Mary and Simon are the cops and Davey is the robber.... it made for some outdoor fun in the midst of rock picking and getting more cows and calves out to pasture... Grandma can only take so long being in the house with 3 kids... Mary and I did some photography together and some of them were pretty special and some of them pretty artsy and different.
Even a dog paw ended up in this one, but then Roger is always right there - hoping for some attention...
Mary took this great one of Simon with Roger... so clear and sweet, but just at a different angle than some of the more posed pictures.
I snapped this one, but Mary did try to do some self portraits of her and Lilly... its hard to hold a camera out and to get two large heads in the photo, Mary discovered... and the looks on her face were let's just say interesting!
This was the final one that Mary took of her wet footprints heading into the house for dinner... I think that you have an eye for the unusual Mary and it could get you far! At least at the open class and 4H photography show for 5 year olds!
The two photographers sharing their art form in their own unique way...A Renewal of Baptismal Promises
Our baptismal promises may be renewed using these prayers in italics
or with similar words, from our heart, after our Lenten journey to the font.
Dear friends,
through the paschal mystery we have been buried with Christ in baptism,
so that we may rise with him to a new life. Now that we have completed our lenten observance,
let us renew the promises we made at baptism when we rejected Satan and his works.
And so:
Do you reject sin, so as to live in the freedom of God's children?
I do.
Lord, all I want to is live in the freedom you offer me. I want to reject the unloving choices I have made,
and the sinful failures to love anywhere in my life. I reject all injustice, all violence,
all that disrespects the dignity of all human life
Do you reject the glamor of evil, and refuse to be mastered by sin?
I do.
Lord, I admit that some evil has a hold on me: it is attractive, it has such powerful rewards,
it has become a habitual way for me to be myself. Lord, I renew my commitment this day
to turn from that evil and from letting any disordered attachment,
any empty promises master me, and try to separate me from you.
By this promise, I commit myself to greater courage in acting justly
and refusing to let unjust systems and structures numb my conscience or dull my heart.
Do you reject Satan, father of sin and prince of darkness?
I do.
Lord, as I renew my the promises that accompany my becoming one with you
in the baptism of dying to sin and rising to life, I know that an Enemy tries to
tempt me to sin and to many dark patterns, I now promise to you,
and to my sisters and brothers who depend upon my fidelity,
that I renew my commitment to reject that Enemy,
and all his ways of subverting your reign and the coming of your kingdom.
Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth?
I do.
Lord, you made me and give me life every day. I believe in you, I turn to you, and I place my life,
and the graces I need each day, in your loving hands.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, and was buried,
rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father?
I do.
Jesus, my Lord and Savior, my life is in your hands.
I believe in you, I turn to you, I commit myself to growing closer to you,
placing myself with you, in love - compassionate, self-sacrificing love - for others.
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting?
I do.
Holy Spirit of Jesus, Jesus promised not to leave us orphans.
I so desire to be enkindled with the fire of your love,
that I might be renewed in courage. I believe in and renew my commitment to
your work among us. I want to contribute to the unity that you desire for us.
I promise to be as merciful, for I have known your mercy.
And I pledge to live my life each day on this earth, full of faith in the resurrection Jesus gained for me.
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has given us a new birth
by water and the Holy Spirit, and forgiven our sins.
May God also keep us faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen.
Lord, Our God, this year's journey to the waters of baptism
has renewed me. I have come to know more intimately
the complexity of my weakness and the depths of your love for me.
By your grace, I have come to experience the mystery of the gift of life you offer.
Please help me to remain free and faithful that I might grow as a servant of
Jesus' own mission. I ask this with growing faith in
the name of Jesus, my Lord.
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