Suffering With Joy

Sunday Snippets – A Catholic Carnival

February 21, 2010

Welcome to Sunday Snippets where Catholic bloggers link to their favorite posts of the week.  Anyone is welcome to join in the fun.

This week I didn’t post much, even though I had good intentions.  I just got overtaken with duties and only so much energy to accomplish them. Nevertheless, I’ve managed to keep to my 1/2 hour of spiritual reading every day but one.  This Lent my book is Romano Guardini’s The Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer which I started a few years ago and never finished.  It’s one of my top 10 recommended for Lent.

This week I was determined to conquer one aspect of the digital art program I use.  It resulted in my post on a prayer from the Divine Office of Prime superimposed on a Hubble photograph of Pismus 24.  I hope to create more of these as time goes on.

I researched and wrote an article on the history of Ash Wednesday which is here.  The clip art was black and white, but I used my digital art program to add color.

This week I read The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back (John MacRae Books)by Charles Pellegrino and will be reviewing the book soon.  The survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki saw the heart of hell and endured as eye witnesses of the greatest evil created by man.  A great and holy man, Dr. Paul Takashi Nagai, born into Shintoism, turned atheist and finally Catholic is revered by all Japanese for his wisdom and approach to healing from the wounds of the bombs.  Today I checked a book out from the church library about him: A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai-Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb.  If you like Asian history or world history, these books provide valuable insight into the dynamics of the War in the Pacific.  The first should be required reading for all high schoolers and the second for Catholics from teens on up.

Today I add one more Kseniya Simonova sand art piece.  Although I can’t read Russian, I got it that she had a friend whose baby died.  What a memorial!  God bless everyone, stay safe, and pray for the conversion of hearts to God.

Tags: art, Divine Office

1 Comment to Sunday Snippets – A Catholic Carnival

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   I’m a fellow “Sunday Snippets” blogger too! And like you, I don’t always stay current with my posts! I had never heard of Dr. Nagai before; perhaps I’ll check the book out someday. God bless you during Lent! May we all draw closer to Him. I hope you’ll check out my blog too!
Evan on February 21st, 2010