Happy New Year! If any non-Catholics are reading this post, the reason I am saying Happy New Year is because tomorrow, Sunday, November 28, 2010, is the First Sunday of Advent, the first day of the 2011 liturgical year. Advent is a time when we prepare spiritually for the coming of Christ. Along with other bloggers, I'm participating in Catholic Roundup.com's Advent Calendar. Just as the calendar you buy for use at home has small windows to open each day, so does this one, only you click on it rather than open it. You can see the calendar here and my first post for it here--a list of links for families with kids.
I'd like to welcome everyone to Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. We are a group of Catholic bloggers who gather weekly to share our best posts with each other. To particpate, go to your blog and create an entry titled Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival. In it, highlight one or more of your posts from the past week that you believe would be of interest to Catholic bloggers---whether they are posts reflecting on spiritual matters or posts about antics of Catholic kids, or anything in between. Use that post to link to your original posts, as I linked to the Advent posts above. Come back here and enter the URL of that post into Mr. Linky. Finally, go visit other participants, and leave comments! If you want a weekly reminder to post, join our yahoogroup.
I reviewed three books this week: Redemption by Karen Kingsbury, which deals with adultery in marriage; Sisters, Ink, which is about a woman who has to choose between a big city high-powered career, and small time life and love; and Still of the Night which is a romance about folks who were high school sweethearts until she got pregnant.
Happy Holy Advent All! Thank you RAnn once again.
ReplyDeleteOne of my posts is a feel good video - check it out for that Christmas glow.
First timer here! One of my "field trips" this past week (with no school) was to the Blessed Fr. Seelos Shrine in New Orleans. Pictures do not do it justice!
ReplyDeleteHi, RAnn! We're doing the Advent Calendar too. This past week, I talked about trust, feasting and fasting.
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Another first timer here as well, although I have been watching this blog with interest for a while.
ReplyDeleteP.S Thanks for the link to the advent calendar
Two shorties for a change.
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Hi, thanks for the calendar!
ReplyDeleteHi RAnn, thanks for hosting this. Happy Advent to everyone.
ReplyDeleteTwo newcomers this week! Welcome!
ReplyDeleteA blessed Advent to one and all! Two posts last week related to Pope Benedict XVI's Verbum Domini.
ReplyDeleteHi, my Sunday friends! My post is on St Andrew's Novena that I love every Advent. God bless!
ReplyDeleteHappy Advent! I posted on my Facebook today how much I love this time of year! "Happy Advent! Happy New Church Year! I love advent. It is so exciting ... the waiting for the celebration of the coming of the Lord ... and the anticipation of the 2nd coming. Hallelujah! Plus I love all the PURPLE!!! Peace of Christ be with you all."
ReplyDeleteAdvent blessings to everyone! Thank you RAnn for being our host and enabling so creative sharing - that is the spirit of this season and very Franciscan.
ReplyDeleteHi RAnn! Happy Thanksgiving (now Advent).
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This week on Sunday Snippets, WBN presents: Thanksgiving is a Verb.
* 24:15 Thanksgiving Is A Verb
* On Celebration
* Stalking
I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful time on Thanksgiving. The post I would most like to recommend is entitled Who are the Leavers which deals with the exodus of young adults from their religious upbringing.
ReplyDeleteMany prayers for a blessed Advent for all!
Happy Advent and New Year! Busy week so just one post this week.
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