Today's Bible Verse

How great is your name, O Lord
our God, through all the earth!
Psalm 8:1
{Taken from the Liturgy of the Hours, Saturday, Week IV, Morning Prayer}

Daily Bible Verse

Blessed are they who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times!
Psalm 106:3 RSV Catholic Edition

Daily Bible Verse

For thou didst form my inmost parts; thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13, RSV Catholic Edition

Daily Bible Verse

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted.
Genesis 13:16, RSV Catholic Edition

Daily Bible Verse

From today's readings
Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and shield.

Psalm 33:20 RSV Catholic Edition

Interesting Article

In an as-yet unsuccessful search for the oldest chaplet used in Catholic devotions, I came across a very interesting article. Here is the link.
Use of Beads at Prayers
I think I'll post a query at the Catholic Answers site.

Adapting the "Glad Game"

This post is taken from a blog I write occasionally under another name. It is also published in my grab.com blog, "Hello! It's ExKidd!"For anyone unfamiliar with the Pollyanna books or movies,
{there have been several film adaptations}the idea of the Glad Game is to find something to be glad about when things go wrong, or if you don't like the situation you're in.
Hate Mondays? Well, according to Pollyanna, you can be glad because it'll be a whole week before you'd have another one. {In the Disney movie, "Monday" was changed to "Sunday.}
It's a good game as far as it goes. The problem however, is that before you can play it, there has to be something wrong. Pollyanna herself points this out in Pollyanna Grows Up.
"Always, before, there have been bad things for folks to play the game on, and the badder they are the more fun 'tis to get them out-find the things to be glad for, I mean. But where there aren't any bad things, I shouldn't know how to play the game myself."
So how did I adapt this game? Instead of looking for things to be glad about,I look for things to be thankful for. This is why I've named this blog "In All Things Give Thanks." In other words, thank God for WHATEVER happens, good or bad. This helps make the bad things seem not quite so bad. Even better, it helps me to notice the good things, the little, everyday blessings.

Today's Bible Verse

Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men.

Psalm 107:31 RSV Catholic Edition