One Small Step For Man

I think I mentioned the other day that I had an old neighbor, Bud, who did not believe in the moon landing. He was not alone in his insistence that the whole thing had been staged in a Hollywood studio. There are websites out there supporting this view.Did we land on the moon?Back during my Chicago days, I was visiting an office building for some fund raising. We know how much I love fundraising. I went to visit a man who was a big deal at Pullman Standard. As far as I know these are people that make cars on trains. I never bothered to learn a single thing about my contact there or the company. My spiel really doesn't change anyhow.I was sitting in this man's office. He had a picture of the earth taken from space. On his desk, he had a little Apollo landing spaceship model. He had another picture of someone walking on the moon. "Hmph," I thought. "Great pictures. Guess he likes the space program." When suddenly I realized I had his name before: James McDivitt.He was an Apollo astronaut! The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. An Apollo astronaut! I was thrilled to meet him. I asked him what it was like to walk on the moon. He said, "The moon is really boring. It's gray and brown and that's that. There is really not much to say about it." So I asked him about being an astronaut. He told me a few amusing things about that. For example, he said that every single person who ever went into space threw up at some point.Who knew?Did we go to the moon? I think we did. But I can't prove it.Which brings me to today's question from a reader: My sister is getting confirmed soon (~2 months time), but she's told me that she doesn't believe in God or anything. My parents want her to get confirmed, so she's just kinda going through the motions.. I don't think anything she's going to be taught in her preparation class is going to help change her mind/educate her about Catholicism, at least if they are still the same as when I did them, as I was literally taught nothing about the Catholic faith (not wishing to insult the lady running it, but I think that's true.. A lot of it was probably also down to my own immaturity though)... :/ Anyway - what can I do? Should she not get confirmed at all? Will the confirmation even be valid if she doesn't believe in God etc? My parents want her to be confirmed so that 'she'll have something to come back to when she's older.' One other thing - can you think of a good patron saint for her? I've suggested loads of names (e.g. Monica, because she prayed for her son's conversion for years, so I reckon she's a dab hand, Mary, because you may as well go straight to the top, and so on and so on..), but she's rejected them all... Thank you sister! :)Truthfully, she should not get Confirmed at all. But we both know that's not going to happen.There are a few things you can do, but I think you could talk yourself blue in the face and not convince her of anything. You may as well go argue with Bud Gillman about the moon landing.Here are things you can do:Pray a lot. I'd suggest St. Paul, the patron saint of dramatic conversion. Or St. John the Baptist. He certainly shook people up. Or St. Ignatius of Antioch.Get a green scapular.Set a good example.God is there, just like the moon. Confirmation is the point where you confirm your willingness to be a Catholic. So, even if she marches around in a pretty dress or a robe and gets a slap from the Bishop, she isn't going to be confirmed in anything. Sacraments are a two way street. If you go to confession and you're not sorry or you purposely lie or omit sins, your reconciliation does not take place. You haven't reconciled a thing.The moon is there. You still have to fly over and land on it.All is not lost. God's not going anywhere. He is going to be there for your sister no matter what. Who knows, maybe the instruction will take! Or maybe, on her way to the altar and the Bishop, she'll have an epiphany! Maybe after it is all over with and she'll realize that she really does want to be a part of this and then 'poof' she will be. Since God has been there waiting the whole time, her Confirmation will just be....retroactive.As for the Confirmation name, since she doesn't really believe in any of this Bishop-y mumbo jumbo in the first place, I'll wager she's holding out for a cool sounding name, period. She doesn't care that the city of Santa Monica was named for St. Monica because when the Spanish conquistodors first arrived there, the first thing they saw was a rock that was burbling water non-stop and it reminded them of St. Monica, endlessly crying for her son.I would suggest a very cool saint with a very cool sounding name. How about Maximillian Kolbe? There's a guy who took his Soldier of Christ status very seriously! And her confirmation name could be "Max".It turns out, by the way, that Mr. McDivitt never actually went to the moon himself. He was the commander on Apollo 9, which orbited the earth and he was in charge of the the Apollo program from the ground. Perhaps that's why he didn't want to talk about the moon.

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Daily Message August 8 2012

indigenous plot by: theflickerees

"Mythical is believing in yourself,"if you can do that,"you can make what on earth get nearer."

"- Wolfgang Von Goethe"

Happy Countenance and Sturdy First light :))) Blessings to you and yours for a magickal day today. These days is Wednesday, Revered 8, 2012

Wednesdays are ruled by Mercury, the sphere that's magickal properties mean outstanding ability, versatility, travel and foresight. Bolt any studying you petition to do or petition a day to travel, this would be the best day. Swine an cultured person day pay awareness to your hypothetical patterns today. These days is a gigantic day to work with your conscious problem and make facts get nearer. If you are working with stones today wish to wear amethyst, star rubies, or lodestones for protection. Hanker after fed up in amulets.

Tonight's Moon is Deterioration, Third Corner in Aries. The Deterioration Moon is a time for study, meditation, and terse magickal work prohibit magick thought to banish noxious energies. The Deterioration Moon represents the Holy being in her Crone aspect. It's a time to participant the wisdom gained straight life. The Moon in Aries is good for starting facts, but lacks staying power. Gear happen steadily, but openly disregard. State stack to be confrontational and poised. The Moon enters Taurus at 3:28 a.m. In the Moon in Taurus, facts begun now organize the log, stack to rise in value, and become wearisome to alter. it brings out an conception for beauty and sensory have a medical condition. The magickal color of the day is Gloom, and the incense of the day is Lavender. Bolt an superbly magickal day!

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Why You Need A Love Psychic Reading From Mediums

Psychic mediums most common readings are love psychic related.It does not matter if you are in a relationship or looking for a new flame, readings related to the heart is quite popular for all ages. Finding a new relationship is easier now more than ever. You can just go online and speed date through different sites. Courtship has also been shortened though social media sites and texting. However, because you get lots of options and temptations, choosing becomes trivial and confusing and a love psychic advice is sometimes needed. A lot of people do not want to head on to the future without some clues. So they will go to PSYCHIC MEDIUMS to ask valuable insight into what their partners true affection is and if they are loyal and faithful to them. They are also interested to know who their future partner would be or how to fix their current relationship problem. A love psychic knows that love is a very controversial problem not only because it causes heartache but because to lose it would mean feeling empty (for a few days.) Being in love gives you a boost of confidence. It also reassures you that you that someone out there is willing to accept all aspects of your being. This security is enough to live by. Falling in love and committing to a relationship is easy but making it last forever requires commitment and dedication. Some would like to give it a try while others are afraid of failure. Because of the uncertainty of the future, some people would turn to psychic mediums for enlightenment or use charms. Tarot readings performed by LOVE PSYCHIC are a form of meditation. A psychic medium spread can cover the past, present and future. Taking a peek into the future has its own benefits. You become more aware of your current situation and how it can possibly affect your future decisions. This makes you wiser and more prudent in your ways.

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Marine Le Pen In Seine Saint Denis

As indicated in the previous post, Marine Le Pen visited Seine-Saint-Denis on Sunday, January 8. SSD, as most of you know, is the notorious department northeast of Paris where major rioting made headlines around the world in 2005. Seine-Saint-Denis contains one of the largest immigrant populations in France. According to demographer Mich`ele Tribalat numerous cities of the department contain less than 5% of young people (under 18) of European stock. (Wikipedia)

It was the riots of 2005 that made known throughout the world the word "racaille" (scum) when Nicolas Sarkozy famously promised one of the harassed residents there that he would rid the streets of the "racaille" using a power-hose.

Eight cities of Seine-Saint-Denis rank among the ten most violent cities of France.

The administration of the department has been in hands of Communists and/or Socialists for decades.

It was into this turbulent, hostile ambiance that Marine Le Pen ventured yesterday with members of her staff to meet her supporters and share a Christmas cake. The following is from Nations-Presse, a website of the Front National:

In 2007 Sarkozy placed a security expert at the head of the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis: the former head of RAID (an elite special force) and the CRS (riot police), Christian Lambert, nicknamed Panda because of his physiognomy. And we would see what we would see, said Elys'ee Palace and the Interior Ministry, with this new super-cop in charge... And we saw! Sunday, January 8, 2012, it was Christian Lambert who was sent to keep order at the public meeting of Marine Le Pen in Seine-Saint-Denis. The result: the "racaille" took over the streets and attacked everybody for part of the afternoon, in near impunity. There were several wounded, including a Front National member and a France 3 journalist.

There were several hundred of them, leftists of all stripes, anti-fascists for a day, activists and other professionals of street agitation, supported by hundreds of "racaille" who came from the lawless ghettos of Seine-Saint-Denis, to disrupt Marine Le Pen's public meeting (...) Leading the pack were several leftist elected officials, including Bally Bagayoko, adjunct to the Communist mayor of Saint-Denis in charge of Youth.

Early in the afternoon, completely overwhelmed, the inadequate police forces were not able to prevent vandals from going near parking lots close to the meeting hall. Left-wing hit men and ghetto thugs attacked passers-by, drivers, and FN members and sympathizers who had come from the four corners of France to applaud the presidential candidate. Some peaceful pedestrians were even spat upon and insulted, others turned and went back, taking a different route for safety. By mid-afternoon, there was at least one FN member from Yvelines injured in the eye following a head-butt from a thug. A female journalist was even struck on the head by a stone... From the camp of the "demonstrators", there were all sorts of projectiles hurled freely at the police, with no arrests at all.

Marine Le Pen had been scheduled to share the Christmas cake ("tirer les rois") with FN members and sympathizers at 3:30 p.m. The start of the meeting was somewhat delayed. By late afternoon, while the media announced that the "demonstration" had dispersed "calmly", several reliable witnesses informed the FN of confrontations between "racaille" and CRS who were now more numerous. After a long delay, no doubt under orders from the Interior Ministry (for we cannot imagine Christian Lambert that incompetent), several CRS units who had arrived late as reinforcements, finally got the upper hand over the rioters (...)

In its report of the demonstrations, Nouvel Observateur noted the following statement from Bally Bagayoko (mentioned above):

"The values of the FN are not those of this city, which are values of solidarity and mixture. The FN has no place here."

The video below shows Marine arriving for the luncheon, demonstrators carrying signs saying "No fascists here" and similar slogans. We also see former Defense Minister Herv'e Morin, in a dapper gray coat, meeting with the demonstrators and expressing his opposition to Marine's message. Finally she cuts the cake and says her "priority is France."

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Pagan Faithbooking Scrapbooking

I've been working on scrapbooking a lot clearly. Not the witchy, book of shadows type, but shape widespread scrapbooking about my spiritual path, meditation, matter, etc. In religions of the book this is sometimes called faithbooking, which is doubtless a bit of an odd proviso for a pagan, but for lack of a advance statement...

On some levels I interpret of it as an extension of my This Week I Am barrier but maybe with a interlace to the same degree this local page documents my Qabalistic path-working. For inhabit of you who think been consequent my adventures for a even though now (thank you and a scream out of merit to new and old readers... so brainy to think you visiting my abase family), I've mentioned the Qabalah before as whatever thing I'm reading up on. Towards the end my Qabalistic studies think occupied a far-flung bigger spiritual turn and I've been opinion a lot about the Sephiras of the Qabalah and this page is a retort to a acquaintance that I finished in savings account to Malkuth and the baffling expression: "As Chief, So Under" which I sort of assumed before but tone bigger friendly with now.

Anyways...

Suffice to say, I think a lot of meditation not simply about the Qabalah but also about this intention of spiritual scrapbooking from a pagan position.

Confident of inhabit meditation include:

* Food. The dealings is discharge sequential for the ceiling part in specifications of products that make up the mound of the publicize but let's be decent, Christianity is the principal wing within the bigger certain publicize. And that's fine. I'm not inwards to begrudge that. Companies design for clients and are put on really enough pagan scrapbooking clients out put on who are prying in to be exact faithbooking?
* At the same time as supplies would we wish if we attractive them?

* stamps
* papers
* stickers

* At the same time as topics would a pagan spiritual scrapbook cover?

* sabbats
* esbats
* studies/path-working

* Are we advance to drop on bigger "frivolous" papers and "paganize" them ourselves?
* Are put on any money or groups out put on for pagan scrapbookers? Move about if put on are, I don't know about them (at smallest not laborious groups) and I'd love to arrange about them!

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Tiu Day Last Quarter Moon In Virgo

"I'm one with the Goddess

and open to Her Wisdom."

24th Day of the 11th Lunar Cycle

Ruled by Medusa

Lunar Tree Cycle ~ Gort/Ivy

Celtic Tree Cycle ~ Ngetal/Reed

Moon Phase: waning last quarter

Moon rises 12:12AM EST

Moon sets: 1:39PM EST

Moon enters the Mutable Earth

Sign of Virgo at 8:30AM EST

Ceridwen's Cycle of the Moon

Lunar Meditation: Journey's end.

Sun in Scorpion

Sunrise: 6:59AM EST

Sunset: 5:07PM EST

Solar Question for the Day: "In

which areas do you need most to grow?"

Samhain (Calan Gaeaf) Quarter of the Year

November 10th, 2009

Yes, there she is in all her glory - Medusa. I have always been drawn to reading Medusa and what her lessons are. I feel she has often been given a bum rap by the Greek patriarchal panetheon. In her book "Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess" Demetra George explores Medusa in depth and gives us different views with which to look at Her. Medusa is given in the ruling goddesses of the days of a lunar cycle this time period when the moon has past the Last Quarter and is waning nightly in the late night skies. Medusa asks us to take this darkening time to examine ourselves and look at our self in the mirror of our soul. This is a time in the lunar cycle to begin preparing for the last few days of the waning crescent moon and when we move to Hecate's ruling days of the cycle.

But I do not have all gloom and doom to talk about during this waning moon time. On http://mothermoonsmessage.blogspot.com/

there is a wonderful November giveaway in progress. She is offering a beautiful set of wooden runes carved and a beautiful box in which to put them. Take a look:

Now isn't that a beautiful work of art! So check out Mother Moon's Message blog and enter the giveaway. While there you will have several great entries to read if you haven't been there before.

I find her blog to be wonderful.

S.

Last Quarter Moon: Keywords - realignment, revision, integration, cleansing. It is the time in a cycle to take closing action, to follow-up and complete the activities begun at the New phase. During this phase you become aware of what is and is not workjing with repect to the achievement of your goal for the cycle. The movement is toward integration. Open to your success. MANIFEST YOUR GOAL. Be responsible.

Moon in Virgo - Mutable Earth Sign - 'I analyze'

During this transit, important issues are practicality, organization, cleaning up your diet or your house,

healing your body or offering healing to others and attending to loose ends. After the Leo party time

transiut, it's time to clean up our act and turn our attentions to the matter of our health and hygiene.

Practical Virgo cleans the house, sets things in order, washes the dog (which actually I am thinking

of doing), and harvests the vegetables. She purifies and organizes our diet which sets us on the

healthy road for the month/lunar cycle. It is a time of taking responsibility and cleaning up the

messes we've been leaving. Virgo brings painstaking attention to detail: housecleaning is a good

way to work through a Virgo transit.

During Virgo Moon transit, women are mentally active but there is a tendency to excessive criticism

both of oneself and others. Emotionally it's an inward time, when we can reflect on personal relationships and perhaps look into Medusa's mirror/face.

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