A Post I HAD to Share

I simply MUST share this beautiful post. 

"Unless you become as little children...."

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 

"Sunshine and Freckles" #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[fiction]
(free online book)

"In A Great Tradition
Tribute to Dame Laurentia McLachlan,
Abbess of Stanbrook" #
by The Benedictines of Stanbrook
( Rumer Godden wrote in "In This House of Brede": 
"All of the characters
in this book are imaginary, but many of the episodes
are based on fact; some are taken from the life and
sayings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan and Sister Mary
Ann McArdle of Stanbrook Abbey.")

"Lisbeth: the Story of a First Communion" #
by Mary Theresa Waggaman
[fiction]
(free online book)

Weekday Books

"The Books You Read"
(AKA "The People You Meet
and The Books You Read
Professional Edition") 
edited by Charles E. Jones
foreword by Og Mandino  
[non-fiction]
(various people in various fields
comment on their favorite books, 
and/or about books and reading in general.)
{carried over from last week}

"Lulu's Window"

(openlibrary.org loan.  This is one

of the books lost when I moved, so

thank God I can read it online for free.)

"Lulu Herself"

(physical copy)

by Elisabeth Hubbard  Lansing

[children's fiction, 1950s]

"The Edge of Nowhere" #
"Cousins and Circuses" #
by Lucy Johnston Sypher
[children's fiction, historical]
(openlibrary.org loans)

"The Doll Shop Downstairs" #
by Yona Zeldis McDonough

[children's fiction, historical]

"Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue" #
by Phoebe Gilman
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Velveteen Rabbit"
(free online book)
"The Skin Horse" #
(openlibrary.org loan)
by Margery Williams Bianco
[children's fiction]

"Donna Parker On Her Own"
by Marcia Martin
[children's/young teens' fiction]

"Naughty Bunny"
by Richard Scarry
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
I had this when I was a
little girl.

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]

For Today's Solemnity (re-post, slightly edited)

In Honor of the Solemnity of The Annunciation,

I am pleased to present 

all the images of The Annunciation 

in my Rosary Art Collection, (so far!) 

New Image in my Rosary Art Collection

In honor of the upcoming Solemnity, I've added this image to

my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets---A Catholic Carnival

Well, once again, and sadly, for the last time, it is time to hop over to RAnn's Blog for Sunday Snippets, where Catholic bloggers like me share our posts.  I discovered some wonderful blogs here.   How about sharing yours?

 Semper Gaudete! : St. Patrick's Day Post

 Semper Gaudete! : One Of My Old Stories

Semper Gaudete! : The First Saint I Ever Heard Of

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 

"Least of All, Me"

by Sr. Anthony Marie, OSF

[Catholic fiction, based on fact]

"But Thy Love and Thy Grace #
"Sunshine and Freckles" #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[fiction]
(free online books)

Weekday Books

"The Books You Read"
(AKA "The People You Meet
and The Books You Read
Professional Edition") 
edited by Charles E. Jones
foreword by Og Mandino  
[non-fiction]
(various people in various fields
comment on their favorite books, 
and/or about books and reading in general.)
{carried over from last week; carrying over into next week}


"A Lesson For Janie"
(openlibrary.org loan)

{carried over from last week}

"A Matter of Pride"
"New Horizons"

(physical copies)

by Dorothy Simpson
[children's fiction]

"Nobody Stole The Pie" #

by Sonia Levitin

[picture book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"Norah and the Cable Car"

[children's fiction, historical]

This book covers the year from St. Patrick's Day

1873 to St. Patrick's Day 1874, so of COURSE I like

to read it on St. Patrick's Day!

"Chris Muldoon"
[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loans)
"Cecelia's Locket"
[children's fiction, historical]
(physical copy)

by Rita Shields

"The Only One Club"
by  Jane Naliboff
[picture book]
(Kindle book)
I read this recently,
but I felt like reading it
again.

"Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family"
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
by Lensey Namioka

"Donna Parker At Cherrydale"
"Donna Parker, Special Agent"
by Marcia Martin
[children's/young teens' fiction]

"Spring Begins in March"
by Jean Little
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]

The First Saint I Ever Heard Of

Slightly adapted from a post in one of my old blogs

Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary. People love to quote the saints, but we cannot quote St. Joseph. None of his words have been preserved.
I take that back about not being able to quote St. Joseph. We cannot quote his words, but we can, and should, "quote" his devotion to Jesus and Mary.
St. Joseph was the first saint I ever heard of, but that was because of the children's aspirins! LOL!
I like simple, homely {homely as in homelike, not, definitely not, as in unattractive] images. I love to think about St. Joseph walking the floor when the Baby Jesus was teething.