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Thank you Rose, I thought my memory might have "invented" Shuhite.

Good morning :-)


I think I have stumbled across an RE lesson.....well done Rambling.....love the explanations. Thank you. <3


Finishing our week of smiles.....

At a Wednesday evening church meeting a very wealthy man rose to give his testimony.
"I'm a millionaire," he said, "and I attribute it all to the rich blessings of God in my life. I can still remember the turning point in my faith, like it was yesterday:
I had just earned my first dollar and I went to a church meeting that night.
The speaker was a missionary who told about his work.
I knew that I only had a dollar bill and had to either give it all to God's work or nothing at all.
So at that moment I decided to give my whole dollar to God.
I believe that God blessed that decision, and that is why I am a rich man today."

As he finished it was clear that everyone had been moved by this man's story.
But, as he took his seat, a little old lady sitting in the same pew leaned over and said: "Wonderful story! I dare you to do it again!"


Cx :-)

Hello all

Loving this weeks humour, thank you Cynthia.

Thanks also to David for your interesting question and to Rambling for the info.

Sunshine for us all to enjoy and I hope you will have a Happy Bank Holiday weekend

Good morning :-)



The Collect (special prayer) for today

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.


The gospel reading is from Luke and is where Jesus heals the crippled woman on the Sabbath – and is criticised!


Cx :-)

There's a great deal of prophecy in the Bible. What does it mean where it says

"And the sea shall give up its dead" ?

It's all the bodies of all those drowned at sea and buried at sea, those who only had a watery grave.

As it's in Revelations I would say it's when all the people who had died were being resurrected and judged so making sure that those in a watery grave didn't avoid the judgement day. Whether by accident or a deliberate act to avoid judgement.

Rev 20 : 13 doesn't explalin wha it means.

But it was a Revelation of God to John for the Churches

at a time when most were illiterate.

It's just over 100 years since they located and explored TITANIC

They've not recovered any of those who perished within the stricken ship..

I can think of three reasons for not attempted to get the bodies from the Titanic

1 - it's in a dangerous condition and it's believed in the next twenty to thirty years it will be destroyed

2 - it's about two and a half miles under the water

3 - what would be left of the bodies is disjointed bones and lots may have been dispersed by currents and preditors

Good morning :-)


Oooer. I'm all at sea now! :-D I certainly wasn't expecting to come across the Titanic this morning but that's part of how this page works - you never know what will be discussed next :-D

Very much a Judgement Day reference yes, and Revelations is such a difficult book to get to grips with - John was one on his own in many ways.

Pat.....not a bell in sight! I'm quite disappointed. Each time your name appears on here, I always say to myself "The bells, the bells...…" :-D :-D

For today

"God created the natural world, and the beauty of his creation renews us.
We are replenished when we see pine trees standing tall.

Imagine the gentle sound of ocean waves as they tap against the shore, washing away your cares.

Picture yourself walking in a quiet place: along a sandy beach, in a sunlit forest,
or atop a magnificent mountain peak.

God created all this for you to enjoy and more than that,
God is with you. Always. Be at peace."


Cx :-)

Good morning to you all :-D <3

I down loaded a book from Amozon last night.

It's by Taylor R Marshall and the author was an ordained Episcopalian

Priest. He changed his religion to Catholicism due to becoming aware

that the Catholic Church is so close to Judaism.

Indeed the Bishops, cardinals and Pope wear purple, red or white

scull caps. The book's title is The Crucified Rabbi.

No time for him David, his faith, research and opinions on religious matters may be accurate, I don't know, but some of his personal opinions aired in interviews are 'dodgy' imo.

but if you enjoy it go ahead :-) You may enjoy his youtube videos. I wouldn't lol /

Good morning :-)

I'm never quite sure what I am going to be greeted with when I arrive here in the morning! :-D

I have never heard of the said gentleman, let alone read any of his views, books or meanderings. As Rambling is a pretty fair judge of character, I will probably give him and his books a miss but will ask our RC priest friend if he has ever heard of him (if I remember of course) :-)

The colours you mention are the liturgical colours David. Anglican bishops wear purple shirts and the colour in churches, in vestments, on the altar etc., are determined by either the season of the year or the occasion.

I would advise that, when seeking answers to questions or reasons why, that folk look at some 'tried and trusted' and authentic sites. There are too many off-beat, weird and wacky websites about for my liking. :-D

For today:

Born in Albania on this day in 1910 was the girl who grew up to be Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who worked with the poorest of the poor in India. A journalist once asked Mother Teresa why she bothered working with the poor in Calcutta, because it was all just a drop in the ocean - there being millions of poor people in India. Mother Teresa said in reply that she was not concerned with a big way of doing things - she was concerned with individuals: “This person”, she pointed to someone, “thinks it makes all the difference!”

Loving Lord, inspire me to be welcoming and generous in my attitude to others, showing individuals that they matter and are important. May I make a difference to someone in my part of the world today. Amen.


Cx :-)

With the passage of time, has the Catholic Church not spread and split and

become the Protestant Church, Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church,

Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and so many other denominations, and schisms, most
arguing with with each other, sometimes violently. :-S

The Orthodox Church was the first large schism, not liking the authority of the pope I believe, about the time of the Battle of Hastings.

Good afternoon..... :-)


Couldn't get on here this morning and then had to go out. So, here at last....


Yes there are many denominations....some are accepted as reliable - others aren't. Make of it what you will! :-D

St. Augustine wrote these words: “Leave the past to God’s mercy, the present to his love, and the future to his providence.”

Lord, we give you thanks for the assurance that the past can be left to your mercy, the present to your love, and the future to your providence. Help us to grow more aware of your loving presence, that we may live more authentically and proclaim by our words and actions the good news of the fullness of your love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen


Cx :-)

Good evening Cynthia and others :-D <3

The divisions within "Christianity" and some of the consequence are
starkly evident in Northern Ireland :-( :-(

Also India and Asia have known bitter religious differences.

Some say Egypt was the birthplace of Monotheism a 1000y ears before Moses

Good morning :-)

A bit difficult getting on here again......that dreaded Error message.... :-(

On this day in 1931, Gandhi, the great Indian leader, visited London. He had called off the campaign of civil disobedience under British rule in India, in order to attend this meeting about the future of his country which was then governed by Britain. A prayerful man, Gandhi wrote these words about prayer:
I am neither a man of letters, nor of Science, but I humbly claim to be a man of prayer. It is prayer that has saved my life. Without prayer I would have lost my reason a long time ago. I did not lose my peace of soul - in spite of many trials because the peace came to me from prayer. One can live several days without food, but not without prayer. Prayer is the key to each morning, and the lock to every evening. This is my teaching: let everyone try this experience and they will find that daily prayer will add something new to their lives.

Lord Jesus, your friends said to you: “Teach us how to pray”. We ask that you give us the fullness of your Spirit to help us to pray, so that we may grow in friendship with you.

Cx :-)

Also there was a few decades of disruption at the top in India.

Successive generations of the Ghandis murdered because ot

what they allegedly did to the Sikhs

The family of Mahatma Gandhi is not to be confused with Nehru–Gandhi family, Indira Gandi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India being assassinated in 1984.