My top 5 favorite heroes

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Another random post in the "My Favorite" series.

Movie Heroes

#1

Aladdin

From: Aladdin
Actor Mena Massoud
Quote: And we have that. *points to something covered with a cloth* Covered for suspense.

#2

Espen

From: The Ash Lad
Actor: Vebjørn Enger
Quote: There were these trolls. At least, I think they were trolls.

#3

Edmund

From: Prince Caspian
Actor: Skandar Keynes
Quote: I'm not going to hold your hand.

#4

Bilbo
From: The Hobbit Trilogy
Actor: Martin Freeman
Quotes: *Thinks hard* No! *Faints*

#5

Samuel Gerard
From: The Fugitive
Actor: Tommy Lee Jones
(He's also in "Men in Black" and acts exactly the same)
Quote: He did a Peter Pan right off the edge.

Literary heroes

#1

Eugenides
From: The Queen's Thief series
Author: Megan Whalen Turner
He will both irritate you and make you laugh. I read the entire series, for no other reason, then to hear more about him. :D

#2

Bear
From: Snow White and Rose Red
Author: Regina Doman
Okay, yes, I am cheating. Anyway, he is one of my favorite boys from the Regina Doman Fairy Tales Retold books.

#3

Shasta "Cor"
From: The Horse and His Boy
Author: C. S. Lewis
I think "The Horse and His Boy" is my favorite in the Narnia series.

#4

Alex O'Donnel
From: Alex O'Donnel and the Forty Cyber Thieves
Author: Regina Doman
Yes, I like Alex better than Fish. Not sure why.

#5

Charles Gordon "George"
From: Outlaws of Ravenhurst
Author: M. Imelda Wallace S.L.
I love stories about Martyrs. This is historical fiction, so the heroes aren't real, but the setting was real. Gordon is a true hero, who stands up for his Faith, even though he is only ten years old.

I guess that is all for now,
The Shield-Maiden

Candle for Life

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Last year, I had the great joy to be able to attend the March for Life in Washington DC, with busloads of other devout Catholics. Now this is a very expensive journey, so not all can make it, which is why I am sharing this page with you.

Candle for Life

By sending a candle and your intentions with the Pilgrims, you will be able to participate.

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(Below text is copied from the gofundme page)

Bring a Candle, Be a Beacon!

#CandleForLife

Dear Friends,

For the fourth year in a row, the priests of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest  will be leading a group of courageous pilgrims to the March for Life in Washington D.C.  this January, 2020. We have a tremendous opportunity this year to fill two buses of young pilgrims from the Institute's parishes. Young people from all over the Midwest will march and pray together.

More than  just a March, the Institute leads our trip in the spirit of a true pilgrimage, offering our young adults opportunities to pray, to make sacrifices, and to learn about the mystery of the unborn through masses, rosaries, conferences etc.

As we witness an up-rise of the power of darkness against the most precious and more vulnerable gift man could ever receive, life itself, it has become obvious that the defense of life is urgent! Now more than ever, we realize how important it is for us to be present at our nation’s capital.

These young people want to make a stand for Life — for all Life, from its earliest beginnings to its natural end — and we need your help so they can shine their light into this spiritual darkness!

To make this important pilgrimage financially manageable for our young “marcher”, we rely heavily on your donations to help offset the travel and hotel costs. Each chartered bus costs nearly $10,000, so no donation is too big or too small to help with this effort. 

For this reason we are asking you to become a beacon and support our pilgrims by purchasing a Candle-For-Life.

For each donation of $25 and above our pilgrims will carry your intentions (comment section), along with a lighted candle, on the day of the March.

(When choosing "Hide my name & comment ...", only Institute priests/chaplains for March will see them)

We realize that not everyone is able to be physically present at the March, but in this way you can support those who can make the Pilgrimage, and through prayer and sacrifice you will be linked to them spiritually.

Additionally, you can join our Candle-For-Life Movement by lighting a novena candle in your home, before the image of Our Lady, 8 days prior to the March-for-life held on January 24th.

Please remember to include your prayer intentions along with your donation, and our pilgrims will pray for you along the way. We will stop en route at Most Precious Blood Church , recently entrusted to the Institute by the diocese of Pittsburgh, and at Saint Mary Mother of God Church  in D.C. where holy Mass will be offered for all our benefactors.

Help us shine a light into this spiritual darkness.

Bring a candle, be a Beacon!

#CandleForLife

Wholeheartedly, I thank you in advance for your generous support and prayers. 

May God reward you always!

Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins 

Chaplain, National Sursum Corda 

On the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

Please share and give today!

Join our Candle-For-Life Movement at the Chicago March for Life  as well on Saturday, January 11, 2020, by bringing with you a candle-for-life!

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Candle for Life

God Bless You,

the Author