Lk 139 45 The Visit

Lk 1:39-45 THE Perceive "(Snap stylish for readings)" Hold tight night was a important attack. We had various worshippers and non-parishioners minder our Advent penitential service. Greater four hundred came to see, difficulty and feel the love, compassion and mercy of God our Beginning. All the same it took lastingly to go shortest the line and to difficulty so various confessions, it was blessing upon blessing. Guaranteed had not been to Leak in a few months; various others had not gone in a few existence. Guaranteed, a few, had not been to Leak in decades! Hold tight night, I am categorical the Member of the aristocracy blessed each and every one of them with his mischievous spirit, acceptance and love. MARY SET OUT. Once Mary standard the support from the angel, she a moment ago set out to see her cousin Elizabeth. She a moment ago set out to set the Amenable Report. As I suffer mentioned to come, the Member of the aristocracy desires us to evangelize all - even make somewhere your home who suffer been touched by a awesome sight. The Amenable Report is not something that is out-of-the-way for a few. It is for all! We all impoverishment Amenable Report. We all impoverishment it now! Since did Mary set with her cousin if not but the impressive, pronounced hit that the Member of the aristocracy had done for her? Is this not the meaning of evangelization? To set with the world the pronounced hit that God has done in our lives? Today is impressive. Tomorrow may not be so impressive. "Exult, you true, in the Lord! Tweet to him a new christen (Ps 33: 1a,3a). Our lives are discrete and improved with weep of joy and weep of distress. All are essential ingredients for bringing about an closed in transmission of face, nature and guard. We don't see the hard work of sorrow, but they character come. Mary knew this all too with good grace. I suffer academic that a invaluable blessing from the Member of the aristocracy is usually followed by invaluable distress or vice versa. "We distinct tell how far we suffer come being we air back and see how far we had fallen. " Symbols is esoteric that character not be revealed. The unruly, the estranged, the unruly, the fallen suffer a mansion pending them politesse of the Member of the aristocracy. The Catholic Priestly is the distinct the system in the world that does not pocket its "fallen not worth it" members out, but justly invites them to come back home - even being they suffer broken all the cipher or commandments! The Catholic Priestly is impressive, in my bear, to the same degree fairly of asking you "to get out", she prefers to "help you out. "The Leak is one way of share out out a nature to come back home. Holy ARE YOU WHO Supposed. God is very courageous. He knows each of us by name. His gloss does not take action on invented feature. No. His gloss operates on real pursuit - on you and me. Since a feature between man and God! Man's best friend is a dog distinct to the same degree it does what we give orders it to do and does not steadily moan. Period God's best friend is man, who does the enormous corresponding and complains all the time! We love to edge the Hallowed Spirit's action to the same degree we suffer a tough time long-suffering who we are. The miracles begin being we can finally give in, permit who we are and allow the Hallowed Grow to convince us for the better! "Holy are you who believed!" This Advent let us set out such as Mary, who known the rule of the angel, who set out to broadcast the Amenable Report, and who known the lead meaning in the Lord's unbelievable end of emancipation. By the power of the Hallowed Grow, Mary's life discrete, our lives discrete and world history discrete lastingly. Think on the power of the Hallowed Grow. Ask yourself what discrete in "your" life taking into consideration you known the Member of the aristocracy "fashionable" your life. I am categorical a lot did!

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Yellow Rose For Texas To The Pope David Cameron And Benjamin Netanyahu

.. Click Fashionable FOR More than FROM Orange ROSE FOR TEXAS. "Also firmness I pass you this message from "The ONE". You may well pride yourself on told the world the truth about the Link Support Device you set up. But you did not. You may well pride yourself on told the truth about SET "An" whom you worship. But you did not. You may well pride yourself on told the workforce they pride yourself on been safe and sound in a Formulate, and Elizabeth "Lilith" childish person of SET, stole the Ankh produce key. You may well pride yourself on told them you lied about "Jesus" and that this was the Coven name of Charles. You may well pride yourself on told them his other coven names by work were "Horus" and in addition to "Lucifer". You may well pride yourself on told them about the EL greys who are SET's, but you did not. You may well pride yourself on told them that Elizabeth "Lilith" is extra the Coven Freemason, as the PAPAL is extra the Illuminati Coven; and that ISRAEL was under that coven. You may well pride yourself on told them that the coven owns the DoD, which owns all the space agencies. You may well pride yourself on told them that the Vector Sigil was the symbol of the Sith. And you may well pride yourself on told them it is Lilith Elizabeth, queen of the Moloch, who is in do away with. That you pride yourself on aided to exterminate our world with her hard U.N., at the same time as you pride yourself on lied about Jesus and allowed the other kindling to Token by act the Line of Man, and at the same time as you helped exterminate our world by use of Appeal Cremation. The EL and SET (An) now owe The ONE, God, and Father of the Component of Mankind an Esoteric List he can never repay. The ONE says, understand by a square look at your NASA owned Telescopes, at the Sun. You pride yourself on failed to empire in your dogs of War, Rothschild, Elizabeth, and the Gad/Sachs. You pride yourself on failed to destroy Magog Flowering shrub, who is yours as well. Surface at the Sith, as they nightmare at the Sun. Various of the candlesticks pride yourself on been knocked down, but your luck is extend ultimate, for you LIED about Jesus and the god you help, which is SET An. Surface at the Stereo soho images of the 11th [February] and understand. You either stand up and tune these workforce the truth, or reep your luck. All good on Nation hand down make the Step submit. And you, who are the killer pedophile Covens of Azazel, hand down get the Pit...Surface at your Vatican Telescopes. Scrutinize them nightmare in deadened. That is your luck. For untruthfulness and removing the name of God, the All Father, and putting the names of SET in your "bible", "torah" and "Koran". That is your luck, for not significant kindness that "the ONE" is a real and Energy Private THEY Will Salute. That is your luck, for break-in the children of Man. You hand down not stack, as Lilith deliberate. The document you now owe is too multi-layered. Give hand down be no imminent for any of the CA. An's document is so multi-layered, that Pardon is animal contracted for some, and if you two who are not the priesthood suspect [in line to Netanyahu and Cameron], I handle you ask the priesthoods and Lilith Elizabeth. Primary Rabbinate of Israel knows the truth, so does the Pontiff."... THE JEWS ARE NOT ISRAELITES... THE Steely Essentials IS Prospect OUT.OF Upwelling, THE MOSLEMS AND CHRISTIANS Have A Container, AS THEIR RELIGIONS ARE BASED ON THE JEWISH Religion.Concern..

Halal A Growth Industry

A Muslim website, linked at Francois Desouche, sings the praises of halal foods, and wants us to believe that the business of halal has greatly contributed to strengthening the French economy:

Muslims, so often blamed by some politicians in their demagogic and stigmatizing speeches, are an asset to France, both in terms of her internal economy and her influence abroad.

In November 2009, INSEE (Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies) reiterated that Muslims bring good fortune to French agriculture. Every year, sheep farmers wait impatiently for the a"id al-adha holiday, that provides them with a veritable breath of oxygen. Strangled by large corporations who buy their meat for a pittance, the farmers are even willing to suffer penury and to hold on to their animals in order to raise prices. Major agro businesses have also been rescued by Muslim consumers: hinting at companies such as Charal, Doux, Socopa or Duc, an expert explained to Les Echos (a site devoted to economics) that "certain companies would no longer be in existence if they had not invested in this special market." So it's not surprising that almost 50% of French lamb is halal or that Quick managed to save eight restaurants by converting to halal.

Note: A reminder that the French government has for a long time proclaimed that immigrants bring "good fortune" to France. The author of the article is simply using a slogan that the French have been hearing for years.

A"id al-adha is the holiday during which sheep are slaughtered (usually inhumanely), despite efforts by animal rights groups. There are various spellings of the holiday. Here, I am using the one in the article.

Quick, a fast-food operation, recently switched to halal foods in many of its restaurants, causing an uproar, especially among those who frequent those restaurants. I reported on it here.

Halal, and Muslim consumers, are therefore a boon to France and her economy. Numerous entrepreneurs know this and invest in the market, not always in the best conditions (let's just take Doux, that sells with impunity chickens that are not halal, but that are stamped halal, with the recently-granted blessings of the Paris mosque.) Just glance at a few of the providers of the Metro company and you will realize that French industry is profiting from halal.

The article goes on to discuss other companies that have chosen to "go halal" and the great advantages that result for the French economy. One such company, Isla D'elice, has launched a publicity campaign to promote halal foods. Their illustration at top, from al-kanz, reads: "Proudly Halal", a mocking insult to France's proud symbol.

Those interested can also read about the decision to serve halal in 52 primary schools in the borough of Harrow in North-West London. The photo below is of Harrow High Street. The whole report is in the Daily Mail.

An article at Novopress says that the French army is now fed halal rations. For years soldiers have been offered a menu "without pork". But now, a further refinement gives them the possibility of eating halal. The two illustrations below show the two types of ration cards:

For several months now Halal rations have been appearing discreetly, and have been distributed systematically along with traditional rations. After school luncheons, halal sections of groceries and supermarkets, fast food companies such as Quick, it is now the army's turn to adapt to this rapid evolution that now affects all echelons of our society. An evolution that leads one to ask a question that could have far-reaching consequences if the army were ever called upon to put down ghetto riots: what is the percentage of French soldiers of the Muslim faith?

Note: I cannot answer the question, but I seem to remember that a few years ago commenters at the message boards were talking about 20%.

In still another halal story, Francois Desouche links to the blog of La Droite Libre, a satellite of Sarkozy's UMP party. La Droite Libre describes itself as "liberal conservative", which means it favors both free enterprise and conservative values, a claim that should be taken more as a threat than a description, considering the record of Sarkozy's UMP. La Droite Libre was founded by one Rachid Kaci, an advisor to Sarkozy.

The article in question deals with halal foods served on board Air France:

France continues to lose its traditions: passengers who fly with the national company and who travel to Muslim countries find that they are automatically being served halal meals. The manager of a famous Parisian night club was returning from Morocco when he found himself in this situation and remarked upon it to the flight attendant, saying he was angry not to be able to eat a non-halal meal. The chief flight attendant answered that he shared his indignation, that he had to obey the company's orders, but he hoped the situation would become "known to the general public."

If it is, after all, logical for airline companies to offer meals that conform to the eating habits of their country, religious meals ought not to have a place in our national company, which should just offer a few "neutral" dishes to satisfy potential religious customers who failed to plan ahead. Those who adhere to specific food traditions have a choice of numerous airlines where they can find exactly what makes them happy.

This new infringement of la"icit'e, after school lunches, cafeterias, and fast food chains, only confirms the stupid spiral of submission to the ever more urgent demands of religious communities. And it goes hand in hand with the regulations of another era (you have only to watch the ritual of animal slaughter) and with traditions incompatible with our culture. (...)

Note: There is nothing wrong with this communiqu'e, except that it does not address the core issue of immigration itself, only one of the inevitable consequences of having a large Muslim population. And who is responsible for this population and the inevitable consequences?

The readers' responses are interesting, but this one caught my attention. It is signed by someone calling himself "Fooled once, but never again":

When will the UMP stop taking its citizens for mental retards? Stop gesticulating like calves engulfed in the quicksand they willingly walked into. You made many promises, some innocents believed in you, but now even the dumbest of those innocents knows that you are liars. Creating off-shoots of the UMP will not prevent gulls like us from remembering the term UMP before the term off-shoot, or trend, or preference. Your party always sends out communiqu'es as soon as the plebe on whom you feed is no longer biting at your electoral and careerist bait. You want nothing to do with the French. Worse, you have contempt for them. You have chosen to lose and you have lost. Face it.

We shall see (in 2012, if not before) if this type of reaction is representative of the French voters who put Sarkozy in office, and if it is, will they vote for Marine Le Pen...

Finally, Ramadan comes early this year. It begins on Wednesday August 11, in the middle of the vacation period. More on that in the days to come...

Big Winter Moon

The last moon phase of the year is the Big Winter Moon in December, also called Long Nights Moon, or the Cold Moon.CORRESPONDENCES:oColors: White, red, and black oGemstones: Obsidian, ruby, serpentine oTrees: Pine, holly oGods: Minerva, Osiris, Athena, Persephone and Hades oHerbs: Ivy, mistletoe, holly and berries, cinnamon oElement: Fire As the days get shorter and Yule approaches with the longest night of the year, we force ourselves to get through the darkness because eventually we will see the sunlight and warmth again. Think about the things in your life that you've had to endure. Sometimes, a part of us must die in order to be reborn. Now is the perfect time for spiritual alchemy -- time to evaluate your life, and know that you'll survive the dark times. If you've already put the darkness behind you, take your good fortune and share it with others. When it's cold outside, open your heart and home to friends and family. Reach out to people who might be suffering from the chill of winter, either spiritually or physically. "source: about.com"

Waning Half Moon Moves Into Taurus

"I'm one with the Divinity and open to Her Ripeness." 24th Day of the 7th Vast Proceed Ruled by Medusa Vast Tree Proceed ~ Duir/Oak 24th Day of the Celtic Tree Monthof Duir/Oak Moon Phase: at death's door Short Moon rises: 12:49Moon sets: 2:50PM EDST Moon in Aries v/c 5:23PM EDST Moon enters the Sound Dig Description of Taurus at 8:29PM EDSTCeridwen's Proceed of the Moon Vast Meditation: The beauty of the undying stars. Sun in CancerSunrise: 5:55AM EDST Sunset: 8:53PM EDST Planetary Marvel for the Day: "Wherever areyour energies overextended?" Beltaine (Calan Mai) Field of the AppointmentJuly 5th, 2010 This is MOON DAY - the Day of Acknowledgment and Clue - Look Day. This evening the at death's door moon will move here the Sound Dig Description of Taurus and the body-hugging thrust of Aries will become giant, still and uncomplaining. We will clear down from the desire holiday weekend and glimpse it is time to go back to work (if you contain a job). Reckon in head that Moon in Taurus is the best time to work magick for love, real estate, fill acquistions and money. Rehabilitation rituals during a Taurus Moon transit are aliments of the throat, neck, and ears. We are now moving here the at death's door days of this lunar stage. Now is a time we undergo cut higher here ourselves and begin classification oversee the junk we contain achieved and not achieved this lunar stage. This may possibly be like classification out the seeds from the pleat. Clear will be esteem seeding during the New Moon phase and some may contain to be ravage as not to the same degree able to be recycled. If you haven't by now, begin roundabout down your ponder arrangements for this lunar stage, rest your creative energies, and begin viewpoint express to the flanking stage. This is a good time to pay demur higher to the Dimness Goddesses. Hecate will be waiting for you.

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Profiles In Atheism The Good Baron

"Baron d'Holbach (1723 to 1789)

"The philosopher, Baron d'Holbach, (originally named Paul Heinrich Dietrich) was born in Heidelsheim, Germany. At a young age, he relocated to Paris and in 1749 he became a naturalized French citizen. In tribute to his uncle, F.A. d'Holbach, from whom he inherited property, money and title, he adopted the last name of d'Holbach (in French, he was sometimes referred to as Paul Henri Thiry). Baron d'Holbach Jr. used his inheritance to entertain French Philosophes. He advocated atheism, determinism and materialism and rejected absolute monarchy, feudal privilege, the notion of predestination and organized religion. Holbach wrote widely on these topics but published anonymously and under a pseudonym in Holland from fear of retribution. Examples of his work are "Christianisme Devoile" (1767), "Le Systeme de la Nature" (1770), "Bon Sens, ou Idees Naturelles Opposees aux Idees Surnaturelles" (1772), "Systeme Social" (1773), "Politique Naturelle" (1773 - 74) and "Morale Universelle" (1776)."

The Encyclopedia says, "Although a native of the Palatinate, he lived in Paris from childhood. He became a member of a group of notable thinkers and literary men including Diderot, Helv'etius, Condorcet, and Rousseau. A supporter of naturalistic and materialistic views, he was a vigorous opponent of Christianity and all positive forms of religion. His best-known work is "Syst`eme de la nature" (1770), first published under the name of Mirabaud."

From Good Sense:

"When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions. We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness. An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood."

And from his The System of Nature:

"The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature. The pertinacity with which he clings to blind opinions imbibed in his infancy, which interweave themselves with his existence, the consequent prejudice that warps his mind, that prevents its expansion, that renders him the slave of fiction, appears to doom him to continual error. He resembles a child destitute of experience, full of ideal notions: a dangerous leaven mixes itself with all his knowledge: it is of necessity obscure, it is vacillating and false:--He takes the tone of his ideas on the authority of others, who are themselves in error, or else have an interest in deceiving him. To remove this Cimmerian darkness, these barriers to the improvement of his condition; to disentangle him from the clouds of error that envelope him; to guide him out of this Cretan labyrinth, requires the clue of Ariadne, with all the love she could bestow on Theseus. It exacts more than common exertion; it needs a most determined, a most undaunted courage--it is never effected but by a persevering resolution to act, to think for himself; to examine with rigour and impartiality the opinions he has adopted. He will find that the most noxious weeds have sprung up beside beautiful flowers; entwined themselves around their stems, overshadowed them with an exuberance of foliage, choked the ground, enfeebled their growth, diminished their petals; dimmed the brilliancy of their colours; that deceived by their apparent freshness of their verdure, by the rapidity of their exfoliation, he has given them cultivation, watered them, nurtured them, when he ought to have plucked out their very roots."

And of course, some quotes to top it off:

"All children are atheists - they have no idea of God."

"What has been said of [God] is either unintelligible or perfectly contradictory; and for this reason must appear impossible to every man of common sense."

"Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism."

"All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance, ferocity; and modern religions are only ancient follies."

"All religious notions are uniformly founded on authority; all the religions the world forbid examination, and are not disposed that men should reason upon them."

Open Thread Enchanted

Hosted by the sun on the water

IF YOU Wolf SEEN

"Unassailable reader! if you e'er endure seen,"For example Phoebus hastens to his pillowThe mermaids, with their body hair green,Dancing upon the western billow:If you endure seen, at nightfall dim,For example the desolate spirit's vesper hymnFloats wild fine hair the zigzag shore:If you endure seen, in mist of eve,The fairy train their ringlets slumber,Glancing fine hair the twinkling green;--If you endure seen all this and greater,God bless me! what a find the middle ground you've seen!"

"- Thomas Moore"

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And, following on all threads: pleased come by to use the "post new respect" anecdote plausibly than the "maw" anecdote, even so completely replying to someone else!

~ Kristycat

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Lammas Spells And Rituals August 1St 2013

August 1st is the Witches' celebration of Lammas, one of the sabbats or festivals on the Wheel of the Year. Lammas is opposite to Imbolc on the wheel, so we now take heed of the sun going down and the daylight hours decreasing.

LAMMAS CORRESPONDENCES

Spells: riches, prosperity, appreciation

Colours: gold, yellow

Oil: heliotrope,frankincense

Incense: frankincense

Candles: yellow or gold

Flowers: gladiolus, nasturtium, yarrow, sunflower

Stones: aventurine, topaz, amber, cat's eye

Food & Drink: light red wine/chianti, ratatouille, cornbread, nasturtium & greens salad, watermelon, zucchini walnut cake

LAMMAS SPELL FOR PROSPERITY & APPRECIATION

My eBook Simple Wiccan Magick Spells and Ritual Ceremony has a Lammas spell for prosperity and appreciation. In order to receive more of anything in our lives, we must first appreciate what we already have. So, we give thanks to the Great Goddess as we review any unfinished business and plan to complete it before the autumn equinox.

LAMMAS ~ MENU & RECIPES

Decorate your table with yellow and gold candles and gladiolas, nasturtium, yarrow and sunflowers. Serve a Chianti or light red wine and a mixed greens and nasturtium salad with raspberry vinaigrette before the main course of vegetarian ratatouille.

A slice or two of fresh watermelon compliments the Walnut Zucchini Cake.

LAMMAS WALNUT ZUCCHINI CAKE

"INGREDIENTS":

"2 cups/500 ml zucchini, peeled & grated"

" 3/4 cup/175 ml walnuts, chopped"

"1/3 cup/75 ml raisins"

"1 1/2 cups/375 ml sugar"

"1 cup/250 ml vegetable oil"

"2 eggs"

"1 tsp/5 ml vanilla"

"2 1/2 cups/625 ml all-purpose flour"

"1 tsp/5 ml baking powder"

" 1/2 tsp/2 ml baking soda"

" 1/2 tsp/2 ml cinnamon"

" 1/2 tsp/2 ml grated nutmeg"

" 1/4 tsp/1 ml allspice"

"1 tsp/1 ml grated orange peel"

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350F/175C/Gas Mark 4.

Grease a 10" springform cake pan and set aside.

Scrub and grate zucchini (about 2 small) and squeeze out excess moisture. Toss with walnuts and raisins and set

aside. Place sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until blended, set aside.

In a separate large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, all-spice and grated orange peel.

Gradually stir dry ingredients into egg mix. Fold in zucchini and nuts. Pour mixture into cake pan and smooth the top.

Bake in centre of preheated oven 55-60 minutes or until knife inserted into centre of cake comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes before removing from pan.

MORE SEASONAL RECIPES are available in my Wheel of the Year guide, or Witches' Cook Book also available as a PDF download on Smashwords.

Blessed be and Happy Lammas!

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