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1.  September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days. In September, we say goodbye to summer with the official close of the swimming pools and other summer activities. This first day of September was a gorgeous day here in Wichita, Kansas (sunny, in the low 80's with a light breeze), so I decided to celebrate the new month by going on a picnic with my husband at the park. Here are a few photos I took. 2.   Here's one of my favorite September songs .  Do you remember this? 3.   September Marian Feast Days September 8:   Birth of Mary September 12:  The Most Holy Name of Mary September 15:  Our Lady of Sorrows 4.  Devotion for the Month of September  The Seven Sorrows of Mary 5.  September Poetry In the Days of the Golden Rod Across the meadow in brooding shadow I walk to drink of the autumn's wine­ The charm of stor...

Dan Burke at Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction lists seven of them here . In addition to these, I would like to share three of my own: 1.    Conversation With Christ: The Teachings of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer b y Peter Thomas Rorhbach 2.   A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. Therese of Lisieux by Fr. John F. Russell O. Carm. 3.   A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and St. John of the Cross by Fr. George Mangiaracina, O.C.D.

Mary Magdalene is one of several women named Mary who appear in the four canonical Christian gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. She is said in the Gospels to have been relieved of seven demons, to have supported Jesus' ministry financially, and to have witnessed the crucifixion and resurrection. The feast of St. Mary Magdalene is considered one of the most mystical of feasts, and it is said that of all the songs of the saints, that of Mary Magdalene is the sweetest and strongest because her love was so great. That love was praised by Jesus Himself who said that because much was forgiven her, she loved much. Where she is buried, no one knows. Legend has her dying in Provence, France, in a cavern where she spent her last days, and her body resting in the chapel of St. Maximin in the Maritime Alps. Another has her buried in Ephesus where she went with St. John after the Resurrection. This latter view is more likely, and St. Willibald, the English pilgrim to the Holy Land in the e...

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The Poetry of Pavel Chichikov You will find a new poetry page with an mp3 reading here. This page is renewed every weekend, as is. ******************************************* There is a poetry contest going on at America Magazine - The Foley Poetry Contest which is offering a $1,000 Prize. Check out the details here . ********************************************* The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest is now open. Click here for details.