Today is the 4th of May. While everyone has their "May the 4th be with you" memes (and yes, do show us your Star Wars coins please!) for firefighters, it is also the feast day of Saint Florian. Here is a piece I wrote on the Patron Saint of firefighters, and on firefighting in ancient Rome: https://coinofnote.com/st-florian-medallion/

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On April 26 1986, Chernobyl nuclear reactor #4 exploded. 40 years later, the event is still one of the most distinctive events of its time. Here is a piece, I wrote on one of the medallions given to the "Liquidators" who helped clean up after the accident: https://coinofnote.com/1986-ukraine-chernobyl-liquidators-medal/

While writing this post I discovered the #ChornobylNotChernobyl hashtag from which I learnt "Chornobyl (Чорнобиль) is the correct Ukrainian spelling and transliteration, which is increasingly adopted to reflect Ukrainian identity and decolonize place names. Chernobyl (Чернобыль) is the Russian spelling, which was standard internationally during the Soviet era and remains common in Western media."
https://www.reddit.com/r/chernobyl/comments/1higops/whats_up_with_the_new_spelling_chornobyl/#:~:text=Chernobyl%20is%20the%20Russian%20(default,Russians%20nor%20Ukrainians%20existed%20then.

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It's easy to read the news and despair, or to get mired in the struggles we all face - large and small. So, here is a #medallion with two bible quotes offering hope:

"I will give you rest" is from Matthew 11:28
The other side lists its own reference of John 16:33 and also offers hope from the tribulations of this world.

I hope you are at peace, wherever you are.

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Here is a piece which combines two interests of mine - a firefighter themed #medallion with a biblical message.

I've always loved the hymn "Here I am, Lord": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDdniihKBzI

Based off Isaiah 6:8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%206&version=NIV which, admittedly, has some challenging imagery - but the theme of giving ones self to the Lord to use to His purpose is certainly not an unfamiliar one.

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Matthew 28:6: "He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."

One of my favourite images on a #medallion is from within the empty tomb, burial cloths folded neatly, looking out the open door to see the three (now empty) crosses.

I wrote a little on this piece here: https://coinofnote.com/christ-died-for-our-sins-medallion/

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I attended the sacrament of reconciliation / confession / forgiveness / penance today. It has a few names, and I think it's my favourite. You just walk out feeling cleansed and at peace; loved by God!

Here is one piece I have which mentions reconciliation - quoting Genesis 33: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2033&version=NIV in which brothers Jacob and Esau meet after a 20 year estrangement and reconcile.

(Apologies for the blurry photo, I should have checked when I took it!)

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A very Happy Feast day of Saint Patrick!

As the reverse of the medallion says:

"May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May God hold you in the palm of His hand."

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Happy Birthday Saint Mary MacKillop! Born 15 Jan 1842 in Melbourne, she was canonised as Australia's first saint in 2010: https://www.sosj.org.au/founded-to-respond/mary-mackillop/

I have several medallions though one of the more interesting is this uniface one made into a paperweight on a resin base, which lives on my desk.

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As we come to the end of the Christmas season, celebrating the birth of Christ, here is a medallion featuring the reason Jesus came to us, from John 3:16. Let's take a couple of verses either side for more context:

John 3:14 "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."

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