April: The Month of the Blessed Sacrament

The Church in the centuries has introduced various forms of this Eucharistic worship which are ever increasing in beauty and helpfulness; as, for example, visits of devotion to the tabernacles, even every day; Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament; solemn processions, especially at the time of Eucharistic Congresses, which pass through cities and villages; and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament publicly exposed...These exercises of piety have brought a wonderful increase in faith and supernatural life to the Church militant upon earth and they are re-echoed to a certain extent by the Church triumphant in heaven, which sings continually a hymn of praise to God and to the Lamb "Who was slain." (Pope Pius XII)

Giveaway Winners

Hello all! The giveaway winners have been picked and notified. If winners do not respond to the emails sent within 48 hours, they forfeit their prize and I will pick another winner. If everyone who entered could pass along my blog sale to interested parties, I'd sure appreciate it! (And my husband would appreciate me getting these books out of the house!)

I'd like to thank again, Spirit Juice Studios, ModHMary.com, and phatmass.com, for their donations of prizes. Please show them your love, and remember them the next time you need to buy a Catholic gift or need a Catholic item!

The Top 5

What are your top 5 documents/proclamations/encyclicals/etc of the Church or of a Pope that you have personally read?

Last prizes added to giveaway

The last set of prizes came today! Three beautiful sets of prints and holy cards were donated by ModHMary.com. ModHMary stands for Modern Holy Mary, and she creates "one of a kind handmade jewelry, rosaries, chaplets, prayer cards, and religious art. Most of my items incorporate unique vintage beads and fabulous old medals. I have honed my hunting and gathering skills to find these components from all over the great state of Michigan... and sometimes beyond. Repurposed, up-cylced, new lease on life, whatever you want to call it, you can be in the height of fashion, be green, and display your devotion. You just never know what treasure you might find in my shop! Formally trained in drawing and painting, all illustrations are my originals too." I bought some items from her during Christmas-time to give as gifts, and her items are quality and her customer service is awesome. Even if you don't win, please check out her etsy shop.

Sometimes the world is scary

And I'm afraid. I saw these two statements on facebook, and wanted to share them with you. Pray hard for our country, for those who died, for those who were injured, and those who will mourn for lost friends. I don' t know what the future holds, folks. But you - me - we need to hold close to the cross of our Savior.

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.” (Mr. Rogers)

(The following is via Patton Oswalt)
Boston. Fucking horrible.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."

More prizes added to giveaway

I received more prize items from dUSt, phounder of phatmass.com. These will be added to the prizes, and the rafflecopter will be updated with more entries. Be sure to check it out! 

Catholic Pirate tshirt in Medium + "Run Fly Fall" cd by Paul Kim

Blog Sale and Giveaway is Live!

The book sale is now live!

I'm also running a giveaway, even though I'm still waiting on items. When they come, I'll add them. :) I had many items generously donated by Spirit Juice Studios, and I urge you to support this great Catholic company. The prizes have either been donated for this giveaway, or purchased by me for this giveaway. The prizes (as of right now) are as follows:

Spirit Juice Grand Prize pack: 1 Spirit Juice Studios tshirt (in small), 1 "To be Born" DVD, 1 "Zombies vs Jesus" DVD, 1 (each) info cards for "To Be Born" and "Zombies vs Jesus", 2 Eucharistic Adoration cards, 1 (each) holy cards "Come Holy Spirit" and "The Gift of the Holy Mass", 1 Spirit Juice Studios lapel button.

Since GFC is going to be no more

You can now  Follow my blog with Bloglovin.

Update on giveaway

I am still waiting on giveaway items but I thought I would give you a little sneak peek. What do you spot?