Looking for Something Good to Read?

Look no further!  To find a varied assortment of inspirational blog posts, we can click this line and hop over to Catholic Spirituality Blogs Network.  There, we'll find links to the twenty nominations for the first-ever Frankie Award.  "Frankie" refers, appropriately enough, to St. Francis de Sales - patron of Catholic writers.

We can even vote if we wish.  And there's an entry from right here on The Breadbox Letters... one entitled "Go Through the Motions."

Oh, but there is such marvelous variety among the entries!  I would suggest a few for your edification, but that would amount, pretty much, to suggesting all twenty. 

I'm sure St. Francis de Sales is praying for this adventure!

"Let us always belong to God, unreservedly and without interruption.  May He ever live and reign in our hearts.  Amen."  (St. Francis de Sales)

Painting attributed to Jacques Bizet

What to Do...

I'm happy to announce that Connie Rossini, blogger at Contemplative Homeschool and administrator of Catholic Spirituality Blogs Network, has a wonderful new e-book ready for downloading - free!

The title?  "Five Lessons from the Carmelite Saints that Will Change your Life."

The possibility?  That these five lessons will change your life.

The book is short enough to read in one sitting.  And filled with inspiration to last a lifetime.

"You don't have to be strong to follow this way of trust," writes Connie.  "It is a way for the poor  and weak, a way for the average, a way for sinners, and it is open to all.  Even to you. Your sins don’t surprise or shock God. He knows you better than you know yourself, and He loves you without measure. He can make you a saint, even though you may currently be the worst sinner. Trust Him."

And then, as in all of the chapters, there is practical, solid advice about "What to Do...."

As for me, I'm ready to seriously do the What to Dos.

Click here to begin doing the What to Dos, too.

Painting: Otto Scholderer Lesendes Mädchen, in US public domain 

This post is linked to Catholic Bloggers Network Linkup Blitz 

A New Blog on the Block!

picture from Wikimedia Commons

There's something new and wonderful in Blogtown!  I join with Connie Rossini and a number of others in announcing the "official" launch of Catholic Spirituality Blogs Network.  As someone who blogs almost exclusively on the spiritual life, I am thrilled to find a network of bloggers with similar calls and goals.

Connie Rossini of Contemplative Homeschool is founder and administrator of this network, and I share with you some of her introductory words:

"Everyone has an idiolect--a collection of personal speech habits that is different from anyone else's. Have you ever thought about your spiritual idiolect? Since your soul is unique, you have a personal way of speaking to God that no one else completely shares. Today I am announcing the creation of a new blog that will help you find and fine-tune your spiritual idiolect.

"Catholic Spirituality Blogs Network is a community of Catholic bloggers who have come together to promote growth in Christ....God has a specific plan for your spiritual life. He will always lead you in accordance with the teachings of the Church.... " (click here to read the rest).

I'll be back here in a day or two to share a bit about my own "spiritual idiolect."  In the meantime, see you at the new blog in "Town."