tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:06:01 +0000http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/Mariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)Blogger355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-2661445123922198758Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:20:00 +00002009-02-06T11:24:39.928-05:00BooksponderingsWith shock I read about the death of Michael Dubriel Tuesday morning. I didn't know the man....in person nor through his books or articles.I do "know" his wife, Amy Welborn. I've read her articles and blog for quite some time now.It's amazing what comes over a person when you hear news like this. Grief for his family; shock at the suddenness of what happened. Thankgsiving for the life I have and http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-dont-know-what-future-holds.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-5506647174687380612Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:59:00 +00002009-02-04T12:08:58.420-05:00ponderingsI was reading Andrea's blog today where she posted her "25 Things About Me" list.And I had an ephiphany when I read her #14.I too am more of an introvert than extrovert. Very much so. I have no problem spending hours alone by myself praying; knitting; reading. After spending hours out "in public" whether it be working or shopping or whatever I NEED time alone to recharge my batteries so to say.Ithttp://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2009/02/bit-of-ephiphany.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-4547176363976736275Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:24:00 +00002009-02-02T19:32:36.075-05:00Feast DaysIt was three years ago that I came to truly appreciate the beauty of the special Feast day that the Church celebrates today.Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Baby Jesus in the Temple. When Our Lady and Saint Joseph brought the 40 day old Baby to the Temple to "present Him to the Lord".Two years ago I wrote about what that aspect of today's Feast Day brought to my own prayer.Today's http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2009/02/feast-of-presentation.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-5610149093989825370Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:35:00 +00002009-01-30T10:47:58.571-05:00ponderingsRule of Life"It is better not to burden ourselves with a multitude of prayers and pious practices but rather adopt only a few and perform them with love and perseverance in spite of opposition from the devil, the world, and the flesh."St. Louis de Montfort Sarah at Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering posted this quote as part of her 7 Quick Takes Friday. This certainly was something that I really needed http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2009/01/saintly-wisdom.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-2454455056621682691Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:38:00 +00002009-01-29T11:37:18.983-05:00Rule of LifeFor years I've been fascinated by the Rules of various Religious Orders.Last year I read A Mother's Rule of Life. I enjoyed it even though I'm not a mother.I also read St. Benedict's Rule of Life last year.And a few others that I can't think of off the top of my head.Beginning to pray the Liturgy of the Hours last January is what got me started and finding out about some of these Rules. And I've http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2009/01/rule-of-life.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-7050668003841953952Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:49:00 +00002009-01-26T19:55:18.730-05:00UpdatesIt's been a long time since I posted here. And I've missed it.I've been thinking a lot lately about why I blog. It's partly to be part of a wider community. Although I have to admit that I don't get much readership. And that's okay with me. One of the big reasons to blog is to "journal". To journal my thoughts I get as I read. As I come across websites. To help me sort out prayers and thoughts inhttp://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2009/01/back.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-5361804845063807005Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:21:00 +00002009-01-26T19:58:50.349-05:00Head over to Peggy's to read everyone's daybooks!! For Today~ July 2ndOutside My Window... Sun behind thin clouds; it's going to be a humid day again I am thinking... how I've been neglecting my poor blogs these past few weeks. I need some inspiration to start writing again.I am thankful for... a month's vacation to do whatever I want whenever I wantFrom the kitchen... chocolate cup cakesI am http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/07/simple-womans-daybook.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-7039647372749168412Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:56:00 +00002008-06-26T11:03:02.472-04:00ponderingsPrayersLast weekend through a link I came across Baby Cate's Blog.Baby Cate is the daughter of Charlie and Ali Cantrell. As I was reading through the blog I kept getting this feeling like I "knew" them. I finally ended up googling them and found out that Charlie is a speaker to youth and I've heard him at least once at one of the Steubenville East Youth Conference.Their daughter was born 7 months ago http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/06/prayers-for-cantrells.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-8864354709573204543Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:15:00 +00002008-06-24T12:18:45.070-04:00This goes to show how scatter-brained I've been lately.I wrote out a list of things that I need to do this afternoon:Go to bankPick up flowersClean out carSwitch pursesPrayers!!!It's pretty bad when I need to put prayers on my list so I don't forget :-/ But I'm afraid if I don't write them down I WILL forget.I don't want to reduce my prayers to a "to-do list" but my brain seems to be in la-la http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/06/state-of-my-head.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-274412146059174244Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:11:00 +00002008-06-23T12:19:30.875-04:00PrayersBlessed MotherFor days now I have been bringing a certain intention to prayer. This morning in Adoration I again prayed and asked Jesus to please show me what HE wanted me to do.When I got back to my computer I came upon this post "The Struggle of Prayer" at Vultus Christi.Thank God I had the grace to see that this was God putting this article at this moment in my path.While I haven't been praying for control http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/06/prayer.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-8575379548122533755Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:43:00 +00002009-01-26T19:57:55.402-05:00I finished A Mother's Rule of Life a few weeks ago. While it is geared towards mothers, you don't have to be a mother (nor a woman) to get a lot from it.Holly Pierlot shows us how to put balance in our lives. She talks about how she came to decide that she needed a "Rule of Life" just like religious sister's in a convent follow a Rule of a particular saint. She stresses throughout the book that http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/06/mothers-rule-of-life.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-6245801325081782037Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:34:00 +00002008-06-17T10:40:36.007-04:00UpdatesRight here. I haven't consciously decided to take a "blog break" but that sure does seem what I'm doing doesn't it? And I've missed the past two Tuesday's to dedicate to Saint Therese. And I've been reading books that need to be "reviewed". And I've got things I COULD write about but haven't got the call to blog about.I guess right now I'm spending time simply LIVING life rather then writing http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/06/whereve-i-been.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-4602366061940138974Thu, 29 May 2008 15:30:00 +00002009-01-26T19:59:38.001-05:00Yesterday was a joyous day for the Church. A young woman professed her first vows into the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth. Sister Pia is a young woman who I have known since high school (if not before, I can't really remember now when I first met her). She was two years behind me and while we were never very close we were always friendly.Two years ago no one was surprised when she announced that http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/responding-yes.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-6985226328604117711Wed, 28 May 2008 16:26:00 +00002008-05-28T13:42:02.332-04:00Saint ThereseBlessed MotherOops. All day long yesterday I thought it was Monday. It was Tuesday! I missed "Tuesday with Saint Therese". So I'm posting a day late!I decided for the last Tuesday in May that I would write about Saint Therese's devotion to our Blessed Mother. Especially her experiences with "Our Lady of the Smile".When Saint Therese was a young girl....about ten or so....she became very ill, so ill that for a http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/st-therese-and-blessed-mothers-smile.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-2528500232256061209Tue, 20 May 2008 19:29:00 +00002008-05-20T15:37:19.509-04:00Saint ThereseMany people, MANY people, have prayed to Saint Therese and received as an answer roses. Saint Therese herself said that she would spend her heaven doing good upon earth, sending down a shower of roses from heaven. And she has kept that promise that she made just before she died.I have received quite a few roses from Saint Therese myself. I have never put a "stipulation" on what color rose to http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/novena-to-saint-therese.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-4503431040740502912Mon, 19 May 2008 19:19:00 +00002008-05-19T15:24:49.884-04:00PrayersBlessed MotherSo much can be said about the Rosary. Whether it be how to pray it; various meditiations to use while praying it; how it leads one closer to Jesus and Mary; how our Blessed Mother speaks about it in most every apparition.And then there are all the different Rosaries that people have. They can be made out of stones; jewels; beads; twine with knots; metal; and we can't forget the "natural" Rosarieshttp://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/loveliness-of-rosaries.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-8028350910929317313Mon, 19 May 2008 15:35:00 +00002008-05-19T11:47:06.083-04:00UpdatesAfter much prayer and thought (which kinds of seems silly to me....to be praying about the future of my blog!!) I've made a few decision about "Daughter of the King" and "With my own two hands".For quite some time now I've been finding it difficult to post some things here that I've wanted to. Just simple, every day things. I don't want to take away from the content that is already here. So I http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/few-changes.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-2815176521228865648Sun, 18 May 2008 14:47:00 +00002008-05-18T10:51:38.082-04:00Fun thingsBefore: After: http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/before-after.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-5864717762465261386Tue, 13 May 2008 18:45:00 +00002009-01-26T19:57:55.403-05:00EucharistWhen I went to the Boston Catholic Women's Conference one of the books I picked up was Do I Have to Go? by Matthew Pinto and Chris Stefanick.I bought it thinking that I will somehow incorporate it into next year's Confirmation Program. It is in a question and answer format all about the Eucharist and Holy Mass. It was very interesting and I even found myself reading about things that I had never http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-i-have-to-go.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-6509047473752994210Tue, 13 May 2008 18:06:00 +00002008-05-13T14:18:23.527-04:00Saint ThereseAnne at Under Her Starry Mantle has a weekly series entitled "Tuesday with Saint Anne" where she takes various aspects of Saint Anne's life and people's devotion to her and posts it each Tuesday.I decided to use her idea and post my own series "Tuesday's with Saint Therese". I have so many ideas of what to post and so many topics I want to talk about.She has my good friend for almost four years http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/tuesdays-with-saint-therese.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-8657603952393560832Mon, 12 May 2008 21:01:00 +00002008-05-12T17:36:33.656-04:00PrayersBlessed MotherMy grandfather whom I was very close to began terribly sick during my senior year of high school. For a very long week at the end of January-beginning of February 2000 he lay in a coma in the hospital and we all just waited for the inevitable.The morning he died, I put my great-grandmother's Rosary in my pocket and kept reaching for it. Sound normal? For me it wasn't. I had no idea really what ithttp://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-lady-of-fatima-and-rosary.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-8896447976386013036Fri, 09 May 2008 19:48:00 +00002009-01-26T19:59:56.067-05:00NatureOutside this afternoon it's yucky and rainy: But inside there's a sewing project out and a Dunkin Donuts coffee. As well as possible knitting projects and a new book from Amazon. I enjoy rainy afternoons. http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-afternoon.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-7395557763588590326Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-05-08T23:18:53.267-04:00Catholic CarnivalThis week's Catholic Carnival was hosted by Building the Ark.It's got a beautiful theme this week entitled "Lending a Hand." And it's full of posts that lend us a hand as we walk this journey towards Heaven.One post that particulary stood out in my mind this week is The Four Cornerstones of Drawing Closer to God.And I've got a project going on that I'll hopefully be presenting here this weekend. http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/catholic-carnival.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-772861874152066237Wed, 07 May 2008 12:24:00 +00002008-05-07T08:29:10.061-04:00NatureIn my first post of May I mentioned the beautiful bush in our front yard. After two full days of beautiful sunshine the flowers have fully bloomed. This has been in our front yard for forever. The house was my grandparents and they must have planted it just after they built the house. My parents were married on May 7th and in all the pictures my mom is standing in front of this bush. And every http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/its-officially-may.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33404020.post-2434272744954510943Tue, 06 May 2008 17:33:00 +00002008-05-06T13:36:49.748-04:00Fun thingsHere's a sample of some of the questions that those wishing to become American Citizens have to answer.I have to say....it's a good thing I'm already a citizen! Although my mistakes were because I didn't pay enough attention to the question.I need to go back and re-read some of my college history textbooks. Maybe there was a reason I didn't stick with the American History Major in college!!http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2008/05/could-you-become-us-citizen.htmlMariology21@yahoo.com (Jen)1