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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. -
God Won't Save Titus Oates
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Yesterday was the anniversary of both Titus Oates (1705) and Jean Paul Marat (1793) - two very different individuals, both having made a profound impression upon my life and times ( Read more... ) -
The Holy Ghost received in the Pentecost.
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you ( Read more... ) -
Ivy beer on Ascension day
Yesterday was Ascension Day, 40 days after easter ( Read more... ) -
Napoleon
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of a hero loved and admired by many, among them esteemed poet Alexander Pushkin who reminded me that 188 years ago yesterday,
учдесный жребий совершился:
угас великий человек
"A miraculous destiny was accomplished:
The life of a great man was extinguished." -
Review.
I've just returned from a wonderful soujourn in the capital. Wednesday was the hottest day we've had this year, and I spent it relaxing by the Serpentine, eating Krispy Kremes... A most wonderful day! I had five. (doughnuts ( Read more... ) -
Easter Day
Alleluia ( Read more... ) -
Easter Night - the Passover
Tonight was the easter vigil, the first mass of easter. The most beautiful liturgy of the year begins with the church in darkness. A fire is lit at the altar, from which the Paschal candle, from which in turn the congregation's individual candles are lit. Then the ancient prayer of the Exultet is read, as in the video I posted. Here is a ( Read more... )
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