Well, the voting is over. I think Catholic Faith and Reflections came in second, although I haven’t seen the official results. We were 8 votes ahead later last night.
Although we didn’t win outright, I did accomplish what I had set out to do after having been nominated by Chiara, namely, to make this blog more widely known to the entire Catholic community, and perhaps to reach out to readers who will follow and comment on this weblog in the future.
Catholic Faith and Reflections is a part of my diaconal ministry. A form of spreading the Good News, hopefully. The success of this will depend on me being able to post intelligently and in faithfully about things that matter to our Catholic faith and your daily lives. The success of this ministry will also depend upon you, the readers, and what you may have to offer all of us in our journey of faith.
Of course, ultimately, God’s will will be done as he sees fit to use this means of communication and evangelizaton.
Thanks to everyone who voted in the Cannon Ball Awards. I appreciate the outpouring of support. The winner of the Best Under Appreciated Blog played the game well, and shrewdly.
Congratulations to the winner.
I came over to congratulate you on a race well run, and was a bit bewildered to find you bad mouthing my voters. Did we form a bloc? Yes, but it was cross promotion and not vote swapping as you deem to call it. The gentlemen with whom I “advertised” are people who have been on my blogroll for years, as I have been on theirs. We have many of the same readers, and the same general sense of humor, and found the idea of a “bloc” to be amusing.
You have many supporters, and for that you are to be congratulated. Please do not diminish that with sour grapes.
I apologize if it came across that way. I have edited my post. Hopefully, what I meant to say will be clearer, i.e., you play a shrewd game.
Congratulations!
Deacon Bob