Requests for prayers:
Bob S.’s wife has cancer, Dr. Lott just got out of the hospital, and Weer’d's wife has a visit with the doc.
Support requests:
Tam and Roberta X have a tree trying to go all Entish on them. Just under a grand (!!!) to take it down.
Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never ’gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.
Sorry that this is late, I was side-tracked. This is a long post, more after the fold…
March Madness you’ve heard of, but what about “March to Madness?” Currently in round 4 (Execrable Eight), it’s getting down to the wire.
Some of the highlights for this round:
Matthews lost because not even God watches his show anymore. [...] Dan Brown takes down the ol’ Ku Klux Kodger of the Senate. While they both lie with impunity, people actually believe Dan Brown. [...] Tough choice in the battle between VOTF and the view. One group is composed of a bunch of secular loud mouth biddies that deride anything holy, mock the Pope, and are nauseatingly shallow and the other is the girls of the View.
This reminds me why I love Catholics. That, and the motto of the blog: “we laugh because we believe.” (For those who have never read it, The Joyful Noiseletter is the epitome of that idea.)
I’m just sad O’Reilly got knocked out– seriously, the guy listens to re-runs of his own show. “Screw you, Aw-ec Bard-win!” And Biden took out Nickelback in the first round. Which I applaud, and I like Nickelback.
Also, for the giggle factor, the same thing, but with Presidents.
To the work! To the work! We are servants of God;
Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;
With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew,
Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.
Refrain
Toiling on, toiling on,
Toiling on, toiling on,
Let us hope and trust,
Let us watch and pray,
And labor till the Master comes.
To the work! To the work! Let the hungry be fed;
To the fountain of life let the weary be led;
In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”
Refrain
To the work! To the work! There is labor for all;
For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall;
And the love of our Father exalted shall be,
In the loud swelling chorus, “Salvation is free!”
Refrain
To the work! To the work! In the strength of the Lord,
And a robe and a crown shall our labor reward,
When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be,
And we shout with the ransomed, “Salvation is free!”
Refrain
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power through-out the universe displayed.
“How Great Thou Art”
Via Linoge, a wonderful little app. Even in our local neighborhood, the distances and times involved are tremendous. Most plans for a Mars mission are timed for around 2 1/2 to 3 years. A mission to Venus would last about a year. With our current technology, the outer Solar System is out of reach, much less the rest of our galaxy. Now begin to imagine the rest of space.
Heck, we live in suburbia. Boring G2 dwarf in a boring neighborhood, with a few oddball planets. Compared to some stars out there, our Sun is a pipsqueak:
And then you get to the fact that our universe is huge:
Thy pow’r thought the universe displayed…
Arfcom thread about buying an abandoned church. Add to this kaveman’s “Church of G.O.D.“, and I’m beginning to get an idea…
Temple on Saturday, church on Sunday. Monday through Friday it’s a membership based gun store during the day, and a educational center at night. Bible study at 6, CCW (or other gun related) class starts at 7. Friday night is movie night– this week it’s Red Dawn followed by Death Wish. Volunteering in the soup kitchen gets you a 10% discount, and a week with the community assistance team gets you 2 free FFL transfers.
As far as a name… I’m thinking “Saint John of the Desert.” Who’s in?
He, Who bore all pain and loss
Comfortless upon the cross,
Lives in glory now on high,
Pleads for us, and hears our cry;
Alleluia!
