tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post5129435050161212799..comments2023-10-31T11:50:09.773+00:00Comments on Mulier Fortis: Progress Report...Mulier Fortishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-87978122948454103452010-10-09T08:28:01.372+01:002010-10-09T08:28:01.372+01:00Sorry, I forgot to include the link...
http://www...Sorry, I forgot to include the link...<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/8052235/Cat-becomes-a-star-after-Pope-blessing.htmlMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285355080459130149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-4138258611070787752010-10-08T23:27:44.555+01:002010-10-08T23:27:44.555+01:00I have two, and they love each other's company...I have two, and they love each other's company.<br /><br />Have you seen this Pope-with-cat-in-Birmingham photo and story?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285355080459130149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-89588510136867561962010-10-06T23:11:33.435+01:002010-10-06T23:11:33.435+01:00Hello,
just returned from short break and I am so...Hello,<br />just returned from short break and I am so sorry to hear about Sylvester, RIP.<br />It's difficult to put into words how pets, especially cats, become part of the family and when they die, the loss is so great.<br />Apologies if I've sent this to you before (?) but it's a wonderful poem that encapsulates the impact, felix domesticus (hope that's right?!) has on our lives.<br /><br />THE GENESIS CAT<br />(W Girt)<br /><br />The Lord looked down upon His world, created fresh and new,<br />With soaring, shining mountain tops and gleaming seas of blue.<br />The lordly lions roaming free with tigers golden bright,<br />All very grand, magnificent, but somehow, not quite right.<br />He stroked His beard and mused awhile and thought of this and that,<br />'All these are far too big,' he said, 'I'll make a smaller cat;<br />To edge towards the fire at night, out of the chilly wind,<br />An independent animal, but needing human kind;<br />With fur so soft and warm to touch, but brimming full of guile,<br />With pansy-faced wee kittens to make the children smile.'<br />All that was very long ago, but still the cat's with us,<br />Aloof and condescending, but loving all the fuss.<br />You'll never, ever own a cat, as all cat lovers know,<br />He'll curl himself around your heart and never let you go.<br /><br />Take care and God bless you (and Sylvester, RIP)<br />Pax<br />VM<br /><><<br />(6/10/2010 UK BST 23.11pm)Victoria Mildewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576551648860098235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-64862099091209264372010-10-06T05:37:47.750+01:002010-10-06T05:37:47.750+01:00Looking forward to more "tails" from the...Looking forward to more "tails" from the furry world. What a beautiful photo!! Cats rule!!!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198856128213307540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-71937078730321029012010-10-05T20:36:54.053+01:002010-10-05T20:36:54.053+01:00Love ya, dearie!
So hard to have a pet pass on...I...Love ya, dearie!<br />So hard to have a pet pass on...I know...I know...Love and prayers!Fr. John Mary, ISJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093937327145346752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-11167627492286929762010-10-05T16:07:53.798+01:002010-10-05T16:07:53.798+01:00Glad to hear you're OK and if I were to bump i...Glad to hear you're OK and if I were to bump into you in the next few days there would be no need to 'pussy-foot' (pun intended!) around the subject of cats and new kittens etc. :-)Idle Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583960388335420573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-56388115516681414072010-10-05T08:32:05.061+01:002010-10-05T08:32:05.061+01:00Two sounds like a scheme . . . I'm delighted t...Two sounds like a scheme . . . I'm delighted to hear this; not least because it proves the power of prayer !Dominic Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514722976964423091noreply@blogger.com