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Frost and Cold Bless the Lord
February 3, 2010
Hoar frost on viburnam
This morning when I woke up, what did my wondering eyes behold but spectacular hoar frost on everything. This phenomena occurs every now and then in the Ozarks and thanks to my very nice husband, I have some photos to share with you.
On clear, frosty nights, God works His wonders, readying winter beauty to greet the dawn. If vegetation or objects have been chilled below freezing by radiation cooling, ice crystals form and the fragile pointy thorns create a fantasy world we glimpse only until the sun melts them with its warmth. Radiation cooling is the process by which a body loses its heat by radiation and that’s enough science for today.
Gods gift this morning reminded me of the canticle of Daniel in the Divine Office hour of Sunday Lauds (praise). The third chapter, verse 69 calls out:
Frost and cold, bless the Lord; praise and exalt Him above all forever.
- Head of Medusa on a fence post, sepia toned
Through Daniel we find ourselves realizing that our poor efforts at praise need the help of all creation. Beginning with verse 57 through verse 90 we call upon the heavens, the earth, the angels, spirits of the just and men to praise and bless the Lord, ending with joyful thanks for deliverance from the powers of hell and death through the salvation Jesus brings.
The fence post is cropped from a larger photo and colored sepia. the hoary tentacles reminded me of the head of Medusa, hence the title of the picture.
Hoar frost on fence with honeysuckle behind.
This image makes a brilliant graphic statement. Roger has a real eye for this kind of thing.
Greenbridge
Frosty trees set off a country bridge near home. Locals call it “Greenbridge”. You can see the river underneath on the right.
Forming a perfect background for the hoary branches, still water mirrors the trees on the river bank at the city park. Cropped from a larger image.
Branch over the river
Lastly, a view from the bridge upriver. The trees appear to be embracing all the sky. Cropped image from a larger composition.
On the river bank
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O Beauty Ever Ancient, Ever New
February 2, 2010
Fushimi, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, (c)Tomo.Yun (www.yunphoto.net/en/)
Wisdom 13:3 tells us God is “the author of beauty.” In the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2500 we find this idea developed:
Even before revealing Himself to man in words of truth, God reveals Himself to him through the universal language of creation, the work of His Word, of His wisdom: the order and harmony of the cosmos – which both the child and the scientist discover – “from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator,” “for the Author of beauty created them”. (Wisdom 13:3, 5)
The Catechism goes further in #2501:
Created “in the image of God” (Gen. 1:26), man also expresses the truth of his relationship with God the Creator by the beauty of his artistic works. Indeed, art is a distinctively human form of expression; beyond the search for the necessities of life which is common to all living creatures, art is a freely given superabundance of the human being’s inner riches. Arising from talent given by the Creator and from man’s own effort, art is a form of practical wisdom, uniting knowledge and skill, to give form to the truth of reality in a language accessible to sight or hearing. To the extent that it is inspired by truth and love of beings, art bears a certain likeness to God’s activity in what He has created. Like any other human activity, art is not an absolute end in itself, but is ordered to and ennobled by the ultimate end of man. (cf. Pius XII, Musicae sacrae disciplina; Discourses of September 3 and December 25, 1950)
In his “Confessions”, St. Augustine reveals what happens when the pursuit of beauty is not ordered to God:
Roar of Flames, (c)Tomo.Yun (www.yunphoto.net/en/)
Late have I loved Thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new! Too late have I loved Thee. And lo, Thou wert inside me and I outside, and I sought for Thee there, and in all my unsightliness I flung myself on those beautiful things which Thou hast made. Thou wert with me and I was not with Thee. Those beauties kept me away from Thee, though if they had not been in Thee, they would not have been at all. Thou didst call and cry to me and break down my deafness. Thou didst flash and shine on me and put my blindness to flight. Thou didst blow fragrance upon me and I drew breath, and now I pant after Thee. I tasted of Thee and now I hunger and thirst for Thee. Thou didst touch me and I am aflame for Thy peace….
We can see in all of the above, a relationship exists between wisdom, truth, and beauty. One way the infinite All-Beautiful, All-Wise, All-Truth Creator reveals Himself to us is through beauty. The pursuit of beauty rightly ordered is the pursuit of God. And what makes something beautiful? An inherent harmony, peace and order intrinsic to it.
Everyone needs to surround himself with some kind of beauty, especially the chronically ill. Our bodies are discordant with disease; we are out of balance and disturbed to such an extent that all to much of our energy is spent coping and struggling to achieve some sense of equilibrium. If we are open to it, looking at or listening to something beautiful restores inner peace and some sense of wellness. It can spur us on to prayer and praise of God, and imperfect as earthly beauty is, it hints at the eternal harmony, order and joy we aspire to. For many years now I have been practicing this and know that it works. Earlier I wrote about the effect images of our beautiful Blessed Mother have on pain. Sharing beauty will always be a part of this site.
Niju Bridge, Main Gate of Imperial Palace, Tokyo, (c)Tomo.Yun (www.yunphoto.net/en/)
Ever searching for beauty, yesterday I was looking for free stock photos to use at this site. Many pages into the Google list I stumbled upon an extraordinarily talented photographer who is willing to share his work for free as long as the user follows the terms of the license agreement at his site. Yun is very generous. You might enjoy reading about why here. I find much of his work a real joy and thank God I have eyes to see. If you visit his site, be prepared to stay awhile and be captivated by the beauty. Perhaps other bloggers who come here may wish to use his work, or readers may like to download images for personal use. Speaking as a professional photographer, copyright and credit is important to protect an artist and honor his work.
The Snow is Over and Cause of Our Joy
January 30, 2010
Snow-capped honeysuckle
The snow began yesterday before dawn and fell softly and consistently until some time late in the night or early morning. We collected about 8 inches and have discovered that it is too deep for our aging bodies to remove much from the garage driveway and gates. We swept our back porch and Roger dug a path to the garage, though. With the sun coming out this afternoon we may be able to get to church tomorrow!
Typical of a small town, a kindly neighbor from the top of the next hill came by this morning scraping the street with his lawn tractor since the city had only plowed once yesterday and probably won’t do it again. He volunteered to clear a path to the mailbox for us which took a load off our minds. Today we hear the sound of snow shovels as folk start digging out. Eight inches isn’t much compared to what we got in Nebraska, but this is heavy and wet. I bet we’re all going to have sore backs tomorrow!
Compare the picture above with yesterday’s to see how much more snow there is.
Cause of Our Joy
I was contacted by a blogger who suggested I consider mentioning her site here. I looked at it and liked it. Cause of Our Joy (http://cause-of-our-joy.blogspot.com/) is a pro-life Catholic blog geared towards families with disabled children, especially with Down syndrome. Letitia does a great job bringing practical information and spiritual commentaries to readers. If you have a Down syndrome child in your family or know someone who does, I encourage you to visit her site and recommend it to others.
Sisters in Faith Award
Mary at The Beautiful Gate sent me this award designed by Karinann at Daughter of the King . I am looking forward to visiting the blogs she mentioned in her post and thank her for mentioning mine. You might enjoy visiting them, too. We are all looking to spread the Faith and help others in our own unique ways.
The requirements for passing this on are:
1. You must pass it on to sisters who have been with you on your blog the longest and
2. Pass it on to at least one new sister in faith.
3. Be sure to give links to their blogs.
I have an old friend and business partner, Lynn Baber, who is not Catholic, but who is very much a Bible Christian following Christ. Lynn is an expert horse trainer and will have a Christian book out this spring called “Amazing Grace – Amazing Greys”. I’m passing this award on to her since she is the one who got me started blogging in the first place. Her blog is: Lynn Baber – For love of God, country, and horses.
My new sister in faith is Kristie Moe of The Six:Eight Project. She’s attempting the ambitious work of following Micah 6:8 (Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly) daily for an entire year. Visit her blog to see how she is doing it and you may just want to walk right along with her.
It’s a joy to be part of a group of wonderful people who are working so hard to be faithful to God.
“God’s sign is that he makes himself small, he becomes a child”
January 1, 2010
After Mass today I visited Chiesa to do my monthly catch-up on Sandro Magister’s news reports which are always interesting and informative concerning the Catholic Church. There I found Pope Benedict’s Christmas sermon which made a good follow-on to yesterday’s post concerning childlike simplicity in our relationship with God. This spirituality seems increasingly inviting the more helpless and dependent we become as our bodies fail us.
The Holy Father also pointed out something I have been pondering for some time – the intrusion of the world through so many means that God comes last in our lives, not first.
Can we build a habit of seeing God, referencing God in the small things of life? When I read the quotes from the poor in brochures and solicitations from Food For the Poor, I am ashamed that I am not more grateful for the smallest sign of God‘s love as they are because they recognize what I do not: I am not seeing Him in what is present before my very eyes.
Here are a couple of paragraphs from Pope Benedict’s sermon which seemed a perfect answer to my musings:
To awake, then, means to develop a receptivity for God: for the silent promptings with which he chooses to guide us; for the many indications of his presence. There are people who describe themselves as “religiously tone deaf“. The gift of a capacity to perceive God seems as if it is withheld from some. And indeed – our way of thinking and acting, the mentality of today’s world, the whole range of our experience is inclined to deaden our receptivity for God, to make us “tone deaf” towards him. And yet in every soul, the desire for God, the capacity to encounter him, is present, whether in a hidden way or overtly. In order to arrive at this vigilance, this awakening to what is essential, we should pray for ourselves and for others, for those who appear “tone deaf” and yet in whom there is a keen desire for God to manifest himself. The great theologian Origen said this: if I had the grace to see as Paul saw, I could even now (during the Liturgy) contemplate a great host of angels (cf. in Lk 23:9). And indeed, in the sacred liturgy, we are surrounded by the angels of God and the saints. The Lord himself is present in our midst. Lord, open the eyes of our hearts, so that we may become vigilant and clear-sighted, in this way bringing you close to others as well!
The last sentence above is the fundamental purpose of this web site and blog. We who are hidden away through illness or adversity of whatever kind can form the habit of responding to the music of God’s call, and by offering our lives teach others to hear Him as well, helping cure the “tone deafness” of the world. All we have to do is ask Jesus for this grace.
Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1707, Antonio Balestra, oil on canvas, San Zaccaria, Venice
Today too there are simple and lowly souls who live very close to the Lord. They are, so to speak, his neighbors and they can easily go to see him. But most of us in the world today live far from Jesus Christ, the incarnate God who came to dwell amongst us. We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all kinds of ways, God has to prod us and reach out to us again and again, so that we can manage to escape from the muddle of our thoughts and activities and discover the way that leads to him. But a path exists for all of us. The Lord provides everyone with tailor-made signals. He calls each one of us, so that we too can say: “Come on, ‘let us go over’ to Bethlehem – to the God who has come to meet us.
The Holy Father’s words remind me that every day is a “Come to Bethlehem” day when we have learned to see and hear God’s manifestations of Himself to us. We cannot help inviting others to go with us in joy.
P.S. Friends, I love this Pope! He is the Pope of Hope.
Christendom Awake by Father Aidan Nichols, O.P.
December 31, 2009
Today I got hooked on Chapter 14 of this book, Christendom Awake: On Re-Energizing the Church in Culture
Chapter 14 is titled “Resituating Modern Spirituality”. In it, Father Nichols discusses the change in Catholic spirituality that began in 1886 and how it is exemplified by St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and others. Childlike trust in God was the basis of their spirituality and directly contrapuntal to the New Age spirituality which says, like John Denver, “One day I will be God.” (Unfortunately he ended up in little pieces at the bottom of Half Moon Bay, never having become God.)
Vilnius Divine Mercy Image
Today we face a hoard of challenges to our Catholic Faith from both inside and outside the Church. Our Judeo-Christian traditions are under attack as never before in the history of the world, yet, for me, John 14:1-3 is a source of hope:
Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you. And if I shall go, and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself; that where I am, you also may be.
Whatever 2010 brings to us, now is the time to practice trust in Jesus. Think of the Divine Mercy chaplet and image. Jesus had a reason to give it to St. Faustina in the 20th century and tell her to spread the devotion. Happy New Year and peace and joy to all.
O Sapientia
December 17, 2009
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem fortiter, suaviterque disponens omnia; veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.
O Wisdom, that proceedest from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end mightily, and disposing all things sweetly, come and teach us the way of prudence.
Isaiah spoke of the Messiah:
Isaiah 11:2-3: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness. And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord, He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
Isaiah 28:29: This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.
God disposes sweetly through Caesar Augustus who issued a decree ordering the enrollment of the whole world in the city of their birth. And so it was that the prophesy of Micah 5:2 was fulfilled:
And thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.
The Virgin and her dear husband Joseph journeyed to the little town of Bethlehem, the house of Bread, to obey Caesar, and so the prophecy was fulfilled. God’s wisdom is unbounded. He does not judge by our eyes or ears, but by His infinite wisdom.
“…teach us the way of prudence”, one of the four cardinal virtues on which all other virtues hinge. Wisdom is knowledge of the Divine. If our purpose on earth is to know God, to love and serve Him in this world so that we may be happy with Him in the next, then wisdom, a gift of the Holy Spirit, is something we must not only spend a lifetime seeking, it is necessary for the development of prudence.
St. Thomas Acquinas tells us that prudence is of the intellect. The more deeply we know God the more our intellects can apprehend what is prudent in the eyes of God and the more likely we are to exercise our will in union with His. Acting in union with God brings peace and joy, certainty to the heart. The Church cries out for us all, “O Wisdom…come…”.
Celebrating the Golden Nights of Advent
December 16, 2009
Now is a busy time for many. In the midst of the Christmas preparations, we mustn’t forget Who is coming, Whom we are getting ready for. In all the rushing around this season, what are we doing to prepare to receive Him? I found three beautiful traditions, one liturgical, any one of which adopted or varied helps to keep our eyes on Jesus.
Thanks to the Catholics of Central Europe, we have the beautiful tradition of the “Golden Nights” of Advent, so called because the festivities took place after dark or before sunrise. From the Alps comes the custom of carrying an image or statue of the Blessed Virgin from house to house on the nine evenings before Christmas Eve. It is placed on a table between candles and flowers with families gathered around singing hymns of honor to Our Lady the Expectant Mother.
In Central and South America, the Novena of the Holy Child is celebrated in churches around the Christmas crib which is empty until Jesus arrives at midnight, Christmas. People sing hymns and carols and say prayers.(Francis X. Weisner, “Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs.” New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958, p. 56-57)
Vespers is the hour of the Divine Office the Church has chosen to celebrate the solemn supplication to the Divine Redeemer through the “O Antiphons”, yet another way of bringing the Golden Nights alive every Advent. Dom Gueranger tells us in his The Liturgical Year
This is a time when some who are sick and suffering can do what others cannot because of pressing responsibilities: pray the Divine Office, one of the official liturgies of the Church. It is also a time when a great kindness can be done for those who cannot help themselves, or who are especially lonely or sad during the Christmas season. Finding a way to make the Golden Nights come alive for others is a way to bring Jesus into their hearts and perhaps help them look forward to His birthday with more joy. It can lighten the load of a troubled heart. We are only limited by our creativity.
I will post the “O Antiphon” of the day each day at this site, along with related scripture and comments.
Gaudete
The Preaching of St. John the Baptist, c. 1690, Baciccio, oil on canvas, Musée du Louvre, Paris
This past Sunday was the third Sunday in Advent called “Gaudete” because both the Introit and the Epistle are from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians, 4:4: Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say rejoice.… (1962 liturgical books)
I love this Sunday when the priest wears rose-colored vestments (not pink, please) as also on “Laetare” Sunday in Lent. The organ plays and flowers deck the altar. The penitential somberness of Advent is suspended for the day.
I also love what St. Paul says: “And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Sometimes it is hard to do this, especially when one is sick and suffering, or has family problems, or is bereaved. But Holy Mother Church gives us the big pointing arrow in the Gospel of the day: John 1:19-28 where we have the Pharisees questioning John the Baptist about who he is.
John answers, vs. 26: “John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.” I have to examine my own conscience on this verse. How many times have I been unable to recognize Jesus when he was in my midst? Why could I not see Him for Who He is? How Pharisaic am I? That’s the trouble with us humans – we get so tied up in our own pains and issues we fail to see Jesus giving us the gift of Himself through the very suffering we want to reject. Yet he is right there, patiently waiting for our blind eyes to see. If we recognize Him, we will have “the peace of God which surpasseth all understanding.”
The Communion verse is from Isaiah: 35:4. “Say: Ye fainthearted, take courage and fear not: behold our God will come and will save us.” This week and forevermore I must concentrate on what this past Sunday’s liturgy said to me:
Life is learning to “rejoice in the Lord always,” to keep our “hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord”, to truly see Him in our midst, to bless Him for loving us, to take courage for He has saved us, and to thank Him for all He sends us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Feast in Advent
Our Lady of Guadalupe under the title: Morning Star, Norma Salazar Orozco, oil on canvas
Tomorrow is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I wrote an article about her appearance to St. Juan Diego which I invite you to read in the articles section of this site. Truly, if you are like me, it will increase your love of God and Our Lady.
For years Guadalupe has interested me, but until I read a couple of books (referred to in the article), I didn’t realize the many miraculous aspects of this event. Who knew that St. Juan’s tilma should have disintegrated 450 years ago? Not the average person like me! And there is so much more to it than that. Please send this post on to your friends because this joyous story is much needed in our day.
Aspects of the apparition related to Advent
First and foremost, Our Lady’s image on the tilma, and also how she appeared to St. Juan Diego, is as a woman with child. She is expecting Jesus whom we also expect in recollection of His birth over 2000 years ago.
Second, she appeared in Advent, 1531. Jesus could have sent His mother to the people at any time, but He chose Advent, a liturgical time of yearning and looking forward to the Savior. Few people among the Aztecs had converted to Christianity before the apparitions. Afterwards, grace was poured out upon the people. They became believers in Jesus. The yearning in their hearts for God that St. Augustine speaks of in his Confessions was satisfied: “Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee…”.
Third, the message of Mary appearing as a mestizo was a sign of the peace God desired between the indigeneous people and the Spanish, a blending of the races under the Prince of Peace, Counsellor, God the Mighty as Isaiah 9:6 foretold : “For a Child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.” Her image was a sign of great blessings, peace and joy to come, just as the Advent liturgies celebrate the sign of great blessings to come.
About the painting in this post
The painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe in this post is by Norma Salazar Orozco, a gifted Mexican artist from a family of gifted artists. Visit her site and see how she has used Our Lady’s image from the tilma to illustrate Mary’s different titles. Among their many subjects, the Orozco family is obviously devoted to honoring the Blessed Mother in art. If you love art, you will love the work of this family and their story.
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
December 8, 2009
Today the Church celebrates with joy the advent of our Savior, Jesus Christ, through the Immaculate Conception of His mother, Mary, in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. We celebrate the sublime privilege by which Mary was preserved from Original Sin from the beginning of her conception by the power of God.
Immaculate Conception c.1626, Peter Pauwel Reubens, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid
A Painting for this Feast
This beautiful painting of Our Lady under the title of “Immaculate Conception” portrays Mary as the woman of Revelations 12:1. She is the one promised by God in Genesis 3:15. It is one of my favorites because of the rendition of colors and technique and because of the rich symbolism Reubens included. Great religious art is always meant to convey the truth of the revealed Word of God, and can be a great aid to prayer. Reubens accomplished this for me as it fills my heart with joy to contemplate what God has done for us in the Blessed Virgin.
Mary in Today’s Liturgy
Mary was not only the daughter of God, she was Mother of the Son and bride of the Holy Spirit. For this reason she could not be permitted to suffer the impurity of Original Sin, but was instead filled with grace (Lk. 1:28) from the very beginning of her conception (Cant. 4: 7). Without Original Sin, she lacked the concupiscence we all inherit from Adam and Eve and thus remained sinless throughout her life.
At Vespers of the Divine Office today the Church chants the Magnificat antiphon:
All generations shall call me blessed, because He that is mighty hath done great things for me, alleluia.
The prayer at Mass and at the end of each hour of the Divine Office is:
O God, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin didst prepare a worthy dwelling-place for Thy divine Son; grant, we beseech thee, that, as by the foreseen merits of the death of this, Thy Son, Thou didst preserve her from every stain of sin, we also may, through her intercession, be cleansed from our sins and united with Thee. Through the same Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
History of the Celebration
The early Fathers of the Church taught this dogma which they inherited from the Apostles. Dom Prosper Guerenger, the great Benedictine monastic and liturgical reformer of the 19th century, tells us in his first volume on the Liturgical Year that
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by the 500s, the feast was celebrated in the Eastern Church,
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by the 700s in Spain,
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by the 800s in Naples,
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by the time of Charlemagne in France,
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by 1066 in England,
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by 1049 in Germany,
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by 1142 in Belgium.
History shows that it was Pope Sixtus IV who published the decree for the celebration of Our Lady’s Conception in Rome in 1476. Pope St. Pius V included the feast in the universal edition of the Roman breviary in 1568.
A Celebration of God’s Omnipotence and Mercy
This great and joyful feast is a celebration of God’s love and glory, His omnipotence and mercy towards man. He knows how weak we are, and has taken pity on us. Not only did the Father send us His Son to free us from our slavery to sin through the Immaculate Virgin, He gave us in her a loving Mother (Jn 19: 26-27) whose example of purity and fidelity to God’s will shows us the way to turn our feet.
We who were not conceived without sin have a Brother who is God and a Mother who was without any stain of sin and is perfectly united to Him. She is, moreover, a human being who experienced the same kinds of pain and suffering we suffer as human beings, save sin. She knows our plight. Whatever God the Father asks of us, no matter how difficult it seems, we can find joy and peace following the example of Mary, the human being who most closely imitated His Son, Jesus. It pleases Him that we honor this most beautiful of His creations. We are truly blessed.
Something Wonderful to Be Thankful For
From all the verifiable stories of people who have emerged from so-called comas and who report being able to hear everything going on around them, we should be very careful not to allow them to be starved and dehydrated to death as was Terry Schiavo and Nancy Cruzan. And what a wonderful mother Houben has. She is truly an example for all mothers, moving heaven and earth to help her boy.
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