#John Cephas

[kyleetryme]

*eats the door* ticklish daveed <3

the cast friendship is EVERYTHING.

[stuff-diary]

Looking for Alaska

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

Looking for Alaska (2019, USA)

Directors: Sarah Adina Smith, Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Brett Haley, Ami Canaan Mann, Clea DuVall, Megan Griffiths, Rashaad Ernesto Green & Josh Schwartz

Writers: Josh Schwartz, Warren Hsu Leonard, Stephanie Savage, Ashley Wigfield, Kirk A. Moore, Leila Gerstein & Kendall Rogers

Mini-review:

There are a lot of good book-to-movie/TV adaptations. However, there is something that's a lot rarer: an adaptation that improves on the original in pretty much every way. Looking for Alaska is one of those. Going for a miniseries instead of a movie means that everything is much more fleshed out, from the characters to the setting and the themes. The show also perfectly captures the atmosphere of the novel. I've always felt that atmosphere was what made this book so special and popular, and this adaptation made me feel exactly the same. I must admit, though, I still don't like Miles as a lead character, like at all. But, since the other characters get as much focus as him, I didn't dislike him as much as I did in the book.

What's more, the cast is absolutely spectacular. They all nail their roles. I seriously can't think of many teen movies/shows with such fantastic acting. Kristine Froseth and Denny Love are particularly showstopping and I was really surprised (and disappointed) to see they didn't get any award nominations. They're truly that good. Lastly, I want to talk about the setting. I just loved Culver Creek, the pranks, the locations, everything. I honestly wish they would have turned this into some sort of anthology where we follow a different set of Culver Creek students in each season. Seriously, the setting has so much potential. Anyway, this is easily one of the best book adaptations I've ever seen, and I'm really glad I decided to watch it.

[bills-bible-basics]

Peter, James and John Graphic 06 #PeterJamesAndJohn #PeterJamesJohn #Apostles "Peter, James and John" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse679.html "Article: "Peter: Faith Tried in the Fire": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/petfaith.html "Article: "Peter's Babylon: A Biblical Mystery Solved?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/AMysterySolvedPeterBabylon.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/peter-james-and-john-graphic-06/?feed_id=233925&Peter%2C%20James%20and%20John%20Graphic%2006

[kdmiller55]

By Faith Alone

11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that…

[jorjafrozen]

all my current trolls OCs!

Rhea - Pop Rock troll - I made her as a girlfriend for JD and I have made her in the sims 4 so I'm thinking of posting all the OCs I've made on there on here. She is Pop Village's dance teacher and her and JD meet after Poppy organises her to choreograph the small tour BroZone do a couple months after they get back together! Her voice claim is the one and only Kristen Bell 💜

Delilah - JD and Rhea's oldest daughter so she is (I think 😅) 3/4 Pop and 1/4 Rock however she has an interest in Musical Theatre so she converts to that! Her middle name is Poppy because I feel like they'd be very grateful that she introduced them to each other. Her voice claim is Joy Woods 🩵

Chance-Ivy and Acacia-Rose (after Grandma Rosiepuff!) - JD and Rhea's youngest daughters and they are twins! And like Delilah they are 3/4 Pop and 1/4 Rock. Chance's voice claim is SZA (I know she's already been apart of the trolls world(?) because she collaborated with JT on 'The Other Side' for TWT but I love her voice and want her as a voice for one of my OCs lmfao) and she's more into Pop and R&B. Acacia is voiced by Billie Eilish and she is very into Dark/Indie Pop and she is very into astronomy! 🩷🖤

Jade - she's apart of my Daughter Dory au where JD has a kid with a troll from apart of another Pop Tribe that was split after the escape. Jade follows in her Dad's footsteps and starts her own music career. And her favourite uncle is Bruce! - her voice claim is Jasmine Cephas Jones 💚

Dove - Jade's mum, cheerleader turned author! She is a very quiet and reserved troll after the escape but JD brought out her wild side when they were together! - I need to develop her more but her voice claim is Evan Rachel Wood 🩵

Nash - Pop Troll and John Dory's childhood best friend but they had a huge falling out not long before BroZone broke up due to similar reasons why the brothers all fell out. But ultimately, after JD moves back to Pop Village they meet again and become best friends again after apologies are made from both sides. John Dory for being caught up in constantly being perfect and Nash for not realising how much pressure JD was under himself - he's voiced by Josh Gad 💛

and then I have my BroZone parents, Olive, their mum, and Forest, their dad. I haven't got voice claims for them yet but will update this when I do!

[emmaspersonaldiary]

Yes I can't sing

But I'll give you the performance of a lifetime where I do a one woman show with bad dance moves and screechy singing trying to play multiple parts at once 😁

MY FAVOURITE SONGS TO PERFORM:

[myremnantarmy]

𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥

Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious

Jn 1:35-42

John was standing with two of his disciples,

and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said,

“Behold, the Lamb of God.”

The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.

Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them,

“What are you looking for?”

They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher),

“where are you staying?”

He said to them, “Come, and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying,

and they stayed with him that day.

It was about four in the afternoon.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter,

was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him,

“We have found the Messiah,” which is translated Christ.

Then he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said,

“You are Simon the son of John;

you will be called Cephas,” which is translated Peter.

[commonguttersnipe]

Monty Python: The Broadway Musical

Graham Chapman- Andrew Rannells

John Cleese- Christian Borle

Terry Gilliam- Aaron Tveit

Eric Idle- Jonathan Groff

Terry Jones- Joey Richter

Michael Palin- Ben Fankhauser

Neil Innes- Ryan McCartan

Connie Booth- Ariana DeBose

Carol Cleveland- Jasmine Cephas Jones

[harmonica-identifier]

i don't normally do this but i wanted to mention the passing of phil wiggins, a country-blues harmonica player whose unique, technical playing inspired a new generation of musicians. his work with guitarist john cephas carried the legacy of country blues into the new millennium and man will he be missed

(the harmonica in the picture is a hohner marine band 1896)

[roman-catholic-mass-readings]

9th October >> Mass Readings (USA)

Wednesday, Twenty Seventh Week in Ordinary Time 

or

Saints Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs 

or

Saint John Leonardi, Priest.

Wednesday, Twenty Seventh Week in Ordinary Time 

(Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II))

First Reading Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14 They recognized the grace bestowed upon me.

Brothers and sisters: After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the Gospel that I preach to the Gentiles– but privately to those of repute– so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter to the circumcised, for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles, and when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which is the very thing I was eager to do. And when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong. For, until some people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separated himself, because he was afraid of the circumcised. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in front of all, “If you, though a Jew, are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 117:1bc, 2

R/ Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.

Praise the LORD, all you nations, glorify him, all you peoples!

R/ Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.

For steadfast is his kindness toward us, and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.

R/ Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.

Gospel Acclamation Romans 8:15bc

Alleluia, alleluia. You have received a spirit of adoption as sons through which we cry: Abba! Father! Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Luke 11:1-4 Lord, teach us to pray.

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saints Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs   

(Liturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Wednesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 As dying and behold we live.

Brothers and sisters: In everything we commend ourselves as ministers of God, through much endurance, in afflictions, hardships, constraints, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, vigils, fasts; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned love, in truthful speech, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness at the right and at the left; through glory and dishonor, insult and praise. We are treated as deceivers and yet are truthful; as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and yet not put to death; as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6

R/ Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like men dreaming. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing.

R/ Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad indeed.

R/ Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the torrents in the southern desert. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

R/ Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Although they go forth weeping, carrying the seed to be sown, They shall come back rejoicing, carrying their sheaves.

R/ Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Gospel Acclamation John 8:12

Alleluia, alleluia. I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Matthew 5:13-16 You are the light of the world.

Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saint John Leonardi, Priest 

(Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Wednesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 We preach Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

Brothers and sisters: Since we have this ministry through the mercy shown us, we are not discouraged. Rather, we have renounced shameful, hidden things; not acting deceitfully or falsifying the word of God, but by the open declaration of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. For we do not preach ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus. For God who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Jesus Christ. But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 10

R/ Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all you lands. Sing to the LORD; bless his name.

R/ Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Announce his salvation, day after day. Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.

R/ Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Give to the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and praise; give to the LORD the glory due his name!

R/ Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Say among the nations: The LORD is king. He has made the world firm, not to be moved; he governs the peoples with equity.

R/ Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Gospel Acclamation Mark 1:17

Alleluia, alleluia. Come after me, says the Lord, and I will make you fishers of men. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Luke 5:1-11 At your command I will lower the nets.

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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14th January >> Fr. Martin's Homilies / Reflections for Today's Mass Readings (Inc. John 1:35-42) on the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B: ‘Come and see’.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

Gospel (Except USA) John 1:35-42 'We have found the Messiah'.

As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ Hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, ‘What do you want?’ They answered, ‘Rabbi,’ – which means Teacher – ‘where do you live?’ ‘Come and see’ he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour.

One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next morning, Andrew met his brother and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ – which means the Christ – and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked hard at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas’ – meaning Rock.

Gospel (USA) John 1:35–42 They saw where he was staying and they stayed with him.

John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi”—which translated means Teacher—, “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” —which is translated Christ—. Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas”—which is translated Peter.

Homilies (6)

(i) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

We might be able to think of people in our lives who pointed us in a direction that proved to be very significant for us. At a certain moment on our life journey they spoke a word to us or opened up some avenue for us that had an enormous impact for good on us. We may even have been that person for someone, without our always being aware of it at the time. Sometimes we only discover much later that something we said or did had a huge impact for good on someone. Today’s gospel reading suggests that John the Baptist was that kind of significant person for others. We find John directing his own followers towards Jesus. The words he spoke to them, ‘Look, there is the Lamb of God’ would have a profound impact on at least two of John’s disciples. Because of what John said, Andrew and another of John’s disciples began to follow Jesus and their lives would be changed forever.

According to the gospel reading, it was while Andrew and his companion were following after Jesus that Jesus turned round, saw them and said to them, ‘What do you want?’ They had begun their journey of following Jesus but they were still following a relative stranger. Now Jesus wanted them to think more deeply about what they were doing, by asking them ‘What do you want?’ It was a very personal question. Jesus wasn’t asking them, ‘What does John the Baptist want for you?’ but ‘What do you want?’ They had begun to follow Jesus because John the Baptist wanted them to, but now Jesus was inviting them to reflect on why they themselves wanted to follow him. Were they following him only because John wanted them to do so, or was it coming from somewhere deeper in themselves? Most of us began the journey of following the Lord, because others set us on that journey. Our parents brought us for baptism; our teachers instructed us in the faith; our priests preached the gospel to us and helped us to celebrate the sacraments. However, there comes a time on our faith journey when we need to explore for ourselves why we are taking this particular path rather than another path, why we are following Jesus rather than someone else. We need to answer Jesus’ question, ‘What do you want?’ for ourselves. It is a question that is addressed to each one of us personally. Jesus is asking us, ‘What is your deepest desire?’

Jesus asks us that probing question because he offers himself to us as the one who can satisfy our deepest desire, the deepest hunger and thirst of our heart. He says to us what he said to the two disciples of John the Baptist, ‘Come and see’. He invites us to come to him and to see him, to discover him as the one who can satisfy all our basic longings. Later in John’s gospel, Jesus issues the invitation, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink’, and he also makes the promise, ‘Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty’. At some point in our lives, we have to make our own personal response to the call of Jesus to ‘Come and see’. We then have to keep renewing that personal response, because the Lord continues to say to each of us ‘Come and see’. When it comes to our relationship with the Lord, there is always another step we can take on the journey; there is always more we can see with the eyes of faith. We never reach the end of this journey in this life because we will never see the Lord fully this side of eternity. Saint Paul in one of his letters says, ‘now we see as in a mirror, dimly’ and he goes on ‘then, we will see face to face’, in eternity. On this side of eternity, our faith will always be a searching, questioning, faith.

The disciples of John the Baptist who had started following Jesus had their own question for him, ‘Where are you staying?’ At one level they were asking, ‘Where do you live?’ However, at a deeper level they were asking, ‘What are you about?’ ‘What do you stand for?’ ‘What is the secret of your life?’ These are questions that, as people of faith, we can all ask the Lord. Where does Jesus stay today? Later on in this gospel of John, Jesus says that he remains or stays in his Father’s love. He also says that he remains or stays in us. Through the Holy Spirit, he lives deep within us. As Paul says in that second reading, each of us is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Jesus also invites us to stay in him, to remain in him as he remains in us, He calls us into an intimate communion with himself. He wants to stay in us and for us to stay in him so that our lives can bear rich fruit, the fruit of the Spirit. He wants us to stay in him, as he stays in the Father, so that we can be empowered to love one another as he loves us. Then the Lord’s life-giving work can continue through us in our world today.

And/Or

(ii) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

We can probably all think of people who opened doors for us in life. Perhaps at a crucial moment in our lives they pointed us in the right direction. They were an influence for good on us; they shared with us some gift they possessed, or allowed us to benefit from an experience they had or some discovery they made. We appreciate these people because they had the freedom and the generosity to give something worthwhile away for the benefit of others, rather than keeping it to themselves.

That is how John Baptist is portrayed in the gospel reading this Sunday. He had come to recognize Jesus as a very special revelation of God’s love. Far from keeping that discovery to himself, he shared it with his own disciples, even though he knew that in doing so he was going to loose them to Jesus. He pointed two of his disciples in the direction of Jesus. He opened a very worthwhile door for them, even though it would mean a loss to himself. A short while later, one of those two disciples, Andrew, did for his brother, Peter, what John the Baptist had done for him. He led his brother to Jesus. In the first reading, Eli did something similar for Samuel, helping him to hear God’s call. The readings this Sunday put before us three people, John the Baptist, Andrew and Eli, each of whom, in different ways, pointed others in the right direction, led others to the one who is the source of life.

We could probably all identify a John the Baptist or an Andrew or an Eli in our own lives, people who, in some way or another, brought us to the Lord, or helped us to recognize and receive the Lord who was present to us. We might think first of our own parents who brought us to the baptismal font. As early as possible into our lives they wanted to say to us what John the Baptist said to his disciples, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God’. Then, as we began to grow, they helped us to know the Lord whose followers we had become in baptism, bringing us to the church, praying with us, reading stories from the gospels to us, taking us to see the crib at Christmas, placing an image of the Lord or of one of the saints in our room, helping us to prepare for the sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation. If we were fortunate, we might have had a good religion teacher at school who took us a step further in our relationship with the Lord, who enabled us to ‘come and see’, in the words of the gospel reading today. I went to secondary school in Beneavin College in Finglas, and one of the De La Salle brothers there brought us through the gospel of Luke in religion class. Looking back, he was sharing with us a relationship that was clearly very important to him, his own relationship with the Lord. It made a deep impression on me at the time.

Samuel who was led to the Lord by Eli is described in the first reading as a boy. However, the two disciples who were led to the Lord by John the Baptist and Peter who was led there by Andrew were all adults. It was as adults that they allowed themselves to be directed towards the person of Jesus. In our adult years, we too may have met people who helped us to grow in our relationship with the Lord. On this Church Unity Sunday, we might be able to identify people from other churches who helped us in this way. At a certain time during their adult life, people can be very open to a reawakening of their faith. They may find themselves searching for something more than they presently experience. The first words of Jesus to the disciples of John the Baptist took the form of the question, ‘What do you want?’, ‘What are you searching for?’ In their search adults can meet someone or some group who opens a door for them into a deeper relationship with the Lord. The Lord somehow succeeds in reaching them in a way he has never reached them before. That invariably happens through other people, other followers of the Lord

At any time in our adult life we can meet a John the Baptist who says to us, ‘Look, there is the Lamb of God’, and that can happen to us over and over again, right up to the very end of our lives. The Lord never ceases to call us through others. At no point does he say, this person no longer needs a John the Baptist. There may indeed come a time when the Lord asks any one of us to be a John the Baptist or an Andrew or an Eli for somebody else. We hear the call to share our faith in some way, to open a door to the Lord for others. Our response to such a call can take many different forms. For Eli it took the very simple form of saying the right word to Samuel when it was needed. The readings this Sunday invite us to be open to the many ways the Lord can draw us to himself, and also to the ways the Lord may be calling us to help him in drawing others to himself.

And/Or

(iii) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

When I was a child my parents were interested in who I mixed and played with. They disapproved of me and my brother playing with certain children whom they believed would not be a good influence on us. They may have been wrong in some of the judgements they made as to who would and would not be a good influence on us. Yet, they were obviously convinced that some children of our own age would be more likely to lead us astray than others. They were of a generation who believed that who you mixed with helped to shape the person you would become. There is no doubt that we influence each other for good or for bad. Children are more susceptible to being influenced by others than adults are.

Many of us could think of people who influenced us for good at crucial moments in our lives. At a time when we were searching without always knowing what we were searching for, they pointed us in the right direction. They opened up an avenue for us that we would never have hit upon if left to ourselves. These people related to us with our best interests at heart. Far from seeing us as potentially useful to them, they genuinely wanted what was best for us. They served as a guide at a time when we needed direction. For many of us, our parents would have played such a role in our lives, and perhaps also a teacher, a colleague at work or a good friend.

Today’s readings put before us a number of such people who were good guides to others. Eli was such a person for Samuel. The boy Samuel knew he was being called but he had no idea who was calling him. The elderly Eli came to realize that it was God who was calling Samuel and he helped Samuel to make an appropriate response to God’s call. Here is a good example of an older man serving as a guide to a young boy at a crucial moment in the boy’s life. Because of Eli’s timely intervention, Samuel went on to become one of the great leaders of the people of Israel. The older generation often have a great deal to offer the younger generation, especially when it comes to discerning what might be the best path to take in life, which path God may be calling us to take. Those who have lived most of their earthly life can often see more clearly than those at the beginning of their lives. Grandparents can be a hugely influential presence for good in the lives of children, as we know.

The gospel reading presents us with another such guide in the person of John the Baptist. The age difference between John the Baptist and his disciples would have been much less than that between Samuel and Eli. It might have been more akin to the age difference between a parent and a child, or perhaps closer to the age gap between a teacher and his or her pupil. When John saw Jesus passing, he pointed his disciples in the direction of Jesus with the words, ‘Look, there is the Lamb of God’. No doubt John had built up a relationship with his disciples, yet, clearly, it was in so sense a possessive relationship. John was prepared to part with his disciples when someone came along whom John knew to be his better. As John would later say of Jesus, ‘he must increase but I must decrease’. We might have known a John the Baptist in our own lives, a teacher or a mentor of some kind who, rather than holding on to us, helped us to move on, directed us to someone who had more to offer us than they themselves could possibly offer us. There is a real self-emptying in performing that kind of service for someone. Letting go can sometimes be the most eloquent expression of love.

There is a second person in the gospel reading who shows himself to be a true guide to someone else. Andrew left his teacher John the Baptist and went to Jesus. As a result of his initial encounter with Jesus, Andrew in turn went to his brother Simon and brought Simon to Jesus. The age difference between Andrew and Simon would have been very slight. They were siblings, equals in terms of their experience of life. Yet, what John had been for Andrew, Andrew was for Simon. Good guides do not always have to be older than us; neither do they always have to be people who know more than we do or have lived more than we have. Andrew found someone wonderful and he wanted to share that person with his brother. We often hear about sibling rivalry. There is no evidence of such rivalry in the case of these two brothers. Today’s society can encourage us to see our peers as our competitors. The gospel encourages us to see them as fellow travellers. Sharing some treasure with someone who is our peer will never result in any loss to ourselves. It is in giving that we receive.

In spite of their age difference, Eli, John the Baptist and Andrew all had one thing in common. They enabled others to grow spiritually. They helped others to grow in their relationship with the Lord. Later on in John’s gospel, the Samaritan woman did the same for her townspeople. We are all called to perform this same service for each other. We do not journey to God on our own. We need each other’s generous witness if we are to find and take the path God is calling us to take. Today’s readings invite us to become an Eli or a John the Baptist or an Andrew for others.

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(iv) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Most of us don’t like questionnaires. Answering a load of questions does not have much appeal to us, especially if the questions are only of minor interest to us. Not all questions are an irritant to us. In the course of a day we will often be asked several questions, most of which we give an answer to without too much thought, and without feeling put upon in any way. These are questions which, once answered, we do not think much about again. There are other questions which engage us much more fully; these questions may not come before us every day, but they are there in the background of our lives. We know they are important, and every so often we touch into them.

Two of those bigger questions are to be found in the gospel reading for this Sunday’s Mass, one of them on the lips of Jesus and the other on the lips of the disciples of John the Baptist. When Jesus saw two of John the Baptist’s disciples following him, he turned around and said to them, ‘What do you want?’ Jesus addressed this question to those who had already begun to follow him. In asking, ‘What do you want?’, he was asking, ‘Why are you following me?’ That question is one that we could all hear as addressed to us, ‘Why are you following me? What do you want?’ Why are we followers of Jesus, rather than followers of someone else, or of nobody in particular? ‘Why are we Christians?’ ‘Why are we Christians within the Roman Catholic tradition?’ We might be tempted to answer those questions by saying, ‘I was brought to the church to be baptized by my parents as a baby. I was given instruction in the Christian faith from a young age’. All of that may be true, but it probably doesn’t fully answer the question that Jesus asks in this morning’s gospel reading, ‘What do you want?’ or as some translations put it, ‘What are you searching for?’ We remain Christian, Catholic, because, at some deep level, we are searching for something, there is something significant that we want.

It can be difficult to name what we want. Yet, it is worth the effort to name what it is we are searching for in our following of Jesus. The readings this morning can help us to put words on what it is we most deeply want. In this morning’s first reading, the boy Samuel’s eventual response to God’s call was, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening’. Samuel wanted a word from the Lord; he wanted the Lord to speak. Perhaps that is part of what we want too. We want a word from above, a word from the Lord, a word that throws some light on where we are and, perhaps, on where we are meant to be. In the responsorial psalm, the person praying declares that God has put a new song into his or her mouth. Perhaps that is one element of what we want too, a new song in our mouth and in our heart. We want the Lord to put his words, his song, into our lives, words that are ever new, a song that is always fresh. We know from experience that we can grow tired and weary and a little jaded; we can loose our enthusiasm for life and for people; we can settle for being half-alive. We want a new song, new life, a sharing in the Lord’s own song, in the Lord’s own life. In the second reading, Saint Paul also helps us to put words on what it is we really want. He calls there for respect for ourselves and for others as embodied spirits because, through baptism, we are members of Christ’s body and temples of God’s Spirit. He calls on us to live in our bodies, to live as embodied spirits, in ways that give glory to God. Paul invites us to ask, ‘How are we relating, to ourselves, to each other?’ Part of what we want is surely to live in our bodies in ways that give glory to God, in ways that give expression to our dignity as members of Christ’s body and temples of God’s Spirit.

The question Jesus asks, ‘What do you want?’ can be answered in all of those ways, and in many other ways as well. In response to Jesus’ question, those following Jesus asked a question of their own, ‘Where do you live?’ At some level, they understood that Jesus could respond to what it was they really wanted, and, so, they were anxious to spend time with him and get to know him better. We too believe that Jesus can respond to the deepest desires of our hearts, because he is the way, the truth, and the life. Because of that conviction, we too, like those first followers of Jesus, want to know where Jesus is to be found so that we can spend time with him, and grow in our relationship with him. The question, ‘Where do you live?’ is also our question. It reveals another deep want in our lives, the desire to stay with the Lord, just as he has come to stay with us. The Lord says to all of us what he said to the disciples of John the Baptist, ‘Come and see’, ‘Come and stay’. If we respond to that call, we will discover that he can respond to the deepest desires in our lives.

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(v) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

We can probably all think of people who opened doors for us in life. Perhaps at a crucial moment in our lives they pointed us in the right direction. They were an influence for good on us; maybe they shared with us some gift they possessed, or allowed us to benefit from an experience they had or some discovery they made. We appreciate these people because they had the freedom and the generosity to give something worthwhile away for our benefit, rather than keeping it to themselves.

That is how John Baptist is portrayed in the gospel reading this Sunday. He had come to recognize Jesus as a very special revelation of God’s love. Far from keeping that discovery to himself, he shared it with his own disciples, even though he knew that in doing so he was going to loose them to Jesus. He pointed two of his closest disciples in the direction of Jesus. He opened a door for them, even though it would mean a loss to himself. A short while later, one of those two disciples, Andrew, did for his brother, Simon, what John the Baptist had done for him. He led Simon to Jesus. In the first reading, Eli did something similar for Samuel, helping him to hear God’s call. The readings this Sunday put before us three people, Eli, John the Baptist and Andrew, each of whom, in different ways, pointed others towards the Lord.

We might be aware of a John the Baptist or an Andrew or an Eli in our own lives, men or women who, in some way or another, brought us to the Lord, and helped us to recognize and receive the Lord who was present to us. We might think first of our own parents who brought us to the baptismal font as infants. As early as possible into our lives they wanted to say to us what John the Baptist said to his disciples, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God’. In the following years, they may have helped us to grow in our relationship with the Lord into whom we had been baptized, bringing us to the church, praying with us, maybe reading stories from the gospels to us, taking us to see the crib at Christmas, placing an image of the Lord or of one of the saints in our room, helping us to prepare for the sacraments of the Eucharist and Confirmation. If we were fortunate, we might also have had a good religion teacher in our school, someone who took us a step further in our relationship with the Lord, who enabled us to ‘come and see’, in the words of the gospel reading today. In the secondary school I went to, one of the De La Salle brothers who ran the school brought us through the gospel of Luke in religion class. Looking back, he was sharing with us his own relationship with the Lord. It really opened me up to the person of Jesus at the time.

Samuel who was led to the Lord by Eli is described in the first reading as a boy. In the gospel reading, the two disciples who were led to the Lord by John the Baptist, and Simon who was led to the Lord by Andrew, were adults. It was as adults that they allowed themselves to be directed towards the person of Jesus. In our adult years, we too may have met people who helped us to grow in our relationship with the Lord. There can come a time in our adult life, when we are very open to a reawakening, a deepening, of our faith. We may find themselves searching for something more than we presently experience. The first words of Jesus to the disciples of John the Baptist took the form of the question, ‘What do you want?’, or, ‘What are you searching for?’ Jesus sought to engage with those who were searching. As adults we often find ourselves searching. The Lord is always drawing near to us in response to our searching. In our searching we can meet someone or some group who helps us to recognize the Lord’s nearness to us, who opens a door for us into a deeper relationship with the Lord. Through them the Lord can reach us and touch our lives in a way he had never done before.

At any time in our adult life we can meet a John the Baptist who says to us, ‘Look, there is the Lamb of God’, and that can happen to us over and over again, right up to the very end of our lives. The Lord never ceases to call us through others into a deeper relationship with himself. Indeed, there can come a time when the Lord may be asking any one of us to become a John the Baptist or an Andrew or an Eli for somebody else. He may be prompting us through the Holy Spirit to share our faith in some simple way, and in that way to open a door to the Lord for others. Our response to such a call can take many different forms. For Eli it took the form of helping the younger Samuel to find the right words for his prayer. For Andrew, it took the form of sharing a significant experience with his brother. The readings this Sunday invite us to be open to the many ways the Lord can draw us to himself, and also to the ways that he may be calling us to help him in drawing others to himself.

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(vi) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parents know better than I do just how important a role grandparents can play in the lives of children. I know that from my own experience of a child and I see it here in the parish in various ways. When I go into a classroom and invite children to pray for someone, their grandparents will always come after their parents. I am always conscious of the presence of grandparents on the occasion of a child’s baptism. On sadder occasions, such as the funeral of a grandparent, it can be very moving to hear grandchildren speak so lovingly of their grandparent. Grandparents have a contribution to make to the lives of children which is unique to them. Very often the contribution they make is in the area of faith. They are often people of deep faith and in simple ways they can open up the world of God for their grandchildren. The older generation often have much to teach us in the ways of faith. The Mass, the Lord, Our Lady and the saints tend to be central to their lives.

In today’s first reading Eli and Samuel were not related in any way, but the age gap between the aging priest Eli and the young Samuel was equivalent to that between a grandparent and his or her grandchild. Here again we see how the elderly Eli has much to teach the young Samuel regarding the ways of God. God was trying to communicate with Samuel, calling him by name, ‘Samuel, Samuel!’ but Samuel did not recognize God’s call, thinking instead that Eli was calling him. Eventually, Eli recognized that God was trying to communicate with Samuel and to help Samuel to hear the call of God Eli gave him a very simple prayer to say, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening’. Having prayed that prayer, Samuel came to understand what God was asking of him. What Eli did for the young Samuel there, is what grandparents and parents often do for their grandchildren and children. They give them the words they need to communicate with God; they teach them prayers. Teachers also have that role in children’s lives through school. It is lovely to see children learn simple prayers at home and at school and then pray them together out loud, or on their own. Sometimes, the simplest and shortest prayers can be the most effective, like the simple, short prayer that Eli taught Samuel in today’s first reading, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening’. It is a prayer I often pray myself.

Eli’s role in the faith life of Samuel and parents’ and grandparents’ role in the faith life of children reminds us of how dependant we are on each other when it comes to our relationship with God. None of us journeys to the Lord on our own; we need the support of other people of faith. The Lord draws us to himself in and through other people of faith. That is very clear from today’s gospel reading. Just as Eli introduced Samuel to God, in the gospel reading John the Baptist introduced two of his disciples to Jesus, saying to them, ‘Look, there is the Lamb of God’. It was because of what John the Baptist said to his two disciples that they began to follow Jesus. Jesus could then speak to them directly, ‘What do you want?’ ‘Come and see’. The Lord wants to speak to each one of us directly, but he often needs others to firstly pave the way. A person of faith takes some initiative towards us, and then we discover the call of the Lord for ourselves. Eli created a space for God to engage directly with Samuel and for Samuel to respond. John the Baptist created a space for Jesus to engage directly with his disciples and for them to respond. According to the gospel reading, that pattern then repeated itself. One of John the Baptist’s two disciples was Andrew. Having spent time with Jesus, having developed a personal relationship with Jesus, Andrew then introduced his brother Simon to Jesus. He created a space for Jesus to engage personally with Peter and for Peter to respond. What John the Baptist did for Andrew and what Andrew did for Peter, Peter would go on to do for many others. He created a space for the Lord to relate in a very personal way to others and for them to respond.

Today is a day to give thanks for all those who introduced us to the Lord, who played the role in our lives that Eli played in the life of Samuel, that Andrew played in the life of Peter, that Peter played in the life of many others, and that, later on in John’s gospel, the Samaritan woman played in the life of her townspeople, and that Mary Magdalene played in the life of the other disciples on East Sunday morning. Both these women played a significant role in bringing others to the Lord. Each of us is called to bring others to the Lord, perhaps just one person. We don’t have to be great missionaries to introduce someone to the Lord. Very often our own quiet and faithful witness to the Lord and his way of life will, in time, bear that rich fruit for others.

Fr. Martin Hogan.

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Saints&Reading: Wednesday, January 17, 2024

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The hymns compare the Feast of the Nativity with the coming Feast. “There shepherds saw the Child and were amazed; here the voice of the Father proclaims the only-begotten Son.”

SYNAXIS OF THE SEVENTY APOSTLES

The Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles was established by the Orthodox Church to indicate the equal honor of each of the Seventy. They were sent two by two by the Lord Jesus Christ to go before Him into the cities He would visit (Luke 10:1).

Besides the celebration of the Synaxis of the Holy Disciples, the Church celebrates the memory of each of them during the course of the year:

Saint James the Brother of the Lord (October 23); Mark the Evangelist (April 25); Luke the Evangelist (October 18); Cleopas (October 30), brother of Saint Joseph the Betrothed, and Simeon his son (April 27); Barnabas (June 11); Joses, or Joseph, named Barsabas or Justus (October 30); Thaddeus (August 21); Ananias (October 1); Protomartyr Stephen the Archdeacon (December 27); Philip the Deacon (October 11); Prochorus the Deacon (July 28); Nicanor the Deacon (July 28 and December 28); Timon the Deacon (July 28 and December 30); Parmenas the Deacon (July 28); Timothy (January 22); Titus (August 25); Philemon (November 22 and February 19); Onesimus (February 15); Epaphras and Archippus (November 22 and February 19); Silas, Silvanus, Crescens or Criscus (July 30); Crispus and Epaenetos (July 30); Andronicus (May 17 and July 30); Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles (October 31); Aristobulus (October 31 and March 16); Herodion or Rodion (April 8 and November 10); Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon (April 8 ); Hermas (November 5, November 30 and May 31); Patrobas (November 5); Hermes (April 8); Linus, Gaius, Philologus (November 5); Lucius (September 10); Jason (April 28); Sosipater (April 28 and November 10); Olympas or Olympanus (November 10 ); Tertius (October 30 and November 10 ); Erastos (November 30), Quartus (November 10 ); Euodius (September 7); Onesiphorus (September 7 and December 8); Clement (November 25); Sosthenes (December 8); Apollos (March 30 and December 8); Tychicus, Epaphroditus (December 8); Carpus (May 26); Quadratus (September 21); Mark (September 27), called John, Zeno (September 27); Aristarchus (April 15 and September 27); Pudens and Trophimus (April 15); Mark nephew of Barnabas, Artemas (October 30); Aquila (July 14); Fortunatus (June 15) and Achaicus (January 4).

With the Descent of the Holy Spirit the Seventy Apostles preached in various lands. Some accompanied the Twelve Apostles, like the holy Evangelists Mark and Luke, or Saint Paul’s companion Timothy, or Prochorus, the disciple of the holy Evangelist John the Theologian, and others. Many of them were thrown into prison for Christ, and many received the crown of martyrdom.

There are two more Apostles of the Seventy: Saint Cephas, to whom the Lord appeared after the Resurrection (1 Cor. 15:5-6), and Simeon, called Niger (Acts 13:1). They also were glorified by apostolic preaching.

There are discrepancies and errors in some lists of the Seventy Apostles. In a list attributed to Saint Dorotheus of Tyre (June 5) some names are repeated (Rodion, or Herodion, Apollos, Tychicus, Aristarchus), while others are omitted (Timothy, Titus, Epaphras, Archippus, Aquila, Olympas). Saint Demetrius of Rostov consulted the Holy Scripture, the traditions passed down by the Fathers, and the accounts of trustworthy historians when he attempted to correct the mistakes and uncertainties in the list in compiling his collection of Lives of the Saints.

The Church in particular venerates and praises the Seventy Apostles because they taught us to honor the Trinity One in Essence and Undivided.

In the ninth century Saint Joseph the Hymnographer composed the Canon for the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles of Christ.

Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA

1 PETER 4:1-11

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles-when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

MARK 12:28-37

28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" 29 Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. 30 'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." But after that no one dared question Him. 35 Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit:'The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." ' 37 Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son? And the common people heard Him gladly.

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PETER IS CEPHAS 'A STONE', NOT A ROCK : Jesus said, 'You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas' (which is Petros, a Small Stone) - John 1:42

WHEN CHRIST IS THE CORNERSTONE, PETER CANNOT BE THE ROCK UPON WHICH THE CHURCH IS BUILT (1 Peter 2:6).

Do not be cheated anymore by preachers, who twist God’s word for selfish gains or force you to follow 'man-made' religion, denominations & its ungodly traditions. STAY AWAY FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS & THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP (1 Tim 6:5 KJV, Col 2:8). Blessings to you & yours.

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When Optimus Prime puts out the call you know I'm going to answer,

The seventh film in the film series and the 2nd best film out of them all.

Helmed by Steven Caple Jr. (CREED II) this second installment of the prequel series takes place in 1994, seven years after the events of BUMBLEBEE. Unlike BUMBLEBEE which I found to be lighter fare (still enjoyable), TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS harkens back to the intensity of the Michael Bay installments, but is in the sweet spot where it still has great action but doesn't lean into the excesses that Bay tends to indulge in from a confusing and mind-numbing mass of action to his ever-increasing runtimes (this one taps out at a breezy 124 minutes).

Great characters human, Autobots and Maximals alike.

SPOILERS FOR TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS, ROLL OUT

THE GOOD

*The energy and pace is fantastic. It digs in quick with the Maximals and the Terrorcons, let us know the villainy we're facing (Scourge taking and wearing the Autobot shields from his kills was A++)

and quickly establishes the human protagonists. No dawdling on that front. And the use of back-to-back 90s east coast rap really drove home the sense of time for the film. Just hit, after hit after hit that help boost the vibe of the film.

*With his hilarious Peacock series BUPKIS and his voicework in this, Pete Davidson is seemingly entering his less annoying era. I loved Mirage's banter with Noah.

*I liked seeing a less than capable Optimus Prime. He's been the sure-footed leader for so long and we get to see him beaten down and of broken spirit from being stuck on Earth. This is a Optimus who has lost his spirit and I like that Optimus Primal reinforces those concepts, and introduces the concept of unity with humans to Prime.

'TIL All Are One.

*We've had the human allies of course but to actually see one don battle armour and fight and not just be used as a decoy??!!!

At the end I assumed Michael Kelly's character would be from Sector 7 (the organization John Turturro's TRANSFORMERS character worked for. I even thought, "Is this dude joining the Transformers Initiative? What is this?"

But G.I. Joe?!!!! Noah is a Real American Hero!

And while he uses the code name Sonic as a shout to Sonic the Hedgehog, maybe it has the double meaning of Noah now being a G.I Joe Sonic Fighter.

Anthony Ramos, you fumbled Jasmine Cephas Jones but you didn't fumble this role.

THE BAD

*No notes

THE REST

*I think Dominique Fishback has a great personality but her acting leaves a lot to be desired and not just in this film. She's very uneven in her work. Sometimes you can see the promise, but more often -and too often in this film - she's wooden.

The way this scene isn't even in the film.

I would still like to see her back. My hope is that they do a bigger time jump than 7 years and assemble the human allies from across the films.

*If you're in it because you are a fan of BEAST WARS you may be disappointed. We spent too little time with the Maximals. It's the price of having a moderate runtime. I can't think of anything in the film that I would have wanted jettisoned in order to get more time with the Maximals, though. Shame because their designs were fantastic, especially Cheetors and when they transformed out of their animal forms to fight.

*Mirage tells Noah that Marky Mark left the Funky Bunch, but as Mark Wahlberg plays Cade in two TRANSFORMERS films does that mean Cade walks around being mistaken for Mark Wahlberg?

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Hi Cat! I hope you're well and hanging in there. I was wondering if you could please suggest some female identifying faces with a 1950s film noir sort of vibe? Early thirties would be ideal, but either side of that wouldn't be terrible! Thank you kindly!

Gwendoline Christie (1978)

T'Nia Miller (1980) Afro Jamaican - is a lesbian.

April Bowlby (1981) - Doom Patrol.

Dichen Lachman (1982) Nepalese Tibetan / White.

Alexa Davalos (1982) Ashkenazi Jewish / White.

Sonam Kapoor (1985) Indian - is pro Palestine!

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986) African-American - The Idol.

Jenna Coleman (1986)

Diane Guerrero (1986) Colombian - is pro Palestine!

Cleopatra Coleman (1987) Afro Jamaican / White.

Elsa Hosk (1988) - is pro Palestine!

Vanessa Kirby (1988)

Sharon Rooney (1988)

Aiysha Hart (1988) Saudi Arabian and White - is pro Palestine!

Úrsula Corberó (1989)

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) has hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with Marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness - is a lesbian.

Jasmine Cephas Jones (1989) African-American / White.

Hannah John-Kamen (1989) Norweigan / White.

Elizabeth Debicki (1990)

Rosaline Elbay (1990) Egyptian - is pro Palestine!

KiKi Layne (1991) African-American.

Denée Benton (1991) African-American - is pro Palestine!

Kim Yong Ji (1991) Korean - Somebody.

Dilraba Dilmurat (1992) Uyghur.

Paloma Elsesser (1992) African-American / Chilean-Swiss - is pro Palestine!

Jesse James Keitel (1993) Ashkenazi Jewish - is trans - is pro Palestine!

Hope this helps!