What Have I Got In My Pocketses? (Vol.2015.5)
It's been quite a while since I talked about what I'm hoarding away in my Pocketses, so I thought I'd do a sampling of those treasures tonight. Fasten your seatbelts,…
Sunset
I don't have much of a view from my walled, suburban back yard, but occasionally, if I am at my computer at just the right time of day, I can…
Nettie and the terrible, awful, no good, very bad day
For days such as these .... Rising yesterday at dawn to get self and darling Geneva out the door to 8am Dentist appointments Scheduling appointments for 2 fillings and 1…
Feast of St. James the Apostle
St. James the Apostle is sometimes called James the Greater. He and his brother, St. John the Evangelist, were the sons of Zebedee, and were the second pair of brothers Jesus…
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
She is called "the Penitent". St. Mary was given the name 'Magdalen' because, though aJewish girl, she lived in a Gentile town called Magdale, in northern Galilee, and her culture…
Full title: The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and MartyrsArtist: Fra AngelicoDate made: about 1423-4Source: http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/Contact: picture.library@nationalgallery.co.ukCopyright © The National Gallery, London
Why I am Catholic: The Communion of the Saints
"Why did you become Catholic?" If you google "Why I am Catholic" you will come up with a LOT of hits. It would seem to indicate that this is a…
Scripture Reading: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) 23 Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord. 2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of…
The Big One-Niner
Today we celebrate my second-born daughter's final birthday of her teens. She is 19 today. XIX years of age. It boggleth the mind of a mother. This has been a year of…
Scripture Reading: Suffering as a Christian
While I do think there are degrees of persecution, and as of yet no one in this country is being threatened by systematic enslavement and beheading such as Christians in…
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