Today is the winter solstice, which as I have explained on various occasions, in the past, is for me the natural New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day rather than the arbitrary 31 December/1 January. Obligatory Stonehenge winter solstice image Today in also the occurrence of a so-called great conjunction in astronomy/astrology, which is when, viewed from […]
The solar year ends and starts with a great conjunction — The Renaissance Mathematicus
Chippewa Lake Park is a former Medina County theme park, which operated for 100 years, from 1878 until 1978. Since the park’s closure, it has sat vacant. Early history Initially opened by Edward Andrews as Andrew’s Pleasure Grounds in 1875, the park offered a picnic ground and beach, a steamboat, and the park’s first roller…
Chippewa Lake – Abandoned Since 1978 — Architectural Afterlife
Thought for the Day – 20 December – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Swaddling Clothes of the Divine Infant “Mary, like other mothers in those days, wrapped the Infant Jesus in swaddling clothes.The Divine Child quietly offered this new humiliation to His heavenly Father.He saw prefigured in these bands, the ropes with which […]
Thought for the Day – 20 December – The Swaddling Clothes of the Divine Infant — AnaStpaul
Last throw of the dice
Your desperation is clear
Run — but you can’t hide
Copyright Francis 2020
Advent Reflection – 20 December – The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-12, 14, 16, Psalms 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29, Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38 The Lord is at hand, come let us adore Him. O KEY OF DAVID,and Sceptre of the House of Israel,who opens and no-one shuts,who shuts and no-one opens.Come and […]
Advent Reflection – 20 December – O Clavis David/O Key of David — AnaStpaul
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