#Month One Nisan 1

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After Day 7, Comes Day 8. The 2023, 2024 Wars signal DAy 7 and 8.

Signals to Day Seven and Day Eight are happening now in 2023 and 2024. The eclipses are signals to America to return to God's covenant with Israel. What Day is April 16, 2024? It is Day Eight Nisan. Lazarus has risen and so will Christ.

What Happened at The Eclipses of 2017, 2023 and 2024? What Happened to the goats? The Nations are called, goats. God came and carefully investigated what was happening on the earth at the eclipses of 2017, 2023 and 2024. It had been determined by God that no more of his children would be lost to hell. The signal of Creation is systematically being witnessed in eclipses. The earth was once…

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This is really cool!!!!!

Was Jesus (Yeshua) really born on December 25th, as Western Christian Tradition maintains, or does the careful study of Scripture allow us to infer a different time for His advent here on earth? Two cases can be reasonably made: one case for a Tishri (Sukkot) birth, and the other for the traditional late December (or early January) date. As I hope you will see, the crux of the arguments both for and against the late December dating of the birth of Yeshua depend upon when we think Zechariah (John the Baptist’s father) was in the Temple when he was visited by the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:5-80).

First we need to understand that King David divided the sons of Aaron (i.e., the priests) into 24 “courses” or groups to create an orderly schedule by which the Temple of the LORD would be staffed for the given year (1 Chr. 24:1-4). Once these courses were established, lots were drawn to determine the sequence each group would serve in the Temple (1 Chr. 24:7-19) beginning with the first course in the Spring on Nisan 1 (i.e., Rosh Chodashim). According to the chronicles each of the 24 courses of priests would begin and end their service on the Sabbath day for a tour of duty of one week (2 Chr. 23:8, 1 Chr. 9:25).

The Jewish calendar begins in the spring (i.e., Nisan 1), so the first course of priests would serve for seven days, and then on the following week the second course would serve. The third week would mark the festival of Passover when all priests would be present for service, so the schedule would be suspended until the following week when the third course of priests would serve. The weekly arrangement would then resume until the next major holiday of Shavuot (Pentecost) arrived, and then the schedule was suspended again for the ninth week. By the tenth week the eighth course (of Aviyah, meaning “My Father is Yah”) would be called for Temple service and the courses would continue without further interruption until the 24th course was completed (see the table below). Note that after the 24th course served, the first half of the calendar would be complete and the schedule would then reset for the second half of the year. By means of this arrangement each group of priests would serve in twice per year (in addition to the three major festivals of Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot).

This weekly schedule of the Temple service allows us to infer the birth date of both John the Baptist and thereby the birth date of Yeshua the Messiah. Of particular interest is the eighth course of the priests, called the “Course of Aviyah” (mentioned in 1 Chr. 24:10) which was the course that Zechariah served (see Luke 1:5). Now since the eighth course would serve either during the month of Sivan or later during the month of Kislev (see the table above), we have two possibilities regarding establishing the birth date of Yeshua the Messiah.

First, if the visitation of Gabriel occurred during Zechariah’s first course of service (i.e., the 10th week), then John would have been conceived sometime during the month of Sivan (Luke 1:23-4), and adding 40 weeks to this (the normal time of human gestation) John would have been born sometime in the month of Nisan, perhaps around the time of Passover. Furthermore, since Yeshua was conceived six months after John was conceived (Luke 1:24-27, 36), adding six months (or 24 weeks) to the end of Sivan implies his miraculous conception would have occurred in mid to late Kislev (near the time of Chanukah). Adding 40 weeks to this (again, the approximate time of human gestation), Yeshua then would have been born sometime in the month of Tishri, during the season of Sukkot (i.e., “Tabernacles”).

On the other hand, if the visitation by Gabriel occurred during Zechariah’s second service (i.e., 35th week), then John would have been conceived after Yom Kippur (Luke 1:8-23) and born 40 weeks later during the month of Tammuz. Again, since Yeshua was conceived six months after John was conceived (Luke 1:24-27, 36), adding six months (or 24 weeks) would imply he was conceived during Passover and was born later during the month of Tevet, that is, sometime in late December. According to church historians, this was the original view of the early church.

So there you go. If you have followed my reasoning, it is clear that Yeshua could have been born either near the holiday of Sukkot to celebrate God "tabernacling" with humanity, or he could have been born in late December, perhaps near the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet which remembered the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. There are perhaps other options as well, but I believe God meant for the issue to be a bit obscure because He came into the world in disguise -- the Lord of Glory given in swaddling clothes... Hallelujah!

Note: For more reasoning about this topic see the H4C article: “Christmas Day: Was Jesus Really Born on December 25th?” or download the printable version (find the link below).

Concluding Addendum

The fact that various church groups have chosen different dates to memorialize certain historical events (such as the birth date of Jesus) is something we must tolerate, especially because the Scriptures do not provide enough information to conclusively determine the matter, and therefore we must exercise “epistemic humility” and follow peace (Heb. 12:14).

It should be noted, however, that the early church recognized the later December dating (rather than a Sukkot date), though assuredly not because of any pagan influences (such as Saturnalia or Roman sun worship). Indeed the early church suffered terrible persecution from the pagans in Rome and there is no historical evidence that they sought to assimilate with any of the pagan customs of that time. The suspicion that Christianity “appropriated” pagan culture to celebrate the birth of Christ actually first arose during the so-called “Age of Enlightenment” (17th century) when the use of human reason and the scientific method were dogmatically declared to be the only way to truth...

The question of the date of Jesus' birth is not one regarding his empirical reality and the historicity of the gospels, since these are not seriously questioned by honest historical scholars. However the Scriptures accommodate divergent convictions on such matters, as Paul gave the principle: ῝Ος μὲν κρίνει ἡμέραν παρ᾽ ἡμέραν, ὃς δὲ κρίνει πᾶσαν ἡμέραν. ῞Εκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ νοῒ πληροφορείσθω - “One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind” (Rom: 14:5). “So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding” (Rom. 14:19).

You might not agree with my thinking on the subject here, but if you want to make a case for a different date, then do your own careful research on the question. Read the relevant Hebrew texts, do the math, consult the Jewish calendar, read the New Testament, check the Greek, and then determine whether you think Zechariah was serving at the Temple during the month of Sivan or later, during Tishri, perhaps during the time of Yom Kippur. Shalom!

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

Was Jesus Really Born on December 25th (pdf):

https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Winter_Holidays/Christmas/JesusChistmas.pdf

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4th October >> Mass Readings (Except USA)

Saint Francis of Assisi 

on

Wednesday, Twenty Sixth Week in Ordinary Time.

Wednesday, Twenty Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the feria (Wednesday))

(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 Nehemiah 2:1-8 'Give me leave to go to the city of my ancestors and rebuild it'.

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, the wine being my concern, I took up the wine and offered it to the king. Now I had never been downcast before. So the king said, ‘Why is your face so sad? You are not sick, surely? This must be a sadness of the heart.’ A great fear came over me and I said to the king, ‘May the king live for ever! How could my face be other than sad when the city where the tombs of my ancestors are lies in ruins, and its gates have been burnt down?’ ‘What’ the king asked ‘is your request?’ I called on the God of heaven and made this reply to the king, ‘If it pleases the king, and if you are satisfied with your servant, give me leave to go to Judah, to the city of my ancestors’ tombs, and rebuild it.’ The king, with the queen sitting there beside him, said, ‘How long will your journey take, and when will you return?’ So I named a date that seemed acceptable to the king and he gave me leave to go. I spoke to the king once more, ‘If it please the king, could letters be given me for the governors of Transeuphrates to allow me to pass through to Judah? And also a letter for Asaph, keeper of the king’s park, to supply me with timber for the gates of the citadel of the Temple, for the city walls and for the house I am to occupy?’ This the king granted me, for the kindly favour of my God was with me.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 136(137):1-6

R/ O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

By the rivers of Babylon there we sat and wept, remembering Zion; on the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps.

R/ O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

For it was there that they asked us, our captors, for songs, our oppressors, for joy. ‘Sing to us,’ they said, ‘one of Zion’s songs.’

R/ O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

O how could we sing the song of the Lord on alien soil? If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

R/ O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not, if I prize not Jerusalem above all my joys!

R/ O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

Gospel Acclamation Psalm 118:105

Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is a lamp for my steps and a light for my path. Alleluia!

Or: Philippians 3:8-9

Alleluia, alleluia! I have accepted the loss of everything and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. Alleluia!

Gospel Luke 9:57-62 'I will follow you wherever you go'.

As Jesus and his disciples travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus answered, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’

Another to whom he said, ‘Follow me’, replied, ‘Let me go and bury my father first.’ But he answered, ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.’ Another said, ‘I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say goodbye to my people at home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saint Francis of Assisi 

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(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 Galatians 6:14-18 The marks on my body are those of Jesus.

The only thing I can boast about is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not; what matters is for him to become an altogether new creature. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, who form the Israel of God.

I want no more trouble from anybody after this; the marks on my body are those of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, my brothers. Amen.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 15(16):1-2,5,7-8,11

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God.’ O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel, who even at night directs my heart. I keep the Lord ever in my sight: since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, at your right hand happiness for ever.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Matthew 11:25

Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia!

Gospel Matthew 11:28-30 My yoke is easy and my burden light.

Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Bible is telling us that, because of Jesus’s work on the cross, children no longer need to bear the iniquities of their fathers. Each individual is responsible and accountable for their own sins. Christ has provided a way for forgiveness of our individual sins and for cleansing of generational curses.

I think one of the most interesting stories in the Bible is the account of Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai. Essentially, this is a story about the preservation of the Jewish people in the Persian Empire through the courage of a young Jewish girl and the wisdom of her mentor Mordecai. However, there is much more to this story: this narrative actually gives us great insight into the way familiar spirits and generational curses operate.

After these things did king Ahasuerus [also called Xerxes] promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgresses you the king’s commandment? Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone;

for they had showed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them.

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:

and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries. And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. (Esther 3:1–10)The most important factor in this story is that Haman, the most powerful official in the Persian Empire, was an Agagite. Haman was a descendant of Agag. You may be asking, “Who is Agag, and why is this fact about Haman’s lineage so important?” I’m glad you asked!

Agag was the king of the Amalekites during the reign of King Saul.

At that time, God had instructed Saul to destroy all of the Amalekites, including King Agag, but Saul decided to spare the king instead. This single act of defiance and rebellion was much more serious than Saul could ever have imagined because it had transgenerational effects. As a result of his sin, Saul was rejected from being king.

However, perhaps even worse, Agag was allowed to have a posterity. (See 1 Samuel 15:1–29.)☕️Kynan Bridges

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CELEBRATION! CELEBRATION! CELEBRATION!

The entire members of SABBATH DAY CHURCH OF GOD WORLDWIDE

Happily invites you to the

ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF PASSOVER (Pesach) 2025 (5785)

THE ORDAINED FEAST OF GOD

Bible Quotation

Exodus 12:1-20, Exodus 23:15, Leviticus 23:4-8, Matthew 26:1-2, 17-20, Ezra 6:19-20, Mark 14:12-15, Luke 22:7-12, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Date:

Gregorian calendar :April 12 2025

Hebrew Calendar :Nissan 14 5785

Duration: 7 days

Time: 24 hrs Daily

Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Passover, the ultimate

sacrifice that brings us forgiveness and freedom from sin.

You are highly welcome in Jesus Christ name! Amen

THE PASSOVER LAMB

The Passover lamb was the animal God directed the Israelites to use as a sacrifice in Egypt on the night God struck down the first born sons of every household (Exodus 12:29)

This was the final plague God issued against Pharaoh, and it led to Pharaoh releasing the Israelites from slavery (Exodus 11:1).

After that fateful night, God instructed the Israelites to observe the Passover Feast as a lasting memorial (Exodus 12:14), God

instructed every household to select a year old lamb without defect (Exodus 12:5) (Leviticus 22:20-21). The head of household was to slaughter the lamb at midnight, taking care that none of its bones were broken, and apply some of its blood to the tops and sides of the doorframe of the house.

God said that when He saw the lamb’s blood, he will “pass over” that house and not permit “the destroyer” to enter (Exodus 12:23).

New Testament establishes a relationship between this prototypical Passover Lamb and the consummate Passover lamb, Jesus Christ (1st Corinthians 5:7).

John the Baptist recognised Jesus as “the Lamb of God” (John 1:29), and Peter links the lamb without defect (Exodus 12:5) with

Christ, whom he calls a “lamb without blemish or detect” (1 Peter 1:19).

Jesus Christ is qualified to be called one without blemish because his life was completely free from sin (Heb. 4:15).

In Revelation, John sees Jesus Christ as a lamb looking as if it had been slain” (Rev. 5:6).

Jesus Christ was crucified during the time that Passover was observed (Mark 14:12) the bible says believers have symbolically applied the sacrificial blood Christ to their hearts and thus have escaped eternal death (Heb. 9:12, 14) just as the Passover lambs is applied causes God’s Judgment to Pass-over sinners and gives life to believers (Romans 6:23).

As the first Passover marks the Israelites' release from Egyptian slavery, so the

death of Christ marks our release from the slavery of sin (Roman 8:2). As the first Passover was to be held in remembrance as an

annual feast, so Christians are to memorized the Lord’s death in

communion until he returns (1 Corinthians 11:26).

The Old Testament Passover Lamb, although a reality in that time, was a more foreshadowing of the better and final Passover lamb, Jesus Christ.

Through his sinless life and sacrificial death, Jesus became the ONLY ONE capable of giving people a way to escape and a sure hope of eternal life (1 Peter 1:20-21)

CHRIST OUR PASSOVER

Here are amazing comparisons

1. Four Days: A lamb had to be chosen and brought into the house four days before Passover. Four days before his death on the cross on the eve of Passover, Jesus rode on a donkey (Exodus 12:3-6; Luke 19:29-38).

2. Without Blemish: The Lamb had to be without blemish or deformities, Jesus Christ was without blemish (Exodus 12:5, 1 Peter 1:18-19)

3. Broken Bones: The Israelites weren’t allowed to break the bones of the Lamb, Jesus bones didn’t get broken. (Exodus 12:9, John 19:36).

4. No Left Overs: The Lamb had to be consumed entirely on the eve of Passover. Jesus was taken off the cross on the same

evening of his crucifixion (Exodus 12:10, John 19:31).

5. The 14th Nisan: The Passover lamb was slain on the eve of Passover, on the 14th Nisan or Abib, which is the first month.

Jesus was crucified on the same date. (Exodus 12:6, John 19:42).

6. Blood: The Israelites had to sprinkle the blood of the lamb on the door post as a sign to God. Whoever stayed in the house

behind the blood was safe from God’s Judgment against the Egyptians. Whoever stays with Jesus and does his will, His

blood will keep him/her safe from God’s judgment. (Exodus 12:12-13, Isaiah 53:5, Romans 5:8-10)

FINALLY

Getting saved is an exciting experience. It is plainly the mother of all experiences what with the guilt, condemnation and inward turmoil taken away at the moment of sincere repentance and forgiveness and salvation (Isaiah 53:4-6). The moment we get saved, we receive the commission to witness and the ministry of reconciliation is committed unto us. We get commissioned by God to blow the trumpet.(2 Corinthians 5:17-21).

God bless you

Amen.

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Holidays 4.1

Holidays

American Firefighters Day

April Fool’s Day

April Noddy Day

Arbor Day (Tanzania)

Asbestos Awareness Day

Atheist’s Day

Boomer Bonus Day

Boy Howdy Day

Captains Regent Day (San Mario)

Capture of Brielle Remembrance (Netherlands)

Chaos Energy Day

Civil Service Day (Thailand)

CLAMP Day (Japan)

Dollar Sign ($) Day

Do Something Undignified Day

Dupuytren’s Disease Awareness Day (Florida)

Edible Book Day

EOKA Day (Cyprus)

Festival of Irritating Jokes & Childish Japes

Festival of Positive Threats

Flag Day (Mauritania)

Fossil Fools Day

401 Gives Day (Rhode Island)

Gardtide (Elder Scrolls)

Ghodejatra (Katmandu Valley, Nepal)

Gnome Your Neighbor Day

Gowkie Day (a.k.a. Gowkin' Day; Scotland)

Greek Cypriot Day (EOKA Day; Cyprus)

Hatching Day (in “The Dragonriders of Pern”)

Hunt-the-Gowk Day (Scotland)

International Fun at Work Day

International Tatting Day

International Tom Hanks Day

International Waluigi Day

Intolerance Day

Islamic Republic Day (Iran)

Library Snapshot Day

Lupus Alert Day

Margaritaville Day

Midnight Movie Day

Mylesday

Näfelser Fahrtfest (Glarus, Switzerland)

National Atheist’s Day

National Broadcasting Day (Indonesia)

National Day of Hope

National DIY Day

National Greeting Card Day

National Jump in Muddy Puddles Day

National Love Our Children Day

National Loyal Day

National Lupus Alert Day

National One Cent Day

National Tom Foolerys Day

National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)

National Trombone Players Day

Nickelodeon Day

No More Dishpan Hands Day

One Cent Day

Odisha Day (a.k.a. Orissa Day; India)

Pigasus Award Announcement Day

Poisson d’Avril (France)

Reading Is Funny Day

Semana Santa ends (Nicaragua)

Social Circus Day

Spaghetti Tree Day

Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action [Date Varies]

Take Your Horse to Work Day

Tangible Karma Day

US Air Force Academy Day

Užupis Day (Lithuania)

Youth Day (Benin)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cognac Birthday

International Day of the Barista

Meat Loaf Appreciation Day

National Sourdough Bread Day

National Soylent Green Day

Organic Restaurant Day

Prankster Day (North Coast Brewing)

Sliced Bread Day (a.k.a. Birthday of Sliced Bread)

Sourdough Bread Day

Soy Foods Day

Nature Celebrations

Almond Day (Faithful Love; Korean Birth Flowers)

Hornbeam Day (French Republic)

International Birding Day (Russia)

International Bird Loving Day (China)

International Bull Terrier Day

Nature Day (Iran)

White Rabbit Day

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Commonwealth of Sparta (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Investiture of the Captains Regents (San Marino) [also 10.1]

Iran (Declared a Theocratic Islamic Republic; 1979)

Nunavut Province Day (Canada; 1999)

New Year’s Days

Annual Accounts Closing Day (India)

Assyrian New Year (a.k.a. …

Akitu (ܐܟܝܬܘ)

Ha b-Nisin

Ha b-Nison

Kha b-Nisan

Resha d-Sheta

Syriac (ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ / Head of the Year)

British Financial Year begins (UK)

1st Tuesday in April

Garlic Tuesday (in “The Legend of Dick and Dom”) [1st Tuesday]

National Family Caregiver Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

National Healthy Schools Day [1st Tuesday]

National Service Recognition Day [1st Tuesday]

Oncology Nursing Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

SAAM Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 1 (1st Week of April)

Golden Rule Week [thru 4.7]_

International Pooper Scooper Week [thru 4.7]_

Laugh at Work Week [thru 4.7]_

Medication Safety Week [thru 4.7]_

National Raw Feeding Week [thru 4.7]_

Testicular Cancer Awareness Day [thru 4.7]_

Festivals On or Beginning April 1, 2025

Akitu (Babylonian New Year Festival celebrating the marriage of Haven and Earth) [thru 4.10]

Cartagena Film Festival (Cartagena, Colombia) [thru 4.6]

Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) [thru 4.2]

Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Oudtshoorn, South Africa) [thru 4.6]

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (Mount Vernon, Washington) [thru 4.30]

WPS Farm Show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 4.3]

Feast Days

Agilbert (Christian; Saint)

All Fools Day (Pastafarian)

Benny Rabbit (Muppetism)

Catherine of Palma (Christian; Saint)

Cellach of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

The Cruelest Month Week (Shamanism)

Day of Fornax (Goddess of Baking Bread; Ancient Rome)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness; also 1.23)

Eris Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Festival of Fortuna Virilis (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Renenutet, and the Birthday of Neper (Ancient Egyptian God of Grain)

Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman women's festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men)

Frederick Denison Maurice (Episcopal Church (USA))

Gilbert de Moray, Bishop of Caithness, Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Hippocrates (Positivist; Saint)

Hugh of Bonnevaux (Christian; Saint)

Hugh of Grenoble (Christian; Saint)

Kalends of April (Ancient Rome)

Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus; Japan)

Lazarus (Christian; Saint) [Bulgaria; Girls]

Loki's Day (Norse)

Macarius the Wonder-worker (Christian; Saint)

Mary of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Melito of Sardis (Christian; Saint)

Night of the Evil Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Nuno Álvares Pereira (Christian; Saint)

St. Stupid's Day (First Church of the Last Laugh; San Francisco)

Tewdrig (Christian; Saint)

Theodora (Christian; Saint)

Ticino Pasta Harvesting Day (Pastafarian)

Valery (Christian; Saint)

Veneralia (Festival to Venus; Ancient Rome)

Walric, abbot of Leuconay (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Day Pillar: Metal Rat

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: April Fool’s Day

Secular Saints Days

Edwin Austin Abbey (Art)

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Literature)

Lon Chaney (Entertainment)

Jimmy Cliff (Music)

Samuel R. Delany (Literature)

Willie Dixon (Music)

Dan Flavin (Art)

Nikolai Gogol (Literature)

Alberta Hunter (Music)

Gordon Jump (Entertainment)

Milan Kundera (Literature)

Rachel Maddow (Politics)

Anne McCaffrey (Literature)

Ali McGraw (Entertainment)

Toshiro Mifune (Entertainment)

William Mulready (Art)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Music)

Debbie Reynolds (Entertainment)

Edmond Rostand (Literature)

Gil Scott-Heron (Music)

Barry Sonnefeld (Entertainment)

Edgar Wallace (Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s April Fool’s Day.)

Premieres

Air Force Academy (Military School; 1954)

Alice Plays Cupid (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Alice’s Spooky Adventure (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Alpine Antics (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Alvin’s Solo Flight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

America the Beautiful, sung by Ray Charles (Song; 1976)

Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins (Novel; 1971)

Bad Luck and Trouble, 11th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2007)

Baffling Bunnies (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

The Beauty Shop (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Beezy Bear (Donald Duck Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Big Bad Bobcat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Birds of a Feather (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

Bird Symphony (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Blame It on the Samba Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Blaze of Glory, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1989)

The Blue Angel (Film; 1930)

The Bone Ranger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Boomerang (Cable TV Station; 2000)

A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison (Novella; 1969)

A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (Book; 1988)

Buddy’s Theatre (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Bullet (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Burr’s Novelty Review #2 (MacDono Cartoon; 1922)

Champion Chump (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Chicken Jitters (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Chocolate Chase (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

A Cold Romance (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

Col. Heeza Liar’s Knighthood (Colonel Heeza Liar Cartoon; 1923)

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (Novel; 1980)

Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber (Short Story; 1943)

Contrail (Federal Transportation Company; 1976)

Daddy’s Little Darling (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Daffy Duck’s Easter Show (WB Animated TV Special; 1980)

Daffy Flies North (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Death: The Time of Your Life, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1996)

Diarrhea & Dysentery (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Dodge City (Film; 1939)

Don’t Spill the Beans (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Echo Burning, 5th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2001)

The Enemy, 8th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2004)

The Enlarger (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1970)

Everyday I’m Drinking, by Little Big (Song; 2013)

The Female Spectator, by Eliza Haywood (Magazine; 1744)

The Famous Ride, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Felix Makes Good (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1922)

Felix the Cat in Comicalities (Felix the Cat Cartoon; 1928)

Felix the Cat in the Ghost Breaker (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1923)

Felix Tries to Rest (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1924)

The Feudin’ Hillbillies (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

The Flamboyant Arms (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Foiling the Fox (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Ford Films (Dr. Suess UPA Cartoons; 1949)

Frog’s Legs (Little Lulu Comic Kings Cartoon; 1962)

General Hospital (TV Soap Opera; 1963)

The Ghost Monster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Gone Tomorrow, 13th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2009)

Good Deed Daly (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Goodie the Gremlin (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1854)

The Heat’s Off (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Hero For A Day (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1953)

Hop (Animated Film; 2011)

Hound About That (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hounding the Hares, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1902)

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones (Novel; 1986)

Jeff’s Toothache (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1916)

The Juggler of Our Lady (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Just One More Chance (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

The Kids Are Alright, by The Who (Soundtrack Album; 1979)

King Rounder (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (Book; 1651)

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Novella; 1943)

The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1912)

Loyal Royalty, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Made for Love (TV Series; 2021)

The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte (Animated TV Special; 1960)

Maid-Sama! (Anime Series; 2010)

The Man Who Laughs, by Victor Hugo (Novel; 1869)

The Man With the Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #13]

Margaritaville, by Jimmy Buffet (Song; 1976)

The Meaning of Life (Film; 1983)

Me Und Gott (Paramount-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1918)

The Might Termite (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)

The Missing Genie (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)

Monkey Doodles (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Morning Has Broken, by Cat Stevens (Song; 1972)

Moth and the Flame (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1938)

A Mountain Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

The Movie Daredevil (Mastodon Cartoon; 1923)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe (Short Story; 1841)

Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1838)

Nobody’s Ghost, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Old Hokum Bucket (Aesop’s Sound Fable Cartoon; 1931)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #11]

One Shot, 9th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2005)

The Orphan Egg (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

Passing, by Nella Larsen (Novel; 1929)

Peanut Battle, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Personæ, by Ezra Pound (Poetry; 1909)

Person to Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Persuader, 7th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2003)

Pet Problems (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1836)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde (Novel; 1891)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Little Witch Girl (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

Prescription For Percy, featuring Roquefort & Percy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight Showing (Film; 1976)

Running Blind, 4th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2000)

Sagebrush Sadie (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Scents and Nonsense (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1926)

Scouts to the Rescue (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

Screwball Squirrel (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The 700 Club (Religious Propaganda Series; 1966)

Shaddup Your Face, by Joe Dolce (Song; 1981)

Sin City (Film; 2005)

Somebody To Love, by Jefferson Airplane (Song; 1967)

Some Do Not…, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

The Sound of Music (Film; 1965)

Space Invaders (Video Game; 1978)

Spacewar! (Video Game; 1962)

The Stowaways (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1949)

Strange Companion, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

The Stretcher (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1969)

Strife with Father (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Novel; 1977)

Sylvia’s Mother, by Dr. Hook (Song; 1972)

Therapeutic Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1977)

Time Gallops On (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Toby the Pup (Toby the Pup Cartoon; 1931)

Trash Program (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Trigger Treat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

The Trip (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1967)

A Trip to Mars (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1924)

The Tudors (TV Series; 2007)

2112, by Rush (Album; 1976)

25 O’Clock, by XTC, a.k.a. the Dukes of the Stratosphear (Album; 1985)

US Soldier (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1897)

Weather Systems, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2003)

Western Union (Telegraph Company; 1866)

Woozit (Educational-Bowers Comedy Cartoon; 1928)

The Winding the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (Novel; 1908)

Without Fail, 6th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2002)

Wynonna Earp (TV Series; 2016)

The Yolk’s on You (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Yo-Yo (Toy; 1929)

Today’s Name Days

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Austria)

Anastazije, Božica, Mavro, Venancije (Croatia)

Hugo (Czech Republic)

Hugo (Denmark)

Harald, Harri, Harro, Herald (Estonia)

Peppi, Pulmu, Raita (Finland)

Hugues, Valéry (France)

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Germany)

Hugó (Hungary)

Dora, Irene, Ugo (Italy)

Dagne, Dagnis, Tautmilis, Teodora, Teofils (Latvia)

Dainora, Rimgaudas, Teodora (Lithuania)

Aron, Arve, Arvid (Norway)

Chryzant, Grażyna, Hugo, Hugon, Katarzyna, Teodora, Tolisław, Zbigniew, Zbyszko (Poland)

Maria (Romania)

Darya, Klavdia (Russia)

Hugo (Slovakia)

Hugo, Venancio (Spain)

Harald, Hervor (Sweden)

April, Arden, Argus, Diamond, Paris (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

Myles Day

National Connor Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 91 of 2025; 274 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 2 of Week 14 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 23 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Rowan (April 110) [Day 1 of 10]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5785

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1446

Julian: 19 March 2025

Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 7 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hippocrates]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 3 of 15] (thru 4.9)

Season: Spring (Day 12 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 2 Cyan; Twosday [2 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 12 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 18 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 12 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

Calendar Changes

April (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Rowan (April 1-10) [Druid Tree Calendar] (Month 10 of 41)

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Holidays 4.1

Holidays

American Firefighters Day

April Fool’s Day

April Noddy Day

Arbor Day (Tanzania)

Asbestos Awareness Day

Atheist’s Day

Boomer Bonus Day

Boy Howdy Day

Captains Regent Day (San Mario)

Capture of Brielle Remembrance (Netherlands)

Chaos Energy Day

Civil Service Day (Thailand)

CLAMP Day (Japan)

Dollar Sign ($) Day

Do Something Undignified Day

Dupuytren’s Disease Awareness Day (Florida)

Edible Book Day

EOKA Day (Cyprus)

Festival of Irritating Jokes & Childish Japes

Festival of Positive Threats

Flag Day (Mauritania)

Fossil Fools Day

401 Gives Day (Rhode Island)

Gardtide (Elder Scrolls)

Ghodejatra (Katmandu Valley, Nepal)

Gnome Your Neighbor Day

Gowkie Day (a.k.a. Gowkin' Day; Scotland)

Greek Cypriot Day (EOKA Day; Cyprus)

Hatching Day (in “The Dragonriders of Pern”)

Hunt-the-Gowk Day (Scotland)

International Fun at Work Day

International Tatting Day

International Tom Hanks Day

International Waluigi Day

Intolerance Day

Islamic Republic Day (Iran)

Library Snapshot Day

Lupus Alert Day

Margaritaville Day

Midnight Movie Day

Mylesday

Näfelser Fahrtfest (Glarus, Switzerland)

National Atheist’s Day

National Broadcasting Day (Indonesia)

National Day of Hope

National DIY Day

National Greeting Card Day

National Jump in Muddy Puddles Day

National Love Our Children Day

National Loyal Day

National Lupus Alert Day

National One Cent Day

National Tom Foolerys Day

National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)

National Trombone Players Day

Nickelodeon Day

No More Dishpan Hands Day

One Cent Day

Odisha Day (a.k.a. Orissa Day; India)

Pigasus Award Announcement Day

Poisson d’Avril (France)

Reading Is Funny Day

Semana Santa ends (Nicaragua)

Social Circus Day

Spaghetti Tree Day

Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action [Date Varies]

Take Your Horse to Work Day

Tangible Karma Day

US Air Force Academy Day

Užupis Day (Lithuania)

Youth Day (Benin)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cognac Birthday

International Day of the Barista

Meat Loaf Appreciation Day

National Sourdough Bread Day

National Soylent Green Day

Organic Restaurant Day

Prankster Day (North Coast Brewing)

Sliced Bread Day (a.k.a. Birthday of Sliced Bread)

Sourdough Bread Day

Soy Foods Day

Nature Celebrations

Almond Day (Faithful Love; Korean Birth Flowers)

Hornbeam Day (French Republic)

International Birding Day (Russia)

International Bird Loving Day (China)

International Bull Terrier Day

Nature Day (Iran)

White Rabbit Day

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Commonwealth of Sparta (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Investiture of the Captains Regents (San Marino) [also 10.1]

Iran (Declared a Theocratic Islamic Republic; 1979)

Nunavut Province Day (Canada; 1999)

New Year’s Days

Annual Accounts Closing Day (India)

Assyrian New Year (a.k.a. …

Akitu (ܐܟܝܬܘ)

Ha b-Nisin

Ha b-Nison

Kha b-Nisan

Resha d-Sheta

Syriac (ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ / Head of the Year)

British Financial Year begins (UK)

1st Tuesday in April

Garlic Tuesday (in “The Legend of Dick and Dom”) [1st Tuesday]

National Family Caregiver Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

National Healthy Schools Day [1st Tuesday]

National Service Recognition Day [1st Tuesday]

Oncology Nursing Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

SAAM Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 1 (1st Week of April)

Golden Rule Week [thru 4.7]_

International Pooper Scooper Week [thru 4.7]_

Laugh at Work Week [thru 4.7]_

Medication Safety Week [thru 4.7]_

National Raw Feeding Week [thru 4.7]_

Testicular Cancer Awareness Day [thru 4.7]_

Festivals On or Beginning April 1, 2025

Akitu (Babylonian New Year Festival celebrating the marriage of Haven and Earth) [thru 4.10]

Cartagena Film Festival (Cartagena, Colombia) [thru 4.6]

Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) [thru 4.2]

Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Oudtshoorn, South Africa) [thru 4.6]

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (Mount Vernon, Washington) [thru 4.30]

WPS Farm Show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 4.3]

Feast Days

Agilbert (Christian; Saint)

All Fools Day (Pastafarian)

Benny Rabbit (Muppetism)

Catherine of Palma (Christian; Saint)

Cellach of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

The Cruelest Month Week (Shamanism)

Day of Fornax (Goddess of Baking Bread; Ancient Rome)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness; also 1.23)

Eris Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Festival of Fortuna Virilis (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Renenutet, and the Birthday of Neper (Ancient Egyptian God of Grain)

Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman women's festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men)

Frederick Denison Maurice (Episcopal Church (USA))

Gilbert de Moray, Bishop of Caithness, Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Hippocrates (Positivist; Saint)

Hugh of Bonnevaux (Christian; Saint)

Hugh of Grenoble (Christian; Saint)

Kalends of April (Ancient Rome)

Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus; Japan)

Lazarus (Christian; Saint) [Bulgaria; Girls]

Loki's Day (Norse)

Macarius the Wonder-worker (Christian; Saint)

Mary of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Melito of Sardis (Christian; Saint)

Night of the Evil Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Nuno Álvares Pereira (Christian; Saint)

St. Stupid's Day (First Church of the Last Laugh; San Francisco)

Tewdrig (Christian; Saint)

Theodora (Christian; Saint)

Ticino Pasta Harvesting Day (Pastafarian)

Valery (Christian; Saint)

Veneralia (Festival to Venus; Ancient Rome)

Walric, abbot of Leuconay (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Day Pillar: Metal Rat

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: April Fool’s Day

Secular Saints Days

Edwin Austin Abbey (Art)

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Literature)

Lon Chaney (Entertainment)

Jimmy Cliff (Music)

Samuel R. Delany (Literature)

Willie Dixon (Music)

Dan Flavin (Art)

Nikolai Gogol (Literature)

Alberta Hunter (Music)

Gordon Jump (Entertainment)

Milan Kundera (Literature)

Rachel Maddow (Politics)

Anne McCaffrey (Literature)

Ali McGraw (Entertainment)

Toshiro Mifune (Entertainment)

William Mulready (Art)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Music)

Debbie Reynolds (Entertainment)

Edmond Rostand (Literature)

Gil Scott-Heron (Music)

Barry Sonnefeld (Entertainment)

Edgar Wallace (Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s April Fool’s Day.)

Premieres

Air Force Academy (Military School; 1954)

Alice Plays Cupid (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Alice’s Spooky Adventure (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Alpine Antics (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Alvin’s Solo Flight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

America the Beautiful, sung by Ray Charles (Song; 1976)

Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins (Novel; 1971)

Bad Luck and Trouble, 11th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2007)

Baffling Bunnies (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

The Beauty Shop (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Beezy Bear (Donald Duck Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Big Bad Bobcat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Birds of a Feather (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

Bird Symphony (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Blame It on the Samba Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Blaze of Glory, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1989)

The Blue Angel (Film; 1930)

The Bone Ranger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Boomerang (Cable TV Station; 2000)

A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison (Novella; 1969)

A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (Book; 1988)

Buddy’s Theatre (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Bullet (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Burr’s Novelty Review #2 (MacDono Cartoon; 1922)

Champion Chump (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Chicken Jitters (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Chocolate Chase (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

A Cold Romance (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

Col. Heeza Liar’s Knighthood (Colonel Heeza Liar Cartoon; 1923)

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (Novel; 1980)

Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber (Short Story; 1943)

Contrail (Federal Transportation Company; 1976)

Daddy’s Little Darling (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Daffy Duck’s Easter Show (WB Animated TV Special; 1980)

Daffy Flies North (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Death: The Time of Your Life, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1996)

Diarrhea & Dysentery (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Dodge City (Film; 1939)

Don’t Spill the Beans (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Echo Burning, 5th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2001)

The Enemy, 8th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2004)

The Enlarger (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1970)

Everyday I’m Drinking, by Little Big (Song; 2013)

The Female Spectator, by Eliza Haywood (Magazine; 1744)

The Famous Ride, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Felix Makes Good (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1922)

Felix the Cat in Comicalities (Felix the Cat Cartoon; 1928)

Felix the Cat in the Ghost Breaker (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1923)

Felix Tries to Rest (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1924)

The Feudin’ Hillbillies (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

The Flamboyant Arms (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Foiling the Fox (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Ford Films (Dr. Suess UPA Cartoons; 1949)

Frog’s Legs (Little Lulu Comic Kings Cartoon; 1962)

General Hospital (TV Soap Opera; 1963)

The Ghost Monster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Gone Tomorrow, 13th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2009)

Good Deed Daly (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Goodie the Gremlin (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1854)

The Heat’s Off (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Hero For A Day (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1953)

Hop (Animated Film; 2011)

Hound About That (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hounding the Hares, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1902)

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones (Novel; 1986)

Jeff’s Toothache (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1916)

The Juggler of Our Lady (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Just One More Chance (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

The Kids Are Alright, by The Who (Soundtrack Album; 1979)

King Rounder (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (Book; 1651)

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Novella; 1943)

The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1912)

Loyal Royalty, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Made for Love (TV Series; 2021)

The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte (Animated TV Special; 1960)

Maid-Sama! (Anime Series; 2010)

The Man Who Laughs, by Victor Hugo (Novel; 1869)

The Man With the Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #13]

Margaritaville, by Jimmy Buffet (Song; 1976)

The Meaning of Life (Film; 1983)

Me Und Gott (Paramount-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1918)

The Might Termite (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)

The Missing Genie (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)

Monkey Doodles (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Morning Has Broken, by Cat Stevens (Song; 1972)

Moth and the Flame (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1938)

A Mountain Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

The Movie Daredevil (Mastodon Cartoon; 1923)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe (Short Story; 1841)

Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1838)

Nobody’s Ghost, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Old Hokum Bucket (Aesop’s Sound Fable Cartoon; 1931)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #11]

One Shot, 9th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2005)

The Orphan Egg (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

Passing, by Nella Larsen (Novel; 1929)

Peanut Battle, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Personæ, by Ezra Pound (Poetry; 1909)

Person to Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Persuader, 7th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2003)

Pet Problems (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1836)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde (Novel; 1891)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Little Witch Girl (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

Prescription For Percy, featuring Roquefort & Percy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight Showing (Film; 1976)

Running Blind, 4th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2000)

Sagebrush Sadie (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Scents and Nonsense (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1926)

Scouts to the Rescue (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

Screwball Squirrel (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The 700 Club (Religious Propaganda Series; 1966)

Shaddup Your Face, by Joe Dolce (Song; 1981)

Sin City (Film; 2005)

Somebody To Love, by Jefferson Airplane (Song; 1967)

Some Do Not…, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

The Sound of Music (Film; 1965)

Space Invaders (Video Game; 1978)

Spacewar! (Video Game; 1962)

The Stowaways (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1949)

Strange Companion, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

The Stretcher (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1969)

Strife with Father (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Novel; 1977)

Sylvia’s Mother, by Dr. Hook (Song; 1972)

Therapeutic Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1977)

Time Gallops On (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Toby the Pup (Toby the Pup Cartoon; 1931)

Trash Program (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Trigger Treat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

The Trip (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1967)

A Trip to Mars (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1924)

The Tudors (TV Series; 2007)

2112, by Rush (Album; 1976)

25 O’Clock, by XTC, a.k.a. the Dukes of the Stratosphear (Album; 1985)

US Soldier (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1897)

Weather Systems, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2003)

Western Union (Telegraph Company; 1866)

Woozit (Educational-Bowers Comedy Cartoon; 1928)

The Winding the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (Novel; 1908)

Without Fail, 6th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2002)

Wynonna Earp (TV Series; 2016)

The Yolk’s on You (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Yo-Yo (Toy; 1929)

Today’s Name Days

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Austria)

Anastazije, Božica, Mavro, Venancije (Croatia)

Hugo (Czech Republic)

Hugo (Denmark)

Harald, Harri, Harro, Herald (Estonia)

Peppi, Pulmu, Raita (Finland)

Hugues, Valéry (France)

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Germany)

Hugó (Hungary)

Dora, Irene, Ugo (Italy)

Dagne, Dagnis, Tautmilis, Teodora, Teofils (Latvia)

Dainora, Rimgaudas, Teodora (Lithuania)

Aron, Arve, Arvid (Norway)

Chryzant, Grażyna, Hugo, Hugon, Katarzyna, Teodora, Tolisław, Zbigniew, Zbyszko (Poland)

Maria (Romania)

Darya, Klavdia (Russia)

Hugo (Slovakia)

Hugo, Venancio (Spain)

Harald, Hervor (Sweden)

April, Arden, Argus, Diamond, Paris (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

Myles Day

National Connor Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 91 of 2025; 274 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 2 of Week 14 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 23 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Rowan (April 110) [Day 1 of 10]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5785

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1446

Julian: 19 March 2025

Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 7 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hippocrates]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 3 of 15] (thru 4.9)

Season: Spring (Day 12 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 2 Cyan; Twosday [2 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 12 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 18 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 12 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

Calendar Changes

April (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Rowan (April 1-10) [Druid Tree Calendar] (Month 10 of 41)

[curhartwrites]

Our Pushke: The Role of Charity and Service in Chavurah Tikvah

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 - 3 Nisan 5785

Chavurah Shabbat this past week was a quiet, intimate affair in our living room once again, with wine, candlelight, and cozy vibes. When I was younger, living with roommates in a cramped apartment, new to Philly and new to the experience of being a practicing, religious Jew, one of the things I dreamt about often was someday creating a Jewish home. It felt important to me that the home I would one day make for myself and my loved ones should be the kind of place where people could seek refuge, where our friends could come unannounced after a bad day, where hungry people could come to be fed, and the weary to be comforted with prayer and camaraderie. The creation of our Chavurah is to me the culmination of those hopes. It's deeply fulfilling to me when I hear someone I care about say "I love this place. I feel good here."

Shabbat is, among other things of course, a celebration of community. Shabbat, like many other Jewish traditions and practices, cannot truly be observed by one Jew alone. We need other people to break bread and sing and daven with us. A Yiddish proverb says "Even in Paradise, it is not good to be alone." So it fills me with joy every time Friday night comes around and, one by one or in happy pairs, the people I love walk through the front door of our house to come and be fully present with us. In the spirit of community, and in order to connect the small circle of our Chavurah with the much wider circle of the community of West Philadelphia, this week' discussion was about the subject of charity. Caring for the poor is a long tradition for Jewish, and in particular Yiddish, households and Chavurot, and so we talked at length about what giving outward looks like for us. It's a tricky subject. All of us in Chavurah Tikvah are working class Queers. Many of us are disabled, and most of us are trans. I myself am currently unemployed, and relying largely on the love and charity of others to get by while I struggle to obtain disability benefits. As a group, we don't exactly have a lot of money to throw around. So how do we put the Jewish value of charity into practice, when there are times when we struggle to afford eggs for our challah? After much discussion, we decided to put two practices into place. 1. We are starting a pushke. For anyone unfamiliar, this is a Yiddish word meaning "jar" or "tin," and used to describe a small container kept in the Jewish home for the collection of change for a charitable cause. Since our Chavurah is currently majority White, we're going to focus our charity efforts on local reparations causes. There's a Facebook group several of us are still a part of (despite the ongoing exodus from Facebook) where Black people in Philly post in a reparations thread each week, asking for support and assistance. Our plan is to contribute to these reparation requests each week. We'll go through the thread and choose one together. As our Chavurah grows, we will hopefully be able to do something a little more significant, but for now, I'm glad that we have found a way to give outward with what little we have. And to our neighbors here in West! 2. When we can't give money, we'll give labor and time. Each month, we will choose an organization or service and spend some time volunteering together, at a library, a soup kitchen, cleaning up a park, etc. Not only is this an excellent way for us to be of service in a non-financial capacity, I think it's also a way for us to connect with each other and with our neighborhood, and spend some good quality time together as a group. Eventually, we would like to start hosting events like clothing exchanges and canned food drives, but those are ambitions better suited to a time when we have more members, and maybe a little more space. My project this week, while I'm in Virginia visiting my mother, is to contact our local Anarchist community space and talk to someone there about volunteer opportunities, and ask if we might be able to use their space for larger events. As stressed as I am this week (family, travel, oy!), I'm happy to be a part of a group of people who share these values. Even though we are poor, and many of us are otherwise disenfranchised within current systems of power, we still want to use what privilege we have to assist others. This is what it means to be a part of the family of human beings.

[dfroza]

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures

for the 28th of march 2025 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New Covenant) of the Bible

[The Letter of 1st Thessalonians, Chapter 5 • The Book of 2nd Chronicles, Chapter 24]

along with Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms with Proverbs 28 and Psalm 28 coinciding with the day of the month, accompanied by Psalm 9 for the 9th day of Astronomical Spring, and Psalm 87 for day 87 of the year (with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 1st revolution this year)

A post by John Parsons:

In our Torah portion for this week (i.e., "Pekudei") we read that Moses consecrated the Mishkan (Tabernacle) on “Rosh Chodashim,” that is, "the first day of the first month of the second year [since the Exodus]" (Exod. 40:17).

Note that this date (i.e., Nisan 1) marks the start of the Biblical year and “Chodesh Yeshuah” (חו��ש הישועה), or the month of the Passover Redemption (Exod. 12:1-12).

The Torah’s calendar therefore begins with the advent of the Lamb of God (שׂה האלהים), just as the central sacrifice of the Tabernacle was the daily sacrifice (i.e., korban tamid: קרבן תמיד) of a defect-free male lamb offered with unleavened bread and wine. The LORD calls this "My offering, My bread" (see Num. 28:1-8). In other words, the service of the earthly Tabernacle (and later, the Temple) was intended to constantly foreshadow the coming Lamb of God who would be offered within "greater and more perfect Tabernacle (משׁכּן גדוֹל וּמשׁלם) not made with hands" to secure the eternal redemption (פדוּת עוֹלמים) for us (see Heb. 9:11-12).

As I’ve mentioned over the years, the climax of the Torah given at Sinai was the revelation of the Tabernacle. The two tablets of the law, summarizing the Ten Commandments, were stored inside the Ark of the Covenant (ארון ברית יהוה), the innermost place of the Tabernacle, a sacred "three-in-one" box. As such, the ark served as a symbol of kisei ha-kavod (כסא הכבוד), the very Throne of Glory. It stood entirely apart as the only furnishing placed in the Most Holy Place, or the “Holy of Holies” (קודש הקודשים).

Upon the cover of the Ark (i.e., the kapporet: הכפורת) were fashioned two cherubim (i.e., angel-like figures) that faced one another (Exod. 25:17-18). According to the Talmud (Succah 5b), each cherub had the face of a child - one boy and one girl - and their wings spread heavenward as their eyes gazed upon the cover (Exod. 25:20). God's voice would be heard only in the midst of innocence, humility, purity, and hope...

Each year during the Yom Kippur (יום הכיפורים) ceremony, the High Priest would sprinkle sacrificial blood seven times upon the cover of the Ark of the Covenant to dramatize cleansing from the law’s verdict and the atonement of sin that would be secured through the blessing of the Messiah.

"But when the Messiah appeared as the High Priest (הכהן הגדול) of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tabernacle (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), he entered once for all into the Most Holy Place (בקדשׁ הקדשׁים), not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of His own blood, thus securing for us the eternal redemption" (Heb. 9:11-12). Amen. The Scriptures teach that there is no Passover without "pekudei," that is, accounting for the blood of the Lamb of God!

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Rev. 5:12 reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/rev5-12-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/rev5-12-lesson.pdf

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from Israel365

Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

[biblenewsprophecy]

Did you know that Easter was supposed to be Passover?

COGwriter

Many people will be observing Easter on April 20, 2025. It is one of the years that the Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Catholics, and most Protestants will keep it on the same day.

Is it an original holiday of the Church? What was it supposed to be? What do religious scholars teach about it?

What does the Church of Rome teach about it?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:

1170 At the Council of Nicea in 325, all the Churches agreed that Easter, the Christian Passover, should be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon (14 Nisan) after the vernal equinox (Catechism of the Catholic Church. Imprimatur Potest +Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Doubleday, NY 1995, p. 332).

From this, notice that it is taught that what is now called Easter was originally observed as a change in the date of Passover. It originally was not a Christian resurrection holiday.

Furthermore, the Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Catholics later picked different Sundays to observe it a while after the Council of Nicea. Some hope that the 1700th anniversary of that council this year will result in the trinitarians all agreeing to keep the same Sunday going forward.

Easter itself is not a Christian term, and its celebration contains pagan elements. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes:

The English term, according to the Ven. Bede (De temporum ratione, I, v), relates to Estre, a Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring…Easter is the principal feast of the ecclesiastical year. Leo I (Sermo xlvii in Exodum) calls it the greatest feast (festum festorum), and says that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter…The connection between the Jewish and the Christian Pasch explains the movable character of this feast. Easter has no fixed date, like Christmas, because the 15th of Nisan of the Semitic calendar was shifting from date to date on the Julian calendar. Since Christ, the true Paschal Lamb, had been slain on the very day when the Jews, in celebration of their Passover, immolated the figurative lamb, the Jewish Christians in the Orient followed the Jewish method…For this observance they claimed the authority of St. John and St. Philip.

In the rest of the empire another consideration predominated. Every Sunday of the year was a commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ, which had occurred on a Sunday. Because the Sunday after 14 Nisan was the historical day of the Resurrection, at Rome this Sunday became the Christian feast of Easter…

Men and women…In the Neumark (Germany) on Easter Day the men servants whip the maid servants with switches; on Monday the maids whip the men. They secure their release with Easter eggs. These customs are probably of pre-Christian origin (Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Das festliche Jahr, 118)…

(Holweck F. G. Transcribed by John Wagner and Michael T. Barrett. Easter. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume V. Copyright © 1909 by Robert Appleton Company. Online Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. Knight. Nihil Obstat, May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York).

Thus, the Romans admit that the name Easter is the name of a pagan goddess, many of its practices are of pagan origin, and that the churches in Asia Minor (which they call the Orient) continued to observe Passover on the date that the Jews did, Nisan 14.

As far as other scholars go, notice something from the Smithsonian:

April 14, 2022

Easter is a celebration of spring and new life. Eggs and flowers are rather obvious symbols of female fertility, but in European traditions, the bunny, with its amazing reproductive potential, is not far behind. …

Bede noted that in eighth-century England, the month of April was called Eosturmonath, or Eostre Month, after the goddess Eostre. He wrote that a pagan festival of spring in the name of the goddess had become assimilated into the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

While most European languages refer to the Christian holiday with names that come from the Jewish holiday of Passover, such as Pâques in French or Påsk in Swedish, German and English languages retain this older, non-biblical word: Easter.

Recent archaeological research appears to confirm the worship of Eostre in parts of England and Germany, with the hare as her main symbol. The Easter bunny therefore seems to recall these pre-Christian celebrations of spring, heralded by the vernal equinox and personified by the goddess Eostre. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ancient-origins-of-the-easter-bunny-180979915/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

The Bible itself also condemns certain practices, now associated with Easter, such as hot Easter buns/cakes (Jeremiah 7:14), the worship towards the sun in the east (Ezekiel 8:15-18), and the worship of Astarte/Ishtar/Ashtaroth/Eostre (other spellings of the word Easter).

Notice the following:

The first Christians celebrated the death of Jesus with a Pascha meal (eucharist) on the lunar date of the Jewish Passover (note 1 Cor. 5:7-8).

At first there was no annual celebration of the resurrection. Eventually, in the gentile world, the day of resurrection was added to the Pascha festival. That day was Sunday. At the Council of Nicea (325) it was ruled that Easter Sunday would be celebrated on the Sunday immediately following that full moon which came after the vernal equinox. At the same time the Council decided that the vernal equinox would be March 21 in the Julian calendar (Eusebius, Vit. Const. 3.18). (Synder GF. Irish Jesus, Roman Jesus: the formation of early Irish Christianity. Trinity Press International, 2002, p. 183)

So, according to Roman Catholic history (which is correct on this point) Christians did not observe a resurrection holiday, instead they kept Passover–and the lunar date was only rarely (probably about once every seven years) on a Sunday.

A writing from the Roman Catholic-supporting Epiphanius may be of interest here. Epiphanius wrote:

The Quartodecimans contentiously keep Passover on the one day, once per year…They keep the Passover on whichever day the fourteenth of the month falls…Christ had to be slain on the fourteenth of the month in accordance with the law (Epiphanius. The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Books II and III (Sects 47-80), De Fide). Section IV, Verses 1,3;1,6;2,6. Translated by Frank Williams. EJ Brill, New York, 1994, pp. 23-25).

It is of interest to note that Epiphanius recognized that Jesus HAD to be slain on the 14th of the month. It is sad that he and others did not believe they needed to observe it when and how Jesus taught.

But you may be saying to yourself, so what? What does that have to do with Easter Sunday? Well in order to try to justify the Sunday observance, that noted Catholic leader claimed the following:

We observe the fourteenth day, then, but we wait until after the equinox and bring the end of our full observance to the sacred Lord’s day…we will miss no one of the observances of this life-giving <festival> of the Passover as the whole truth prescribes them (Epiphanius. The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Books II and III (Sects 47-80), De Fide). Section IV, Verses 3,4. Translated by Frank Williams. EJ Brill, New York, 1994, p. 25).

Now this should cause major concern for people who observe Easter Sunday.

First, it truly is supposed to be some type of Passover observation. Thus this holiday really is supposed to have its “Jewish” name, instead of the pagan one it now is commonly called in English and German.

Second, Epiphanius is admitting that none of the Passover observances are to be missed. So why don’t Protestants, Orthodox, and Roman Catholics wash feet? Why do they generally not take wine as part of their observances?

Thirdly, any who observe Easter Sunday are truly submitting to the authority of the Roman Church as this change of date, emphasis, and observation is due to the decisions of Roman Catholic supporting leaders–it in no way comes from the Bible. And while Catholics may see no problem with that, even they should understand that Easter is a change and not an original tradition of their church.

I perhaps should also add here that Sunday IS NOT the Lord’s day according to the Bible (an article of related interest may be Is Revelation 1:10 talking about Sunday or the Day of the Lord?).

Furthermore, contrary to the insistence of many who rely on a misunderstanding of the Bible and/or traditions of men, Jesus was not and could not have been resurrected on a Sunday. For biblical and historical proof, please read the article What Happened in the Crucifixion Week?

Notice also the following report (written by a Catholic priest and scholar):

Pope Vitalin…supported efforts of the king of Northumbria, following the Synod of Whitby (664), to establish in England the Roman, as opposed to the Celtic, date for Easter (that is the Sunday after the Jewish Passover, rather than the Passover itself) and other Roman practices as well (McBrien, Richard P. Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI. Harper, San Francisco, 2005 updated ed., p. 109).

Notice that the above account acknowledges that Rome changed Passover in Britain from the biblical date (which apparently the Celts observed into the 7th century) to the Roman date.

Here is a report from a non-Roman Catholic writer:

I wonder how many will consider that it was the Passover meal which Jesus (or Yeshua as He is called in Hebrew) celebrated in what has become known as the ‘Last Supper’? It was on this date, 14th Nisan in the Biblical calendar, that Yeshua asked His followers to remember His death, yet very few actually do this.

Rather Gentile (later non-Jewish) Christians replaced the Passover of the Lord as set in place by God with its rich symbolism of the sacrifice of the Passover lamb and God freeing His people, with the man-made institution of ‘Easter’ named after a pagan deity ‘Eostre’ (invariably appearing as ‘Ishtar,’ ‘Astarte,’ or the Old Testament ‘Ashtoreth’). ‘Easter’ emphasised the Resurrection, not Yeshua’s death…

When the women came to the tomb before dawn on Sunday they found Yeshua had already risen, making it likely that it was at the end of the Saturday Sabbath. If we count back from the end of the Saturday Sabbath (which ends at sunset) 72 hours we will arrive at Wednesday afternoon, the time which according to His own words, Yeshua would then have been crucified. Tradition states that Yeshua died on a Friday, but the word Friday is not mentioned in the Gospel accounts. (Nevin C. The real dates of the resurrection Bristol Evening Post, UK – April 5, 2012. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/real-dates-resurrection/story-15722780-detail/story.html)

Note: The faithful Gentile Christians in Asia Minor did not change Passover to Easter, this was a change of the Greco-Roman “Orthodox” confederation and not adopted by the true Church of God.

But despite what scholars do and/or should know, most who profess Christ tend to ignore the fact that early Christians kept Passover on the 14th, but instead tend to observe a compromised Sunday holiday with elements of paganism called Easter. Catholics realize that Easter was a change from Passover and that the change included the adoption of pagan elements.

The Continuing Church of God also has the following sermon on its ContinuingCOG channel:

1:11:47

Amazing Facts About Easter

Did you know that Easter is supposed to be Passover according to the ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’? Was this originally observed by Christians on a day other than Sunday? Was Passover originally a resurrection holiday or a commemoration of Christ’s death? In this sermon, Dr. Thiel goes over many amazing historical and biblical facts about Easter and Passover. He cites Jesus’ words about worship. He also quotes the Apostle Paul who warned about combining demonic worship practices with Passover. He cites the Apostle John’s words about not being faithful to what he taught as well as some of what John taught about antichrists. Dr. Thiel addresses “fact checkers” and others who assert that the Babylonian goddess Ishtar is not associated with Easter. He cites the 8th century monk known as the “venerable Bede” who taught that Easter came from Eostre, the pagan goddess of the dawn. Dr. Thiel also discusses Easter eggs, Easter rabbits, and their ties to paganism. This is a sermon to watch if you are interested in worshiping God in spirit and in truth.

Here is a link to our sermon video: Amazing Facts About Easter.

Since Easter was not the practice of the original church, should you be observing it? Those who wish to learn more should also study the following:

What Happened in the ‘Crucifixion Week’? How long are three days and three nights? Was Palm Sunday on a Saturday? Did Jesus die on “Good Friday”? Was the resurrection on Sunday? Do you really know? Who determined the date of Easter? (Here is a related link in Spanish/español: ¿Murió Jesús un día miércoles o un viernes?) A sermon of related interest is titled What did and did not happen in the ‘Crucifixion week’?

Did Early Christians Celebrate Easter? If not, when did this happen? Where did Easter come from? Is Easter supposed to be Passover? What do scholars and the Bible reveal? Here is a link to a related video: Amazing Facts About Easter.

Should You Observe God’s Holy Days or Demonic Holidays? This is a free pdf booklet explaining what the Bible and history shows about God’s Holy Days and popular holidays. A related sermon is Which Spring Days should Christians observe?

The Passover Plot What was the first Passover plot? Which plots have Islam and the Greco-Roman faiths perpetuated about Passover? A sermon video of related interest is The Passover Plots, Including Easter.

Do You Practice Mithraism? Many practices and doctrines that mainstream so-called Christian groups have are the same or similar to those of the sun-god Mithras. Do you follow Mithraism combined with the Bible or original Christianity? A sermon video from Vatican City is titled Church of Rome, Mithras, and Isis?

Marcus, the Marcosians, & Mithraism: Developers of the Eucharist? Marcus was a second century heretic condemned for having a ceremony similar to one still practiced by many who profess Christ. Might he also be in the apostolic succession list of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria?

Passover and the Early Church Did the early Christians observe Passover? What did Jesus and Paul teach? Why did Jesus die for our sins? There is also a detailed YouTube video available titled History of the Christian Passover.

Beliefs of the Original Catholic Church: Could a remnant group have continuing apostolic succession? Did the original “catholic church” have doctrines held by the Continuing Church of God? Did Church of God leaders uses the term “catholic church” to ever describe the church they were part of? Here are links to related sermons: Original Catholic Church of God?, Original Catholic Doctrine: Creed, Liturgy, Baptism, Passover, What Type of Catholic was Polycarp of Smyrna?, Tradition, Holy Days, Salvation, Dress, & Celibacy, Early Heresies and Heretics, Doctrines: 3 Days, Abortion, Ecumenism, Meats, Tithes, Crosses, Destiny, and more, Saturday or Sunday?, The Godhead, Apostolic Laying on of Hands Succession, Church in the Wilderness Apostolic Succession List, Holy Mother Church and Heresies, and Lying Wonders and Original Beliefs. Here is a link to that book in the Spanish language: Creencias de la iglesia Católica original.

Is There “An Annual Worship Calendar” In the Bible? This paper provides a biblical and historical critique of several articles, including one by WCG which states that this should be a local decision. What do the Holy Days mean?

Holy Day Calendar This is a listing of the biblical holy days through 2033, with their Roman calendar dates. They are really hard to observe if you do not know when they occur 🙂 In the Spanish/Español/Castellano language: Calendario de los Días Santos. In Mandarin Chinese: 何日是神的圣日？ 这里是一份神的圣日日历从2013年至2024年。.

Where is the True Christian Church Today? This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: Where is the True Christian Church? Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: ¿Dónde está la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy? Here is a link in the German language: WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE? Here is a link in the French language: Où est la vraie Église Chrétienne aujourd’hui?

Continuing History of the Church of God This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main Continuing History of the Church of God This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuación de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes, French: L’Histoire Continue de l’Église de Dieu and Ekegusii Omogano Bw’ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete.

The History of Early Christianity Are you aware that what most people believe is not what truly happened to the true Christian church? Do you know where the early church was based? Do you know what were the doctrines of the early church? Is your faith really based upon the truth or compromise?

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Valentine’s Day Massacre in Hawaiʻi, 1779 Era Vulgaris / Common Era

As usual, I am late in posting, as per the exact date, but the month is still that of FEBRVARIVS (in Latin), (and probably still that of Nisan for the people-s concerned, as I am not an expert on the latter calendar). My Professor of (the field of) Anthropology of Oceania / Oceanic Religions had a wild and witty quip on the death of James Cook — Professor: The fact that James Cook was killed and parts of him eaten in the Hawaiian Islands was NOT the reason for these islands to be formerly called “The Sandwich Islands.” (The rest of us bursting with laughter. Sometimes grad school feels like kindergarten.) Perhaps the Hawaiians could capitalize on the incident and create a “James Cook Sandwich.” That could turn out to be a best-seller. (Okay, that is my idea, and I am formally declaring copyright on it © Raziël Rufus 2025. Note that once an idea is written down, it can be fully copyrighted.) Nota bene: 1. During the writing of my thesis/dissertation chapter at the time, it was mentioned in one of the footnotes that honorific titles would not be used for British personalities due to the fact that as British colonial subjects, the treatment imparted unto us were not exactly, let’s say, honorable. 2. My unfinished PhD may need restarting, perhaps with a new subject, chi losa? Five years down the drain? Or PhD experience gained?

© Text by Razz/ Raziël Rufus, 2025.

Source of the image, for the few / “hoi oligoi” who have full access :

[thepitofjob]

Job 30: 9-15. "The Braids."

In order to graduate from the Shule one must be able to build what are called siege ramps, or בב, double bayits called beevs.

"The root אבב ('bb) isn't used as verb in the Bible, so we don't know what it might have meant. But apparently, it existed in Assyrian with the meaning of to be fresh or bright. In Biblical Hebrew the following derivatives remain:

The masculine noun אב ('eb) probably meaning freshness or fresh green. It occurs a mere two times in the Bible: in Job 8:12 and Song of Solomon 6:11. Note that this word is spelled the same as אב ('ab), meaning father.

The masculine noun אביב ('abib) meaning barley, and specifically barley when it's still in the ear and not properly processed into grain or flour (Exodus 9:31, Leviticus 2:14). Prior to the exile, the first month of the Hebrew agricultural calendar (the month of the exile and Passover, coinciding with April) was called Abib (Exodus 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, Deuteronomy 16:1). After the exile this month was called ניסן (nisan; Nehemiah 2:1, Esther 3:7)."

There is no analog in English for the process of the double gangway but the Quran mentions a process of renewal that is similar in An Nur.

The Self, called Shoftim in Hebrew enters a static state once it acquires Ha Shem. The logic the mind uses after this to neogiate with one's perceptions is called the gangway. The Zohar says below this means the bow of the Kabbalah is "unstrung", AKA "having known Ha Shem, there is nothing left to be known."

I know how to research certain aspects of the Torah and Tanakh, and define them properly, so I can make my case to other people who do not know it so well, but every drop of the unknown that is turned into water using the process adds more water to the pot. Neither the pot nor the water changes the more water we add to it.

The goal of the Zohar is to add water on a basis that is ritually pure. The gap between the constant use of Kabbalah to learn and remind and this level of ritually purity is called the double bayit.

9 “And now those young men mock me in song;     I have become a byword among them. 10 They detest me and keep their distance;     they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11 Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me,     they throw off restraint in my presence. 12 On my right the tribe[c] attacks;     they lay snares for my feet,     they build their siege ramps against me. 13 They break up my road;     they succeed in destroying me.     ‘No one can help him,’ they say. 14 They advance as through a gaping breach;     amid the ruins they come rolling in. 15 Terrors overwhelm me;     my dignity is driven away as by the wind,     my safety vanishes like a cloud.

How one copes with temptation is a major theme in the Book of Job. So long as one deigns to do what is legal, appropriate, ethical, and ideal, one does not need to worry about temptations to wickedness. So the gangway is the leap of logic between an object or even a topic of temptation and go upramp into the intellect without hestitation or effort. The abib is an essential for the achievement of Shabbos especially for Shabbat.

I do not think God wants us to do a big pslam while we are trying to figure all this out, life was meant to be lived just lived according to certain precepts.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 9-10: I have become a byword among them. The Number is 8359, ח‎גהט‎‎, "an iron."

Iron refers to the basic understandings about life on earth a nobleman has. Man perceives himself as being troubled and troublesome but there should not be trouble during a man's life.

See this forum for more details about iron.

v. 11-12. God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me. God does not afflict man, man afflicts himself. Once man decides to learn how to avoid self-affliction, he achieves the Torah. The Number is 11308, יא‎לח‎ ‎yellah, "come on, get damp."

To get damp is to "irrigate the mind":

"Slightly more surprising, a third identically spelled noun, שד (shad), describes the mammalian breast, whether human or animal. This noun is assumed to stem from an unused verb שדה (shadeh), meaning to moisten in cognate language, which is identical to the assumed verb that yields the nouns שדי (saday) and שדה (sadeh), meaning field, suggesting an emphasis on natural irrigation.

In cognate languages, these same nouns also mean [wet] mountain, and beside the link between a moist, fruitful mountain and a milk dispensing breast: milk is dispensed to infants, whereas the belief in supernatural bullies is a mark of an immature mind.

For the rest of this I refer to the Quran once again.

v. 13-14: They break up my road. They are 513, האג‎, "the Hague" the people with whom we celebrate life. Once we meet these persons, life undergoes diversion. The poet says they ruin his life...and certainly they can. Read this over and over again- do not get involved with persons that have problems.

Do not solve the problems of others, do not place the burdens of problems on others. It does not matter if they are friends, family, or coworkers, do not get attached to persons who cannot solve their own problems.

The Number is 7988, ז‎מטח‎‎, ‎‎A barrage, a zmitch, a braid. Once one gets embroiled in troubles, there one might have to stay.

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No fights, bickerings, pettinesses, caviling, complaining, no thievery of another's time is allowed by the Zohar. Unless it's a broken leg, (AKA a very flaccid boner) there's probably not a reason to talk about it.

v. 15: My terrors overwhelm me. The Number is 9412, טדיב‎ ‎‎, tadiv, "be kind, courteouse, polite, and gracious."

That's some sage wisdom isn't it?

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"The knowledge of God is 12."

There are Twelve Tribes named by the Torah that explain how one doubles the house, AKA the double bayit or gangway to the soul. Recall after the number 12 in Hebrew, the Number doubles. The fullest expression of the doubling is called tadiv, which for reasons no one can discover are very difficult for the human race.

[thebookofnehemiah]

"The Nsh." From the Book of Nehemiah, "the Exploration of the Mysteries of the Lions that Lay", 2: 1-6.

The Prophet Nehemiah who calls himself the Cupbearer of the King, is actually something called a Nsh, "a prince." He continues his story about the rebuiding of the Kingdom of Israel from his learned perspective.

The name Nehemiah means "to console after desolation". He is the fruits of the actions of what is called a Hakaliah. This is the deep red color in the wine, that which gives the blood its rich luster. The term as with all Hebrew terms can be dual and imply deep delusion.

The Nsh obviously has to be one of a kind:

"The verb חכל (hakal) means to be darkened, and particularly to be darkened due to drinking wine. Adjective חכלילי (haklili) means dull or darkened, and noun חכלילות (haklilut) means dullness or darkness. Both these words apply to eyes after drinking wine.

The root חנך (hanak) deals with the beginning of discernment, which is the beginning of wisdom: discernment via taste, which is the first discernment and thus mode of wisdom a baby learns (hence the many Biblical metaphors that equate wisdom with food or milk).

The noun חך (hek) means mouth as the seat of taste (the more common word for mouth, namely פה, peh, emphasizes the mouth as orifice). From the noun חך (hek) comes the verb חנך (hanak), to "mouth," i.e. to inaugurate, train or dedicate. Likewise, adjective חניך (hanik) means trained or experienced. Noun חנכה (hanukka) means dedication.

Noun חכה (hakka) describes a fishing hook, or a hook that grabs a prey's jaw, or rather a prey's sense of taste. Perhaps accidentally similar, but perhaps not, the verb חכה (haka) means to wait or await for, and particularly to wait for sustenance. Often this verb's object is the Creator, or the sustaining insight in the Laws of the Creator.

The particle ל (le) means to or onto and may describe a physical or mental motion toward or a behavioral effort, an evolutionary one or express determination or purpose. The name of this letter, lamed, describes a cattle prod or goad."

As with all the Midrash and the Mishnah and Gemara that result, they apply not just to one Jewish boy or man who wants to take a flying leap at a royal title but to all of them. The Nsh and his peer group have the most to gain by the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel so the Prophet pushes on them the most. Now we know the real reason this handbook was included in the Tanakh, to establish the position of the Nsh and explain his role.

The prophet serves a Persian King, one dedicated to science called Artaxerxes "join the kingdom together now without the means of heresy." He asks the king for a boon. The implications of this for him and the people of Israel are positively stupendous if the king says yes:

Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem

2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before, 2 so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”

I was very much afraid, 3 but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

4 The king said to me, “What is it you want?”

Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5 and I answered the king, “If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild it.”

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 1-2.  In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes wine was brought for him. Nisan means to set out; and the twentieth year is generally regarded as the right time to leave Egypt, one's parents' house.

If one is in foster care or is homeless, the twentieth year is a very big year. Nehemiah recognizes the Jewish people are homeless and does exactly what he is supposed to do and starts marshalling support to rebuild the House of God.

The wine the Nsh brings means is well versed in the law and its means knows far more than why we must rebuild the Temple but everything about it. He knows it past, present, and future what we shall call the Wine Cycle going forward.

The Number is 11015, איי״ה‎ ‎, "the Island of the Falcons."

Now you know, the presence of nine million Jews in the very place our most ancient written documents state they should be is very disturbing but be strong!

As for the Jewish people themselves, the Torah and this script in the Tanakh says from the desolation of the past, the Cupbearer must be found and he must organize an effort to rebuild border security and the equity in the legends of the Jewish people. Stop fucking around, kill our enemies, draft the documents and get it done.

Falcons don't wait, they hunt, they eat, they fly again or they die. The Kingdom of Israel has not been hunting, it has been hunted and it shows.

v. 3-4: Why should my face not look sad? Sadness is forbidden. The Number is 14466,ידדון yaddon, "we will discuss how to use the hand of God to rebuild the social structures."

"The word 'adon refers to the authoritative foundation of social structures (groups, or individuals relative to society). It is closely related to another, very common, word meaning foundation or junction, but one made by man rather than God."

v. 5: I answered the King. For this we need to revisit the Kabbalah tree. The most important state of being is called Chesed, kindness. This is the foundation of all of our social structures. If one does not sense kindness radiating from the acts of the government then it is, according to the Tanakh failing to do as God instructed and this must be addressed immediately.

But all of the Sefirot on the Tree are vital, and anyone seeking the seat of power must light them all or he should not bear the cup or wear a crown:

The names of the ten Sefirot are:

Chochmah - wisdom, Binah - understanding, Daat - knowledge, Chessed - kindness, Gevurah - strength, Tiferet - beauty, Netzach - victory, Hod - splendor, Yesod - foundation, and Malchut - kingship.

The Foundation of the Kingdom is based on these principals. One can be immoral and be quite kind, so we need laws and rules, but without the proper temperament, the rules will not be observed.

So a Nsh must know how badly he wants to be tempered on his way to Jerusalem to organize the rise of the New Temple. For some reason we think this means we want to put the lad in chastity and bind his feet. Please revisit the comments above if that is a retained belief.

The Number is 11433, יא‎דג‎‎ג‎, yadgg, "you must know the rooftop highlights."

*Pictured: ואחת או ליטל תועד.

[roman-catholic-mass-readings]

4th October >> Mass Readings (USA)

Saint Francis of Assisi 

on

Wednesday, Twenty Sixth Week in Ordinary Time.

Wednesday, Twenty Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the feria (Wednesday))

(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 Nehemiah 2:1-8 If it please the king, send me to the city of my ancestors and I will rebuild it.

In the month Nisan of the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when the wine was in my charge, I took some and offered it to the king. As I had never before been sad in his presence, the king asked me, “Why do you look sad? If you are not sick, you must be sad at heart.” Though I was seized with great fear, I answered the king: “May the king live forever! How could I not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been eaten out by fire?” The king asked me, “What is it, then, that you wish?” I prayed to the God of heaven and then answered the king: “If it please the king, and if your servant is deserving of your favor, send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors’ graves, to rebuild it.” Then the king, and the queen seated beside him, asked me how long my journey would take and when I would return. I set a date that was acceptable to him, and the king agreed that I might go.

I asked the king further: “If it please the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of West-of-Euphrates, that they may afford me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah; also a letter for Asaph, the keeper of the royal park, that he may give me wood for timbering the gates of the temple-citadel and for the city wall and the house that I shall occupy.” The king granted my requests, for the favoring hand of my God was upon me.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6

R/ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps.

R/ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

Though there our captors asked of us the lyrics of our songs, And our despoilers urged us to be joyous: “Sing for us the songs of Zion!”

R/ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten!

R/ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

May my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember you not, If I place not Jerusalem ahead of my joy.

R/ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

Gospel Acclamation Philippians 3:8-9

Alleluia, alleluia. I consider all things so much rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Luke 9:57-62 I will follow you wherever you go.

As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.” And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.” Jesus answered him, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saint Francis of Assisi 

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(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 Galatians 6:14-18 Through the cross the world has been crucified.

Brothers and sisters: May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation. Peace and mercy be to all who follow this rule and to the Israel of God.

From now on, let no one make troubles for me; for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.” O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

I bless the LORD who counsels me; even in the night my heart exhorts me. I set the LORD ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Gospel Acclamation cf. Matthew 11:25

Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Matthew 11:25-30 You have hidden these things from the learned and you have revealed them to the childlike.

At that time Jesus answered: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

[ancestorsofjudah]

1 Kings 18: 36-40. "The Proper Time."

The Proper Time is of great importance in Judaism. What day of the week is it? Is it time for Mashiach yet? Which High Holiday is coming up and when should one start getting ready? The most important time of them all is the one mentioned in the upcoming passage, the one that takes place on the Fourteenth of the First Month, called Nisan, or "setting out." Fourteen represents the hand Moses stretched out to move the sea aside so the Israelite column could begin its advance towards ultimate civilization.

To abandon all the malpractices of the past and cement oneself inside and out in a world that is sane and reasonable is the objective all Jews and the Religion share.

In our story, the People watched a wicked man return them to the dark ages and God sent Israel's most famous prophet, Elijah "all is God" to explain to them their mistake. His actions are decisive afterwards and I think they have tremendous merit:

36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 

37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”

40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.

It makes no sense to leave Egypt or Ahab behind and then allow them to catch up to us again. Persons who engage in political intrigue, who cheat, lie, and build up a hive of wickedness around them do not deserve to live. It is not enough to think long and hard about what happened, the Torah says kill the message and the messenger and be done with it.

The fire Elijah calls down from heaven is the very same that caused the Burning Bush to conflagrate. The thors on the bush are the egoistic thoughts that reside in the mind, the Fire turns the mind into something useful. Elijah's fire similarly consumes the bulls on the altars, the essence of humility the comes with age, and it laps up the water, the truth that must necessarily accumulate around one as Realization takes place. The evaporation of the water means we don't learn truth a second time, once in enough.

After God establishes He is the One that provided us with sentience, it is imperative we stop attempting to mold the truths of false prophets and turn them into a part of us. This is why Elijah says he wants to send the prophets of Baal into the Kishon Valley, "valley of snares" and kill them. All false prophets must be made to prove their foolishness is real.

These Mormons with their box of plates buried in the back yard, the Evangelicals with their promises of eternal life, the Republicans and their pining about Pro-Life and marriage bullshit, Jews that speak of nothing but ham, Muslims who fear women, these things are the bane of modern life. They must be snared and completely stopped.

Now is the proper time. Do not let any of them get away.

It is the anathema of being Jewish to allow numnutz with strange stories to inflict cruelty on helpless persons or turn political regimes into slaughterhouses. Persons who do these things are eliminated.

This rule must be repeated to every generation as often as possible until the world snaps out of it.

[catolinewsdailyreadings]

Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Reading 1

NEH 2:1-8

In the month Nisan of the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when the wine was in my charge, I took some and offered it to the king. As I had never before been sad in his presence, the king asked me, “Why do you look sad? If you are not sick, you must be sad at heart.” Though I was seized with great fear, I answered the king: “May the king live forever! How could I not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been eaten out by fire?” The king asked me, “What is it, then, that you wish?” I prayed to the God of heaven and then answered the king: “If it please the king, and if your servant is deserving of your favor, send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors’ graves, to rebuild it.” Then the king, and the queen seated beside him, asked me how long my journey would take and when I would return. I set a date that was acceptable to him, and the king agreed that I might go.

I asked the king further: “If it please the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of West-of-Euphrates, that they may afford me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah; also a letter for Asaph, the keeper of the royal park, that he may give me wood for timbering the gates of the temple-citadel and for the city wall and the house that I shall occupy.” The king granted my requests, for the favoring hand of my God was upon me.

Responsorial Psalm

PS 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6

R./ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps. R./ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you! Though there our captors asked of us the lyrics of our songs, And our despoilers urged us to be joyous: “Sing for us the songs of Zion!” R./ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you! How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten! R./ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you! May my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember you not, If I place not Jerusalem ahead of my joy. R./ Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!

Gospel

MT 18:1-5, 10

The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.

"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.”