45 Years Ago Today

Somewhere in that vast crowd is.... ME!!!!! Yes, at the age of almost-thirteen, I saw
The Beatles live in concert. I do not claim to have heard them! All I heard was
the  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" of all those screaming teens and pre-teens (myself included!)

Bad Moods

I started this day in a bad, lousy, grumpy, grouchy, feh
mood. (Not exactly what you expect to read on my blog, is it?)
The problem actually started yesterday afternoon, although I didn't know it at the time. I had my usual Sunday afternoon nap, and then went on with my day.
Well, this morning I woke up at 6:20, which is almost an hour later than I usually do. I had forgotten to reset the clock radio after my nap. If there is one think I do NOT like, it is oversleeping.
Even after praying, I felt grumpy. I knew I should be playing my Gratitude Attitude game,
but it just wasn't working. So finally, I prayed, "Lord, help me to find SOMETHING to be thankful for."
And almost immediately, I had it, and I laughed out loud. I could be thankful that bad moods don't last!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and a growing list of Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks to RAnn for hosting!


Semper Gaudete!: Priest Assaulted

Semper Gaudete!: Windstorm

Semper Gaudete!: All My Bibles

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"The Secret of the Rosary"
by St. Louis De Montfort
Translator: Mary Barbour, T.O.P
(non-fiction, Catholic)

"The Hamiltons, or Sunshine in Storm"
by Cora Berkley
(Catholic fiction)
[e-book]

"The Girls of Mrs. Pritchard's School"
by L.T. Meade
(teenage fiction)

"A Room Made of Windows"
"Julia and the Hand of God"
"That Julia Redfern"
"Julia's Magic"
"The Private Worlds of Julia Redfern"
by Eleanor Cameron
(children's fiction)

{I plan, or perhaps I should say hope,
to make a separate post about the chronology
of the Julia Redfern series sometime next
week.)

All My Bibles

This is a post from one of my old blogs.
I have so many Bibles, in so many translations, it's not funny. Fine Art Bibles, pocket-sized Bibles, medium-sized Bibles, One-Year Bibles, devotional Bibles, study Bibles, leather Bibles, imitation leather Bibles, hardcover Bibles, paperback Bibles.
Somehow, though, I always end up going back to my Ignatius Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition paperback Bible, which I got by mail order on May 1st, 1998. (I put the date in the front cover when I received it.)
This Bible is well-worn and well-marked; in fact, it may be a bit over-marked! I think I've used, at one time or another, almost every Bible-marking system there is. Circling, stars, dots, color-coding, highlighting, even VERY simple symbols. {that system didn't last very long!}In fact, the only system I haven't used is underlining. I don't like underlining as a marking system, but that's just my personal taste.

Windstorm

We had a windstorm last evening, an absolutely awesome
windstorm. The trees waved their branches in a wild ballet. One leaf broke loose and
plastered itself onto the window screen.
And as I watched, a line from my favorite hymn came into my mind:
"Thou rushing wind that art so strong"

Priest Assaulted

Fr. Anthony Mary spoke about this tragic situation at this morning's Mass on EWTN, and asked that we pray for Fr. Isi, and for
his attackers.