ABC Wednesday: Jesuits

Our ladies’ group, Women at the Well, 

is reading this book by a Jesuit priest Father James Martin.  

Since we meet only once a month 

and do not meet in the summer, 

we will continue to read this interesting book into 2015.  

Father Martin relates the saints’ lives, 

as well as those who led saintly, holy lives, 

and how they have impacted his own life.  

The saints or saintly that we have encountered thus far are these:

The Saint of the Sock Drawer- Jude

Joan of Arc

Thomas Merton

Ignatius of Loyola

Pedro Arrupe

Bernadette Soubirous

And for April, we are reading about these:

Mother Teresa

Pope John XXIII

 Then some of our ladies 

share the history and spirituality of each saint 

we have studied with their own unique presentations.  

We are fortunate to have such industrious 

and interesting speakers in our group.

I highly recommend this book 

for its spiritual value 

as well as its entertaining way of sharing 

the lives of these faith-filled people 

whose journey we may choose to emulate.

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Random 5 Friday: Winter

1. I am weary of subzero temperatures, 

arctic winds and high mounds of snow.

2. But joyfully, I am not suffering depression nor cabin fever!

3. I had the pleasure of taking care of my two sweethearts, 

Myah and Leannah, for a short time yesterday.  

I am pleased that my granddaughter 

has trust in my being able to handle that responsibility.

4. Yesterday I received a book that I’d ordered; 

it’s called Thirty-Day Devotions for the Holy Souls by Susan Tassone.

I started reading and praying it this morning.

5. We had a goodly number of ladies present 

at our Bible Study this week.  Weather caused cancellations for us in January. 

We rejoiced that we finally got to meet.  

But that was not true for our Women at the Well group. 

It meets at night 

and causes concerns for the safety of us all, 

which is very important. 

for Haiku My Heart-

Wintry weather brings 

tribulations of all sorts,

mounds of snow, iced streets.

Links:

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Bits and Pieces of Day One of the New Year, 2014

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

After I ventured out today, 

I made shopping stops at Dollar General 

to buy items that cost lower here than anywhere else, 

then Lowe’s for potting soil and sunflower seeds for the birds, 

lastly Walmart for a few groceries and nonfood items.

At home, I put things away

 and potted the cedar ‘tree’ gifted to me from Lowe’s.  

(The tree was the reason for the potting soil purchase.)  

Next, I cut an apple for my lunch.

Lastly, I tended to banking, 

read some blogs, then sat down for some serious chillin’!

My bit of gratitude: 

I’m grateful for all those ladies 

in Bible Study and Women at the Well 

who contribute to my spiritual welfare.

Thank you, ladies.  

May the new year shower blessings on you and your families! 

This image is a greeting card which I scanned,

then added text.