John Paul Stelten (Fr. Anthony Mary's father) RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of John Paul Stelten, Fr. Anthony Mary's father, who passed away on Tuesday afternoon.
May Our Lord, Our Lady, and all the angels and Saints, especially those of the Seraphic Order,
strengthen and comfort Fr. Anthony and his family in this time of sorrow.

Here are two quotes about grammar, or rather, about the love of grammar.

"I loved grammar and argued with my teachers over the way words were used in sentences. I nearly memorized my grammar book>"
Jesse Stuart in "To Teach, To Love," and "Beyond Dark Hills."
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"You ain't sayin' you like grammar?”
“Are you nuts? I hate it,” said Herbie stoutly.
To confess his guilty pleasure in the machinery of language would have been as bad as admitting a taste for opium; in fact, Lennie would have been much readier to forgive the opium.
Herman Wouk in "The City Boy," also known as "City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder."

I know exactly, and I mean exactly how the real-life Jesse Stuart and the fictional Herbie Bookbinder felt. I, too, loved grammar when I was in school. In fact, I've started buying, online, used copies of the books I studied in my junior high school and high school English classes. (I did a Google search, using phrases from paragraphs I remember from those books. I loved those paragraphs!)
Besides, I am reasonably certain that I knew more about grammar back then than I do now.

"Christmas Can Can"

A friend sent me the link to this video. Yes, it is appropriate for
this time of year. It is also hilarious!

Two Collections

The other day, I revived my Vintage Media collection.
But does that mean that I am dropping my Rosary Art collection?
By no means! In fact, the other day I added something new to each collection!
This is the latest item in my Rosary Art
collection,
and this is the newest addition to my Vintage Media collection.
I really enjoy having two collections, one religious and one secular.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

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

Semper Gaudete!: Advent Prayer For Life

Semper Gaudete!: Our Lady of Guadalupe Pro-life Prayer

I just discovered that my Semper Gaudete!: Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival for last Sunday never went up; here they are now.

Semper Gaudete!: Advent, 2011

Semper Gaudete!

Semper Gaudete!: On EVERY SINGLE PAGE

Semper Gaudete!: November 22nd, 1963

Semper Gaudete!: A Small Thought for Thanksgiving Day

Semper Gaudete!: Life On The Rock, Thanksgiving, 2011

Semper Gaudete!: Two Stories I Like To Read on Thanksgiving Day

Semper Gaudete!: Sitting on the Stoop

Semper Gaudete!: Pippa Passes, Pippa Passes, Pippa Passes

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Semper Gaudete!: Books I Plan To Read Next Week

Advent, 2011

This is a post from last year, slightly modified.

In less than an hour, I will pray Evening Prayer 1 for the First Sunday in Advent.
And so will begin another liturgical year, another cycle.
I love Advent. It's such a thoughtful, joyful time of preparation. I love that we
have different seasons, and ordinary time, too.

I'm including links to a couple of Advent calendars.

EWTN Advent Calendar

Advent Calendar from The Mary Page

Books I Plan To Read Next Week

"The Love Of Our Lord Jesus Reduced To Practice"#
by St. Alphonse de Liguori
[religious non-fiction, Catholic, spirituality]
{free Google e-book}

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]
{carried over from last week}

"Snips and Snails"#
by Louise Baker
[nonfiction, memoir, school]
{online, Open Library loan}

"The Gates of Heaven
A Beginner's Guide to Jewish Prayer"#
by David M. Schaps
[religious nonfiction, Jewish]
{it will be interesting to see the differences
and the similarities between formal Jewish prayer,
and formal Catholic prayer. Some of the similarities and
differences are already familiar to me.}

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[nonfiction, Protestant, anecdotes, recipes]
{December chapter only}