Better late than

not at all...

On the (fascinating subject of):

the Magi...

From:

The Daily Eudemon.

Our Lady

..................................*

of the Sign (Isaiah 7:14)

This icon, painted for a priest,
was done by Terrance Nelson
from Abbey-Roads2, (link:)

& is available at
Bridge Building Images. (link)

Another great art print

by portrait artist,

Ylli...


Whose eBay store

is linked under 'Neat Stuff'

New Year's Wishes

From:

Barbara Beyer Malley,

to us! :)

May peace break into your house,
may thieves steal your debts.

May the pockets of your jeans be
magnets for$100 bills.

May love stick to your face like
Vaseline, may laughter assault your lips.

May your clothes smell like
smoking tires of success.

May happiness slap you across the face,
may your tears be of joy.

May the problems you had forget
your home address.


May 2008 be the best year of your life!

Dear St. Francis of Assisi

from
Bridge Building Images. (link)

There are more images
here (link)...

All by our friend Terry
from Abbey-Roads:) (link)

A Chestertonian mantra for 2008

"An inconvenience is only an
adventure wrongly considered;
an adventure is an inconvenience
rightly considered." -
On Running After Ones Hat,
All Things Considered, 1908

Note to myself: Keep this in mind.

From the:

Quotations page

@ the:

American Chesterton Society.

More from the Archives...

Treasured in Her Heart

by Kathy Lawrence.

When I was young I had a
favorite paper doll named
Beth Ann. She was created
by artist Kathy Lawrence,
the daughter of Queen Holden,
a renowned paper doll artist
whose creations my mom
played with as a child in the
1930's.

Found out just recently that
the artist that did this painting
is the same artist whose baby
doll I loved from childhood...

Here's a link to more of her
beautiful work.

A Christmas Carol

By G.K. Chesterton

(& copied from a post by Eric
@ Chesterton and Friends.)

The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap,
His hair was like a light.
(O weary, weary were the world,
But here is all aright.)

The Christ-child lay on Mary’s breast,
His hair was like a star.
(O stern and cunning are the kings,
But here the true hearts are.)

The Christ-child lay on Mary’s heart,
His hair was like a fire.
(O weary, weary is the world,
But here the world’s desire.)

The Christ-child stood on Mary’s knee,
His hair was like a crown,
And all the flowers looked up at Him,
And all the stars looked down.

Behold!

Has anyone ever tried?

Mystic Monk Coffee...

?

If so, let me know -
it sounds delicious!

H/T to an informative post

@

Catholic Answers Forums.

My Christmas list

includes this recent
publication:

A Family Christmas,
by Caroline Kennedy.

Her last book,

A Family of Poems:
My Favorite Poetry
for Children

is a beautiful compilation
of classics, & I'm looking
forward to adding this one
to my own growing collection
of favorites.

"Just One More Thing"

One of many

wonderful works

of art for sale

(& by:)

the wonderful

Mr. Peter Falk.

R.I.P.

Dear Dan Fogelberg


:(


Saw him in concert

in the early eighties, &

have enjoyed playing

my recorder along with

his songs since forever...


Melodybleu, too,

remembers...

Seen on a signature

at

Catholic Answers Forums...

Even the atheist is half afraid of the dark.
-Bishop Fulton Sheen.

Which reminds me of this from

Fr. Benedict Groeschel,
(who can be seen on EWTN's
Sunday Night Live)...

If you don't believe in God, but feel the
need to pray...

By all means do!!!

Lifted this

from Jeffrey Smith @

The Roving Medievalist ...

St. Michael -
Corigliano d'Otranto, Italy

Lest we forget...

“The message of the cross
is foolishness to those who are
perishing, but to us who are
being saved it is the power of
God." (1 Corinthians 1:23,24)

Hot-diggity

dog!!!

Melodybleu has a neat new
music player contraption thingy
over on her blog:

The Tropics and Other Stuff.

I'll get one someday, when I
figure out how to upload/down-
load music - HA!

Mosey on over & listen in...

& don't forget to turn up
the sound:)

First Sunday of Advent

Liturgy of the Hours: Week I of the Psalter

We do not know when "the Son of Man' will
come again or how God's kingdom will be
established--whether peaceably (Isaiah)
or by destruction (gospel). Yet the readings
and Advent call us to look forward to the
future with hope and expectation. Why?
Because Christ's Second Coming will bring
to completion God's work of salvation.
This hope undergirds our efforts in daily
life to "conduct ourselves properly" and to
"put on the Lord Jesus Christ" (second reading).
--Living Liturgy, First Sunday of Advent 2007

Check out the reverse...

of the Lincoln penny, &
you will see the work of
the 10th Chief Engraver
of the United States,
Frank Gasparro- (8/26/09-
9/29/01)

Mr. Gasparro, whose initials
can be seen at the bottom
right corner of the Lincoln
Memorial (see above,) also
designed the obverse &
reverse of the Eisenhower
Dollar, the Susan B. Anthony
Dollar, & the reverse of the
Kennedy Half Dollar. He is
the most copied artist ever,
due to the Lincoln cent.

He worked for the U.S. Mint
as Chief Engraver/Sculptor
from 1965 to 1981...

& was every bit as kind as he
was professional.

The Complete "Father Brown" Series

by G. K. Chesterton ~

online...

Thanks to:

lak611

at:

Catholic Answers Forums

for the great link:)


Enjoy!