A quote about Sunday Books

This is a quote from part of a sentence in Louisa May Alcott's Rose in Bloom.

"yawning over the dull books kept for Sunday reading."

Well, anyone who has been following this blog knows
how I feel about dull books on Sunday. 
Of course, I dislike dull books on ANY day!

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!: New Image In Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Themed Resolutions

Semper Gaudete!: Throwback Thursday

Semper Gaudete!: This Week's Fan Fiction

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"How to  Converse Continually and
Familiarly With God"
by St. Alphonsus Liguori
translated by Fr. L. X. Aubin, C.SS.R

{Sunday book} 

"The Imitation of Mary #

In Four Books"

by Alexander De Rouville 

Revised and Edited by Matthew J. O'Connell

[devotional reading, Catholic]

(one chapter a day; more on Sunday)

"The Cloister Walk"
by Kathleen Norris
(non-fiction, autobiographical, Catholic themes [Protestant author]) 

{Two uses of the "F" word (in quoted conversations,

and NOT in any monastic settings.)}

(I could have done without the "F" word, but this

is still a lovely book.)

"A Lemon and a Star"
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Wild Angel"

"Terrible, Horrible Edie"

"Edie on the Warpath"

by E.C. Spykman
[children's fiction, historical]

"Rose in Bloom"
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]
(Started on January 1st; first book read
in 2014.  I deliberately chose a book I
know and love to start off the year.)

This Week's Fan Fiction

Movie Night: A Nanofiction

23rd Precinct
new chapter added.

Throwback Thursday

This post is from another one of my old blogs.  It was first published here on September 25th, 2010.

AWESOME!

Sometimes I get overwhelmed, blown away, by the thought that since Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist, more than 2000 years ago, He has been received by more people than we could ever possibly imagine. More than that, He is present, fully, totally present, in the Blessed Sacrament in countless Tabernacles in countless Churches and Chapels all over the world right now and at every moment. AWESOME!!!! Moreover,
every day, at every Mass, the priest breaks the Consecrated Host. Every day, at every Mass, Communion is distributed to the faithful. And yet, Christ is not divided, not multiplied, not diminished, not increased.
Side note: More than once, people have said to me that all this is mathematically impossible. My usual, highly theological reply :) is:
"Mathematics, schmathematics!"

Themed Resolutions

This year, I have several resolutions, all with a similar theme.

1: Pray more slowly, especially the Rosary and the
Chaplet of Mercy.

2: Practice Lectio Divina, using a passage, or

a portion of a passage, from that day's Mass

readings.  Read the passage slowly, and then choose

a small, a very small, part of that passage and

"feed on it" for the rest of the day.
(It would probably be best to do this in the

morning)

3: Read EVERYTHING more slowly, and perhaps,

sometimes, even practice super-slow reading.

4: Eat and drink more slowly.  I don't gulp,

but I still want to slow down in this department.

So is the theme of these resolutions slowness?

No.  The theme of these resolutions is savoring.

New Image In Rosary Art Collection

I've just added this stained glass image to my Rosary Art Collection.