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ProBlogger has a list of blogs giving their 2007 predictions and hopes for 2007!

A few that caught my eye: How to improve traffic to your web site, Blogging away debt, and Thirteen Predictions for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

Father Tucker at Dappled Things found this neat online book entitled, Costume of prelates of the Catholic church, according to Roman etiquette. As Pope Benedict seems to favor some of these older styles, this could be a fun source for looking some of these things up!

Zenit carried this piece on the suffering of marriage, (just in time for me to dust off the old Pre Cana talk for February!)

It seems to me that we priests can also learn from married people precisely because of their suffering and sacrifices. We often think that celibacy on its own is a sacrifice. However, knowing the sacrifices married people make – let us think of their children, of the problems that arise, of the fears, suffering, illnesses, rebellion, and also of the problems of the early years when nights are almost always spent sleeplessly because of the crying of small children – we must learn our sacrifice from them, from their sacrifices. And at the same time we must learn that it is beautiful to mature through sacrifices and thus to work for the salvation of others.

Fr Pennazza, you correctly mentioned the Council which says that Marriage is a Sacrament for the salvation of others: first of all for the salvation of the other, of the husband and of the wife, but also of the children, the sons and daughters, and lastly of the entire community. And thus, priesthood too matures in the encounter.

I then think that we ought to involve families. Family celebrations seem to me to be very important. On the occasion of celebrations it is right that the family, the beauty of families, appear. Even testimonies – although they are perhaps somewhat too fashionable – can in some instances truly be a proclamation, a help for us all.

HT Papa Familias for that one.

The Real Learning Blog has such a pretty little Oh Antiphon house posted, that it made me cry! Honestly, it is so precious!! Go and see!

Lastly, Rocks in My Dryer, which I intend to read more in 2007, has a fantastic list of craft blogs. Gosh, I am becoming such a homebody!! But one of the things I am determined to do next year is more crafts! So here’s a whole list to check out!

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