Week 44: Markets of This Week

Wednesday 31st October
CERES Organic Market

Thursday 1st November
Casey Farmers' Market

Saturday 3rd November
Bundoora Park Farmers' Market
CERES Organic Market
Central Murray Farmers' Market
Daylesford Farmers' Market
East Gippsland Farmers' Market
Growers Market on the Green
Healesville Organic Market
Hume Murray Farmers' Market
Kingston Farmers' Market
Murrabit Markets
South Gippsland Farmers' Market
Sunraysia Farmers' Market
Tatong Farmers' Market
Veg Out St Kilda Farmers' Market

Sunday 4th November
Harcourt Farmers' Market
Heathmont Farmers' Market

#82 - Hospital

Hi all! The prompt this week is "hospital."

P.S. I know we've said this before, but now it's really true! We've got a new blog format coming your way that will make all linking automatic and I think it might be up by next week. So if you come here and find a redirect, please follow it and find us! Have a great weekend!

1. dreamergirl
2. ul
3. just jen
4. xegbp
5. arboleda
6. tiel aisha ansari
7. paul
8. autrice deldrago
9. herb urban
10. matthew
11. rob kistner
12. betty c.
13. sonya
14. this girl remembers
15. lissa
16. frances
17. kiah
18. lucy
19. marcy
20. lesley
21. mommy2angels
22. tori
23. raven
24. john tran
25. jo
26. sister ae
27. gill
28. steve
29. redness
30. clockworkchris
31. stacy
32. remiman
33. struggling/wenona
34. gautami tripathy
35. liza's eyeview
36. ingrid
37. pen and the sword
38. paisley
39. mandi
40. souwestersue
41. tumblewords
42. robin
43. greenishlady
44. patois
45. colleen
46. gemma
47. devil mood
48. kay
49. granny smith
50. june
51. myrtle beached whale
52. forgetfulone
53. bonggamom
54. joy
55. raymond pert
56. poppy fields
57. giggles
58. jane poe (aka deborah)
59. paisley
60. willow myrina
61. joseph c. harris
62. secret agent mama
63. brian
64. shelby
65. laura thompson
66. ther
67. jone
68. cynthia e. bagley
69. sarala
70. jennifer hicks
71. write from karen
72. djpare
73. lisa sullivan
74. mks
75. inland empire girl
76. gilson
77. rebecca
78. roswellgray
79. sundaycynce
80. michelle (a.k.a. la vie en rose)
81. rose
82. j. matthew saunders
83.
84.

Week 43: Markets for This Week

Wednesday 24th October
CERES Organic Market

Saturday 27th October
Ballarat Lakeside Farmers' Market
Berwick/Casey Farmers' Market
CERES Organic Market
Churchill Island Farmers' Market
Essendon Farmers' Market
Healesville Organic Farmers' Market
Lancefield and District Farmers' Market
Slow Food Farmers' Market
Traralgon Farmers' Market
Yarraville Farmers' Market

Sunday 28th October
Tyabb Farmers' Market
Yarra Valley Fresh
Yarrunga Farmers' Market

No strings attached!

New Zealand foundation update!

Rev. Fr Clement Mary, C.SS.R. rector of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour Monastery, Christchurch, New Zealand, has begun a new blog: Transalpine Redemptorists in Christchurch. Please feel free to go visit it:

http://www.transalpineredemptorists.blogspot.com/

Our island of Papa Stronsay is not connected in any way to the neighboring islands, and that’s not just talking about roads. There are no water pipes coming to Papa Stronsay. There are no gas pipes, electricity or telephone cables either. Our Water is pumped from large underground wells, and for electricity, we have a generator powered by a diesel engine. If the generator breaks down, we have no electricity at all. This also leaves us without water, because the pumps, which bring the water, the sometimes 100ft distance from the wells to the surface, are powered by electricity. Therefore, it is vital to get it back up and running as soon as possible. Below can be seen our generator being repaired after a breakdown.

Rev. Fr Anthony Mary, C.SS.R. and Br. Magdala Maria, C.SS.R. working on our 16 KW generator.

The generator split into two parts.


Out with the old...


...and in with the new.


Fr. and Br. working on the new generator set.

#81

I thought I would lighten things up a little bit this week. The prompt this week is:

"My first act as Queen/ King of the World will be..."

The possibilities are endless!

(P.S. - An extremely jet-lagged Meg here! Endless apologies for the week before last. It was wonderful to see that all of you enjoy the site so much!! I am excited and humbled by the community that has grown here. Here's to many more Scribbles! Now back to world domination.)

1. redness
2. liza's eyeview
3. xegbp
4. nonizamboni
5. tiel aisha ansari
6. kiah
7. ~kathryn~
8. granny smith
9. maria
10. joseph c harris
11. struggling/ wenona
12. inland empire girl
13. herb urban
14. thefirecat
15. menopauseprincess
16. khambagirl
17. dreamergirl
18. giggles
19. rob kistner
20. lucy
21. paul
22. forgetfulone
23. djpare
24. ana
25. brian
26. gautami tripathy
27. raymond pert
28. robin
29. ally bean
30. paris parfait
31. lisa sullivan
32. awareness
33. wendy
34. clockworkchris
35. tori
36. paisley
37. devil mood
38. karen travels
39. patois
40. january
41. myrtle beached whale
42. jenica
43. ali la loca
44. remiman
45. shelby
46. jessica
47. jennifer hicks
48. ingrid
49. stacy
50. raven
51. tricia stirling
52. marilyn
53. minerva jane
54. sarala
55. the alchemist
56. cynthia e. bagley
57. roswellgray
58. sundaycynce
59. bipolarbear
60. terri
61. sandie
62. mks
63. tinker
64.
65.
66.
67.
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Week 42: Markets for This Week

Wednesday 17th October
CERES Organic Market

Thursday 18th October
Casey Farmers' Market

Saturday 20th October
Bayswater Farmers' Market
Boroondara Farmers' Market
Buninyong Farmers' Market
Carlton Gardens Farmers' Market
Central Murray Farmers' Market
CERES Organic Market
Drouin Farmers' Market
Gasworks Farmers' Market
Healesville Organic Market
Hume Murray Farmers' Market
Kilmore Highland and Produce Market
Knox Farmers' Market
Moyhu Farmers' Market
Port Fairy Farmers' Market
Sunraysia Farmers' Market
Wellington Farmers' Market

Sunday 21st October
Girgarre Farmers' Market
Sanctuary Lakes Farmers' Market
Talbot Farmers' Market
Werribee Farmers' Market
Yarra Valley Regional Farmers' Market

#80 - First Job, Worst Job, Dream Job

Let's hear em! What was your first job, and what was your worst job, and any others you care to tell about. How about your dream job? Give us your "realistic" dream job, that which you are pursuing and hope to attain, and your total fantasy dream job, which may not even exist, but would be perfect for you.

1. dreamergirl
2. ana
3. jenica
4. raven
5. joseph c. harris
6. just jen
7. redness
8. herb urban
9. xegbp
10. liza's eyeview
11. simon chase
12. ul
13. megnificent
14. matthew
15. tricia stirling
16. the firecat
17. tiel aisha ansari
18. kiah
19. ~kathryn~
20. gautami tripathy
21. gular
22. shelley
23. tumblewords
24. sister ae
25. strauss
26. the alchemist
27. paisley
28. ingrid
29. stacy
30. pen and the sword
31. jane poe (aka deborah)
32. karen travels
33. sandie
34. jo
35. gilson
36. alphawoman
37. robin
38. patois
39. kelly
40. secret agent mama
41. jessica
42. colleen
43. january
44. raymond pert
45. poppy fields
46. betty c.
47. greenishlady
48. charlotte kemsley
49. ali la loca
50. shelby
51. lesley
52. remiman
53. djpare
54. inland empire girl
55. kentuckygal
56. wendy
57. sarala
58. e_journeys
59. jill terry
60. jennifer hicks
61. giggles
62. kikare
63. lucy
64. rob kistner
65. my backyard
66. awareness
67. granny smith
68. roswellgray
69. wren
70. luzie
71. chelle
72. self taught artist
73. gigergal
74. khambagirl
75. terina
76. tiny noises
77. rose
78. allrileyedup
79. renee
80. mardougrrl
81. ren.kat
82. tangerine
83. vanessa
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.

Our Lady, Queen of the Rosary.

We know that today’s feast was instituted by Pope St Pius V after the stunning victory of the enormously outnumbered Catholic naval fleet over the Moslems at Lepanto on 7th October 1571. But what we can we take from it? The Pope attributed the Catholic victory to Our Lady and to the praying of the rosary. If we take a look at the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, we can see that there is a central point which just keeps coming back again and again: "Pray the Rosary every day". So the Holy Mother of God instructs us to pray the rosary every day, but what kind of an answer can we expect to get from the praying of the rosary? Sr. Lucy answered this question for us herself:

"The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which
we live has given new efficacy in the recitation of the Holy Rosary. There
is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot solve
by the prayer of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, we will save ourselves.
We will sanctify ourselves. We will console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of
many souls."

Our Lady also gives us a proof of this in the apparitions. She told the three children, that they should pray the rosary everyday to obtain peace in the world and the end of the war (World War I). These are two great graces. Peace for the entire world, every country, every place! And the end of the war! In another place, Lucy presented some petitions from other people to Our Lady. Lucy said afterwards that she couldn't remember exactly what these were, or the individual replies, but that Our Lady told her that these people would have to pray the rosary to obtain their requests. So the rosary, according to the Mother of God, will obtain both great graces and small ones. Did Our Lady give any other examples of Graces that could be obtained through the rosary? She told Lucy that she and Jacinta would go to heaven, and that Francisco would also go to heaven, but that he would have to pray "many rosaries". It is unlikely that Francisco at his young age, would have had such a great stock of sins to expiate in order to save his soul, so perhaps there is another explanation of Our Lady’s remark. It seems that Our Lady gave the rosary to Francisco to be for him a shield against the corruption of the world. If he were to escape sin, save his soul and get to heaven, he would have to pray "many rosaries". So there are two more graces that can be expected from the recitation of the rosary: protection from temptations and the allurements of a sinful world, and the salvation of souls.
We conclude then, that if Our Lady, the most perfect being after God, who in the Kingdom of heaven, stands above all other creatures, comes down from her heavenly throne, and in every one of her apparitions at Fatima stresses that we should pray the rosary Every Day, we should probably take her advice.


Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us!

Week 41: Markets for This Week

Wednesday 10th October
CERES Organic Market

Saturday 13th October
Bendigo Farmers' Market
Cardinia Ranges Farmers' Market
Central Geelong Farmers' Market
CERES Organic Market
Collingwood Farmers' Market
East Doncaster Farmers' Market
Healesville Organic Market
Kyneton Farmers' Market
Manningham Community Produce Market
Metung Farmers' Market
Mornington Farmers' Market

Sunday 14th October
Aireys Inlet Community Market
Avenel Farmers' Market
Caroline Springs Market
Kangaroo Ground Highland Farmers' Market
Whitehorse Farmers' Market

140th anniversary of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos', C.SS.R. death

Father Francis Xavier Seelos, C.SS.R.

Born January 11th, 1819, Fussen, Southern Germany
Professed as a Redemptorist May 16th, 1844
Ordained priest December 22nd, 1844
Died in the odour of sanctity October 4th, 1867

"Father Seelos, cure me!"
The voice came from a crippled man in the Redemptorist monastery of St. Philomena's Church in Pittsburgh. "My good man, I'm no doctor. I can't cure you," replied Father Seelos. You may well imagine how startled the good priest was when he saw the crippled man pick up his crutches and throw them out the window!
"I'm not leaving until you cure me!" It was easy to see that he meant what he said. There was an expression of genuine amazement on the face of the priest as he marvelled at the great faith and trust in the soul of the man. "I know he has overestimated my power," the priest thought to himself. "But maybe.....???

"wait a minute," said Father Seelos. Back into the monaster he went. Returning a few moments later with the Gospel in his hand, he told the man to sit down. He opened the Holy Gospel according to Saint John and began to read. When he finished, he closed the book, lifted his eyes to heaven and began to pray with all his heart. Then from the ritual blessing of the sick...

"Dominus Jesus Christus apud te sit, ut defendat... May Our Lord Jesus Christ be with thee to defend thee, ... Benedictio Dei Omnipotentis, Patris, et Filii, + et Spiritus Sancti, descendat super te, et maneat semper. Amen."

A strange indescribable feeling came over the crippled man. Somehow his legs felt strong again. Tears of joy began forming in the corners of his eyes. He took several sobbing breaths and slowly stood upright. Legs which for a long time could not carry him were now able to support his body.

"God be praised!" he cried, "May God be praised! Oh, thank you, Father Seelos. Thanks be to God!"

sorry -- no scribble this week!

Sorry, folks. Meg and I are both out of town this weekend and will not be able to put up links -- I think this is the first time in 80 weeks that we've both been traveling on the same weekend! We will be back next week with a great prompt. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend and we'll see you soon!

[Update -- It's 5 am and I'm heading to the airport & saw your comments -- aw, you guys, I feel bad! If you want to use "Sorry" as a prompt, I promise to post the links on Monday!]


Here you go, scribblers. Sorry again about the disruption!
1. redness
2. megnificent!
3. lisa
4. xegbp
5. herb urban
6. khambagirl
7. ul
8. autrice deldrago
9. lucy
10. fledgling poet
11. tumblewords
12. robin
13. steve
14. gautami tripathy
15. jo
16. marilyn
17. patois
18. rose dewy knickers
19. ascenderrisesabove
20. joseph c. harris
21. just jen
22. pen and the sword
23. rob kistner
24. menopauseprincess
25. novel nymph
26. josie two shoes
27. gilson
28. thefirecat
29. devil mood
30. missmeliss
31. raymond pert
32. gill
33. shelby
34. raven
35. write from karen
36. ~kathryn~
37. marie
38. jennifer hicks
39. wren
40. ingrid
41. carla nikol
42. brittany
43. vanessa
44.
45.

The harvest is over

The last week has seen the members of the community working together in the field to get in our harvest of potatoes. After a long spell of wet weather, the good Lord saw fit to send us a few days of dry, bright, sunny weather, which we took full advantage of. We have been truly blessed this year since the harvest was excellent. We bagged approximately 9 - 10 tonnes of potatoes, enough to last us to next years harvest.

The view from the tractor cab.

Rev. Fr Anthony Mary, C.SS.R. pulls the harvester through the field.

After the harvester has passed by, the potatoes are left on the surface to be collected.

Br. Columba Maria, C.SS.R. inspects the crop.

The hard work having paid off, the potatoes and the brothers take a ride out of the field.


The potatoes now lie drying, after which they can be stored.

Deo gratias et Mariae!