 THE COLOR GREEN Green is considered to be one of the most healing among all the colors. Because green is the color of trees and grasses it is a wonderful color choice to wear anytime you are wanting to feel more in-tune with nature. Green represents the Spring season and new growth. Choose this color to wear whenever you are embarking on something new or wish to turn over a new leaf. SIGNIFICANCE OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN RELATION TO THE FAITH St. Patrick's feast day was placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding[2] in the early part of the 17th century, although the feast day was celebrated in the local Irish church from a much earlier date. St. Patrick's Day is a holy day of obligation for [Roman Catholics in Ireland]. The feast day usually falls during Lent. The church calendar avoids the observance of saints' feasts during certain solemnities, moving the saint's day to a time outside those periods. St. Patrick's Day is very occasionally affected by this requirement. Thus when 17th of March falls during Holy Week, as in 1940 when St. Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and again in 2008, having been observed on 15 March. St. Patrick's Day will not fall within Holy Week again until 2160 - when it will fall on the Monday before Easter.[3][4] St. Patrick was born as Maewyn Succat during the fourth century in Britain. His parents were very wealthy. His father was also a Christian deacon for tax incentive reasons. When Maewyn was about sixteen his family and their home was attacked by Irish raiders. Maewyn was kidnapped[5] and forced to become a slave working as a shepherd in County Mayo in Ireland. It was during his time as a slave that he turned to God. He had a dream one night to escape the next day and travel back home to Britain. The next day he did just that and travelled the 200 miles back home to Britain. Once he returned, Maewyn had another religious dream. An angel told him to become a missionary and spread Christianity back in Ireland. He then spent the next fifteen years training to become a priest and chose Patrick as his Christian Saint name. In 432 AD he went back to Ireland as a priest. He tried to convert the Irish people from a Pagan polytheistic religion that worshipped the sun and the moon to Christianity. He also created and taught at many schools along Ireland's west coast. One of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of teaching and spreading God's word he died on March 17th 461 AD. Soon after his death the country of Ireland decided to remember his death with a day of his own and thus St. Patrick's Day was born. [ Originally the color associated with St. Patrick was blue not green.[7] However over the years the color green and its association with St. Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century.[8] He is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the day.[9][10] Then in 1798 in hopes of making a political statement Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on March 17th in hopes of catching attention with their unusual fashion gimmick.[11] The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from the song of the same name. THIS YEAR ST. PATRICK’S DAY FALLS S WED. MARCH 17, 2010  
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This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.  DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN. Gaining POWER is a PROCESS! Daniel was a man of "extraordinary" abilities, intellectually and spiritually. But, he had to deny himself and embrace the Kingdom protocol of fasting in order to remain in a posture and position to receive from God. Read Daniel 10:2 & 10:3 and witness the powerful affects and benefits of spiritual fasting. Try the "Daniel Fast" from now until Easter and draw near to Him during this season of reflection, repentance, and reverence. On this fast you can eat but it must contain only those ALL NATURAL foods which comes from the ground (basically). For example, potatos, veggies, fruits. No breads, no meats, no "sugary" biproducts of any sort. You should drink WATER and can drink TEA, but NO SODAS. If sacrificing regular food is not an issue for you, try obstaining from something else, like television, snacks/sweets, sodas, telephone, etc. A Recipe for the Daniel Fast: Garden Vegetable Soup This recipe calls for fresh vegetables, but substitute with frozen varieties if they are not available. By the way, tests show that frozen vegetables actually retain more of their vitamins and minerals because they are frozen so soon after harvesting. Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 cups chopped leeks, white part only (from approximately 3 medium leeks) 2 tablespoons finely minced garlic Salt 2 cups carrots, peeled and chopped into rounds (approximately 2 medium) 2 cups peeled and diced potatoes 2 cups fresh green beans, broken or cut into 3/4-inch pieces 2 quarts vegetable broth 4 cups peeled, seeded, and chopped tomatoes 2 ears corn, kernels removed 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup packed, chopped fresh parsley leaves 1 - 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice | Archives |
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