Ms. Que Banh
Mountain View Lutheran ChurchMerry Christmas! We are so thankful for the precious gift of the Christ Child.
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
@KimPerales They hate #BabyJesus.
Join us on Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of the Christ Child!
10am - Traditional service w/Communion
3pm - Birthday party for Jesus
5pm - Contemporary service w/candlelight
7 and 9pm - Traditional service w/candlelight and Communion
Hermano FilipeBefore travelling to East Timor, I went to a bank to exchange euros for US dollars. The clerk said to me:
‘Are you going to spend Christmas or New Year's Eve in Times Square?’
‘No,’ I replied, ‘there probably isn't room for the Baby Jesus to be born there.’ I'm going to spend Christmas a few metres from the Tíbar rubbish dump, on which many families still depend, with many boys and girls who need to be sent to school so that one day they can try to break out of the cycle of poverty.
She swallowed hard and wished me a good trip.
#TimorLeste #Christmas #BabyJesus #Capuchinhos #HumanEcology #FightPoverty
Front PageCop rescued baby, 24 years later, he was stunned after learning the child's identity
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/cop-rescued-baby-24-years-later-ex1
Molle SjölanderFading 2/3
So, lately, I've heard two different explanations why medieval icons, like this one, are mutilated, having had an arm chopped off. You'd think it would be due to old age, but no. Lopping off an essential bit of the statue, like the arm and hand, deprived it of its religious power, and so rendered it harmless. Thus, the beloved Catholic icons were allowed to stay in the churches when our country was Protestantized, and people would agree to the new order. Or, ruining these icons made them much less valuable, next to worthless, during the Reduction. Remember, a thousand years back they were richly adorned with paint, gold leaf and sundry gems, and so highly sought after by the king, who needed cash for warfare and generally increasing the Crown's power (weakening the might and wealth of the church was also an objective). Congregations would ruin these symbols on purpose just to get to keep them. For good measure, they'd often hide them as well. This one and a few others were found centuries later, wrapped in old rags up in the attic. Today, they are back in proud, if a tad worn, display.
#icon #mary #babyjesus #ikon #jungfrumaria #jesesbarnet #medieval #oldwood #closeup #detail #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden
So, lately, I've heard two different explanations why medieval icons, like this one, are mutilated, having had an arm chopped off. You'd think it would be due to old age, but no. Lopping off an essential bit of the statue, like the arm and hand, deprived it of its religious power, and so rendered it harmless. Thus, the beloved Catholic icons were allowed to stay in the churches when our country was Protestantized, and people would agree to the new order. Or, ruining these icons made them much less valuable, next to worthless, during the Reduction. Remember, a thousand years back they were richly adorned with paint, gold leaf and sundry gems, and so highly sought after by the king, who needed cash for warfare and generally increasing the Crown's power (weakening the might and wealth of the church was also an objective). Congregations would ruin these symbols on purpose just to get to keep them. For good measure, they'd often hide them as well. This one and a few others were found centuries later, wrapped in old rags up in the attic. Today, they are back in proud, if a tad worn, display.
#icon #mary #babyjesus #ikon #jungfrumaria #jesesbarnet #medieval #oldwood #closeup #detail #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden
RoundSparrowThe Baby should be thrown out as fiction.
The #BathWater should be kept. Love, Compassion, World Peace.
Throw out the #Jesus baby and keep the payload, the bathwater.
"Those who drink from my bathwater" - Jesus John 4:14 #FWakeJohn414 #John414
No Doubt - Bathwater
Thecla MariaWe magnify you, O Theotokos, and salute you: Rejoice! You are the cloud of the never-setting light, for you held in your arms the Lord of glory. #Theotokion #babyJesus
News BeepIs Miami finally back? Carson Beck, ‘Baby Jesus’ help Canes pass first big test against Notre Dame
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — They call him “Baby Jesus.” Malachi Toney is 5-foot-11, quicker than a fox and…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #AkheemMesidor #BabyJesus #CarsonBeck #CJCarr #Clemson #FortLauderdale #GettyImages #Headlines #JeremiyahLove #LSU #Maine #MalachiToney #MarioCristobal #MeganBriggs #MiamiHurricanes #NotreDame #RuebenBainJr. #SouthFlorida #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/96386/
Wizards AnonymousWhich is more valuable in #2025?
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