2021: Final Books of the 2021 Year

 

    Anne of Green Gables

I love the movie Anne of Green Gables with Megan Follows but had actually never read the book! What a tragedy to my childhood! 

The Heart of the Mass

This is a re-read and a great book to have if you are new to the Mass. 

2021: Book Updates

 I know, I really haven't kept us with this blog but it doesn't really get read anyway. I use it more for logging books I have finished. Here is the latest update:

Psalter:  We have a book containing only the Psalms and I decided to pray the 15 decades of the Rosary in tandem with reading the psalms. 

Dominican Spirituality: Laced with the beginnings of modernism (published in the 60's) but still a good book. 

St. Catherine of Siena: This is a reread from 2012 as I hone in on being a Dominican. 

2021 READING LIST UPDATE: Leave Her To Heaven

 

All I can say is that I needed a hard drink and a cigarette after reading this book! I happened to be on vacation and actually spent a rainy afternoon immersed in this book! It was bliss!

2021: Saint Dominic

This book about Saint Dominic by Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, O.P. buries the previous book I posted about earlier this year. Dorcy goes through the chronology of his life and works while beautifully describing his holiness as well as the holiness of many of the other preachers. If you are looking to be inspired in your faith; this is the book for you.

 

2021: House Projects Updates

 Repair the kitchen sink .

Add insulation for under the house

 Repair the brick stairs and foundation

 Painting and repainting doors, rooms, etc

2021: Live Not By Lies

 

Although my husband is not a big fan of Drener, one still cannot dismiss the information in this book which is so relevant today. 

If you are looking to understand totalitarianism, socialism, communism and how it has infested your country then this is for you. 

Not only does it provide the information- it also provides the counterattack and preparation we should all be engaged in now.

2021 Reading List: Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits

Dan Burke chose to simplify the writings of Saint Alphonsus De Ligouri and it actually proves helpful. The simplicity of this is key even though one who has practiced their faith regularly might think otherwise. I was basically going to be a snob and pridefully assumed I was higher than this. Boy was I wrong! We forget how many of us barely climb the prayer ladder as outlines by the great saints of Saint Catherine of Siena or Saint Theresa of Avila/Saint John of the Cross. 

This is a good read for any Catholic. 

2021: Reading List, Saint Dominic

Last last year, Hubby and I made our final profession as third order members of the Order of the Preachers. Since then I have been hungry for books written by or about Dominicans. I am even rereading a book about Saint Catherine of Siena which I read in 2012. The first book of the year that I have finished and I wish I could give a more glowing review. The book was a chronological history of the founding of the Order of the Preachers by the beloved Saint Dominic. It fell short due to the author's need to sprinkle his own modernist opinions/thoughts throughout the book. It almost seemed as if he was projecting his own opinions onto Saint Dominic as if they were his own. I can tell you, I have great doubts Saint Dominic would think the same way. I will continue my reading quest of Dominican books and bring you with me along the way!

2021

Yes, it is a new calendar year but we are already well into the liturgical year!

 I do have a few goals which I will list year for prosterity's sake but who knows what will come of it all in this unsettling times when democracy is stolen via cheating and nobody notices the emperor wears no clothes.... 

 Spritual

Continue with requirements as a Third Order Dominican. 

I am working on an evening prayer set that will include a prayer for each of my patron saints. These I am recording in my very special Sacred Heart leather bound book. 

I am going to keep my Tan All Saints' planner for prayer intention requests and to also possibly list a verse found during spiritual reading.

I will continue keeping notes during sermons given each Sunday by our priests. 

I also truly want to step more and more away from wasting time watching stupid shows and transferring that to more reading time.

 Meditation is also a good habit to enforce throughout the year. One thing is that I think I have cutting myself short in this area and maybe you have to so let's discuss. I was listing meditation as when I specifically sit down and meditate after reading a spiritual work. However, when I thought about it- I found that I was meditating at different times throughout the day. When walking the dog, for instance, I would find myself looking at creation and thinking of God or seeing a tree and remembering the Crucifixion of Our Lord. 

House Projects 

Oh! Where to begin! We need so much done but I try to focus only on a few projects at a time.

 Repair the kitchen sink .

Add insulation for under the house

 Repair the brick stairs and foundation

 Painting and repainting doors, rooms, etc

 Habits

 Hubby and I need to get better at putting things away and doing a nightly tidy. I am NOT good at this. Frankly, I haven't been feeling great since July but this is a new year so hey! Like, right now, I have an unmade bed. As soon as I am done with this blog post- I am going to tidy it up. Re-organizing De-cluttering How about you?