Posted January 5, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Blood of a Stone by
Jeanne Lyet Gassman Publisher: Tuscany Press (2015)
eARC (395 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2014 Synopsis
Set in the first century on the edges of the Roman Empire and the Jesus movement, Blood of a Stone is a sweeping story of murder, betrayal, love, and the search for redemption.
Faced with the brutality of slavery, Demetrios confronts his master and flees by the blood of a stone. Determined to escape his past, he struggles to create a new life and a new identity with his friend and fellow escaped slave, Elazar.
However, freedom has its price. Secrets cannot remain secret forever. A chance for love is lost. Elazar betrays Demetrios to a so-called prophet named Jesus of Nazareth. Fearing the Roman authorities and Jesus, Demetrios risks everything to silence those who would enslave him again. His quest leads him to startling discoveries and dire choices. Demetrios must answer the question we all ask: Can we ever be free of our past?
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Posted January 4, 2015 in Faith / 0 Comments
The word epiphany means manifestation, revelation, new insight. On the Solemnity of Epiphany we celebrate the revealing of Christ to the Magi. Epiphany is on the sixth of January, twelve days after Christmas. However, in most dioceses, Epiphany is transferred to the Second Sunday after Christmas (the First Sunday being the Solemnity of the Holy Family). In the East, Epiphany is known as Theophany, a word from Greek for God revealing Himself to humanity. At least these are the notes I have on Epiphany from one of my college theology classes.
The Solemnity of Epiphany celebrates one specific epiphany, one specific revelation of God Himself to the Magi from the East. Epiphany was when Jesus Christ was first revealed to Gentiles, non-Jews. Epiphany is when we remember that Jesus Christ came to save everyone in the world. He came for us so that we might be freed from slavery to sin.
I wish you a wonderful Epiphany!
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Posted January 2, 2015 in Reading / 11 Comments
The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda’s Voice.
Rules
- Grab a book, any book.
- Turn to page 56 (or 56% on ebook).
- Find any sentence that grabs you.
- Post it.
- Link it at Freda’s Voice.
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Posted January 1, 2015 in Faith / 0 Comments
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you
The greeting of the Archangel Gabriel calls Mary “full of grace.” Mary has been gifted with more grace than any of us could hope for. She is “full of grace,” without the stain of original sin. Mary was filled with grace so she could be the most pure Mother of the Son of God.
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Posted January 1, 2015 in Reading / 10 Comments
My 2016 Reading Challenges can be found here.
If you can’t tell by now, I like to read. A lot. I stumbled across some of these book challenges and I think some would be pretty cool. I figured it would probably be beneficial to put a post together of the book challenges I have decided to participate in for 2015.
I basically just keep adding to this list every time I hear about a new challenge that I think I can do. Since I have a slight book addiction (yes, I think I’m in denial), this list will likely get longer.
I give you My 2015 Reading Challenges List, listed in the order in which I became aware of them:
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Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic, Catholic Book, Color Coded Challenge, Fairy Tales, Fairytale Retelling Challenge, Finishing the Series Challenge, Mythology Reading Challenge, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge
