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this one depicting LED traffic signals.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:15:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/03/the-babies-fawns-are-out-and-about/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/new_fawns_2012_025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new_fawns_2012_025</image:title><image:caption>Baby Alert!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:15:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/04/only-child/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/only_child.jpg</image:loc><image:title>only_child</image:title><image:caption>Only child</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:14:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/05/twins/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/twins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>twins</image:title><image:caption>Twins</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:14:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/06/leaving-for-now/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/following_mom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>following_mom</image:title><image:caption>The twins following mom</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:14:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/07/gods-creation-gives-god-thanks/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/evening_flower.jpg</image:loc><image:title>evening_flower</image:title><image:caption>Let them discourse of the Glory of Your Reign</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:14:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/08/1074/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/pisa_grapes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pisa_grapes</image:title><image:caption>Grapes from the Dominican convent garden in Pisa, Italy</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:14:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/09/god-desires-complete-joy-for-us/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/life_path.jpg</image:loc><image:title>life_path</image:title><image:caption>Does your life's path lead you to joy?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:13:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/10/gods-glory-is-above-all-the-earth/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/redwoods_monastery_072007__048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>redwoods_monastery_072007__048</image:title><image:caption>"Be exalted, O God, above the heavens." &#13;
A glorious sky at Redwoods Monastery in Whitethorn, CA</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:13:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/11/let-all-the-earth-cry-out-to-god-with-joy/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/sheep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sheep</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:13:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/14/everything-we-do-is-sacred/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/kite_surfers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kite_surfers</image:title><image:caption>Everything we do is sacred. &#13;
How beautiful our world would be if all we did was with an intentionality about that sacredness.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:13:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/15/heaven-and-earth-are-full-of-gods-glory/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/arches_panorama1_framed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arches_panorama1_framed</image:title><image:caption>Heaven and earth are full of your glory!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:11:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/16/ascension-thursday/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/minnesota_butterfly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>minnesota_butterfly</image:title><image:caption>The butterfly is often a symbol of resurrection . . . life coming out of a cocoon. &#13;
We can also be reminded of ascension as we watch the butterfly rise gracefully from the flower.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:11:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/17/to-be-a-saint/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/minnesota_flower.jpg</image:loc><image:title>minnesota_flower</image:title><image:caption>May we live our lives with hands unclenched and our hearts as open as this flower.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:11:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/18/what-would-we-ask-of-god-what-would-jesus-ask/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/canyon_lands_scene.jpg</image:loc><image:title>canyon_lands_scene</image:title><image:caption>Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:11:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/22/let-us-set-our-sails/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/santa_cruz_sails.jpg</image:loc><image:title>santa_cruz_sails</image:title><image:caption>Santa Cruz Sails</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:10:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/28/thoughts-for-memorial-day/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/rocket.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rocket</image:title><image:caption>May we see a day when we no longer feel the need to use such weapons.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-28T15:08:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/05/23/you-will-show-me-the-path-to-life/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/metta_minnesotta_2008_009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>metta_minnesotta_2008_009</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-05-24T01:19:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/20/feast-of-christ-the-king/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/christ_king.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christ_king</image:title><image:caption>Christ the King as Pontius Pilate might have seen him before sending him off to be beaten.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-05-15T23:05:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/18/why-is-the-grass-always-greener/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/heron_050307_013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heron_050307_013</image:title><image:caption>The heron doesn't even think about the green-ness of the grass. He simply waits.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-19T00:09:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/17/the-world-is-holy-a-flower-is-holy/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ssc_easter_2012_093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ssc_easter_2012_093</image:title><image:caption>A flower is indeed holy.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-16T01:00:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/16/hope-in-the-face-of-seeming-doom/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/bolinas_january_2012_204.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bolinas_january_2012_204</image:title><image:caption>Hope of the morning sunrise</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-16T00:54:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/14/let-us-be-blessing/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ssc_easter_2012_076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ssc_easter_2012_076</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-04-16T00:31:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/15/a-reminder-to-turn-ourselves-toward-gratitude/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/heron_lagoon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heron_lagoon</image:title><image:caption>A solitary blue heron at a lagoon in San Francisco is a gift of God's love.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-16T18:16:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/13/we-continue-to-give-thanks/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/easter_iris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>easter_iris</image:title><image:caption>The Easter Iris gives thanks</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-09T21:32:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/12/we-give-thanks-this-easter-and-always/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ssc_easter_2012_024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ssc_easter_2012_024</image:title><image:caption>God's mercy endures forever</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-09T21:26:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/11/peace-be-with-you/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/easter_tulip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>easter_tulip</image:title><image:caption>Peace of the Easter tulip be with you.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-16T18:17:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/10/they-must-have-been-out-of-their-minds-with-excitment/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/paris_062907_022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>paris_062907_022</image:title><image:caption>Les disciples Pierre et Jean courant au sepulcre le matin de la Resurrection - The disciples Peter and John running to the tomb on Easter Morning - by Eugen Burnand</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-09T20:50:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/09/easter-joy/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/azaelia_easter_2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>azaelia_easter_2012</image:title><image:caption>An azalea in San Rafael gives glory to God on Easter.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-09T19:56:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/09/go-tell-my-brothers/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sallyb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sallyb</image:title><image:caption>Sister Sally Brady, OP</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-09T17:51:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/08/easter-morning-at-santa-sabina/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/20120408-103428.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20120408-103428.jpg</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-04-08T17:34:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/05/tenebrae-continued/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><lastmod>2012-04-06T03:59:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/04/what-is-tenebrae/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/domtriangel1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Domtriangel1</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-04-03T23:25:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/03/what-is-spy-wednesday/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/march_flowers_sr_3-07_001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>march_flowers_sr_3-07_001</image:title><image:caption>On this Spy Wednesday, I look out my window at the trees in bloom and am reminded of the Hope of Sunday.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-04T20:19:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/02/we-remember/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/macro_playing_2011_003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macro_playing_2011_003</image:title><image:caption>We remember from the Gospel of John. "In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest."</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-02T21:52:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/04/01/a-holy-week-prayer/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/la_zoo_2011_045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>la_zoo_2011_045</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-04-02T04:31:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/30/the-reluctant-prophet-also-gives-a-promise-of-hope/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/zion3b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>The heights of Zion National Park in Utah.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-30T22:06:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/29/a-prophets-job-surely-isnt-easy/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/cross_country_iphone_039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cross_country_iphone_039</image:title><image:caption>The Salt Flats  of Nevada are pretty desolate. Yet there is life and beauty. &#13;
Let us remember life and beauty in our times of dryness.&#13;
And to do so, let us cherish them now.&#13;
</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-29T22:20:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/28/we-hold-onto-the-promise-in-hope/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/counterpoint.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Counterpoint</image:title><image:caption>Sister Adele Rowland, OP, named this image "Counterpoint". </image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-28T21:07:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/27/the-truth-will-set-us-free/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/canyon_lands_08_2010_001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>canyon_lands_08_2010_001</image:title><image:caption>May these last weeks of Lent bring us to an ever more free place within ourselves.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-27T22:54:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/26/loving-gods-creation/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/olmc_flowers_2011_028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>olmc_flowers_2011_028</image:title><image:caption>Love each flower and petal.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-26T22:04:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/26/she-announced-the-good-news/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/anna_louise.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anna_louise</image:title><image:caption>Sister Anna Louise</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-20T20:15:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/25/and-one-more-thing-about-gratitude/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/jubilee_farms_2011_010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jubilee_farms_2011_010</image:title><image:caption>Another reason for rejoicing</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-20T20:01:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/21/going-gratitudinal-part-2/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bolinas_flower.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bolinas_flower</image:title><image:caption>This angel's trumpet flower requires little to tell of its gratefulness and God's wonder.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-21T20:19:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/22/going-gratitudinal-part-3/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/abbey215.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>I am grateful that in the driest deserts, flowers appear.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-20T19:45:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/24/going-gratitudinal-part-5/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_2503.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2503</image:title><image:caption>Just an ordinary poppy. . .  Or is it?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-20T19:45:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/23/going-gratitudinal-part-4/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/abbey204.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Gratefulness at dusk in Sonoita, Arizona</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-04-03T18:12:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/20/going-gratitudinal/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bolinas_december_2008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bolinas_december_2008</image:title><image:caption>I am grateful for city lights by the bay at dawn.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-20T17:50:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/19/our-god-is-with-us/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/zion_river.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zion_river</image:title><image:caption>The Virgin River in Zion National Park</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-20T00:56:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/16/happy-st-patricks-day/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/st_patty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st_patty</image:title><image:caption>Have a wonderful day!!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-16T22:38:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/16/finding-god-in-the-interruptions/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/dusk_chrissy_field_nov_2007_004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dusk_chrissy_field_nov_2007_004</image:title><image:caption>Chrissy Field pier at dusk</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-17T03:21:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/15/loving-our-neighbor-the-immigrant/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/la_bamba_stations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>la_bamba_stations</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-03-16T00:41:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/14/serving-the-little-ones/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/la_bamba_casa_de_cuna.jpg</image:loc><image:title>la_bamba_casa_de_cuna</image:title><image:caption>Dominican student, Laura, plays peek-a-boo with one of the girls at Casa de Cuna.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-14T20:58:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/14/892/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/toulouse_aquinas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toulouse_aquinas</image:title><image:caption>An altar over the tomb of St. Thomas Aquinas in Toulouse, France</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-14T20:39:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/13/teach-me-your-paths-o-lord/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/gervaise.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gervaise</image:title><image:caption>Sister Gervaise in front of a Santa Cruz sunset</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-13T22:20:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/10/we-proclaim-christ-crucified/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/el_salvador_grp1-482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>el_salvador_grp1 482</image:title><image:caption>Cross draped with a stole in a Salvadoran chapel.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-03T00:26:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/09/shepherd-your-people/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/afternoon_panorama_sheep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>afternoon_panorama_sheep</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-03-03T00:20:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/08/remember-the-marvels-the-lord-has-done/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/flamingo_pride.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flamingo_pride</image:title><image:caption>The flamingo is a particularly wonderful marvel of God.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-02T23:50:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/07/like-a-tree-planted-by-a-river/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/muir_woods_feb_2012_070.jpg</image:loc><image:title>muir_woods_feb_2012_070</image:title><image:caption>This particular tree, planted by the river, is an very tall and straight California Redwood in Muir Woods.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-02T23:43:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/06/meeting-god-in-everyday-activities/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/wyd_openingmass_21-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wyd_openingmass_21 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Young adults carrying the cross in the entrance procession for the Opening Mass for World Youth Day in Cologne.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-02T23:03:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/05/the-importance-of-prayer/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/kite_surfers_050307_006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kite_surfers_050307_006</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-04-03T18:16:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/04/be-merciful-as-your-father-is-merciful/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/foggy_sunrise_chrissy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foggy_sunrise_chrissy</image:title><image:caption>As the sun shows itself through the fog (in San Francisco), so does the mercy of God in the "unclarity" of our lives.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-05T03:30:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/03/transfiguration-and-first-vows/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/colleen_entrance__cammack_2008_002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>colleen_entrance__cammack_2008_002</image:title><image:caption>Sister Colleen McDermott, OP</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-02T19:54:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/02/how-is-our-lenten-fast-going/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bomb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bomb</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-03-02T19:11:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/03/02/climb-up-to-the-roof-and-enjoy-the-sunset/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/rose_court_sunset_2012_021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rose_court_sunset_2012_021</image:title><image:caption>San Francisco Sunset</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-02T18:15:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/29/knock-and-the-door-shall-be-opened/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/patterned-door.jpg</image:loc><image:title>patterned door</image:title><image:caption>Knock and the door shall be opened</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-03-01T20:57:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/28/create-in-me-a-clean-heart/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/del_mar_council_2011_085.jpg</image:loc><image:title>del_mar_council_2011_085</image:title><image:caption>Create in me a clean heart, O God.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-28T23:26:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/27/some-days-you-just-have-to-leave-it-to-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><lastmod>2012-02-27T23:04:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/21/mold-our-hearts-on-ash-wednesday-during-lent-and-throughout-our-lives/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/hearts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hearts</image:title><image:caption>Hearts by Sally Lowell, OP</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-26T02:23:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/25/teach-me-your-paths/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/muir_woods_feb_2012_058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>muir_woods_feb_2012_058</image:title><image:caption>O Lord, make known to me your paths.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-26T02:21:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/24/to-you-o-lord-i-lift-up-my-soul/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/rainbow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rainbow</image:title><image:caption>Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-25T00:46:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/23/there-is-a-time-for-feasting-and-a-time-for-fasting/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/banquet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>banquet</image:title><image:caption>There is a time for feasting and a time for fasting</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-29T11:04:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/22/take-up-your-cross-and-follow-me/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/altar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>altar</image:title><image:caption>The altar where Archbishop Oscar Romero was martyred</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-23T15:50:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/18/to-whom-am-i-listening/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/woman_9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woman_9</image:title><image:caption>To whom do I listen?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-20T23:26:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/21/draw-near-to-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/praying.jpg</image:loc><image:title>praying</image:title><image:caption>Woman praying in chapel in El Salvador</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-20T23:25:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/19/god-is-always-doing-something-new/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/peggy_sunrise2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peggy_sunrise2</image:title><image:caption>"I know the plans I have for you", says the Lord.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-16T05:46:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/17/786/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/el_salvador_grp1-138.jpg</image:loc><image:title>el_salvador_grp1 138</image:title><image:caption>"If they kill me, I will rise up among the Salvadoran people."</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-16T05:30:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/16/walking-humbly-on-the-earth/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/chrissy_field_04-07_001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chrissy_field_04-07_001</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-02-16T05:12:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/15/we-live-in-hope/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/peaches.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peaches</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-02-15T20:10:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/14/all-life-is-holy/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/fern.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fern</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-02-14T03:25:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/13/how-will-i-know-the-right-time-and-place/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/door_san_domenico.jpg</image:loc><image:title>door_san_domenico</image:title><image:caption>The door at San Domenico Church in Sienna, near the home of St. Catherine.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-13T14:55:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/12/do-all-for-the-glory-of-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/making_cookies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Sister Sally doing one of her favorite things: Making Cookies!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-12T16:41:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/11/our-lady-of-lourdes/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/our_lady_of_lourdes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>our_lady_of_lourdes</image:title><image:caption>This statue of Mary is in the basillica at Lourdes.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-11T14:00:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/05/jesus-practiced-what-he-preached/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/chrissy_field_9132006_001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chrissy_field_9132006_001</image:title><image:caption>The Golden Gate Bridge early on a deserted morning</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-09T21:29:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/10/la-voz-de-los-sin-voz/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/la_voz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>la_voz</image:title><image:caption>"La voz de los sin voz" - "The voice of those without a voice."</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-07T03:57:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/09/wisdom-must-be-cultivated/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/fuschia_watercolor_card.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fuschia_watercolor_card</image:title><image:caption>Fuschia in Santa Sabina Center garden</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-09T17:32:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/08/let-our-feet-not-falter/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/salvadoran_woman_walking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salvadoran_woman_walking</image:title><image:caption>Salvadoran woman walking on treacherous ground</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-07T01:09:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/07/how-can-we-contain-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/bear_river_reservoir_2011_081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bear_river_reservoir_2011_081</image:title><image:caption>Who can contain God? </image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-24T19:05:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/06/finding-god-in-creation/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/northern_coast.jpg</image:loc><image:title>northern_coast</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-02-06T04:14:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/04/come-and-rest/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/pres_ctr_los_gatos_2011_010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pres_ctr_los_gatos_2011_010</image:title><image:caption>Come and rest for a while.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-04T16:19:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/03/if-youve-never-heard-about-etty-hillesum-learn-about-her/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/black-eyes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black eyes</image:title><image:caption>Bowing before beauty</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-03T15:38:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/02/02/let-us-present-ourselves-to-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/chapel-after.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chapel After</image:title><image:caption>The old motherhouse chapel of the Dominican Sisters in San Rafael</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-02-02T15:41:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/31/a-door-to-a-new-beginning/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/fanjeux_061107_014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fanjeux_061107_014</image:title><image:caption>Sr. Arlene Flaherty at the Door to St. Dominic's house in Fanjeaux, France. 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Might a Dominican doorway be inviting you?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-20T18:59:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/19/624/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/tomahawk1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomahawk</image:title><image:caption>This is a tomahawk missile on display at the Smithsonian in D.C. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the only weapons were those on display in museums? What would a world like that be like?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-19T18:36:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/18/a-new-assignment/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/peacock_feather_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peacock_feather_2</image:title><image:caption>Every peacock of feather is a book about God.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-18T18:31:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/17/god-fills-the-earth-with-joy/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/20120117-080936.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20120117-080936.jpg</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-01-17T16:10:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/16/as-the-deer-longs-for-springs-of-water/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/backyard_deer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>backyard_deer</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-01-16T16:46:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/12/let-us-awaken-the-dawn/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dawn_worth_waiting_for.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dawn_worth_waiting_for</image:title><image:caption>This is a fine reason to awaken the dawn. Oh, what a sunrise!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-11T04:58:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/13/forever-we-will-sing-the-goodness-of-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/bolinas_rose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bolinas_rose</image:title><image:caption>All creation sings the Goodness of God.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-11T04:56:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/14/594/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/rocky_mtn_park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rocky_mtn_park</image:title><image:caption>Atop a 12,000 foot mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park</image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-16T21:58:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/15/come-and-you-will-see/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/12-27-11-_dominican-sisters-of-san-rafael_color_come-and-see_catholic-san-francisco_3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12-27-11 _Dominican Sisters of San Rafael_Color_Come and See_Catholic San Francisco_3</image:title></image><lastmod>2012-01-16T01:10:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/11/here-i-am-your-servant-is-listening/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/sally.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sally</image:title><image:caption>We will only be able to answer God when we have learned to recognize God's voice. So we need to take time for solitued, prayer, and reflection. </image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-11T03:53:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2012/01/10/those-who-fish-rise-early/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/early_fishing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early_fishing</image:title><image:caption>Fishing boat leaving the Bolinas Lagoon </image:caption></image><lastmod>2012-01-10T16:06:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/25/blessed-christmas/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/final_composition_fb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>final_composition_fb</image:title><image:caption>Blessed Christmas!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-25T16:29:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/23/o-emmanuel-o-god-with-us/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-23</image:title><image:caption>O Emmanuel, Come!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-23T19:30:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/22/o-rex-gentium-o-king-of-nations/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-22</image:title><image:caption>O Come, King of Nations!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-17T16:38:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/21/o-oriens-o-dayspring/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-21</image:title><image:caption>O Dayspring, Come!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-17T16:31:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/20/o-clavis-david-o-key-of-david/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-20</image:title><image:caption>O Key of David, Come!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-17T16:25:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/19/o-radix-jesse-o-root-of-jesse/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-19</image:title><image:caption>O Root of Jesse, Come!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-17T16:19:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/17/o-sapientia-o-wisdom/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-17</image:title><image:caption>O Wisdom</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-17T16:13:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/18/o-adonai-o-lord/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon_12-18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon_12-18</image:title><image:caption>O Lord, come!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-16T17:39:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/16/the-o-antiphons-are-coming/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/o_antiphon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o_antiphon</image:title><image:caption>We wait, in hope, for the coming of New Life.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-16T16:31:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/15/why-is-it-so-difficult-for-us-to-believe/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/yosemite_cliffs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>This snowy, seemingly immovable, granite mountain is in Yosemite.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-15T02:40:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/14/the-feast-of-saint-john-of-the-cross/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/los_gatos_ladder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>los_gatos_ladder</image:title><image:caption>This ladder is in daylight and undisguised. But we know those places in our hearts that are not quite so apparent. And so does our God.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-14T13:00:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/13/491/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dawning_light.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dawning_light</image:title><image:caption>O Christ, Light in our darkness, light our way!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-13T17:35:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/12/we-celebrate-our-lady-of-guadalupe/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/olg_tiled.jpg</image:loc><image:title>olg_tiled</image:title><image:caption>This tiled image of La Virgincita de Guadalupe adorns the exterior of the convent of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at their retreat center in Los Gatos.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-13T05:48:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/11/third-sunday-of-advent/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/baptizer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baptizer</image:title><image:caption>This tapestry can be found in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, in Los Angeles at the baptismal font. 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The trees draw us closer to God. It's a wonderful place to contemplate what is really important.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-07T22:26:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/12/01/monks-walking-through-zion/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/zion_monks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zion_monks</image:title><image:caption>Buddhist monks, walking through Zion</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-01T14:38:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/30/what-is-my-fishing-practice-am-i-faithful-to-my-spiritual-practice/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/pat-and-judy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pat and Judy</image:title><image:caption>Sisters Pat and Judy hiking back from their fishing trip in the Sierras.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-30T23:21:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/22/giving-thanks-is-preaching/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/lavendar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lavendar</image:title><image:caption>An expression of gratitude</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-30T12:54:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/28/climbing-the-summits-within-to-find-god/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/whitney_pat_abbypat-and-abby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whitney_pat_abby</image:title><image:caption>Mt. Whitney behind Sisters Pat and Abby.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-14T23:04:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/27/welcome-to-the-first-sunday-of-advent/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/angelcandlehldr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AngelCandleHldr</image:title><image:caption>We watch and wait this Advent.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-27T17:41:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/25/say-thank-you-until-you-mean-it/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/fuschia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fuschia</image:title><image:caption>Say thank you till you mean it!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-02T22:15:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/thanksgiving_bell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thanksgiving_bell</image:title><image:caption>Happy Thanksgiving</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-25T17:48:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/23/prayers-of-thanksgiving/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/rocky_mtn_elk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rocky_mtn_elk</image:title><image:caption>If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-23T17:33:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/21/sometimes-poetry-is-preaching/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dusk_gg_bridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dusk_gg_bridge</image:title><image:caption>i thank You God for most this amazing day</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-21T22:59:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/19/dominicans-for-peace-and-justice/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/op_peace_justice.jpg</image:loc><image:title>op_peace_justice</image:title><image:caption>Dominican Sisters demonstrating at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-18T22:32:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/18/our-responsibility-to-this-house-of-prayer-in-which-we-dwell/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/bay_clean_up.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bay_clean_up</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-11-18T21:26:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/16/do-we-live-like-were-looking-for-an-escape-clause/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/tucson_cactus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tucson Cactus</image:title><image:caption>No Christian escapes a taste of the wilderness on the way to the promised land.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-16T18:23:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/15/the-feast-of-st-albert-the-great/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/cathedral.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cathedral Koln</image:title><image:caption>St. Albert the Great, though he never saw the completed cathedral in Cologne (completed 1880), he certainly saw its beginnings (circa 1248). Neither did he know that his scholarship and mentoring of Thomas Aquinas would guide the theology of the Church.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-15T16:11:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/14/appreciating-beauty-as-prayer/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/butterfly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>butterfly</image:title><image:caption>May our appreciation of creation become prayer and praise.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-14T16:51:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/13/joining-worthy-women-reaching-out-their-hands-to-the-hungry/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/lima_christmas_annie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lima_christmas_annie</image:title><image:caption>While this is a Christmas setting, Sister Anne Bertain reaches out her hand to the hungry every day at St. Dominic's.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-13T01:29:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/12/what-do-football-and-the-church-share-in-common/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/set_face.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Salvadoran Sister</image:title><image:caption>May our resolve for justice be like this sister in El Salvador.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-14T04:23:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/11/can-we-discern-the-artisan-from-the-beauty-that-surrounds-us/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/zion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zion</image:title><image:caption>Creation Tells Us the Nature of the Creator</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-10T23:51:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/10/wisdom-the-image-of-gods-goodness/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sunrise.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunrise_bolinas</image:title><image:caption>For she [Wisdom] is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of God's goodness.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-10T17:25:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/09/let-gods-glory-be-over-all-the-earth/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/morning_sky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morning_sky</image:title><image:caption>Be exalted, O God, above the heavens</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-12T13:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/04/all-the-earth-cries-out/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/arches_morning.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arches_morning</image:title><image:caption>All the earth cries out to you with shouts of joy, O God!</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-09T13:53:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/03/today-is-the-feast-of-st-martin-de-porres/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/la_cathedral_martin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LA_Cathedral_Martin</image:title><image:caption>St. Martin de Porres in one of the tapestries at the Cathedral in Los Angeles</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-09T13:53:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/08/in-awe-of-the-simple-gifts-of-life/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/looking_up.jpg</image:loc><image:title>looking_up</image:title><image:caption>May we experience awe in the presence of the Simple Gifts of Life.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-12-04T13:36:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/01/saint-therese-de-lisieux/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/afternoon_rose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>afternoon_rose</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-11-09T13:52:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/11/02/all-souls-day/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/m_justin_arguello_grave.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m_justin_arguello_grave</image:title><image:caption>Mother Justin Barry at the grave of Sister Dominica Arguello, remembered in California history at Dominica Arguello.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-02T22:05:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/31/taking-jesus-seriously/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/banquet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>banquet</image:title><image:caption>Table of Plenty - set for whom?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-30T22:19:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/30/the-only-cure-is-love/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin_time.jpg</image:loc><image:title>It’s That Time Again</image:title><image:caption>Pumpkin patch in garden at Presentation Center, Los Gatos</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-30T04:50:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/29/preacher-of-wonder/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/weed_of_wonder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>weed_of_wonder</image:title><image:caption>Weed preaching the presence of wonder.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-30T04:31:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/26/being-at-peace/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/daisy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daisy</image:title><image:caption>Daisy . . . being at peace.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-27T01:47:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/23/gods-viewpoint-on-immigration/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/santo_torribio.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Santo Torribio – Saint Torribio</image:title><image:caption>Children place banner of Santo Torribio Romo on the back of a truck at prayer service for justice in immigration law.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-24T19:14:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/26/everybody-is-unique/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/koala.jpg</image:loc><image:title>koala</image:title><image:caption>One of God's unique critters at the L.A. Zoo. He's too busy to compare himself with others.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-27T01:48:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/25/creation-gives-thanks/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/bolinas_bluff_deer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bolinas Bluff Deer</image:title><image:caption>Creatures who, even though unable to speak, offer bettter thanks to their benefactors in action than we humans do in deed.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-22T22:58:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/14/227/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/precariously_perched.jpg</image:loc><image:title>precariously_perched</image:title><image:caption>Abandoned house, precariously perched on the cliffs over the sandy beach in Bolinas</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-21T23:42:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2009/01/16/seafood-risotto-is-not-life_changing/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/risotto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>risotto</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-10-21T23:38:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2009/01/07/an_awesome_workshop/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/presentation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>presentation</image:title><image:caption>Sister Julie's presentation</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-21T23:33:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2009/01/14/committing-to-more-than-a-tattoo/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/foot_tattoo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foot_tattoo</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-10-21T23:33:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2009/01/10/27/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><lastmod>2011-10-21T23:32:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2009/02/05/a-poem-ephphatha/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><lastmod>2011-10-21T23:14:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/21/contemplation-of-creation/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/del_mar_poppy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>. . . . their answer was their beauty.</image:title><image:caption>. . . . their answer was their beauty.</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-21T16:53:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/24/bent-over-with-a-burden/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/woman_with_cane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woman_with_cane</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-10-20T20:48:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/20/for-the-beauty-of-the-earth/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/half_dome_sunset.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Half Dome at Sunset</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-20T15:07:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/19/wisdom-from-gertrude-the-great/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lake_sunrise.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake_sunrise</image:title><image:caption>"You glow altogether red in the spring-like loveliness of the festival of your love."</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-19T15:15:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/about/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/pat1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sister Pat Farrell, OP</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-10-18T22:34:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/18/walk-this-way/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/toulouse_walkway.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toulouse_walkway</image:title><image:caption>St. Dominic may have walked this way through the streets of Toulouse</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-18T14:55:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/17/gratefulness/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dry_so_dry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dry, So Dry</image:title><image:caption>Why wouldn't we expect to find beauty in a weed?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-17T15:10:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/16/sometimes-watercolor-is-preaching/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/shasta.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shasta</image:title><image:caption>Watercolor of Mount Shasta</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-11-02T06:45:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/15/st-teresa-of-avila/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/spanish_poppies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spanish_poppies</image:title><image:caption>Field of poppies in Spain. Might Teresa have feasted her eyes on these?</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-15T16:15:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/13/building-monuments/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lincoln_tomb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lincoln_tomb</image:title><image:caption>Lincoln.s Tomb</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-13T15:53:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/09/29/saint-raphael/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/angel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>angel</image:title><image:caption>Angel on St. Dominic's Tomb in Bologna</image:caption></image><lastmod>2011-10-12T02:29:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/11/their-lives-are-a-preaching-on-forgiveness/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/wwjb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wwjb</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-10-11T12:30:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/06/jubilee-farm-labyrinth/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/jubilee_labyrinth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jubilee_labyrinth</image:title></image><lastmod>2011-10-11T05:17:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://opreach.org/2011/10/10/sing-joyfully-to-the-lord/</loc><mobile:mobile></mobile:mobile><image><image:loc>http://opreach.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/guitar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guitar</image:title><image:caption>Sing joyfully to the 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