The Simple Woman's Daybook

TODAY

October 26, 2009

Outside my window...the trees are changing colors and the gray skies are giving way to rain.

I am thinking...how totally blessed I am

I am thankful for...for a loving husband and my family

From the learning rooms...upstairs our 9th grader is still hard at her studies

From the kitchen...younger daughter is finished with her studies and doing her chores

I am wearing...workout clothes

I am creating...crocheting a sweater for eldest daughter and a evening wrap for me.

I am going...nowhere right now, just computing and thinking.

I am reading..."Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark Levin

I am hoping...the cool weather stays around this time...oh how I love cool autumn!!

I am hearing...My youngest daughter doing the dishes in the Kitchen

Around the house...2 cats are lounging, and one big dog is napping

One of my favorite things...quiet afternoons

A few plans for the rest of the week: to get with the Lord more and work on our relationship.

Here is picture of my favorite cats, Lolek (John Paul II's childhood name)






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This That and the Other Thing: Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

This That and the Other Thing: Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Catholic Social Teaching: life issues

There is something that has been bothering me for awhile lately. Being totally pro-life is a big issue, to what degree are we willing to live in regards to life issues? Here's what I mean:

1. Being pro-life means in no circumstance will one close the door to new life. No contraception should be used to prevent life and obviously no abortion or 'day after' pill are options. Being pro-life is practicing abstinence and natural family planning (NFP) to plan the family.



2. Teaching all, especially children that abstinence is the only way to conduct oneself as an unmarried person. There is no other way to behave in this state of life to be completely aligned with God's design.



3. Respecting life at all phases from unborn to natural death. Allowing all to be happy, loved, and encouraged.



4. Euthanasia should not be a 'legal' option for the elderly. Instead, families need to make them comfortable, loved, and well cared for.



This is a tall order that many are not willing to adhere. We have been taught the easier ways to tackle these issues. I do know that many are not willing to accept abstinence as the only way for fear of the consequences of naive thinking as I have been told.

What do you think? Please leave your comments.

A Master Catechist I AM!!

After more than 4 years of classes, conferences, retreats, and studying, I finally achieved my goal of master catechist! The certificate is in my grubby hands as we speak and I am thrilled. My first assignment has come from my pastor to offer a session on prayer and relating to Jesus. It is right up my alley and I can't wait.

Thanks to all who prayed with and for me during this journey!

October's Prayer Intention and a prayer for Sundays

Pope Prays for Christians to Value Sundays
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI will be praying in a particular way in October so that the Lord's Day is rightly lived.
The Apostleship of Prayer announced this general intention chosen by the Pope: "That Sunday may be lived as the day on which Christians gather to celebrate the risen Lord, participating in the Eucharist."
The Holy Father also chooses an apostolic intention for each month. In October he will pray: "That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity."