Tag: Pope Francis

Item: Walking with Jesus
Rating: 4
Author: Amanda Marie

September 2015 in Review

Posted September 29, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 6 Comments

Things that Happened in September

It is so strange that September is already over! This month has been so overwhelming!!
The first weeks of the school year have dragged and yet they have also gone by so quickly.
I was dragged to the city to try on dresses for my sister’s wedding next summer. I think we found one that everyone liked. That itself is an accomplishment. 🙂
This month has seemed to go by so fast when I wasn’t at the school. Just crazy fast.

I have decided to start reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer in Polish in hopes that it will help my Polish vocabulary. So far, it is very slow going.

I watched the Pope in Philadelphia on EWTN. I love Pope Francis so much. He is so inspiring and so full of joy. What a great representative of God’s love for all people, especially families, at the World Meeting of Families.

Books I Read in September

The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard

Tagged as Catholic, Fairytale Retelling Challenge, Monthly Wrap-Up, Polish, Pope Francis, Read 2015, Religious Education, Rereading Challenge, School, Sister, Swap, You Read How Many Books Challenge

{F56} Encountering Truth

Posted September 25, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 8 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.

Tagged as Blogging for Books, Friday 56, Jesus, Pope Francis

{Review} Walking with Jesus – A Collection of Writings by Pope Francis

Posted September 14, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Happy Feast of the Triumph of the Cross!

{Review} Walking with Jesus – A Collection of Writings by Pope Francis

Walking with Jesus by Pope Francis
Publisher: Loyola Press (2015)
Paperback (135 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: The Joy of the Gospel, Encountering Truth, The Name of God is Mercy
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, “Follow me.” What if the 21st-century Church actually heeded that call? What would the world look like if the Church were truly on the move? Simply put, very different. But these ponderings beg one more critical question: What exactly should the Church be moving toward?
In Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church, Pope Francis’s own words lead us to the answer. Francis urges us to make Jesus central in our individual lives and in the collective life of the Church—to walk toward him, and ultimately to walk with him at all times and in all places.
Each chapter of this book helps us put one foot in front of the other as we move ever closer to God and to our neighbors through the sacraments, prayer, evangelization, the gifts of the Spirit, and service to others.
With a foreword by Archbishop of Chicago Blase J. Cupich, Pope Francis’s first major appointment in the United States,Walking with Jesus offers the Church a much-needed way forward, past its inner and outer walls, as it fearlessly follows Christ toward the future.

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Tagged as 4 star, Catholic, Catholic Book, Pope Francis, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge

August 2015 in Review

Posted August 30, 2015 in Life, Reading / 10 Comments

Things that Happened in August

I returned home from summer camp! It was a fun time but I am glad to be home.
I survived the days of smoke so thick I could not see more than a block ahead of me. When I went to drive into town, my vehicle put the auto-lights on because it thought it was night. It has never been this bad that I recall. Yay for the forest fires of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Canada.
I started school again. Back in the classroom with fifth and sixth grade students.
Speaking of being back in the classroom, I’m going to leave you with one very short sentence: I hate lice! (Thankfully I do not have any.)

Books I Read in August

Tagged as Fairy Tales, Family, Monthly Wrap-Up, Pope Francis, Saints, School, Sister, Summer, Summer Camp

{TTT} Auto-Buy Authors

Posted August 18, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 12 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week’s list is Top Ten Auto-Buy Authors. I don’t really have very many auto-buy authors. I tend to read the back cover so I at least have an idea of what I’m buying. I don’t always like everything an author writes. However, these are some exceptions to that rule. 🙂

Tagged as Catholic, Catholic Book, Pope Francis, Top Ten Tuesday, Vocation