My Marian Devotion

It is funny right after Easter during my Divine Mercy Novena, I started my Marian month devotions in the last week in May.  Today I started my Prayer Walk with Mary.  Believe it or not, The Blessed Mother helps me loose weight.  I do my morning walk while prayer the Rosary with the CD I bought called, Healing through the Rosary by Fr. Robert De Grandis. It is amazing the graces we receive through the Rosary.  It keeps me focused on Mary and Jesus through ordinary functions in life. I am setting up my altar today for Mary.  We decorate very fancy during the Marian months of May and October.  Mary is the rock lately that I cling to.  My daughter in particular has had quite the year medically.  I thank God everyday for his Blessed Mother that he gave us. During these time when I carry that cross, I look to Jesus and The Blessed Mother for encouragement and guidance.

Spanish for next year

After researching and looking at the reviews,  I looked at Rosetta Stone, Muzzy, Tell Me more, Speekee, along with some apps on the ipad.  Most of the reviews were mixed except for Muzzy and Speekee.  Speekee is for younger kids.  We decided to do Muzzy, in coordination with Spanish Now 1.  I will let you all know how it goes. 

Bible Study

The best Bible Study I have gone through was the Kimberly Hahn's Proverbs 31 Bible Study.  I recommend it for everyone.  From Book1 to Book 3, she explains things that she does and how we can enrich our family lives, lives with our children, our marriage, our walk with God through simple things she does.  I have incorporated alot of things she recommends and they really work.  My life journey with God has been enriched through it.

Book 1

Book 2

Book 3

The closing of Lent...

Well I know I haven't written in awhile but I am back to writing or trying daily posts.  Why you might say? God is amazing.  He guides on paths you least expect until he pops it right in your lap. He is guiding me on a journey or path I thought I gave up on years ago.  There is a season for everything.  Yes now I am writing again, but a different type of writing, a more seasoned type of writing.  I guess He needed me to grow up, experience and appreciate life a bit before I was to write the book I am writing. Then Lent pops into my head.  What a Lent this had been?  My first thought was it  a failure.  It has been a trying Lent, but one that is guiding me on a closer path with God.  So I guess my Lent was not a failure, at least not in God's eyes.  Now as I start Holy Week, I realize what a sorrow, a loss for The Blessed Mother.  As I have a son really sick this week, I can feel her pain a little, nothing compared what she went through.  When I have to bear my crosses I always to look to her and her son.  It is through our crosses that we walk closer with God.  Have a Blessed Holy Week.

Praising Him Joyfully,
Noelle