Been practicing

to get it right for

Christmas.

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Read the miraculous story

of our Lady's message to

dear St. Juan Diego.


Thanks to Spirit Daily.

3rd Sunday of Advent

St. John the Baptist

by Leonardo da Vinci

Yippee! ! !

I finally got workable links

for The Saint Austin Review,

aka StAR Magazine, below

& to the right.

'YA'-

& might I say

'HOO'! ! !

Lovely sites of wonder

from Melodybleu @


The tropics and other stuff.

Congrats to Mark Messier

who announced

his retirement,


& whose #11

is going to be

'put on ice' in

a ceremony on

January 12th...


:)

SOMEONE

has been listening
to this lately, & even
though this person
uses headphones, I
can't get the Beach
Boys Little Saint Nick
out of my head!

Feast of the

This is the day that Catholics
celebrate the day that Mary
was conceived, taught since
the beginning of our Church
was without sin. It is often
confused with the Incarnation-
when Mary was overshadowed
by the Holy Spirit & Christ was
begotten.

Thanks to Amy Welborn for the
link.

An interesting forum

for discussing your faith.


From Patrick Madrid

@ Envoy Magazine's

Planet Envoy.

!@#$%^&

! ! !

Pardon my language.

How 'all-encompassingly-
open-minded-n-tolerant.'
Uh-huh... :p

From Eric Scheske @
The Daily Eudemon.

FYI

For anyone who is interested-
the inkwell at the very bottom
is linked to the 'pixie-pit-online-
scrabble' game...

Melodybleu & I have been get-
ting the hang of it- unfortuna-
tely when I set it up I picked
the tiny tile version, & I'm more
of a large-type type... LOL! But
it is a lot of fun, & easy to set up
a game- for 2-4 players- or wait
until we're done & join us
for the next one!

ur move, MB :)

Game #1

is almost completed.

If you would like to

join in for game #2,

let me know.

Basic rules

USE REAL WORDS.
The game provides online
dictionaries.

Don't opt for 'tiny tiles'
unless you have Superman's
eyesight.

No proper names.

You can view the board
between plays- click on
where it says 'take your
turn'- type in your pass-
word- it will tell you that
it is not your turn, but you
can look over the board.

You can sort & shuffle the
letters on your 'tray'- also,
you can rearrange the letters
by clicking on the letter itself-
it will switch places with the
letter next to it.

You have seven days to make
your move- if you don't want
to play, ignore the invite.

Good luck, peoples.


:)

More reflections

for Advent...

from Dr. Thursday

@ GKC's Favourite.

Last Sunday

I was very happy to see the
nuns from HandCrafting Justice
back at our church this year
selling items made by women
from other countries, to help
support their families. I love their
statues, made from volcanic ash-
picked up a rosary bracelet, too.
Was glad to see that they have
a website, which I linked to the
right.

ADVENT: THE END

of WEEK ONE...
































&

THE BEGINNING

OF WEEK TWO. . .



FROM

DR. THURSDAY.

Thanks to the

Nightfly for explaining
the rules to the one card
game I have never gotten
the hang of.


& to Dawn Eden @ the
NY Daily News "Blog On!"
for the tip!

from Ron Siwoff

guest poster (& Dawn's step-

dad,) over @ The Dawn Patrol.


Read his wonderful writings

of her parents' experiences in

the land of our Lord, as Ron

& his bride Rachel Rose begin

their joyful journey of faith

together.

From the newsletter of

Victory for the Nativity Display;
Management Company Backs
Down

ANN ARBOR, MI. –

After being threatened with fines
from their management company
if they did not remove a nativity
scene from their front lawn, the
Samona family of Novi, Michigan,
has been informed that the demand
to remove the nativity has been with-
drawn.

The management company first
informed the Samona family that if
they did not remove the display, they
could be fined up to $100 a week until
the display was removed. Since moving
into their new home three years ago,the
Samona family has displayed a nativity
scene on their front lawn during each
Christmas season. This year, however,
the management company of their sub-
division sent them a letter demanding
that they remove the nativity scene.

In defiance, the Samona family contacted
the Thomas More Law Center, a national
public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, which agreed to represent the
family at no charge. The Law Center con-
tacted the management company yester-
day on the family’s behalf.

Read the rest here.