Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

 "Mother Angelica's Private
and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #
introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo
reserved for Sunday

"The Fairy Of The Snows" #

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.

[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"Dear Pen-Pal"

by Heather Vogel Frederick

[children's/YA fiction, Mother-Daughter Book Club series.]

(Kindle book)

"Millie's Unsettled Season"
"Millie's Courageous Days"

 by Kersten Hamilton

[children's fiction, Christian, (Protestant),

A Life Of Faith: Millie Keith series, based on
the Mildred Keith series by Martha Finley]

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016  

Chinese Food on Sunday

I think I've mentioned that I like to have Chinese food on Saturday night, and during the day on Sunday.

I used to buy it every week, just enough for one weekend, but now I order it just once a month, and get enough for four or five weeks. 

On the week I order the food, the leftovers, and there are always plenty, get divided up and put into the freezer.  And then, on Thursday, I take out what I plan to eat that weekend and move it to the refrigerator.  

One of the things I'm having this weekend is a particular favorite of mine that came free with my last order, General Tso's Chicken.

(I keep imagining General Tso saying, "I am not!")

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

 "Mother Angelica's Private
and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #
introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo
reserved for Sunday

"Before the Chalet School:
The Bettanys on The Home Front" #
by Helen Barber
[children's/YA fiction]


"Judy, The Guide" #
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
[children's/YA fiction]

"That Football Game

and What Came Of It"
"The Fairy Of The Snows" #

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.

[children's fiction]

(free online books)

reserved for Sunday

"Dear Pen-Pal"

by Heather Vogel Frederick

[children's/YA fiction, Mother-Daughter Book Club series.]

(Kindle book)

"Betsy In Spite Of Herself"  

by Maud Hart Lovelace

[YA fiction]

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016  

My Friend Tony (Old Post)

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 are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Nuts: Every Family Is A Little" #
by A. J. Cosmo
[children's fiction]
(Kindle Book)

"That Football Game

and What Came Of It"

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.

[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"The Mother-Daughter Book Club"
"Much Ado About Anne"

by Heather Vogel Frederick

[children's/YA fiction]

"Silver Boxes: The Gift of Encouragement" #
by Florence Littauer
[nonfiction, Christian (Protestant)]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Betsy In Spite Of Herself"  

by Maud Hart Lovelace

[YA fiction]

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016  

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"You're A Brick, Angela! 
A New Look At Girls' Fiction From 1839-1975"
by Mary Cadogan and Patricia Craig
[nonfiction]
it's been years since I read this.  I'd forgotten
that these authors disparaged some of my favorite books.

"That Football Game

and What Came Of It"

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.

[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"The Mother-Daughter Book Club"

by Heather Vogel Frederick

[children's/YA fiction]

"Silver Boxes: The Gift of Encouragement" #
by Florence Littauer
[nonfiction, Christian (Protestant)]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Heaven To Betsy"  

by Maud Hart Lovelace

[YA fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)
my physical copy fell apart

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016  

This list may seem a bit short; I've been trying to read more slowly.
Also, I don't list the short story collections I read during the week.