Saturday, July 27, 2013

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival


Come one, come all to Sunday Snippets!  Thanks to RAnn for hosting.  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: Mural added to Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Weekday Prayer Schedule

Semper Gaudete!: Wonderful Homily from Fr. Anthony

Semper Gaudete!: Raped 11-Year-Old Girl From Chile Courageously Rejects Abortion

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"The Little Flowers of St. Francis"
translated by Raphael Brown
[non-fiction, Catholic] 
{Sunday book}
"My Strange Friend"
"Ethelred Preston or
The Adventures of a Newcomer"  #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(online book)
{Sunday book}

"Magazines in the Twentieth Century"
by Theodore Peterson
[nonfiction]
(second edition)
{long-term reading}

"Davita's Harp"
{carried over from last week}
"The Chosen"
{carrying over into next week}
{openlibrary.org loan}
by Chaim Potok
(fiction,  Jewish)


"Try Giving Yourself Away"
by David Dunn
[non-fiction, third edition]
one of my favorite books.
I love the little anecdotes.


Thursday, July 25, 2013

Wonderful Homily from Fr. Anthony

I just HAVE to share this encouraging, thought-provoking homily from Fr. Anthony.  And LOL on the anecdote near the end!

Weekday Prayer Schedule

I've decided to share my current weekday prayer schedule.  I mught make some changes at a future date.

5:00 AM
 Rise
Morning Offering and Other Prayers
brief Bible reading (just a few verses, usually
from one of the Psalms)
coffee
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5:45 AM
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
(Matins and Lauds)
Angelus
(always prayed for the protection of the unborn.)
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6:30 AM
Bible reading
 (with 2nd cup of coffee and little breakfast
 [one slice of bread or half a roll with margarine,
(sometimes sweet, sometimes salted)
 or half a bagel with a schmear.] )
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8:00 AM
Mass on EWTN
(the high point of my day!)
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12:00 PM
Angelus
Daytime Prayer (Sext)
OR Rosary
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3:00 PM
Daytime Prayer  (None)
OR Rosary
Chaplet of Mercy
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6:00 PM
Angelus
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6:30 PM
Evening Prayer
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10:15 PM
Prayers
Bible Reading
 (taken from one of the Gospels)
Night Prayer
SLEEP!
 (all times are approximate, except for the Mass on EWTN)

Encouraging news about EWTN's Fr. Anthony

Fr. Anthony hopes to be back on the air in the near future.  Oh, HOW I'm praying for that to happen! https://franciscanmissionaries.c...