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The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning Horde. August keeps rolling along. Chilly morning here, so plenty of coffee to be consumed. Before we get into what is good for us and our Prayer Revival, just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Black River Falls) 1. This is an open thread, please feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2. Be nice to one another. And please don't jump on the furniture.
3. Running with sharp objects? You are on your own. Do you feel lucky?
4. Have a nice weekend.
Moron in good standing, Hrothgar, wants you to drink you caffeine. His advice proves he is a giver. Kind of like me.
PHILADELPHIA -- Coffee and tea intake were associated with long-term cognitive changes in older adults, two prospective studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conferenceopens in a new tab or window (AAIC) suggested. Among 6,001 Health and Retirement Studyopens in a new tab or window participants in the U.S., drinking two or more cups of coffee a day was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia over 7 years compared with drinking less than one daily cup (P<0.05), reported Changzheng Yuan, ScD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston and the Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China, in a poster presented at the meeting.
Thank you Annie for the following:
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 6/15 – Grumpy and Recalcitrant asked for continued prayers for J.J. Sefton of the Morning Report. He is about to begin chemo and radiation therapy.
8/6 Update – J.J.’s final chemo and radiation treatments were on 8/4 and 8/5. There’s a four week wait until the first post-treatment MRI. He’s hoping to regain energy and more of an appetite in that time. Please continue to pray for J.J.’s recovery and restoration to full health. 6/25 – TP asked for prayers for JT, who is ill and in need of prayer.
8/2 Update – JT is in a rehab facility. Prayers are appreciated. 6/29 – bluebell passed along a request from grammie winger, who asked for prayers for her husband, Rev, who is having open heart surgery on 7/8 to take care of his aortic aneurysm. Recovery time is expected to be 6-8 weeks.
8/3 Update – Grammie winger posted that Rev had emergency surgery, and now has a colostomy bag. She said it’s not as fun as it sounds….. 7/18 – Annie’s Stew sends prayers of thanks for God’s protection of President Trump. 7/18 – “Norman Spiny” requested prayers for his lovely wife, Cindy (married 33 years) who passed away on 7/20 due to metastatic breast cancer. 7/20 – Defenestratus asked for prayers for an aunt and uncle. The aunt just passed away after battling her second round of brain cancer. Her first bout was 34 years ago. The uncle has been distraught, and now they found a benign tumor at the base of his skull that is causing a blood vessel to be pinched. This is causing vision issues for him. They have to wait until next month to see if it is operable. 7/20 – barbarausa asked for prayers for her son. He has gone off the deep end again, and just got kicked out of rehab, after being kicked out of his last group home. He is calling her, asking her to come get him, and she cannot. She can’t take care of him, or keep him on his psych meds, or keep him in treatment, or live with the psychotic breaks. 7/21 – Nan in AZ asked for prayers for her doctors and her mom. Nan is in the hospital with possible cardiac issues. Nan’s dad passed away last month, so they are still dealing with that loss. 7/22 – Sponge’s First Lady is home and resting comfortably. The surgery went well and the doctor was pleased. They did remove some lymph nodes that looked suspect, but did not have to remove much mass around the cancer. They will have the results of the tests on the nodes next week. Thank you for the continued prayers as she has only just begun this whole thing.
8/8 Update – One of the lymph nodes had cancer cells in it. She’ll start chemo in a couple of weeks, but for now it will be once a week for 12 weeks, then different meds once every 2 weeks for 4 weeks, then radiation for 5 weeks. They send thanks to all for your support. 7/24 – Pooky’sGirl requested prayers for her SiL, who lost her mother to an MS-related aneurysm a few months ago, just found out that her father has pancreatic cancer. 8/3 – Black Orchid asked for prayers for her usual August blues, from taking the kids back to school/college. They love their schools and are excited to go back, but it can be sad. 8/3 – Our Country is Screwed asked for prayers for his 27 year old daughter. She is having breast cancer surgery in a week. The Mrs. and he will be heading out to be with her. 8/5 – bonhomme posted that her mother-in-law fell and shattered her femur. Her surgery went well, but it’s going to be a long recovery. 8/6 - LMD Outer Banker requested prayers for a son who is undergoing an experimental treatment for chronic Lyme disease, which he has been battling for 25 years. He will be in a clinic abroad for about a month. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: the Beeman at August 10, 2024 08:49 AM (imlIE)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 08:50 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 10, 2024 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: the Beeman at August 10, 2024 08:51 AM (imlIE)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 10, 2024 08:51 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)
Prayers up for those that know they need them but
have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking for help in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!
Prayers up even for all "our" politicians who have apparently decided that the 10% money and power are far more desirable than honor or integrity, may they see the error of their ways and repent!
And lastly, prayers up for former (and hopefully future) President Trump, keep him safe from harm and may the many forces of evil arrayed against him be made ineffective and come to naught!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at August 10, 2024 08:52 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 10, 2024 08:52 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 08:52 AM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob, now with more hate. at August 10, 2024 08:53 AM (0JyMa)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 10, 2024 08:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 08:53 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 10, 2024 08:54 AM (8AONa)
Grammie! What kind of cheese btw?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob, now with more hate. at August 10, 2024 08:54 AM (0JyMa)
214 Debate over Latin is similar to debate over Hebrew prayer. Does vernacular make prayer more accessible? Less meaningful? More observant? Do I have to learn a whole new language in order to pray?
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 08:50 AM (JvZF+)
I have the same questions. I expect God hears my awkward, inarticulate hillbilly prayers same as if I said them in Latin.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 08:55 AM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 08:55 AM (RKVpM)
good morning
Posted by: dantesed at August 10, 2024 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 08:57 AM (Ka3bZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 08:57 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2024 08:58 AM (4Med0)
The God that created all of the languages (ref Babel), doesn't need a decoder, I do wonder how many languages Mary and the venerated saints had to learn.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 10, 2024 08:58 AM (hgW0U)
Posted by: dantesed at August 10, 2024 08:59 AM (Oy/m2)
The story of his martyrdom
In AD 258, Emperor Valerian issued an edict: all bishops, priests and deacons must be put to death. Saint Lawrence, other deacons, and Pope Sixtus II were apprehended. The Pope was killed on 6 August. At first, the emperor offered to spare Lawrence’s life, in exchange for his handing over of “the treasures of the Church.”
Lawrence is said to have presented the emperor with the sick, the needy, and the marginalized. These, he said, are the treasures of the Church.
Four days later, on August 10, Saint Lawrence would be martyred.
How based is that!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 08:59 AM (Ka3bZ)
Posted by: dantesed at August 10, 2024 08:59 AM (Oy/m2)
He really is.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 08:59 AM (SfhV1)
May the Lord heal the sick fully and send consolation for all who suffer along with their ill loved ones.
My thanks for all who continue to pray for my and your kind words and encouragement.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 09:00 AM (x0n13)
223 “Depressing Trump supporters is exactly what they are trying to do. Make it seem that Kamala is super popular and demoralize Trump supporters. It's part of the election rigging process.
ODon't fall for it. Trump is winning and I expect his lead will only grow once the ad wars start, the debates happen and we hit Labor Day when people start getting serious about the election.”
X is worth watching because it and Rumble are the only true Free Speech platforms left (which is why Maduro and the UK government hate them.). The Tim Walz choice has been blowing up more and more each day there - absolute scorn poured on Walz from every direction. To say this is a “popular” ticket is madness.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 09:01 AM (S6gqv)
Definitely still missing JT and praying for him, along with all the Horde and our loved ones who are sick, hurting, job hunting, estranged from family, or otherwise in a difficult season.
grammie, so happy that Rev is home! Prayers continue for both of you.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:01 AM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:01 AM (OX9vb)
Special prayers today for Skip, JT, JJ, First Lady, {jewells}, rev, and AOP for his recovery, and haven't seen Vic in weeks.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:01 AM (JvZF+)
26Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Posted by: Romans 8:26, NASB at August 10, 2024 09:02 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:02 AM (Ka3bZ)
Posted by: Romans 8:26
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I was trying to remember that verse and about to go look it up! thank you!
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:03 AM (iZbyp)
214 Debate over Latin is similar to debate over Hebrew prayer. Does vernacular make prayer more accessible? Less meaningful? More observant? Do I have to learn a whole new language in order to pray?
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 08:50 AM (JvZF+)
I have the same questions. I expect God hears my awkward, inarticulate hillbilly prayers same as if I said them in Latin.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 08:55 AM (OX9vb)
I think it is a reaction to counter-act the Modernist theology that infected the Catholic Church in the 1960s and 1970s. Jesus Christ is more than a non-judgmental hippy.
My home parish still a bunch of grey-hairs that think tambourines and bongo drums are 'hte awesome." We have a new crop of priests that are slowly weening them away from that irreverent behavior.
I imagine that people that want a more orthodox Jewish worship service are going something similar.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:03 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:01 AM (OX9vb)
I'm not sure how joyful I am. I never realized that "for better or worse" included helping to change a colostomy bag. :-)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:04 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 10, 2024 09:05 AM (fiUiH)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:07 AM (SfhV1)
"Disclaimer: Nothing exploded so far, which is definitely a good sign."
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:07 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Of course! He knows our hearts better than we do.
But for me, praying in Latin when I can puts me in a different state of mind. I guess knowing that I am saying the same words that have been said for centuries, by an unbroken line of believers, makes me feel like I am participating in an endless prayer chain.
I guess it feels like being part of history in a way?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:07 AM (Ka3bZ)
Thanks be to God he is home. Not the best way to lose weight.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:08 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: Alzheimer's Prevention at August 10, 2024 09:08 AM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 08:55 AM (OX9vb)
Same here. I don't think God gives a shit about language.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 09:08 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:04 AM (SfhV1)
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b"h that he is home. I hope the hospital arranged to have a nurse come to the house to check on the bag and the stoma? Getting some help with it is a good idea.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:09 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024
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"Kava, Kava!"
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Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 09:09 AM (LHPAg)
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Posted by: Ciampino - spaced out? #07 at August 10, 2024 09:09 AM (qfLjt)
I imagine that people that want a more orthodox Jewish worship service are going something similar.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:03 AM (pJWtt)
I guess nuns pickin' and grinnin' is right out.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2024 09:10 AM (Aqu9a)
It's hard enough getting people to wear pants for the Book Thread, now this?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2024 09:10 AM (elO/o)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:04 AM (SfhV1)
I get it. Which is why I pray for you to have joy in your heart. (heart emoji here)
I pray for this for myself, when supporting my husband through his many health issues. It's easy to get disgusted and irritated with him, so I need reminders that it's not fun for him, either.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:10 AM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 10, 2024 09:05 AM (fiUiH)
That mindset was a topic within Father Nathan Cromly's homily at the "Fatima USA" Mass yesterday. Not having God in your life leaves you adrift, and vulnerable to the Evil One. So many people are now pagans and they are not happy.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:11 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:11 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 09:01 AM (S6gqv)
I would also add Substack, for longer-form articles...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 10, 2024 09:11 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Megthered at August 10, 2024 09:11 AM (rwiQP)
"Disclaimer: Nothing exploded so far, which is definitely a good sign."
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:07 AM (/y8xj)
Try try again!
Posted by: Gomez Addams at August 10, 2024 09:11 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 10, 2024 09:12 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:13 AM (JvZF+)
I finished the two week course of nuke it from orbit antibiotics a week ago Thursday last. Felt mostly okay until Wednesday evening, when I got a tickle in the back of my throat which turned into a full blown post nasal drip of Noah's Flood proportions yesterday and last night with a 100° fever thrown in just in case I wasn't appreciating it enough. Had my appointment with the ENT specialist's vomit comit vestibular tube testing chair yesterday and will have an MRI next Friday. Won't know anything about the outcome until the 22nd.
Tinnitus is still turned up to 11, and the vertigo is dialed back somewhat so there's that I guess.
I'll keep you posted if I learn anything sooner.
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 10, 2024 09:13 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at August 10, 2024 09:14 AM (iF0sF)
I imagine that people that want a more orthodox Jewish worship service are going something similar.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:03 AM (pJWtt)
I guess nuns pickin' and grinnin' is right out.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2024 09:10 AM (Aqu9a)
I have a vague memory of a "Guitar Mass" featuring a religious sister playing the guitar. The Old Man had just come back from Vietnam after killing Commies severely wounded. He said "fvkc that" and didn't go back.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:11 AM (SfhV1)
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Check, check and check!
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:14 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
Look for:
Sister ROSETTA THARPE - Didn't It Rain.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 09:15 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:07 AM (Ka3bZ)
That makes sense to me. When I go to a Catholic mass, I get that feeling. I grew up country Methodist, and the closest feeling I get to that is in familiar hymns.
Mostly, though, I don't go to church anywhere. This here prayer thread is the closest I get.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:16 AM (OX9vb)
Not the Singing Nun with "Dominique" ?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 09:16 AM (x0n13)
Congrats. And I know where you're coming from.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 09:18 AM (x0n13)
Exorcists have said that the demons really, really hate it when they pray the Ave Maria in Latin. She shows up and kicks ass.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 09:18 AM (+H2BX)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:04 AM (SfhV1)
I get it. Which is why I pray for you to have joy in your heart. (heart emoji here)
I pray for this for myself, when supporting my husband through his many health issues. It's easy to get disgusted and irritated with him, so I need reminders that it's not fun for him, either.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:10 AM (OX9vb)
Suffering is an opportunity for us to either give or receive unconditional love. It's not fun but Jesus Christ, as the Word Made Flesh, experienced suffering too.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:18 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at August 10, 2024 09:14 AM (iF0sF)
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Happy Anniversary wow 44
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:18 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 10, 2024 09:19 AM (fiUiH)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 10, 2024 09:19 AM (Cp1vk)
Posted by: Eromero
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When I lived out West, I went to a Reformed Presbyterian church for awhile. Excellent church and pastor, but this denom is unaccompanied psalms only in worship. I found it rather odd to sing a psalm about praising God with the harp and lyre in that context.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:19 AM (iZbyp)
Not the Singing Nun with "Dominique" ?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 09:16 AM (x0n13)
LOL. No.
Sadly, the "Singing Nun" was a Dominican Sister that later lost her faith and eventually committed suicide.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (Ka3bZ)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:03 AM (pJWtt)
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Our parish has two worship sites due to a consolidation that took place about a decade ago. Despite the union (and the fact that the same priests preside at each location) the "student parish" is still infested with hippies who like bongos and guitars in their worship and scandalously applaud at the end of each Mass.
The "townie parish" has a school and is much more formal in its presentation of the Mass. No one claps.
I normally go to the "townie parish," but due to the current household arrangement, went to the other site for the early Mass, which used to be subdued. It was awful. The Communion Hymn was up-tempo Christian rock, and I'm trying to meditate after receiving Our Lord but they are just belting it out, banging the bongos. I shall have to speak to the priests because this is intolerable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (llXky)
Thank you Farmer Bob for those beautiful words of encouragement.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:21 AM (llXky)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 09:21 AM (dg+HA)
Mr. Phoenix is a very sick boy. His prognosis is not good at all.
He stopped eating and was vomiting. We took him to the vet and they determined that it was necessary to open him up and see if there was anything there.
What was determined was that he had pythiosis, which is caused by a fungus-like microorganism that causes the growth of granulation tissue and had also invaded his lymph nodes. It was a large growth and blocked his intestine. It was too large for a resection to be done.
We were at the point of telling the vet to let him go while he was under, but we decided to take a chance that medication would help shrink the growth enough for him to undergo a resection to remove it. His odds are very long, though.
Say a prayer or give a thought to our handsome boy. He seemed better this morning, but every day is a day of grace.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:21 AM (1Nxff)
I'm seeing on X a lot of posts mocking AWalz about horse semen, but I have no idea about the origin. Can anybody help me out?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 10, 2024 09:19 AM (Cp1vk)
Satire. Probably from a former campaign against him. I checked the newspaper it was allegedly printed in and there is no record.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 09:22 AM (RKVpM)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:22 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:22 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:07 AM (Ka3bZ)
That makes sense to me. When I go to a Catholic mass, I get that feeling. I grew up country Methodist, and the closest feeling I get to that is in familiar hymns.
Mostly, though, I don't go to church anywhere. This here prayer thread is the closest I get.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:16 AM (OX9vb
Standards. Order of Service. Vmom is correct.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 09:23 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ciampino - spaced out? #08 at August 10, 2024 09:23 AM (qfLjt)
Now I'm trying to learn Psalm 121 as well, but my memorizing skills seem to have gone out the window with age. The words keep getting all scrambled (KJV, because poetry). I wonder if this is one reason for chanting, that it aids in memorizing.
Posted by: skywch at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM (uqhmb)
JAIH - just another internet hoax, same as the Vance couch f*cking thing.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 09:21 AM (dg+HA)
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baruch hashem
Means "Bless the Name" or Praise the Lord
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Poor boy. Will pray for the pup and y'all.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM (iZbyp)
Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer
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Happy Anniversary wow 44
Posted by: San Franspycho
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Yes! Happy Anniversary!
Smash & I are looking forward to 41 in October. I've already got a nice cabin in the woods on Smith Lake, AL picked out for us.
https://www.smithlakecave.com / home
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 10, 2024 09:25 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2024 09:25 AM (4Med0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 09:25 AM (oqWMC)
But on the bright side, the sun is shining and we will have a functional purple door today!
Prayers for all and have a great weekend!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 10, 2024 09:26 AM (4XwPj)
May the Lord deliver her from the snares of evil.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:26 AM (Ka3bZ)
A church organ is beautiful.
Such a powerful instrument.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2024 09:25 AM (4Med0)
Naah, guitars are more modern and will help bring young people in. Right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:26 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: skywch at August 10, 2024 09:26 AM (uqhmb)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (llXky)
That happened last year at my parish too. I threw a $h!t Fit at the Worship Commission meeting. Thankfully, that hasn't happened again. Our priests are making changes (not fast enough for me). Sadly many of the grey-hairs are perplexed and don't grasp why things they have been doing for decades were misguided.
I'm now Chairman of the Worship Committee and am going to set three goals. 1) How do we make Communion more reverent? 2) How do we encourage religious vocations? 3) How do we make the environment within the church building more reverent?
I know the answers but have to get buy-in. I don't have any power; I'm just another member of the laity.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:27 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty, who can barely speak American at August 10, 2024 09:27 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (SfhV1)
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It is remarkable how much can change when you trust in God and just keep going.
I love hearing about this sort of thing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:29 AM (llXky)
Pets will get over diy projects
Speaking from experience
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 10, 2024 09:30 AM (e1RnI)
But on the bright side, the sun is shining and we will have a functional purple door today!
Prayers for all and have a great weekend!
Posted by: Madamemayhem
Couldn't you have just painted the existing door?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 10, 2024 09:31 AM (O5Jit)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2024 09:31 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty, asking an honest question at August 10, 2024 09:31 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)
ברוך השם
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 09:32 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:33 AM (Ka3bZ)
Last Saturday was just a horrible day. My nephew, 45yo, camping in the Adirondacks with his 5yo daughter, his wife, and her family, woke up feeling ill, went out to the porch to sleep it off, and died.
Same phone call, my daughter tells me she has lost her (early) second pregnancy.
A boatload of prayers would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2024 09:33 AM (4780s)
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 09:22 AM (RKVpM)
It seems to be a well done AI deepfake, I’ve even shared it a few times to piss off leftists, generally those who have been spreading their own deepfakes about Vance and Trump.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 09:33 AM (S6gqv)
Is that Hebrew?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty, who can barely speak American at August 10, 2024 09:27 AM (dg+HA)
"Blessed be His Name" if I remember correctly.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 09:34 AM (x0n13)
Roman’s 3:22
May the peace and love of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ be with you all this day and always.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 10, 2024 09:34 AM (3UP5d)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:34 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:26 AM (1Nxff)
Tambourines - don’t forget the tambourines!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:20 AM (pJWtt)
I understand the sister's pain. I wanted to shoot myself every time I heard that stupid ditty on the radio.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (g8Ew8)
Just FYI.
Posted by: JTB at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (zudum)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty, asking an honest question at August 10, 2024 09:31 AM (dg+HA)
You know reverence when you experience it. Which is more reverent: a choir singing a polyphonic hymn in Latin, or somebody over-enthusiastically pounding on bongo drums?
Mass is supposed to be about worshiping God, not praising ourselves.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: From about That Time
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Sending prayers and hugs.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (iZbyp)
More reverent than what? Is there any sort of objective measure of reverence?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty, asking an honest question at August 10, 2024 09:31 AM (dg+HA)
We can always start with not having conversations before, during or after Mass in the sanctuary. Or by showing up on time.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:36 AM (1Nxff)
You probably don't want to hear my answer to that.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:36 AM (SfhV1)
I don't recall the circumstances, but I to recall seeing and hearing that more than once.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2024 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)
Go Musk !
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2024 09:37 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 10, 2024 09:37 AM (fiUiH)
😎
Gershwin - rhapsodically classical-ish.
G'morn, y'all. Cool weather for an August Oklahoma morning. Not complainin'!
Posted by: mindful webworker - Daisy dog likes cooler at August 10, 2024 09:38 AM (7MP2B)
I took Latin in HS
It sucked then
It sucks now
But to make the RCs happy maybe bongo Latin chats
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 10, 2024 09:38 AM (e1RnI)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:38 AM (Ka3bZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty, asking an honest question at August 10, 2024 09:31 AM (dg+HA)
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Well, if you're making such a racket that people who want to say prayers while contemplating the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, then that is a reverence propblem.
One of the reasons I became Catholic is the solemnity of the Mass, which provokes contemplation and yes, reverence.
Overall, the parish is moving away from the 1970s look, with abstract images being replaced by icons, etc., but the student parish is where the hippies are making their last stand.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:39 AM (llXky)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 10, 2024 09:40 AM (e1RnI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:40 AM (1Nxff)
I didn't grow up Methodist but I am one now and I love the old hymns.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:40 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 09:41 AM (+H2BX)
You can usually get antiquarians of several stripes going on what color purple was, before German chemists got their hands on it.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 10, 2024 09:41 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 10, 2024 09:41 AM (e1RnI)
You probably don't want to hear my answer to that.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:36 AM (SfhV1)
I believe you are Lutheran, correct? I suspect Martin Luther would not have liked bongo drums.
I understand that sensibilities change. A gauge is whether those changes have borne good fruit. In the Catholic Church, bongo drums and Hippy Guitar Masses have not borne good fruit. By any objective standard it was an experiment that has failed.
Church attendance down, vocations down, an increasingly pagan society. The parishes that are re-embracing Sacred Traditions are growing; the parishes that are persisting in the same tired Folk Masses are dying.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:41 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2024 09:33 AM (4780s)
Oh. Lord have mercy on your family.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:42 AM (OX9vb)
Posted by: JTB at August 10, 2024 09:42 AM (zudum)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (pJWtt)
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It is also not supposed to be a form of entertainment. It is a sacred mystery, not performance art.
Don't get me wrong - there's a time and place for Christian rock, some of which is quite good these days. One of my car radio pre-sets is a Free Methodist-sponsored station.
But there's a time and place for everything.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:42 AM (llXky)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 09:42 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 09:43 AM (/7KEl)
A further request for my HS buddy Fred who passed away yesterday after suffering from ALS for many years. I used to tell him he was dead but too dumb to lay down. He always thought that was funny.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 09:43 AM (WXNFJ)
What a lot of tragedy coming all at once. Will pray!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:43 AM (dTTBf)
Rev is Lutheran, bless his heart. I'm evangelical to the core, and pretty much like the worship described in Psalm 47.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:44 AM (SfhV1)
For any of you who use Spotify, here is a link to my "Sunday" playlist: https://tinyurl.com/2wrz8r7c
It's an eclectic mix of songs that speak to me spiritually. I think a couple of them were recommended by some of you here. Despite the name, I actually find myself playing it during the week a fair bit....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2024 09:44 AM (kGxRd)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Daisy dog likes cooler at August 10, 2024 09:38 AM (7MP2B)
Yup. It's almost chilly. Rain coming soon from the west. A good lazy day in store.
(Supposed to be back up to near 100 Monday.)
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 09:44 AM (g8Ew8)
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Heh. Copy. Paste.
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Posted by: mindful webworker - running with safety scissors at August 10, 2024 09:44 AM (7MP2B)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Mine look like a child's scrawl on a piece of shopping bag paper. But He accepts them - I imagine our Good Lord responds by saying "I know".
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 09:45 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (pJWtt)
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It is also not supposed to be a form of entertainment. It is a sacred mystery, not performance art.
Don't get me wrong - there's a time and place for Christian rock, some of which is quite good these days. One of my car radio pre-sets is a Free Methodist-sponsored station.
But there's a time and place for everything.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:42 AM (llXky)
That's why there is a growing desire among the young priests to celebrate Mass ad orientum. They're not there to perform a circus act for the entertainment of the congregation.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:45 AM (pJWtt)
Mass is supposed to be about worshiping God, not praising ourselves.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:35 AM (pJWtt)
God loves you as a father. But you've been a big disappointment to Him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:45 AM (1Nxff)
You probably don't want to hear my answer to that.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:36 AM (SfhV1)
I think both of these can be reverent. That's why there are different kinds of churches. I would absolutely not attend a more modern church with the modern Christian pop-type music, like you find in the mega-churches. But this reaches a lot of people.
I've been to black churches with my ex-husband, where people jump and shout. Definitely a form of reverence.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:46 AM (OX9vb)
I think God is pleased with his offering.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 09:46 AM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 10, 2024 09:47 AM (zudum)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Those folks are certainly into it with the spirit moving them.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 09:47 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 09:48 AM (SfhV1)
I miss the regular Latin Mass for that reason alone. For me, there is great solemnity in that mass, it forces you to concentrate and brings about a greater spiritual awakening.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 10, 2024 09:48 AM (3UP5d)
If you have a Scheel's near you, keep checking back since they seem to be getting some product flow. One week they had LRP and SPP, the next they had SRP and LPP. Also a rotating selection of powers.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:49 AM (/y8xj)
Thanks, MKC. Just followed you on Spotify so I can listen to this later when I'm in a quiet place.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2024 09:50 AM (OX9vb)
We have Holy Communion and then one hymn, so they'd be leaving two minutes early.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:50 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: From about That Time at Au
Oh no.
Prayers for all of you.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 09:50 AM (Ka3bZ)
https://www.smithlakecave.com / home
Posted by: BifBewalski
Very nice, congrats! I book me a lot of cabins, too.
Posted by: Nathan Wade Esq. at August 10, 2024 09:50 AM (CV8a5)
We are out in the middle of nowhere, up in the hills 12 miles from the county seat (pop 12,000).
I'm surprised they even found little podunk us.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 09:51 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:51 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 09:52 AM (SL6aL)
Very austere, but very meaningful.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:52 AM (llXky)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 10, 2024 09:48 AM (3UP5d)
It kind of misses the point of God wanting us to be happy, joyous, and free though. There's got to be a middle ground somewhere.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:50 AM (dTTBf)
Leave two minutes early, save 20 minutes of frustration. Also, blueberry pancakes are *most* delicious.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 09:54 AM (SL6aL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2024 09:54 AM (Sgq8y)
Now I'm trying to learn Psalm 121 as well, but my memorizing skills seem to have gone out the window with age. The words keep getting all scrambled (KJV, because poetry). I wonder if this is one reason for chanting, that it aids in memorizing.
Posted by: skywch at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM (uqhmb)
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I recently started doing this too - so encouraging to hear that it's not just me. I default to the Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary. Based on AHL's recent reminders here, I now sometimes add the Glory Be. I've recently been reading the book of Psalms, but suffer the same problem with memorizing. I pray that our minds will learn to lie still in His peace...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2024 09:54 AM (kGxRd)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2024 09:55 AM (TTO0Z)
Very austere, but very meaningful.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
It's moving to see old pictures from WWII of a priest saying Mass in the rubble of a church or from the back of a deuce and a half.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:55 AM (1Nxff)
A robot punctured a can of bear spray. Now 24 Amazon workers are hospitalized.
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The robot was heard to comment, "Laugha while you can, monkey boys!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 09:55 AM (L/fGl)
I am not sure God gets wrapped around the axel about how we worship. I think he is more concerned with the faithfulness in our worship.
Except snake handling I think he may wonder there!
Kidding, kind of. I may have a very simplistic view, but I have been to many a black Church service and come out feeling moved, excited, refreshed and my heart and soul filled. I have been to modern churches, and it too can move you, especially when you see many others in the congregation with their honest love and joy on their faces. But a Latin Catholic Christmas Mass? Enough to bring you to tears.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 09:55 AM (p4NUW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM (hoCmQ)
"Roll Tide."
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 09:56 AM (SL6aL)
Very austere, but very meaningful.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
My Dad attended Mass in Korea during a lull in the Vegas-Carson Outpost fighting. He and the Priest pushed up a big ammo box for use as an altar. The irony of it all struck him and his face showed it. Apparently even SGT ROSENTHAL attended and performed most of the rituals.
The Priest noticed and said, "Our Lord works in mysterious ways."
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 09:56 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 09:56 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 10, 2024 09:45 AM (pJWtt)
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Overall, our parish is moving to greater orthodoxy and solemnity at the Mass. We're being exhorted to receive the Host on the tongue rather than the hand, and kneelers are now in place to facilitate this. A neighboring parish is being remodeled with a Communion rail and my sense is that when Francis passes, the TLM is going to take off.
But the Boomers do like their guitars and bongos.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 09:56 AM (llXky)
I have my preferences for worship style but it's not something I quibble over, if the doctrine is sound.
I visited a mainline Protestant church in the Midwest once. They had a wonderful pipe organ, expertly played, and used familiar traditional hymn tunes. However, the lyrics had been updated for a woke audience. On top of that, it was Gay Pride Sunday.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 09:56 AM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 10, 2024 09:41 AM (zdLoL)
There were a number of purples, but the Biblical one was probably the dye made from the Murex snail, the royal or tyrian purple, that had been cultivated as a dyestuff by the Minoans and later the Phoenicians. There are some other natural purple dyes, but that one was the high status one.
It was more of a reddish purple.
There was also red in cochineal, and madder but those are reddish orangeish colors.
I think they found a fragment of wool cloth in Israel from the early Iron age that was dyed with cochineal
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2024 09:57 AM (D7oie)
So far I've written, "Thank you." Too succinct?
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM (hoCmQ)
"Thank you. I couldn't have done this without my wife." Hits all the important points.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 09:57 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 10, 2024 09:57 AM (3UP5d)
Congratulations! I think you could probably add a few lines about what the award means to you and whatever thing you were involved that gives you meaning and joy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 09:57 AM (dTTBf)
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The Pancake House can't be a part of Sunday tradition? It's a gathering place for friends and family to enjoy God's bounty.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 09:58 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM
"Thank you. Thank you very much." worked for me.
Posted by: Elvis (and this is not coming from inside the building) at August 10, 2024 09:58 AM (TTO0Z)
Posted by: Mick at August 10, 2024 09:59 AM (KOTG6)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 09:55 AM (L/fGl)
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Are we sure it didn't say, "Kill all humans!"?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2024 09:59 AM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:59 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: grammie winger
Good to read. Surgery can sure take a lot out of you… figuratively and literally. I have only lately reached my weight from back before the original surgery last Oct. God bless you both.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Lord bring healing at August 10, 2024 09:59 AM (7MP2B)
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Will give it a listen, thanks, Matthew Kant C
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 10:00 AM (Ka3bZ)
And I have even thrown in a few Hail Marys myself, although Methodist!
Posted by: skywch at August 10, 2024 10:00 AM (uqhmb)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 10:00 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 10, 2024 09:41 AM (zdLoL)
Porphyry would be the most documented, it being the purplish granite prized by the Romans for exclusively Imperial buildings and residences. The famous phrase “to the purple born” was literally “to the Porphyry born.” It was an extremely rare and expensive building stone, which is why they reserved it for themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 10:00 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM (hoCmQ)
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"Thank you. 'bout friggin time!" Would be my recommendation.
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2024 10:01 AM (uGpeQ)
The Pancake House is fine. At one church which I served there were a number of people who went out to the diner after service. I don't really understand people who get their "fill up" and leave before the service is concluded.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:01 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: Stateless at August 10, 2024 10:01 AM (jvJvP)
When my husband was going through his trials in his last years, a lot of things became "new normal". Some were frightening when they were new, but then one day they were normal.
"Normal" isn't qualitative, but quantitative. I learned a lot.
But is is hard, and sometimes very lonely.
All the best to you both, strength, healing, courage. Love.
And humor.
Posted by: barbarausa at August 10, 2024 10:01 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: skywch
The 'prayers to Mary' wars - they have begun.
(jk)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 10:02 AM (WXNFJ)
Morning all.
Grands spent the night last night. They're all cuddled up to Grandma right now. They're conked out and she's glowing.
It's pretty sweet.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 10:02 AM (xcIvR)
And humor.
Posted by: barbarausa at August 10, 2024 10:01 AM (enw9G)
Thank you so much.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2024 10:02 AM (SfhV1)
Hugs to all y'all.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 10, 2024 10:03 AM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2024 10:01
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LOL. That did cross my mind.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 10:04 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 10:06 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM“
“You like me! You really like me!” Ehhh, too Sally Fieldsish.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 10:06 AM (S6gqv)
Prayers, my friend. One day at a time.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2024 10:06 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Thorvald at August 10, 2024 10:06 AM (TTO0Z)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:07 AM (dTTBf)
It is a recreation of Calvary. The Priest, facing God the Father, prays for His mercy reminding Him of Christ's sacrifice.
How many Protestants joined the Catholic Church after the words "for thine is the..." to the Our Father?
Not very many.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 10:08 AM (+H2BX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:08 AM (dTTBf)
"I am impressed about the growth of this award. Formerly handed out to mediocrities and the well-connected, at last it's being given to a truly deserving person."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 10:09 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: skywch at August 10, 2024 10:09 AM (uqhmb)
Could use some inspiration. Wife and I are receiving an award from local Catholic High School. Kids think I should prepare an acceptance speech. So far I've written, "Thank you." Too succinct?
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 09:53 AM
I assume it is for some volunteer activity. A few words about how giving your time to others is rewarding in and of itself.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 10:09 AM (RKVpM)
Posted by: skywch
Exactly.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 10:09 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:10 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 10:09
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Nice. Works for me. Not sure it will fly with family committee.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 10:11 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at August 10, 2024 10:12 AM (BGW2E)
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 10:09
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Nah, it's more about writing them checks.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 10:12 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:14 AM (xc/u3)
Posted by: olddog in mo
"It started in a manger in Bethlehem . . ."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:14 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:15 AM (xc/u3)
Posted by: grammie winger
My gracious nurse of the past ten months, MiladyJo, sends her sympathies.
"Didn't know how 'worse' it could get."
Posted by: mindful webworker -blessed beyond belief at August 10, 2024 10:16 AM (7MP2B)
'Thank you for this award, which is in my hand. You have given it to me, and you are people who are here. Good night.'
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 10:16 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 10, 2024 10:16 AM (3UP5d)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2024 09:54 AM (kGxRd)
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I only added the Glory Be to my daily prayers a few months ago, and it just seems to take it to a new level. I can't explain it other than perhaps in all this chaos, saying that prayer is profoundly reassuring.
The other prayer I've (finally) memorized is St. Michael the Archangel. At my retirement ceremony from the Guard, I had the chaplain use that for the invocation.
That was actually a bit of a sticky issue. Originally, I was going to have the Wing Chaplain (a Missouri Lutheran) do the invocation and he had a nice Catholic prayer lined up for me. But he was sick, so the gig defaulted to a junior chaplain, who was a Baptist woman. After some negotiation, she agreed to say the St. Michael prayer albeit with a disclaimer lest people think she was a crypto-Papist.
In exchange, she had to begin an end the prayer by invoking the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit, and one of my treasured memories is my youngest kid - who has struggled with her faith - grinning at me as we crossed ourselves.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:16 AM (llXky)
"It started in a manger in Bethlehem . . ."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one
"Chapter 1: I was born..."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 10:16 AM (1Nxff)
Thx be to God. Thanks for letting us know.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:17 AM (dTTBf)
JD Vance with Tim Allen guest stars on 'Tool Time':
https://t.ly/_oEbI
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 08:55 AM (RKVpM)
Next time Trump proposes buying Greenland, JD can say, "I don't think so, Don."
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 10:17 AM (Sf2cq)
JAIH - just another internet hoax, same as the Vance couch f*cking thing.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM
"If they bring a couch to the fight, we bring a horse."
-- Barack Obama (New Living Translation)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 10, 2024 10:17 AM (BEAj6)
Posted by: olddog in mo
Just thank them for the reward and tell them how much you have enjoyed your work
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 10:18 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 10, 2024 10:18 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 10:18 AM (QqYj3)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 10:12 AM (hoCmQ)
That's very kind and generous of you. You could talk about what the RC school means to you and family and I'm sure that would be appreciated.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:18 AM (dTTBf)
An old joke form the Presbyterians: a man from another church tradition comes to church one morning. The Choir sings a lovely piece and he jumps up and shouts “Hallelujah!!!” The others stare so he sits back down. The preacher starts his sermon, and after a good point he jumps up and shouts “Amen!” The others stare at him again. He is moved a 3rd time, and shouts “Preach it brother, Preach it!” The Usher finally approaches him and says “sir, for the others here, you’re going to have to contain yourself.” The man replies “But I got the Spirit!!! I got the Spirit.”
The Usher replies sternly, “I don’t care what you got, you didn’t get it here!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 10:19 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 10:19 AM (IyPmt)
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I think the commies were trying to make hay with something having to do with an internet rumor about Vance, and so Vance's team discovered that AWALZ had to get horse semen pumped out of his stomach.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:19 AM (mIykB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:19 AM (xc/u3)
JD Vance with Tim Allen guest stars on 'Tool Time':
Tim Allen's a good conservative. I wonder if something like this is in the works.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (xc/u3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:01 AM (dTTBf)
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At the student parish I leave as soon as the Priest has processed away from the altar. That way I can be out of the sanctuary before the hippies start clapping.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (llXky)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 10:12 AM (hoCmQ)
Okay so it's not volunteering... Just say thank you then.. Or you are glad to be donating to such a worthy cause
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (IyPmt)
Iranian interference would be whacking non-democrats then whining about potential push back.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Ted Baxter at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:21 AM (mIykB)
JAIH - just another internet hoax, same as the Vance couch f*cking thing.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 09:24 AM
"If they bring a couch to the fight, we bring a horse."
-- Barack Obama (New Living Translation)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 10, 2024 10:17 AM (BEAj6)
Tim Walz did not drink horse semen.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 10:21 AM (QqYj3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:22 AM (xc/u3)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:23 AM (mIykB)
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 10:21 AM (QqYj3)
Well Walz referred to the Vance couch thing in his speech so he's fair game
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 10:23 AM (IyPmt)
O.k. I've attended RC services. I've never been to one where hoppies clap, and it seems to be a usual thing to leave after the priest says "This mass is ended" and he gives the benediction. I was speaking of people who get the Eucharist and immediately go up the aisle and leave.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:23 AM (dTTBf)
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Kevin Dalton
@TheKevinDalton
Tim Walz’s former military superior has his interview cut short by CNN for “technical difficulties” as soon as he starts explaining that Walz is full of it
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:24 AM (L/fGl)
https://is.gd/75xfdk
AC also notes: "suspect it is parody, but with Democrats you never know for sure."
But again: they bring a couch, we bring a horse, right? We didn't makes the rule. Don't hate the player -- hate the game. Right?
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 10, 2024 10:24 AM (BEAj6)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 10:24 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 10, 2024 10:24 AM (FBK+a)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at August 10, 2024 10:24 AM (MIaMI)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:19 AM (mIykB)
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I do wonder what the Dems were thinking regarding his stolen valor and shirking duty. Did they believe him and assume the truth was actually partisan lies?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:25 AM (llXky)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:25 AM (dTTBf)
@TheKevinDalton
Tim Walz’s former military superior has his interview cut short by CNN for “technical difficulties” as soon as he starts explaining that Walz is full of it
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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That was hilarious. The CNN interviewer said "I want to respect your time!!!" and ended the interview.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:25 AM (mIykB)
Full of cum and furry, Signifying nothing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:26 AM (xc/u3)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:26 AM (mIykB)
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at least you weren't eaten by a shark
cherish the memories
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 10:27 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Indeed.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 10, 2024 10:28 AM (BEAj6)
With Giant Puppets.
You can find it on YouTube.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 10:28 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:23 AM (dTTBf)
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There is an ongoing push to stop that sort of thing, and open discussions about how late one can be to Mass and still validly recieve Communion as well as how one must pause afterward to prayerfully reflect upon it.
The "clappers" as we call them are few in number and growing fewer each year. When I first came to the parish, just about everyone at the student location clapped. Now the young people are abstaining and it's a handful of holdouts. I think the leadership is just waiting them out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:29 AM (llXky)
@TheKevinDalton
Tim Walz’s former military superior has his interview cut short by CNN for “technical difficulties” as soon as he starts explaining that Walz is full of it
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
That was hilarious. The CNN interviewer said "I want to respect your time!!!" and ended the interview.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:25 AM (mIykB)
"When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 10, 2024 10:29 AM (PiwSw)
Tim Allen's a good conservative. I wonder if something like this is in the works.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM
That would be a funny endorsement picture, both of them dressed in 'Tool Time' garb. There is more then a little resemblance between 'Al' and JD.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 10:30 AM (RKVpM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:25 AM (dTTBf)
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The furries are down the street at the Anglican service.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:30 AM (llXky)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 10:20 AM (IyPmt)
Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and then dance around the podium. Get the audience involved. Make it exciting.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 10:30 AM (g8Ew8)
Full of cum and furry, Signifying nothing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 10:26 AM (xc/u3)
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Nice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:31 AM (llXky)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 10:25 AM (dTTBf)
But maybe the rabbits want to attend for, lo, is it not said that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow?
And maybe people would like to sit there stroking cute little bun-buns during services what with their long ears and little twitching noses.
Posted by: Robert, cats are going to have to get a separate service at August 10, 2024 10:32 AM (x4PXU)
I was seated very close to a older middle-aged couple, so I could easily hear them.
I was able to tune them out for the first half of the dinner, but then the woman began loudly denouncing Trump.
Did you know that Trump did nothing but lie at his hour-long press conference, and the media didn't call him on it? That's because the media wants Trump to win.
Did you know that Trump is a convicted felon? Did you know that Trump has done many awful things?
The poor guy kept saying "Yes, dear" to all this, and then the AWFL began denouncing him for failing to be sufficiently enthusiastic in his denunciations of Trump.
I had two takeaways: 1) I'm really glad I'm not that guy; and 2) I feel better about our prospects. The AWFL is clearly running scared.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 10, 2024 10:32 AM (DkV3J)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
**********
Slim Hymns - a slimerick
When you no longer fit your yoga pants
And you're looking for a weight losing dance
A Gregorian fitness gym
Will get you toned and trim
There's one near me, they named it Fat Chants!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 10, 2024 10:32 AM (uCfKO)
Holder: “Are you now, or have you ever been a Jew?”
Walz: “Oh no, I can’t stand those guys.”
Holder: “Oh OK, you’re good to go then.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 10:32 AM (S6gqv)
In exchange, she had to begin an end the prayer by invoking the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit, and one of my treasured memories is my youngest kid - who has struggled with her faith - grinning at me as we crossed ourselves.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:16 AM (llXky)
Yeesh. If she can't perform the prayers for other denominations straight-up,
she shouldn't be a chaplain, plain and simple.
She needs to get the boot, honestly, if she can't reign in her prejudices to do her job properly.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 10:33 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2024 10:35 AM (/yg7I)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2024 10:35 AM (kGxRd)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:26 AM (mIykB)
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The fact that Twitter/X is free and Rumble growing in reach means that the media environment is far less friendly to the Dems this cycle. A "Hunter's laptop" type October surprise is going to be far more difficult to block.
And let's face it, while impaired, the 2020 incarnation of Joe was still a reasonably competent retail politician. Smarmy, glib and hilariously dishonest, but somewhat effective on the rubber chicken circuit.
Harris is composed of pure cringe and based on youtube, the entire campaign can be won just by letting her talk. She can't even hit a slow-pitch softball question without beclowning herself.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:35 AM (llXky)
Ridiculous.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 10, 2024 10:36 AM (4Med0)
When people are sincere, that type service could be OK (but no snakes please). Thing is, people being so human, it can become a competition for who is loudest or most outrageous, more than "having the spirit" upon them, or whatever they call it.
"Let all things be done decently and in order"
One Corinthian 14:40
(as opposed to "Two Corinthians")
Posted by: illiniwek at August 10, 2024 10:36 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: pawn at August 10, 2024 10:37 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 10:37 AM (/7KEl)
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He wants to get laid and will encourage / agree to her stupidity in pursuit of that.
It's the story of our collapse.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:37 AM (mIykB)
@RichardDawkins
My entire @facebook account has been deleted, seemingly (no reason given) because I tweeted that genetically male boxers such as Imane Khalif (XY undisputed) should not fight women in Olympics. Of course my opinion is open to civilised argument. But outright censorship?
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I hate to agree with "Dick" Dawkins but I'm unaware of any civilized argument to the contrary.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:37 AM (L/fGl)
Ehhh misleading study I would think, people who drink coffee tend to actually like.. do stuff. Doing stuff staves off senility.
Posted by: somedood at August 10, 2024 10:38 AM (K15C4)
Next time Trump proposes buying Greenland, JD can say, "I don't think so, Don."
With 'Climate Change' Greenland is probably going to become Green Land again. It's a mystery. Probably the Vikings and their ICE powered sailing ships.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 10:38 AM (RKVpM)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2024 10:39 AM (ANuwa)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2024 10:39 AM (/yg7I)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 10:41 AM (fwDg9)
https://tinyurl.com/bdd7vryk
I invite him, with my compliments, to eat some spotted dick.
Now, send some of your unarmed bobbies around to arrest me, you blustering twit.
Posted by: Paco at August 10, 2024 10:43 AM (njExo)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Sure, but that's nowhere as strenuous as ladies' breakdancing. (this is not a joke, and it's as terrible as it sounds)
The best observation I've seen:
One makes the olympics, one is in the aisle at K-Mart
https://tinyurl.com/29kjm7pu
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:43 AM (mIykB)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)
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At my parish, at the end of Mass on Christmas day, there is usually applause for the musicians. During the year we only have a pianist, but on Christmas, members of the Spokane Symphony come to play.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 10, 2024 10:44 AM (16NmB)
FREEBIRD!
Posted by: Don Black
A music history lesson for those born yesterday.
https://is.gd/HMvP4d
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:44 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2024 10:35
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Heh. I like it.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2024 10:44 AM (hoCmQ)
Shades of Homer Simpson's outstanding achievements in the field of excellence award.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 10, 2024 10:47 AM (8AONa)
I get scared for my British in-laws every time we Skype.
That country is so screwed and I got family right in the middle of it.
Can't convince them to sell eveerything and go to Mexico to make a run across the border and become Refugees.
If anybody deserves that status it's white subjects if the crown.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (4XwPj)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:43 AM (mIykB)
I saw that breakdancing was an Olympic “sport” this time…. So ridiculous. No comparison with the superbly fit athletes in track and field, wrestling and even swimming. I don’t even think golf and tennis should be part of the Olympics. I’ve run 17 marathons myself so I know how hard it is…. And it takes me almost twice as long as the top runners. If I slip in under 4 hours I’m ecstatic…. I’m no Paul Ryan
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (ANuwa)
Newsom Says He Will Block Funding to Local Governments That Don’t Clear Homeless Camps
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:50 AM (L/fGl)
She also recorded a song I find to be beautiful and inspirational: "Avec Toi" or With You in English. It speaks of traveling with God to reach others for His kingdom.
I plan to start a new chapter next year and spend some number of years as a nomad. I'll be by myself, but I won't be alone.
I can't find a recording of her version in English, but here are the closing lyrics:
With You I will partner till the end of life
By the roads of the entire world
With You I want to leave all of life
On the roads of Eternity
At the threshold of Heaven
You wait for my life
In Your hands, oh my God
I lift my spirit up
With You I want to leave all of life
On the roads of Eternity
https://youtu.be/M70SHTk_3YA
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 10:50 AM (dg+HA)
she shouldn't be a chaplain, plain and simple.
She needs to get the boot, honestly, if she can't reign in her prejudices to do her job properly.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 10:33 AM (eDfFs)
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She's okay. I chatted with her quite a bit about theology. With the Wing Chaplain sidelined, it was a question of whether I was going to have an invocation at all, because (as she well knew), I don't consider her ministry valid.
So we did a compromise - she could lead the invocation, but also wanted the group to know that the prayer she was about to say was in fact aligned with Protestant sensibilities. In return, she had to go Full Catholic. It was great. I've told my parish priests about it and they love it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:50 AM (llXky)
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 10:51 AM (xcIvR)
Newsom Says He Will Block Funding to Local Governments That Don’t Clear Homeless Camps
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one
Starting with the bums in the gubernatorial mansion and their legislature?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2024 10:51 AM (VNX3d)
That country is so screwed and I got family right in the middle of it.
This has been just an unbelievable example of "gradually, then suddenly".
You are now much more likely to be prosecuted for your political views in Britain than in Russia.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 10, 2024 10:51 AM (DkV3J)
Ehhh misleading study I would think, people who drink coffee tend to actually like.. do stuff. Doing stuff staves off senility.
Posted by: somedood
It is probably the making of it, at least in my house, it can be quite the ceremony, with standard, expresso, Turkish, etc.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 10, 2024 10:52 AM (UgTrv)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 10:52 AM (mIykB)
And Tommy Robinson, the leading dissident, is now in exile in Cyprus.
He doesn't dare go back home to Britain.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 10, 2024 10:52 AM (DkV3J)
I just want bang on the drums all day…
Posted by: Smelly boomer hippie at August 10, 2024 10:54 AM (4Med0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2024 10:54 AM (ANuwa)
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 10, 2024 10:44 AM (16NmB)
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Yes, it is common for the priests to call attention to musicians at Christmas and applaud them, which is fine.
The clappers are different, and at one point years ago, they actually applauded during the service after a rousing hymn. That got shut down quick.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:54 AM (llXky)
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I'm going to be proactive and post "It’s good that he stabbed all those little white girls."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:54 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 10:55 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Kathy at August 10, 2024 10:56 AM (p69D5)
LOL. Last time I checked, you can show up just as it is ending and be the last in line.
My mom, (a good Methodist girl that married my Catholic Dad) said that you have be there in time for the collection.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 10:56 AM (+H2BX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 10:58 AM (+H2BX)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 10:58 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Robert, cats are going to have to get a separate service at August 10, 2024 10:32 AM (x4PXU)
and the Glock and the switchblade. And the bootleg Baywatch tapes.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2024 10:58 AM (D7oie)
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We've got a self righteous sanctimonious idiot surfeit?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Southern Baptists at August 10, 2024 10:58 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 10:59 AM (+H2BX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2024 10:59 AM (llXky)
Posted by: javems at August 10, 2024 10:59 AM (8I4hW)
'Hippies, not hoppies which sounds like rabbits are attending the service.'
I thought you were making a slur on Catholics because they're always hopping back from kneeling in prayer.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 10:59 AM (3wi/L)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 10:59 AM (+H2BX)
Bette Midler Says "Corrupt" News Media Secretly Helping Trump Win By Airing Mar-A-Lago Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:01 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 11:01 AM (+H2BX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2024 11:02 AM (/yg7I)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Same here. I only clap for children. I feel like it's making things too much of a performance otherwise.
And we're full-custom whooping and hollering gospel shape-note "Eastern Gate" singing Southern Baptist types. I just don't like clapping like it's a concert.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 11:02 AM (mIykB)
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Indeed.
All the democrats did was wind up one of their psychos and point him towards a gaping hole in Trump's security which they also arranged.
They didn't literally try to kill Trump.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 11:03 AM (3wi/L)
Only the priest is supposed to do that, everyone else supposed to keep their hands together
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 11:04 AM (Ka3bZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 10:54 AM (L/fGl)
"Allah commands us to stab seven year old infidels to death. Who are we to argue?"
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 11:04 AM (fchWZ)
"On her Instagram account, Albert’s bio proclaims “Jesus is [king],” using the crown emoji. Her main photo shows her with an American flag, and one of her pinned posts shows her and another young woman dressed in patriotic colors, holding up cowboy boots, and has the caption, 'Dreamin’ in red, white, and blue'”
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That bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:04 AM (L/fGl)
Bette Midler Says "Corrupt" News Media Secretly Helping Trump Win By Airing Mar-A-Lago Press Conference
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:01 AM (L/fGl)
Does it ever occur to these muttonheads that Harris has made her own campaign boring as hell by hiding from the public cuz stupid and cackling?
So, the news wants, you know, news, and Trump is making news.
Of course, the MSM is going to report (such as it is).
Harris needs to get out there and cackle and do a dopey dance or something if the MSM is going to start Trump doesn't exist again.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:05 AM (eDfFs)
They didn't literally try to kill Trump.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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The guy on the roof never fired a shot. He was watched the entire time, and - even without radio traffic - the cops running all around had the SS shooters on alert and aware of his presence. There's no way he raised his head and rifle up enough to take a shot.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 11:06 AM (mIykB)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2024 11:06 AM (i5Vkf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:06 AM (L/fGl)
I'm tired of arguing the fine points.
When the subject comes up, I just flatly state that the government tried to murder Donald Trump. I'm not brooking any denialism or whining from anyone. They are the Party of assassins and usurpers and gangsters. I'm not going to mollycoddle them about this.
It's time for decent Dem voters to face the fucking truth about what they've enabled in this country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2024 11:07 AM (/yg7I)
Tim Walz sings of the DNC's plan to dump him at the convention and replace him with fellow Midwest governor Gretchen Whitmer:
🎶
I was dancing with Kuh-mah-la, to the Timm-othee Walz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to Kuh-mah-la
And while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Timm-othee Walz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful...
The wonderful...
The marvelous...
The fabulous...
The beau-tee-full Timm-othee Walz
Posted by: Muldoon, with apologies to Patti Page at August 10, 2024 11:07 AM (uCfKO)
My uncharitable pet peeve during mass is when people put their hands out, palms up, during the Lord's prayer.
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The old creepy thing: shaking hands
The new creepy thing: the orans posture
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:07 AM (1Nxff)
Only the priest is supposed to do that, everyone else supposed to keep their hands together
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 11:04 AM (Ka3bZ)
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Yes! And every parish I go to, I'm the only one NOT doing it.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 10, 2024 11:09 AM (16NmB)
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I find this very curious
why the big push all of a sudden
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 11:10 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 10, 2024 11:09 AM (16NmB)
Sounds too much like exercise.
Posted by: javems at August 10, 2024 11:12 AM (8I4hW)
***Numerous discussions played a role in this decision.
In one titled "Inclusive communications expectations in Python spaces," [Tim] Peters pushed back on the notion that "Python old-timers are troglodyte reprobates" and expressed concern about Python's Code of Conduct enforcement process. "I can tell you for a fact that more than just a few PSF members are terrified by the possibility that the CoC WG [Code of Conduct Workgroup] will ruin their careers," he wrote.***
This is from Pixy's link. The list is a totally woke must read. Python, isn't that code that's in most everything? And these children of misplaced values are running (ruining?) (corrupting?) anything they are involved with.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:12 AM (OQG13)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 10, 2024 11:13 AM (2UnvF)
130 Hiya mindful
Hope you are on the mend
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Thanks. Hope your knees are flexing properly.
Still in question whether the docs will be able to eventually mend my guts, but stable, in no pain, and gained back the weight I lost after two surgeries. Working on building up my spindly "old guy" arms & other muscle. Never was one for exercise, other than walking and yardwork.
Seeing so many folks with problems that are generally of oldsters, I do wonder about the average age of AoS commenters being 29. MiladyJo remarks that we need a bunch of 5 year-olds to average it out.
Likewise funny to read about the "youth services" full of gray-haired hipsters. Don't trust anyone over
Posted by: mindful webworker -blessed beyond belief at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (7MP2B)
That country is so screwed and I got family right in the middle of it.
Can't convince them to sell eveerything and go to Mexico to make a run across the border and become Refugees.
If anybody deserves that status it's white subjects if the crown.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (xcIvR)
It's funny, sometimes people think they're living in exciting times, but they're not. It's just the same ol' boring stuff, and nothing really happens in their lifetimes.
Not us. We're witnessing the death by suicide, of Western Civilization. It's happening on multiple fronts, and when everything finally collapses, we can all argue over whether we're living in Mad Max world, or Terminator, or some other variation.
Whatever it is, it won't be boring.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (GtZ7X)
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: mindful webworker - better latte than nerfer at August 10, 2024 11:15 AM (7MP2B)
Ahem.
Posted by: Forrest Gump at August 10, 2024 11:15 AM (dg+HA)
Yes! And every parish I go to, I'm the only one NOT doing it.
Posted by: Jordan61
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You don't have to leave, I'm not going to post any links.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:17 AM (OQG13)
'It's time for decent Dem voters to face the fucking truth about what they've enabled in this country.'
I'm primed to tell the next person I hear complain about Trump, "You guys really must hate him. I guess that's why you tried to kill him."
Then enjoy watching them splutter with rage.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 11:20 AM (3wi/L)
If anybody deserves that status it's white subjects if the crown.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 10:49 AM (xcIvR)
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If that fellow can film himself dressed as Osama binLaden your people can do it. Check out the best places for them to cross.
Nogales?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:20 AM (OQG13)
...Whatever it is, it won't be boring.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (GtZ7X)
Nah. it'll still be boring. Only it won't be the Our Typical Western Civ style of Boring:
plenty to eat. adequate health care, freedom from disease, low infant mortality, lots of leisure time, plenty of entertainment to choose from, relative safety, plenty of money, plenty of personal freedom, law and order.
Nope. It'll be the Good Ole Fashioned Pre-Western Civ kind of boring:
little to eat, lots of malnutrition if not outright starving, no leisure time but lots of working and scavenging to make sure you can eat, collapse of law and order so you spent your nights huddling indoors, poverty, exploitation of your labor, your wife's/husband's labor, your kid's labor, every day a grind to serve Your Betters, Leisure time? Ha!.
That kind of boring. Tough boring.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:26 AM (eDfFs)
barbarausa, I hope that things are looking up for you and your son and that you are staying strong.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2024 01:41 PM (64Zez)
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 02:51 PM (Sf2cq)
Yes the color wheel shows the gradual transition from blue to violet. Blue-violet is the color described as blue . Nature has few objects that are true blue .
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 02:57 PM (B1dzx)
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