tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10982086574119430172024-03-05T00:56:44.780-05:00Krisi Keley: On the SoulKrisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-47193038110855210182018-04-01T08:18:00.002-04:002018-04-01T08:18:46.350-04:00Easter Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-25805383136210985402018-03-30T13:16:00.001-04:002018-03-30T13:16:46.975-04:00Good Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-65407609119427641022017-12-24T19:14:00.001-05:002017-12-24T19:14:35.389-05:00O Come, Let Us Adore Him<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-30239345665237914632017-12-09T16:17:00.000-05:002017-12-09T16:17:22.930-05:00Birthday BoyA few new photos for share in the canine collection for those who enjoy updates on the growing Boxador boy as he grows. A year old on November 27, weighing in (then) at 85 lbs., and still growing!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Luka in training on the field birthday weekend)</span></div>
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-42284705466836254752017-05-15T15:24:00.002-04:002017-05-15T15:24:51.240-04:00Pup Parent Affection and Indecision<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a huge fan of art and photography of all sorts and so an equally big fan of Pinterest, I've been adding a photo or two to my Boxador (Boxer/Lab mix) board each week of our newest family member, Luka, as he grows, to share with those other pinners who have a similar board and/or might simply like to pin pup pictures of any kind. On a number of occasions, however, Pinterest seemed to be having some sort of technical difficulty with photos uploaded from a personal computer; whereas pics pinned from a blog or other website work fine. So, I decided to do a blog post to celebrate Luka's six month milestone this past Saturday (weighing in at 54 lbs., for those who'd like to know) so I could pin a picture or two from here. Unfortunately, as an enamored dog mom, I couldn't pick a favorite picture (or two) and so am subjecting any followers to a few more. For those not interested in puppy growth pictures, I apologize, and for those who love any dog picture at all, enjoy!<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">of Your dearly beloved Son,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Our Lord Jesus Christ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">in atonement for our sins</span></div>
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-47812263822591765952017-04-16T07:43:00.002-04:002017-04-16T07:43:45.238-04:00Victor King, Ever Reigning<span style="color: #bf9000;">Alleluia! He is risen!</span><br />
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-8462303900162777842017-04-14T10:16:00.000-04:002017-04-14T10:16:27.597-04:00Behold<br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You, because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.</span><br />
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-38934011632046809652017-04-02T15:33:00.000-04:002017-04-02T15:33:59.499-04:00Boxadora.k.a. Luka's First Pup Portrait<br />
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And the real (even more beautiful) Luka, our new Boxer/Lab mix fur boy, when we brought him home at 10 weeks:<br />
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and at 17 and, yesterday, 18 weeks:<br />
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Thank you, Lord, for our wonderful new family member.Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-35180768266473215162016-12-24T19:18:00.001-05:002016-12-24T19:18:18.840-05:00Glory to the Newborn King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Birth of the Word Made Flesh</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Krisi Keley, Nov 2016</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Link to a beautiful reflection by Robert Royal:</span><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/12/24/words-and-the-word/">https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/12/24/words-and-the-word/</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">A beautiful and blessed Christmas to all!</span></div>
Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-60340514560757330552016-12-11T19:16:00.000-05:002016-12-11T19:19:18.901-05:00Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Remembrance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Link to a short history of Our Lady of Guadalupe: <a href="http://www.catholic.org/about/guadalupe.php"><span style="color: #ea9999;">http://www.catholic.org/about/guadalupe.php</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">My deep gratitude for your answer to my prayers, Our Lady, and thank you for taking one of your suffering children into your comforting arms on your feast day to guide him home to your Son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">13 September 1934-12 December 2015</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We miss you so much, Dad. All our love.</span></div>
Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-82450809068640817702016-12-07T11:39:00.003-05:002016-12-07T11:39:31.575-05:00Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception: Chaire, Kecharitomene<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">Luke 1:26-34: And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">And the angel said to her; Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">He shall be be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob forever.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">And of his kingdom there shall be no end.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: x-small;">And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: xx-small;">(The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, 2000: Tan Books)</span><br />
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Some links to articles about the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception and the biblical significance of St. Gabriel's unique greeting, <i>Chaire, Kecharitomene (Hail, Full of Grace)</i>:<br />
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<a href="https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/marya2.htm"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/marya2.htm</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=50095"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=50095</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://kecharitomene.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://kecharitomene.com/</span></a><br />
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As someone who studied languages and linguistics and who loves words, for me these articles were fascinating in and of themselves, but also, for a reflection on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), is to note not only the significance in the uniqueness of the words in St. Gabriel's salutation, <i>Hail, Full of Grace</i>, but the way in which Mary received this greeting. Namely, that even before God's angel delivered the, seemingly, more astonishing news that she, a virgin, would bear the Son of the Most High, and without having known man (for no word shall be impossible with God), Mary was already troubled by the words of the greeting itself and over what such an extraordinary salutation might mean.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Blessed art thou among women</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Holy Mary, Mother of God,</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">pray for us sinners,</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">now and at the hour of our death. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!</b></span><br />
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A blessing filled feast of the Immaculate Conception to all.Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-15482387732235244852016-11-23T10:53:00.000-05:002016-11-23T10:53:42.880-05:00A Blessed Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have much to be grateful for this year, more than can be summed up in a blog post. However, though it can't convey the extent of my gratitude, I would feel remiss not to share my profound thanks for the incredible kindness and generosity of family and friends. Though I don't thank them by name here, for the sake of their privacy, I pray they know who they are, how deep my appreciation, and how much they mean to me. And, above all, my gratitude to the Lord God and His blessed Mother, for giving me the gift of these people in my life, for saving my brother and myself from a truly dire situation, for boundless comfort and strength during a period of deep grief, fear and stress and for countless other blessings this year. No words can express the depth of my thanks. Nonetheless:<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Almighty Father,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>You are lavish in bestowing all Your gifts,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>and we give You thanks for the favors You have given to us.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>In Your goodness,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>You have favored us and kept us safe in the past.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>We ask that you continue to protect us </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>and shelter us in the shadow of your wings.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>We ask this through Christ our Lord.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Prayer of Thanksgiving, <i>Companion Prayers</i>, from the Companions of St. Anthony, Ellicott City, MD)</span></div>
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Wishing all a beautiful Thanksgiving, filled with love, joy and God's bountiful blessings.Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-15462959904746454222016-11-20T09:53:00.000-05:002016-11-20T09:53:35.372-05:00Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's Mass Readings from USCCB:<br />
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Novena Prayers to Christ the King:<br />
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<br />Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-52133700847519024842016-10-01T13:25:00.000-04:002016-10-01T13:25:01.428-04:00Every Human Life<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">October 2, 2016 is Respect Life Sunday and October itself, Respect Life month.</span></div>
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After recently losing my father, whom my brother and I cared for in home hospice while he suffered terribly as the result of a stroke and dementia for the last several years of his life, and with the Hyde amendment at risk of being repealed, though it's not much to offer, I still felt called, this year more strongly than ever, to a special remembrance of all life to be respected from conception through natural death.<br />
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Before attempting fiction novel writing, from a young age I wrote a lot of poetry, mainly with visions of those writings some day becoming song lyrics. That childhood dream didn't come to pass (my music composition skills are of the quality only a parent could smile indulgently at), but I did keep writing lyric style poetry off and on for many years after. This one, from the year 2000, was an attempt to recognize the preciousness of life.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wonder Why</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">I thought I’d be a lot of things</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Like children do, I dreamed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Of all of them, just not myself </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Was preferable, it seemed </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">What, one in ten childhoods like that?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Two of those can’t bear the pain</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">And people mourn the wasted lives </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Saying what a crying shame </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wonder why it’s not the same</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">A child who’d be a lot of things</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">If his mother’d let him be</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Begins the struggle of his life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">From day one, the fight, you see </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">What difference from the child who hurts</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The child who will one day?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Why don’t the two have equal right</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">To overcome life’s pain? </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">His parents had high hopes for him</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">This young man gone so astray</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Once such a boy, with charms and gifts</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Needles have stripped away</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">But still, you know, they pray for him</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">In his quest to dull the pain</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The system vows to change his life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">To kill potential’s such a shame</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wonder why it’s not the same</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">A child who may or may not be</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">All his parents dreamed about</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Is said to have some handicap</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Ultrasound leaves not a doubt</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">What difference from a wounded mind</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">A body which must fight</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">For everything it makes of life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Who’s to judge who’s greater right?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">She’d thought she’d be a lot of things</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">She who’s seen so many years</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Some dreams she lived and some have died</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Some could not survive her fears</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Sometimes she thinks it’s all too much</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">What has she left but pain?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">But her daughter’s girl has asked, “Who’s</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> God?”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Not to tell her’d be a shame</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wonder why it’s not the same</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">An old man lies alone in bed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">No family to forget</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">His care has cost us quite a sum</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">I’m a burden, he suspects</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">No one to tell him differently</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Except the nurse who earns her wage</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">And learns that she and him share much</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">He dreamed, she dreams; a shame</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">We don’t cherish all these lives the same</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Wonder why</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">We don’t cherish all these lives the same?</span></b></div>
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Likewise was a painting I did for a pro-life art show at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, PA in November of 2009:</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: x-small;"><i>Where Babies Come From</i>, Krisi Keley 2009</span></div>
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As a writer and, even more, a reader, it's difficult not to quote a line from a favorite book that seems to sum up rather succinctly what respecting life from conception through natural death means to a Catholic like myself, even if the quote wasn't originally referring to any particular moral, religious or political position on the matter.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving." Kingsley Shacklebolt, <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</i></span></div>
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Life is a precious gift, every human life <i>is</i> worth the same and must be cherished in every stage and in every condition of physical, mental and spiritual health. I thank my father, an array of recent difficult life circumstances and the Lord for reminding me of that and for helping me to attempt getting my priorities in order. Though the above meager shares of my own work show my contribution thus far has been much too little, my prayers, today and every day, with all those who dedicate themselves to defending life as well as with the lives they defend.</div>
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<br />Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-89266758111251875902016-08-18T10:03:00.000-04:002016-08-18T10:03:24.240-04:00No Words, Just Stupid Love and Broken Hearts<div style="text-align: center;">
"Ah, well, people can be a bit stupid abou' their pets."</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rubeus Hagrid</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i></span></div>
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Please forgive us, my strong gentle boy. If only stupid love and "anything" could have been enough. Despite that you deserve chapter after chapter dedicated to the beauty you brought to the story of our lives, there is simply no prose or poetry, there are no adequate words, to say how much we love you, how much you did for and are to us, and how much we miss you everyday. Give those precious kisses to all the family until we know your luminous hearts again in the Creator. Sweet baby boy, last of our so cherished gifts of God, all our stupid love - always.</div>
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Our gratitude for fourteen beyond special years<br />
And for making our lives so much more complete<br />
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All is calm, all is bright<br />
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child<br />
Holy Infant so tender and mild<br />
Sleep in heavenly peace<br />
Sleep in heavenly peace<br />
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Silent night, holy night!<br />
Shepherds quake at the sight<br />
Glories stream from heaven afar<br />
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!<br />
Christ, the Savior is born<br />
Christ, the Savior is born<br />
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Silent night, holy night<br />
Son of God, love's pure light<br />
Radiant beams from Thy holy face<br />
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Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">May Your Heart dwell always in our hearts!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">May Your Blood ever flow in the veins of our souls!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Sun of our hearts, You give life by the rays of Your goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I will not go until Your Heart has strengthened me, Lord Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">May the Heart of Jesus be the King of our hearts.</span></div>
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I shall praise the Savior's glory,<br />
of His flesh the mystery sing,<br />
and the blood, all price excelling,<br />
shed by our immortal King;<br />
God made man for our salvation,<br />
Who from virgin pure did spring.</div>
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Born for us, and for us given,<br />
born a man like us below,<br />
Christ as man with man residing,<br />
lived the seed of truth to sow,<br />
suffered bitter death unflinching,<br />
and immortal love did show.</div>
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On the night before He suffered,<br />
seated with His chosen band,<br />
Jesus, when they all had feasted,<br />
faithful to the law's command,<br />
far more precious food provided;<br />
gave Himself with His own hand.</div>
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Word made flesh, true bread of heaven<br />
by His word made flesh to be;<br />
from the wine His blood is taken,<br />
though our senses cannot see;<br />
faith alone which is unshaken<br />
shows pure hearts the mystery.</div>
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Therefore we, before Him falling,<br />
this great sacrament revere;<br />
ancient forms are now departed,<br />
for new acts of grace are here;<br />
faith our feeble senses aiding,<br />
makes the Savior's presence clear.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">To the everlasting Father,<br />
and to His Son Who reigns on high,<br />
with the Holy Ghost proceeding<br />
forth from each eternally,<br />
be all honor, glory, blessing,<br />
power and endless majesty. Amen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Hymn from the Evening Prayer for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi</span></div>
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Thomas Aquinas; tr. Edward Caswall; Music: Pange Lingua 87.87.87 Mode III
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-74961224094625008372015-05-23T18:39:00.000-04:002015-05-23T18:39:16.396-04:00Pentecost 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-85490890155266613552015-04-18T14:00:00.000-04:002015-04-18T14:02:15.979-04:00Ma Vie and Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Ma Vie <em>and</em> Rose: </span><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Portrait of <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Zoë</span></span></strong></div>
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I feel inadequate to paint even this one. It's funny how you frequently pick a name for your pup within minutes after the first meeting, and then he or she spends his/her life being the very definition of it.<br />
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I can't paint a portrait that would bring across even a fraction of how much beauty in this one glorious life or how much beauty she brought to ours. Thank you, my gorgeous girl. I love you so much and miss your shining presence every day - and will until we're together again. Thank You, Lord, for the incredible gift of knowing this life.<br />
<br />Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-37927039618696858982015-04-13T14:51:00.000-04:002015-04-13T14:51:46.560-04:00Brotherly LoveThor (né Elijah), starring in Brotherly Love with big brother, Costa:<br />
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A son who left the family fold for a bit, he had a little trouble finding his place upon return, due to independence-induced and glorious dreams of alphadom. Given the lowdown on what was really what by his generally pacifist pa, Angelus, by the default and benevolent true alpha, Costa, and even once by modest giant of the litter, Samson, Thor showed his truest color was a heart of gold - and took up a place of merrymaker in the family he returned to, dearly loved as if he'd never left.<br />
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<em><span style="color: lime;">Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.</span></em><br />
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Until we meet again, precious boy: still loved and never forgotten. We share our tears with the second family who knew his wondrous heart for a while.Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-6042255811862322862015-04-04T19:00:00.000-04:002015-04-04T19:09:20.239-04:00Easter Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Krisi Keleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994337915028634447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098208657411943017.post-43835601780712350012015-03-28T17:31:00.000-04:002015-03-28T17:31:44.204-04:00Coloring My World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mama-commandant in training and gentle soother of wounded souls; intimidating possessor of the "Evie eye" and hammy comedienne superb; adult female who could (literally) throw the most weight around and tiny 6 oz. runt of the litter who needed mouth-to-mouth from her human mum and special feedings from her canine mama to survive. A beautiful study in Rottie opposites and the epitome of one who could bring the rainbow of colors to another's world. Sweet Evie, I anticipate knowing the gorgeous spectrum of your life again. Love you always, darling girl.</div>
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