Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Hymn
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing:
sing praise to his Name, he forgets not his own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning:
thou, Lord, wast at our side: all glory be thine!
We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation:
thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Words: Nederlandtsche Gedenckclanck, 1626;
trans. Theodore Baker, 1894.
Music: Kremser
Enjoy this day with your family and friends.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who lost their homes and possessions to Sandy. Our thoughts and prayers especially for those that lost family and friends.
Memorial Day
This was shared on Facebook and I thought I would share it here as well:
We remember all those service men and women who sacrificed for us, to keep us free.
He is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
We’ll be having our tradional American St. Patrick’s Day feast of Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes, Carrots, and Turnips all done up in the Crock Pot.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Love's Philosophy
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single,
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle -
Why not I with thine?
See the mountains kiss high heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdain'd its brother:
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea -
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?
Happy New Year From Central Standard Time USA
Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!
Here’s to 2012 being better than 2011!
Mary Did You Know
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered
Will soon deliver you
What Child Is This?
What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary.
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinner, reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Said the night wind to the little lamb,
“Do you see what I see?” (Do you see what I see?)
Way up in the sky little lamb
“Do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
A star, a star, dances in the sky with a tail as big as a kite, with a tail as big as a kite.
