Writing Fan Fiction on Good Friday

I've just faced a rather ironic dilemma.   After weeks of struggling to get some new fan fiction
written, an idea for a new chapter came to me.  I had a decision to make, and I can only pray that
it was the right one.
Please bear in mind that I am a Catholic, and a writer.  I am a writer, and a Catholic.  I believe that
writing is a gift God has given to me.
So.... should I use the gift today?  In order to answer that, I needed to ask myself whether I would
write fan fiction on Sunday.  I decided that the answer is yes, especially if I've been struggling to
get a new chapter written.
The chapter in question has now been written, and posted.  Written, because I didn't want to lose it.
Posted, because to wait would have been to give the false impression that I waited until tomorrow
to write it.
 

Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?

[Old post, slightly modified, partly due to the date of Passover this year]

Tomorrow night, in countless Jewish homes, at countless Seders, the youngest son, or, if there was no son, the youngest daughter, (not counting babies, of course!) will ask the traditional Four Questions, beginning
"Why is this night different from all other nights?" 

(In my family, I was the one who asked those Questions.)

And now, for me, as a Jewish convert to Catholicism, these words have an even deeper meaning as a foreshadowing of the night of the Last Supper... the night on which Our Lord instituted the Eucharist.   That night was, indeed, different from all other nights.

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