Category: Faith

April 2015 in Review

Posted April 30, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 2 Comments

This year is flying by. I can hardly believe that April is over already!

Things that Happened in April

  • My birthday!! I even got books for my birthday which greatly surprised me. Thanks so much, little sister!
  • Easter! I was able to attend one of my most favorite Masses of the entire Church year, the Easter Vigil! (Who doesn’t like candles and a three hour Mass?)
  • Field trips with the school kids! The bus rides are a bit longer than the ones where I grew up but we are in the-middle-of-nowhere, Montana.
  • Yesterday evening one of the sixth grade teachers passed away. It will be a terribly rough day today with the students. Any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Books I Read in April

Number the StarsSeven RevolutionsStory of a SoulSpelled
The Raven BoysThe Girl Death Left BehindGrave Mercy
The Coldest Girl in ColdtownTortall and Other LandsRebel MechanicsThe Pharaoh's Daughter
The JewelDivergentBeauty
 

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Review: Story of a Soul – The Little Way of Saint Therese of Lisieux

Posted April 22, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Story of a Soul – The Little Way of Saint Therese of LisieuxStory of a Soul by St Therese of Lisieux
Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press (1896)
Audiobook
{6 hours and 10 minutes} (306 pages)
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2015 Re-Reading, Read 2015

Synopsis

Sharing memories from early childhood through her life as a Carmelite nun, Therese opens her heart to us. This bride of Christ reveals her passion and longing for union with God. Her simplicity is charming and we begin to believe that we can travel the path to salvation that she points out to us.

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Happy Easter!

Posted April 5, 2015 in Faith / 2 Comments

“O wonder of your humble care for us!
O love, O charity beyond all telling,
to ransom a slave you gave away your Son!”
-Exsultet (The Easter Proclamation)

I pray that you all have a most blessed Easter season as we celebrate the Resurrection of the Savior of the world. May we always remember that, out of His great love, the God of the Universe became man so as to die for our sins. How blessed are we in our God’s care for us.

“You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified.
He has been raised; He is not here.”
-Mark 16:6

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Review: Seven Revolutions – Changing the World

Posted April 4, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments

I just finished this book and did not want to wait to share it. I really loved it. I also think that it fits nicely with the Triduum and the Easter season.

I pray that every one of you has a wonderful Easter weekend!


Review: Seven Revolutions – Changing the WorldSeven Revolutions by Mike Aquilina, James L Papandrea
Publisher: Image (2015)
Hardcover (256 pages)
Via: Blogging for Books
Rating:
Also by this author: History's Queen
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Combining history, politics, and religion, Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea provide practical lessons to be learned from the struggles of the Early Church, lessons that can be applied to the day-to-day lives of Christian readers.
Prolonged, multiple wars in the Middle East. Waves of immigrants crossing the borders. Ongoing economic recession. Increasing political polarization, often with religious overtones. Conflicts over ideologies that pit the progressive against the traditional. Sound familiar? These conditions not only describe the United States, but the situation of the Roman Empire in the third century. That situation led to religious persecution and the eventual collapse of the empire. In the middle of the third century, the Roman Empire was roughly the same age as the United States is now.
In this book, authors Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea examine the practices of the Early Church—a body of Christians living in Rome—and show how the lessons learned from these ancient Christians can apply to Christians living in the United States today. The book moves from the Christian individual, to the family, the church and the world, explaining how the situation of the Early Church is not only familiar to modern Christian readers, but that its values are still relevant.

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March 2015 in Review

Posted March 31, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 2 Comments

Wow, March is over already. Lent is almost over and it is Holy Week already! Crazy to think how fast everything went this year.

Things that Happened in March

  • I designed covers for my journals. They are just composition books from WalMart/Shopko. I design a 7×9 image in Photoshop, print, and tape on. I love them!

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  • My sister is back from college for her Spring Break until after Easter.
  • I got accepted for a summer job at a Catholic summer camp. I am very excited!

Books I Read in March

Vampire AcademyGreen AngelCity of BonesEvermore
MoonlandsJoy of the GospelCressFairest
The Scorpio RacesArriving At AmenUnhingedEnsnared
Sunlight and ShadowShadow and BoneSiege and Storm
 

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