Sunday Snippets-- A Catholic Carnival

Well, once again it is time to hop over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, where Catholic bloggers like me share our posts.  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.   How about sharing yours?


Semper Gaudete! : New Image In Collection

Semper Gaudete! : Why The Yada Yada Prayer Group Series Appeals To Me

Semper Gaudete! : WARNING: Very disturbing news article

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read In The Past Week

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 books

"The Best Foot Forward

and Other Stories"
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online book)
"The Interior Castle"

by St. Teresa of Avila

(spirituality)

Weekday Books

"Bertie Comes Through"
by Henry Gregor Felsen
[teen fiction]
{carried over from last week}
(This was a great favorite of mine in high school and junior high school)

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough"
"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational](I've figured out why the Yada Yada books 

appeal to me. It's in this post.)


"Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia" #
by Peggy Parish
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Honk the Moose" #
by Phil Stong
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
by Beatrix Potter
[picture book]
In "The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter"
(openlibrary.org loan)

after typing this, I bought a copy on
Kindle.  Some books should be owned.

"Ministering Angels
A Study of Nineteenth-Century
Evangelical Writing  for Children"
by Margaret Nancy Cutt
[non-fiction]
{carrying over into next week}
"The Moffats"
by Eleanor Estes
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
another book lost when I
moved.  Thank God I can
read it online for free!
{carrying over into next week}

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]

WARNING: Very disturbing news article

This is one of the most disturbing reports I've ever seen.

I'm praying that the witnesses to this horrific crime won't be

traumatized for life; and I'm praying the same thing for the

officers who responded.  I can't imagine any training that could 

steel them to something like this.

I've also been trying to pray for the woman who did this, because she needs to be prayed for.  But.... it isn't easy.

The only one who doesn't need any prayers is that sweet, innocent baby... she died.

Why The Yada Yada Prayer Group Series Appeals To Me

Wow!  That sounds like the title of a composition or essay for school. 

So, why do the books appeal to me?   Do I agree with everything in them, with everything the author says?  No,

but that is not what this post is about.  Besides, it isn't necessary to agree with everything in a book or series in order to love it.  After all, friends and family members don't always agree with each other, but they still love each other... even if that love is covered for a time by anger and/or hurt feelings.

One reason that I like these books is that I love books about clubs, and the Yada Yada Prayer Group is, essentially, a club. It has the basic elements needed for a club, that is to say, an offline club. [Online clubs are different in some respects... I'll

cover that in a separate post.]

1: The Yada Yadas have regular meetings.

2: They meet for a specific purpose: prayer and fellowship.

3: They get involved in causes.

Moving on to the next reason:  I love religious fiction.  I was going to say Christian fiction, but anyone familiar with my book lists knows that I also love Jewish fiction.

Finally,  I love the way the Yada Yadas visit each others' churches.  I had to dig into my own memories to understand why.

At the time that I was going through my conversion experience, I explored various churches.  I visited many different Protestant churches, and, of course, the local Catholic parish.

I saw, and enjoyed, the various forms of worship.  I've only recently realized that the Yada Yada books reminded me of that time.

New Image In Collection

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

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Well, once again it is time to hop over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, where Catholic bloggers share their posts.  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.   How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read In The Past Week

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 books

"His First and Last Appearance #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online book)
"The Interior Castle"

by St. Teresa of Avila

(spirituality)

Weekday Books

"Betsy and the Great World"

 {carried over from last week}
by Maud Hart Lovelace

[Kindle book]

"The Tailor of Gloucester"
by Beatrix Potter
(children's fiction)
[free online book)

"Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping" #
"The Cats' Burglar" #
by Peggy Parish
[picture books]
(openlibrary.org loans)

"Try Giving Yourself Away"
by David Dunn
[non-fiction, third edition]

one of my favorite books.

I love the little anecdotes.

"Mardie's Adventures"
"Mardie to the Rescue"
by Astrid Lindgren, translated by Patricia Crompton.
[children's fiction]
Mardie's Adventures  was originally published in Sweden as Madicken.  The American translation is Mischievous Meg.  The translator is  Gerry Bothmer. A chapter is omitted from this translation, and Madicken/Meg is older than in the original.
Mardie to the Rescue, originally published in Sweden as Madicken och Junibackens Pims,
has never been translated for the American market, as several elements were considered unsuitable for children.

"Obvious Adams" 
by Robert Rawls Updegraff
with notes on doing the obvious 
added many years later by the author.
[fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
"The Sixth Prune"
[fiction]
Robert Rawls Updegraff wrote the
lovely book,"Try Giving Yourself Away", under
the pen name David Dunn

"Bertie Comes Through"
by Henry Gregor Felsen
[teen fiction]
{carrying over into next week}
(This was a great favorite of mine in high school
and junior high school)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"The Imitation of Christ"
by Thomas A Kempis
[Kindle book]