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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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, February 28, 2022
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Good morning, Frank, great start of the day with Spurgeon!
Yes sir. Every day at Bible Gateway. Good evening
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Well at least part of it will be for me. Just walked in the door from a 472 mile round trip. Departed the Anderson terminal at 17:10 and parked the tractor after dropping the trailer in the door, Fueling, and reporting another Emission Control system fault to the garage at 02:42.
So I’ll soon be in bed and sleeping.
Boom! Hit that sack. 🤟
Good start of the week morning to all my dear friends💓
And to bring a smile to all, I saw last night that beautiful Poland with its kind and generous people has announced that Ukrainians fleeing the war may bring their pets with them so they don’t need to be left behind. #NoPawsLeftBehind💓
Good morning, Betsy! That is a great thing to see!
Morning, G💓 Yes, a small sliver of a much needed kindness. We need it.
Good eve Bet!
Good Morning Betsy! No paws left behind😍. Wonderful Monday morning news 🥰
Good morning, Cat💓 I thought that would brighten your day (and Mungrel’s😉) as it certainly did mine.
Good eve FC!
Good eve Frank! Everything well with the family? (Fingers crossed)
May the God of all mercy grant that we obey what He commands. Amen.
I am praying for the soul of Matthew Perna, the young man persecuted to death by our vengeful, corrupt, vile “government” which imprisoned him for the hideous crime of walking through the open door into the Capitol where he took pictures. He was informed more (made up) charges were coming and broke. He committed sucide.
Julie Kelly at American Greatness this morning, a true journalist who has stayed on this story from the beginning, has written an article worth reading. Who are the terrorists??
May our forgiving and merciful Lord please receive his soul, and may the Holy Spirit surround his family who must be inconsolable.
Amen, Betsy! My bride and I are broken-hearted over Matthew Per a’s suicide. Another death that the communist cabal in the district of corruption will have to give an account for to our Almighty God.
I prayed last night that in the sickening tragedy of this that the Sauls who have gleefully and with malevolent intent have mercilessly hunted their enemies down and ruined their lives would by God’s infinite grace be turned into Pauls. Any chance do you think?
Matthew was by all accounts a lovely lad who carried his Bible wherever he went.
Local coverage reporting on matthew’s community and his obituary is heart wrenching 😔 😢
https://www.wfmj.com/story/45965117/sharpsville-man-convicted-of-capitol-riot-involvement-dead-at-age-37
All I could see was him as the no doubt precious little boy he was, with his parents so full of hope for his future.
Idk, Sis, with God all thioRe possible. I know for sure that the ones that reject Him now are going to end up in a very hot place.
I hope they know they’ll have to socially distance when they get there.
When I was small, my mother explained Hell as being separated from God, a fate I knew then was a terrible thing.
I think we’ll see the repeat of the rich man and Lazarus story. The murderers will endure eternal torment while being able to see Mathew Perna in the bosom of Abraham.
I pray so, G.
The Suicide of a January 6 Defendant: ‘They Broke Him’
Less than two weeks later, Perna was ensnared in what the former top U.S. prosecutor called a “shock and awe” campaign to round up Trump supporters and deter them from demonstrating at Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021. After he discovered his image on the FBI’s most wanted list for January 6, Perna immediately contacted his local FBI office and voluntarily submitted to questioning; on January 18, six FBI agents arrested Perna at his home.
His life from that point turned into a nightmare. Perna was indicted by a grand jury in February 2021 on four counts including obstruction of an official proceeding and trespassing misdemeanors. Despite his nonviolent participation in the events of that day—he did not assault anyone, carry a weapon, or vandalize property—Biden’s Justice Department and local news media nonetheless made his life pure hell.
They murdered him, pure and simple, along with the others. My unChristian prayer is that those lawyers and judges, both tools of a government Beria would admire, sleep no more the sleep of the just. Ultimately they will answer for their part.
And so must the community members who shunned him. They, too, should be a victim of their own nightmares they created.
I suspect there will be more than a few guilty consciences today.
Doubt it. They lack empathy. In my community I’ve started a list of people like them to keep track of. They’re easy to spot and tag.
Betsy, I’ll have to go with FC on this one. The same people murder babies without blinking an eye. They have no conscience.
Isn’t everyone redeemable, if they ask earnestly and with all repentance for forgiveness? Is there no chance, do you think, that many eyes will be opened and hearts ashamed? I admit there are thousands upon thousands with no conscience. I’m hoping there will be some who realize how they contributed to this tragedy and are changed.
Definitely. Too many examples to tell!
They are redeemable, they just have to want to be redeemed. I pray they repent and turn to Jesus.
An excerpt from Julie Kelly’s article The Suicide of a January 6 Defendant: ‘They Broke Him’, which Betsy jones cited:
“? In a fair world, local reporters, Matthew Graves and his prosecutors, Judge John Bates and anyone involved in this abusive prosecution would re-evaluate the human cost of what they’re doing and hang their heads in shame. Thousands of lives destroyed—for what? To sooth the fragile ego of Joe Biden and quench the insatiable lust for revenge by the Democratic Party? To notch legal victories to advance Beltway careers? To create clickbait headlines?
But these people have no shame—so no moment of reflection can be expected.
Matthew Perna was failed by the country he loved, demonized by the news media, tormented by the world’s most powerful law enforcement, ignored by political leaders of both parties, and betrayed by a federal judge sworn to defend justice not appease the whims of a vengeful regime.
They all have blood on their hands now.”
https://amgreatness.com/2022/02/27/the-suicide-of-a-january-6-defendant-they-broke-him/
I saw this cartoon the other day. It was the sentiment that matched mine then, and given what was said about that “fair world” in the article you posted, I leave it here…from Calvin and Hobbs…
Dad: The world isn’t fair, Calvin.
Calvin: I know, but why isn’t it ever fair in my favor?
There will be quite a few I suspect wondering exactly this.
One more . . .
Driving cross country one year, and just happened to run into a HUGE Chicago Blues Festival.
We weren’t even planning on going into Chicago that day, but heard the music fr/ a distance and it was glorious.
So a stop in Chicago it was.
This country is so much fun to hit the road in.
Yeah, its because it’s our music . . .
American music is the BEST. (Or *was* anyway).
Traveling around the world it became clear to me that it was appreciated all over the world.
And I can see why. Pretty powerful stuff.
I think you’re right. You can go into a 5 star hotel in China and find a house band doing a pretty good cover of Miles Davis. But, you’ll never, ever, go into a 5 star hotel in NYC or London and hear a house band playing Chinese music. Enough said.
Yup.
First time in Bangkok, got into a cab at the airport and the driver had Motown blaring!
The Thai were really into American music – all over the country it seemed, even up North. Jazz, Blues, Soul, it was so fun.
Well even Trump likes ACDC !
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“Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues…”
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Thanks GB! That was fun!!!!
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“The Sky is Crying” … Excellent music and singing. Was watching the video and suddenly noticed that it seemed to be moving like an optical illusion, getting me almost dizzy. Focused more and confirmed that yes, the image WAS in fact subtly swaying to the side… decided that once again, as on a previous night, it’s getting late and I better get to bed before I fall asleep right here on top of the computer keyboard … this time the cause of which might be the mesmerizing video movement … Well, at least it’s National Public Sleeping Day! (And the song is nice …)
Magic Phoenix? 🙂
If you ever get the chance to see the Northern Lights, do not hesitate!
Truly amazing sight.
Have seen two or three auroral displays in Western New York of all places, years ago. Memorable indeed!
whoah…! You are really fortunate! Who knew you could see them so often in W. N.Y.? !
I saw them in Montana.
Didn’t even know what to expect the 1st time and was totally floored at the colors and the way they moved.
It’s actually pretty uncommon to see Northern Lights in Western New York. The first time I saw them was right after the death of Pope John Paul I in 1978. I couldn’t sleep due to a bad cold, looked out the window on my way downstairs to get a glass of water, and saw the aurora taking up the whole sky with white lights spinning like a disco ball. (Or like a Star Wars battle scene, as my Dad later described it.) Went down to tell my parents, who told me the pope had just died. Then they woke up the rest of the family and went outside to view the aurora. (I had to stay inside since I was sick.)
We weren’t the only ones who saw it … the next day, there was a photo of the aurora in the local newspaper. I still have the newspaper clipping. And later on, that particular aurora was mentioned in an astronomy magazine with another photo (I forget now whether it was Sky and Telescope or Astronomy but may have that info written down somewhere) … amazingly, the same aurora had been visible in Washington State.
You’re blessed anyways to have such great wide open Western skies for nighttime viewing … and for watching the sunnydaze as well! 🙂
That is so cool that it was unexpected and you caught it “by accident”.
My 1st time, a friend woke me up at 3 in the morning to tell me they were out and we hopped in his car and up the mountain to watch.
I never expected to see what I saw that nite.
Sounds like a very good friend. 🙂
On the Kimberly coast of Western Australia we have the phenomenon named,
“The stairway to Heaven”
Magnificent, pictures don’t do justice in this case.
I used to camp on the beach and watch, hundreds of times, all by myself it was mystical nod solace in quite contemplation .
Is this it? If so, Mungrel it’s beautiful 😻
Even on video 🥰 one happening is on my birthday! you just gave me a birthday present! 🤗 big hug! ❤️ 💋
https://www.thekimberleyaustralia.com/blog/broome-staircase-moon-2021
Rrrrhhh, no tell, Mungrel home kennel!
Feral day is moon !😀?
Morning, mate!
Howdy pop, lots to do today, I will post some more nipper sayings soon.
Potty he’s not a bit older cause I’d have some “rippers” then. 😝 !
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Well, his pop is old enough. 🤣
Good morning, Cat, that was really cool! 😎
Good Morning grandpa! ❤️
Would this be the Southern Lights or aurora australis, Mungrel?
Would dearly love to see them someday …
Okay, have just seen Feral Cat’s video … Wow! 🙂
Phoenix, found this too. Not a light show so thinking it’s not related but isn’t it beautiful?
https://mymodernmet.com/david-mccracken-diminish-and-ascend/
Very cool indeed! 🙂
Good eve M!
I’ll never forget a night of training when I was up on a hill overlooking a range at what was then Camp McCoy, WI. It was my job to put illumination shells over that range using a 60 mm mortar for a night firing exercise.
The northern lights were very evident that night, though they were shimmering, slowly waving curtains of green and not the more beautiful multicolored displays that I had witnessed up in northern Norway.
What you describe, rah, is beautiful enough! 🙂
And look at all those stars in the Wyoming sky. wow.
Solar Activity is ramping up as we are into a new cycle. The Sunspot record is the longest running observational record in all of science. We are now in the early part cycle 25, that number being based on the number of cycles since they first attempted daily systematic observations recording the sun spot number in 1755.
Cycle 24 was the least active cycle in over a century and it followed three very active cycles in a row. I have been keeping track of this kind of thing for many years since I am sure that Solar output and insolation of the oceans has a heck of a lot more to do with the earth’s atmospheric temperature than atmospheric carbon dioxide or methane. In fact it is clear that temperature drives atmospheric CO2 concentration and not the other way around.
Though cycle intensity prediction is a very iffy proposition, most who are trying to develop systems that accurately do so, seem to believe that solar cycle 25 will be pretty much a replay of solar cycle 24.
One little factoid you all may like to know. Some of the most severe solar storms to hit the earth have occurred during periods of relatively little solar activity.
Discover the Sun! (solarcyclescience.com)
Pray for solace. Pray for peace. Pray for our friends. Pray for the children. Pray for the innocents. Pray for the brave and righteous. Be well, Treepers.
I think its time for volunteer fighters to become coming to Ukraine.
Facebook has been flooded with stories and videos about pets, people taking pets into shelters with them, citizens saving pets in all strange situations of the current street battles – its all nothing more than propaganda, pull the heartstrings of the viewers if the words don’t get people to buy into the deep-states storyline surely a sad cat or dog story will open their eyes to believe everything we’re selling.
Don’t buy into this, it’s not different that Birx sob story about not wanting to kill grandma’s so we must isolate them and next thing we know 2-weeks to flatten the curve has become over 2 years of self-immolation.
We have to stop being emotionally manipulated by movie productions, even if they’re 30 second video-bites.
Thank you Bessie for calling this out 👍
A Witness Against Wokeness: What Modern Christians Can Learn from an Ex-Communist
https://founders.org/2022/02/24/a-witness-against-wokeness-what-modern-christians-can-learn-from-an-ex-communist/?fbclid=IwAR3vEAPzPh8uKszyQ58r4p98rJETkQVD7VtEm-r0_XXBht9kvDLAnov_W2M
From one of my favorite album’s (well, CD, but album feels nicer to say) of all time: Country Rhythm and Blues, which paired a blues singer and a country singer to sing a host of fantastic songs with fantastic arrangements. It’s one of those rare albums where I never want to skip past a single song, every one is just that great. Here’s Reba McEntire and Natalie Cole singing Since I Fell for You.
And here’s Conway Twitty and Sam Moore singing Rainy Night in Georgia. Oh my goodness, it’s so wonderful. This, like many of the other songs on the album have a semi-spontaneous feel as if the incredible production values didn’t smother the spirit and synergy between these amazing artists. Just sssoooooooooooo good!
The songs author says he didn’t like it until he heard Brook Benton sing it.
It is in the beginning of the clip where he plays the song embedded in the following.
Rainy Night in Georgia – Tony Joe White – Chart History | Top Charts (top-charts.com)
“One more” as Garrison would say! Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood singing I Fall to Pieces.
I got to see Aaron Neville a few years ago. He was good, but he was preceded by Mavis Staples who Absolutely. Killed. It.
I could not believe that woman still had such an amazing voice in her 70’s.
She obviously never smoked a cigarette or joint in her life.
Whoa. THAT was artistically exquisite. Their voices, pitch, timbre, expression, and vibrato – complimented each other beautifully. Whoever suggested that matchup was brilliant.
Thanks Sarah Lee.
Another One?
Claim: Electric Vehicles are being Shipped in Fire Retardant Bags – Watts Up With That?
Good find Rah!
Bet Leenie has fun with this! 😉
I guess if someone is driving an electric vehicle they should wear a fire retardant suit? Just a suggestion for Leenie 😂❤️.
Between this plus, home insurance increase(bet, even if ev is owned by your adjoining neighbor, your rate increases) , and your defroster sub standardly operates( not enough juice to perform to your standards). Leenie has a win win argument, imo of course 😂
Feral for too you.
Mungrel has many tunes, I looked in the back of my kennel and after much ear scratching found two for Feral might like, the first is only to be played when no preditors are about, ok!😁 ?
The Masters Apprentices.
‘ Turn up the radio’.
The next is Mungrel wound licking song 😞 very private 😒 same band,
“Living in a child’s Dream” 😜 no wall scratch ok 😢 ?
Good morning/afternoon mungrel! What a pleasant start of my day 😊 off I go……
IMO, your good Shepard melody fits in nicely with Dan deplorable post today I was thinking of it as I read it today. 💋
😍 really enjoyed the masters style esp child’s dream. had to put my innocent listening ears on to enjoy it. Truly beautiful yet sad imo. Really touches the ❤️
Found a running Aussie music list bringing up the masters 😊. Bobby and Laurie, hitch hiker. Wow!
Thanks for showing me a Aussie path I never knew existed. Probably see that f$@?’n cat on the trail!
Thanks for brightening up my day. 💋 wishing I could return the favor 😔
Night 😛 ! Anwser previous Q on mp1, Mungrel has “safe” job to do tomorrow !😒😒😒 ?
Heavy job !
Will tell Feral when back at kennel 😜 !
Lick wound song play in paw down ear flop no Fang mood, only keep one eye open 😀😊.
Happy Hunting 🐭 !
Hey Feral, why don’t you post good shepherd, be interesting to see what others here think ?
Jefferson airplane. Good Shepard. 😎
Was catnapping 😉
Trying to figure out who is the gun shot devil. 🤔
???? You mean my comment to dogsmaw kingdom come song?
Duh!!! In the Shepard’s lyrics!!!! 😂
Although it could be a construed to mean how I handle the anti tank gun when I go hunting, per dogsmaw song. 😂
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Verse of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022
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“There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.”
1 Samuel 2:2 (KJV)
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Great Lent, or the Great Fast, begins one week from today, Monday, in the Orthodox Christian Church.
The day previous is Forgiveness Sunday, or Cheesefare Sunday, the last day for eating eggs and dairy (and fish until Annunciation and Palm Sunday).
Yesterday was the Sunday of the Last, or Dread, Judgment, and also Meatfare Sunday, the last day for eating meat until Pascha.
Clean Monday is February 22nd on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and March 7th on the civil or commercial calendar.
Good morning, Sepp. I wonder if you are familiar with the sacred works of Dymtro Bortniansky? Truly some of the most heavenly sounds I have every heard. Surely inspired by God Himself. Blessings to you💓
Ukraine update:
Peter’s brothers family is safe as are his friends.
Massive thanks for your prayer.
Grace to each Treeper!
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No better news to start a Monday, Frank. Such relieve and joy for all💓🙏
Good Morning Betsy!
🙏🏻🙏🏻👍
Mornin’ infidels.
Large trainload of Humvee’s, military semi trucks and assorted ground vehicles headed north out of Houston. A few days ago I reported witnessing a very long train of M1A1 tanks and APC’s headed north. I have not seen the movement of military equipment like this in many years. I see almost every train that passes. It’s concerning.
Good Morning rebel! A modern Texan rain dance snuck in here? 😎
Morning, Feral Cat
Cool songs, and timely! 🙂
I can’t help it! I LOVE it! Driving my live away!
What do you think about Novavax’s nuvaxovid shot?
The shot is supposed to get FDA authorization in the next week or two. Novavax has been having a difficult time getting it to market due to the FDA/Pfizer grift operation. My wife wants to go overseas to see family, and I see Novavax as her way forward to travel overseas. Honestly I have been waiting for governments to recognize natural immunity so she could travel however that is not happening anytime soon.
Unless you know the entire list and amount of ingredients – and can verify that those ingredients are all proven safe – and can hold the manufacturer accountable if there are any serious bad reactions, natural immunity is the only safe bet.
Otherwise IMO there is not nearly enough information to make “an informed decision.” Novavax reportedly contains spike proteins. That’s enough to dissuade me. Plus, going by their recent track history, FDA approval of anything new from Big Pharma that purports to cure or prevent covid is IMO unreliable at best, is potentially toxic to an unknown % of people and most likely profit-oriented.
I do not envy your position. That decision must be purely personal since it involves potentially serious personal risk.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Good Morning Ms. Idaho! This morning, coffee tasted better with Diane Marshall!
She’s gooood. IMO of course. Thanks 😊
Did you catch the info about a Ukraine press release? Bet not one of the MSM will mention it
IMHO Dianne often has info no one else has – or has it long before anyone else reports it.
I take her with a grain of salt while cheering her on.
I thought this was very important from earlier in February: https://diannemarshallreport.com/putins-speech-this-morning-feb-24-2022/
Yes I did. Liked her use of documents, video and transcripts to drive the point. IMO looks like she’s got the style of what old journalism used to be.
I was especially intrigued on the Michael Flynn story as well. Filled in a whole lot of gaps in my memory of his employment that I haven’t seen elsewhere
Your link wouldn’t work for me.
This one did for me.
Let’s take a break. Turn off the news, close the live streams, sit back, look at the images, and listen to some English pastoral music. I love America’s Midwest, my home, and the English fen country landscape looks SO similar you could think you were looking at Illinois.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
@SenatorBaldwin
I’m looking forward to the vote today on our Women’s Health Protection Act. Thanks to @SenBlumenthal for his partnership, and thanks to @SenSchumer for pushing for this vote so everyone knows where your Senator stands on protecting reproductive health rights and freedoms. #WHPA
11:18 AM · Feb 28, 2022
The Senate Agenda for today:
3:00PM U.S. Senate: 02/28/2022
5 hours, 1 minute
The Senate will vote to begin work on legislation to provide access to abortion services and to reform the U.S. Postal Service. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will also deliver the annual reading of Washington’s Farewell Address.
So Far Away – Dire Straits
The rest of the world 😛
Kingdom Come
😍 both are awesome
Specially kingdom come:
“I got me my very own anti tank gun
I got a jack rabbit with it, guess he was a mean one
Yeah, I’ve always been a sportsman”.
My kind of hunting 😂
Okay I get this message from Twitter now…
fyi i dont have an account with the blue bird 😛
Happening to me too. For few seconds I can see em then poof!
Thanks dogsmaw! Great education in video and emotional manipulation shown in one little bitty video. 👍
Misinformation verses Disinformation. Know the difference.
Misinformation – is information that is in error by accident or from being misinformed.
Disinformation – is that fabricated with the intent to deceive as in a coordinated propaganda campaign.
Got the call. Leave out at 04:00 for a three stop milk run in Marion, IL that comes back to the Anderson terminal.
John Cassian
Saint John Cassian the Roman was born around 360, probably in Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica). His pious Christian parents gave him an excellent classical education, and also instructed him in the Holy Scriptures and in the spiritual life.
Saint John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative Saint Germanus labored as an ascetic. In 380, desiring to venerate the Holy Places, Saint John went to Jerusalem with his sister and his friend Saint Germanus. The two monks stayed at a Bethlehem monastery, not far from where the Savior was born.
After five years at the monastery, Saints John and Germanus traveled through the Thebaid and the desert monasteries of Sketis for seven years, drawing upon the spiritual experience of countless ascetics. The Egyptian monks taught them many useful things about spiritual struggles, prayer, and humility. Like honeybees they journeyed from place to place, gathering the sweet nectar of spiritual wisdom. The notes Saint John made formed the basis of his book called CONFERENCES WITH THE FATHERS in twenty-four chapters.
Returning to Bethlehem for a brief time, the spiritual brothers lived for three years in complete solitude. Then they went back to Egypt and lived there until 399. Because of the disturbances caused by Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria to the monasteries along the Nile, they decided to go to Constantinople, after hearing of the virtue and holiness of Saint John Chrysostom. The great hierarch ordained Saint John Cassian as a deacon and accepted him as a disciple. John and Germanus remained with Saint John Chrysostom for five years, learning many profitable things from him.
When Chrysostom was exiled from Constantinople in 404, Saints John Cassian and Germanus went to Rome to plead his case before Innocent I. Cassian was ordained to the holy priesthood in Rome, or perhaps later in Gaul. After Chrysostom’s death in 407, Saint John Cassian went to Massilia [Marseilles] in Gaul (now France). There he established two cenobitic monasteries in 415, one for men and another for women, based on the model of Eastern monasticism.
At the request of Bishop Castor of Aptia Julia (in southern Gaul), Cassian wrote THE INSTITUTES OF CENOBITIC LIFE (De Institutis Coenobiorum) in twelve books, describing the life of the Palestinian and Egyptian monks. Written between 417-419, the volume included four books describing the clothing of the monks of Palestine and Egypt, their schedule of prayer and services, and how new monks were received into the monasteries.The last eight books were devoted to the eight deadly sins and how to overcome them. Through his writings, Saint John Cassian provided Christians of the West with examples of cenobitic monasteries, and acquainted them with the asceticism of the Orthodox East.
Cassian speaks as a spiritual guide about the purpose of life, about attaining discernment, about renunciation of the world, about the passions of the flesh and spirit, about the hardships faced by the righteous, and about prayer.
Saint John Cassian also wrote CONFERENCES WITH THE FATHERS (Collationes Patrum) in twenty-four books in the form of conversations about the perfection of love, about purity, about God’s help, about understanding Scripture, about the gifts of God, about friendship, about the use of language, about the four levels of monasticism, about the solitary life and cenobitic life, about repentance, about fasting, about nightly meditations, and about spiritual mortification. This last has the explanatory title “I do what I do not want to do.”
Books 1-10 of the CONFERENCES describe Saint John’s conversations with the Fathers of Sketis between 393-399. Books 11-17 relate conversations with the Fathers of Panephysis, and the last seven books are devoted to conversations with monks from the region of Diolkos.
In 431 Saint John Cassian wrote his final work, ON THE INCARNATION OF THE LORD, AGAINST NESTORIUS (De Incarnationem Domini Contra Nestorium). In seven books he opposed the heresy, citing many Eastern and Western teachers to support his arguments.
In his works, Saint John Cassian was grounded in the spiritual experience of the ascetics, and criticized the abstract reasoning of Saint Augustine (June 15). Saint John said that “grace is defended less adequately by pompous words and loquacious contention, dialectic syllogisms and the eloquence of Cicero (i.e. Augustine), than by the example of the Egyptian ascetics.” In the words of Saint John of the Ladder (March 30), “great Cassian reasons loftily and excellently.” His writings are also praised in the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Saint John Cassian lived in the West for many years, but his spiritual homeland was the Orthodox East. He fell asleep in the Lord in the year 435. His holy relics rest in an underground chapel in the Monastery of Saint Victor in Marseilles. His head and right hand are in the main church.
Lonestar, I enjoyed learning about Saint John. Kinda like his style and thinking. Happy his works still exist. (They d, don’t they?)Thanks 😊
Yes, they do. You are welcome, FC 🙂
Thanks LS, very interesting. Sounds like St. John Cassian was born in what today is known as Romania.
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Posted in today’s Federal Register, the Department of Defense has submitted, for comment, changes in order to implement the procurement provisions of the USMCA, Chapter 13 specifically, removing any trade benefits to Canada as these benefits no longer apply to Canada.
Not quite sure what’s happening, but think it has to do with Canada signing that big world trade agreement Cruz, Paul Ryan, the congressman from Virginia who lost, Cantor?, were pushing so Canada’s situation doesn’t comply with the USMCA trade benefits regarding country of origin.
Perhaps a Treeper here also following along to see how USMCA gets implemented could explain what the DoD is asking for comments on before they implement these changes?
it’s about 8 pages.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/28/2022-04009/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation-supplement-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement-dfars-case
Bessie, this looks like it might be given as better look/examination if posted in the presidential thread? Novice that I am, it sniffs out as possibly termination of another President Trump accomplishment to me.
Probably should have posted it there; my bad. I think it is simply an acknowledgment that Canada no longer gets the same special consideration that Mexico does because of Canada’s signing that world trade bill that we were lucky didn’t make it to the Senate because of Erik Cantor’s losing his election primary but think what you’re thinking, a backdoor way of undoing the USMCA, so thought to post.
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✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.