The Virgin-Born Comes

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Holocaust

Genesis 19:24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

Lamentations 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

Ezekiel 16:1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lord.

Amos 4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Melodious Medieval Marian Music

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Llibre Vermell De Montserrat ~ Mariam, Matrem Virginem





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Cantigas De Santa Maria ~ 100. Santa Maria, Strela Do Dia





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Cantigas De Santa Maria ~ 100. Santa Maria, Strela Do Dia





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Cantigas De Santa Maria ~ 149. Fol E A Desmesura





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Cantigas De Santa Maria ~ 302. A Madre De Jesu Cristo

The Fault In Our Stars

Stephen Collins

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Bill Cosby

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Kevin Spacey

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Judaism

† 2020

Throughout your entire life, people will die in front of you – some, physically; others, morally – and, with every single loss, a part of you also fades away, until, at the very end, after having already buried them all in some deep, dark corner of your traumatized psyche, and with the last glimmer of light that was still left within you being finally extinguished, you yourself will also, at long last, ultimately perish...

Women's Ordination

Episcopa Sophia


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Why I Would NEVER Embrace Scientific Atheism

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Or Why Are There So Few Women In S.T.E.M. Fields ?

Live And Let Die

Luke 23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children !

Late Term Abortion

Better Late Than Never !

John 1:11 Unto His own He came, and His own received him not...

Looking Forward To Easter

Easter Marks The Resurrection

But Death Must, Of Necessity, Precede The Resurrection

Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50...

Helen McCrory

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Lenten Reflections

Why It Would Perhaps Be Best To Avoid Perusing The Fridge

During Prolonged Periods Of Fasting

Men Going Their Own Way

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Luke 10:30 A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead...

O, Happy Days !

There aren't any.

Ephesians 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Night Life

Why one rabid with rage and devoured by anger, who unleashes his cowardly vengeance only when
safely hidden under the cloak of darkness, is morally superior to a party animal, pulling wild all-nighters.

Sexual Jihad

1 Corinthians 7:1 It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Giving Up On Others For Lent

1 Samuel 15:10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying: 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 16:1 And the Lord said unto Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel ?

Matthew 8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him: Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Luke 9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him: Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 59 And he said unto another: Follow me. But he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said: Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him: No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Old White Men

Daniel 7:9 The thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool.

Timing Is Everything

The astronomical significance behind the dates underlying the church calendar's main feasts is as follows:

• The year's shortest and longest days are the two solstices, closely corresponding to the births of Jesus Christ and John the Baptist.


• The days whose length lies precisely midway between the two solstices are the two equinoxes, closely corresponding to the conceptions of Jesus Christ and John the Baptist. They also happen to coincide with the days equally distanced from the two solstices.


• The days whose length lies precisely midway between the two solstices and equinoxes closely correspond to the feasts of Saint Valentine in late winter, Saint George in late spring, the Assumption of Mary in late summer, and Saint Demetrius in late autumn. They do not, however, coincide with the days equally distanced from the two solstices and equinoxes, the latter closely corresponding to feasts of the Presentation and Transfiguration of Christ in late winter and summer, and that of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in late autumn.

Whitewashing At Its Finest

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Jackson Mania Taking Over Romania

January Royalty

Elvis Aaron Presley, The King Of Rock And Roll

born on January 8^th, 1935




Martin Luther King, Jr.

born on January 15^th, 1929




Lawrence Harvey Zeiger King

passed away on January 23^rd, 2021

Life As A Movie

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Death: Life's Closing Credits


As the curtain falls, and the credits roll, the soul finally tastes a supreme sense of the ultimate freedom.

On all sides saw I
 Valkyries assemble,
Ready to ride
 to the ranks of the Gods...

Poetic Edda, Völuspá, Thirty-First Stanza