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January 23rd, 2005 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately, the left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4:18-20 Christ calls us too. Are we following? January 21st, 2005 I used to think I was a cat person. That was before we had one. Then Pippen, the sweet little abandoned kitten we rescued from the wilderness years ago quickly turned into an overgrown fur ball with an attitude. And a litter box. And frequent bladder infections. The worst part was that he preferred my husband–the one who didn’t feed him, cart him to back and forth from the vet January 20th, 2005 “Ask and you shall receive,” Our Lord tells us. In response to the many different prayer requests I get from readers, I have decided to set up a page specifically designed for posting prayer intentions. Click here to see the page. Everyone is welcome to contribute personal prayer requests (via email) to this forum. I will post them– but I can’t promise that I’ll be able to post all of January 19th, 2005 It must be January the seed catalogs have started arriving. They appear in my mailbox almost daily, their pages brimming with flashy photographs of magnificent flowers, luscious fruits, and gorgeous vegetables. Don’t they know the torture this subjects me to? Not that I’m much of a gardener–I’m usually lucky if my sunflowers get planted and my Marian herb garden is kept up each year. Dan and the kids plant the January 18th, 2005 My husband is a smart man. The other day I huffed up the stairs behind him and moaned, “Slow down I don’t think I’ve ever been so pregnant.” It was a silly thing to say, but Dan knew better than to try to reason with me. He wisely chose not to point out the fact that of course I’ve been this pregnant before–six times, in fact. He just smiled, patted January 17th, 2005 I have been reading (yet again) Holiness for Housewives by Dom Hubert van Zeller and have been struck (yet again) by the following quotation from G.K. Chesterton on the dignity and importance of the work done by mothers at home: “How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? How January 16th, 2005 And John bore witness, “I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ?He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.” January 14th, 2005 It’s going to be a football kind of weekend here in the Bean household. For those of you not fortunate enough to be exposed to the same volume of professional sports as I am, I’ll explain: We are in the midst of the NFL playoffs. The Pittsburg Steelers (Dan’s favorite team) and the St. Louis Rams (Kateri’s favorite team) are both still contenders for the Super Bowl and are both |
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