Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and a growing group of Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks to RAnn for hosting.

Semper Gaudete!: Fake Facebook Message

Semper Gaudete!: Changes to my Sunday Reading

Semper Gaudete!: Friday/Fryday

Semper Gaudete!: Another Adoration Site

Semper Gaudete!: Great Homily from Fr. Wade Menezes CPM

Semper Gaudete!: Homily 2012-01-05 - Fr Wade Menezes CPM - St John Neumann - Bishop

Semper Gaudete!: The Name Was The Same


Semper Gaudete!: New Picture Added to Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Olivia and the Little Way"#
by Nancy Belanger
[children's fiction, religious, Catholic]
{Sunday book}

Little Clearing in the Woods"
"On Top of Concord Hill"
by Maria D. Wilkes
[children's fiction, series, historical, biographical, family]

"The Peddler's Clock"#
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, historical, family]
(Open Library loan)
{This turned out to be a picture book, very quickly read.}

"A Little Girl of Nineteen Hundred"
by Lois Lenski
[children's fiction, historical, probably autobiographical]
{the last time I read this was years ago, in the Children's Reference Room at the Donnell
Library Center.}

"Home in the Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, series, teacher, family, Ozarks]
{carrying over into next week}

New Picture Added to Collection

I've just added a new picture to my
Rosary Art Collection.
I'm going to look for some more works by Da Vinci. I already have his painting of
The Last Supper.

The Name Was The Same

There was something that puzzled me, and I mean greatly puzzled me, when I was little. In order to understand my confusion, you need to know that my maternal grandfather's first name was Nathan.
Every now and then, my family would go to

for a meal. Baba preferred to sit down to eat, so we'd go inside and enjoy table service.
My usual meal was a hot dog or a hamburger (I was crazy about their hamburgers!) a chocolate shake or a cup of hot chocolate, sometimes corn on the cob. There was one item I invariably
ordered: French fries.
So where does the confusion come in?
Remember, my grandfather's first name was Nathan.
The place was called Nathan's.
We've established these two facts.
I could never understand why we had to pay for our meals, since it was quite
obvious to me that my Grandpa owned the place!

Homily 2012-01-05 - Fr Wade Menezes CPM - St John Neumann - Bishop

Fr. Wade began today's homily by sharing some young children's definition of "love." When he told us the one about the coffee, I said under my breath, "Right." A second later, Fr. Wade said, "Right."
And those present at the Mass, and, I'm sure, many watching at home, laughed.

New Picture in my Collection

I actually came across this picture
while searching for a different one by Veronese!

Great Homily from Fr. Wade Menezes CPM

Fr. Wade gives us some great advice in this homily.