tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11117597117045922122011-07-28T04:03:41.974-07:00Jewish convert to Catholicism, blogging about Catholic, Jewish, and secular topics. Actually, I am MANY TIMES blessed! Once a Jew, always a Jew. L'CHAYIM!!! TO LIFE--- from conception to natural death.Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-37156246716739916662010-06-06T12:28:00.000-07:002010-08-24T13:50:47.658-07:00

I've decided to revive this blog, and add it to the group, or cluster, of blogs I'm going to make. I loved the Mass and Procession on EWTN this morning. And Fr. Mark's homily was absolutely beautiful.August 24: Update: I finally made that cluster of blogs!

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-83662705528808876032009-08-02T07:21:00.001-07:002009-08-02T07:49:22.687-07:00

I can only get to Mass if someone takes me, due to the physical problems mentioned in an earlier post. Well, this morning Mom walked me to Church, and picked me up after Mass. She's going to do so every week, weather permitting. {We walked home in a lovely sun shower.}There was no music, and we didn't even have the Alleluia before the Gospel {when there's no music, the Alleluia is optional}.How

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-7264513288821906202009-07-19T06:44:00.000-07:002009-07-19T07:03:42.586-07:00

Sometimes I like to speculate on what would have happened if there been a recorded music industry when David wrote what we now know and love as the 23rd Psalm. The recording company executives might have had the foresight to say, "Davy, baby, that's a hit!" Then again, they very well might have said, "Sorry, Dave, but that will never sell."

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-80723318068696794542009-07-02T18:44:00.000-07:002009-07-03T07:09:39.463-07:00

No, that's not a reference to the "Spin and Marty" series on the original "Mickey Mouse Club. :) It stands,in this instance, for "Reading, Relaxing, Reflecting." Actually, the order I put the words in doesn't matter all that much.At some time every day, usually around one in the afternoon, I pause, and take time to go over the Bible readings from that day's Mass. I have coffee (not regular

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-5117620585948270832009-07-02T18:29:00.000-07:002009-07-02T18:31:38.045-07:00

For which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven' or to say 'Rise and walk'?Matthew 9:5, RSV Catholic Edition

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-27172440494397177322009-06-30T18:36:00.000-07:002009-06-30T18:41:02.724-07:00

Today I've chosen the response from the Responsorial Psalm, because it fits my Twitter account picture so well. :) O Lord, your mercy is before my eyes.

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-72036543239140763532009-06-28T15:06:00.001-07:002009-06-28T15:07:29.220-07:00

Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me! O LORD, be thou my helper!Psalm 30:10 RSV Catholic Edition

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-61472749612127434932009-06-27T14:48:00.000-07:002009-06-27T14:50:48.488-07:00

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

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-67584669466812102802009-06-25T18:51:00.001-07:002009-06-25T18:51:24.223-07:00

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

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-71506766991846563582009-06-24T16:52:00.000-07:002009-06-24T16:53:53.895-07:00

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

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-40134013169218362542009-06-23T16:47:00.001-07:002009-06-23T16:50:06.571-07:00

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

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-11076015554033157522009-06-22T17:44:00.000-07:002009-06-22T17:45:46.059-07:00

From today's readingsOur soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield.Psalm 33:20 RSV Catholic Edition

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-11352776726224571392009-06-22T09:52:00.000-07:002009-06-22T09:53:09.628-07:00

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 PrayersI think I'll post a query at the Catholic Answers site.

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-78908201767078277162009-06-21T17:05:00.000-07:002009-06-21T17:38:05.716-07:00

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

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-39508256389292644652009-06-21T16:35:00.000-07:002009-06-21T16:36:55.132-07:00

Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men.Psalm 107:31 RSV Catholic Edition

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-21284079731935594602009-06-20T14:47:00.000-07:002009-06-20T14:49:08.425-07:00

Bible verse from today's readings:For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong.2nd Corinthians 12:10

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-59616260543516533582009-06-19T11:17:00.000-07:002009-06-19T11:22:32.744-07:00

Starting today, I'm going to post a versefrom the readings at Mass each day. However, I'm going to be using the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition, rather than the New American Bible.Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid, for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-59232725634175072102009-06-19T08:57:00.000-07:002009-06-19T09:01:42.735-07:00

This post is DEFINITELY on a secular topic. It is taken, slightly modified, from my grab.com blog. I am ExKidd over there.######################################################################################I grew up reading, and loving, the "Archie" comic books. Even now, I have several reprint collections which I still read from time to time. I will probably more in the future.As a teenager,

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-14089137265110691472009-06-17T15:45:00.001-07:002009-06-17T15:45:34.876-07:00

I remember that when Pope John Paul the Great addedthe Luminous Mysteries to the Rosary, I was delighted,absolutely delighted. I had felt for a long time that therewas too great a gap between the 5th Joyful and the 1stSorrowful Mysteries. A BIG chunk of Our Lord's life onEarth was missing.Another change was that, while formerly certain Mysteries were prescribed for certain days, we now were

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-12959677180717390292009-06-17T09:19:00.001-07:002009-06-17T09:34:25.333-07:00

I started out by showing the predominantly Catholic side of myself. WHOA! Back up there! As I've said before, I am a Catholic, 24/7. So what I should say is that I started out by posting about my predominantly Catholic interests and activities. However, since this blog is about being a Jewish convert to Catholicism, it's about time I began posting about Judaica, and about some ofmy Jewish

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-77921723456143226882009-06-17T08:43:00.000-07:002009-06-17T08:45:09.629-07:00

I am a Catholic, 24/7, awake or asleep. Whatever I do, I do as a Catholic. Of course, not all activities are in themselves Catholic per se. Eating, for example, is not predominately Catholic; it is a universal, and universally necessary activity. :) Making the Sign of the Cross and saying the "Bless us, O Lord" prayer before eating, and the "We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits" prayer after

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-62017134233261344142009-06-16T14:57:00.000-07:002009-06-16T15:40:48.945-07:00

The first thing I heard this morning was "MEOW!!!" Winky, the cat, was up early! So I got up; no sense trying to sleep when he's running around playing.At 7:00, I prayed the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer as I always do.Winky and I usually go upstairs after that; he likes looking out the upstairs windows. Most of the time, I open the windows, then leave the upstairs apartment and close the

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-17578844660192397512009-06-16T14:43:00.001-07:002009-06-16T14:51:17.059-07:00

I once read {can't think where offhand; might have been in a work of fiction. :)} about a woman who used to dress up to listen to the opera on the radio. So it may be a bit silly, but I dress up to watch the live Mass on EWTN.

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-7225241216240427852009-06-16T07:16:00.000-07:002009-06-16T07:51:47.395-07:00

Time to reveal a bit more about myself. I am a middle-aged {I never liked that expression, because to me middle-aged is half asold as one is GOING to be)single woman. I still live with my mother due to aphysical disability. We have separate apartments; mine is downstairs, and Mom's is upstairs. The computer is upstairs.I have poor eye-hand co-ordination, and a perceptual-motor problem. To

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-71754158683142176892009-06-14T09:16:00.000-07:002009-07-04T06:26:53.468-07:00

6:00 AM: Rise, make morning offering, start coffee, dress. 7:00 AM: Office of Readings and Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours)8:00 AM: Watch live Mass on EWTNAfter Mass: Daytime Prayer: Midmorning (LOTH)before 11:00 AM: St. Therese Chaplet12:00 PM: Daytime Prayer: Midday (LOTH) 3:00 PM: Chaplet of Mercy and Daytime Prayer: Midafternoon (LOTH)[Since I pray all three Daytime Hours, I vary the

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-21055396927873430112009-06-13T11:14:00.001-07:002009-06-13T11:38:13.386-07:00

And yep, I mean St. Anthony of Padua, whose Feast is today!How many times have people prayed some version of the prayer:"Tony, Tony, come around.Something's lost and must be found"?I know St. Anthony is ALWAYS helping me find stuff.Years ago, when I had just recently converted to Catholicism, I calledMom at work (It was her usual break time.) Mom said, "I can't talk right now. We're missing an

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-45731037784666501412009-06-08T08:05:00.000-07:002009-06-09T10:59:09.401-07:00

Sometimes I get overwhelmed, blown away, by the thought that since Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist, more than 2000 years ago He has been received by more people than we could ever possibly imagine. More than that, He is present, fully, totally present, in the Blessed Sacrament in countless Tabernacles in countless Churches and Chapels all over the world right now and at every moment.

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111759711704592212.post-28481790689226574552009-06-06T16:24:00.001-07:002009-06-06T16:56:56.944-07:00

I had a blog called The Lord Is My Shepherd,but I abandoned it because there were already several blogs with that title. I preferred to start a new one rather than rename the old one.I chose those VERY familiar words as the title for my earlierblog for several reasons:I love the 23rd Psalm.My Hebrew name is Rukel, which means Ewe.I love the image of The Good Shepherd.{This post is taken,

Rochelle Theresa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760961220022987685noreply@blogger.com0