Whaaaa? It Is October?

Hi guys!

September was a fun month! Kat and I both started senior year the last week of August. Wheee!
We did not do well with posting this month. Sorry! But October should be better :)

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August In Review And Here Comes September/////NO! I'M NOT READY! (Dual Post)

Quotes From Musicals That Give Me All The Feels//////I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING (Lia)

Time Flies When You're Panicking And Don't Want To Grow Up (Dual Post)

The Green Fields of France (Lia)

Sooooo

Just cause I can, I'm going to end with a bad joke

Why can't you give Elsa a balloon?




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Because she'll let it go!



(hahahahahahahahaha)


LIA

Da Da Dah!

It is OCTOBER!

FASHION BOOTS! LATTES! work. School. Flu season. I am cold.

Our theme this month is a mixture between The Rosary and Fatima. 

Because the 13th is the 100th anniversary of the day the sun danced! 

Major Feast Days: 

Oct 4: Saint Francis of Assisi

Oct 5: Saint Faustina 

Oct 7: Our Lady of the Rosary

Oct 13: 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIRACLE AT FATIMA

 Oct 15: Saint Theresa of Avila

Oct 18: Saint Luke

Oct 24: Saint Raphael

Oct 29: Feast of Christ the King   

Oh, and do you know why you shouldn't write with a broken pencil? 

Because it is pointless. 

(Much like my jokes) 

-Kat

WHO HAD THE BETTER JOKE? TELL US IN THE COMMENTS!

(Ps. I a, just a liddy bit competitive, in case you haven't guessed)

Praying for Your Future Husband

These prayers are both for praying for guidance in finding your future husband, praying that God gives him strength now in any trials he may be going through, and for patience until he arrives.

The first prayer is a Novena to Saint Joseph, the spouse of Mary. This novena (say it 9 days in a row) isn't especially for future spouses, but you can customize the request



"Oh Saint Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires.

Oh Saint Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, so having engaged here below your heavenly power I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of fathers.

Oh Saint Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach while he reposes near your heart. Press him in my name and kiss his fine head and ask him to return the favor when I draw my dying breath.

Oh Saint Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us.

Amen."



And this one:

O Jesus, lover of the young, the dearest Friend I have, in all confidence I open my heart to You to beg Your light and assistance in the important task of planning my future. Give me the light of Your grace, that I may decide wisely concerning the person who is to be my partner through life. Dearest Jesus, send me such a one whom in Your divine wisdom You judge best suited to be united with me in marriage. May her/his  character reflect some of the traits of Your own Sacred Heart. May s/he be upright, loyal, pure, sincere and noble, so that with united efforts and with pure and unselfish love we both may strive to perfect ourselves in soul and body, as well as the children it may please You to entrust to our care. Bless our friendship before marriage, that sin may have no part in it. May our mutual love bind us so closely, that our future home may ever be most like Your own at Nazareth.

O Mary Immaculate, sweet Mother of the young, to your special care I entrust the decision I am to make as to my future wife/husband. You are my guiding Star! Direct me to the person with whom I can best cooperate in doing God's Holy Will, with whom I can live in peace, love and harmony in this life, and attain to eternal joys in the next.
Amen."

And this one to Saint Anne

"Dear Saint Anne, find me a husband as fast as you can" 

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I'm kidding. 

The Saint Ann novena is too long for me to write out  (it changes every day of the novena) so I'll enclose the link to it here: Saint Anna Novena

Remember, keep praying. If it is meant to happen, it will.     

-Kat 

Hello February!

Today is the first day of February! We are now one month further into the year 2017.
What do we have to show for it? Have we kept up our goals? Are we getting closer to achieving our dreams?

Or are you sitting on the computer all day reading blogs? (Don't feel too bad. That's basically what I've been doing, except I have tea. Plus I like this blog. )

This is the beginning of a new month. It's time to start working again! To start sprinting toward your dreams again,

But first you should finish this blog post.


Many of my protestant friends are very surprised that the Catholics read the Bible.
Honesty? Come on. We were the ones who combined the Old and New Testament, kept and protected the Bible all these years...(Sorry. Ranting)

Since this is the Month of Marriage, (that was St. Valentine's real story you know. Saving marriages.) I suggest reading the book of Tobit.  There is a paper somewhere explaining how the book of Tobit has every Church teaching on Marriage and Family in it. (I'll try and find it for you, but I wouldn't count on it)

This would be a good book to read this month. It doesn't take long to read this book of the Bible, I read it earlier in about an hour. So just take out the Bible and read a few minutes a day.

Besides containing a lot on Marriage, it's also very funny.

Like the fact that the girl young Tobit marries has had her last 7 husbands killed by a devil on her wedding night? (Well, that's not very funny...)
So after Tobit married her, her dad sent the servants out to dig a pit, "Just in case"
Of course after he lived, they had to fill it back in....

-Kat

Feast Days in November

November is just a few days away! November's theme will be All Saints.

Nov. 1-All Saints

Nov. 2 - All Souls

Nov. 3- Martin De Porres 

Nov. 5- St. Elizabeth, cousin of Mary and mother of St. John the Baptist.

Nov. 13 - St. Francis Xavier Cabrini

Nov. 22- St. Cecilia

Nov. 28- St. Katherine Laboure

Nov. 30- St. Andrew

There is a novena that goes from St. Andrew's feast day until Christmas. It's very beautiful. You can look it up yourself, but hopefully, I will post it one here soon


-Kat

Feast Days in October

This most likely would have been more helpful earlier in the month...sorry.

Oct 1 - St. Theresa of Lisieux (the Little Flower)
Oct 4 - St. Francis of Assisi
Oct 5 - St. Faustina Kowalska
Oct 7 - Our Lady of the Holy Rosary 
Oct  15 - St. Theresa of Avila
Oct  17 - St. Margret Mary Alacoque
Oct  18 - St. Luke, the Apsotle
Oct 22 - St. Pope John Paul II


Of course there is a feast day ( more then one) per day, I just listed "the big ones" that more people are likely to know.

-Kat 

Patron Saints

Everyday on the calendar has a saint. It is that saint's feast day!
A lot of people complain ( especially during lent) as to how much Catholics HAVE to fast.
That's just because they are ONLY doing what they have to.
Do they celebrate the feast days of their favorite saints? Do they celebrate their baptismal anniversaries (Commonly referred to as "Name days") with parties as big as their birthdays?

Everyone has patron saints. The saints your named after perhaps? Or maybe the patron saint of your occupation or hobby? Or just a saint you like.

Here are some common patron saints:

•  Saint Adrian the Patron of soldiers
• Saint Anne the Patron of Grandmothers, Mothers, Women in labor 
•  Saint Isidore the Patron of Ranchers and farmers 
•  Saint Joseph, patron of workers, fathers, 
• Saint Cecilia, patron of musicians and music
• Saint Christopher, patron of travelers  (also, Archangel Raphael) 
• Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, patron saint of guns, handguns, and gun owners
 

There are a billion more! But I've drawn a blank...

Anyway, here are some websites to look for other saints. Please do not trust places like Wikipedia for your catholic information. Treat it like you would any other research. It might be a good starting place, but just because it's on the internet, doesn't mean it's true

http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/list-of-patron-saints-patronage.htm

http://www.catholicsupply.com/CHRISTMAS/saint_meaning.html

http://catholicsaints.info/

I don't think any of these websites have the saint's feast days...
You'll have to find them yourself!

Keep Celebrating!

-Kat