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June 08, 2007

Catholic Carnival 122: Better Late than Never

Okay, this Carnival is extremely late. My apologies – I had some personal and work things that prevented me from getting it done on time. However, sometimes the best comes to those who wait (I’m stretching, I know) and this one is a good Carnival. So without any more delays, enjoy:

Christus Vincit starts us off with Sacramentum Caritatis. This post comes from CV's Louisiana correspondant Jason Pennington. Here he posts the series of articles he has written for the forthcoming bulletins at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Lafayette, LA, where he is music director and organist.

Next is Postscripts from The Catholic Spitfire Grill offering us The Invitatory Psalm. Cool insights from the fifth century about the Invitatory Psalm a gift from our brothers and sisters in the faith who went before us.

And Book Reviews and More fulfills his namesake with Sherman Oak and the Magic Potato by S. William Shaw. Though not a large 'C' Catholic book, the message of this book is definitely universal and therefore small 'c' catholic. This is a book that will be fun for the whole family and has a message we can all learn from.

Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering meditates on an artistic moment in The First Iris. Small hands change a beautiful flower into a gift from God.

We all love music. And A Catholic Life gives us more with Music for the Catholic Soul. It is a list of websites that have Catholic music, especially Gregorian Chant. Other suggestions are welcome.

An old joke gets revived – in a different way – on Rick Sincere News and Thoughts with Jesus, the Pope, and a Rabbi. It looks at Pope Benedict XVI’s recent book and his discussion of another book written by a rabbi.

Within the Garden meditates with us in Things that Grow. It is “an ode to the summer wonders of God's creation and the natural revelation of God's glory found within it.”

We Belong to the Lord even includes a slideshow in Taking the Faith into the Streets. It covers a traditional Portuguese parish festival. It's a little slice of Europe, here in the United States.

Adam’s Ale apparently adores alliteration in Pistol Packing Pastors Push Parishioners to Point of Passionate Pleading. Father V. offers some suggestions for those experiencing difficulties at their parish who are considering approaching the priest. It’s a very good post . . .

Next, HMS Blog reflects on the Mass readings for Trinity Sunday in The Love of God. This post highlights the absolute gratuity of God’s love for us.

Continuing the theme, Monastic Musings gives us Pieta of the Father for Trinity Sunday. So often the images of the Trinity are serene, balanced, and distant. This Pieta forces us to ask “where is the Spirit” until we find the answer.

A Catholic Mom Climbing the Pillars has A Word about Family and our Awesome Creator! It is a meditation on family and God that’s worth reading.

Theresa’s Two Cents explores the spiritual side of kosher in Life Along the Route 9 Corridor. It is an interesting post – on a topic most of us don’t completely understand (I don’t anyway).

A new blog to the Carnival is M.O.M.S. (Mothers of Many Saints). This week they offer up Hand in Hand to Heaven. It’s about seeing our family relationships, especially those with our children in a new light. As brothers and sisters in Christ.

And now for a longtime contributor: My Domestic Church. She explores Attitudes of Emergency Preparedness (Some Basic) and how these attitudes fit into the Gospel teachings of Christ.

From the Anchor Hold has a great post: St. Justin and Eucharist’s Six Movements. It is the earliest description we have of the six movements in which we still celebrate the Mass today.

My friend A Penitent Blogger pulls the real world into our discussion with Caring for the dead man in the street. It’s a reflection on a horrific murder last Sunday in the area of Nineveh.

Catholic Fire has seen something I haven’t (but want to): Into Great Silence: Movie Review. The award-winning beautiful and meditative documentary about a Carthusian monastery in the French Alps, which follows the cloistered monks in their daily -- mostly silent and solitary -- routines. Includes a clip.

And this blog offers Modesty and Catholic Girls. As a father of four girls, teaching them modesty is very important in our day and age. These are my thoughts (and those of others) on teaching girls modesty.

Musings of a Catholic Bookstore finishes up the Carnival by Announcing the Catholic Summer Reading Program. It’s designed to encourage readers to pick up Catholic books this summer.

My apologies again for the delay!

God bless,
Jay

Posted by jay at June 8, 2007 09:41 PM