I am a Jewish convert to Catholicism, blogging on a variety of subjects. The motto for this blog is: "Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
6th Century Image Added to Collection
I've just added this image to my Rosary Art Collection. It's the first mosaic in the collection.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Sunday Snippets-- A Catholic Carnival
Well, once again it is time to hop over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, where Catholic bloggers like me share our posts. I've discovered some wonderful blogs here. How about sharing yours?
Semper Gaudete! : New Image in Collection
Semper Gaudete! : I'd Like To See Fifty Shades of Grey.
Semper Gaudete! : Books Read In The Past Week
Semper Gaudete! : I'd Like To See Fifty Shades of Grey.
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.
Sunday books
Sunday books
"The Story of the Trapp Family Singers"
by Maria Augusta Trapp
[autobiography/biography]
"That Office Boy" #
"That Office Boy" #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online book)
Weekday Books
"Class-ified Information: Yaffa"
"Class-ified Information: Baila"
by M.C. Millman
[children's/young teen fiction, Jewish, series]
These books are companion volumes, each covering
the same time period (a year in 8th grade) from the
first-person viewpoint of a different girl in the class,
and can be read in any order. Certain incidents which
take center stage in some books may get just a brief mention, or none at all, in others.
Also, each girl's home life is different, of course.
"Class-ified Information: Baila"
by M.C. Millman
[children's/young teen fiction, Jewish, series]
These books are companion volumes, each covering
the same time period (a year in 8th grade) from the
first-person viewpoint of a different girl in the class,
and can be read in any order. Certain incidents which
take center stage in some books may get just a brief mention, or none at all, in others.
Also, each girl's home life is different, of course.
"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction; Christian (Protestant) themes, recipes,
anecdotes]
(February chapter only)
"The Only One Club" #
by Jane Naliboff
[picture book]
(Kindle book)
"Mattie Mae"
by Edna Beiler
[children's fiction, Amish]
"Heidi Grows Up"
by Charles Tritten
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loans
"All The Time You Need, The Greatest Gift In The World" #
by Robert R. Updegraff
[nonfiction]
(The author also wrote "Try
Giving Yourself Away" under
the pen-name David Dunn. )
This book has some good advice, and interesting anecdotes.
{carrying over into next week}
"Lark Rise to Candleford
A Trilogy"
by Flora Thompson
[autobiography]
{carrying over into next week}
A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]
Thursday, February 5, 2015
I'd Like To See Fifty Shades of Grey.
That's right! I'm a Catholic blogger who would really, really like to see fifty shades of grey.
At the movies?
No.
On video?
No.
On television?
So just where would I like to see fifty shades of grey?
In a crayon box!
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Sunday Snippets-- A Catholic Carnival
Well, once again it is time to hop over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, where Catholic bloggers like me share our posts. I've discovered some wonderful blogs here. How about sharing yours?
Books Read in the Past Two Weeks
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.
Sunday books
Sunday books
"The Best Foot Forward
and Other Stories"
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online book)
"The Interior Castle"
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online book)
"The Interior Castle"
by St. Teresa of Avila
(spirituality)
Weekday Books
"Ministering Angels
A Study of Nineteenth-Century
Evangelical Writing for Children"
by Margaret Nancy Cutt
[non-fiction]
"The Moffats"
(openlibrary.org loan)
another book lost when I
moved. Thank God I can
read it online for free!
"The Middle Moffat"
the only book in the Moffats series
NOT lost when I moved
by Eleanor Estes
[children's fiction]
"One Morning In Maine" #
by Robert McCloskey
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
"Class-ified Information: Tziporah"
"Class-ified Information: Goldie"
"Class-ified Information: Naomi"
by M.C. Millman
[children's/young teen fiction, Jewish, series]
These books are companion volumes, each covering
the same time period (a year in 8th grade) from the
first-person viewpoint of a different girl in the class,
and can be read in any order. Certain incidents which
take center stage in some books may get just a brief mention, or none at all, in others.
Also, each girl's home life is different, of course.
"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling"
"The Yada Yado Prayer Group Gets Decked Out"
by Neta Jackson
[Christian fiction, Protestant, multi-denominational
and non-denominational]
"The Ballad of Lucy Whipple"
by Karen Cushman
[children's fiction, historical]
"The Music Box Test"
"The Paper Route Treasure"
by Marcia Hoehne
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant, no denomination specified, emphasis more on mysteries than on religion.]
"The Mother-Daughter Book Club"
"Much Ado About Anne"
by Heather Vogel Frederick
[children's books, series, interesting for adults as well]
I wish there had been Mother-Daughter Book Clubs when I was a kid. There were enough mothers and daughters for such a club right on my block; even right in my building. Perhaps we would have called it The Commodore Mother-Daughter Book Club, since the building's name was The Commodore.
"Shoo-Fly Girl"
by Lois Lenski
[children's fiction]
"In Trouble Again, Zelda Hammersmith?"
"Zelda Strikes Again"
"Here Comes Zelda Claus
And Other Holiday Disasters"
by Lynn Hall
[children's fiction]
"Listening for Madeleine:
A Portrait of
Madeleine L'Engle
in Many Voices" #
by Leonard S. Marcus
[non-fiction]
"Why Did They Name It?"
by Hannah Campbell
[non-fiction]
"Heidi"
by Johanna Spyri
translated by Charles Tritten
[children's fiction]
(Kindle book)
"Johnny Crow's Garden" #
by L. Leslie Brooke
[picture book]
(free online book)
by L. Leslie Brooke
[picture book]
(free online book)
A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]
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