This Week's Fan Fiction

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Katie Rose and Stacy Belford Series

I Didn't Take it Seriously

When I first heard about abortion, years ago when I was in my early teens, I did not take it seriously.  This had nothing to do with the fact that I wasn't a Catholic at the time, it had nothing to do with the fact that abortion wasn't legal in the United States of America at the time.

Was I, then, too young and immature to understand what abortion was?

Oh, no; I understood, all right.

So why didn't I take it seriously?

Because I didn't believe it.  I didn't believe that such a thing was possible.   I did not believe that a mother could ever deliberately choose to have her baby killed.

My reaction was, "That's baloney!  A mother will kill, if she has to, to protect her baby.  A mother will die to protect her baby.

A mother will not KILL her baby."

Oh, if only I had been right about that.

Picture Added to Collection

I've added this painting to my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets---A Catholic Carnival

 It's time for Sunday Snippets!  Thanks so much to RAnn for hosting.   I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : New Image in Collection

Semper Gaudete! : 3 Relatives of Pope Francis Killed, Nephew in Critical Condition

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.

"Between Heaven and Mirth"#

by James Martin, SJ

[non-fiction]

(Kindle book)

"Once a Jew"
by Rev. Arthur B. Klyber, Redemptorist
"A Right to Be Merry" #
by Mother Mary Francis, P. C. C
[nonfiction]
"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
"Outnumbered!  Raising 13 Kids With Humor and Prayer"
by Mary Ann Kuharski
[nonfiction, biography, autobiography]
(this family has children by birth and by adoption)

{Sunday books}

Bible books read this week:

"Isaiah"
"The Gospel According to John"

"Anne of the Island"

{carried over from last week}
"Anne of Windy Poplars"
{carrying over into next week}

by L. M. Montgomery

[fiction]

"The Autumn Term at St. Gabriel's" #

by Penelope Webbe

[children's fiction]

(the title made me think that this was part of

a series, but it is a stand-alone book.  One of

the teachers is named Miss Sparrow, but she 

is not at all like the nice Miss Sparrow in the

Betsy-Tacy books.)

"Intimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U. S. Women's

Clubs, 1880-1920"

by Anne Ruggles Gere

[nonfiction]
{carrying over into next week}

3 Relatives of Pope Francis Killed, Nephew in Critical Condition

I just read this very sad news.  Prayers are needed.

New Image in Collection

I added this stained glass image to my Rosary Art Collection yesterday.