tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924881547705450433.post7071314011081263645..comments2024-03-18T10:06:59.289-04:00Comments on mamabishop: When Pigs Flymamabishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045578373290422041noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924881547705450433.post-68255741339123304082008-08-05T12:51:00.000-04:002008-08-05T12:51:00.000-04:00Dear WarriorMare,Great to hear from you and thanks...Dear WarriorMare,<BR/>Great to hear from you and thanks for your kind words of encouragement. We all need help seeing the blessings but I know they are there!<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Carolmamabishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045578373290422041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924881547705450433.post-12950299814087758312008-08-05T12:17:00.000-04:002008-08-05T12:17:00.000-04:00A beautiful observation! It can be so hard to see...A beautiful observation! It can be so hard to see God revealed in those small things, but I know God is there. We are surrounded by so very many small miracles, and there are so many that we never see.<BR/><BR/>I was wondering last week about Sunday's gospel, the feeding of the multitudes. It reminded me of the Stone Soup story, and I began to wonder whether perhaps this miracle was less about the mastery Jesus had over the physical world and more of a Stone Soup miracle. I thought perhaps many of these people really had brought food, but hadn't wanted to share it. Then the disciples walked through the crowd gathering food to share, and the people began to share food that they had denied having.<BR/><BR/>And with these thoughts, I began to think that perhaps this was no less a miracle than the physical mastery we knew Jesus to have. A Stone Soup miracle works on the hearts of the people there. We humans don't share the physical mastery of God, but we can sometimes work on the hearts of those around us. But changing hearts is a tough thing to do, so I would call that a miracle, especially in feeding so many people and having twelve baskets of leftovers.<BR/><BR/>I guess that is off topic, but I think these "minor" miracles of change in the heart take place all around us, all the time, and we so often fail to see them.<BR/><BR/>Peace and blessings,<BR/>warriormare<BR/>(of Old Donation in SoVa)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924881547705450433.post-76673638205465073702008-08-05T08:31:00.000-04:002008-08-05T08:31:00.000-04:00Dear Fr. Peter,I was excluded because I do not hav...Dear Fr. Peter,<BR/>I was excluded because I do not have a full time, fully paid position. I had an invitation and the women bishops raised the complete cost of my attendance. I am not retired or resigned. It was a new rule put into place very recently. <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>Carolmamabishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045578373290422041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924881547705450433.post-25657494246757011582008-08-04T17:54:00.000-04:002008-08-04T17:54:00.000-04:00Why were you excluded?Why were you excluded?Fr. Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996365014890758032noreply@blogger.com