It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts with one another. Join us to read and/or contribute. To participate, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival. Make sure that the post links back to here, and leave a link to your snippets post on our host, RAnn’s, site, This, … Continue reading
Our Lady of Sorrows – YouTube
Joann Nelander lionessblog.com
Gathering Flowers
As a child, Gathering flowers in a meadow, I spend these hours By your side, dear Mother. Happily, you kiss each bloom, I offer, playfully, to our lips. Bunching them as a bouquet, I press them into your hands, And you, as mother’s do, Press them to your heart. Copyright 2014 Joann Nelander
Water at the Well
In prayer, I dig my well deeper. I count it all joy, Though sorrow may seep Through my walls. Bubbling up, Through muddy ground, Pure and fresh With hope, Pure water emerges, Gladdening as an eternal spring.. I am become, A drink of water, Drawn by the stranger, Who meets me in his thirst. Copyright … Continue reading
RC#2 – The Martyr’s Cup – The Resilient Church w/ Mike Aquilina
http://www.discerninghearts.com/?p=12521 Joann Nelander lionessblog.com
From the homily at the canonization of the martyrs of Uganda by Pope Paul VI
From the homily at the canonization of the martyrs of Uganda by Pope Paul VI The glory of the martyrs—a sign of rebirth The African martyrs add another page to the martyrology — the Church’s roll of honor — an occasion both of mourning and of joy. This is a page worthy in every way … Continue reading