December 2010
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For 2011 I will:
take a photo every day and upload them to ShutterCal each week pray the Rosary every day remember that this life is only a pilgrimage to heaven speak to a priest about vocation… and hopefully get to talk to the Archbishop about consecrated virginity take time everyday to do something that I really enjoy, to do something for me be the best person I can be, the person God wants me to be
Dec 31st
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Going Ice Skating Today!!
I am so very excited that I am going ice skating today!  One of my bestest friends and my sister and I are going up to the ice rink in a little bit to go skating!! I love skating! Yeah, that’s all I wanted to say… I’ll post pics later if I remember to take any. :)
Dec 31st
Thoughts on Beauty →
My little brother and I ran an errand tonight…in a perfect wonderland. Snow, falling thickly yet gently, is blanketing the world. Such a sight never ceases to move me to joyous wonder. Pausing to watch the millions of glittering flakes waft under street lights, I couldn’t help but exclaim to David, “Oh, isn’t it marvelously beautiful?” He’s 11, but has already heard...
Dec 31st
Thoughts on Beauty →
My little brother and I ran an errand tonight…in a perfect wonderland. Snow, falling thickly yet gently, is blanketing the world. Such a sight never ceases to move me to joyous wonder. Pausing to watch the millions of glittering flakes waft under street lights, I couldn’t help but exclaim to David, “Oh, isn’t it marvelously beautiful?” He’s 11, but has already heard...
Dec 31st
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“Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity.”
– Pope John Paul II
Dec 31st
iselamariaphotography asked: Amanda,
I've been following your blog for a few months now and I wanted to say thanks for posting everything you do. I am a devout Catholic woman, I graduated from Franciscan University in 2008 and now live in Boston with my husband. Its wonderful to find other young people who are so passionate about their faith. Your post about skirts reminded me of one of my best friends whose blog...
Dec 30th
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“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise it is...”
– C. S. Lewis
Dec 30th
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“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise it is...”
– C. S. Lewis
Dec 30th
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iselamariaphotography asked: Amanda,
I've been following your blog for a few months now and I wanted to say thanks for posting everything you do. I am a devout Catholic woman, I graduated from Franciscan University in 2008 and now live in Boston with my husband. Its wonderful to find other young people who are so passionate about their faith. Your post about skirts reminded me of one of my best friends whose blog...
Dec 30th
journeytotruth asked: I've seen some others do this, pick a patron saint for the year. What does this mean?
Dec 30th
inthesilenceoftheheart-deactiva asked: hello! I love that two of your most recent posts have been regarding mantillas (chapel veils) and skirts! Two of my most favorite things. Anyway, we seem like very similar people! I'm a 20 year old Theology major at a Catholic University, wear almost nothing but skirts, and also wear a mantilla to Mass and anywhere the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. Thought it would be nice to send you a...
Dec 30th
inthesilenceoftheheart-deactiva asked: hello! I love that two of your most recent posts have been regarding mantillas (chapel veils) and skirts! Two of my most favorite things. Anyway, we seem like very similar people! I'm a 20 year old Theology major at a Catholic University, wear almost nothing but skirts, and also wear a mantilla to Mass and anywhere the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. Thought it would be nice to send you a...
Dec 30th
journeytotruth asked: I've seen some others do this, pick a patron saint for the year. What does this mean?
Dec 30th
As some of you may or may not know, I have a very good friend who lost her littlest sister to cancer this past Pentecost (and it was the sister’s sixth birthday). This is the first Christmas we have been without little Lydia. My friend rarely writes in verse, but she wrote this on Christmas. I’ll let is speak for itself. The forest is silent this Christmas morning. All of the birds...
Dec 30th
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Chapel Veils... →
I think young women should bring back the tradition of wearing a chapel veil. I got one a few months ago and wear it to Mass often. I only know of a couple other girls who wear chapel veils. I think they’re beautiful and show modesty and innocence. “But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is...
Dec 30th
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Why I Love Skirts →
I’m not a skirts-exclusively girl. There are times when I find a pair of trousers more practical… jogging, climbing ladders, going out knee-deep in the snow, horseback riding… But, in general, I wear pretty much skirts and dresses all the time, for so many different reasons. Here are some of them: They swish around your ankles. They drape over a chair when you sit down. They...
Dec 29th
Why I Love Skirts →
I’m not a skirts-exclusively girl. There are times when I find a pair of trousers more practical… jogging, climbing ladders, going out knee-deep in the snow, horseback riding… But, in general, I wear pretty much skirts and dresses all the time, for so many different reasons. Here are some of them: They swish around your ankles. They drape over a chair when you sit down. They...
Dec 29th
Anonymous asked: Can you pray for me and my family. Made some mistakes and don't want to hurt my family because of them.

Thank you
J.
Dec 29th
Anonymous asked: Can you pray for me and my family. Made some mistakes and don't want to hurt my family because of them.

Thank you
J.
Dec 29th
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Serenity Prayer
O Lord, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference. Amen.
Dec 29th
Since My Followers Have Risen Considerably in...
… I’m just wondering, why did you decide to follow me?
Dec 29th
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Kateri Tekakwitha →
I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus. He must be my only love. The state of helpless poverty that may befall me if I do not marry does not frighten me. All I need is a little food and a few pieces of clothing. With the work of my hands I shall always earn what is necessary and what is left over I’ll give to my relatives and to the poor. If I should become sick and unable to work, then I...
Dec 29th
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I hate slow websites!!
And the Wisconsin Public Library Digital website is the slowest one I’ve been on in a while. I mean, really, it doesn’t need to take 5 minutes to load one page only for me to have to click on a link which take another five minutes! And I know it’s not my internet connection because Tumblr is functioning just fine… oh, well, whatever…
Dec 28th
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“God answers prayers in three ways: Yes, No, and I Have Something Better.”
– unknown
Dec 28th
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the 4th day of Christmas →
today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents (matthew 2:13-18). from today’s Office of Readings, here is a sermon by St Quodvultdeus on the Holy Innocents: The children die for Christ, though they do not know it. The parents mourn for the death of martyrs. The child makes of those as yet unable to speak fit witnesses to Himself. See the kind of kingdom that is His, coming as He did in order to be...
Dec 28th
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“I forgive Alessandro. I forgive him with all my heart; and I want him to be with...”
– St Maria Goretti, regarding the boy who stabbed her to death when she would not cooperate with his desire to rape her
Dec 28th
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“I forgive Alessandro. I forgive him with all my heart; and I want him to be with...”
– St Maria Goretti, regarding the boy who stabbed her to death when she would not cooperate with his desire to rape her
Dec 28th
Princesses in Disguise - Part 2 →
We enter fairyland… or perhaps we’ve always been here. Regardless, the castle stands before us, a thing of elegant architecture with many towers. One tower stands out in particular: the one with the wide spacious balcony, the railing of which is draped over with roses. We need hardly be told: that is the princess’ balcony, lovely and romantic. Through the castle gates, up the...
Dec 27th
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Princesses in Disguise - Part 2 →
We enter fairyland… or perhaps we’ve always been here. Regardless, the castle stands before us, a thing of elegant architecture with many towers. One tower stands out in particular: the one with the wide spacious balcony, the railing of which is draped over with roses. We need hardly be told: that is the princess’ balcony, lovely and romantic. Through the castle gates, up the...
Dec 27th
“Because there [in your world,] I have another name. You must learn to know me by...”
– Aslan (C.S. Lewis)
Dec 27th
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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence →
Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly minded, for with blessing in his hand Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand. King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords in human vesture, in the Body and the Blood he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. Rank on rank...
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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“We should love and feel compassion for those who oppose us, since they harm...”
– St. Anthony Zaccaria
Dec 26th
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“We should love and feel compassion for those who oppose us, since they harm...”
– St. Anthony Zaccaria
Dec 26th
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Merry Christmas!
May God grant all a great day to celebrate the birth of His Son!
Dec 25th
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“An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who...”
– St John Chysostom 
Dec 25th
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“An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who...”
– St John Chysostom 
Dec 25th
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Off to Midnight Mass at Holy Hill!!
I am so excited that my parents decided on Holy Hill this year!!! I LOVE HOLY HILL!!!! Anyway, we are leaving super early because the Church will be full by 10:30pm! Oh, I love being Catholic!
Dec 25th
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“The 25th day of December, the 19th of the Moon: Countless centuries past from...”
– This is from the Midnight Mass and one of my favorite parts!
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“O Immaculata, what were your thoughts when for the first time you placed the...”
– St Maximilian Kolbe
Dec 24th
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Princesses in Disguise - Part I →
The idea for this project came at the time when such ideas generally come to my mind: at midnight. One by one the various topics came to me, and occasionally particular sentences would spring to my mind. It all came quite quickly, as I paced my bedroom floor in the dark, and I filed it all away in the back of my mind, hoping that none of it would be lost. The one thing that would not come,...
Dec 24th
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Princesses in Disguise - Part I →
The idea for this project came at the time when such ideas generally come to my mind: at midnight. One by one the various topics came to me, and occasionally particular sentences would spring to my mind. It all came quite quickly, as I paced my bedroom floor in the dark, and I filed it all away in the back of my mind, hoping that none of it would be lost. The one thing that would not come,...
Dec 24th
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“God is always faithful to His promises, but He often surprises us in the way He...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas Eve Thought for the Day 2010
Dec 24th
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Mary Personifies Man's Perfect Union with God →
A gem of light, clarity and conciseness, this article was written originally in Latin by Fr. Maximilian and published in the first issue of his international Latin quarterly for priests MILES IMMACULATAE January 1938  HOW MANY HAVE WRITTEN of you, O Immaculata, but all of them have humbly confessed they were unable to write anything worthy of you. This conviction alone consoled them, that you...
Dec 24th