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The Resurrection of Jesus
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The Emmaus road figures as St. Paul's conversion site, correct? In that case, that significant event happens on the latter's way to Emmaus.
Is it possible that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
The Remote Islands of Britain
Your introduction advises us that "All of these isles are difficult of access and battered by stormy seas which cut them off for some of the year."
Is the storminess of the seas reflected in storminess of the air such as to preclude helicopter ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
The Gathering Tide: a review
The introductory paragraph advises us that "The North of England is not regarded as a fashionable place to be."
What parts of England does the north comprise?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
English Identities
Peter the Great (Jun 9, 1672-Feb. 8, 1725) had as favorite, royal mistress Mary Hamilton (died Mar 14, 1719), lady-in-waiting to his wife, Catherine I (Apr 15, 1684-May 17, 1727).
Mary Hamilton and her family lived in Russia as descendants of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
English Hedges
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The eye colors of the Holy Family members intrigue me.
Is there any tradition about St. Joseph's eye color?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
Alzheimer's Twiddle Mitts
The knee blanket and the twiddle mitts have such invigorating and yet tranquil and warm colors. For example, the knee blanket houses lively green and soporific blue and sunny yellow.
The second subheading, Decorations, indicates that "The mitt ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
Christian Hermits
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So Brother Antony is Antony of Lérins (468?-520?), correct?
Is it your detail or his observation about the new-looking footwear of a traveler whose footwear ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
Can You be Rational and Religious?
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The first paragraph to the first subheading, Religion and Rationality, advises us that "C.S. Lewis once pointed out that if God does not exist, he is ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
St Patrick in Irish Mythology
Your St. Patrick's Day fare of "Corned beef and cabbage soup, Bangers and mash (Sausages and mashed potatoes), Bailey's Irish cream cheesecake (no bake cheesecake)" is delicious!
But what is a traditional cold drink and what is a traditional ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
An Island Castle
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Norse-language survivals intrigue me what with my maternal-line Norse heritage that inhabited every Irish county and Orkney.
So "residual words derived" from ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2024
English Hedges
Mary, as a saint might appear in a variety of human forms consistent with her identity..she will always be feminine..
frankbeswick, on 05/12/2024
Christian Hermits
Antonybwas the saintly hermit who had some grim visits from demons, but I won't write about thevecperiences on a family website.
frankbeswick, on 05/12/2024
Can You be Rational and Religious?
Good question. But if there was a back up, that was lost too.
frankbeswick, on 05/12/2024
Walking the Length of Britain
I don't know who was first.
frankbeswick, on 05/12/2024
Why do Christians Believe that Jesus was Divine
The opinion varies. PROTESTANTS say that Jesus f9elt abandoned by God, a view that was invented by Luther in the ssixteenth century. However, Catholicism follows the traditional interpretation that Jesus words onnthe cross are from psalm 21, a ...
frankbeswick, on 05/12/2024