Friday, June 29, 2007
Celtic Festival 22 June
Me'n Kevin went to the Celt Festival in Schwarzenbach in Austria last weekend:
here's some pics...
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Thursday, June 07, 2007
The Duck & the Devil
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on
>their farm.
>He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in
>the woods; but he could never hit the target. Getting a little
>discouraged, he headed back for dinner.
>
>As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he
>let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He
>was shocked and grieved! In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood
>pile; only to see his sister watching!
>Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
>
>After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes."
>
>But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen."
>Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?"
>So Johnny did the dishes.
>
>Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and
>Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."
>
>Sally just smiled and said, "Well that's all right because Johnny told me
>he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went
>fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
>
>After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's, he finally
>couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had
>killed the duck.
>
>Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, "Sweetheart, I know.
>You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but
>because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would
>let Sally make a slave of you."
>
>Thought for the day and every day thereafter? Whatever is in your past,
>whatever you have done... and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face
>(lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness,
>etc.)...whatever it is...You need to know that God was standing at the
>window and He saw the whole thing. He has seen your whole life. He wants
>you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just
>wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.
>
>The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness; He not only
>forgives you, but He forgets. It is by God's grace and mercy that we are
>saved.
>their farm.
>He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in
>the woods; but he could never hit the target. Getting a little
>discouraged, he headed back for dinner.
>
>As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he
>let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He
>was shocked and grieved! In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood
>pile; only to see his sister watching!
>Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
>
>After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes."
>
>But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen."
>Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?"
>So Johnny did the dishes.
>
>Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and
>Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."
>
>Sally just smiled and said, "Well that's all right because Johnny told me
>he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went
>fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
>
>After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's, he finally
>couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had
>killed the duck.
>
>Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, "Sweetheart, I know.
>You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but
>because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would
>let Sally make a slave of you."
>
>Thought for the day and every day thereafter? Whatever is in your past,
>whatever you have done... and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face
>(lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness,
>etc.)...whatever it is...You need to know that God was standing at the
>window and He saw the whole thing. He has seen your whole life. He wants
>you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just
>wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.
>
>The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness; He not only
>forgives you, but He forgets. It is by God's grace and mercy that we are
>saved.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
Something for our more Teutonic readers out there...
Just in the interests of language equality, I thought I'd include this little gem from a recent German text I was translating...
"Innerhalb der Vorbereitungs-Phase (Vorprojekt) müssen ausgebildete palästinensische Theaterkünstler eine Grundschulung erhalten, die sie zur Ausbildung befähigt."
Trained Palestinian actors must receive basic training making them eligible for training.
Ah, the beauty of it!
"Innerhalb der Vorbereitungs-Phase (Vorprojekt) müssen ausgebildete palästinensische Theaterkünstler eine Grundschulung erhalten, die sie zur Ausbildung befähigt."
Trained Palestinian actors must receive basic training making them eligible for training.
Ah, the beauty of it!
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Patrick, a Szentlélek tűzzel
The title line means
Patrick with the Holy Ghost fire...
We went to Church today and Patrick got to hold the fire that symbolized the Holy GHost.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Kevin ministral
On Sat, 2 June 2007, we went to an all-day family event at a hunting lodge near town which was organized by the "Schoenstatt Movement" here in the town of Sopron. The speaker was one of the bishops here in Hungary and the discussions about the family and its role and challenges in society were very interesting.
In the afternoon, the bishop celebrated Holy Mass and Kevin was one of the altar boys.
For more information about the "Schoenstatt Movement":
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoenstatt) and (http://www.schoenstatt.org.uk/schoenstatt/schoenstatt.html)
Harkai csucs
There is a prominent little hill outside of town, to the south east, between Sopron and the village of Harka (which had an interesting name story under the former regime), which I have seen many times and never visited.
So this week I decided to go over there and check it out, also looking for a possible short-cut for bike riding to the village of Deutschkreutz (where my Austrian bank is).
This is a picture from the top of the hill, looking back towards the north-west, with Sopron in the background.
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