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04/30/2019
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Today’s Holiday:
Law Day
It was the American Bar Association that persuaded President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to set aside a day to commemorate the role of law in the United States. But it wasn’t until 1961 that a joint resolution of Congress designated May 1 as Law Day, and President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to display the flag and observe the occasion with appropriate programs—typically mock trials, courthouse tours, and essay contests. Most Law Day exercises today are sponsored by the American Bar Association in cooperation with state and local bar associations. More…
It was the American Bar Association that persuaded President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to set aside a day to commemorate the role of law in the United States. But it wasn’t until 1961 that a joint resolution of Congress designated May 1 as Law Day, and President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to display the flag and observe the occasion with appropriate programs—typically mock trials, courthouse tours, and essay contests. Most Law Day exercises today are sponsored by the American Bar Association in cooperation with state and local bar associations. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Today’s Birthday:
Calamity Jane (1852)
Born Martha Jane Canary, Calamity Jane was a legendary American frontierswoman. She grew up in Montana and worked in mining camps, where she acquired riding and shooting skills. In 1876, she appeared in Deadwood, South Dakota, the site of new gold strikes, boasting of her marksmanship and her exploits as a pony-express rider and as a scout with Custer’s forces. It was there that she likely met Wild Bill Hickok, who would become her companion. How did Jane claim to have acquired her nickname? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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This Day in History:
Founding of the Illuminati (1776)
The Illuminati were members of a rationalistic society founded in Germany by Adam Weishaupt. Having close affinities with the Freemasons and seemingly organized on a Masonic plan, the group was briefly very popular among German rationalists but had limited influence. The Roman Catholic Church, which Weishaupt left in his youth and rejoined before his death, condemned the Illuminati. In 1785, the Bavarian government dissolved the organization. What conspiracy theories involve the : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Quote of the Day:
W. Somerset Maugham
Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Article of the Day:
Clay Animation
Clay animation is a form of stop-motion animation in which each frame of a film is created and photographed independently using clay figures molded into different positions for each frame. Clay animated films were made in the US as early as 1908 and became something of a fad in 1916, but they were soon overtaken by cartoons. Clay animation is a laborious process, requiring about 21,600 stops for a 30-minute film. How many frames per second are needed to create the illusion of continuous motion? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Idiom of the Day:
curdle (one’s) blood
To terrify someone. Watch the video…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Word of the Day:
dramaturgy
Definition: (noun) The art of writing and producing plays.
Synonyms: dramatics, theater
Usage: I know that you plan to become a novelist, but your dialogue is so sharp and witty that you may want to consider dramaturgy.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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The health benefits of sweet potatoesinclude their ability to help in healthy weight gain, boost immunity, regulate digestion, treat asthma and bronchitis, and control diabetes. Sweet potatoes also help in treating stomach ulcers and relieving arthritis pain.
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Sweet potatoes are tuberous crops with the scientific name Ipomoea batatas. [1] The plant is a creeper with heart-shaped or lobed leaves. The color of the tuber varies from purple to red to pale yellow and to white, depending upon the variety, the soil type, the climate it grows in, and the available minerals. As the name implies, sweet potatoes are naturally sweet and its flavor can be enhanced when cooked.
The red variety has a drier and harder flesh while the white and yellow sweet potatoes have juicier flesh. The red variety has a characteristic aroma which becomes more prominent when boiled. The variety of taste, textures, and colors can be attributed to its antioxidants and vitamins content. The reddish and orange the colored sweet potatoes are rich in beta carotene, while the purple sweet potatoes are rich in anthocyanin.
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100 g
1 cup, cubes (133 g)
1 sweetpotato, 5″ long (130 g)
NutrientValueWater [g]77.28Energy [kcal]86Protein [g]1.57Total lipid (fat) [g]0.05Carbohydrate, by difference [g]20.12Fiber, total dietary [g]3Sugars, total [g]4.18Calcium, Ca [mg]30Iron, Fe [mg]0.61Magnesium, Mg [mg]25Phosphorus, P [mg]47Potassium, K [mg]337Sodium, Na [mg]55Zinc, Zn [mg]0.3Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid [mg]2.4Thiamin [mg]0.08Riboflavin [mg]0.06Niacin [mg]0.56Vitamin B-6 [mg]0.21Folate, DFE [µg]11Vitamin B-12 [µg]0Vitamin A, RAE [µg]709Vitamin A, IU [IU]14187Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) [mg]0.26Vitamin D (D2 + D3) [µg]0Vitamin D [IU]0Vitamin K (phylloquinone) [µg]1.8Fatty acids, total saturated [g]0.02Fatty acids, total monounsaturated [g]0Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated [g]0.01Fatty acids, total trans [g]0Cholesterol [mg]0Caffeine [mg]0 Sources include : USDA [2]
According to the USDA, sweet potatoes are a rich source of energy, carbohydrates, and fiber. [2] They also contain a wide array of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
They are also packed with other nutrients that include vitamins as well as provide phytosterols, isoflavones, and amino acids such as leucine, glutamic acid, and threonine. A single serving of sweet potato alone will provide more than 400% of your daily dose of vitamin A!
Sweet potatoes have many health benefits. Let’s explore them in detail below.
The fiber content in sweet potatoes are higher than that of common potatoes and they taste better too! When these two factors are combined with other minerals like magnesium, which is present in these root vegetables, it makes an excellent facilitator for digestion. They are easy to digest since they mainly contain starch. They are soothing to the stomach and intestines, so you can avoid any difficulties in digesting them. Furthermore, fiber feeds the little microbes in our gut and thus help support and promote a healthy gut.
Sweet potatoes contain good amounts of complex starch, along with healthy vitamins, minerals, and proteins. Moreover, they are very easy to digest. Thus, they provide a lot of energy and are excellent bulk builders for people looking to gain weight.
People who have recently suffered from illnesses, or are self-conscious about being frail or abnormally thin should welcome this news about sweet potatoes since there are no associated side effects, which most of the synthetic bulk building dietary supplements have.
Sweet potatoes have anti-inflammatoryproperties and are primarily due to the presence of beta-carotene, anthocyanins, vitamin C, and magnesium. Beta-carotenes and anthocyanins are active bio-compounds that may exert antioxidative effects when consumed and thereby reduce oxidative stress and inflammation. Research and studieshave shown these compounds to possess potential suppressive anticancer activities and to promote immunity. [3] [4]
Sweet potatoes are excellent immune system boosters that defend your body from a wide variety of conditions. [5]As mentioned above, not only are they rich in antioxidant and vitamins, they are also rich in manganese, magnesium, and phosphorus. All these nutrients help in strengthening the immunity and keeping you healthy.
A study released by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that there is a positive association between antioxidant-rich diets and clinical asthma outcomes. Sweet potatoes are also one of the foods that are least probably to elicit an allergyreaction, a common inducer of asthma.
Sweet potatoes are believed to be capable of warming up the body, possibly due to the sweetness and other nutrients that impact body temperature. [6] This property is also beneficial for people suffering from bronchitis, along with its powerful effect on congestion. The concentration of vitamin C, iron, and other nutrients helps cure bronchitis.
Beta-carotene, magnesium, zinc, and vitamin B complex make sweet potatoes a highly important food source for managing arthritis. [7] The water in these tuberous vegetables are boiled can also be applied externally on joints to ease the associated pain of arthritis.
Research conducted on laboratory mice by Khalid Asadi et al. [8] from the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, New Zealand suggested purple sweet potato anthocyanin-rich diets helped reduce and inhibit tumor growth (Biomed Research International 2015). Chemoprevention trials are needed on humans to understand the anti-cancer properties of sweet potato. [8] Additionally, a study conducted by researchers from Kansas State University, US suggested that anthocyanin-enriched sweet potato may protect against colorectalcancer due to its antiproliferative abilities. [9]
Research shows that a high fiber diet and a diet rich in vitamin C reduces the risk of developing stomach ulcers. These are good news because sweet potatoes are rich in fiber and vitamin C. They also contain B-complex vitamins, potassium, and calcium are all very effective in curing stomach ulcers. [10] Moreover, the roughage obtained from fiber prevents constipation and the resultant acid formation, thereby reducing the chance of ulcers. [11] Their anti-inflammatory and soothing properties also reduce the pain and inflammation of the ulcers.
Contrary to popular belief, sweet potatoes may be an acceptable food for diabetics. Although it is high carbohydrate and sugar, it is considered a low-glycemic food and have a lower glycemic index than regular white potatoes. [1] Cooking methods also alter the glycemic index of sweet potatoes. For example, boiled sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index compared to roasted sweet potatoes. Of course, that does not mean that diabetics should eat them indiscriminately. The idea is that they can replace rice or white potatoes with sweet potatoes in their diet and cooking them by boiling rather than roasting.
The fiber or roughage present in sweet potatoes helps the body retain water. [11] This maintains water balance in the body, keeping you hydrated and your cells functioning efficiently.
Sweet potatoes are effective for helping people quit addictions like smoking, drinking, and taking certain narcotics. They are good for the health of arteries and veins, as they protect their walls against hardening. The high concentration of beta-carotene (an alternative form of vitamin A) and phosphorus are excellent for both ocular and cardiac health. [12]
So, go out and grab a sweet potato for your next meal; they are delicious and nutritious. Yum! Yum! Yam!
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How fast can you lose weight and how much? What is the average weight loss drops rate? What to expect from a diet? These questions are of interest to those who lose weight in the first place. But people’s notion of the speed with which fat burns is not exactly realistic – especially against the background of diets in the style of “-10 per week.” We promise that this is real if you have a little time and starve. And we do not agree with anything that is lower than this figure.
This article is for those who are upset by losing “whole” by 500 grams per week; for those who believe that he is doing something wrong, and his metabolism is too low to lose weight quickly.
Weight loss drops
Weight loss drops – learn how
Before talking about the speed of weight loss drops, it is essential to learn how to distinguish between weight loss and fat loss.
Body weight is not only fat, even the thickest person with clinical obesity. These are organs, bones, muscles, water, glycogen and even the contents of the intestine. Weight loss does not specify what exactly goes.
Maybe the muscles. There may be glycogen and water that it holds. Maybe swelling. Anyone who has met with food poisoning knows how quickly to lose weight by 3-5 kg. But the weight returns, as soon as a person returns to normal life. Thus, all of the above falls under the “loss of excess weight.” But when people think about weight loss drops, they want to get rid of fat. When it comes to the figure, the primary goal is to lose as much fat as possible and keep as many muscles as possible. The rest of the ballast – water, glycogen, and food inside the digestive tract – are things that come and go.
So, by the end of the cycle, a woman suffers from swelling, adding up to 3 kilograms. The amount of glycogen and water it retains depends on the number of carbohydrates in the food. Especially noticeable are weight changes, when a person changes from a non-carbohydrate diet to a normal diet. Or vice versa – removes carbohydrates and the first week of enjoying a large “plumb.”
How do you know if muscle or fat goes away?
Weighing is only one way to control weight loss drops, and it does not show the whole picture. The ratio of fat and muscle in the body is called the body composition. It is this that determines how we look.
A lot of fat and a little muscle is an ordinary fat man. A little fat and a little muscle is a figure of skinny-fat. A lot of fat and a lot of muscles is a massive stocky figure. A little fat and a lot of muscles are what everyone dreams of, a beautiful sports body. Therefore, it is important to monitor not only the arrow on the scales but also the ratio of fat and muscle.This will make it clear what you are losing.
You can find out the composition of the body in many ways – paid and free, accurate and approximate. Among them – biomepedansometry, measurement of skin folds by a caliper.
The best way to save muscle during weight loss is to have enough protein, exercise strength and maintain (or even increase) the working weight. If the working weights gradually decrease, it can be a signal that the muscles become smaller. That’s why it’s important to keep a training diary – it allows you to see progress, increase in weights or drop from a week to a week.
What is the rate of fat loss – normal?
The norm is a loss of 0.5-1.0% of body weight per week. This is a good indicator, which ensures that fat goes away (1). If your weight is 70 kg, then you should expect a loss of 350-700 grams per week. More slender people lose less – on the lower border and even less. People with sizeable excess weight, obesity lose more – up to 2 kg. It looks just pathetic in comparison with the “-10 per week” diet, but this is a reality.
Even if we sit on a hungry carbohydrate diet – cucumber, kefir, celery – fat will still go about the same amount. All other “plumbs” – water, glycogen, edema and intestinal contents. As soon as the body gets rid of “non-fat” ballast, weight loss slows down to the same 0.5-1 kg per week.
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04/30/2019
A scandal concerning a celebrity you admire could be in the news today, Taurus. This might throw you for a loop. You might even suffer some disillusionment. Withhold judgment for the time being. Much of what you hear may be traced to gossip or misinformation. Shocking though it may be, you will want to hear the celebrity’s side of it. Only then can you form an objective opinion.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Today’s Holiday:
Walpurgis Night
People who lived in the Harz Mountains of Germany believed for many centuries that witches rode across the sky on the eve of St. Walpurga’s Day to hold a coven on Brocken Mountain. To frighten them off, they rang church bells, banged pots and pans, and lit torches topped with hemlock, rosemary, and juniper. The legend of Walpurgis Night is still celebrated in Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia with bonfires and other festivities designed to welcome spring by warding off demons, disaster, and darkness. St. Walpurga is the patron saint associated with protection against magic. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Today’s Birthday:
Eugen Bleuler (1857)
Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist who in 1908 introduced the term “schizophrenia” for the disorder formerly known as dementia praecox. While studying schizophrenic patients, Bleuler concluded that the disease was not one of dementia, a condition involving organic deterioration of the brain, but one consisting of a state of mind in which contradictory tendencies exist together. He argued, against accepted wisdom, that such patients were not incurable. What is the etymology of “schizophrenia”? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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This Day in History:
Fall of Saigon (1975)
On April 30, 1975, Saigon, the largest city in Vietnam and the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by the National Liberation Front and the People’s Army of Vietnam. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) and the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule. The city lost its status as the country’s capital and was renamed after what Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader and late president of North Vietnam? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Quote of the Day:
Henry Fielding
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Article of the Day:
The Bow Street Runners
The Bow Street Runners have been called London’s first professional police force, as they were paid by the magistrate, using funds from the central government, to pursue and arrest criminals. The group was established in 1749 by the English author Henry Fielding, who had taken up law and been appointed magistrate after his plays satirizing political corruption had resulted in his effective banishment from the theater. Fielding’s force was established the same year that he published what novel? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Idiom of the Day:
cry on (one’s) shoulder
To bemoan one’s problems to someone else. Watch the video…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Word of the Day:
brigand
Definition: (noun) An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
Synonyms: bandit
Usage: You looked more like a brigand than an honest man, with your beard six inches, and your hair a foot long.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Apărută în Transilvania la 1700, prin unirea românilor ortodocși ardeleni cu Roma catolică, Biserica Greco-Catolică a dat personalități de prim rang precum Maniu, Iuliu Hossu, Simion Bărnuțiu, Cipariu, Gheorghe Șincai ori Incențiu Micu Klein.
În 1948, comuniștii și Securitatea au pus în scenă o „revenire” a uniților la ortodoxie, un scenariu diabolic la care niciun episcop greco-catolic nu a consimţit, în ciuda amenințărilor.
Mihai Frățilă, episcop greco-catolic de București, a vorbit într-un interviu pentru Newsweek România despre jertfa celor șapte episcopi și despre importanța anunțului făcut de Vatican.
Newsweek România: Care este semnificația beatificării celor șapte episcopi?
Mihai Frățilă: Beatificarea din partea Bisericii confirmă că Hristos a fost prezent în suferința și jertfa acestor suflete. Actul în sine exprimă o garanție de fidelitate și de prietenie a lui Dumnezeu pentru niște oameni atât de devotați și, mai ales, certitudinea că ei sunt în Cer. Pentru țara noastră, pentru valorile creștine ale poporului român, este într-adevăr un tezaur fără de preț această experiență de sacrificiu, dăruire, nu numai în favoarea lui Dumnezeu și a adevărurilor eterne, ci și în favoarea Binelui.
Istoriile celor șapte arată numeroase încercări de a-l face măcar pe unul dintre ei să cedeze și impresionează lipsa oricărei disponibilități a lor la un compromis, cât de mic.
Nu se cedează în fața unei agresiuni, nu se poate ceda în fața violenței. Fără libertate, ceea ce-i firesc în natura omului dispare. Orice compromis cu o putere ideologică din start atee, diabolică, nu are sens. S-a vorbit mult de compromisuri, de acomodare în acei ani.
38 de preoți au fost aduși sub presiune în octombrie 1948 la Cluj să se dezică de Roma, doi au reușit să fugă. Au fost duși apoi la București. Predecesorul dvs., Vasile Aftenie, episcop vicar de București, a fost să-i vadă.
Dialogul pe care episcopul Aftenie l-a avut atunci cu preoții aduși pentru a glorifica „unificarea” exprimă tristețea evenimentelor regizate cu teroarea Securității. Interesant este că această violentare a conștiințelor nu a omorât în sufletele acestor oameni – niște nefericiți până la urmă – sentimentul profund că nu erau pe calea cea bună. Aici regăsim iarăși partea diabolică a Celui rău care încearcă să te scuze în momentul înfăptuirii păcatului, după care te chinuie toată viața cu un sentiment de culpă pentru a te conduce în disperarea tipic diabolică.
Aici e întotdeauna mâna Răului concret. Episcopul Aftenie a avut îndrăzneala, pentru unii chiar lipsa de prudență, de a se înființa la Athénée Palace, acolo unde acești 36 de preoți au fost cazați. A încercat ca orice bun păstor să meargă pe urma oii care stă să se piardă, a voit să vadă în ce stare sufletească se află.
A constatat, bineînțeles, groaza de Securitate, erau preoți cu familii care nu știau ce li se poate întâmpla de la o oră la alta. Atunci au încercat câțiva dintre ei să-l invite să li se alăture, să nu rămână singuri, totul sub pretextul unui discurs bine construit și aparent logic – este tema cedării „din caritate” ca în filmul „Tăcere”.
Or episcopul le-a spus franc: nu pot să merg contra principiilor care sunt adânc înscrise în inima și în mintea mea. Există o frază a lui Vasile Aftenie de atunci, care străbate timpul: „Credința nu este o cămașă pe care să o dezbraci seara și să o reîmbraci dimineața”.
”Nu se cedează în fața unei agresiuni, nu se poate ceda în fața violenței”
În aceste șapte vieți povestite și de volume care pledează cauza beatificării sunt momente care v-au impresionat anume?
Vasile Aftenie a rămas foarte popular nu pentru că ar fi căutat atenția lumii, ci pentru că era foarte franc, uman, la îndemâna tuturor. O fetiță, jucându-se în curtea bisericii Sfântul Vasile de pe strada Polonă din București, unde slujea și locuia Aftenie, a văzut la stradă doi agenți ai Securității care plănuiau arestarea episcopului în acea noapte. Episcopul era în curtea bisericii împreună cu preoți și cu un student, și fetița le-a comunicat discuția pe care a auzit-o.
Unul dintre vorbitori i-a propus episcopului să se refugieze în acea noapte la credincioși și el i-a răspuns: măi frate, crezi că un general își părăsește armata pentru a se refugia, pentru a ascunde?
Putem spune că ei au trăit ca mărturie pentru toată națiunea, dincolo de frontierele confesionale?
Cu siguranță. Pentru că binele nu e confesional. Există un dialog între Iuliu Maniu și părintele Matei Boilă, nepot al său care și-a dat seama că Maniu știa de fapt că bătălia pentru democrație și pentru libertate era deja pierdută în 1946.
Iuliu Maniu are atunci acel cuvânt formidabil: acest popor al nostru va avea nevoie de oameni care își pun viața pentru valorile supreme, conștienți fiind de puterea răului temporară, pentru ca, în momentul în care întunericul se va spulbera, generațiile ulterioare să înceapă reclădirea morală pe acest sacrificiu al lor.
Același lucru, cu un simț extraordinar de acut al dreptății, îl spunea peste ani cardinalul Alexandru Todea: noi ne-am opus conștient regimului care îți batjocorea libertatea sufletului și am făcut-o nu numai pentru noi, ci pentru a da întregii noastre nații acea demnitate care va fi întotdeauna punct de plecare pentru orice ridicare morală.
Cum au primit cei șapte persecuția?
Și-au dat seama că pentru o perioadă bună de timp se va dezintegra tot ceea ce însemna așezământ de libertate, de respect pentru credință, de democrație.
Există un dialog între reprezentantul Papei la București, nunțiul Gerard O’Hara, cu câțiva preoți care deja se ascundeau și încercau să supraviețuiască, schimbându-și foarte des domiciliul și pe care îi încuraja spunând că lucrul acesta, permis fiind de Dumnezeu, nu-i va lipsi de ajutorul și de susținerea harului.
JERTFĂ Șase din cei șapte episcopi greco-catolici care nu au cedat presiunilor comuniștilor de a se lepăda de credința lor.
Iată, deci, aceeași necesitate pentru a se identifica în exemplul pe care Fiul lui Dumnezeu l-a trăit, merge la moarte în mod conștient, și moare nu pentru că i se ia viața, ci pentru că El o lasă în favoarea celorlalți.
Tot în corespondența între Nunțiatură și aceste suflete bătute de furtuna persecuției avem un exemplu unde același Gerard O’Hara transmite părintelui Chinezu, protopopul Bucureștiului, închis în lagărul de la mănăstirea Căldărușani, următorul mesaj: Sfântul Părinte ar fi foarte mulțumit dacă ai accepta episcopatul ca jertfă în favoarea sufletelor.
Biserica greco-catolică era la apogeu în 1918, avea 1,5 milioane de credincioși în 1948, a fost împuținată radical de atunci.
E bine să amintim aici metafora naturii pentru a înțelege un aspect profund din perspectiva credinței. Este suficient o sămânță să se salveze. Acea sămânță, la rândul ei pusă în pământ, dă naștere mai multor semințe care, la rândul lor, se vor multimplica de câte ori va fi nevoie. Martirii efectiv s-au dăruit lui Dumnezeu. Și, în felul acesta, chiar dacă doar unul, doi, trei, puțini trăiesc această legătură cu Dumnezeu din străfundurile lor, cu toată energia, cu toată puterea lor, Dumnezeu își împlinește lucrarea, pentru a face în așa fel încât binele să devină viral; acolo unde un om se străduiește pentru bine, el nu face altceva decât să semene binele și mai mult în jurul său.
Beatificarea va fi celebrată la Blaj
de Papa Francisc, pe 2 iunie 2019
Sub Francisc, ca regulă, sanctificările au fost făcute de Papă, nu și beatificările. Cum va fi?
Beatificarea va fi celebrată la Blaj de Sfântul Părinte. Turmei mici i-a fost hărăzită Împărăția pe baza acelui adevăr că este suficient un bob de grâu pentru a face apoi să renască puterea credinței. Acel oraș a fost desfigurat sub comunism. Tot ceea ce fusese gloria acelui orășel, pe care Eminescu îl numea fără vanitate Mica Romă, ne pune în situația de a vedea cum își scrie Dumnezeu istoriile cu oamenii.
Nu e suficient să ai putere, nu e suficient să fii adulat, nu stă viața și valoarea omului în circuitul financiar, în cifre și mulțimi, ci stă, iată, în istorii de jertfă puse împreună. Avem prezența episcopului Romei în acest orășel de unde Heliade Rădulescu spunea că „le-a răsărit soarele românilor”.
La 2 iunie 2019, la 20 ani după vizita papei Ioan Paul II, Blajul celebrează nu numai bucuria confirmării de credință a urmașului lui Petru, dar primește consacrarea jertfel lui Hristos dintr-o generație memorabilă. De altfel, numele maghiar înainte de 1918, tradus mot-a-mot, era „Satul Blajului”, „Satul lui Blaj”. Românii nu aveau voie să stea în orașele Ardealului, cel mult la margine.
Și acolo, în afara marilor orașe, s-a format opțiunea noastră pro-occidentală sau, cum ziceau oamenii vremii, pentru „Apusul civilizat”.
S-a văzut la momentul Marii Uniri din 1918 care a fost beneficiul unei „ortodoxii occidentale”, dacă pot să spun așa. Fiindcă, în formele sale de manifestare creștină, Biserica Română Unită cu Roma e ca o biserică ortodoxă, dar, iată, una care a știut să preia nu numai o forma mentis occidentală.
Este clar o viziune despre lume și istorie pe care această Biserica Unită cu Roma, prin apartenența ei la Biserica Universală și la lumea occidentală, a adus-o în Transilvania. Prin acest spirit al catolicității, Biserica Română Unită a oferit o învățătură de credință care a dat o consistență mult mai evidentă însăși rezistenței din vremea regimului comunist.
Gândiți-vă la Polonia unde, la fel, prezența Bisericii Catolice a fost un far nu numai pentru cei care erau credincioși. A fost o forță de reacțiune extraordinară pe care regimul totalitar nu a putut să o înfrângă tocmai pentru că astfel de oameni, precum și cei șapte episcopi români martiri, au știut să folosească orice dar de la Dumnezeu în slujba semenilor.
Este tipologia omului de altar care se pune în slujba celorlalți. Din păcate, nu realizăm că preotul nu poate fi un funcționar sacru înveșmântat în aurituri. Este cel care trebuie să mențină aprinsă în popor flacăra acestei disponibilități spre jertfă în favoarea voinței lui Dumnezeu și a respectului pentru celălalt.
MIHAI FRĂȚILĂ, episcop greco-catolic de București.
Beatificare la Blaj
Cauza beatificării celor șapte episcopi a fost deschisă în 1994.
Vasile Aftenie, episcop vicar pentru București, a murit în 1950, după o anchetă dură de aproape un an în beciurile Ministerului de Interne.
Valeriu Traian Frențiu, episcop de Oradea, a murit în 1952, la închisoarea din Sighet.
Ioan Suciu, administrator apostolic al Mitropoliei Blajului, a murit în 1953, la Sighet.
Tit Liviu Chinezu, hirotonit în clandestinitate în 1949, a murit în 1955, la Sighet.
Ioan Bălan, episcop de Lugoj, a murit în 1959, la mănăstirea Ciorogârla, unde era cu domiciliu obligatoriu.
Alexandru Rusu, episcop de Maramureș, a murit în 1963, în închisoarea din Gherla. Ispășea o condamnare pe viață primită în 1957 pentru „instigare și înaltă trădare”.
Iuliu Hossu, episcopul de Cluj-Gherla care a citit Rezoluția de la Alba Iulia din 1918, a supraviețuit Sighetului și a fost până la sfârșitul vieții închis cu domiciliu obligatoriu la mănăstirea Căldărușani. A fost făcut în secret Cardinal în 1969 și a murit în 1970.
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Unde s-au dus timpurile de altădată?
Precum frunzele uscate, despartite de copacul vietii…s-au spulberat in neantul mortii!
Nicolae Leonard
https://m.versuri.ro/versuri/loredana-vrei-sa-ne-intalnim-sambata-seara-_rzj1.html
Ca duminica putem dormi
Vrei sa ne intalnim sambata seara
Intr-o carciumioara la sosea
Unde canta-un pian si o vioara
Si unde nu ne vede nimenea
Perechi, perechi de amorezati stau la masa
Si nu vad nimic in jurul lor
Gurite iau drept consumatii
Ce le pasa
Daca isi fac juraminte de amor
Vrei sa ne intalnim sambata seara, iara
Intr-o carciumioara la sosea (x2)
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Horoscope ♉:
04/28/2019
Discussions with friends or colleagues about possible future business enterprises could find you taking notes, Taurus. Your natural meticulousness should serve you well. It will be important to have accurate records to discuss later. Any new project begun now is likely to succeed, especially if writing, speaking, or another form of entertainment is involved. Don’t worry about possible failure.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Today’s Holiday:
Sham el-Nessim
A national holiday and folk festival in Egypt, Sham el-Nessim has been observed for thousands of years as a day to smell the breezes and celebrate spring. While the date is set by the Coptic calendar, the holiday is now a non-religious national holiday observed by everyone as a family affair. Traditionally, people pack picnics to have outings along the Nile River or in parks. Certain food is specified for the occasion: the main dish is fessikh, a kind of salted fish, and it’s also traditional to have mouloukhiya (stuffed vine leaves) and eggs with : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Today’s Birthday:
John Arbuthnot (1667)
Greatly admired in his time, Arbuthnot was a Scottish scientist, mathematician, and satirist. The court physician to Queen Anne, he is best remembered for his five “John Bull” pamphlets, political satires on the Whig war policy that introduced the character John Bull, a personification of England akin to the American Uncle Sam. With his friends Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and John Gay, Arbuthnot was a founding member of the famous Scriblerus Club, an organization devoted to what? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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This Day in History:
WWII: Operation Manna Begins (1945)
During WWII, the Royal Air Force delivered 6,680 tons food into parts of the German-occupied Netherlands, with the acquiescence of the occupying forces, to feed starving Dutch citizens suffering from a famine that ultimately claimed 18,000 lives. Operation Manna, as it was called, was named for the food that the Book of Exodus says miraculously appeared for the Israelites in the wilderness. The mission ended on May 8, when Germany’s surrender ended the war in Europe. How was the food delivered? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Quote of the Day:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Article of the Day:
I Ching
One of the Five Classics of Confucianism, the I Ching is an ancient Chinese text whose title means “Book of Changes.” The main body of the work addresses the divinatory system used in the Zhou dynasty. A supplementary section of “commentaries,” believed to date from the Warring States period, is a philosophical exposition that attempts to explain the world and its ethical principles by describing all nature and human endeavor in terms of the interaction of what two principles? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Idiom of the Day:
cross as two sticks
Angry or irritated. Primarily heard in UK. Watch the video…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Word of the Day:
inactivate
Definition: (verb) Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service.
Synonyms: demobilize
Usage: My leg injury was so severe that my superior officer was forced to inactivate me.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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very good article about potato but i read on a website that potato has some side effects too….
plz add side effects also your lovely post
Thanks
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Best foods
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Yea, all should go Vegan actually. Our bodies indicate we are herbivores with our long and alkaline intestines. Carnivores and omnivores have short intestines and acidic stomachs. Also the cholesterol and fat in meat and dairy feed heart disease, cancer and diebetes(type 2 especially).
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Homo Sapiens ( people) also have acidic stomachs. The optimal Ph for the enzyme pepsin required for the digestion of proteins is about 3.5. The Ph of the intestines is most likely due to the optimal Ph of the enzymes used to breakdown and absorb nutrients in that area of the gut. So overall I don’t think your argument that this proves we are meant to be herbivores holds water. Also to be able to digest cellulose we would need a ruminant stomach.
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In fact, although they are both root vegetables, they belong to two different plant families–the sweet potato is from the morning glory family while the yam is related to the lily. Yams are sweeter than the sweet potato, grow much larger and are also nutritionally inferior.
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real good information. makes me want to be a vegetarian.
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Thanks Jeffrey!
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