Quote
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Always listen to your heart, it's on
your left side, but it's always right!
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Quote ~ Always listen to your heart
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Quote
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Always listen to your heart, it's on
your left side, but it's always right!
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Quote
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Always listen to your heart, it's on
your left side, but it's always right!
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Changing Your Last Name
Someone just sent me this picture which has a very interesting dialog...
BUT the "last name" bit is really old fashion.
Women are NOT required by law to change their last names.
I told my wife she did not have to do it, and she didn't.
It's fine to use 'Mr & Mrs' with husband's surname for UN-official occasions, BUT, wives, please use your own surnames for Official purposes. That is the surname the people you know have already grown used to.
And, although nobody intends to breakup after a marriage, it is a sad fact that it does happen to even the best of us. Me and my wife are still together today even thought we've thought about this when we were getting married.
But then... this decision is entirely yours to make. I'm just suggesting.
It's fine to use 'Mr & Mrs' with husband's surname for UN-official occasions, BUT, wives, please use your own surnames for Official purposes. That is the surname the people you know have already grown used to.
And, although nobody intends to breakup after a marriage, it is a sad fact that it does happen to even the best of us. Me and my wife are still together today even thought we've thought about this when we were getting married.
But then... this decision is entirely yours to make. I'm just suggesting.
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Boy: You are perfect for me, exactly the way you are.Girl: So you wouldn't change anything about me?
Boy: Well... I guess there is one thing...
Girl: My hair?
Boy: No.
Girl: My eyes?
Boy: No.
Girl: What is it then?
Boy: Your last name.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
I've learnt that... Teachers don't have to be better than their students;
The world's fastest sprinters are able to run faster than their coaches,
even when these coaches were at the same age as as their trainees.
even when these coaches were at the same age as as their trainees.
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I've learnt that...
Teachers don't have to be
better than their students;
they just need to bring out
the best in their students.
~ age 51
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Malay ~ Lost in Translation
Malay ~ Jagan percaya lidah buaya.
English 1 ~ Do not trust or believe the Aloe Vera.
English 2 ~ Do not trust or believe the tongue of the crocodile.
Here is how I came up with this.
English Name ~ Aloe Vera Soap
Here is how I came up with this.
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I saw this Soap
English Name ~ Aloe Vera Soap
Malay Name ~ Sabun Lidah Buaya
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Google Translate
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English = Malay
Aloe Vera = Lidah Buaya
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Malay = English
Lidah = Tongue
Buaya = Crocodile
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Lost in Translation using Google Translate
English ~ Do not trust/believe the crocodile's tongue.
Malay ~ Jangan percaya lidah buaya.
Malay ~ Jangan percaya lidah buaya.
English ~ Do not believe aloe vera.
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Prayer CHAIN
I just received this via email.
This is probably the only "Chain Letter" that I'm thinking of sending out. Even then, I might not do it. Yup, probably just better to put it here on my Blog.
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GIF ~ Paper Plane Making Machine
Hopefully, this will inspire you... if not this... then, to something else.
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GIF ~ Paper Plane Making Machine
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On YouTube
Paper Plane Making Machine
Video 1
http://youtu.be/TFyNrjzxavo
Video 2
http://youtu.be/_oviVoRRQ3g
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Our Car
This is our first car.
Maybe, it'll be our only car.
The picture is from the internet and looks quite close to what our car looks like,
right up to the Olive Green color, which was the official color description of our car.
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Our Car
Toyota Vios
Bought in 2008 Feb
Main Pix
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Smaller Version/s
Size 250
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Other Versions on the internet
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Maybe, it'll be our only car.
The picture is from the internet and looks quite close to what our car looks like,
right up to the Olive Green color, which was the official color description of our car.
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Our Car
Toyota Vios
Bought in 2008 Feb
Main Pix
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Smaller Version/s
Size 250
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Other Versions on the internet
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Story ~ My Wife Wanted Me To Take Another Woman Out
Someone posted this in Facebook.
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Story ~ My Wife Wanted Me To Take Another Woman Out
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 12:14 am
(22 hours ago via mobile)
We see this Day in and Day out.. It's a true hard fact of life. We never know what we got till its gone..
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.”
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked.
My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed, “she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.
“How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates – one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time.”
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.”
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally
. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked.
My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed, “she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.
“How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates – one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time.”
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Story ~ My Wife Wanted Me To Take Another Woman Out
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 12:14 am
(22 hours ago via mobile)
We see this Day in and Day out.. It's a true hard fact of life. We never know what we got till its gone..
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.”
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked.
My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed, “she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.
“How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates – one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time.”
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.”
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally
. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked.
My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed, “she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.
“How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates – one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time.”
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Butter Cookie ~ from Jenny Bakery
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Jenny Bakery
My sister gave us (me and wife) this tin of butter cookies from Hong Kong,
and I was blown away by it not being like the butter cookies I've been eating.
These was butter cookies soft, really soft,
so soft that it crumbles in your mouth in the most gentle-less of ways.
The one I got was an Mixed Cookie Assortment of 4
1 ~ Shortbread Cookie
2 ~ Butter Cookie
3 ~ Coffee Cookie
4 ~ Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
My favorite was the Butter Cookie.
This is the info I found at the Website Link above.
Please go to website to get the latest info.
Jenny Bakery is located in Hong Kong
We speak Cantonese, Mandarin, and English
Our Products are only sold at following shops:
1. Tsim Sha Tsui: Shop 24 Ground Floor, Mirador Mansion,54-64 Nathan Road.
2. Sheung Wan: 15 Wing Wo Street, Ground Floor
Below is the original picture my wife sent me.
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This is the info I found at the Website Link above.
Please go to website to get the latest info.
Jenny Bakery is located in Hong Kong
We speak Cantonese, Mandarin, and English
Our Products are only sold at following shops:
1. Tsim Sha Tsui: Shop 24 Ground Floor, Mirador Mansion,54-64 Nathan Road.
2. Sheung Wan: 15 Wing Wo Street, Ground Floor
Below is the original picture my wife sent me.
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:54 PM
Subject: Jenny bakery
Sent from my iPhone
Subject: Jenny bakery
Sent from my iPhone
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
About Lucien Deiss
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About Lucien Deiss
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Lucien Deiss, CSSp
BIOGRAPHY
Spiritan Father Lucien Deiss was a pastor, liturgist, author, lecturer, Scripture scholar and composer. A member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, he was heavily involved in the liturgical reform of the Lectionary during Vatican II and was a member of the Concilium on Liturgy. He was a specialist in biblical exegesis and he formerly occupied the Chair of Sacred Scripture and Dogmatic Theology at the Grand Scholasticat des Peres du Saint-Esprit in Paris.
Father Deiss served as a member of the Committee for the French Ecumenical Bible and was formerly liturgical editor of the magazine Assemblee Novelle. As a missionary priest, he gave retreats and worked with the poor in several nations of the world, including Africa, Haiti and Taiwan, for many years. Father Deiss passed away on October 9, 2007 at age 86.
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We Remember a Wonderful Prophet: Lucien Diess (1921-2007)
by Mary G. Fox
As the director of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, Steven Warner continues to see the effect that the music of Lucien Deiss, CSSp, has on young people. During a rehearsal, Warner found that all the students knew Deiss's antiphon "Keep in Mind" and that one was studying his writings. The cross-reference of the liturgical music composition and the sought-after theological treatises summed up Deiss's contributions perfectly, Warner said.
Unaware that Deiss had died two days prior to the rehearsal, Warner explained the liturgical composer's legacy to his students. "I made a comment that here was a piece from 40 years ago, written at the dawning of the implementation of the documents from the Second Vatican Council, and yet, like a wonderful wine, it still had a beautiful taste for the soul and a richness for the spiritual palette."
Deiss, composer of "Priestly People," "All the Earth," and more than 400 other liturgical songs and hymns, died in France on October 9 in the teaching hospital of Bicetre, France. On October 13, the Mass of Resurrection was celebrated at the grande Seminary Chapel in Chevilly, France. Deiss was 86 years old.
To honor him, Deiss's music will be played at the 7 p.m. Evening Prayer November 26 at the Duquesne University Chapel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Duquesne University is the only university run by the Spiritans, the order of which Deiss was a member.
Working with Deiss at workshops, Warner came to know the man as a "humble and thoughtful liturgical genius." Warner said, "We are left with the musical insights of this extraordinary man of God. And we are left with his zeal for and love of a fully active, participatory assembly. There is a reason we still sing his songs, composed in the '60s, when barely anything else has survived from that transitional time. His was the foundational vision that endured."
The liturgical composer was a scholar who helped people understand the word of God through songs and hymns. A press release the Spiritans issued October 16 quoted Deiss's account of how he fell into composing music. "I used to do ministry in the little church of Bon Pasteur, close to the seminary. I wanted the people of the parish to sing a lot more, so I formed a choir for Gregorian chant. But it didn't work ... which turned out to be a blessing for me. I realized that the people knew almost nothing of the Bible, so I decided to try using music to help them memorize the more important texts."
Sometimes even those who knew that Deiss taught scripture and liturgy for nine years, were surprised when he spoke on scripture. Recalling a meeting in Rome, Duquesne University professor of biblical studies Sean P. Kealy, CSSp, said, "Our community invited him to speak on one occasion expecting that he would talk on music. But he came and gave a rather profound lecture on Form Criticism. He really loved the scripture, and his genius was to blend simple biblical texts with simple joyful melodies which anyone could join in with."
Laetitia Blane, retired director of liturgical music at Boston College, called Deiss "a prophet of his era."
"In the 60s," she said, "his music gave voice to our prayer." She added, "We remember a wonderful prophet."
Blane, who was a soloist for Deiss at National Pastoral Musicians meetings, is a co-founder of the NPM Cantor and Choir Director Institutes. She said that she and others relied on the guidance Deiss offered in Spirit and Song of the New Liturgy. There, he outlined the priorities for singing at liturgies. "We used his outline to help people understand how we use song in liturgy—the ministerial function of when to sing, when it is a priority. His outline was the most comprehensive way to understand Music and Catholic Worship and the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy."
"I think his music will stand the test of time," said Stephen Steinbeiser, liturgist at the Duquesne chapel. Steinbeiser, who collaborated with Deiss at workshops and concerts at Duquesne, described him "as a gentle, humble fellow." Deiss, Steinbeiser said, considered his work part of his service, never accepting a stipend.
He explained, "Lucien really was a scripture scholar. He understood it. He taught it. He loved it really. He had the unique ability to take these wonderful translations of text and wed them to a wonderful melody. As he looked at it, it was his offering to God."
Steinbeiser said that Deiss was particularly delighted when the scriptural meaning of his music was grasped. "He would just have this light in his eye when he saw that someone understood his message. He helped teach the deeper meaning of scripture and how the word of God can lead us to a relationship with God. Joy really is an infallible sign of the Spirit. He just delighted when he saw communities brought to prayer."
From Deiss, Father Jan Michael Joncas learned "the importance of studying the biblical and liturgical texts if I was to set them with any degree of intelligence and artistry." When a teenage Joncas proudly showed Deiss a composition, Deiss patiently explained its failings.
Joncas said, "After that meeting, I absolutely devoured every Deiss composition I could get my hands on, wearing out my copy of the volumes of Biblical Hymns and Songs. I was certainly influenced by his pattern of having fairly extensive refrains assigned to congregational singing with more complex verses taken by soloists and/or choir members, and I wrote my share of 'Deiss-styled' hymns before coming under other influences."
Through the years, Deiss continued to amaze Joncas. "I was impressed with how open he was to quite diverse musical realizations of biblical and liturgical texts as long as they both highlighted the message to be proclaimed and authentically represented the culture encountering these texts."
While preparing to teach a course on twentieth and twenty-first century liturgical music, Joncas was "delighted to find that Deiss had been the choirmaster for Jean Langlais's Missa Salve Regina, first sung at Notre Dame in Paris at Christmas Midnight Mass in 1954. I had meant to send him a note for being a true 'pontifex' (bridgebuilder) between developments in pastoral liturgy in the pre-Vatican II era and the explosion of compositional creativity in the post-Vatican II era."
The Rev. Virgil C. Funk, president emeritus of NPM, described the composer and scholar as a person who lived authentically. Responding to an e-mail he wrote, "Keep in mind that Jesus Christ has died for us" ... Fr. Lucien Deiss not only believed those words, but lived them.... 'If you live with the Lord, you shall die with the Lord.' And so he has."
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1 Peter 2:9
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1 Peter 2:9
New International Version (NIV)
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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Here are 2 songs with '1 Peter 2:9' in mind.
Priestly People
~ by Lucien Deis
Once No People
~ based on '1 Peter 2:9' by Maggie Durran
~ music by Betty Pulkingham
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Thursday, September 05, 2013
Wound Pixs ~ Wow! So much difference in just 2 Days
Posted by Welcome at 12:33 PMon Thursday, September 05, 2013
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Recent Photo ~ 2013 Sep 04, 2226hrs, Wed
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Just 2 Days Before ~ 2013 Sep 02, 0039hrs, Mon
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For the rest of the pictures, click HERE.
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Wednesday, September 04, 2013
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