Sunday Snippets - A Catholic Carnival; for Sunday February 28, 2010

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival.
 

To join in the fun, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In that post describe and link to any posts you want to share with the rest of us. Then go to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival and follow RAnn's instructions for linking your post to other bloggers. It's a lot of fun and helps draw people who may not normally visit your blog...and you may even gain a new follower or two. 

I haven't done Sunday Snippets for 2 weeks, so I have several posts I will offer for your reading pleasure. However, before i don. I like to ask all of you to please take a look at my NEW BLOG LOOK...I'm not sure I'm happy with it and to that end the first post I will list is:

1. New Blog Look - please give feedback

2. The Weekly Five  - February 19 and February 26

3. God Love You Series - Make room For Christ and the Economic Temptation of Christ

4. More Videos - Fr. Corapi's Conversion and the Human Experience

5. Sabbath Moments

6. Praying the Psalms 

7. Proof the Catholic Church is Perfect

Well there you have another week of Catholic Carnival for your musings...and again I ask that we offer a prayer for one another, our families and our culture; that we as a nation will once again embrace the Christian values that our great country is founded upon...those values that proclaim all men are created in the image and likeness of God and as such possess dignity and sanctity; and so being all men have the inalienable right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"....in that order!

As always....in the words of Monsignor Schaedel, a very holy priest and the Vicar General of my Archdiocese, "Of one thing I am convinced; of one thing I am certain: Providence never fails!"

God willing I will return next week. With faith, hope and trust in the Providence that will not fail us!

Sunday Snippets - A Catholic Carnival; for Sunday February 14, 2010

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. We are all Catholic and blog at least somewhat about Catholic things; some do so exclusively, others only periodically. All are welcome to participate here.

To join in the fun, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In that post describe and link to any posts you want to share with the rest of us. Then go to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival and follow RAnn's instructions for linking your post to other bloggers. It's a lot of fun and helps draw people who may not normally visit your blog...and you may even gain a new follower or two.

This week is a sad week for me and my family, so I have not posted much.

1) A Memorial Mervin S. Arthur Jr.

2) Put Your Faith to Work

This week I'd like to offer a word to the Saints...good job, you deserve the superbowl win!

Well there you have another week of Catholic Carnival for your musings...and again I ask that we offer a prayer for one another, our families and our culture; that we as a nation will once again embrace the Christian values that our great country is founded upon...those values that proclaim all men are created in the image and likeness of God and as such possess dignity and sanctity; and so being all men have the inalienable right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"....in that order!

As always....in the words of Monsignor Schaedel, a very holy priest and the Vicar General of my Archdiocese, "Of one thing I am convinced; of one thing I am certain: Providence never fails!"

God willing I will return next week. With faith, hope and trust in the Providence that will not fail us!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival; for Sunday February 7, 2010

 

GO COLTS!

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. We are all Catholic and blog at least somewhat about Catholic things; some do so exclusively, others only periodically. All are welcome to participate here.

To join in the fun, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In that post describe and link to any posts you want to share with the rest of us. Then go to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival and follow RAnn's instructions for linking your post to other bloggers. It's a lot of fun and helps draw people who may not normally visit your blog...and you may even gain a new follower or two.

1) From the God Love you Series: Laity in the 21st Century, Evil in the News and Poor in Spirit.   
2) Superbowl Fun - Archbishops of Indianapolis and New Orleans and Counting on a Colts Win This Sunday.

3) The March for Life and the Weekly 5. 

4) The crazy liberals - The Pope hurting people in the name of Jesus?, Bat Tutorial (funny), Margaret Sanger Interview, 72 Page report on Obama radicals.

5) Of inspirational interest - The Holy Shroud, the Conversion of Brett Favre and Pray Without Ceasing.

6) Check out my new page St Monica. 

Well there you have another week of Catholic Carnival for your musings...and again I ask that we offer a prayer for one another, our families and our culture; that we as a nation will once again embrace the Christian values that our great country is founded upon...those values that proclaim all men are created in the image and likeness of God and as such possess dignity and sanctity; and so being all men have the inalienable right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"....in that order!

As always....in the words of Monsignor Schaedel, a very holy priest and the Vicar General of my Archdiocese, "Of one thing I am convinced; of one thing I am certain: Providence never fails!"

God willing I will return next week with more stupidity from the liberals, funny or inspiring posts. With faith, hope and trust in the Providence that will not fail us!

Sunday Snippets -- A Catholic Carnival For January 17, 2009

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. We are all Catholic and blog at least somewhat about Catholic things; some do so exclusively, others only periodically. All are welcome to participate here.

To join in the fun, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In that post describe and link to any posts you want to share with the rest of us. Then go to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival and follow RAnn's instructions for linking your post to other bloggers. It's a lot of fun and helps draw people who may not normally visit your blog...and you may even gain a new follower or two.

This week for your enjoyment...

1. From God Love You; 2 Videos - Building Materials and He Would Have Gone Farther.

2. Something dfferent - Our Lady of the Eucharist a Catholic Woman's Day Planner from Family Centered Press.

3. A bit about me - Introduce Youself an idea I got from Conversion Diary.

4. 7 Quick Takes Friday - Another weekly I participated in from Conversion Diary.

5. The Weekly Five - A series I started after Adrienne mentioned my blog on Adrienne's Corner.

6. A Truly Inspirational Woman - A Woman of Grace - Select links from Johnnette Benkovic's blog.

Well there you have another week for your musing pleasure...and once again I ask that we offer a prayer for one another, our families and our culture; that we as a nation will once again embrace the Christian values that our great country is founded upon...those values that proclaim all men are created in the image and likeness of God and as such possess dignity and sanctity; and so being all men have the inalienable right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"....in that order!

In the words of Monsignor Schaedel, a very holy priest and the Vicar General of my Archdiocese, "Of one thing I am convinced; of one thing I am certain: Providence never fails!"

This is my last post, God willing until after my return from the March for Life in Washington. With faith, hope and trust in the Providence that will not fail us!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival; for Sunday January 3, 2010

Happy New Year and hope you are also having a joyous and holy Epiphany! Welcome to another edition of Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. We are all Catholic and blog at least somewhat about Catholic things; some do so exclusively, others only periodically. All are welcome to participate here.

To join in the fun, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In that post describe and link to any posts you want to share with the rest of us. Then go to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival and follow RAnn's instructions at This That and The Other Thing for linking your post to other bloggers.  It's a lot of fun and helps draw people who may not normally visit your blog...and you may even gain a new follower or two.

I did not post a Sunday Snippets last Sunday nor did I blog at all last week; my husband and I just returned from a week in Chicago.  I did post some stuff prior to December 27 so I will offer these posts for your reading/viewing pleasure.  My first post is called Christmas Message and is a YouTube Video from a site called God Love You. I will be posting links to videos from this site as an ongoing series.

My next post is called Glory to God in the Highest, Peace to Men of Good Will.  This post is a sermon of Pope St. Leo the Great called Christian Remember Your Dignity and is actually from the Office of readings.

My final post is called Divine Intimacy - Part two of a Series (from my ongoing series).  This post contains links to some of the readings for The First Sunday of Advent to the Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany. The book is available from Aquinas and More.

Ending this post I again ask that we offer a prayer for one another, our families and our culture; that we as a nation will once again embrace the Christian values that our great country is founded upon...those values that proclaim all men are created in the image and likeness of God and as such possess dignity and sanctity; and so being all men have the inalienable right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"....in that order! 

In the words of Monsignor Schaedel, a very holy priest and the Vicar General of my Archdiocese, "Of one thing I am convinced; of one thing I am certain: Providence never fails!" 

Until next week, with faith, hope and trust in the Providence that will not fail us!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival; for Sunday December 20, 2009

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. We are all Catholic and blog at least somewhat about Catholic things; some do so exclusively, others only periodically. All are welcome to participate here.

This week has been quite hectic for me as I'm sure it has been for all those in "preparation", during this holy season of Advent.  Here in our little domestic church we gathered this forth Sunday of "waiting" for an Advent Celebration with those who would be elsewhere on Christmas Day.  As nature would have it, along with the gathering came all the planning as well as home and meal preparation and so I have not posted much this past week.  

Of the two posts I had hoped to get up, only the one on Divine Intimacy made it.  I think you will enjoy this post and will look forward to the "Series"; Part Two will be up next week. Due to the past week of inactivity on St. Monica's Tears, I have included links to some older posts.  The first older post is called You Shall Love Your Neighbor As Yourself: A Reflection On The Culture Of Death. In this post I offer a reflection on Matthew 22:36-39 and Matthew 25:31-46.  In this brief reflection I share what I believe are the very basic, fundamental roots of the Culture of Death, how we can see this played out, and how we can identify and correct this insidious evil that permeates every corner of our society.  Unfortunately as you will see and after reading this post; I think you will agree, the foundational structure of the Culture of Death has found it's way into many if not most of our homes and families. 

The final post for this week is entitled Consecrated for Battle as a Missionary Servant of the Gospel of Life. This post is basically a talk given to a group of men and women in which I convey what it means to me to be Consecrated to the Immaculate Conception as a member of the Missionary Servants of the Gospel of Life lay association; a group of laity living the charism of a Church approved religious order, in other words a "third order". In this post I discuss the virtues of humility, meekness, simplicity, mortification and zeal as followed by St. Vincent de Paul our spiritual father; and as taught to me by the example of Our Blessed Mother found in scripture.  I have found these five virtues to be basic in being the mother of two "lapsi". I also refer to the scripture passages Genesis 3:15, Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 12:17 in regards to the pro-life and pro-family battle we find ourselves entrenched in.

Ending this post I ask that we offer a prayer for one another, our families and our culture; that we as a nation will once again embrace the Christian values that our great country is founded upon...those values that proclaim all men are created in the image and likeness of God and as such possess dignity and sanctity; and so being all men have the inalienable right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"....in that order!

In the words of Monsignor Schaedel, a very holy priest and the Vicar General of my Archdiocese, "Of one thing I am convinced; of one thing I am certain: Providence never fails!"

Until next week, with faith, hope and trust in the Providence that will not fail us!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

This is my first attempt at sharing blog posts on Sunday Snippets - A Catholic Carnival. 

I have had a very good Advent thus far.  I along with a number of other friends have prayed a novena to Bishop Simon Brute' whose cause for beatification is being studied. We prayed for Bishop Brute's intersession for the healing of an 11 year old boy who has an incurable eye disease. Bishop Brute' is the founding Bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis which at that time was called the Diocese of Vincennes.  He was a very holy man and spent some time teaching at Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg, prior to his coming to Indiana in the early 1800's. This boy and his family went to Vincennes yesterday to pray the final novena prayer at the tomb of Bishop Brute' and to venerate his bible, a second class relic.

Friday evening my husband and I went to an Our Lady of Guadalupe party, put on by the Archdiocesan Youth for Life, whom we have sort of adopted as "grandchildren".  The party was preceded by the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and final novena prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe.  The teens then decorated Priori Hall while Sister and I picked up cheese and mushroom pizza.  The evening events included Mexican music and a penyada.  It was all grande fun.

Today our house was Enthroned...but, I think I will wait to give the details next Sunday.

Now for sharing posts...the first post I want to share is Splendor of the Church. Primarily this blog post is a description of Saint Joseph Communications Special Edition of Scott Hahn’s popular DVD The Splendor of the Church.  In this post I describe the DVD and provide links to Saint Joseph Communications where a trailer of the DVD can be viewed and where it can be purchased.

I also want to share King Henry VIII's letter to Pope Leo X on his book entitled  Defence of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther.  This is a very eye-opening letter concerning King Henry VIII and his loyality to the Catholic Church (when this letter was written) and his stand against heresy. I'm sure our Protestant brothers and sister are completly unaware of the information contained in this letter and book. I also provide a link to Keys of Peter, where this book can be purchased as well as other information obtained.

My next post is called "Catholic, but" and is a YouTube video.  This video focuses on what Archbishop Fulton Sheen called "but Catholics" those who are "Catholic in name only", and our response and responsibility to them.

Another post I want to share is called Necessary Qualities for Those Who Mourn for Fallen Away Family and Friends. This post describes qualities that were predominant in the life of St. Monica and essential to the conversion of St. Augustine and others within her family through her intercession for them.  Included in this post are a few short prayers I use to ask St. Monica for her intercession in my family.

The final post I want to share is Advent: An Exercise in Patient, Humble, Simple Obedience. This post is a bit of a mini-reflection on how the season of Advent ties into the dispostion one should have when helping fallen away Catholics return home to the fullness of Christianity and Christ's Church.

I love to write, but have not done much of it lately so, my pen is just a bit rusty.  I'm hoping my blog will act as oil on this rusty pen of mine and the writing skills I once had will reemerge and develop into something substantial. Say a prayer for me, I desperately need it!

Hope to have some good stuff posted for next week. God bless you all!