Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Classics are marked with a *
(Some books may get both a # and a *)

"Stand Up, Lucy!"
by Elizabeth Hall
[children's fiction, historical]
{carried over from last week}

"Try Giving Yourself Away"
by David Dunn
[non-fiction]
{carried over from last week; carrying over into next week}
(This is a book that I could easily read in a couple of days,
but it is one that I like to linger over.)

"A Christmas Carol" *
by Charles Dickens
[fiction]
(my yearly December 24th 
 reading of this book!)

"By The Shores of Silver Lake"
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
[children's fiction, historical, series, autobiographical]
{carrying over into next week}

"Around the Year With the Trapp Family" #
by Maria Augusta Trapp
[non-fiction, Catholic]
(read online; Open Library Loan)

Another Sabbath Enhancement

I added, several weeks ago something new to the way I begin my Sunday, the way I welcome the Sabbath.   Now, after lighting the votive candle [electric, for safety!],  and praying, "Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who has commanded us to keep holy the Sabbath day," and before praying Evening Prayer, I sing the hymn On This Day, The First of Days.

Heard On A Commercial

This morning I heard a radio commercial in which someone said that there has never been a name (or was it a word?) for the week between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
I guess they never heard of the Octave of Christmas.
Then again, to be fair, I didn't know about Octaves either until I became a Catholic.

Priests for Life Secures Religious Freedom Exemption from HHS Mandate in Federal Court | Blog – American Freedom Law Center

Priests for Life Secures Religious Freedom Exemption from HHS Mandate in Federal Court | Blog – American Freedom Law Center

I couldn't post this right away.   I was too busy cheering! 
This major victory calls for a very loud
DEO GRATIAS!
 

Another Ancestor

I've found another one of my paternal ancestors on ancestry.com. 
Michael Keating was born, and died, in Tipperary, Ireland.

Michael Keating (1780 - )
is your 8th great grandfather

Johanna Judith Keating (1793 - 1867)

Daughter of Michael

Ellen Dowdall (1818 - 1909)

Daughter of Johanna Judith

Owen Byrne (1810 - 1901)

Son of Ellen

Mary Catherine Byrne (1838 - 1919)

Daughter of Owen

Thomas Henry Cunningham

Son of Mary Catherine

Michael Cunningham

Son of Thomas Henry

Mary Cunningham (1874 - 1949)

Daughter of Michael

Edgar George Brown (1899 - 1938)

Son of Mary

Robert Eugene Brown (1921 - 1974)

Son of Edgar George

Rochelle Brown

You are the daughter of Robert Eugene - 

I Hope It Was Wonderful

I hope everyone had a wonderful first day of Christmas.  Thank God, Christmas is a season, and not just one day!
I expressed this thought in a slightly different way last year.

Update on Deacon Bill

In his homily this morning,  (which I will post on this blog when it has been uploaded to YouTube) Fr. Joseph gave us the sad news that Deacon Bill's health has taken a turn for the worse.  Let's continue to pray for him.