Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(read online)

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
(Kindle book)

"Reproachfully Yours"
by Lucile Hasley

[non-fiction, humor]

Weekday Books

"An Old-Fashioned Girl"

{carried over from last week}
"Little Men"
(online book)
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]

"First Term at Malory Towers"
"Second Form at Malory Towers"
by Enid Blyton
[children's fiction]

"The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit" 
"The Story of Miss Moppet"
"The Tale of Tom Kitten"
by Beatrix Potter

[picture books.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

"Tarry Awhile"

{carrying over into next week}

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

(Kindle book)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Kitty in the Summer"
"Kitty in High School"

by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]

"Reproachfully Yours"
by Lucile Hasley

[non-fiction, humor]

"No Wonder They Call It

The Real Presence.
Lives changed by Christ in
Eucharistic Adoration"
by David Pearson

Weekday Books

"Little Women, Part ll
Good Wives"
{carried over from last week}
"An Old-Fashioned Girl"
{carrying over into next week}
by Louisa May Alcott

[fiction]


"First Place"

by Sandra Byrd
[children's fiction, Christian, (Protestant, no denomination specified) Secret Sisters series]

"The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher"

by Beatrix Potter

[picture book.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

 "When Esther Was A Little Girl" #
by Eliza Orne White
[children's fiction, historical]
(openlibrary.org loan)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Kitty In The Middle"
"Kitty in the Summer"
"Kitty in High School"

by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography/autobiography]

"No Wonder They Call It
The Real Presence.
Lives changed by Christ in
Eucharistic Adoration"
by David Pearson

Weekday Books

"Little Women, Part I

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy"

{carried over from last week}
"Little Women, Part ll
Good Wives"
{carrying over into next week
by Louisa May Alcott

[fiction]

"The Patchwork Quilt"

by Adele de Leeuw

[children's fiction, historical]

(I read this book years ago and was

glad to be able to buy it at last!)

"The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle"

by Beatrix Potter

[picture book.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

I love the references to her earlier stories!

"A Little Girl of Long Ago" #
by Eliza Orne White
[children's fiction, historical, published in the 1890s, set in the 1820s]
(free online book)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

My Friend Tony

And yep, I mean St. Anthony of Padua, whose Feast is today!

How many times have people prayed some version of the prayer:

"Tony, Tony, come around.

Something's lost and must be found"?

I know St. Anthony is ALWAYS helping me find stuff.

Years ago, when I had just recently converted to Catholicism, I called

Mom at work (It was her usual break time.)

Mom said, "I can't talk right now. We're missing an important file and

we've looked all over for it."

"Okay," I said, "call me back when it turns up."

Well, within five minutes she called me. The file had been found.

"Aren't you going to thank me?" I asked.

"Thank you? What for? You're not even here."

"I know," I said, "but who do you think prayed to St. Anthony?"

More recently, I was chatting with a couple of my online friends, and

one of them was going slightly nuts because she had misplaced something, and couldn't find it anywhere. I said a prayer to St. Anthony, and then typed,

"Try looking again."

She didn't want to, but I persuaded her. And then she typed, in caps

"I FOUND IT!!!!!!"

I wasn't a bit surprised!

Does St. Anthony ALWAYS get lost articles back for me? Well, almost! One morning I couldn't find my Rosary. I looked. I prayed. To my surprise, I still did

not find it. But later that morning, I received a brand-new, beautiful Rosary from a Catholic organization. I'm almost SURE I heard St. Anthony chuckling.

BTW, the lost Rosary did turn up eventually.

Of course, there's much more to St. Anthony than just running the Lost and Found! :)

St. Anthony of Padua

Updated in 2013 to add Fr. Anthony's very inspirational homily.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Lord Bountiful" #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

"Kitty From The Start"

"Kitty In The Middle"

by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]

Weekday Books

"A Pageant of Hats
Ancient and Modern"
by Ruth Edwards Kilgour
(non-fiction)

{carried over from last week}

"Welcome, Stranger"

{carried over from last week}

"Pick A New Dream"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

[YA fiction]

"The Home Has A Heart"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
(non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes)
[June chapter only]

"Just Between Us"
[children's fiction]
"Awful Evelina" #
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
 by Susan Beth Pfeffer

"D.J.'s Worst Enemy"
by Robert Burch
[children's fiction]

"Getting Even"

by Miriam Chaikin
[children's fiction]

"Little Women, Part I
or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy"
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]
{carrying over into next week}


A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

LET them Have Pain

One argument against abortion is that unborn babies are capable of feeling pain. However, some people who support abortion claim that it even if it does cause the unborn some pain, even excruciating pain, that is the only pain  that they will ever feel.

Well, I say, LET the unborn babies have pain!

Let them have the pain of teething, the pain of falling and skinning their knees, the pain of disappointment, the pain of
failing at something, the pain, not necessarily physical, of correction. In  other words, let them have the pains that come with living, learning, and growing, and NOT the pain of abortion.