Suffering With Joy

Sunday Snippets – A Catholic Carnival

May 2, 2010

It’s Sunday Snippets time where Catholic bloggers share posts with each other.  Hosted by RAnn at This, That and The Other Thing, you can find new friends and interesting posts by others.  If you are a Catholic blogger and want to join us, just write a post about your favorite posts of the week, link to RAnn’s blog, and leave a link at her blog to your post.

On the way home from a trip to Texas last week, I read Roy Shoeman’s book, Salvation Is from the Jews: The Role of Judaism in Salvation History.  I liked it so much I put it in Barb’s Custom Shop. The similarities between his discussion of St. Edith Stein’s writings of suffering for the Jews and the insights I have concerning deliverance of our country through suffering were consoling.  Soon I will write a book review, but you may enjoy my post now: Judaism and the Holocaust – St. Edith Stein.  Her final testament is beautiful.

My second post is a reflection on fences and our relationship with God: Fences: Sitting, Straddling, or Using the Gate.  Photographing pastured horses gave me the idea and I’ve included a picture I took last week.

Last year's Earth Boxes in mid summer.

My Sabbath Moments post for the week is about keeping life in perspective with a little help from St. Paul.

For those who suffer from debilitating diseases but still want to try growing fresh veggies without a lot of pain, here’s an older post to show how Roger and I are doing it: The Wellness Attitude and Spring Planting.  Growing your own vegetables even if you are disabled can be therapeutic. We’ve found it so.  This year the garden is coming along fine, but I had to replace one tomato plant the puppy squashed.

Tags: suffering, wellness