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		<title>By: Sharon</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-83266</link>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very beautifully said. I am married to a Filipino and started homeschooling 27 years ago. Most of our family left the Church and even though I never heard of homeschooling I pulled our children out of school because I felt there was no other choice. They were God&#039;s and I had a responsibility to raise them for God. It was very difficult because many think like Ron. It was the best decision I ever made because now all nine of our children are grown and they all know what the Church truly is and not as the media and secular world would have them believe. Thank you for your blog. It is very inspiring to see a Filipino family dedicated to the Church and to homeschooling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very beautifully said. I am married to a Filipino and started homeschooling 27 years ago. Most of our family left the Church and even though I never heard of homeschooling I pulled our children out of school because I felt there was no other choice. They were God&#8217;s and I had a responsibility to raise them for God. It was very difficult because many think like Ron. It was the best decision I ever made because now all nine of our children are grown and they all know what the Church truly is and not as the media and secular world would have them believe. Thank you for your blog. It is very inspiring to see a Filipino family dedicated to the Church and to homeschooling.</p>
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		<title>By: stef</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-65489</link>
		<dc:creator>stef</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ron -- thank you for visiting.  Sorry to hear that&#039;s how you feel.  I do want to make a few points about the Pope and the Church for anyone else who has similar concerns.  The Pope does not celebrate that sinful people have escaped prosecution, and he has not condoned withholding the truth.  If you have facts to support your claim please provide them.  The Pope is not personally responsible for sinful men&#039;s actions so calling him an evil man is not justified.  The Church after all is not made of perfect people, but imperfect ones, including priests -- and even the Pope himself has to confess his sins to one.  That&#039;s why we all still need God&#039;s grace and mercy and forgiveness.  Yes there are many who have been hurt, but what will help most is not a spirit of condemnation, but constant prayer.  Our society is what it is because many of us have turned away from God... that we have pedophile priests is only a reflection of the society we have -- a society that puts such a low value on life, that doesn&#039;t understand exactly how to practice chastity, that celebrates pornography, etc.  Prayers for the Pope that he may always be guided by our Lord will go a long way as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ron &#8212; thank you for visiting.  Sorry to hear that&#8217;s how you feel.  I do want to make a few points about the Pope and the Church for anyone else who has similar concerns.  The Pope does not celebrate that sinful people have escaped prosecution, and he has not condoned withholding the truth.  If you have facts to support your claim please provide them.  The Pope is not personally responsible for sinful men&#8217;s actions so calling him an evil man is not justified.  The Church after all is not made of perfect people, but imperfect ones, including priests &#8212; and even the Pope himself has to confess his sins to one.  That&#8217;s why we all still need God&#8217;s grace and mercy and forgiveness.  Yes there are many who have been hurt, but what will help most is not a spirit of condemnation, but constant prayer.  Our society is what it is because many of us have turned away from God&#8230; that we have pedophile priests is only a reflection of the society we have &#8212; a society that puts such a low value on life, that doesn&#8217;t understand exactly how to practice chastity, that celebrates pornography, etc.  Prayers for the Pope that he may always be guided by our Lord will go a long way as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-65479</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I innocently followed your link from a flower site expecting to learnmore about edible flowers. Then I was hit with catholic dogma at 6 am. Not a way I like to start my day. So I&#039;ll speak my mind. Your site celebrates goodness towards God and family. I commend you for that. But the Pope celebrate that hundreds if not thousands of Priests have escaped prosecusion for pedifile activities. While hundreds of thousands of children have been victimized and their lives ruined by catholic priests The Pope has condoned withholding the truth about their ungodly crimes against humanity from prosecusion. How anybody can follow such an evil man is beyond me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I innocently followed your link from a flower site expecting to learnmore about edible flowers. Then I was hit with catholic dogma at 6 am. Not a way I like to start my day. So I&#8217;ll speak my mind. Your site celebrates goodness towards God and family. I commend you for that. But the Pope celebrate that hundreds if not thousands of Priests have escaped prosecusion for pedifile activities. While hundreds of thousands of children have been victimized and their lives ruined by catholic priests The Pope has condoned withholding the truth about their ungodly crimes against humanity from prosecusion. How anybody can follow such an evil man is beyond me.</p>
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		<title>By: Rina</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-36572</link>
		<dc:creator>Rina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ms. Stef,

I have tried your recipe of pan de sal and it&#039;s really wonderful, i can&#039;t believe i was able to make real pan de sal.

I just want to ask, would it be alright if i add more sugar and lessen the salt? Some members of the family like it a little sweeter, but im afraid it will affect the entire process of cooking pandesal.

Hope to hear from you and God Bless You.

Rinsy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ms. Stef,</p>
<p>I have tried your recipe of pan de sal and it&#8217;s really wonderful, i can&#8217;t believe i was able to make real pan de sal.</p>
<p>I just want to ask, would it be alright if i add more sugar and lessen the salt? Some members of the family like it a little sweeter, but im afraid it will affect the entire process of cooking pandesal.</p>
<p>Hope to hear from you and God Bless You.</p>
<p>Rinsy</p>
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		<title>By: Theo-provlitos</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-35884</link>
		<dc:creator>Theo-provlitos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Stef,

I was searching the web for something and ended up in your blog.

It felt so homey that I just thought of dropping you a line.

This is Nicholas from Athens, Greece, father to 4. I am trying to be a devout (Orthodox)Christian too.

The flower that you have on your blog we call it in Greece Paschalia, Easter tree.

I hope you always have the joy of Easter in your family.

Bye
Nicholas</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Stef,</p>
<p>I was searching the web for something and ended up in your blog.</p>
<p>It felt so homey that I just thought of dropping you a line.</p>
<p>This is Nicholas from Athens, Greece, father to 4. I am trying to be a devout (Orthodox)Christian too.</p>
<p>The flower that you have on your blog we call it in Greece Paschalia, Easter tree.</p>
<p>I hope you always have the joy of Easter in your family.</p>
<p>Bye<br />
Nicholas</p>
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		<title>By: Jo Ann</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-35530</link>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi! I love your website. I hope you will not mind if I include you in my blogroll.

God bless!

Jo Ann</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi! I love your website. I hope you will not mind if I include you in my blogroll.</p>
<p>God bless!</p>
<p>Jo Ann</p>
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		<title>By: Beatasum</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-31501</link>
		<dc:creator>Beatasum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi!

I just discovered you (I&#039;m searching through blog catalog for like-minded folk) and I really like your blog.  I would like to add you to my blogroll if you wouldn&#039;t mind.
Please check out my blog, Catholic Me - it&#039;s quite new, so it&#039;s just getting off the ground.
I welcome your comments.

Beatasum (I am blessed)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I just discovered you (I&#8217;m searching through blog catalog for like-minded folk) and I really like your blog.  I would like to add you to my blogroll if you wouldn&#8217;t mind.<br />
Please check out my blog, Catholic Me &#8211; it&#8217;s quite new, so it&#8217;s just getting off the ground.<br />
I welcome your comments.</p>
<p>Beatasum (I am blessed)</p>
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		<title>By: Kristin Tiong</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-28208</link>
		<dc:creator>Kristin Tiong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Stef,

Im Kristin of www.prepys.com. I have visited your site and I would like to ask your permission if we could add your blog to our syndicated site, http://www.prepys.com. Thanks! Waiting for your favorable response.

Regards,

Kristin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Stef,</p>
<p>Im Kristin of <a href="http://www.prepys.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.prepys.com</a>. I have visited your site and I would like to ask your permission if we could add your blog to our syndicated site, <a href="http://www.prepys.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.prepys.com</a>. Thanks! Waiting for your favorable response.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Kristin</p>
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		<title>By: Babette</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-26467</link>
		<dc:creator>Babette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, I have visited your site before and I&#039;d like to say thanks for sharing your recipes.  There is so much to explore here, I&#039;ll be back for sure. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I have visited your site before and I&#8217;d like to say thanks for sharing your recipes.  There is so much to explore here, I&#8217;ll be back for sure. <img src='http://www.andthesethygifts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Jaymie Lariosa</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21575</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaymie Lariosa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Tita Stephanie. Just checked out your site. I feel stuffed already just by browsing through the dessert recipes. I&#039;ll drop by more often when I feel like cooking up a storm in the kitchen ;) Hope you had a great Christmas. Happy new year. God bless!

Jaymie Lariosa</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Tita Stephanie. Just checked out your site. I feel stuffed already just by browsing through the dessert recipes. I&#8217;ll drop by more often when I feel like cooking up a storm in the kitchen <img src='http://www.andthesethygifts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  Hope you had a great Christmas. Happy new year. God bless!</p>
<p>Jaymie Lariosa</p>
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		<title>By: Ivy</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7042</link>
		<dc:creator>Ivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello. I stumbled upon your site through the Homeschool Philippines Blogs Web Ring. This is my first time to visit and I really enjoy your posts. Your site is very informative too. Will be dropping by often. God bless!:)

Ivy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello. I stumbled upon your site through the Homeschool Philippines Blogs Web Ring. This is my first time to visit and I really enjoy your posts. Your site is very informative too. Will be dropping by often. God bless!:)</p>
<p>Ivy</p>
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		<title>By: sigrid</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6186</link>
		<dc:creator>sigrid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi.  just want to thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes, especially the brazo de mercedes.  thanks again and God bless you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi.  just want to thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes, especially the brazo de mercedes.  thanks again and God bless you</p>
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		<title>By: Joel Yu</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6064</link>
		<dc:creator>Joel Yu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dropped by to check your blog... Great!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dropped by to check your blog&#8230; Great!</p>
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		<title>By: The Cooking Ninja</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5486</link>
		<dc:creator>The Cooking Ninja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just way to say &#039;thanks for dropping by my blog&#039; :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just way to say &#8216;thanks for dropping by my blog&#8217; <img src='http://www.andthesethygifts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Teenie Gregorio</title>
		<link>http://www.andthesethygifts.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5266</link>
		<dc:creator>Teenie Gregorio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi!  Thanks for sharing your thoughts as a mom, a Catholic and a hobbyist.  Your web makes me want to actually pursue homeschooling and other interests here in the Philippines.  More blessings to you and your family!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi!  Thanks for sharing your thoughts as a mom, a Catholic and a hobbyist.  Your web makes me want to actually pursue homeschooling and other interests here in the Philippines.  More blessings to you and your family!</p>
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