#Great Tabor

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ZOE BÄCKSTEDT 🇬🇧 ‹ Women U23 › UCI CX World Championships Tábor ‘24 📸 by Billy Ceusters/Getty Images

[quidcumque]

Humungous praise to Bob Tabor of "C# Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners" - he's teaching this like I taught Latin. Like you SHOULD teach a language, ie taking small chunks at a time, oversimplifying to introduce ideas (but letting you know it's oversimplified), LIBERAL EXAMPLES, and frequent review. I've wanted to learn coding for years, but I'd fizzle out in frustration after a self-study session or two because fuckers would list out every data type (with REMARKABLY insufficient explanation of the differences), then slam me with the linguistic equivalent of "if Aster has four apples and Frank has nine, what is the projected yield of a mature apple tree?"

Like fuck me okay so the int type stores whole numbers from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 which is a whole fucking bunch of numbers but then the LONG type has uhhhhhhhhh a lot more commas in it and I can't even remember what the FIRST LESSON PRACTICE CHALLENGE was but I remember googling four different concepts and frowning a lot

Bob ain't doing that. He took two separate videos to 1) create your first C# program and then 2) UNDERSTAND your first C# program. By the time I finished the video after that, "Understanding Data Types and Variables", I only have two data types and the ability to read and write via console

BUT

Goddamn, I actually understand some shit now. No, I don't REALLY know why there's four different data types just for numbers, but it doesn't matter because he told me I don't need to worry about that shit right now. What I can grok though is that the Class Library is a giant building of books that I don't have to keep in my house. Those books have all the shit I'd have to do by hand if it wasn't stored in the book. If I type Console.WriteLine it's like saying "hey go to the Console book and get me the shit from the WriteLine chapter." I get that, and I like that. I technically know that the period between is called a "member accessor" but that's not useful to me yet so who cares

OH! AND! Variables are kinda like buckets, right? They hold stuff for you to get at later. Different buckets are better for holding different kinds of stuff (data types), and you gotta label them to find the right bucket again later. So you declare a variable to say you need such-and-such size bucket and you're going to call it such-and-such. Then you assign stuff to the variable-bucket. You can use that label later to retrieve that stuff, for whatever use.

But wait there's more. You got operators which help you work the info. I only know = and + right now, but they're pretty fuckin common sense at the moment. Which is great, because then I'll be comfy with the idea of them by the time we get to the weird ones. Naming conventions are pretty damn important, because 1) C# is case sensitive and 2) there's a fuckton of text and your eyes are going to bleed so do the things that help prevent eye bleed (like camelCasing your bucket names). Leading straight into the last point, which is that programs get stupid long, so Initialization squishes the Declaration/Assignment steps into one line. Fewer lines equals less eye bleed + less carpal tunnel, and we're all good with that

So, like, I don't fully know what methods are, or classes, or what tf static/void/args/etc are for, but I now ABSOLUTELY trust that I will learn them and I won't be mad at everything in the process.

[blueiscoool]

A Rare 2,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet Found in Israel

Antiquities Authority says recent winter rains helped expose buried antiquities, urges public to be aware and to turn over finds.

A rare scarab amulet from the First Temple period was recently discovered by a hiker in the Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve in the Lower Galilee and turned over to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

The scarab, made from reddish-brown carnelian stone, is estimated to be 2,800 years old and of Assyrian or Babylonian origin. The front is carved in the shape of a beetle, and the back has engravings that depict a griffon or a winged horse, a common motif of the Ancient Near East.

When he discovered the artifact, Erez Avrahamov, 45, was on a two-day leave from IDF reserve duty, taking advantage of a sunny day after recent rains.

“I saw something shimmering on the ground. At first, I thought it was a bead or an orange stone. After I picked it up, I realized it had engravings resembling a beetle. I called and reported the amazing find to the Antiquities Authority,” Avrahamov said, according to a Wednesday IAA press release.

Abrahamov found the scarab near the bottom of Tel Rekhesh, associated with the city of Anaharath mentioned in the Book of Joshua.

During the 6th-7th centuries BCE, “a large citadel stood at the top of the mount, where bathing facilities, halls and ritual chambers were found from the period of Assyrian rule. This rule, as we know, was responsible for the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel” in the First Temple period, IAA archaeologist Dr. Yitzhak Paz explained.

The scarab is likely from this period of Assyrian control and “may indicate the presence of Assyrian (or perhaps Babylonian) officials at Tel Rekhesh during this period,” Paz added. If the scarab can be conclusively dated and this connection proven, it will be a discovery of “great significance,” he said.

Scarab seals of a similar type, fashioned into a dung-beetle shape from a wide variety of stones, originated from Pharaonic Egyptian culture but were widely used throughout the ancient world.

The orange color and material of the scarab found by Abrahamov are fairly rare, the IAA said, as most were made from a softer bluish stone and then covered in glaze, which in almost all cases has worn away with time.

The IAA said it’s likely that the recent rains uncovered the scarab. “As in every winter, when the rainy season arrives, antiquities start to ‘float’ and rise to the surface,” IAA Director Eli Escusido said.

“I am imploring the public to obey the Antiquities Law, and request that if you come across an archaeological find, report it to the Antiquities Authority while in the field. The exact location where an object is found is extremely important… The special scarab will be stored in the state archive, where we can research and learn more about it,” he said.

Under Israeli law, any found man-made object dating from before 1700 is to be turned over to the authorities. Abrahamov received a good citizenship certificate for doing so.

By GAVRIEL FISKE.

[kaybkay8]

I love Parker. She's such a great character. I do wish we got more fight scenes with her. The ones we do get are awesome. I get it, she's a thief. She's more likely to escape or tabor a guy then actually fight. We do get evidence that she's skilled at it though.

Don't get me wrong, I love eliot and all his fight scenes. There's just something really rewarding about seeing the ot3 in each other role that is super entertaining. Specifically hardison thieving, eliot hacking, and parker fighting.

[religious-extremist]

Every year on the Feast of the Holy Transfiguration (Julian Calendar), Mount Tabor is blanketed by great clouds that obscure its peak.

At that time, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is well that we are here; if you wish, I will make three booths here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Matthew 17 ; The Metamorphosis of Our Lord, gospel reading for August 6.

[slightly]

2024

Best books I read for the first time:

Crossing the Line - Tia Fisher

Steady for This - Nathanael Lessore

Alive, Alive Oh! - Diana Athill

When The Dust Settles: Searching For Hope After Disaster - Lucy Easthope

For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie

Best music I listened to for the first time:

Mike Vass - In the Stream

Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Molly Nilsson - About Somebody

MUNA - Number One Fan

Best gigs/events I went to:

This Might Not Be It at Bush Theatre

Katherine Priddy (with Chris Riddell doing live illustrations) at Union Chapel

Oysterband with June Tabor at the Barbican

Kris Drever at Heath Street Baptist Church

Best films and TV I watched for the first time:

A Man On The Inside

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Little Women (2019)

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

Other new favourite things:

The Reunion - BBC Radio Four

Stakeknife - BBC Sounds

I found one kind of ASMR that I like!

London Fog teas

my kitten, Typo :)

[joanofarcs-stigmata]

An Advent Wreath Candle Lighting Ritual For the Fourth Sunday

The fourth Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of Love. Let us pray.

Opening:

Most Holy Christ, You came to us, Creator of All, as small and fragile as an infant. As we wait in this period of Advent, fill our hearts with Love. Oh My Jesus, it is hard to love. In a world torn by war, filled with grief, and those who move with only the intent to hurt others, it is easy to be hateful. In this time of Advent, fill me with the radical love of an infant. Fill me with the desperation to nurse from your heavenly wound, and to hide others under my heart as you do so under your wings. My Jesus, teach me love, and gift me with the grace in this time of waiting to practice love as much as I can.

The Readings:

Psalm 89: 1–18

I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever;

with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.

I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;

your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to my servant David:

‘I will establish your descendants forever

and build your throne for all generations.’

Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,

your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

a God feared in the council of the holy ones,

great and awesome above all who are around him?

O Lord God of hosts,

who is as mighty as you, O Lord?

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

You rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, you still them.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass;

you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;

the world and all that is in it—you founded them.

The north and the south—you created them;

Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

You have a mighty arm;

strong is your hand, high your right hand.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

Happy are the people who know the festal shout,

who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

they exult in your name all day long

and extol[d] your righteousness.

For you are the glory of their strength;

by your favor our horn is exalted.

For our shield belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Luke 1: 26-38

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her”

Closing:

Lord our God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ: he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples, he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us, he is the Savior of every nation.

Lord God, let your blessing come upon us as we light the candles of this wreath. May the wreath and its light be a sign of Christ’s promise to bring us salvation. May he come quickly and not delay. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Light The Candle

Gracious God, as we light the final Advent candle of love, may the love of your creation fill us with gladness. Help us to share this love with others, especially those in need. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.

[official-lauchzwiebel]

Tag game by @genxrocker ! Pick a song for each letter of your URL, and then tag that many people!

Thanks for tagging me @get-the-cheese-to-sickbay ! :)

My url has quite a lot of letters, so buckle up buckaroos! I'm giving you a little tour >:)

O - Opernboogie by Georg Kreisler 😎

F - Funny How Love Is by Queen

F - Francesca by Hozier

I - If You'll Have Me by Paul Englishby (Part of the soundtrack of 'Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day' - highly recommend!)

C - Ciaccona (I&II) by L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

I - Iris's Song For Us by Vashti Bunyan

A - Ae Fond Kiss by The Corries

L - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

L - Lippen Schweigen (Waltz Song - The Merry Widow) by Franz Lehár, sung by Richard Tauber

A - Ankomme Freitag, den 13. by Reinhard Mey

U - (Ummmm, Oh Yeah) Dearest by Buddy Holly

C - Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä

H - Humoresque Nr. 8 by Antonín Dvořák

Z - Zeugnistag by Reinhard Mey

W - While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping by June Tabor

I - I'm Fine by Daisy the Great

E - Everybodee Who's Anybodee by Cole Porter

B - Back That Azz Up by JUVENILE, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh

E - Ein ehrenwertes Haus by Udo Jürgens

L - Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver

If you're seeing this, consider yourself tagged!!

Addtionally, I'm tagging @brandybradyrandyandyndy @caressthosecheekbones @liebelesbe @chaotic-carnifex @vosquitransitis @momdailykos @itsfantasticallyhomoerotic @luminatingsatan @basilikum7 @wolfossum @thefebruaryfriday @schlauhonk @joghurtbrot @gaytomatic

Of course, only do it if you want to :)

[hieromonkcharbel]

I want to thank Abbot Damian and all of the monks at Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Monks of Mt. Tabor in California. They have been a great blessing over this past year and it has been a great joy becoming one of the brotherhood. A special thanks to Maximos Mount Tabor for introducing me to the community and for being such a constant source of support. Have a wonderful Christmas and God bless you all!

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You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, revealing Your glory to Your disciples as far as they could bear it. Let Your everlasting Light also shine upon us sinners, through the prayers of the Theotokos. O Giver of Light, glory to You!

[kckatie]

Southern Gothic Music Festival

I spent last weekend in Athens, Georgia at the 2nd annual Southern Gothic Festival, where I saw ten bands in two nights. They sure were late nights for me. I'm still recovering from not getting enough sleep. But the bands were great!

Friday night's lineup was

Vincas

Panic Priest

House of Harm

The March Violets

Korine

Tears for the Dying

Saturday's was

Miss Cherry Delight

Deceits

The Chameleons

Vision Video

The rest of Saturday night was DJ'd by Dusty Gannon and Dan Geller.

My short descriptions are:

Vincas is a local Athens band with a swamp-rock psychedelic sound. They were alright, but not inspiring. I confess I like hearing the lyrics, and they seemed to be all drone.

Panic Priest is a post-punk darkwave synth-pop project of Jack Armondo, and was really excellent. He has a great sound, and a good stage presence.

I hadn't heard much House of Harm before the festival, but they are a Boston-based post-punk/synth-pop group. They seemed to want to play in darkness, yeah, it's goth, but still, really? I liked their sound, and I bought a CD.

The March Violets are one of the two reasons I went to the festival. They are a post-punk gothic rock band from the northern UK (Leeds). They started in 1981, and have taken some breaks. They used to be a four person band, and now they are three, but at least my favorite two original members are still with the band. Tom Ashton is an amazing guitarist. I spent a certain amount of their set just watching him play. Rosie Garland is a great singer, songwriter, and performer. She really commands the crowd when she's performing. And the new bass player, Mat Thorpe, was fun to watch, too, as he cranked out the bass along with delivering backing vocals.

I had a little chat after with Rosie, and we found we both like some of the same British electric folk. I mentioned Steeleye Span, and she mentioned June Tabor. We are of similar ages, and so have some similar musical influences. But the March Violets are my favorite Gothic Rock band.

Korine is an interesting electronic pop band. They were playing their guitars onstage, which was probably more visually interesting than playing their synths. I'd heard some of their music before, but hadn't really listened. They were good, and I bought a CD.

Tears for the Dying was the other reason I went to the festival. They are an Athens-based deathrock band, and I have really liked their sound for awhile. They don't tour that far from Athens, so when else was I going to see them? Adria, the singer and songwriter, is writing some of the best political deathrock today, especially focused on LGBTQ experience, and the current political climate.

Miss Cherry Delight is a shock rocker from New York. I'd seen some video and heard some music, so I wasn't shocked. I'll just say she's good at what she does, and she's not to my taste.

I'd heard of Deceits before, but hadn't listened to them. I really, really liked their instrumental sound, which is a very '80s style gothic sound, but was less fond of the lead's singing style. The lyrics were good, but he tends to deliver a line, play a bit, deliver the next line, play a bit, etc. Nothing wrong with that, and I suppose it might grow on me. Other things have, such as drum machines, which I used to hate.

The Chameleons are a post-punk band from the northern UK (Manchester). They delivered a great performance, and had the crowd in their hands. I wasn't going to buy vinyl and try to get it back home, but they had "Strange Times" on CD, and we bought one.

Vision Video played last, and they are the local big goth band. I've seen them several times when they've come through my area, and they're great people as well as being great musicians. Dusty is one of the few goth musicians writing current protest music, and he does it very well. Emily knocks out solid synth, and great backing vocals, and I always like it when she sings lead, whether on her song "Comfort in the Grave", or a cover.

We were pretty tired after two late nights, so we didn't stay long after Vision Video's set.

It was fun. I met a lot of people. I would consider going again!

[amourcratez]

Rosary for Peace With Meditations

1. Joyful Mysteries

1.1 The Annunciation of Mary

Not in the blaze of flashes and bangs, but in the silence of the Nazareth cottage, the Word became flesh. It is not in the offices of ministers or businessmen that the fate of peace in the world is decided. It is done in the silence of our hearts. Here, peace or the desire for revenge, love or hatred is born. You and I have been chosen to become instruments of His peace.

1.2 The Visitation of St. Elizabeth

Mary does not hesitate for a moment, because she knows that someone is waiting for her help. The more the nations of the world rush to acquire weapons, the more hatred and anger around us, the more we must hurry with the message of peace. Answer malice with a kind word, anger with forgiveness, disarm hatred with kindness. Hurry! The world is thirsty for peace!

1.3 The Birth of the Lord Jesus

The inhabitants of Bethlehem did not welcome God under their roof! He had to be born in a stable. Similarly today: God, coming to people, encounters hearts as hard as stone. See how on Christmas night, while breaking the white wafer, people shake hands in agreement. Through a simple gesture of forgiveness, you can make Christmas happen every day.

1.4 The Presentation of the Lord Jesus

Light to enlighten the pagans - this is how Simeon calls Jesus. He is happy that he was able to see the Savior of the world with his own eyes. Enlighten, Jesus, the minds of those for whom the only solution to the world's problems is war, and the only argument - force. Help them find the path to peace.

1.5 The Finding of the Lord Jesus in the Temple

Son, why have you done this to us? - say Mary and Joseph, concerned about their Son. Why do so many innocent people still die, and the world lives in constant fear? Who will be the next victim? Jesus, we pray for those who foment wars, that they too may find their way to You.

2. Mysteries of Light

2.1 The Baptism of the Lord Jesus in the Jordan

John the Baptist administers the baptism of conversion. He even admonishes soldiers not to abuse or oppress anyone. The sacrament of baptism is the beginning of God's life in us. So why do conflicts and even wars occur between the baptized? After all, we are children of one Father, brothers and sisters! In the name of God - let us reconcile!

2.2 The Apparition at the Wedding at Cana of Galilee

The miracle performed at the request of the Mother is a beautiful wedding gift for the newlyweds in Cana of Galilee. "Son, there is no peace in the world!" cries the Mother, still concerned about the world.

Jesus, the peace you bring is being destroyed by people for whom war brings huge profits. They do not take into account appeals for peace, they earn money from war. However, there is hope for the world. Hope that we will listen to the words of Mary: Do whatever my Son tells you.

2.3 Proclaiming the Gospel and calling for conversion

The Kingdom of God, which Jesus teaches, is a place where there will be no sadness and tears, pain and suffering. How wonderful the Father's kingdom must be in contrast to the reality of this world, where brother kills brother, where wars are still going on! Jesus, your kingdom come! The kingdom of truth, love and peace!

2.4 Transfiguration on Mount Tabor

The sight of the transfigured Jesus arouses in the Apostles the desire to remain with Him on Mount Tabor. So many today desire peace. May this voice reach with power all the great of this world, transform their hearts and stop the shedding of innocent blood.

2.5 Institution of the sacrament of the Eucharist

Before Jesus fed the disciples with his Body, he instructed them to wash each other's feet. There would be no wars in the world if people did everything with love, because love does not envy, does not get angry, and endures everything. Love introduces and maintains peace among us.

3. Sorrowful Mysteries with St. John Paul II

3.1 The Mystery of Prayer in Ogrójec

Only an intervention from on High, capable of guiding the hearts of all those living in conflict situations and those who hold the fate of nations in their hands, can awaken in us hope for a less dark future. St. John Paul II

In today's world, as in the Garden of Olives, a battle is waged between good and evil. Today, too, a battle is waged for peace. Today, as in the Apostles, you expect prayer and vigilance from us. Give us strength, then, to persevere with you, to persevere in goodness, to persevere in the hope that peace is always possible.

3.2 The Mystery of the Scourging of the Lord Jesus

The Rosary disposes us to accept, experience and spread around ourselves that true peace which is a special gift of the Risen One. St. John Paul II

The bewildered crowd rejects God and chooses the criminal - Barabbas. In order for man to make good choices, he must contemplate, gaze upon the face of Christ, who is the Prince of Peace. We pray you, Lord Jesus, that we may always make good choices in life. May your peace be present in our hearts, so that we may live it and spread it around us.

3.3 The Mystery of the Crowning with Thorns

The Rosary is also a prayer of peace because of the fruits of merciful love which it produces. The Rosary must also show the face of Christ in our brothers, especially those who suffer the most. St. John Paul II

Pilate, pointing to Jesus, said "behold the man". The Savior is present in every person, and especially in those who suffer the most. When people suffer and die in war, it is Christ himself who suffers and dies in them. We commend to you, Jesus, all those who suffer because of war: the wounded, the dying, refugees, and especially children who lose their parents, or are often forced to fight themselves.

3.4 The Mystery of Carrying the Cross

How can we contemplate Christ burdened with the cross and crucified without feeling the need to become his Cyrenean towards every brother crushed by suffering or crushed by despair?

St. John Paul II

Simon of Cyrene constantly reminds us of the duty to help all those suffering because of war - also through prayer. Lord Jesus, we humbly ask you, take under your care all those suffering because of wars and armed conflicts. Also support with your power all those who bring help to others - give them strength and courage.

3.5 The Mystery of the Death of the Lord Jesus on the Cross

The Rosary, by directing our gaze towards Christ, makes us builders of peace in the world. It allows us to hope that even today a "battle" as difficult as the one for peace can be victorious. St. John Paul II

The death of Christ on the Cross, contrary to what some people think, is not a disgrace, a defeat, but a victory. Today, as we gaze upon Christ crucified and contemplate the mystery of his death, we draw from it the faith that good always triumphs in the end

[marshmallow--shark]

For the character ask game

Chakotay

Oh thank you for the ask and thank you for choosing my lovely Chakotay as the subject!

How I feel about this character

If anyone can't already tell, I love Chakotay, I love him so much! Chakotay is a sweet guy who wants to help people which leads to him getting betrayed and used constantly. He's not afraid to stand up and fight when he needs to. Very susceptible to suggestion/mind control, which is what caused me to fall for him in the first place.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

A- All? Ohh boy. I'll do my best to remember it all but Chakotay is like creamer to everyone's tea, he goes great with everyone. Not including crossover ships:

Janeway, Seska, Paris, Kim, Torres, Doctor, Neelix, Tuvok, Kes, Seven, Annorax, Teero, Suder, Starling, Carey, Kashyk, Moset, Tabor, Rudolph Ransom, Burke, Penk, Iden, Warship Chakotay, Mirror Chakotay, hologram Chakotay from Voy 3.25 & Dal.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I err.. don't ship unromantically so I've got nothing here.

My unpopular opinion about this character

Chakotay is unfairly hated. His writing and acting is good in Voyager, it's just subtle! Or the fact that it took for Prodigy to make people like him. In my humble opinion, If you didn't like him in Voyager, you don't deserve him at all.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Well I could say something obvious like I wish he got together with Janeway but I'm gonna go for something different like, I wish he dated Torres. I'm aware that none of my slash ships could happen because of the times but Chakorres had so much fuel with her crush on him and she had a dirty dream where she tops him! I'd even have been fine if they broke up in the end but they should have happened, Chakorres had so much potential!

M- My, you got me so passionate there. But I could just talk about my sweet Chakotay forever.

[brookston]

Holidays 10.21

Holidays

Abby Cadabby Day

American Frog Day

Antillean Day (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius)

Armed Forces Day (Honduras)

Babbling Day

Back to the Future Day

Barrel Day (French Republic)

Boiler Switch On Awareness Day (UK)

Can-Can Day

Celebration of the Mind Day

Check Your Meds Day

Count Your Buttons Day

Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt)

Everyone Writes Day (UK)

Funafuti (Tuvalu)

Global Clinical Engineering Day

Global Encryption Day

Global Iodine Deficiency Day

GTA Day

Heroes and Foreparents Day (British Virgin Islands)

Humble Yourself By Having Your Picture Made Wearing A Bicycle Helmet Day

International Day of Action on Big Biomass

Jailhouse Rock Day

Light Bulb Day

Loud Shirt Day

Mashujaa Day (Kenya)

National Alexander Day

National Annual Tree Loving Day (Thailand)

National Archives Day (Philippines)s

National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

National Check Your Meds Day

National Check Your Transmission Day

National Dental Hygiene Day (Thailand)

National Heroes’ Day (Jamaica)

National Jameson Day

National Nurses’ Day (Thailand)

National Pets for Veterans Day

National Raymond Day

National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day

National Shut-In Day

National Social Welfare Day (Thailand)

National Throw Short People Day

National Witch Hazel Day

Ndadaye Day (Burundi)

Overseas Chinese Day (Taiwan)

Police Commemoration Day (India)

President Ndadaye Melchior (Burundi)

Reptile Awareness Day

Take Time and Watch the Sunset Day

Trafalgar Day (UK)

USS Constitution Day

Uzbek Language Day

Wonder Woman Day

World Earthworm Day

World Energy Saving Day

World Esports Day

World Feminist Radio Day

World Gaming Day

World Iodine Deficiency Day

World War II Victims Remembrance Day (Serbia)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Apple Day (UK)

Caramel Apple Day

Garbanzo Bean Day

Great British Cheese Day

International Day of the Nacho (Mexico, US)

National Honey Day (UK)

National Mezcal Day

National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

Pop Rocks Day

World Apple Day

Independence & Related Days

Narsiryn (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

3rd Monday in October

Boss's Day [10.16 or nearest work day]

Circular Economy Monday (Canada) [3rd Monday]

Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day [3rd Monday]

Day of Races (Colombia) [3rd Monday]

Hurricane Thanksgiving Day (Virgin Islands) [3rd Monday]

International Adjust Your Chair Day [3rd Monday]

Manic Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meatball Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

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All the Right Stuff (Film; 1983)

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Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert (Novel; 1969) [Dune #2]

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Speed Racer (Film; 2008)

Stooge for a Mouse (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

Tapeheads (Film; 1988)

What’s My Lion (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’ (WB MM Cartoon; 1931)

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Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 30 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 29 of 30)

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SAINTS&READING: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024

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REPOSE OF THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST, JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN.

The Holy, Glorious, All-laudable Apostle and Evangelist, Virgin, and Beloved Friend of Christ, John the Theologian, was the son of Zebedee and Salome, a daughter of Saint Joseph the Betrothed. Our Lord Jesus Christ called him to simultaneously be one of His Apostles as his elder brother, James. This took place at Lake Gennesareth (i.e., the Sea of Galilee). Leaving behind their father, both brothers followed the Lord.

The Apostle John was especially loved by the Savior for his sacrificial love and his virginal purity. After his calling, the Apostle John did not part from the Lord, and he was one of the three apostles who were particularly close to Him. Saint John the Theologian was present when the Lord restored the daughter of Jairus to life, and he was a witness to the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor.

During the Last Supper, he reclined next to the Lord, and laid his head upon His breast. He also asked the name of the Savior’s betrayer. The Apostle John followed after the Lord when they led Him bound from the Garden of Gethsemane to the court of the iniquitous High Priests Annas and Caiphas. He was there in the courtyard of the High Priest during the interrogations of his Teacher and he resolutely followed after him on the way to Golgotha, grieving with all his heart.

At the foot of the Cross he stood with the Mother of God and heard the words of the Crucified Lord addressed to Her from the Cross: “Woman, behold Thy son.” Then the Lord said to him, “Behold thy Mother” (John 19:26-27). From that moment the Apostle John, like a loving son, concerned himself over the Most Holy Virgin Mary, and he served Her until Her Dormition.

After the Dormition of the Mother of God the Apostle John went to Ephesus and other cities of Asia Minor to preach the Gospel, taking with him his own disciple Prochorus. They boarded a ship, which floundered during a terrible tempest. All the travellers were cast up upon dry ground, and only the Apostle John remained in the depths of the sea. Prochorus wept bitterly, bereft of his spiritual father and guide, and he went on towards Ephesus alone.

On the fourteenth day of his journey he stood at the shore of the sea and saw that the waves had cast a man ashore. Going up to him, he recognized the Apostle John, whom the Lord had preserved alive for fourteen days in the sea. Teacher and disciple went to Ephesus, where the Apostle John preached incessantly to the pagans about Christ. His preaching was accompanied by such numerous and great miracles, that the number of believers increased with each day.

During this time there had begun a persecution of Christians under the emperor Nero (56-68). They took the Apostle John for trial at Rome. Saint John was sentenced to death for his confession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, but the Lord preserved His chosen one. The apostle drank a cup of deadly poison, but he remained alive. Later, he emerged unharmed from a cauldron of boiling oil into which he had been thrown on orders from the torturer.

After this, they sent the Apostle John off to imprisonment to the island of Patmos, where he spent many years. Proceeding along on his way to the place of exile, Saint John worked many miracles. On the island of Patmos, his preaching and miracles attracted to him all the inhabitants of the island, and he enlightened them with the light of the Gospel. He cast out many devils from the pagan temples, and he healed a great multitude of the sick.

Sorcerers with demonic powers showed great hostility to the preaching of the holy apostle. He especially frightened the chief sorcerer of them all, named Kinops, who boasted that they would destroy the apostle. But the great John, by the grace of God acting through him, destroyed all the demonic artifices to which Kinops resorted, and the haughty sorcerer perished in the depths of the sea.

The Apostle John withdrew with his disciple Prochorus to a desolate height, where he imposed upon himself a three-day fast. As Saint John prayed the earth quaked and thunder rumbled. Prochorus fell to the ground in fright. The Apostle John lifted him up and told him to write down what he was about to say. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty” (Rev 1:8), proclaimed the Spirit of God through the Apostle John. Thus in about the year 67 the Book of Revelation was written, known also as the “Apocalypse,” of the holy Apostle John the Theologian. In this Book were predictions of the tribulations of the Church and of the end of the world.

After his prolonged exile, the Apostle John received his freedom and returned to Ephesus, where he continued with his activity, instructing Christians to guard against false teachers and their erroneous teachings. In the year 95, the Apostle John wrote his Gospel at Ephesus. He called for all Christians to love the Lord and one another, and by this to fulfill the commands of Christ. The Church calls Saint John the “Apostle of Love”, since he constantly taught that without love man cannot come near to God.

In his three Epistles, Saint John speaks of the significance of love for God and for neighbor. Already in his old age, he learned of a youth who had strayed from the true path to follow the leader of a band of robbers, so Saint John went out into the wilderness to seek him. Seeing the holy Elder, the guilty one tried to hide himself, but the Apostle John ran after him and besought him to stop. He promised to take the sins of the youth upon himself, if only he would repent and not bring ruin upon his soul. Shaken by the intense love of the holy Elder, the youth actually did repent and turn his life around.

Saint John reposed when he was more than a hundred years old. He far outlived the other eyewitnesses of the Lord, and for a long time he remained the only remaining eyewitness of the earthly life of the Savior.

When it was time for the departure of the Apostle John, he went out beyond the city limits of Ephesus with the families of his disciples. He bade them prepare for him a cross-shaped grave, in which he lay, telling his disciples that they should cover him over with the soil. The disciples tearfully kissed their beloved teacher, but not wanting to be disobedient, they fulfilled his bidding. They covered the face of the saint with a cloth and filled in the grave. Learning of this, other disciples of Saint John came to the place of his burial. When they opened the grave, they found it empty.

Each year from the grave of the holy Apostle John on May 8 came forth a fine dust, which believers gathered up and were healed of sicknesses by it. Therefore, the Church also celebrates the memory of the holy Apostle John the Theologian on May 8.

The Lord bestowed on His beloved disciple John and John’s brother James the name “Sons of Thunder,” an excellent messenger accompanied by the cleansing power of heavenly fire. And precisely by this, the Savior pointed out the flaming, fiery, sacrificial character of Christian love, the preacher of which was the Apostle John the Theologian. The eagle, a symbol of the lofty heights of his theological thought, is the iconographic symbol of the Evangelist John the Theologian. The appellation “Theologian” is bestowed by the Holy Church only to Saint John among the immediate disciples and Apostles of Christ as the seer of God's mysterious Judgments.

1 John 4:12-19

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

John 19:25-27; 21:24-25

25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!" 27 Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.

24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

[eyeoftheheart]

“According to the Tradition, human evolution, after a long prehistoric period, continues in a succession of three cycles: the Cycle of the Father, which history knows only incompletely; the Cycle of the Son, which is now reaching its end, and lastly the Cycle of the Holy Spirit, which we are now approaching.

(…)

A revolution is occurring silently which will replace the free romance, distinctive mark of the Christian era, with the singular romance characteristic of the era of the Holy Spirit. Liberated from servitude to procreation, this romance of tomorrow is called on to cement the indissoluble union between two strictly polar beings, a union which will assure their integration in the bosom of the Absolute. As St Paul says: 'Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor man without the woman in the Lord' ( I Corinthians xi: 11.)

The vision of such a romance has haunted the highest minds for thousands of years. We find it in platonic love, the basis of the singular romance in the myths of the Androgyne man; of Orpheus and Euridice; of Pygmalion and Galatea... This is the aspiration of the human heart, which cries in secrecy because of its great loneliness. This romance forms the essential aim of esoteric work. Here is that love which will unite man to that being who is unique for him, the Sister-wife, the glory of man, as he will be the glory of God. Having entered into the light of Tabor, no longer two, but one drinking at the fount of true Love, the transfigurer: the conqueror of Death. Love is the Alpha and the Omega of life. All else has only secondary significance.”

Gnosis Volume I By Boris Mouravieff

Orpheus Leading Eurydice from The Underworld by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, September 9th

I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not. – Jeremiah 33:3

There are different translations of these words. One version renders it, "I will shew thee great and fortified things." Another, "Great and reserved things." Now, there are reserved and special things in Christian experience: all the developments of spiritual life are not alike easy of attainment. There are the common frames and feelings of repentance, and faith, and joy, and hope, which are enjoyed by the entire family; but there is an upper realm of rapture, of communion, and conscious union with Christ, which is far from being the common dwelling-place of believers. We have not all the high privilege of John, to lean upon Jesus' bosom; nor of Paul, to be caught up into the third heaven. There are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God which the eagle's eye of acumen and philosophic thought hath never seen: God alone can bear us there; but the chariot in which he takes us up, and the fiery steeds with which that chariot is dragged, are prevailing prayers. Prevailing prayer is victorious over the God of mercy, "By his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us." Prevailing prayer takes the Christian to Carmel, and enables him to cover heaven with clouds of blessing, and earth with floods of mercy. Prevailing prayer bears the Christian aloft to Pisgah, and shows him the inheritance reserved; it elevates us to Tabor and transfigures us, till in the likeness of his Lord, as he is, so are we also in this world. If you would reach to something higher than ordinary grovelling experience, look to the Rock that is higher than you, and gaze with the eye of faith through the window of importunate prayer. When you open the window on your side, it will not be bolted on the other.