm
not the only one who thought Josie was
a brat in those days!

Pro-Life Students Ignore Bullying to Stand Up for Babies Killed in Abortion

Pro-Life Students Ignore Bullying to Stand Up for Babies Killed in Abortion

Sometimes silence really IS golden, and more eloquent the most beautifully-worded speech.

New Item in my Rosary Art Collection

I added this painting of The Assumption by El Greco to my collection on Sunday.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come one, come all to Sunday Snippets!  Thanks to RAnn for hosting!  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: New Image in my Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: This Week's Fan Fiction

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori
adapted by M.J. Huber
[non-fiction, Catholic]
{Sunday book} 

"My Roads"
by Anne Carroll Moore
[nonfiction]
{carried over from last week}

"Rivals of the Chalet School"
{carried over from last week}

"Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School"

"The Chalet School and Jo"

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
[children's fiction, Chalet School series]

"An Old-Fashioned Girl"
By Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]

{carrying over into next week}

This Week's Fan Fiction

Here is the fan fiction I posted this week.

Interview With a Semi-Barbaric Princess

This is adapted from a composition I wrote many, many
years ago for my tenth grade English class.

Car Bomb: A Story in Five Versions

This story was inspired by an episode of "Third Watch."
Amy Carlson, who played Alex Taylor on that show,
had previously played Josie Sinclair on "Another World."
(Nobody gets killed in this fanfic.)

Never the Same

I have to admit that writing the first chapter of this
story took a lot out of me.

Dante's Dilemma

This one is a reworking of a story I started several months ago.

23rd Precinct

This is a rewritten version of one of my older stories.

New Image in my Rosary Art Collection

Here is the latest addition to my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come one, come all to Sunday Snippets!  Thanks to RAnn for hosting!  I've discovered
some wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: Little Things

Semper Gaudete!: Two-Part Story Completed at Last

Semper Gaudete!: New Painting in Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Some More of my Fan Fiction

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Love God And Do What You Please"
by St. Alphonsus Liguori
adapted by M.J. Huber
[non-fiction, Catholic]
"Kitty from the Start"

"Kitty in the Middle"

by Judy Delton

[children's fiction]

{Sunday books} 

(Kitty has been described as 

"an Irish Catholic Ramona")

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes]
(September chapter only)

"Sea Change" #

by Kathryn Worth
[YA fiction, historical]
(openlibrary.org loan)
{carried over from last week}

"My Roads"
by Anne Carroll Moore
[nonfiction]
{carried over from last week}

"Young Wilfred" #

by W. F. Sullivan

[children's fiction, moral, (NOT religious)]

this short book includes several warnings to 

parents. It is so overdone that it is ludicrous.

"In Trouble Again, Zelda Hammersmith?"
"Zelda Strikes Again"
"Here Comes Zelda Claus
and other holiday disasters"
by Lynn Hall
[children's fiction]

"Rivals of the Chalet School"
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
[children's fiction, Chalet School series]

{carrying over into next week}

Some More of my Fan Fiction

Here are the links to two fics I am currently working on.

23rd Precinct

Lydia

New Painting in Rosary Art Collection

This painting was added to my collection on Sunday.

Two-Part Story Completed at Last

I've finally finished my two-part fan fiction, But It's Still a Child.  I guess you can tell by the title that this is a pro-life story.

Little Things

[Old post, reposted]

I love this quote from my Patron Saint, Therese of Lisieux, whose feast we celebrate today:
"Pick up a pin for the love of God, and you may save a soul."
How right, how wise! We may not be called to do great things,but we can do the little, everyday tasks for the love of God, and then how great, how valuable those little tasks become.
No work is menial if it is done for the love of God.