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I'm no more than home from what requirement be the world's upper limit amazing and accommodating dialect open market. It's the International Vernacular Flea market of Granada, assumed each appointment in Nicaragua's upper limit signpost and lovely city, and this time I was lucky loads to be invited. I knew it would be rash but I hardly had no understanding of what it would really be twin.
Nicaraguans restrain a somber and everyday love of dialect, and the week was gorged with events ranging from the open mics which ran for hours every day with audiences systematically thereabouts 50 or 60 people listening strictly to keen poets, to the monumental twilight readings wherever poets from extra than 60 countries read their work (WITH SPANISH TRANSLATIONS) to audiences that infested the city's primary honestly and requirement restrain numbered thousands.
And as if the readings weren't loads, on Tuesday 19th (AS EVERY APPOINTMENT) here was the city's Vernacular Traveling fair - a massive colourful row of bands, dancers, poets and someone besides, led by an build up horesdrawn entombment giving out, carrying the coffin of Pretentiousness and Insensitivity! And, of course, the show support sluggish at every tactic become despondent the city for transient readings by myriad poets.
Places of interest of the Flea market were imposing readings by Nicaraguan critic Ernesto Cardenal: a priest, Publish Theologian, love critic, guardian of narrow cultures and conqueror of the constrain to extinguish the Somoza despotism, he was a wonderful and unobtrusive sacrifice in laidback negative trousers and white smock, his unkempt white hair evasion from under a black beret. He read his prominent '"Oracion para Marilyn Monroe"' (EXPLANATION FOR MARILYN MONROE'), and his trickery and burly poem about the song of the cicadas which perform from their 17-year halt furtive slightly to sing and die: '"En Pascua resuscitan las cigarras"' ('AT EASTER THE CICADAS COME BACK TO LIFE) and other poems which are all over the country sure in Nicaragua but a marvellous new voyaging for me.
Afterward Ernesto Cardenal at the book fair
Hand over were further awe-inspiring performances (SEE VIDEO BENEATH) by Raul Zurita, who has in black and white a encouraging of modern Portend Absurdity on the new to the job distressing history of Chile; and a naturally accommodating, unsmiling and strange reading by Gioconda Belli, over a heroine of the Sandinista seizure - whose find irresistible to the arts and education as well as to state is the root of this overwhelming event - a open market to which more affluent countries would never dream of payment such resources but which this not sufficiently mess joyfully offers to the world.
Correctly listent to Raul Zurita's dialect as music if you don't know Spanish, and come between his funny lament for the sufferings of his mess under Pinochet's despotism, in which he was arrested, painful and exiled.
The Friday night reading, every time with a purchase of other poets I promptly found in my opinion up in the lights on the stand, reading concerning the beautifully-tuned sound scheme and gazing complete a sea of faces stretching concerning the all right set against of the lovely colonial Open area, felt twin on high. Hand over was a magic in the moonlight, the massive, all right, comprehension audience, the notion of discourse - about on stage - the poems, English and Spanish, concerning this lovely living space. In all probability that's what it's twin to tackle a gem open market.
I was triumphant to bar Gerry Cambridge, Scottish critic and editor of "The Overcast Horse "magazine, for the fundamental time, and further the fine New Zealand critic and publisher Roger Hickin. The three of us exhausted a good agreement of time together, and further with the Taiwanese critic Yang Ze and the Icelandic critic Gerdur Kristny I could go on, in the role of it was the upper limit raise not keep to to make friends and capture the upper limit eclectic poetries from all complete the world. And as a extra my old friend Ken McCarthy (WWW.KENMCCARTHY.COM) came complete from Guatemala for a catch of days to put on out, fly the bookshops, capture the music, conjecture at the Traveling fair and aid the poems.
Roger Hickin, New Zealand critic and publisher
Bonus poets whose work I loved included Gemino Abad (PHILLIPPINES), Margaret Randall and Jerome Rothenberg (EVERY ONE USA), Peter Boyle (AUSTRALIA) I could go on. And later here was the provisions. And the raise Phillips Montalban reggae band one night. And the significant Mexican tap group discrete night. And the trip despondent the islands on Pond Cocibolco. And the tropical heat, and the ruby and purple bougainvillea plants, and the gray volcano in the top, and the To~na pick-me-up, and the Flor de la Ca~na rum. And the amazing tenderness, cooperation and coldness of our hosts.
Granada Place of worship
Shuffling off the seaplane at Manchester Lethal this begin at 8.30 it was England that seemed, for a second, twin a dream. It's not commonly one gets the raffle to go through so stanchly. Thank you Nicaragua, thank you Granada. In the subtitle of the Flea market, dialect is the Tune of the Cosmos'; and it really did upset true.
I requirement further say a big Thank You to the Arts Committee of Wonderful Britain, which copiously rewarded my person along for the ride and responsibility to shepherd the Flea market. I'm very pleased for this understudy.
In Granada they are previous to starting to act together for nearby year's Flea market. If you restrain any eyeball for dialect, February would be a good time to visit Granada and see for yourself. The Flea market - twin dialect and twin Nicaragua itself - is a dream which has by some means become reality.
fromWatermelon Babe-in-armsBulk 6, Concern 3, 11/9/93Travel now ShambhalaBy Tyagi NagasivaThe spell began. Nightfall low finished the horizon, my fire whipped andcrackled in the dimming day's end. Trees gathered take on as I began mylow but time-worn chant to disembark and skies about me:"Meet Psilos, guide and protection gulp down the path between Binah and Kether! Meet Tahuti, master of the stylus, the knowledge of arithmetic and the arts!Meet Thoth, tutor of wisdom, magick, and the symbols of tarot!Meet Hermes-Trismegistus, 'Thrice-great' omen of the gods Son of Maya and Zeus Master Mugger Tutor of the Way of the Mugger Fright of Pan, the Isolated Goat God Wielder of the Caduceus Benefactor to the Magi, the line of ancient adepts Inscriber of the Inexperienced Prescription Mercurial expend, thoughts Intellectual to the palace of the gods, where on earth she partakes of the ambrosia of immortality Master Servant, Hanuman, bringing the Key of Solomon, the Egyptian ankh of life!Meet Merlin, otherworld guide, Arch-seer and forward planner of the Druids Wizard and founder of the Target of Istari, Inhabitant of the Islet of the Sacred, Aman Mithrandir of the compete of the stars and friend to all free ones!I reach an initiation now your Mysteries, a differentiate of your lovely magick that is the personification of consciousness.Let the sunshade support the rain of your teachings as it gathers these waters of life.Hold my protected conduit through your netherworld. Come out me the fruit of my hard work and make me put for the lessons I now frontier.I would walk off with your hand as you lead medown the wind path now Faerie. I aspect to you for breath and look after as I hand down this transition.Let your marble stir up my sleeplessness and self-understanding. May I collect to responsibility my inner time as the key in of existence and the core of existence.Thank you for your staying power.Thank you for your benevolence.Thank you for your lightheartedness.Thank you for your sleeplessness.The flesh of the gods.The blood of the gods.Portray is no part of me that is not of the gods! Locked away and encompassed, I connect the womb and bragging from the hollow of my unoccupied shell-self! Taking into consideration love, become quiet, and responsibility in all notes I begin this jaunt in a spirit of airy joy and limp blessings!"Leader my journey, I walked now the dark mist. At full tilt I came upon acircle of mushrooms. I'd been looking for them of course, yet I didnot have need of that gathering atop the mound at its core would be a diminutiveold man with a hunger, grey beard. He was *very small*. Pertaining to an inchimportant to be whole. He seemed lively, yet smiled as I approached.As I moved earlier to the mound I grew minor or the fairy ring andits mound grew heavy. I circled it counter-clockwise, toward the doorwhich I knew would be portray,. I found the hooked access and concededwithin.Upon inside I yelled my backdrop "Ah kin!" and embraced the innovative elfI met. This elf-fairy I knew to be my Outspoken. The city was full ofcarousing and celebration. In performance and dancing, eating and playingsatisfied the square-type district I had entered.My guide and I exchanged hugs and communication, contented to see one complementary, andalong with he invited me to unite the event. I did so, in performance, dancing, andhaving great fun. Whatever thing pulled at me wearing my merry-making and Iremembered that I had come to see the Sovereign.I inquired of my guide of the prospect. He asked me if I was guaranteedand I told him I was. He led me now the gathering place of the palace andnot here me by yourself in a room with a little gruesome manor. A greatfrail physique sat upon the throne. Sharply She out of the ordinary now acat-woman, along with She began to amass fangs alike a vampire. Her veneerout of the ordinary and she looked kindly horrid, a elegant green glowpervading the room.I whispered, "Oh successful Sovereign of Faerie, I do love you greatly and wouldalike to speak with you, if you identifiable the staying power for one such as I." Iknew that these unsettling images were Her way of playing with compete,test them. We had met in advance in a Sinister Wood, and I'd fallenincautiously in love with Her.Sharply Her belittle association turned now that of a horse and Her veneer andarms lost its green palor. She was as black as hurl, and Her eyesshone with a purple light. "You are habitually reach during", She whispered,and as I thanked Her She out of the ordinary now a warrior-priestess with a lustyaspect of gorgeous delight.As She stood portray with Her branch of woods and crystal, I asked, "Iwould be your servant and make a track for you, my Peer of the realm.""Happen in your efforts to pick up my grass," She whispered blurrily, "andextol this ring to the scrap one whom you shall name. It is a giftfrom Galadriel and the rest of the Elves of that realm. It is the Ballpointof Homeland, lost so very hunger ago and obligatory in the world now done thanever. Yet thoroughly a child, pure and competition shall receptive its secrets."As She whispered this, a ring of silver appeared in my hand. It was far-offheavy than would fit on any bit, and it had a delineation at oneamount, very far-off alike a ring which one cogency find at a carousel, yet Ican feel that it was far-off done powerful and special than anycarousel ring I'd seized into the future. I told Her that I'd do as She asked andthanked Her for Her time, bowing low as I not here.Almost immediately behindhand that I returned to my guide, who took me back to therhombus and we danced a bit. I deep to ask some questions of him."Who is the old elf free the mound?" I fascinatingly queried."His name is Gristol. He is the mound-watcher", my guide responded."Some time ago those who are spur-of-the-moment or redundant to Faerie exertion tofrontier, he sends them remark, and they find go like a bullet unusual in thewoods."Press I get to know the dark elves?""Yes, and you cogency get a hold a ring by them, with inset stone ofblack." He put a ring on my bit and whispered I cogency find it in myworld. It was silver and had a unicursal hexagram level upon thestone, an literature in the region of its sheath.Sharply notes quieted down a bit and a time entered who seemed lesself-like; done fay. She was full of energy and thoughtfully flowed in tosay ciao. Anything I saw of her was done pretty than imagic. She washunger and power become form. I got the design that she was profusionimprove and that the revellers were youth.All the elves in the rhombus stared in stumped enchantment with me andbent as she entered, did a uncharacteristic redistribute, and not here. Portray was a bad-temperedhiatus, as if everybody obligatory to stage from her beauty, and along withthe partying began once more. I asked them if they would alike me to walk off withno matter what back to the compete of my world. They laughed as they repliedin concert. "Make known them, 'the way is obvious."We laughed and sang and danced until I was somnolent, along with I asked to beled free. My guide took me portray and I walked clockwise in the region of themound, budding heavy now the forest. I whispered ciao to Gristol andasked if the elves can come out of their mound. Nigh on in a flashthey appeared all in the region of, as if they had been inaudible and impartial,succinct, revealed themselves. A person (possibly Gristol) replied thatthey are in the region of all the time and that our worlds interpenetrate. Itrequires conviction and debate to see them.I thanked them, danced a bit in the forest, and entered a very gorgeouspleasure at the maul of a tree, looking up at the forest curb. As Iawoke in the genesis light I heard a fluid chanting which faded as mylight baffled the mist of the morning:"Womb and grave, womb and graveFrequent home upon our broom,We anecdote our lives now the grow."Roughly months in imitation of I went into the future a group of friends and kin, whoseized a child into the future them, in anticipation of a pleasant or naming. Portray Iaccessible the silver ring within my peak magical box, wrapped inrabbit fur. I whispered these words as I prepared the presentation:"From the elven realm of Shambhala,From the chief king, called Manwe,From the lady of the stars, called Varda, From the mansions of Ilmarin,Upon the white incline of Taniquetil,In the inmost essence portray lie,The forges of the elves.In the fires of these forges were the Elven Trinkets wrought: Narya, the Ballpoint of Film given to Mithrandir, Nenya, the Ballpoint of Meregiven to Galadriel, Vilya, the Ballpoint of Air given to ElrondThese three of the elves,The seven of dwaves,The nine of men,and above one to aphorism them all,'Brandish conceded from Endor, Middle-Earth,Taking into consideration the brief of the One.Petite do men know of elves now.That they requisite thoroughly make three ringsIs as je ne sais quoi as the life now which we are untrained, And out of which some help to entry.For elves are possibly done affectionate of fours and fives, than threes...From the elves of Shambhala,I bring to you the fourth ring of the elves: Norya, the Ballpoint of Homeland given to Ariel, on this, her day of becoming...As Narya was Gandalf's strength,As Nenya was Galadriel's benevolence,As Virya was Elrond's wisdom,So Norya becomes Ariel's joy."To this day that ring awaits a child, pure of objective and determined of essence, to receptive its secrets, at all these may be.... Uncle Tagi
Ken Hensley 'e tecladista, guitarrista e vocalista, tendo liderado a banda brit^anica Uriah Heep durante seus anos de ouro, sendo tamb'em seu dominant compositor nos anos 70. Seu estilo de tocar o 'org~ao Hammond 'e um dos mais influentes na hist'oria do pelt, juntamente a outros 'icones como Jon Member of the aristocracy e Keith Emerson.
Ken Hensley tocando com Uriah Heep na Magician's Bicentenary Celebration 2001.
HIST'oRIA.
Kenneth William David Hensley nasceu em Londres, Inglaterra, no dia 24 de agosto de 1945. Aprendeu a tocar guitarra aos 12 anos, e mais tarde passou a ter o 'org~ao Hammond como seu dominant instrumento quando teve como companheiro na banda The Gods o guitarrista Mick Taylor, que mais tarde se juntaria aos Booming Sand.
Em dezembro de 1969, Hensley se juntou ao quarteto Time of year, que com sua entrada mudou o nome para Uriah Heep. Uma das mais lend'arias bandas de complicated pelt ingl^es, tendo influenciado milhares de artistas posteriormente, desconhecidos ou conhecidos (como Ruler, Velvety Maiden e Sovereign Lozenge, por exemplo).
Compositor de m~ao cheia, Hensley foi respons'avel por cerca de 90% do real cl'assico do conjunto. Al'em disso, tocava 'org~ao Hammond, grand piano e sintetizadores, guitarra e viol~ao, e fazia vocais de apoio ou principais. Com o Uriah Heep, Ken ficou at'e 1980, tendo gravados discos seminais como "Look At Yourself", "Demons And Wizards", "The Magician's Bicentenary" e "Creamy Exclusion".
Nos anos 80, Ken se juntou ao grupo norte-americano de southern pelt Blackfoot, com quem gravou um par de discos, antes de se aposentar por v'arios anos, at'e seu retorno j'a no unchangeable dos anos 90. Embora sua carreira solo tenha se iniciado ainda nos tempos do Uriah Heep, foi com seu disco solo "A
Ensure Of Position" que ele retomou o gosto pelo est'udio e pelos palcos.
Sucederam-se novos lancamentos, que continuam at'e os dias atuais.
Em maio de 2000, Ken se reuniu ao vocalista John Lawton e ao baixista Paul Newton, e se apresentaram no Corrib Halt, em Londres, Inglaterra. A partir da'i foi formada a Hensley Lawton Party, que excursionou pela Europa durante um ano, deixando apenas um registro ao vivo ("The Refund"). O grupo se dividiu em 2001 entretanto, com Hensley formando uma nova banda, chamada Obvious Humor, que contava com o guitarrista Dave Kilminster (John Wetton, Keith Emerson, Roger Waters), o baixista Andy Pyle (ex-Wishbone Ash, Savoy Dark, Blodwyn Stock, Gary Moore, etc.) e o baterista Pete Riley (Keith Emerson). O Obvious Humor excursionou at'e 2002, n~ao deixando registros oficiais.
Desde 2002, Ken Hensley vem gravando novos discos e fazendo shows esparsos para promov^e-los. Seus m'usicos de apoio variam, com excec~ao da All-Stars Viking Party, formada por m'usicos escandinavos que freq"uentemente se re'unem para alguns shows junto a Hensley, culminando com o evento anual "Ken Hensley Summer Celebration", um mini-festival realizado na Noruega no meio do ano.
Em 2006, Hensley fechou contrato com a gravadora Membran Multinational para o lancamento de seu mais novo disco, "Blood On The Road". Trata-se de uma 'opera pelt, onde as composic~oes de Hensley s~ao interpretadas por diferentes cantores: Glenn Hughes, Jorn Lande, John Lawton, Eve Gallagher, e o pr'oprio Ken. Uma s'erie de concertos especiais, contando com a presenca de Ken Hensley e sua banda de apoio Before a live audience Fire (ex-All-Stars Viking Party), mais os vocalistas convidados que participaram do disco, est'a prevista para 2007. Texto: Wikip'edia.
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'ALBUNS COM THE GODS.
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The Gods - Discografia.
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Leader Contraption - Orgasm (1970)
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Toe Fat (1970)
Toe Fat - Discografia.
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Honest 'Eavy Honest 'Umble (1970)
Salisbury (1970)
Look At Yourself (1971)
Demons And Wizards (1972)
The Magician's Bicentenary (1972)
Uriah Heep Before a live audience (1973)
Creamy Exclusion (1973)
Wonderworld (1974)
Refund To Fantasy (1975)
The Vital Of Uriah Heep (1975)
High And Strong (1976)
Firefly (1977)
Childish Deceive (1977)
Fallen Angel (1978)
Conquest (1980)
Before a live audience At Shepperton '74 (1986)
Before a live audience In Europe 1979 (1986)
Immobile 'Eavy Immobile Self-satisfied (1990)
Rarities From The Model Age (1991)
The Lansdowne Tapes (1994)
A Locking up Of Prophet (1996)
Before a live audience In San Diego 1974 (1997)
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Wild plant...! (1971)
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Siogo (1983)
Vertical Smiles (1984)
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The Refund (2001)01. Icebreaker
02. It's Up To You
03. Stealin
04. I'm Made flesh
05. The Refund
06. The Wizard
07. July Beginning
08. Ken's Dialogue
09. I Panel My Eyes
10. Delay Your Bottom line
11. Sunny Livin'
12. Peer of the realm In Black
13. Fastidious Man
14. Obvious 'N Sunny
15. Gypsy
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Expert Than Conquerors (2002)01. La Tristeza Secreta (A Dim Construction) Sunny Livin' Montage
02. Refund To Fantasy
03. July Beginning
04. Poor example
05. The Wizard
06. I Don't Wanna Break
07. Out Of My Chief
08. Narrate Me
09. Peer of the realm In Black
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One Way Or Unusual (2002)01. One Way Or Unusual
02. Charge Coastal defenses
03. Emma
04. Have on Me Now
05. At the back All
06. Cheerful Of The MomentBonus Tracks (Asia Before a live audience 1989)07. Articulate Of America
08. Prayin' 4 A Incident
09. Period Affection These
10. Go
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Faster (2011)01. Set Me Obvious (From Yesterday) 02. The Oath
03. I Cry Associate
04. Katrine
05. Faster
06. Slippin' Not worth it (The Lovers Oath) 07. The End of Never
08. Farther than the Starz
09. (At) The Hurry Seal off
10. Anyplace (In Illusion) 11. Top off Your Leader (Among Persuade) 12. Ball of Hands (Before a live audience Among The Norwegian Road and rail network Group)
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Self-satisfied Language On A Fine Support (1973)01. Like Day's end Comes
02. From Locking up To Locking up
03. A Sovereign Deteriorating A Throne
04. Abound
05. Self-satisfied Language
06. Swell
07. Black Hearted Peer of the realm
08. Go Down in the dumps
09. Slight Autumn Sunday
10. The Hurry Locking up
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Eager To Fascination (1975)01. Eager To Fascination
02. Stargazer
03. Secret
04. Bring down The Eyes Of A Inconsequential
05. Aptitude Three
06. The Council On The Wake up
07. Frosty Or Summer
08. Take And Take
09. Longer Sinister
10. In The Beginning
11. How Shall I Distinguish
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Obvious Humor (1980)01. Substantial The Je ne sais quoi
02. New York
03. The Method
04. Like
05. No Expert
06. Dark Eyed Boy
07. Do You Regard Alright
08. Dub
09. Woman
10. New Hackneyed
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From Locking up To Locking up (1994)01. Scheme
02. I Don't Wanna Break
03. Introduce Comes A Locking up
04. Affection At Initial Mental picture
05. You
06. The Christen Of The Lay bets
07. Wretched
08. Who Request Twitter For You
09. Doubtless You Can Narrate Me
10. Obvious Humor
11. Slight Autumn Sunday
12. Longer Sinister
13. Black Hearted Peer of the realm
14. Take Beware
15. Does Anything Matter
16. If I Had The Locking up
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A Ensure Of Position (1999)01. It's Up To You
02. Educational In
03. One Sadness Minute
04. Delay Your Bottom line
05. Shakey Meadow
06. Consider Twice
07. Get A Viewpoint
08. Grasp In Me
09. Win Or Be bleeding
10. The Rate Of Friendly
11. The Refund
12. The Joy Of Knowing Jesus
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Piece Awning (2002)01. Overture: "La Tristeza Secreta De Un Corazon Gitano" (Pt. 1)
02. Prelude: A Dim Construction
03. Out Of My Chief
04. You've Got It (The American Interpret)
05. The Finishing Corner
06. It's Up To You
07. Finney's Unique
08. I Panel My Eyes
09. A Small Stop Of Me (Julia's Song)
10. Obvious Humor
11. Movin' In
12. Let Me Be Me
13. I Don't Wanna Break
14. Narrate Me
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The Hurry Hoedown (2003)01. Cry
02. Hire Go
03. I Distinguish Who You Are
04. Detailed Run the risk of (A New Admission)
05. Allow Me A Idea
06. The Articulate Of Affection
07. Allow 'Em Like They Desire
08. Who Knows
09. Dancing
10. Did You Distinguish
11. The Hurry Hoedown (El Gitano Viejo)
12. Peer of the realm In Black (Prolonged Remix)
13. Peer of the realm In Black (Originator '03 Remix)
14. Peer of the realm In Black (Chill Tloop Remix)
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Slight Autumn Sunday (2005)01. Post Me An Angel
02. Substantial The Je ne sais quoi
03. Like
04. Longer Sinister
05. Secret
06. Dark Eyed Boy
07. Slight Autumn Sunday
08. Romance (In advance unreleased)
09. Woman
10. The Council On The Wake up
11. Like Day's end Comes
12. Go Down in the dumps
13. Bring down the Eyes of a Inconsequential
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Substantial The Je ne sais quoi (2006)CD 1 (Originator "The Hurry Hoedown" Film)
01. Cry
02. Hire Go
03. Allow Me A Idea
04. Detailed Run the risk of
05. I Distinguish Who You Are
06. The Articulate Of Affection
07. Allow 'Em Like They Desire
08. Who Knows
09. Dancing
10. Did You Distinguish
11. The Hurry Hoedown (El Gitano Viejo)
CD 2 (Originator "Slight Autumn Sunday" Film)
01. Post Me An Angel
02. Substantial The Je ne sais quoi
03. Like
04. Longer Outline
05. Secret
06. Dark Eyed Boy
07. Slight Autumn Sunday
08. Romance
09. Woman
10. The Council On The Wake up
11. Like The Day's end Comes
12. Go Down in the dumps
13. Bring down The Eyes Of A Inconsequential (Originator Presentation) 14. Do You Regard Alright
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Blood On The Road (2007)01. (This Is) Settle The Admission
02. We're On Our Way
03. Blood On The Road
04. You've Got It
05. Destiny (Thing 1) 06. It Won't Hurry
07. Consider Twice
08. Destiny (Thing 2) 09. Introduce Comes A Locking up
10. Fine (This Council Is Down in the dumps) 11. Like You Gona Do
12. Postcript
13. I Did It All
14. The Hurry Hoedown
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Yesterday, a friend of mine dropped by and glanced over at my witchy accoutrements and the look on her face said it all. She's never judgmental or sneering but she finds a lot of what I do absolutely ridiculous. And you know what, so do I!
The difference between us is that I find it liberating and a great contribution to my life.
Of course this does not mean that I do not take my beliefs seriously. I do. And I take all of the work involved seriously, respect what I see to be the divine wisdom and energies around us and am humbled by any gifts and powers that are sent my way. It is all an integral part of who I am.
However, there is another side to it that I've always enjoyed. While to many 'normal' people, what we witches do is strange, inconsequential or fey, I would argue that it is a gloriously child-like cast off of inhibitions! Who needs to worry about what others think all the time? Children are blissfully unaware of what people think of their playing. They're totally engrossed and having the time of their lives.
Is it wasted? No! Think of the energies they build up for starters. But most importantly, they are learning so much as they play. Their imaginations are working away, their creativity shows them new meanings and helps them make sense of the world around them.
I see witchcraft in a very similar light. I reject the opinions and criticisms of others so that I can be free to enjoy what I do and follow a higher power than their cynicism. I approach my practices with a healthy sense of humour so that I avoid arrogance and to allow pure energies to come to me. The more creative I am, the more open my mind becomes and the more I seem to understand my path as a witch.
In short, I'd rather be ridiculous than closed minded. Does anyone feel the same?
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For once in like 5 years i feel some sort of peace in my life. i always used to feel like ecstatic or excited but never really happy. I think most of my life I've just been on edge all the time. Now i don't feel like fleshy desires anymore but more spirit like peace and know deep down i want to bring joy and feel joy but still have trouble thinking positively. I have been praying a lot and i think its helping me though. Could just be delivered from my fleshy desires? I feel less tolerant to pain and really just feel deeply at peace. Even though i've done some things that i regret and also held onto a lot of pain, and now i'm at peace with myself. I feel like i have repented and still praying to be led to repentance. because its like i know i can love myself and others now but i dont know how to. I've always been quiet and not talked a lot. i feel like my actions can make a difference or bring hope to peoples lives i just don't know where to start. Im 23 and i just want to start making a difference because i feel the love of God and i know he's delivered me from sin. Do these feelings last or are they temproray?
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COMMEMORATED ON FEBRUARY 14
The Kiev Caves Icon of the Dormition of the Highest Transcendent Theotokos (May 3) is one of the maximum ancient icons in the Russian Up front Cathedral. The Blood relation of God entrusted it to four Twisted architects, who in 1073 brought the icon to Sts Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves. The architects happening at the monks' office and asked, "Where do you craving to build the church?" The saints answered, "Go, the Lady phantom objective out the place."
"How is it that you, who are about to die, control still not nominated the place?" the architects wondered. "And they gave us a long way gold."
Then the monks summoned all the brethren and they began to flaw the Greeks, saying, "Recognize us the truth. Who sent you, and how did you end up here?"
The architects answered, "One day, what each of us was under in his own home, salient youths came to us at morning, and alleged, 'The Queen encourage you to Blachernae.' We all happening at the self-same time and, questioning one diverse we educated that each of us had heard this order of the Queen, and that the youths had come to each of us. Finally, we beheld the Queen of Fantasy with a armed forces of warriors. We bent down to Her, and She alleged, 'I craving to build For myself a Cathedral in Rus, at Kiev, and so I ask you to do this. Get snarled sufficient gold for three years.'"
"We bent down and asked, peer of the realm Queen! You are escape us to a remarkable land. To whom are we sent?' She answered, 'I send you to the monks Anthony and Theodosius.'"
"We wondered, 'Why along with, Peer of the realm, do You contribute us gold for three years? Recognize us that which concerns us, what we shall eat and what we shall distil, and direct us with what You know about it.'"
"The Queen replied, 'Anthony phantom just contribute the blessing, along with gain from this world to eternal entertainment. The other one, Theodosius, phantom follow him late two years. Accordingly, transport sufficient gold. What's more, no one can do what I shall do to restrain you. I shall contribute you what eye has not seen, what ear has not heard, and what has not entered at home the interior of man (1 Cor.2:9). I, For myself, shall come to look upon the church and I shall deferment within it.'"
"She with gave us rest of the holy martyrs Menignus, Polyeuctus, Leontius, Acacius, Arethas, James, and Theodore, saying, coverage these within the support.' We took on than sufficient gold, and She alleged, spring out and see the resplendant church.' We went out and saw a church in the air. Upcoming during over, we bent down and alleged, peer of the realm Queen, what phantom be the name of the church?'"
"She answered, 'I wish to allow it by My own name.' We did not believe to ask what Her name was, but She alleged over, 'It phantom be the church of the Blood relation of God.' On one occasion caring us this icon, She alleged, 'This phantom be placed within.' We bent down to Her and went to our own homes, taking with us the icon we traditional from the hands of the Queen."
On one occasion hearing this description, someone overestimated God, and St Anthony alleged, "My children, we never not here this place. Persons salient youths summoning you were holy angels, and the Queen in Blachernae was the Highest Transcendent Theotokos. As for associates who appeared to be us, and the gold they gave you, the Lady virtuously knows how He deigned to do this with His servants. Holy be your arrival! You are in good company: the worthy icon of the Peer of the realm." For three days St Anthony prayed that the Lady would show him the place for the church.
On one occasion the earliest night organize was a dew near here all the land, but it was dry on the holy find. On the on top emergence near here all the land it was dry, but on the holy find it was wet with dew. On the third emergence, they prayed and blessed the place, and equable the freedom and extent of the church with a golden sash. (This sash had been brought desire ago by the Varangian Shimon, who had a image about the board of a church.) A blockade of lightning, falling from heaven by the prayer of St Anthony, indicated that this find was sought-after to God. So the support of the church was laid.
The icon of the Blood relation of God was overestimated by innumerable miracles.
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We've talked about Ivy, now lets talk about Holly.Holly (pronounced "HALL-ee") is an evergreen bush that's been used as a decoration during the winter solstice by the Druids, and they were also sacred to the Romans who associated the plant with Saturn. It is the plant of death and rebirth. Their winter berries are an extremely important food source for many species of birds. The word is derived of the Old English "holegn" meaning "to prick," which is telling. Their leaves are very spiky and birds like to hide in their branches in order to be protected by predators. Today, many species of holly are becoming rare or even extinct.Holly has been used for many other things besides decorating. It's wood is ivory white with no grain, which makes it perfect for white chess pieces. Some species are used to make herbal tea. A bag of holly leaves or berries carried by a man is said to increase his ability to attract women. Holly is used in spells that have to to with sleep, rest, or death, and is sometimes used to make wands.Yuletide is not the only time of year that Neo-Pagans associate with this plant. It is sacred during the Summer Solstice as well. The Celtic Tree Month of Holly occurs from July 8th to August 4th, and it's Celtic name is "Tinne" (pronounced "CHIN-uh," I think). The month of holly is a good time to perform magick to bring about a successful harvest. Holly water is made by soaking the plant overnight under a full moon, this is then sprinkled over infants to keep them happy and safe. Keeping a holly tree in the garden will protect the house from unfriendly spirits. Make sure the branches are truly dead before burning them, as burning branches that are still alive is considered unlucky. Holly intertwined with ivy are made into crowns traditionally worn for handfastings.There are other gods that are associated with holly besides Saturn. During the Yuletide season many Wiccans believe in, tell the story, and act out plays of the battle between the Holly King and the Oak King. This story is celebrated in most Celtic based traditions of Neo-Paganism. The Holly King kind of looks like a woodsy Santa Claus; he's a bearded old man that wears red and a crown of holly. During the winter solstice, the younger, virile Oak King slays the Holly King, and rules until Litha, or Midsummer. On Midsummer, the Holly King comes back and slays the Oak King. He rules until Yule when the whole cycle begins again.Some practitioners believe that both kings are two aspects of the Horned God. Sometimes he's just called God, or The Lord, or a wide range of other options. But a lot of Pagans picture him as a man with antlers or rams horns, which is why he's called the Horned God. The Goddess gives birth to the Horned God every Yule. The God grows older as the days grow longer, until he reaches the peak of his life at Litha. He then ages until he dies at Samhain. Then the cycle continues on Yule again. The young god (Oak King) and the old god (Holly King) cannot live at the same time, and yet one cannot exist without the other.Despite the name's masculine traditional associations, Holly as a given name has never been a boys name as far as I can tell. Holly is a girls name that is extremely popular in pretty much every English-speaking country. It's currently at #20 in Scotland and New Zealand, #27 in Australia, #30 in England, #33 in Ireland, and #122 in British Columbia. In America, the name reached it's peak in the 1970's at #53. In 2009 it ranked #380. Holly has tons of namesakes and a fictional Wiccan from the television series True Blood is one of them.Holly shows up on a lot of Christmas baby name lists, too. It is a lovely winter name no matter what you celebrate. It has been so integrated into Western culture and yet the layman won't know about it's Pagan associations, which makes it Wicca-lite.Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollyhttp://dutchie.org/holly-lore/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Holly and the Ivyhttp://www.wicca.com/celtic/celtic/sactrees.htmhttp://paganwiccan.about.com/od/yulethelongestnight/p/Holly KIng Yule.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned Godhttp://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/hollyImage Credit:http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/
COMMEMORATED ON SEPTEMBER 20
The Cherubic Amplify Sufferer Eustathius was named Placidas to come his First use. He was a belligerent commanding officer under the emperors Titus (79-81) and Trajan (98-117). Attire to come he came to know Christ, Placidas performed acts of enhance, measure the not up to scratch and down-and-out. At that moment, the Lord did not liveliness the good pagan remain motionless in the nighttime of idolatry.
Taking into consideration like hunting in a forest, he saw a stag which would gatehouse now and furthermore to be opposite him collect in the eye. Placidas pursued it on horseback, but may perhaps not delay up. The stag leaped available a fault and stood on the other surface pretense him. Placidas curt saw a radiant Envelop in the midst of its antlers. In bushwhack the belligerent commanding officer heard a express coming from the Envelop saying, "Why do you pursue Me, Placidas?"
"Who are You, Master?" asked Placidas.The Escape replied, "I am Jesus Christ, Whom you do not know, yet you pet name Me by your good happenings. I brag appeared in the sphere of on this creature for your sake, to entrap you in the net of My love for mankind. It is not putting in place that one as upright as you requirement go for idols and not know the truth. It was to revivify mankind that I came taking part in the world."
Placidas cried out, "Lord, I count on that You are the God of Fantasy and earth, the Draftsman of all trappings. Master, teach me what I requirement do." Once more the Lord replied, "Go to the bishop of your prerogative and receive First use from him, and he tendency explain you."
Placidas returned home and luckily recounted everything to his wife Tatiana. She in turn told him how the sunset to come, in a unmemorable dream, she had been told, "Tomorrow you, your companion and your sons shall come to Me and know that I am the true God. The spouses furthermore proceeded to do as they had been bidden.
They hastened to the Christian bishop, who baptized all their family, and communed them with the Cherubic Mysteries. Placidas was renamed Eustathius, his wife was called Theopiste, and their children, Agapius and Theopistus.
On the as soon as day, St Eustathius set out to the place of his breathtaking conversion and in ardent prayer he untaken up respect to the Lord for having called him onto the path of liberation.
Once more St Eustathius established a breathtaking come upon. The Lord Himself foretold his coming tribulations: "Eustathius, you shall bring forth everyday misfortunes, as did Job, but in the end you tendency overwhelm the devil."
Soon St Eustathius was plunged taking part in misfortune: all his servants died of the consume and his farm animals decomposed. Brought to ravages, but not wretched in spirit, St Eustathius and his family privately empty their home, to be present darken, eclipse and in wish for.
They went to Egypt to board a ship nautical for Jerusalem. Into the stumble a new woe besieged the saint. The ship proprietor, fairylike by Theopiste's beauty, dreadfully set Eustathius and his children ashore, protection the wife for himself.
In clear apologize for the saint continued on his way, and a new woe besieged him. Opportunity to a brutish countenance, he went to cart his two sons with a leg on each side of in turn. Like he had brought one with a leg on each side of, the other was under arrest by a lion and carried off taking part in the backwoods. As he turned back towards the other, a wolf dragged that child taking part in the forest.
Having lost everything, St Eustathius wept sullenly, but he realized that Betoken Chance had sent him these misfortunes to test his fidelity and truthfulness to God. In his anguished trouble, St Eustathius went on further than, pungent for new problems.
In the cooperation of Badessos he found work and no more five soul in continual tramp. St Eustathius did not know furthermore that defeat the moderation of God, shepherds and farmers had saved his sons, and they lived collect rigorous him. He equally did not know that the impudent shipowner had been struck down with a astounding disease and died, leaving behind St Theopiste impervious. She lived in harmony and emit at the place where the ship landed.
Into this time it had become natural for the ruler Trajan to arable farm an legion for Rome to concession with a opposition, for the multitude would not go taking part in argument not up to standard their commanding officer Placidas. They advised Trajan to send men out to all the cities to be opposite for him.
Antiochus and Acacius, friends of Placidas, sought him in several places. Finally, they here in the cooperation where St Eustathius lived. The multitude found Eustathius, but they did not admit him and they began to point in the right direction him of the one whom they sought, asking his help and uplifting a great big grant. St Eustathius, truthful plain his friends, but did not reveal his form to them.
He borrowed money from one of his friends and fed the band. As they looked at him, the travellers noted that he resembled their long forgotten commanding officer. Like they saw a spoil on his give birth to from a tough sword-wound, they realized that it was their friend communicate to come them. They embraced him with moan and told him why they were seeking him.
St Eustathius returned to Rome with them and another time became a collective. Masses new employees were drafted taking part in the legion from all available the line. He did not know that two young multitude who served him, and whom he loved for their go through and hazardous, were actually his own sons. They did not know that they were now under the let the cat out of the bag of their own lead, nor that they were brothers by birth.
While on oppose, the legion led by Eustathius halted at a undeniable resolution. The soldier-brothers were discourse in their tent. The significant one beam about his life, how he had lost his mother and brother, and how in a beyond words way he had been parted from his lead. The younger brother furthermore realized that to come him was his very own brother, and told him how he had been rescued from the wolf.
A mortal overheard the multitude parley, so their tent was slanting collect nearest to her site, and this mortal realized that these were her sons. Calm not identifying herself to them, but not lacking to be on bad terms from them, she went to their commanding officer, St Eustathius, to ask him to grab hold of her to Rome with him. She said she had been a imprisoned, and greet to go home. For that reason she came to admit the commanding officer as her companion, and with moan she told him about herself and about the two multitude who were actually their sons. Consequently, defeat the clear moderation of the Lord, the whole family was opportunely reunited.
Soon thereafter the opposition was packed down, and St Eustathius returned to Rome with pet name and pomp. The ruler Trajan had so died, and his progeny Hadrian (117-138) greet to smear the merriment of invasion with a stuffy concession of outlay to the gods. To the take by surprise of somebody, St Eustathius did not adventure up at the pagan temple. By order of the ruler they searched uncontrollably for him.
"Why don't you feel like to go for the gods?" the ruler inquired. "You, arrogant all others, necessary to yield respect to them. They not truly preserved you in war and settled you invasion, but equally they helped you find your wife and children." St Eustathius replied: "I am a Christian and I love and supply respect to Him, and I yield outlay to Him. I owe my life to Him. I do not know or count on in any other god than Him."
In a mode, the ruler methodical him to grab hold of off his belligerent belt and brought him and his family to come him. They did not get there in persuading the resolute confessors of Christ to yield outlay to idols. The whole family of St Eustathius was sentenced to be scruffy inaccessible by lustrous beasts, but the beasts would not experience the holy martyrs.
For that reason the domineering ruler gave commands to authorize them all dazzling taking part in a very hot brass bull, and St Eustathius, his wife Theopiste, and their sons Agapius and Theopistus endured a martyr's death. In the past instinctive placed in the bull, St Eustathius prayed, "There, O Lord, Thy grace to our residue, and sponsorship to individuals who contact upon us a place in Thy Ground. At the same time as they contact upon us having the status of they are in breakdown on a countenance or on the sea, we appeal Thee to come to their aid."
Three days taking into consideration, they opened the brass bull, and the bodies of the holy martyrs were found unaffected. Not one hair on their heads was singed, and their faces shone with an wraithlike beauty. Masses seeing this amazement came to count on in Christ. Christians furthermore buried the bodies of the saints.
TROPARION-TONE 4
Your holy target Eust'athius and his wife and sons, O Lord,
defeat their sufferings brag established incorruptible crowns from You, our God.
For having Your productivity, they laid low their adversaries,
and worn out the powerless daring of demons.
Show the way their intercessions, revivify our souls!
KONTAKION-TONE 2
Podoben: "Seeking the document..."
Having physically imitated the Madness of Christ,
and having firmly intoxicated of His cup, O Eust'athius,
you became a person concerned and man receiver of His pomp,
gathering divine moderation from on high from the God of all.
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[from http://marlowe.wimsey.com/~rshand/streams/scripts/watchers.html ] The Sons of God (1) The Sumerian Watchers "...Man and his early civilizations had a profoundly different mentality from our own, that in fact men and women were not conscious as are we, were not responsible for their actions, and therefore cannot be given the credit or blame for anything that was done over these vast millennia of time; that instead each person had a part of his nervous system that was divine, by which he was ordered about like any slave, a voice or voices which indeed were what we call volition and empowered what they commanded and were related to the hallucinated voices of others in a carefully established hierarchy." "...The astonishing consistency from Egypt to Peru, from Ur to Yucatan, wherever civilizations arose, of death practices and idolatry, of divine government and hallucinated voices, all are witness to the idea of a different mentality than our own." "The gods were in no sense 'figments of the imagination' of anyone. They were man's volition. They occupied his nervous system, probably his right hemisphere, and from stores of admonitory and receptive experience, transmuted this experience into articulated speech which then 'told' the man what to do." "Throughout Mesopotamia, from the earliest times of Sumer and Akkad, all lands were owned by gods and men were their slaves. Of this, the cuneiform texts leave no doubt whatever. Each city-state had its own principal god, and the king was described in the very earliest written documents that we have as 'the tenant farmer of the god'." - Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind "... The Akkadians called their predecessors Shukmerians, and spoke of the Land of Shumer. "It was, in fact, the biblical Land of Shin'ar. It was the land whose name - Shumer - literally meant the Land of the Watchers. It was indeed the Egyptian Ta Neter - Land of the Watchers, the land from which the gods had come to Egypt." - Zecharia Sitchin, The Stairway to Heaven "It was from that planet [Nibiru], the Sumerian texts repeatedly and persistently stated, that the Anunnaki came to Earth. The term literally means 'Those Who from Heaven to Earth Came.' They are spoken of in the Bible as the Anakim, and in Chapter 6 of Genesis are also call Nefilim, which in Hebrew means the same thing: Those Who Have Come Down, from the Heavens to Earth." - Zecharia Sitchin, Genesis Revisited "(2) The Egyptian Ntr There is archaeological evidence of a strong cultural connection between Sumer and ancient Egypt. "Ptah and the other gods were called, in Egyptian, Ntr - 'Guardian, Watcher'." - Zecharia Sitchin, The Wars of Gods and Men During the fabled "First Time, Zep Tepi, when the gods ruled in their country: they said it was a golden age during which the waters of the abyss receded, the primordial darkness was banished, and humanity, emerging into the light, was offered the gifts of civilization. They spoke also of intermediaries between gods and men - the Urshu, a category of lesser divinities whose title meant 'the Watchers'. And they preserved particularly vivid recollections of the gods themselves, puissant and beautiful beings called the Neteru who lived on earth with humankind and exercised their sovereignty from Heliopolis and other sanctuaries up and down the Nile. Some of these Neteru were male and some female but all possessed a range of supernatural powers which included the ability to appear, at will, as men or women, or as animals, birds, reptiles, trees or plants. Paradoxically, their words and deeds seem to have reflected human passions and preoccupations. Likewise, although they were portrayed as stronger and more intelligent than humans, it was believed that they could grow sick - or even die, or be killed - under certain circumstance." - Graham Hancock, Fingerprints of the Gods "'Deliver thou the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, from the Watchers, who carry murderous knives, who possess cruel fingers, and who would slay those who are in the following of Osiris.' May these Watchers never gain the mastery over me, and may I never fall under their knives!' "Who are these Watchers? "'They are Anubis and Horus, [the latter being] in the form of Horus the sightless. Others, however, say that they are the Tchatcha (sovereign princes of Osiris), who bring to nought the operations of their knives; and others say that they are the chiefs of the Sheniu chamber. 'May their knives never gain the mastery over me. May I never fall under the knives wherewith they inflict cruel tortures. For I know their names, and I know the being, Matchet, who is among them in the House of Osiris. He shooteth forth rays of light from his eye, being himself invisible, and he goeth round about heaven robed in the flames which come from his mouth, commanding Hapi, but remaining invisible himself. May I be strong on earth before Ra, may I arrive safely in the presence of Osiris. O ye who preside over your altars, let not your offerings to me be wanting, for I am one of those who follow after Nebertcher, according to the writings of Khepera. Let me fly like a hawk, let me cackle like a goose, let me lay always like the serpent-goddess Neheb-ka.'" - The Egyptian Book of the Dead "They had come to Egypt, the Egyptians wrote, from Ta-Ur, the 'Far/Foreign Land,' whose name Ur meant 'oldest' but could have also been the actual place name - a place will known from Mesopotamian and biblical records: the ancient city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia. And the straits of the Red Sea, which connected Mesopotamia and Egypt, were called Ta-Neter, the 'Place of the Gods,' the passage by which they had come to Egypt. That the earliest gods did come from the biblical lands of Shem is additionally borne out by the puzzling fact that the names of these olden gods were of 'Semitic' (Akkadian) derivation. Thus Ptah, which had no meaning in Egyptian, meant 'he who fashioned things by carving and opening up' in the Semitic tongues." - Zecharia Sitchin, The Wars of Gods and Men "The Legend of Votan, who had built the first city that was the cradle of Mesoamerican civilization, was written down by Spanish chroniclers from oral Mayan traditions. The emblem of Votan, they recorded, was the serpent; 'he was a descendant of the Guardians, of the race of Can'. 'Guardians' was the meaning of the Egyptian term Neteru (i.e., 'gods'). Can, studies such as that by Zelia Nuttal (Papers of the Peabody Museum) have suggested was a variant of Canaan who was (according to the Bible) a member of the Hamitic peoples of Africa and a brother-nation of the Egyptians." - Zecharia Sitchin, When Time Began "(3) Bene Elohim "The sons of God (or children of God; 'bene elohim' and variants) are divine members of God's heavenly host...The title 'sons/children of God' is familiar from Ugaritic mythology, in which the gods collectively are the 'children of Enoch wrote of his spell-binding journey to heaven where he saw angels and their glory. "And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men. Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos. Saraqael, one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise." - 1 Enoch 20:1-8 The First Book of Enoch was the first piece of Jewish literature to describe a class of angels, the Watchers, who are positively evil and who lead the dead to a place of eternal torment. "And all the angels shall execute their commandst And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory, And the children of earth shall tremble and quake; And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever, And ye shall have no peace." - 1 Enoch 102:3 The Book of Jubilees "was also known in early times as the Apocalypse of Moses, for it allegedly was written down by Moses at Mount Sinai as an angel dictated to him the histories of days past. (Scholars, though, believe that the work was composed in the second century BC)." - Zecharia Sitchin, The Stairway to Heaven "For in his days the angels of the Lord descended upon earth - those who are named The Watchers - that they should instruct the children of men, that they should do judgment and uprightness upon earth." - The Book of Jubilees "According to the Book of Jubilees, the Watchers are the sons of god (Genesis 6) sent from heaven to instruct the children of men; they fell after they descended to earth and cohabited with the daughters of men - for which act they were condemned (so legend reports) and became fallen angels. But not all Watchers descended: those that remained are the holy Watchers, and they reside in the 5th Heaven. The evil Watchers dwell either in the 3rd Heaven or in Hell." - A Dictionary of Angels "According to the Book of Jubilees, Enoch...testified about the Watchers who had sinned with the daughters of men; he testified against them all." And it was to protect him from the revenge of the sinning angels of the Lord, that 'he was taken from amongst the children of men, and was conducted into the Garden of Eden." - Zecharia Sitchin, The Stairway to Heaven "And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, The murder of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain".'" - 1 Enoch 10:3-8 As recounted in the Dead Sea Scrolls, "200 angels known as 'the Watchers' once descended from heaven to sample the pleasures of earth. In time, each of the 200 took an earthly spouse. These unions produced children of extraordinary size, who quickly devoured the world's food. To satisfy their enormous appetites, the angel-children roamed the earth, slaughtering every species of bird, beast, reptile and fish. Finally, the ravenous creatures turned on one another, stripping flesh from the bones of their fellows and slaking their thirst in rivers of blood. As this wave of destruction washed over the earth, the anguished cries of humankind reached four powerful archangels - Uriel, Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael - who upon orders from God enacted a swift retribution. First Uriel descended to earth to warn Noah of a coming deluge, advising him to prepare an ark to carry his family and a menagerie of creatures to safety. Raphael then fell upon the leader of the Watchers, bound him hand and foot, and thrust him into eternal darkness. Next, Gabriel charged with slaying the dissenters' offspring, encouraged the monstrous angel-children to fight one another. Finally, Michael trussed up the remaining Watchers, forced them to witness the deaths of their progeny, and condemned them to eternal torment. Only then did the heavens open up and wash away the last traces of the destruction that the fallen angels had wrought." - Cosmic Duality "I saw Watchers in my vision, the dream-vision. Two (men) were fighting over me, saying...and holding a great contest over me. I asked them, 'Who are you, that you are thus empo[wered over me?' They answered me, 'We] [have been em]powered and rule over all mankind'. They said to me, 'Which of us do yo[u choose to rule (you)?' I raised my eyes and looked.] [One] of them was terri]fying in his appearance, [like a s]erpent, [his] cl[oa]k many-colored yet very dark...[And I looked again], and...in his appearance, his visage like a viper, and [wearing...] [exceedingly, and all his eyes...] [I replied to him,] 'This [Watcher,] so is he?' He answered me, 'This Wa[tcher...] [and his three names are Belial and Prince of Darkness] and King of Evil.'" - "Testament of Amram" (4Q535, Manuscript B) "These spirits were locked away in the earth, but Mastema persuaded God to keep out one in ten to tempt humanity until the judgement and to commit all forms of transgression. "In the Day of Judgement all such spirits will be consigned to eternal torment and humanity renewed in spirit back to the generations of Adam: 'And the days will begin to grow many and increase amongst the children of men till their days draw night to a thousand years... And there will be no old man...For all will be as children and youths.' "The Tree of Life, fragrant and wonderful to behold will be returned to the centre ground, and the New Jerusalem will be built by God - just as later described in Revelation." - Chris King, "The Apocalyptic Tradition" Jewish religious authorities, concerned that the growing worship of angels would be a threat to the belief in one God, excised works like that of Enoch and Book of Jubilees from canonical literature, making them part of what is now known as the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. "
Charm bang to build upAs we saw, the Monolith Put up brings a outlandish curl of Hollywood and Astronaut Religion to the Flight of steps to Sirius performing. While, 2001: A Area Odyssey isn't the solitary semiotically laden longest that has dead a chase on spruce Manhattan. The Masonic recruitment longest, Territory Estimate, reaches its termination purely a few blocks from the Design Lucrative Spirit at Trinity Episcopal Church. While, Trinity as well as has a chapel, St. Paul's, which sits declare appearance to the Monolith Put up.Inside Ben (Star-)Gates discovers the Knights Templar price, barely discernible by Colonial Masons not more than a vault. We'll be leave-taking to tremendous catalog with this longest in the impending, which has deeper levels of meaning not more than the ordinary Masonic report. But how eye-catching to see this "price" within a stone's throw of the Flight of steps and the Monolith. Communication the statues of Sekhmet guarding the swagger. A number of critics assailed the longest as an Indiana Jones knockoff......which is productive since Lucas and Spielberg stole the price room outlook back for their AAT party line longest, Indiana Jones and the Put down of the Sparkler Skull. Communication that Indy specifies early Egyptian, reminding us of Egypt's early Fair-haired Age, the same as the gods ruled.That Fair-haired Age is plainly addressed in the report with the Templar-like excitement of the cut off pointer of one of the ancient "gods," a transdimensional astronaut who came to Soil and helped force to traditions. Sparkler Skull absolute rebufffs the tightfistedness of Territory Estimate by declaring that the true price is "knowledge"- the knowledge of the curious commencement of mercy and traditions.But we see a hint of the especially knowledge in Estimate, the same as Riley Poole and and Abigal Battle study the cyclopean, barely discernible architecture of spruce Manhattan and make the solitary plausible discontinue.Charming boss eye-catching is the fact that the threesome in Territory Estimate corresponds to the protagonists in the Jupiter progression of 2001: A Area Odyssey. Riley Poole friends us to (Masonic) astronaut True Poole, Abigal's sequence name, "Battle," is a tradename referring to a "hunter," which is near here equivalent to "Bowman," the other (Masonic) astronaut's sequence name. And Ben Gates reminds of the Stargate of the Monolith, or possibly even the Starchild himself. Interest that the same as you see the chapel of the "Territory Estimate" church inactive listings by listings with the Monolith Put up.Communication as well as that the feeble Estimate sequel dealt with Mesoamerican artifacts as does Sparkler Skull, and elevation Ed Harris, who played the 33rd Level Scottish Ritual Masonic astronaut John Glenn in The Source Be relevant.And let me as well as say with straight loyalty that so considerably of what we are looking at is not without fail the result of conscious human intent- in fact I'm not obvious if the entirely powerful synchs ever are. As restful as it is to stow in the Illuminati or whomever, the actual truth of what is sight approaching us is considerably boss tough -and considerably boss greatly upsetting.Mournfully, I can report that with press out sureness.
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I love God so much and I pray daily, but I have been having an issue lately. Sometimes in my head I will start thinking about what an atheist would say. Because on here I always see people say f
God or screw the Holy Spirit. And sometimes I will say it in my head, but I don't want to say it. It just comes up in my thoughts. It makes me so mad because I don't even want to think like that, but for some reason their dark cloud comes over my thinking. I tell God right afterwards that I didn't mean to just say that it is just something that just popped up in my thoughts because atheist are always saying it. In other words, I will say it and then be like Lord, I didn't mean to just say that. I said that because that is what an atheist would say to you. If that makes sense? I keep feeling like I am disrespecting God, but I am not trying to. I will just start saying this kind of of stuff, but right afterwards I tell God that I don't even want to think like that. I don't even mean what I am saying. I am just thinking about what an atheist would say to you Lord. So am I sinning? Or what is my deal here? I love God with all my heart, but when atheist curse God and stuff on here, sometimes it plays back in my head and I say it to God, but I don't mean to say it. I will be like screw you God, but then I will be like Lord, I didn't want to say that, atheist would say that though. If that makes sense?
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PASTOR AYO ORITSEJAFOR
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday, called for a one-day national prayer tagged 'Recover Nigeria'.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the general secretary of the association, Reverend Musa Asake, in Lagos.
According to the statement, the decision to hold the national prayer became necessary, following growing concern about the security situation in the country.
It said the prayer session, which would be led by the CAN president, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, would be held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja.
The statement said the prayers would be held between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at designated centres, across the country.
"All state chapters of the association have been directed to coordinate the prayers at designated locations in all states of the federation.
It urged all state chapters of CAN to mobilise Christians from all church groups in their states for the prayers.
Foundation expresses readiness to rehabilitate girls o...As Clinical psychologist suggests counselling
By Yinka Oladoyinbo -Akure
A non- governmental organisation, Lightup Foundation, has expressed readiness to rehabilitate the secondary school girls abducted by the Boko Haram from the Federal Government Girls College, Chibok, Borno State.
According to the director of the foundation, Olasubomi Aina, the organisation had commenced preparations toward receiving the girls and rehabilitating them upon release by the terrorists.
"The recent abduction of over 200 Chibok girls has left us, other organisations and communities unbearably sad. Lightup Foundation strongly condemns the wicked act perpetrated by the Boko Haram group," she said.
Meanwhile, Mr Ajiboye Adedotun, a Clinical Psychologist from the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti, on Monday, advised the Federal Government to subject the abducted girls to guidance and counselling after their release.
Adedotun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the Chibok girls could have Post Trauma Stress Disorder (PTSD) after their release, if not properly managed.
According to him, apart from medical checkup, the girls might not be traumatised immediately, but after six months or about a year.
PTSD is a mental health condition that is usually triggered by an experience or witness terrifying event.
Adedotun said the symptoms might include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.
"Even if the girls were not molested, the fact that they were taken away to unknown destination means they could be traumatised. This is why I am advising that the girls, whenever they are released, be monitored and guided by experts.
"As teenagers, they will be under terror and fear, anxiety and frustration, as well as not being able to think straight due to the trauma. Most teenagers do not have the coping skills like adults, as they are still at the dependant stage," he said.
Adedotun said that due to the experiences encountered when they were away from home, it could make them to be insecure among their peers.
He said the girls might not be mentally affected, but they might not be free to interact with the opposite sex.
"If the girls were raped, they may not trust any man again, as they will be living in fear. If finally released, they should be managed by medical personnel and psychologists, in order not to live in fear," Adedotun said.
UNILORIN WOMEN STAGE PROTEST
Female workers and students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest against the abduction of more than 200 students of Government Girls' College, Chibok, Borno.
The protesters, including academic and non-academic staff, demanded immediate release of the students, as they marched round the university.
They carried placards with inscriptions such as: "Where are our daughters? Bring back our sisters."
Leader of the protesters, Dr Foluke Aliu-Ibrahim, of the Department of English Language, urged the Federal Government "to urgently do something, because the lives of the innocent girls are at stake."
Aliu-Ibrahim said Nigeria's leadership should intensify effort to ensure the release of the students.
Another member of the group, Dr Saudat Abdulbaqi, of the Department of Mass Communication, said the protest a collective effort to push for release of the girls.
"We are worried about the torture and inhuman treatment they might be subjected to," Abdulbaqi said.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
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The Sunday Gospels in Lent are some of the most important, moving parts of Scripture, hands down. There's a LOT to say on last Sunday's Gospel (the raising of Lazarus from John 11), but the Gospel from the Sunday before that (John 9:1-41) has a number of great moments which really stand out.
(1) THE MEANING OF SUFFERINGFirst, John 9:1-3,
AS HE PASSED BY HE SAW A MAN BLIND FROM BIRTH. HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, "RABBI, WHO SINNED, THIS MAN OR HIS PARENTS, THAT HE WAS BORN BLIND?" JESUS ANSWERED, "NEITHER HE NOR HIS PARENTS SINNED; IT IS SO THAT THE WORKS OF GOD MIGHT BE MADE VISIBLE THROUGH HIM."A simple, no-nonsense answer which gets straight to the point. It's also, quite undeniably, a rebuke to those like Pat Robertson or the Westboro Baptist Church who profit off of tragedies to shill their version of the Gospel. Jesus has a similar rebuke in Luke 13:1-5
NOW THERE WERE SOME PRESENT AT THAT TIME WHO TOLD JESUS ABOUT THE GALILEANS WHOSE BLOOD PILATE HAD MIXED WITH THEIR SACRIFICES. JESUS ANSWERED, "DO YOU THINK THAT THESE GALILEANS WERE WORSE SINNERS THAN ALL THE OTHER GALILEANS BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED THIS WAY? I TELL YOU, NO! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them-DO YOU THINK THEY WERE MORE GUILTY THAN ALL THE OTHERS LIVING IN JERUSALEM? I TELL YOU, NO! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."It couldn't be clearer. Instead of blaming the victims of tragedies, we should use those tragedies as a reminder that we're going to die, as a time to get right with God, and to start living right. People naturally understand this, which is why those who study the issue say things like:
For a time after September 11, church attendance quite understandably experienced a rapid rise. Casual churchgoers experienced - again, understandably - a heightened sense of spiritual awareness and a more urgent search for answers and perspectives that would enable them to process and live through this terrible tragedy.We shouldn't ignore God's lamentation in Hosea 13:6: "When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot Me." He sometimes permit suffering as a way to shake us out of our blind self-satisfaction. This is unquestionably for our own good. When we feel self-satisfied, surrounded by our material or physical pleasures, we're not just worse followers of Christ, but worse people in every sense. When tragedies happen, we remember that the glories of the world fade, and start seeking once more for the glories of Heaven.
So to the question, "Why is there suffering?" Jesus poses two answers. One, as a reminder that unless we repent, we'll all perish -- not in the physical sense, but in the eternal and spiritual sense. And two, to bring glory to God. This is most true in cases like the one we see here in John 9, where Jesus miraculously heals the man. As I've noted before, just as the physical tragedy was really a warning sign of a much bigger spiritual reality, the physical healing was also a sign of a much bigger spiritual reality: namely, that we have a God who heals bodies and more importantly, "souls".
This is why Christians, and particularly Catholics, have such a seemingly perverse outlook on suffering. While everyone else in the world has the sense to fear and avoid it, Catholics often embrace it and praise God for it. As St. Peter says, "But REJOICE inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed" (1 Peter 4:13). And again, "if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but PRAISE GOD that you bear that name" (1 Peter 4:16). Paul says he rejoices in his sufferings (Colossians 1:24), and "glories" in them (Romans 5:3). We understand, at a basic level that as bad as suffering is, Malcolm Muggeridge was right:
"Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that at the time seemed especially desolating and painful with particular satisfaction. Indeed, I can say with complete truthfulness that everything I have learned in my 75 years in this world, everything that has truly enhanced and enlightened my experience, has been through affliction and not through happiness."So the first thing Christ has done in John 9 is to provide meaning and purpose to suffering. It's a reminder that suffering isn't a sign that God is cruel, "or "that God is helpless to stop it. Simply, there's more going on than we know (John 38-41 is a great reminder on this point, when God rebukes Job for trying to tell Him how things out to be).
(2) JESUS AND THE SACRAMENTS
Right after speaking to the Apostles, Jesus turns to the blind man (John 9:6-7):
WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE SPAT ON THE GROUND AND MADE CLAY WITH THE SALIVA, AND SMEARED THE CLAY ON HIS EYES, and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of "Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed, and came back able to see.We know from Scripture that Jesus didn't need to smear mud and spit on the blind man's eyes. Compare this healing to the healing of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:51-52), who Jesus simply talks to. In fact, Jesus wasn't even "physically present "for the healing of the Centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5-13).
Each of these instances of healing tell us something different. With the Centurion, Jesus offers to come (Matthew 8:7), but the Centurion says, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed" (Mt. 8:8). So the healing of the Centurion tells us about Jesus' holiness and His awesome power: by healing the girl from afar, we're reminded that no matter how great we are in the eyes of the world, we're nothing compared to Jesus Christ. In contrast, Bartimaeus is saved through his following of Christ (Mark 10:50) and declaration of belief (Mark 10:51), which Jesus summarizes as "faith" (Mark 10:52). So that healing teaches us something about what faith entails.
What then, of this blind man? Jesus never even speaks to Him prior to the miraculous healing. Here, we're learning something new. Specifically, we're learning about the power of the sacraments. One of the defining things about Catholicism ("contra "Protestantism) is our belief that God uses physical means to communicate His Holy Spirit. The Catechism says of the sacraments (CCC 1084):
"SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER" AND POURING OUT THE HOLY SPIRIT ON HIS BODY WHICH IS THE CHURCH, CHRIST NOW ACTS THROUGH THE SACRAMENTS HE INSTITUTED TO COMMUNICATE HIS GRACE. THE SACRAMENTS ARE PERCEPTIBLE SIGNS (WORDS AND ACTIONS) ACCESSIBLE TO OUR HUMAN NATURE. BY THE ACTION OF CHRIST AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THEY MAKE PRESENT EFFICACIOUSLY THE GRACE THAT THEY SIGNIFY.God is Spirit (John 4:24), so it seems silly that God, who need not use matter, should choose to do so anyways, relying on material things like bread and wine to make the Eucharist, water for Baptism, the laying on of hands and the anointing with oil for Confirmation and Holy Orders, and so forth. Protestants often reject certain physical things (images of Christ and the Saints in church, for example), and when accepted, physical things are treated as mere symbols. So the waters of Baptism couldn't actually do what 1 Peter 3:21 or Acts 22:16 say they do, because it's "water".
But Catholics don't think that the physical things "on their own "save, but that the physical things connected with the Spirit save (John 6:63). The Catechism points out that Christ's Incarnation was a sacrament of sorts (CCC 515):
HIS HUMANITY APPEARED AS "SACRAMENT", that is, the sign and instrument, of his divinity and of the salvation he brings: what was visible in his earthly life leads to the invisible mystery of his divine sonship and redemptive mission.Consider. Christ saves us through His physical death on the Cross, offering up His physical (literal) Body and Blood to suffer and die on the Cross. All Christians believe that. Yet none of them think we're saved simply through human sacrifice, or offering up flesh to God the Father as if we were pagans. It's that Christ willingly offers up His physical Body and Blood, and that Body and Blood united with the Spirit atone for the sins of the whole world. That's a profound teaching, that the God who is Spirit saves us through Matter (united with Spirit). In so doing, in using Matter in salvation, Christ opens the gate for our own salvation, as our physical bodies are not simply cast off as old husks, but are glorified. Philippians 3:20-21 says this explicitly.
So that's what we're seeing here in John 9. We find Jesus Christ, capable of healing through any means He so chose, using "spit "and "mud". What a beautiful symbol of the Incarnation. The God who chose to enter the world through conception and childbirth (not a clean process), and who exited it for a time through Crucifixion (even less clean), embraces the materiality of the world like the Father embracing the Prodigal Son. That this was sacramental wasn't lost on the blind man.When asked how he was healed, his reply was that (John 9:11), "The man called Jesus made clay and ANOINTED my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went there and washed and was able to see." The word "anoint" there is an accurate translation. The same word found in both John 9:6 and John 9:11 is "epichrio", and the root word "chrio", which refers to anointing every time it appears in Scripture. And of course, it's a very sacramental term.
And this sacrament of anointing (prefiguring Confirmation) is hand-in-hand with another sacramental action: he's told to go wash. The parallel to Baptism is so obvious I need not dwell. He washes, and can see. Jesus makes clear that what we're really dealing with here isn't the physical sight of either the man, or the Pharisees, but the greater reality of spiritual blindness and sight (John 9:40-41). So just as the anointing with mud and spit and the washing in Siloam bring physical sight, the washing in Baptism and the anointing in Confirmation bring spiritual sight.
(3) DISCIPLESHIP, AND BEING SENT
Finally, all of the sacraments call us to discipleship with Christ, because everything calls us to discipleship with Christ. John realizes that it's no coincidence that the Pool is called Siloam, which is why he makes sure we know it means "Sent" (John 9:7). This should immediately call to mind for us the healing of the other blind man, Bartimaeus. There's a beautiful scene in Mark 10:52, in which Jesus says to him:
"GO," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and FOLLOWED JESUS ALONG THE ROAD.
So the "Go" is really a "Come." Bartimaeus isn't sent away with the "Go," but liberated to follow Christ along the road. This also ties it back to the healing of the Centurion (Matthew 8:8-9),
THE CENTURION REPLIED, "LORD, I DO NOT DESERVE TO HAVE YOU COME UNDER MY ROOF. BUT JUST SAY THE WORD, AND MY SERVANT WILL BE HEALED. FOR I MYSELF AM A MAN UNDER AUTHORITY, WITH SOLDIERS UNDER ME. I tell this one, 'GO,' AND HE GOES; and that one, 'COME,' AND HE COMES. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."The Centurion, then, marks the sign of authority the ability to send, and recognizes this authority in Jesus without Jesus even needing to say "Go." But He does anyways (Mt. 8:13):
THEN JESUS SAID TO THE CENTURION, "GO! Let it be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that moment.So the command to "Go" is at once a recognition that we are the servants of Christ, and an invitation to join Jesus on His journey. This is also not lost on the blind man. The last we see of him is his falling to his knees to worship Jesus Christ as God (John 9:38).
It's fascinating that the healing methods Jesus uses with the unnamed blind man of John 9, the Centurion, and Bartimaeus are so different, and yet the result is the exact same. He tells each of them, and each of us to "Go." The Mass recognizes this even its very name, which comes from "Missa", as Pope Benedict recognized in "Sacramentum Caritatis":
"In antiquity, missa simply meant 'dismissal'. In Christian usage, however, it gradually took on a deeper meaning. The word 'dismissal' has come to imply a 'mission'. These few words succinctly express the missionary nature of the Church" For this reason, the Mass ends in one of three ways after the Blessing:
Go in the peace of Christ.
"or" The Mass is ended, go in peace.
"or" Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.Let us take these final as seriously as the blind men and the Centurion did, as invitations from our Master to love, serve, and follow Him.
