January 1, the Feast of the Circumcision - a friend's lament
and, NOW, a la monty python, for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT...
i had to go look this up...
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January 1st is almost upon us, and then is gone, uncelebrated once again!
We were raised in a devout society celebrating important holidays. But what has happened to the really important ones? The ones that happened then left us with a sense of loss. The day arrives, but who gives a fuck? Who even knows? The day of the knife, replaced by pigskin. What happened to the Feast of the Circumcision?
Papists once again scheme grand plans to rule the world, and that day comes sooner than you might think. Daily we hear of the coming pandemic. What is being done to prevent it? Will these Voodoo rituals across the globe slaughtering millions of chickens, geese, etc, save us? Can our governments and pharmaceutical companies protect us? No! There is only one power capable of preventing the impending misery and deaths of 10s of millions of the worlds population.
Will that tiny city/state save us (I don't refer to Andorra)? They have the power. They used to share it with all who desired. They took the power away. Why do they deny us the powers of St. Blasius?
i had to go look this up...
St. Blasius was Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and most of the acounts place his martyrdom in the reign of Licinius (about 316).
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The veneration of the Oriental saint was brought at an early date into Europe, as is shown by the recitals in the historical martyrologies of the ninth century, and the Latin recension of the legend of St. Blasius; so that Blasius became one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages. The actual reason for the unusual veneration has not yet been made clear. Most probably one ground was that according to the legend he was a physician and wonderful cures were ascribed to him; for this reason the faithful sought his help and intercession when ill.
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In the Latin Church his feast falls on 3 February, in the Oriental Churches on 11 February.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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posted by profmarcus at
12/31/2005
