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November 9, 2008Bible Study, Neat Things I Didn't Author, Photography, Pop Culture, Prayer/Prayer Requests, Question of the DayCadyLy

Photo:

I didn’t take the picture today, but I did upload it to my Flickr today; and it just made me grin. 🙂

Question:
Matthew 8:28-34
Could the demoniacs be a type or foreshadowing of Judas, in that when their badness is confronted by Christ, they choose to leave His presence and effect their own self-destruction?

Book Review:
“Church Fathers” by Pope Benedict XVI — I loved this! I just got it a couple of days ago, and despite my perpetual busyness, I have already finished! As always, the Pope write clearly, and in a very engaging manner. The book consists of a series of Wednesday audiences (not unlike Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body talks), each dedicated to a particular church father. He really is able to make them come alive for me and gives me a desire to read their works and dive deeper into the faith, which is revealed as the true faith which has always been held. I came away from the book with a greater sense and realization of the truth and catholicity of our faith and a hunger for further knowledge. Obviously, I highly recommend it — particularly to those who want an overview of the church fathers before making a decision as to who to read first! 🙂 After reading this book, you won’t think of them (as I kind of did) as anonymous, old men who died a long time ago and don’t have anything to say to me, now. Ha! As the Pope mentions for almost every Father, their advice is always “timely,” especially in the culture of our day, today.

Prayer:
Lord, I am not worthy of you, but only say the word and I shall be healed in heart, mind and body. Please give me understanding, strength and desire to conform my will to yours. Amen.

Quote:
“Call me a crazy lady…one more time….” from Hancock, seen with Terry this weekend.

Movie Review:
Hancock — I thought at first that this was simply going to be another “comic book” movie. I was wrong. Either that or there’s more to comic book stories than I generally get from them. This particular movie I quite enjoyed. Outside of the profanity (which, really, just made me giggle), it was a story of the redemption of man. It took the main character from his sinful, slovenly, selfish ways and transformed him into a man who truly cared for his neighbor and sacrificed on behalf of others. It highlighted the importance of family ties, working for the good of the poor and needy, and of being a good example. It was also a great portrayal of the quote, “To whom much is given, much will be expected.” It was emotionally well-crafted, and you had real empathy for all the characters. The acting I respected. Of course, I’m always a fan of Will Smith, too, so that helped. 🙂 The ending of the film was a little unexpected, but completely fit and was very well done. It would be a great movie to watch again, knowing the ending now to see what foreshadowing there is, because I know that there is a bunch. I could probably keep going on about this movie and the deep meaning that I got from it, but for now I will just encourage you to go out and see it, if you have not done so already. 🙂

Announcement:
I have (finally) posted ALL of my World Youth Day photos!!! Whoo-hoo! Be sure to check out all 2,665 images and videos here.

Just in Case You Needed a Suggestion…

November 6, 2008Of Trials Opportunities and Gifts, PhotographyCadyLy

I know all of you are agonizing what to get me for Veteran’s Day. I thought that I would give a suggestion, so you won’t have to wander the store for hours in indecision. 🙂

A new monitor for my computer. I find myself stuck. I want to post the rest of my World Youth Day photos, but I need to color correct the majority of them. However, my current — and really old — CRT monitor is already cranked up to 100% brightness and 100% contrast, and it still shows everything as really dark. So when I go to correct my photos at home, any person looking at them on another computer gets blinded and wonders why this girl always takes high-key, blown out pics. And I am so anal, that this really disturbs me. So, I don’t want to correct while it is all messed up. Yet, alas, I do not have the funds to get a new monitor right now. You see my dilemma.

Just in case you needed a Veteran’s Day present suggestion…. A new LCD monitor would be great. 🙂

Go Navy!!

All Souls Day

November 2, 2008Photography, Prayer/Prayer RequestsCadyLy

My brother called me a day or so ago and expressed an interest in going to Mass with me and then visiting our paternal grandfather’s grave. I hadn’t been there since his funeral in 2000, and I don’t think my brother had either, but I was glad to share this with him today.

He didn’t end up going to Mass with me, but I headed out to the cemetery after lunching with some friends. I had to call my mom to find out what part of the cemetery the grave was, and eventually found it. It had become a little overgrown with grass and weeds:

So, I cleared it off:

It was near the memorial of The Lord’s Supper:

Which had some great marble work, an example of which is this photo of the detail of Our Lord:

Then, my brother arrived, and he brought a flower:

We sat and prayed and remembered our Grandaddy, and told him that we loved him and we missed him. I think it was a hard, sad thing for my brother. But I was filled with peace and joy. I felt comforted, knowing that he was in the hands of God.
Here’s a close-up of his pretty rose, with The Lord’s Supper in the background:

After some time, we left, but as I was leaving, I felt compelled to go inside the chapel. There was a service going on, which I did not attend, but instead wandered around looking at things. I was, as a nuke, delighted to find these signs all over the building:

and was quite taken by some of the stained glass windows:

Before I left, I came upon a woman, who was visiting her mother who had passed nearly two years ago. I shared my faith with her, and I can only pray that it brought her some consolation and the same sense of peace and joy that I have found in Him.

Wisdom 1:13-14a, 15 [from Office for the Dead]
God did not make death,
nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.
For he fashioned all things that they might have being;
for justice is undying.

See God in All Things

November 1, 2008PhotographyCadyLy

What the earth has given and human hands have made; it will become for us the light of Christ:

The Only Good Thing About the Cooler Weather…

October 26, 2008PhotographyCadyLy

… is the pretty fall colors on the trees. After that, I am all for skipping ahead to spring. Okay, okay, maybe one or two days of snow, but that’s it!

Look at how cute everything is!:

And, of course, because you are all clamoring for another picture of me, I will feed my narcissism grant your request:

Enjoy! 🙂

A String of Recent Unrelated Thoughts from the Mind of Jaibee (Also Known as “Catching Up”)

October 19, 2008Jennspeak, PhotographyCadyLy

Yeah, yeah, long title. Deal. 🙂 I just didn’t want to have a billion blog postings, so I am going to squish a bunch in here. 🙂

While I loathe the coming of the coldness, I like watching the leaves turn colors. So, I will get a couple of photos of the leaves every year, but not too many, since my poor Floridian blood just can’t take it to be outside for too long. 🙂 For your viewing pleasure in the warmth and comfort of your ?desk, I bring you:
and

Last week (see how behind I am?), I took a few photos of our church, as they have recently redone an area in front between the main church entrance and the entrance to the pastoral center. I think technically, they are two “reflection gardens,” one for Mary and the other for the unborn/victims of abortion. Very pretty. I like how this turned out:

And since I have a tendency of airing out my dirty laundry anyway, you might as well take a peek at the task I had before me last weekend. Just don’t get too excited, while I *did* do all 5 loads, I haven’t yet managed to put them away quite yet, but I *did* manage to fold them yesterday, and they are currently sitting in my bedroom in neat little stacks.

Now, I am not a fan of bugs in general. They usually creep me out. But, when I came home late on Friday, I saw this guy at my back door, and decided to leave him there, since — obviously — he was praying for me. And I can use all the prayers that I can get right now. He graced me with his presence until the following day, when I could photograph him. Shortly after I took his picture, I came outside again and he was gone — just like that.

Final topic: here’s a picture of my bed (now, don’t get all excited, I’m not inviting you in):

We got this comforter as a wedding present, so now that it has outlasted the marriage, it is showing signs of wear:

So, I finally broke down and bought myself a new comforter, because I didn’t think that the old one would stand up to another go in the washing machine:

See how amazingly, uncharacteristically girly it is? But, it makes me smile in it’s optimistic, girly way.

Reading Already!

October 17, 2008Neat Things I Didn't Author, PhotographyCadyLy

Reading Already!

Originally uploaded by CadyLy

This is how I spent my evening yesterday after work. I met up with Sandra and Kylie at Barnes and Noble. After chasing Kylie around the store (with Sandra yelling at her not to run, while I egged her on), spent hours in the Religion section trying, and failing, not to buy another book when I already have too many to read, we sat down in the children’s section, where Ky proceeded to sit in the “teacher’s chair” and read to me.

I’m so glad she’s a book lover! 🙂

What was the book that I couldn’t leave the store without? (Because I know you are dying to know….)

“The Story of a Soul,” by St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
Bought by the recommendation of Fr. Mark. (Well, okay, he said something about St. Thérèse, and there were tons of books about her, so I hope I picked the right one.)

Since I am the Master of the Unfinished Book (I have like 15 books that I am “in the middle of”), I proceeded to ignore the 3 books staring at me with their bookmarks, and left them to sulk while I dove into this latest acquisition. I made it to page 56 before going to bed.

This morning, I had to make the difficult decision of what to bring with me to work. After work today, I am going to do a bit of consulting, so I will not be home until fairly late. My tote bag is already nearly busting at the seams with my Bible, catechism, Adventures of Matthew binder, colored pencils, and TOBBOTD (Theology of the Body Book of the Day), and I made the sacrifice of not taking my newest treasure with me, in the interests of (1) keeping it safe, (2) actually working on finishing the TOBBOTD, which happens to be a GROSSLY overdue library book from the parish library, and (3) keeping my bag from bursting.

Oh, St. Thérèse book, I miss you! I will see you when I get home tonight! 🙂

Update on Henry

October 16, 2008Photography, Prayer/Prayer RequestsCadyLy

Thank you! to everyone who has been praying for Henry. He is doing well, and we are so excited! Please continue to pray for him. Background information: Henry was born 2 months premature, on August 27, 2008.

We just got an update today that his blood labs have stabilized and they will be removing his nasal cannula tomorrow. It is hopeful that he will be able to go home in a few weeks! Yay! Go Henry! Way to grow!

Here’s a more recent picture of him, so you know who it is that you are praying for:

Thank you, again, so much for your prayers!

God Bless!

In Case You Missed It…

October 8, 2008Humor of the Day, Photography, St. Anastasia, Tales of My Amazing PriestsCadyLy

…our parish had a Decades Dance on Saturday, celebrating our 40th anniversary. It was totally far out, dude! You totally shoulda been.

First, I achieved high levels of hair awesomeness and had my hair bleached blonde and made “big” earlier in the day:

People really got into character:

And a very special rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Way too cool.

I’m not sure if I can put videos in here. I’ll give it a shot. If not, just click on one of the photos to take you to my Flickr page, and you can see them there. We have more of the Thriller moves, guys doing the ‘Gator, and more! Party on, decade dudes! 🙂 Peace out!