Further Clarification

UPDATE

Clarification on Fr. Frank Pavone (this is good!)

Read the article here.
Thank God THAT'S been cleared up!

Pencil or Pen?

When I was in third grade, our teacher, Mrs. Berk, began teaching us to write in script. Several days later, she realized that she had gotten ahead of herself; script wasn't supposed to be taught until the FOURTH grade. This mistake was understandable; Mrs. Berk had, until that year, taught the fourth grade.
We wrote in pencil in those days, but Mrs. Berk decided that anyone who learned to write script well (meaning legibly) would be allowed to use a pen as a reward.
Nobody, back then, had heard of dysgraphia.
Years later, another teacher, whose name I've forgotten, asked what we would do differently if we were teachers. I told her that if I were teaching children to write in script, I would not reward the kids who had good penmanship by allowing them to use pens instead of pencils. I would teach them to use the pen first, and after that I would teach them script.
"That's not very important," the teacher sniffed.
"Oh, yes it is," I said, "if you're the only one in the class
still using a pencil."

Fr. Pavone appeals suspension by his bishop to Rome :: EWTN News

Fr. Pavone appeals suspension by his bishop to Rome :: EWTN News

I am very saddened by Fr. Frank's suspension,
but I am even more uplifted by his obedience.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and other Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks to RAnn for hosting!

Semper Gaudete!: Ordinary Things, Not An Ordinary Day

Semper Gaudete!: Spiritual Communion Prayer

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"Dandelion Wine"
by Ray Bradbury
(fiction)

"Don't Get Perconel With a Chicken"
(children's writings, both non-fiction
and fiction, compiled by H. Allen Smith)

"Spencer's Mountain"
by Earl Hamner Jr.
(fiction)

"Meet The Malones"
by Lenora Mattingly Weber
(teen fiction)

Spiritual Communion Prayer

I love the Spiritual Communion prayer during the Mass
on EWTN. Right after that prayer, I pray silently, "My Jesus, I unite this
Spiritual Communion to all the sacramental Communions received this day
in the State of Grace. I wish to make reparation for all sacrilegious communions,
and for all the neglects, abuses, and outrages You suffer in this Sacrament of Your Love."