Alpacas at The Woods

When you consider creatures, and even yourself you cannot help knowing they  have not made themselves; therefore they have been made by another, more grand, more  powerful.

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

Picture taken at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 10/2/2013 of the alpacas and the babies!  Visit WhiteViolet Center for Eco-Justice at www.WhiteViolet.org.

One Thousand Gifts

Gifts
Precious Treasures
Given with love, affection
Welcomed with open arms and love
Presents

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11. Thank God for the warmth of the sunshine.

12. For the gift of rest and quiet I am grateful

13. I am grateful for the gift of flowers that have volunteered this summer to grace the garden. They have been beautiful at a time when tending the garden has not been possible.

14. For the gifts that Jimmy and Kelly have and thanksgiving for the God who brought them together.

15. In gratitude for the strength to grow in faith when I would rather just quit.

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For all these and more
I say,
"Thanks be to God!"