Homily 2012-01-11 - Fr Joseph Mary MFVA

Football, overcoming obstacles, and two books I'm definitely buying!

A New Tradition?

A few weeks ago, I learned that there is a "Pippi Longstocking" book that I had never heard of before, a picture book called Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party. It was published in Sweden in 1950, but didn't become available here until the 1990s.
As soon as I became aware of the book's existence, I just HAD to order a copy.
When the book arrived, I put it aside to read after Christmas. That seemed
appropriate!
As I said, the book is a picture book, just one short story. But it was, to me, as
enjoyable as the full-length Pippi books.
I think I will read this book every year, at the beginning of Ordinary Time.

I HAVE to Share This

Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Verdi is my nephew-in-law. My niece is bragging about this
on Facebook. Can't say that I blame her; I'd be crowing like a rooster and
strutting like a peacock!

Enigma Device

This is another website I enjoy. I don't,
however, always agree with the quotations.
I'm thinking of adding a GAMES AND PUZZLES page to this blog.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

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Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Olivia and the Little Way"#
by Nancy Belanger
[children's fiction, religious, Catholic]
{Sunday book}

Little Clearing in the Woods"
"On Top of Concord Hill"
by Maria D. Wilkes
[children's fiction, series, historical, biographical, family]

"The Peddler's Clock"#
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, historical, family]
(Open Library loan)
{This turned out to be a picture book, very quickly read.}

"A Little Girl of Nineteen Hundred"
by Lois Lenski
[children's fiction, historical, probably autobiographical]
{the last time I read this was years ago, in the Children's Reference Room at the Donnell
Library Center.}

"Home in the Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, series, teacher, family, Ozarks]
{carrying over into next week}

New Picture Added to Collection

I've just added a new picture to my
Rosary Art Collection.
I'm going to look for some more works by Da Vinci. I already have his painting of
The Last Supper.