Sunday Snippets 3/13/2011

It's been a few weeks since I've written anything but this week I finally did so here are my Sunday Snippets hosted by RAnn at This That and The Other Thing blogspot.

I prayed to God for some simple mundane things and it got me thinking about...

Simple Prayers

Nowadays, I usually don't ask for little things. For the most part I have tried to focus my prayers on the bigger picture or the long view. I've been asking the more difficult requests that probably won't be answered right away, (eg; world peace, end to abortion, all the souls in purgatory ect...)  On the more self directed prayers, I have been asking for help to be a better follower of Christ, discerning His will and increasing in holiness  I will admit that in the past I had some pretty shallow prayers. More like vanity prayers.  read more

Also wrote about the Bible and how non-Catholics can have such differing views on it...

The Bible and why we need a Church to help us interpret it.

Look at this beautiful Bible my daughter got from her Atrium meditation. She is preparing for her first confession. Each student was presented with their very own Bible and they all gasped with excitement when the teacher unveiled the Bibles fashioned with Gold ribbons and a personalized book mark. She explained to them how the Bible is God's letter to us and instructed them to never put anything on top of the Bible because it is the living word of God.
For the past two weeks, they have been meditating on the passage from John Chapter 15 and how God is the vine grower, Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. Last week she gently asked the children what this all meant and they discussed how the sap is the Holy Spirit and how we receive this sap or Holy Spirit and baptism.  She also mentioned how many times Jesus says "remain" and how if Jesus mentions something often then it's especially important....read more

Oh forgot about how I spent Lent...

Another Ash Wednesday and Lent post.

Today, I had to miss out getting on getting ashes because of scheduling conflicts with a school program that my daughter was in. The only other time I could have made it, I was already scheduled to pray outside an abortion clinic for 40 days for Life. I was scheduled at the one near the university in our metropolitan area. I came to find I would be the only one praying for the hour. So I did and certainly felt awkward. I think I heard one honk. This was my first time doing this so I was a bit nervous...read more