Only Two This Year

I said that I might make my resolutions at the beginning of Advent, rather than on New Year's Day, and that I wasn't going to make a LOT of resolutions.

I've decided on these two:

1: Read a chapter every day in a good Catholic book that

is not reserved for Sunday.  Right now I'm reading "A Forty Day Spiritual Workout," by Bob Rice. And yes, I have something to

read when I finish this book.  

2: Read at least one picture book every week.  This can be one I've read many times, or something unfamiliar.  Books read more than once during this year will not count

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come on over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, where Catholic bloggers like me share our posts.  I've found some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : Changing a Tradition? Maybe

Semper Gaudete! : Obama Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Abortion Activist Meryl Streep

Semper Gaudete! : It Made Me Want To See The Movie!

Semper Gaudete! : Abortion Activist: All Babies Conceived Accidentally Should Be Aborted

Semper Gaudete! : A VERY Fitting Gospel

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

adapted by M. J. Huber

[spiritual reading]
a favorite of mine; thank God it wasn't one
of the books lost when I moved.
"Blueberry Muffins"
by Colleen Spiro
[nonfiction, anecdotes, autobiographical]
(Kindle book)

"Bobby in Movieland"

"Claude Lightfoot or How The Problem Was Solved"by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online books)

"The Rosary

Keeping Company with Jesus and Mary"

by Karen Edmisten
{Sunday books}

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"A 40-Day Spiritual Workout For Catholics"

by Bob Rice
(chapters 17-23)

one chapter a day

"A Grand Man"

by Catherine Cookson
[fiction]
(Kindle book)
{carried over from last week}
It's been years since I've read the "Mary Ann"
books, and I was delighted to find them on Kindle.
Some of the books are available for free on openlibrary.org.

"The Funny Guy"
by Grace Allen Hogarth
[children's fiction]

In Joan M. Lexau's "The Trouble With Terry,"
Terry reads a book that is both happy and sad
about a girl named Helen who "always doing things
wrong, just like Terry."
I wonder if that book was "The Funny Guy."
It definitely fits the description!

"The Middle Button"
by Kathryn Worth
[YA fiction, historical, based on her maternal ancestors]

"A Live Coal in The Sea" #
by Madeleine L'Engle
[fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
I'd been meaning to read this book
for a long time.

"The Book of Festivals and Holidays

the World Over"
by Maguerite Ickis
[children's non-fiction]

A VERY Fitting Gospel

I found today's Gospel [Luke 17:11-19] especially fitting. 

Ten lepers were healed. One came back to give thanks. The other nine were turkeys!

Abortion Activist: All Babies Conceived Accidentally Should Be Aborted

Abortion Activist: All Babies Conceived Accidentally Should Be Aborted

What a sad, and completely wrong, attitude.  NO baby should be aborted.

It Made Me Want To See The Movie!

When I was a kid, before movies began to be rated G, M (now PG), R, and X, there were four words that always made me want to see the movie they described.  Those four words would make me practically beg my mom to let me see that movie.

(It never worked.  Never.)

And what were those four enticing, tantalizing words?

Not recommended for children.

Obama Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Abortion Activist Meryl Streep

Obama Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Abortion Activist Meryl Streep

According to the article, this isn't the first time Obama has honored abortion activists.  For example, last year he awarded
this medal to Gloria Steinem.  I blogged about it at the time, and I'm going to repeat what I said then:
If he could, Obama would canonize Margaret Sanger!