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Lauran L says

Just saw your Lost review. I found the Torah/Talmud passages fascinating in content and the way he wove them into his story. Readers who breazed through them missed out. Can't wait to discuss on Saturday!

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Lauran L says

I saw your review on I Am Messenger. Interesting question and one I cannot answer since I read it too long ago and can't remember who the narrator was.

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Laura B says

Rosy, how do you see other people's shelves? What am I missing here?

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Earl says

The Crucifixion

Sunlight upon Judea's hills
And on the waves of Galilee,
On Jordan's streams and on the rills
That feed the dead and sleeping sea;
Most freshly from the green wood springs
The light breeze on its scented wings;
And gaily quiver in the sun
The cedar-tops of Lebanon.

A few more hours--a change hath come!
The sky is dark without a cloud;
The shouts of joy and wrath are dumb,
And proud knees unto earth are bowed.
A change is on the hill of death,
The helmeted watchers pant for breath,
And turn with wild and maniac eyes
From the dark scene of sacrifice.

That Sacrifice!--the death of Him,
The high and ever Holy One!
Well may the conscious heaven grow dim
And blacken the beholding sun!
The wonted light hath fled away,
Night settles on the middle day,
And Earthquake from his caverned bed
Is waking with a thrill of dread.

The dead are waking underneath!
Their prison door is rent away!
And, ghastly with the seal of death,
They wander in the eye of day!
The temple of the Cherubim,
The House of God is cold and dim;
A curse is on its trembling walls;
Its mighty veil asunder falls!

Well may the caverned depths of Earth
Be shaken and her mountains nod;
Well may the sheeted dead come forth
To gaze upon a suffering God!
Well may the temple-shrine grow dim,
And shadows veil the Cherubim,
When He, the chosen one of heaven,
A sacrifice for guilt is given!

And shall the sinful heart alone
Behold unmoved the atoning hour,
When Nature trembles on her throne'
And Death reigns his iron power?
Oh! shall the heart--whose sinfulness
Gave keeness to His sore distress,
And added to His tears of blood
Refuse its trembling gratitude?

--John Greenleaf Whittier

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Laura B says

Rosy! You and Lauran convinced me to join this. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of books. I'm not really sure what to add. We'll see...

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Lauran L says

I think I lost some interest in Mountains Beyond Mountains when the story moved out of Haiti - I think it's because Haiti was very personal to Dr. Farmer and the other areas less so. I think the book had that transition thus causing the great interest but then as you get to the end the desire to just finish it.

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Earl says

Please pardon my tardy reply. It is always a pleasure to hear from you, dear friend. My new image reflects the ejaculation A.M.D.G. that I inscribed on my writings as a young boy. It stands for the Latin "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloria" (to the greater glory of God). I used one earlier, but I prefer this one because it bears the cross that is the source of our salvation

There are two editions of "Dark Night of the Soul" in our family library. A 1959 Image Book edition translated by E. Allison Peers (ISBN: 0-385-02930-6) and another contained within the anthology "The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross," published by the Institute of Carmelite Studies in 1979 and translated by two Carmelites, Kieran Kavanaugh and Ottilo Rodriguez (ISBN: 0-9600876-5-6). I'll write more offline.

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Karen says

Hi Rosy,
Did you ask for my friendship on Facebook? A lovely lady holding a precious little one is asking for my friendship. I think it might be you since the requester has the first name of Rosy and is from CA. Is it you?

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Earl says

Kind of you to call it that, dear friend. I believe every Christian is called to some type of apostolate, don't you? I'm sure the apostle James would agree. ;-)

Glad to hear your Mother's Day was delightful. Ours was, as well. My Mom and sister joined our family for dinner, and we all shared our love with Sonia's Mom in Brazil. Best of all, a special blessing was given mothers in our church. Of course, godly mothers are a blessing from God every day of the year. Without their civilizing influence, this poor world would be even more lost than it already is.

Always a joy to hear from you,

Earl

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Earl says

A Mother's Day bouquet . . .

When Mother Prayed

Somehow God always seemed so real,
Somehow I could not doubt nor feel
That God was ever far away,
When I could hear my mother pray;
Somehow when she would kneel in prayer,
God always seemed to meet her there.

When she would kneel beside my bed,
With her dear hands upon my head,
My little heart would cease to fear,
And God would seem to come so near;
Somehow, someway, when Mother prayed,
I could not, dared not, feel afraid.

And when she prayed for Him to keep
Me through the night, and give me sleep
And rest until the break of day,
I felt that it must be, someway;
That round about me was His arm,
And He could keep me safe from harm.

When Mother prayed! O precious hour,
When God would come in mighty power!
O memory sweet! O hallowed place
Where God did shine in Mother's face!
Somehow in prayer she found such rest;
Somehow her soul God always blest.

When Mother prayed! Ah, then I knew
Within my soul that God is true;
I could no longer doubt His love;
And, yielding all, born from above,
My soul was filled with peace divine,
And Mother's God was thenceforth mine.

[Melville Miller]

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Earl says

“The First Fruits of Them That Slept”
(1 Cor. 15:20)

Past are the anguish and weight of His passion;
Sealed in a sepulcher, Jesus doth lie,
Guarded by soldiers in armor, whose fashion
Only imperial Rome can supply.

Just from the courts of Jehovah descended,
Clothed in a raiment as white as the snow,
Shining in face by lightning attended,
Speeds there an angel as a dart from a bow.

Reaching the garden as daylight is springing,
Backward he rolleth the stone from the grave;
Up cometh Jesus, in majesty bringing
Proof reconfirmed of His power to save.

Shaking with fear, to the ground fall the keepers;
Quaketh the earth with mysterious thrills.
Glory to God in the highest! Ye weepers,
Shout in the chorus that heaven now fills.

Earth could not bind the true Lord of creation;
Vanquished is death by the Author of life;
Quickly arise ye and tell every nation
Jesus has won in the glorious strife.

Past are the anguish and weight of His passion;
Pleasures forever bide Him on high;
Clothed is the Savior with garments in fashion
Human resources could never supply.

(Robert Rothman)

Yours in our Risen Lord,

Earl;

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Daniel says

Thanks for the welcome. I'm just getting started.

Daniel

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Earl says

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I'll share some thoughts on Praying the Psalms after I've read it.

Wishing you a blessed Epiphany,

Earl

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Earl says

Rosy, Actually, I've begun reading a book by Fr. Merton on Praying the Psalms," which I discovered last Saturday in the Eucharistic Chapel at Sacred Heart Church in Winchester, VA. I believe with the Old Capt'n that Christians neglect the Old Testament to their detriment and peril, and I could go off on that tangent, but I'll desist. Still the Psalms are an integral part of the liturgy of the Church and I would hope of a Christian life. Prudence, as well as honesty, however, compels me to note certain reservations regarding Merton's orthodoxy, primarily involving matters of religious syncretism. A blessed New Year to you! --Earl

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Earl says

Dear Rosy,

If you will take a look at the latest addition to my bookshelves, 'A Medieval Christmas,'--just entered--and read my review, you will see why I found your message--just read--regarding Christianity Today's report of a newly illustrated Bible so providential.

Wishing you and yours the blessings of the Babe of Bethlehem, yours in Him,

Earl

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pratoda says

Many thanks for the tip ! I haven't been logging in recently. I'll try and pick it up when I next pass through a metropolis.

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JPaden says

Mountains Beyond Mountains is a NF book that I highly recommend.

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JPaden says

I had not seen it. I think it's absolutely beautiful and am seriously considering giving some of these as Xmas gifts.

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