Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come on over to RAnn's blog  for Sunday Snippets, a place for Catholic bloggers to share posts.  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours? 

Semper Gaudete! : Addition to Collection

Semper Gaudete! : New Bible Reading Plan

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 Luckiest Year" #

"His First and Last Appearance #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online books)
"The Instructed Heart:
soundings at four depths"
by F.J. Sheed
[non-fiction, memoir]

Weekday Books

"Little Pear And His Friends"

by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
[children's fiction]
{carried over from last week}
(openlibrary.org loans)

"Amelia Bedelia's Family Album" #
"Good Work, Amelia Bedelia" #
by Peggy Parish
[picture books]
(openlibrary.org loans)

"On the Banks of Appletree Creek"
by "Judith"
[Amish children's fiction]
(I bought this a few years ago, along with some other Amish books.   I wonder if the author took her title from "On The Banks of Plum Creek.")

"Betsy and the Great World"
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[Kindle book]
 {carrying over into next week}
 

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction; Christian (Protestant) themes, recipes, 
anecdotes]
(January chapter only)
I read this book, one chapter
a month, every other year.


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

New Bible Reading Plan

I'm going to try a new Bible reading plan in 2015, following this schedule.  

I'm not going to read all four passages in one sitting; that would be too confusing.  What I will do is read the Bible four times a day, not counting my bedtime Gospel reading.

Also, in order to enhance (I love the word enhance!) my Bible reading even more, I will use two translations.

First, I will read the portion in the RSV, and then I will read it in the GNB.  I considered using the NAB as well, but I decided that that would be overdoing it.

I don't plan to read the daily readings in the exact order given. This is a sample of how I intend to read my daily passages, beginning tomorrow.

Early morning:

Ps 1

Mid-morning or late morning:

Gen 1-2

Afternoon:

Isa 1:1-20

Evening:

Matt 1

And thus endeth my blogging for 2014.

Addition to Collection

I've added a new image that fits today's Gospel perfectly to my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets-- A Catholic Carnival

Come on over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, a place for Catholic bloggers to share posts.  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : This Week's Fan Fiction

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
"Ethelred Preston or The Adventures of a Newcomer"

"Lucky Bob" #
"His Luckiest Year" #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online books)
"The Instructed Heart:
soundings at four depths"
by F.J. Sheed
[non-fiction, memoir]

Weekday Books

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down"
{carried over from last week}

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real"
by Neta Jackson
[Christian fiction, (Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational)]
I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about the books. (Mostly, I love them.)
The author, Neta Jackson, is a Protestant, and I don't agree with everything she writes.
However, I love the way the women support each other with their prayers.
I like that the author uses several translations of the Bible.
I love the way Avis praises God BEFORE He answers a prayer.
I DEFINITELY like the way the Yada Yadas visit each others' churches, and
I wish someone would do a Catholic series along those lines, with Catholics
of different rites attending each others' liturgies.

"The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas" #
by Madeleine L'Engle
[children's fiction, prequel to "Meet the Austins."]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens
[fiction]
my annual December 24th reading

"Once Upon a Christmas Time"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[memoir, childhood, Christmas, Sweden]

"Opal" #
by Opal Whiteley
[child's journal]

"Thank You, Amelia Bedelia"
by Peggy Parrish
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Little Pear"
"Little Pear And His Friends"
{carrying over into next week}
by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loans)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays
"Treatise on Divine Love" #
by St. Francis de Sales
[Kindle book]

This Week's Fan Fiction

The Lost Pet Pursual

an AU "Big Bang Theory" sillyfic drabble.

Revealed Relationships (Revised and Reposted)

new chapters added