Semper Gaudete!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Appropriate Start!

This morning when I got up, I couldn't find my Scapular.

So what did I do? I prayed to St. Anthony, of course!

And yes, I found my Scapular almost immediately afterwards!

I had to laugh! It was SUCH an appropriate way to start

this day!

Homily 2012-06-13 - Rev Br John Paul Mary - St Anthony of Padua - Priest - Doctor of the Church

Of course, Deacon John Paul preaches about, and quotes, St. Anthony!

My Friend Tony (Yearly Repost)

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

This post was taken from one of my old blogs.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Cataloging My Collection

I've started a catalog for my Decorative Magnet Collection. This catalog is on the computer, because with my dysgraphia, a handwritten catalog would not be practical.

Here are some sample entries:

Name :

Bunch of 3 Bananas magnet

Date Acquired:

April 2nd, 2012

Place Acquired:

downstairs hall radiator

Cost:

None

Name:

Embellish Your Story Apple Magnet Set

Date Acquired:

April 6th, 2012

Place Acquired:

amazon.com

Cost:

$11.69

Name:

Mouse in Dress Magnet

{exact name unkown}

Date Acquired:

April 11th, 2012

Place Acquired:

Upstairs refrigerator

Cost:

None

{Traded one Red Daisy Magnet

to Mom }

Cataloging seems like such a collectorly [collectorish?] thing to do!

Monday, June 11, 2012

The Purple Jar

This short story by Maria Edgeworth was first published in 1796, and

was quite popular for many years.
Rose, in Louisa May Alcott's Eight Cousins, says in reference to this story:
"I always thought it very unfair in her mother not to warn the poor thing a little bit; and she was regularly mean when Rosamond asked for a bowl to put the purple stuff in, and she said, in such a provoking way, 'I did not agree to lend you a bowl, but I will, my dear.' Ugh! I always want to shake that hateful woman, though she was a moral mamma."
I agree with Rose! How could Rosamond make a really prudent decision without
knowing what really made the jar "purple"?
Of course, if Rosamond had known, then we may not have had the element of surprise in the story!
As for the mother, was she really, as Rose called her, "a moral mamma"? Is it moral to allow a seven-year-old to decide whether to get a pair of shoes, which she badly needs, or a pretty purple jar, which she does not need?
If this happened in real life, especially nowadays, can you imagine what people would say about Rosamond's mother?
However, in spite of these objections, I must say that I enjoy this story, as well as others about Rosamond.