Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books are grouped in their sections by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s) 

"The Happiness of Heaven"
by Fr. J. Boudreau, S.J.

"That Football Game
and What Came of It"

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

[children's fiction]

(online book)

Weekday Books

"Eight Cousins"

by Louisa May Alcott

[fiction]

{carried over from last week}

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes]
(August chapter only)

"Stone Soup"
by Marcia Brown
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

 "God Uses Cracked Pots"#

by Patsy Clairmont

{carried over from last week}

[nonfiction, Christian (Protestant), autobiographical anecdotes, part

of a 3-in-1 book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies"
by Beatrix Potter

[picture book.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

"Something Borrowed, Something Blue"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

[YA fiction]

"The Friendly Persuasion"
by Jessamyn West
[historical fiction, Quakers]
{carrying over into next week}

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

More About My Break-Off Collection

Quite some time ago, a knob came my dresser (which was Mom's
dresser before we moved.)  I set it aside until I decided whether
or not to add to to my collection. 

Today, I finally made the decision.  It is now in the drawer which houses the collection... and which happens to be one of the drawers in that dresser!
Eventually, however, my collection will no longer be kept in a drawer.
I plan to start saving the plastic trays from the Chinese take-out place,
washing and rinsing and drying them very carefully, and transferring the collection to those trays (which will then be designated as display 
cases!)
I'm also going to separate the items in my collection, as follows:
1
Heavy objects of various sizes
(Example: the drawer-knob added today.)
2
Larger light objects
(Example: The eye-glass frame handle added in December of 2012)
3
Smaller light objects
(Example: The Blowfish zipper pull, the item that started it all!)

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books are grouped in their sections by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s) 

"The Happiness of Heaven"
by Fr. J. Boudreau, S.J.

"Claude Lightfoot
or How the Problem Was Solved"
"That Football Game
and What Came of It"

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

[children's fiction]

(online books)

"The Miraculous Medal"
by Mary Fabyann Windeatt
[biography]

Weekday Books

 "Eight Cousins"
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]
{carrying over into next week}

 "God Uses Cracked Pots"#

by Patsy Clairmont

[nonfiction, Christian (Protestant), autobiographical anecdotes, part

of a 3-in-1 book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

{carrying over into next week}

"Winter Term at Malory Towers"

"Fun and Games at Malory Towers"
"Secrets at Malory Towers"
"Goodbye Malory Towers"

by Pamela Cox
[children's fiction]

authorized continuations of
Enid Blyton's series. 

"The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"
by Dr. Seuss
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan.   I refuse
to BUY his books)

"Busybody Nora"
"Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business"
(openlibrary.org loan)
parents may want to read 
this one before sharing it
with their young children;
the author reveals something
that could upset some kids;
something that I think is
up to the parents to reveal.
"New Neighbors for Nora"
by Johanna Hurwitz
[children's fiction]

"The Sun Is Shining On The Other Side"

by Margaret Jensen

[nonfiction, autobiographical and biographical,

Christian, (Protestant)]

This book is described on the cover as
A Heartwarming and Humorous Collection
of Margaret Jensen's Best Stories

{carried  over from last week}
I prefer the individual books that
these stories are taken from.

"Betsy And Joe"
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[YA fiction]

"grace notes"

{carried  over from last week}

"love, annie"
by Dandi Daley Mackall
[children's/YA fiction, Christian (Protestant), Blog On! series)
(Google Books, replacing copies lost when I moved.)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Protestant Books

 I don't intend to talk against Protestant books in this post.  After all, as anyone familiar with my weekly book lists knows, I read and enjoy books by Protestant authors.  The ones I like best are those in which the author talks about his/her experiences and faith, (faith meaning trust) without going into doctrine.

 But what about a book whose author says something contrary
to Catholic doctrine?  Does that bother me? In all honesty, not
always.
It doesn't bother me if the author is simply stating what he/she believes.  It does, however, bother me if the author criticizes Catholics for our beliefs.  But, instead of allowing myself to become angry, I pray that God will remove that
writer's prejudices.
And perhaps someday, that Protestant writer will become a great Catholic writer.

Rosary Prayers: Something Added

I’ve added something to the prayers I say at the beginning of the Rosary. Now, besides offering the Our Father for persecuted Christians throughout the world, and the conversion of their persecutors, and the three Hail Mary’s for an increase in faith, hope, and charity, I offer the Glory Be in reparation for sacrilege and blasphemy.

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 book(s) 

"Harry Dee

or Making it  Out"
"Claude Lightfoot
or How the Problem Was Solved"

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

[children's fiction]

(online books)

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
(Kindle book)

"The Story of A Soul"

by St. Therese of Lisieux

Weekday Books

"Last Term at Malory Towers"

by Enid Blyton

[children's fiction]

"New Term at Malory Towers"
"Summer Term at Malory Towers"
by Pamela Cox
(children's fiction)

authorized continuations of
Enid Blyton's series. 

"The Sun Is Shining On The Other Side"

by Margaret Jensen

[nonfiction, autobiographical and biographical,

Christian, (Protestant)]

This book is described on the cover as
A Heartwarming and Humorous Collection
of Margaret Jensen's Best Stories

{carried  over from last week}

"Betsy Was A Junior"
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[YA fiction]

"grace notes"
by Dandi Daley Mackall
[children's/YA fiction, Christian (Protestant), Blog On! series)
(Google Book, replacing copy lost when I moved.)

{carrying over into next week}

"Collecting Things"
by Paul Villiard
(nonfiction)

"The Giraffe Who Went To School" #
by Irma Wilde
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Bible Reading Plan: The Sequel

Remember this post from the beginning of the year?

Have I been able to stick to this schedule?

Well, to be honest, I haven't.  For one thing, I've lost too much
computer-time, and catching up became too difficult.  For another, and I should have remembered this from past attempts at reading the Bible in a year, I'm not all that crazy about reading several different passages in one day.

[This does not apply to the Readings at Mass!]

So I'm now reading my Bible in several different ways which do

not interfere with each other.

In the morning, after my Morning Offering and a few other prayers, I read a very brief portion of one of the Psalms, taken at random.  I've been doing this, and reading a portion of the Gospels at bedtime, for more than a year now.

I have two ways of reading my Bible during the day.  

One thing I'm doing is reading the Bible straight through, from cover to cover.   I know that many people do not recommend this method, but I find that it works for me.  Actually, it is the first way I read a Christian Bible while I was going through my conversion.
 I'll admit that I skim over some passages, but I'm not skipping anything.  Right now I'm in The Book of Numbers.

My other way of reading the Bible during the day is to take a small portion, a morsel, from the Readings at Mass, and read it

several times. Sometimes that morsel, that tidbit, is just part of a verse.   Often, during the day, I will pause and reflect briefly on that little portion.