Wonderful Homily from Fr. Anthony

I just HAVE to share this encouraging, thought-provoking homily from Fr. Anthony.  And LOL on the anecdote near the end!

Weekday Prayer Schedule

I've decided to share my current weekday prayer schedule.  I mught make some changes at a future date.

5:00 AM
 Rise
Morning Offering and Other Prayers
brief Bible reading (just a few verses, usually
from one of the Psalms)
coffee
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5:45 AM
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
(Matins and Lauds)
Angelus
(always prayed for the protection of the unborn.)
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6:30 AM
Bible reading
 (with 2nd cup of coffee and little breakfast
 [one slice of bread or half a roll with margarine,
(sometimes sweet, sometimes salted)
 or half a bagel with a schmear.] )
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8:00 AM
Mass on EWTN
(the high point of my day!)
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12:00 PM
Angelus
Daytime Prayer (Sext)
OR Rosary
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3:00 PM
Daytime Prayer  (None)
OR Rosary
Chaplet of Mercy
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6:00 PM
Angelus
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6:30 PM
Evening Prayer
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10:15 PM
Prayers
Bible Reading
 (taken from one of the Gospels)
Night Prayer
SLEEP!
 (all times are approximate, except for the Mass on EWTN)

Mural added to Rosary Art Collection

This mural will probably be familiar to anyone who watches The Holy Land Rosary with Fr. Mitch Pacwa on EWTN.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come one, come all, to Sunday Snippets!  Thanks to RAnn for hosting!  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: Travel Virtually to World Youth Day With the MFVA Friars

Semper Gaudete!: New Icon in Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Pope Francis prays with Benedict XVI before World Youth Day :: EWTN News

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"The Little Flowers of St. Francis"

translated by Raphael Brown

[non-fiction, Catholic] 

{Sunday book}

"The Best  Foot Forward"  #

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.

[children's fiction, Catholic]

(online book)

{Sunday book}

My Sister, St. Therese"
by Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face
(Celine Martin)
[biography/autobiography, Catholic]
{Sunday book}

"It Wasn't How It Seemed:
Short stories about people who
jumped to conclusions"
by Yehudis Samel
[nonfiction, Jewish]

"Emily of Deep Valley"
{carried over from last week}
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[children's/YA fiction]

"How to Live on 24 Hours a Day" #

by Arnold Bennett
[nonfiction]
{carried over from last week}

(free Google ebook)

Mentioned in "Emily of Deep Valley."

"No Coins, Please"
by Gordon Korman
[children's fiction]

"Elsie's Friends at Woodburn"
"Christmas With Grandma Elsie"
by Martha Finley
[children's fiction, Christian, (Protestant), Elsie Dinsmore series]
(free Google e-books)

"Magazines in the Twentieth Century"
by Theodore Peterson
[nonfiction]
(second edition)
{long-term reading}

"Davita's Harp"
by Chaim Potok
(fiction,  Jewish themes)
{carrying over into next week}

Travel Virtually to World Youth Day With the MFVA Friars

Click here.

Thank God for EWTN.

Pope Francis prays with Benedict XVI before World Youth Day :: EWTN News

Pope Francis prays with Benedict XVI before World Youth Day :: EWTN News

Beautiful article.