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The Daily offices for Morning and Evening Prayer in the Rite of St Tikhon, as assigned by the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate together with other devotional material. For other material, see the Book of Common Prayer as published by Lancelot Andrewes Press. Saturday – Dedication of the Basilica of St Saviour (St Theodore Tyro, M) –…

For all the saints, who from their labours rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia, Alleluia!…

The Daily Readings for Morning and Evening Prayer in the Rite of St Tikhon, as assigned by the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate together with other devotional material. For other material, see the Book of Common Prayer as published by Lancelot Andrewes Press. Sunday of Christ the King (XVII Sunday after Trinity / 18 Pentecost) –…

That’s just prideful.

That definition is a key phrase, “considered in terms of pleasant sensations” and it provides us with a logical course for the second image: There are many reasons this may be of concern to a Christian, but I want to lay aside the first one: Hedonism is not only about anti-Christian moral choices.  Once can…

XKCD totally gets it! I am an early adopter. I joined and paid for Blogger when Ev was still in an apartment on Judah St. My Twitter number is only 6 digits. I’ve had an Amazon account since 1998 or so. I’ve had my gMail account only a tiny bit less: certainly it was this millenium,…

TIZ THAT Time of the year again when accusations will fly: you stole our holidays!  You’re being Satanic! We will be bombarded with bad history and bad social science and bad theology. I won’t even bother to link to the most common Christian “proof sheet” that takes the Irish name of the holiday (Samhain) and…

What do you think it might mean to “be” something? In Irish when one is greatly wanting food, one says “Ta ocras orm.”  In English we say “I am hungry” but the Irish say “there is hunger upon me.”  The English seems to say “I have become this thing in my being.”  We use the…

I have been lucky to have some very awesome Bosses, from Constancio and Mark and Br. James and Pat at the Church Center, Joan L at Borders, Jeff at Gay.com and Vern, Tom and Jim at Swain, John in Buffalo and Eric, Thomas, Sejal and Phil here at Zoosk… My bosses challenge me, encourage me…

Looks like a lovely, clear California day.

AMONG My earliest childhood memories (which start around age 2) is Grandpa cooking breakfast. When I would stay with my Grandparents, I slept on the sofa in the living room. Grandpa would get up very early in the morning and make himself breakfast. It was always the same thing, and I can see him sitting…

1 Pepper-marinated loin of pork. (Rolled in cracked pepper, marinated. It came from the store this way.) 1 Can of Cheerwine 1 Crockpot. Put the loin in the crock pot. Pour the Cheerwine on top. Cover and slow cook on high for 4-5 hours. The pork will fall apart.

I did realise that this would require some experimenting. I found a recipe that started with cocoa powder and adjusted it: the Xocolatl already has some sugar in it. So I took out some sugar from the recipe and added some extra cocoa powder. Then I played with everything to get it balanced… I assert…

I’m moving my blog back to Blogger.  I’m doing this b/c my blog – as opposed to another site I own – is not a full-on website: it’s just my essays.  And essays are kinda boring if no one reads or responds to them.  I’ve explored cross-posting options (that would update G+ with my blog…

by Bill Bailey (DHR)©1996 quiet as deliveries in early dawnsubterranean thunder rollscalling us to life againsoft dreams fading inthe fragrances of the bedand light cascading in on our sleep glowing as tower lights on hanging cloudsI feel You more than see Youclosed eyes and breathings mergeand gentle angel wings enfoldas You pull yourself to my…