Favour received from the Bonnie Prince.

Kelly reports this favour from The Bonnie Prince:

Victoria is a little three year old girl who was born blind.

She lives in the united States. 

The endearing child who suffers much 

has  never been able to eat food normally. 

She awaits brain surgery at the Dukes Hospital. 

Of late Victoria lay for three days 

suffering from a high fever. 

Kelly, a friend of Victoria's mother 

and who is devoted to the Bonnie Prince, 

upon hearing of the fever invoked the Prince's assistance

 for little Victoria. 

Kelly took her image of the Bonnie Prince 

and with it touched it to the photo of Victoria

 that she had on her computer screen.

Her prayer was heard. 

Less than five minutes later,

the fever left her 

Victoria's temperature had dropped to normal.

 Public Thanksgiving is offered to the Bonnie Prince:

I praise Him most, I love Him best,

All praise and love is His;

While Him I love, in Him I live

And cannot love amiss. ...

Alas, He weeps, He sighs, He pants!

Yet do His angels sing;

Out of His tears, His sighs and throbs

Doth bud a joyful spring.

O Bonnie Prince whose tender arms

Can force all foes to fly,

Correct my faults, protect my life,

Direct me when I die. 

[Hymn in honour of The Bonnie Prince]

Some other fevers Our Lord did cure:

And Simon' s wife' s mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.  And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her... (Mark 1:30-31)

He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him. The father therefore knew, that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. (John 4:52)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I knew it would happen some day. I just didn't know it would be today. If you have already come to this blog to link this morning and found the new post wasn't here, you know what I'm talking about. I always schedule the post each week on Thursday to go on Friday morning. Well, obviously I goofed this time. I totally forgot to do it yesterday. Blame the busyness of the season? Nope. I just

O Bread of Heaven!

It is our custom to follow Thursday Mass with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.  Below is a photo from today's adoration.

#400 - Finale

Hello Scribblers,

Thank you for 400 weeks of writing!

When Laini and I started Sunday Scribblings in March of 2006, it was to encourage both of us to write.   There weren't very many other writing prompt blogs at that time and we wanted to do something to inspire other people as well.  In the days before Mr. Linky we would link all of the responses by hand!  I never dreamed that 400 weeks later, I'd still be writing prompts.

That being said, this will be the final Sunday Scribblings prompt.  I know that there are a group of you who have been with the site for a long time, and I would like to express my deepest gratitude for all of the time you have spent 'Scribbling' with me.

The prompt for this week is: Finale.

If you are still looking for prompts, there are 400 linked in the sidebar! I hope you'll find something to inspire you.

As always, happy scribbling!

With love,
Megg

Rejoice!

Gaudate Sunday falls on the third Sunday of Advent.  It takes its name from the first word of the Introit.

"Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete. Modestia vestra nota sit omnibus hominibus: Dominus enim prope est. Nihil solliciti sitis: sed in omni oratione petitiones vestræ innotescant apud Deum." Phil. 4:4-6

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice.  Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh.  Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God."

Gaudete Sunday is the counterpart to Lætare Sunday in Lent.  Falling as it does at the half-way-point of Advent, the penitential season of expectation leading up to Christmas, Gaudate Sunday provides a moment of relief from the austerities of the fast, thus the liturgical colour of rose replaces the penitential violet.

Rorate Coeli Desuper et Nubes Pluant Justum

The Rorate Mass is a special Advent devotion in honour of Our Blessed Lady and is especially traditional in Germany and Poland.  The title of this devotion is taken from the first word of the Introit for the Mass of Our Lady during Advent which is itself taken from the words of Isaiah the Prophet (see below).

 The Rorate Mass is traditionally celebrated by candlelight. Today, the Saturday of the second week of Advent, we celebrated a Rorate Mass on Stronsay.

Before Holy Mass.

 Rorate, caeli, desuper, et nubes pluant justum; aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.  Isa. 45:8

Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour.

 "For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names: That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth." Phil. 2:10

Week #289 with Simon Says Stamp!

Good morning all!

 Welcome to another week at Sketch Saturday,

back with us as our sponsor this week 

is the ever fabulous 

Simon Says Stamp

The prize this week is a fantastic $25.00 to spend in the 

Simon Says Stamp Store

Challenge #289

Anything Goes - Any Sketch after #215

See the Archive HERE 

 

December Guest Designer

Tusia Lech  Sketch #280

Marzena Sketch #227

Steph- Sketch #247

Alex H.- Sketch #274

Debra - Sketch #251

Niki using Sketch #216

Cathy using Sketch #239

Lesley using sketch #248

Vannessa using Sketch #224

Lizy using sketch #216

Next week, we are taking a holiday for Christmas, 

so this challenge will run 2 weeks!  Please have the picture of the Sketch Saturday sketch you are using in your post.  Hope you will join us!

Wishing you countless blessings this holiday season.

~ The Saturday Girls ~

Now its your turn!

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winner #288 Marzena's DT Week

The winner of last week's sketch challenge hosted by Marzena
and sponsored by 7 Dots Studio is.......

#25 Grandma Bonnie

with this wonderful creation!

You won 2 paper collections - Domestic Goddess and Hopefully!

Congratulations Bonnie!!

Please leave a comment below and email Marzena at marzena2501@gmail.com

for details of how to claim your prize from 7 Dots Studio.

Grab you winner's badge from the sidebar!

Advent

ADVENT.  Does your church celebrate this tradition? For the last few years I've been associated with churches that did - kind of. I'm sure that in some churches such as Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and others make more of it than our church does. Until recent years I really knew nothing about it. I grew up in a very fundamentalist church that didn't even make a big deal of Christmas, believing

#399 - Theme

This time of year there are lots of posts around about people's word of the year. If that interests you, choose a single word as your theme for 2014. If that does not interest you, try choosing your own superhero(ine) theme song, or any other variation on a theme for just you.

What theme will propel you to your best possible self/ life/ decor/ happiness/ enjoyment in 2014?

Happy Scribbling!

Calendar OUT NOW!

The 2014 Papa Stronsay Calendar is OUT NOW! Packed full of beautiful and diverse images, daily liturgical calendar, major anniversaries and so much more. A fantastic addition to any home, office, or anywhere else!

ORDER YOUR COPY NOW HERE: tinyurl.com/papastronsay

Week #288 ~ Marzena's DT Week with 7 Dots Studio

Happy Saturday Everyone!
We have a new sketch challenge today.

Marzena is hosting this week and arranged a wonderful sponsor

7 Dots Studio was born from dreams and for dreams. We are a European scrapbooking company. Quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are created by very talented artists - from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media, grungy collage look. But what you can always be sure are high quality and thickness of our papers, which make them work perfectly with all kinds of media. Among our products you will find scrapbooking papers, alpha stickers, die-cut elements, collage sheets, 6x6 paper pads, element stickers and tags. We are amazingly happy and feel very blessed to see that so many crafters and artists love our designs! Please visit our blog to see awesome inspirations from our design team and our facebookprofile or flickr gallery to share your projects. 

About the owner Tusia Lech - I love all kinds of media, if I would have to define my style, I would say that media are the only constant thing. My favourite colours are fresh, bold greens, blues and pinks, but at the same time I just love delicate, pale hues of beige, rose and white. However there is something in my projects, what can be found always a positive, feminine style.

Scrapbooking fills my whole life, it is all around me in my private life and in my job career. I love the process of creation I have created things since early childhood all kinds of handmade things always attracted me. I cannot imagine my life without making some art. Even if I leave for a weekend, I always take my small art-bag”, filled with art-journal supplies. I am lucky enough to be a designer in a few very creative places. I love drinking coffee, reading books, walking through the forest, watching flowers on the meadow, basking in the autumn sun and being deep in my inner world. I can say that I am happy person and wouldn’t change a single thing in my life.

I am very happy to be a Guest Designer at Sketch Saturday. Thank you!

The prize this week -  2 paper kits from 7 Dots Studio!

 Domestic Goddess

Hopefully

Marzena designed this beautiful sketch for us:

Our December guest designer is

Tusia Lech 

(Owner of 7 Dots Studio)

this card was made with the Hopefully collection...

Marzena 

Debra

Niki

Alex H.

Lesley

Cathy

Vannessa

Lizy

Now it's your turn

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winner #287!

The winner of last week's sketch challenge
sponsored by Milk Coffee is....... 

#2 Henriette

with this fantastic creation!

You won 5 digital stamps of your choice!

Congratulations Henriette!!

Please leave a comment below and email Debra at dmiller98@wi.rr.com

for details of how to claim your prize from Milk Coffee.

Grab you winner's badge from the sidebar!

Welcome Back

Welcome back everyone. Linking was down a little last week probably because everyone was so busy. We had relatives at our home from Saturday until Tuesday. I guess a lot of people were either traveling or entertaining company last weekend. Again, thank you for the nice comments you made to me. They are always appreciated.

As it is time to link again, be sure to click on Linking Info if you are

A Perfect Storm

5th December 2013 saw an impressive storm hit large parts of the UK.  Here is how it looked on Stronsay, the island next door to Papa Stronsay.  Gusts were estimated at up to 80 mph, causing flooding in the village of Whitehall.

#398 - Phobia

The prompt for this week is: phobia.

I hope you have a great week (with nothing scary in it!)