Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1332033618932355073
This is funny, but I have to speak up in support of the Bee Gees.Their earlier music was fantastic, and while I didn’t like their phase represented in this video, they were amazing songwriters and performers. This may not continue to be the case, but I read that they were the third highest grossing musical act (including songwriting for others, e.g., Islands in the Stream) behind Elvis and the Beatles. We love you, Barry, and are so sad that you lost your brothers too soon.
The BeeGees are amazing. Best if pop, rock, and soul all in one. They are a very close family, I think some younger members have taken over as the older ones have passed on. I think its “cool” to make fun of bands like the BeeGees because they represent a less degenerate, more innocent culture. Degenerate “rock” stars are treated like royalty.
https://twitter.com/catsofinstagram/status/1331424905481609219
https://twitter.com/catsofinstagram/status/1330895898356969475
https://twitter.com/catsofinstagram/status/1331312926456745991
https://twitter.com/cctv_idiots/status/1331228699170107395
Must show that to my hubby, that could be our pup. LOL
https://twitter.com/cctv_idiots/status/1331594039444074496
Just say’n… 😉
Oops, missed one Thankful…
https://twitter.com/Austin_Zone/status/1332047205029523458
Be Ye Reconciled
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Reconciliation postulates alienation. Only enemies can be reconciled. Thus God’s message of reconciliation takes us back to Adam, the father of the human race, who first rebelled against God, and explains why God must deal with us all on the same level, as sinners who need salvation.
In Romans 5:12, we read: “…By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned”.
Thank God, though, the message of reconciliation is not concerned exclusively with the “one man” by whom sin entered into the world. Indeed, it is chiefly concerned with the “one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (I Tim.2:5).
“Therefore as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men unto condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one, the free gift [of salvation] came upon all men to justification of life.
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous” (Rom.5:18,19).
It is by this other “one Man” and His death on Calvary, then, that sinners may be reconciled to a holy God. In Colossians 1:21,22, Paul, the Apostle of reconciliation, writes to believers:
“And you, that were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled,
“In the body of His flesh, through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.”
Thus “when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son” (Rom.5:10). And thus, too, the Apostle pleads: “We pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, [Christ] who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (IICor. 5:20,21).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/be-ye-reconciled/
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Colossians 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Found this in the bin…. 🙁
I hope the new place has a nice bin… maybe you could put some comfy chairs in there??
*Sigh*….If it’s the SPAM bin, no doubt it will be full of shoes, purses, athletic wear, and the usual smattering of p0rn.
And Ad rem… found you an assistance to keep things looking spiffy. You’ll just need a treat jar. ?
Hmmmm.. I kinda like Spam, with scrambled eggs and toast…
Don’t be too hard them, F.D.R.
It’s probably the ONLY time of the year when these folks are willing to fight for their “god.”
It ain’t gospel TRUTH if it doesn’t come from the TV.
I seriously doubt that they ever intended for it to be so, but this song from some 50 more or less years ago, perfectly defines the times in which we live. Today I heard Biden (I will not call him president-elect) talking about bringing “us” all together, even as he appoints people to his intended cabnet who intends to turn our America into a police state.
Danger close . . .
I find it nearly humorous, Garrison, that the tremendous irony of our era is virtually lost on all these modern progressive socialist wannabes who grew up singing this song and many other similar “look what’s goin’ down,” we need to “try to love one another” songs like “Get Together.”
This is a link to “Get Together” performed by of course, Jesse Colin Young, who made the song (originally written, recorded and titled “Let’s Get Together” by The Kingston Trio) famous with the Youngbloods band.
The stage is shared with Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills and Nash, and numerous other big time “folk rock” names from the 60s and 70s to promote the anti-nuclear-power movement in the late 70s. (preceding the next big money making scheme of “We Are The World, We Are The Children”)
Many of these anti-establishment question authority sheeple from 1979 are the very same who are now singing out,
“Try to f*** up a Trumper right now”
(sung to the chorus of Get Together)
Apparently, their indoctrinated minds can’t conceive the disconnect from then till now.
Something tells me the “Information Age” we’re in hasn’t made us more intelligent.
Eric Hoffer on the “True Believer” . . .
“For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march, and both by converting and antagonizing he is shaping the world in his own image. And whether we are to line up with him or against him, it is well that we should know all we can concerning his nature and potentialities.”
I’m definitely in agreement on this, Garrison.
“we should know all we can concerning his nature and potentialities“
However…
Hoffer argues that fanatical and extremist cultural movements, whether religious, social, or national, arise when large numbers of frustrated people, believing their own individual lives to be worthless or spoiled, join a movement demanding radical change. But the real attraction for this population is an escape from the self, not a realization of individual hopes: “A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.”[
Hoffer consequently argues that the appeal of mass movements is interchangeable: in the Germany of the 1920s and the 1930s, for example, the Communists and National Socialists were ostensibly enemies, but sometimes enlisted each other’s members, since they competed for the same kind of marginalized, angry, frustrated people. For the “true believer,” Hoffer argues that particular beliefs are less important than escaping from the burden of the autonomous self.
“escaping from the burden of the autonomous self” ???
I’ll take “the burden of the autonomous self” for 500, Alex.
I suppose that’s why I’ve always been sort of a lone wolf.
Well, okay, a lone fox, but close enough.
HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY…
Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada
Cedar Split-Rail Fencing…
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
New England Autumn
KEEP PRAYING!
Yes. 🙂
TY Lucille, funny, we just had a cedar split rail fence installed… like on Wednesday..
Coincidence? I think not!!! ???
YW, amwick! Love cedar split rail fences…yours must have been calling out to me from across the country…LOL!
It is only decorative.. a few sections to set off the driveway… We just gave it a coat of wood seal stuff… oh what fun…
Lucille, what a great idea with the fences! They are beautiful! Thank you, I hope it is a regular on Fridays.
Glad you liked them. There’s no shortage of photos on the Internet. So maybe it will become a Friday regular post if everything is compatible with the new CTH format. I think today is the last Friday on WordPress.
Reading the complete Psalms every month…
Morning Psalm reading: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, and 124 (LXX numbering); 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125 (Masoretic numbering)
Evening Psalm reading: 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, and 130 (LXX numbering); 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, and 131 (Masoretic numbering)
I believe it is now referred to as Palm reading so as to no embarrass Joe Biden.
🙂
I am so happy that my macaroni and cheese came out perfect today, it was excellent if I may say so myself. There is still some good left in this world. LOL!
Old, beautiful song done again.
Interesting post from Martin Armstrong, re: WordPress, its association with the odious Salesforce (the 1st corp to threaten the state of IN when Pence was gov, when he caved to the threats over the Religious Freedom Act).
All about the “stakeholder capitalism” of Schwab. Ugh.
Forgot link…. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/press/who-is-behind-what/
Just say’n.. 😉
Hal Ketchum: A Simple Prayer
Such talent – to be taken by the evil of dementia. But he left us this and so much more before God called him home.
Thank you. That’s a gorgeous song I’ve never heard before.
Those first few albums were by far the best! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
For sure. Pre Michael MacDonald, even though he is great.
Amen!!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Idiot Gov. Cuomo concerning the recent SCOTUS 1st amendment ruling:
“New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Thursday bitterly dismissed the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against his coronavirus restrictions on religious services, claiming the decision is “irrelevant.”
On Wednesday evening, the high court ruled in favor 5-4 with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Orthodox Jewish synagogues in their lawsuit alleging Cuomo’s gathering restrictions, which limited house of worship attendance from 10 to 25 people, violated religious freedom under the First Amendment.
“The Supreme Court made a ruling. It’s more illustrative of the Supreme Court than anything else,” Cuomo told reporters on a conference call, the New York Post said. “It’s irrelevant of any practical impact because of the zone they were talking about is moot. It expired last week.”
“It doesn’t have any practical effect,” he added. “The lawsuit was about the Brooklyn zone. The Brooklyn zone no longer exists as a red zone. That’s muted. So that restriction is no longer in effect. That situation just doesn’t exist because those restrictions are gone.”
LOL! The guy doesn’t even get that SCOTUS rulings are the law of the whole land and not just Brooklyn!
Is this man arrogant……….or what???? 😯
THE CONSECRATION OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY
“By whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” Gal. vi. 14
If I brood on the Cross of Christ, I do not become a subjective pietist, interested in my own whiteness; I become dominantly concentrated on Jesus Christ’s interest. Our Lord was not a recluse nor an ascetic, He did not cut Himself off from society, but He was inwardly disconnected all the time. He was not aloof, but He lived in another world. He was so much in the ordinary world that the religious people of His day called Him a glutton and a wine-bibber. Our Lord never allowed anything to interfere with His consecration of spiritual energy.
The counterfeit of consecration is the conscious cutting off of things with the idea of storing spiritual power for use later on, but that is a hopeless mistake. The Spirit of God has spoiled the sin of a great many, yet there is no emancipation, no fullness in their lives. The kind of religious life we see abroad today is entirely different from the robust holiness of the life of Jesus Christ. “I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” We are to be IN the world but not OF it; to be disconnected fundamentally, not externally.
We must never allow anything to interfere with the consecration of our spiritual energy. Consecration is our part, sanctification is God’s part; and we have deliberately to determine to be interested only in that in which God is interested. The way to solve perplexing problems is to ask – Is this the kind of thing in which Jesus Christ is interested, or the kind of thing in which the spirit that is the antipodes of Jesus is interested?
Oswald Chambers
November 27th Devotional
Mornin’ infidels! Be careful out there…..
Mornin’ WeeWeed!
TGIF
Same Friday for me, I never participated in the Black Friday madness in years gone by. I despised the retailers that demanded their employees interrupt their schedules to work some ungodly hours.
Mornin’ DI!
Mornin WeeWeed.
NASA will be launching the new Artemis heavy launch vehicle soon. They say:
“Under the Artemis program, NASA aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024 and establish sustainable lunar exploration by the end of the decade.”
In the context of the space race, genderism has always been a part of the program since the Soviets put a woman up in 1963. The problem now for NASA is how are they going to accommodate the other 117 genders? I say, put an example of each in one big ship and send them to Mars.
Lol!! Mornin’ Rah!
G’Day Ms WeeWeed 😛
A sign of the times perhaps?
Afternoon Dogs!
Verse of the Day for Friday, November 27, 2020
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“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”
1 John 3:20 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Friday Blessings
Jesus Loves Babies…Pray for the Unborn
Jesus Loves the Little Children – Pray for the Little Children
Jesus Loves You – Come to Him
Be My Voice
FTA: “Maybe this is where you are right now — struggling to overcome feelings of shame and regret from choices you wish you could go back and change.
That’s why it feels so important to share what I’ve learned with you. When I researched the concept of forgiving ourselves, I was a little shocked to discover it’s not in the Bible. I started to realize, just like we can’t accomplish salvation apart from God, we can’t bestow upon ourselves forgiveness. Forgiveness starts with God.
<b.Since we are not the judge, we can’t pardon ourselves. So, when we feel like we are struggling with forgiveness for ourselves, what’s really happening is a struggle to fully receive the forgiveness of God.”
To read entire article:
https://proverbs31.org/read/devotions/full-post/2020/11/27/what-if-the-person-im-struggling-to-forgive-is-me
Is this your interpretation of the verse, P?
Duchess, I apologize for not seeing your question until Saturday 11/28/2020 at around 8:45 am (during CTH’s migration) and apologize for not making clear who wrote the words I quoted. (Was unable to post this reply until today 12-02-2020.)
The quote is from Friday’s (11/27/20) Proverbs31 Ministries’ Daily Devotion by Lysa TerKeurst. Late Friday night, as I was reading Lysa’s devotion, I felt led to share it with CTH. I asked God to please show me where to place the section I copied, and starting at the top of the thread, worked my way through the comments, until placing it under your 1 John 3:20 post. I hope I did His will regarding posting that part of Lysa’s devotion. Please don’t hesitate to correct me if I was wrong in posting it.
Unseal and release all of Obama’s personal life history documents/records from the time of birth through to his election to the Senate.
Requesting for an avid Obama supporter.
Wait on the Lord
Good morning! Feeling pretty black this Friday. Two teenage boys near us took their own life this past week. Our Guv shut down schools again last week. Prior to this her health dept terrorized schools and communities with contact tracing rules which sent healthy kids home and led to havoc.
So much has been taken from my sons (both teens): sports, school, church, gatherings with friends, youth group, interactions with their teachers, etc. Now to face the dreadful online learning and to be essentially under house arrest — these kids have an over 99.7% recovery rate if they’re indeed infected. (I don’t trust the pcr tests.)
We don’t know how to get through to community leaders and the state legislatures! They’re all into the fake news and will not hear. They come back with excuses and assurances that they cannot do anything about the situation.
I will continue to wait on the Lord — read Psalm 46 and this helped me this morning. We’re so tired of the half-truths and the outright lies. Just rips me up seeing the teen suicides rising in my state due to the lock downs. If you are blessed to have a teen in your life, please pray for them. Reach out to them.
Dutch – I feel your pain and understand your concern – please remember – God is in charge – vengeance is His – sending Angels to comfort your sweet heart – here is some scripture for you on which to concentrate – hope and pray it helps…
PROVERBS 3:5-7 (KJV)
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Praying for you, Dutch!!! God Bless and Keep you strong!!!
Thank you!
Most welcome, Dutch!!!
Baby Lives Matter.
The shores of history are strewn with the wrecks of empires. We are assaulted, insulted and tilted towards growing conflict.
The fraud in the 2020 election is so blatant, overwhelming and obvious, that regular people, who accidentally stumble into the truth, must wonder, 1) “Is this real? How did things get so bad?” Then, 2) “Do these traitors/political operatives even care if the public is aware?” Finally, 3) “This is actually very scary.”
They/we should be scared.
The corruption is endemic, emetic and granular. The evidence of the “steal” is obvious now, even to those with a cursory interest in politics, but, in the coming weeks, it will be unmistakable to even we unwashed masses. I have read Powell’s documents and although I am no lawyer, they are compelling. Witness testimony, time lines, video, audio, pictures, sworn affidavits/witness testimony, expert testimony from Computer experts which show NOT statistical anomalies, but statistical IMPOSSIBILITIES. I can imagine, Sidney Powell must visit some of these Quislings in their dreams and they think, as they slither through the day, that she might, just might, be standing right behind them.
The truth about this election, like Hunter Biden’s laptop, is currently suppressed and hidden by Big Tech, the MSM (Including FOX) and your local and national politicians. The “Narrative” continues and the pretense that all is well and that Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. 20 to the hosanna’s of Americans everywhere is preposterous. If Biden is sworn in, it will be a shameful ceremony, watched by a majority of Americans, including Democrats, who know the election and the new president are fraudulent, all made possible by the usual suspects/criminals, the legacy media, the Deep State and the DNC, who, in conjunction with foreign interference, aided and abetted his ascendance.
“Though those that are betray’d Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe.”
And here in America, we all shall know.
The hearings yesterday in Pa. were the precursor to the “Kraken” coda, midnight lawsuit from Sidney Powell that will be remembered as a watershed moment, appropriately timed, in the dark of night, which will awaken even more citizens to the Vichy traitors in our country and foreign governments who usurped the will of the electorate in the most egregious sin against the American people, since the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution.
The expected stock responses, hue and cry from the pitiless dominion of morons in the 4th Estate will continue, but the worm will turn. The phony demand for “evidence” will escalate in the face of voluminous amounts of same, that will be ignored. More and more average every day Americans will be, assuaged and assured that indeed, there IS evidence of election fraud incontrovertible, irrevocable and categorical but, the gas lighting, wailing and gnashing of teeth will continue, from the traitors and criminals who seek cover in lies, deception and legerdemain. The truth will out and Americans will see, that they were euchred out of their votes. Progressive, presdigitational slight of hand BS will fall short and the outcome, is somewhat predictable.
If Biden survives to Jan 20th, he will ascend to the presidency, ironically, with the approval of our sworn enemy, China, yet, not with the “Mandate Of Heaven”. Never has a more empty suit, gutted and spit on the pike of public opprobrium ever been seated in the Oval Office. The DNC is not populated with idiots and behind the scenes, DEMOCRATS will manipulate the media to incite the impeachment of the president they just put into office (The Hunter Biden Laptop is IN PLAY!). While gravely shaking their collective heads at the unfairness of the entire episode and blaming it on right wing conspiracies, they will force Joe into retirement (Health reasons, no doubt.) with the threat of Impeachment (You can keep your ill gotten Chinese and world wide “pay for play” money Joe”.). Then with 3 1/2 years to apotheosize Kamal Harris and rehabilitate the Democrat Party’s reputation (Americans have short memories.) they will “Sergeant Shultz” the hell out of the situation and return to calling us all racists in hopes of victory in 2024.
If Trump should somehow overcome this plot, then, cities will burn at the behest of the heretofore mentioned forces, allied against the American people (The 4th Estate, the Deep State, the DNC/BLM/AntiFa triumvirate.).
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best, but, I think, at this point, the American Ship Of State is damaged below the water line and listing hard to starboard.
The federal appeals court has ruled against President Trump’s suit that seeks corrections to the PA vote count, meaning this case must go to the SCOTUS if anything is to be done about it. The 3-member panel consists of 2 Bush appointees and 1 Trump appointee.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/27/federal-appeals-court-rules-against-trump-pennsylv/
Head of Iran’s nuclear program killed. How much cash will this take Kerry?https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-irans-nuclear-weapons-program-said-assassinated-near-tehran/
Anyone have any suggestions for a choose your own TV channels company??
there are 2 cities near us – we live half way between (35 miles each way), but out in farmland.
we have good luck with a tv antenna. gives us local news – but more importantly many non ‘biggie’ channels. Movies, MeTV, COZi Telelmundo and many more. Plus, if you have decent internet, far as i can tell, everything is available on the internet
as they say – rotsa ruck
Happy Day after Thanksgiving, Folks. I’m taking a little break from politics today. I stumbled across a movie while I was surfing Youtube, looks pretty good. “Alpha is the name of the wolf he bonds with for survival:
If anyone has already seen it, please add comments about what you thought of it. Thank you.
A version of how perhaps dogs became man’s best friend. Worth your time, yes!
I enjoyed it a lot.
Cheating Joe Biden must prove he got 80 million legal votes or he needs to concede.
Since this is a shopping day, let me suggest a trilogy of books to get the recipient – or yourself – away from the screens for a while:
The Time Capsule Murders, a mystery with a sarcastic Conservative narrator 🙂 – who also offers funny satire on the follies of our Leftist society.
The trilogy consists of:
Why Begins With W
Dial Emma for Murder
Hex High School
Barbara Brooks Wallace, winner of the Edgar Mystery Writers’ Award, wrote of the series:
“Sam Spade meets with Holden Caulfield in the person of a young high-school detective of today. Hard-boiled slang is replaced with pitch-perfect TeenSpeak….It’s definitely a ‘Can’t-Put-It-Down-Until-You’ve-Read- It-All’ kind of series. Trust me!”
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Time+Capsule+Murders?_requestid=5466656
For those not averse to Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Time+Capsule+Murders&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss
HappY FRIDAY !! All The workers are paid and have almost 20 bucks leftover!!!—LOL
REMINDER: ON TONIGHT
Watch Jessica Chambers: An ID Murder Mystery Only On ID
The all new special premieres Friday November 27 at 9/8c
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/jessica-chambers–an-id-murder-mystery-on-id
What is ID?
A TV show called “Investigation Discovery”
Oh, thanks.
ID Channel aka Investigation Discovery Channel.
This.
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com
Thanks. I bookmarked it.
OANN comes up on iPhone and internet (using Firefox and or Brave) as ‘403: Forbidden’ from 10:00 AM to now (Hawaii Time)
Just came back up. Anyone else having issues with OANN?
Apologies if this has been previously brought up. I looked however did not see any.
TIA
It’s our server Hawaiian Telecommunications apparently. Addressing now, they are correcting. Thanks
“A Land of Giants
There are giants in the Bible. Many Christians have tried to explain them away, ignore them, or treat them as mere metaphors. But the Orthodox Church takes giants seriously. Join Fr. Stephen De Young and Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick as they venture into the ancient Land of Giants and discuss why the Book of Joshua is probably not what you thought it was…”
Lord of Spirits podcast. At the link, just scroll down a bit and you’ll see the arrow to start the audio playing. When I started listening, there was a fundraising ad that played first (not long, thank goodness!) Once that ends, the actual podcast begins.
This episode is … well, it’s pretty heavy duty stuff, to be honest. Hubby has already said we will have to listen to it at least twice. It’s quite long (3.5 hours in total). We’re about halfway through and for me, it’s been very enlightening so far….
🙂
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/land_of_giants
The Holy Apostle Philip of the Twelve and Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonike (+ 1360) are among the Saints who are commemorated today – November 14th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and November 27th on the civil calendar.
The Right-believing Emperor Justinian (+ 565) and his wife Empress Theodora are also honored. Saint Justinian did much for the Christians of the Roman Empire and built the Church of Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia, in Constantinople.
Today on the traditional Church Calendar, is also the beginning of the Fast before the Nativity of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Since the Fast always begins on the day of Saint Philip the Apostle, it is often called Philip’s Fast.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_fasting.aspx
The coolest thing I ever saw in our pond was a Great Blue Heron! He was pecking at trees to knock bugs into the water for a meal. But then one day I heard a huge splash. It was a black bear having a bath! Both circumstances scared DH to death. He’s such a “city boy”!
Ever feel overwhelmed, not sure what to think or do? Lately, that’s me. So, I’ve drawn to listening to The Hymn of the Cherubim (from the Divine Liturgy). As I understand, it invites us to walk with Christ Jesus. And, in so doing, would have us set aside all worldly cares, all, so our only thought are of Christ our Saviour.
Reminds me of the the Gospel “Oh How Sweet To Rest In The Arms Of Jesus”.
Lord, have mercy on me. Lord, have mercy on us.
Hymn of the Cherubim
Piotr Illitch Tchaikovsky
The USSR Ministry Of Culture Chamber Choir
Van Morrison sings, “No More Lockdown.”
No more lockdown
No more government overreach
No more fascist police
Disturbing our peace
No more taking of our freedom
And our God-given rights
Pretending it’s for our safety
When it’s really to enslave
Who’s running our country?
Who’s running our world?
Examine it closely
And watch it unfurl
No more lockdown
No more threats
No more Imperial College scientists
Making up crooked facts
No more lockdown
No more pulling the wool over our eyes
No more celebrities telling us
Telling us what we’re supposed to feel
No more status quo
Put your shoulder to the wheel
No more lockdown
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.