What's On My Mind...

What is on my mind this week...

Mel Gibson! Poor guy. Once a libertine, he reverts to the faith of his childhood, in order to turn his life around. God rewards him with a block-buster movie- The Passion-then Satan leers his way and decides to punish Mel for the effort, using those ethic-Hollywood Jews to brand him anti-semetic. They tried to black-list him, the shutter-bugs crawled all over his home, they tried to use his own father against him, they tried everything they could to punish Mel for being "un-Hollywood". Had Mel had the foresight to molest a child or two, he would have been left blessedly alone. That being NOT the case, Mel was veified for being Catholic-ee/ Catholic-like.
What bothers me about the whole mess this past week is this: What if Mel wasn't anti-semetic before...say he respected the Jews for at least believing in the same One True God- the Father. Then all those Jews, in the ethnic sense, and I say this to differentiate between those who really practice their Jewish faith & those who are "Jews" in the same manner as I am Irish...pound him into the dirt for his "faux pas" of being Christian...One must admit that as a human being it is hard to like the source of our persectution. He turned to alcohol. His "bad". Maybe he turned anti-semetic!
At any rate, Mel needs to repent, go to Confession and try and hang out with some decent Jews, some non-Hollywood types, that practice their faith...so he can find some common ground.

Next thing on my mind: Finances. Not enough of them. "Dear Lord, help us to be more frugal with the money you provide for us. Amen." There. That oughta fix it.

And then there's this: It is really crucial to have homeschooling friends! We have a "Mom's Day" that I plan every Thursday so like-minded mothers who homeschool can talk. We even have moms there who WISH they could homeschool. It's all good. We invite those who appear to us to be faithful to the teachings of Jesus, as prescribed by the Catholic Church. Everyone gets along. We are all wanting to go to Heaven so we tend to behave ourselves. The only things allowed to be said about husbands are nice things...and gossiping is frowned upon and discouraged. We help each other out with dilemmas. We support each other in tough times. We are there in a sisterly way for each other. Our children get to play together and we do not allow them to go messing up our fun with any disturbances. I highly suggest to have a Mom's Day, then when the husband comes home he will find his wife relaxed and chatted out so he doesn't have to listen to a bunch of girl stuff that bores him. The man is happy to stay out of trouble, for his waning attention span is only 2 minutes long, anyway. Men are just different than women, despite what the liberals say...

Gotta go! Remember to pray for peace in the Middle East. Sounds like such a cliche' yet that could bring so much misery to the rest of the world if it continues...and those poor people suffering already need a break!!