Try to enter the narrow way...

Abba Matoes said that three old men went to Abba Paphnutius, who was called Cephalus, to ask a word from him. The old man said to them, 'What do you want me to say to you? A spiritual word, or a bodily word?' They said, 'A spiritual word.' The old man said to them, 'Go, and choose trials rather than stillness, shame rather than glory, and to give rather than to receive.' - Abba Matoes

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Sunday, November 06, 2011

Warning!



>: The holiday season is upon us. <:

Never, ever purchase products that look like the item shown in the photo.  Never even think about it.

15 comments:

pml said...

... you cracked me up with this warning!

Paul Stilwell said...

I f-ing hate those stupid angels.

Adrienne said...

An angel toilet plunger?

Melody K said...

Me too, Paul. No Precious Moments, either, or Willow Tree, or Dreamsicles. All that stuff that people like to get moms and grandmas. Amazon gift cards, that's the ticket.

LarryD said...

Well, guess I'm gonna be returning your Christmas present then...

How about a Thomas Kinkade painting then?

Terry Nelson said...

Oh Larry! How... sad, really.

LarryD said...

Maybe Cathy would like it instead?

3puddytats said...

Alas,...I am guilty...hang me by my toenails..

I DID buy an oil painting today of a mouse on a strawberry looking at a butterfly..something about it just SPOKE to me...even though it is kind of a creepy looking mouse...

Terry--I'll send ya a photo :)


I also have a Thomas Kinkaid zippered bible cover that I use to hold my Breviary, plus has some nice little side pockets to hold a rosary and small phamplets/prayer cards....so handy for Adortion/Benediction...plus no mistaken it is mine :)

Sara

3puddytats said...

Adoration I mean...wow how yukky that worde turns at a bit of a misspell :(

Priest's Housekeeper said...

Oh dear!

BurgoFitzgerald said...

I RECEIVE gifts like this ALL the time. I am afraid that when I eventually pass away many people's feelings will be hurt when they turn up to sort my belongings and find a trunk filled with items such as these still in their original packaging.

No one knows of this. It is my secret.

Diane said...

In the religious nicknacks section of a local store they had a bunch of angels mounted on crosses?????

OK. Angels are religious; crosses are religious so . . .

Saint Michael Come To Our Defense said...

"...Never, ever purchase products that look like the item shown in the photo. Never even think about it..."

How about Mariachis at the Manger scene?

You are too funny.

Damn good advice, though.

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Jane said...

My mother-in-law, bless her, gave us a Willow Tree Nativity set the year we married. They are not coming to our house this year. I think it will stay in the closet...

kkollwitz said...

A charming and unpretentious piece expressing a winsome pro-life sensibility.