{"id":13,"date":"2011-10-02T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/breaking-minor-miracles-at-casa-del-weathers\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:20:26","slug":"breaking-minor-miracles-at-casa-del-weathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/breaking-minor-miracles-at-casa-del-weathers.html","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Minor Miracle(s) at Casa del Weathers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BzS-eaQUNyc\/TojW0G8dkkI\/AAAAAAAACIo\/6b5BxpHIfvo\/s1600\/Break_Through_SMP.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BzS-eaQUNyc\/TojW0G8dkkI\/AAAAAAAACIo\/6b5BxpHIfvo\/s320\/Break_Through_SMP.jpg\" width=\"198\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>So there I was, just reading the morning paper after breakfast while sipping a cup of coffee when my daughter and my youngest son came tumbling down the stairs to share with me some miraculous news. My daughter\u2019s report went something like this:<br><a name=\"more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br>\u201cDad, the most amazing thing happened! I was reading the Bible in my room (extends her right hand clutching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smp.org\/ItemDetailAlt.cfm?ItemNum=4119\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Bible above<\/a>), and Mom popped into my room with a messenger bag(?) from a trip we took like 3 years ago and guess what we found inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zewXD57QVPA\/TojT6Xry1AI\/AAAAAAAACIg\/J1Nbc4OuHJs\/s1600\/Pokemon_Sapphire.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-zewXD57QVPA\/TojT6Xry1AI\/AAAAAAAACIg\/J1Nbc4OuHJs\/s200\/Pokemon_Sapphire.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i>What Sweet Pea?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Pokemon <i>Sapphire<\/i> game!\u201d Bubbling over with excitement and extends her left hand showing me the precious game chip.<\/p>\n<p><i>So you think that reading the Bible this morning and this find were related?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, yeah!\u201d she says in the manner that I usually hear the expression \u201cduh\u201d in instead of \u201cyeah.\u201d Does that make sense, dear reader? Anyway,<\/p>\n<p><i>Well hey darlin\u2019, that\u2019s neat! What book and chapter were you reading?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I started in Sirach reading about what happens to liars and stuff (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/scripture.cfm?bk=Sirach&amp;ch=28\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">see Sirach 28:13-15<\/a>). Then I was reading about Noah and the Ark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/genesis\/7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">in Genesis<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Really? Wow\u2026a miracle it is then! See? Like I\u2019ve always said, reading the Bible is a very good thing. You know, I was just telling your little brother about what St. James writes about the trouble our tongues can get us into too. Keep reading darlin\u2019!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And then I put away the paper and got ready to witness another miracle at Mass, where I thanked God for these minor miracles too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-A_Q8Xe2jz_s\/TojUnaS1H4I\/AAAAAAAACIk\/OvnQSqaC884\/s1600\/Corpus_Christi.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-A_Q8Xe2jz_s\/TojUnaS1H4I\/AAAAAAAACIk\/OvnQSqaC884\/s1600\/Corpus_Christi.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6738513599344023043-4404864830733155885?l=yimcatholic.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there I was, just reading the morning paper after breakfast while sipping a cup of coffee when my daughter and my youngest son came tumbling down the stairs to share with me some miraculous news. 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