{"id":3839,"date":"2006-12-19T13:52:48","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/little-things.html"},"modified":"2006-12-19T13:52:48","modified_gmt":"2006-12-19T13:52:48","slug":"little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/little-things.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Little Things&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin from Ohiol sends along two photos that brought the importance of small moments to mind:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/cgi-bin\/prxy\/photogalleries\/nph-cache.cgi\/cache=3000;\/cleve\/images\/5459\/dailylife.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/dailylife\/gallery.ssf?cgi-bin\/view_gallery.cgi\/cleve\/view_gallery.ata?g_id=5459\">In the amber gloom of an almost-empty St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland\u2019s Slavic Village, the slightest noise reverberates up into the shadowy heights of the tall Gothic ceiling.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/photooftheday\/images\/121706.jpg\" width=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/photooftheday\/index.ssf?\/photooftheday\/more\/121706.html\">Carol Oden&#8217;s face lights up as Bishop Roger Gries of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland reaches over to accept her gift at the annual &quot;Journey to Bethlehem&quot; Christmas Mass on Saturday at OLA\/St. Joseph Center in Tremont. Developmentally disabled adults and children formed a procession to bring gifts to the altar during the offertory portion of the Mass. Carol&#8217;s sister, Joan Kosiewicz, is pushing her wheelchair. The sisters live in Seven Hills. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin from Ohiol sends along two photos that brought the importance of small moments to mind: In the amber gloom of an almost-empty St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland\u2019s Slavic Village, the slightest noise reverberates up into the shadowy heights of the tall Gothic ceiling. 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