Tag: saint
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March 17, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
He wasn't Irish (but yes he did go there).
He didn't drive the snakes out of Ireland - there never were any there in the first place.
He didn't use the shamrock to illustrate . . . more
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September 02, 2008 01:45 AM EDT --
Some men are renowned for their good works, some men are renowned for their miracles, some men are highly loved and praised and some men are not recognized at all. History has recorded many . . . more
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September 06, 2008 03:56 AM EDT --
My last Article chronicled the life and work of Brother Andre, the beloved healer of Montreal, Quebec and the founder of St. Joseph Oratory in the same city. Brother Andre was . . . more
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October 25, 2007 11:19 PM EDT --
This lovely old structure is one of the parishes that was established by Father Samuel Mazzuchelli in 1844. He designed the church, and it has 3 rooms in the back that he stayed in when he was . . . more
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March 03, 2007 02:00 AM EST --
I don't worship false idols.
I don't have conversations with cartoons.
I don't equate myself to God.
I don't instigate, I follow through.
I don't seek to stifle others, their . . . more
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December 30, 2007 09:52 PM EST --
I was raised Protestant, and never really believed in Christ, but I was in good company. Most of my church friends were pretty much the same way. I enjoyed my church, I just didn't believe in Christ. . . . more
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March 01, 2008 11:22 PM EST --
I know that not all of you are Christian, or even religious at all, but if you're interested....
To read the late President Gordon B. Hinckley's final thoughts about Jesus Christ, and to understand . . . more
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August 12, 2008 09:01 AM EDT --
I recently received a copy of A Guide for Grown-ups: Essential Wisdom from the Collected Works of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I absolutely adore his work, and his philosophies couldn't be any . . . more
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August 13, 2008 08:44 AM EDT --
"In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude."
- The Wisdom of the Sands
"Car donner est jeter un pont par-dessus l'abîme de la solitude."
- . . . more
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December 05, 2007 12:25 PM EST --
On December 5 th children in Germany clean their shoes or winter boots and put them outside their door. Why do they do that?
Well, on December 6 th is Saint Nicholas' feast day, and that . . . more
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December 06, 2007 02:02 AM EST --
On the 6 th of December all German children pop right out of bed and rush to see what Saint Nicholas has put into their shoes. There may be apples, tangerines, candy, gingerbread men, chocolate, lebkuchen, . . . more
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March 17, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad
For all their wars are merry
And all their songs are sad.
G.K. Chesterton 1911 from The Ballad Of The White Horse. . . . more
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March 17, 2008 01:35 PM EDT --
I know that it's Saint Paddy's Day,
the day of wearing green,
but I just have to tell you,
green just ain't my thing.
Don't get me wrong,
I love green grass,
and the . . . more
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August 16, 2008 10:18 AM EDT --
"True freedom lies only in the creative process. The fisherman is free when he fishes according to his instinct. The sculptor is free when carving a face."
- Wartime Writings 1930-1944
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August 17, 2008 10:10 AM EDT --
"I was wrong to grow older. Pity. I was so happy as a child."
- Flight to Arras
((I was unable to find this one in French.))
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Quotes are taken from . . . more
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March 07, 2008 01:58 AM EST --
There was once a King who decided he did not want his subjects to be
happy. He issued a proclamation outlawing holidays. To prevent them
from coming, he had a giant bubble built over his kingdom. . . . more
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March 07, 2008 12:39 PM EST --
Rocks of Ireland plentiful
Which the ground will not unlock
In various form bountiful
It's Most famous the shamrock
This is a form of poetry known as freslighe.
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August 18, 2008 09:17 AM EDT --
"Happiness! It is useless to seek it elsewhere than in this warmth of human relations...Only a comrade can grasp us by the hand and haul us free."
- Wind, Sand and Stars
((I was unable . . . more
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September 09, 2006 07:59 AM EDT --
"…the calendars of all hearts are all the same. Fixed by the sun, everywhere, since all time, that make the same moments holy for all of us every year." Bron the Druid . . . more
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December 07, 2006 12:45 AM EST --
December 13 -- St. Lucia's Day . . . more
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