Comments on: Happy St. Patrick’s Day To My Fellow Baha’is http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html A personal Baha'i blog. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: proteus http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-46057 proteus Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:53:06 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-46057 "Driving the snakes out of Ireland" meant the last deathblow to the pre-Celt culture. This was the culture that built the mounds and observatories that have stood longer than the pyramids. It is pretty horrific to see cultural genocide celebrated as a holiday, but who's to stand in the way of the solar cult victors and their storytime. “Driving the snakes out of Ireland” meant the last deathblow to the pre-Celt culture. This was the culture that built the mounds and observatories that have stood longer than the pyramids. It is pretty horrific to see cultural genocide celebrated as a holiday, but who’s to stand in the way of the solar cult victors and their storytime.

]]> By: Larry http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-46039 Larry Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:52:33 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-46039 [quote post="392"]Little known fact: although everyone refers to him as Saint Patrick, he was never officially canonized by any Pope.[/quote] This is not at all unusual. The current Roman Catholic mechanism for declaring someone a saint developed after the schism between Rome and Constantinople, and Patrick was a pre-schism saint who is still commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox church. The more informal practice of those days is still followed by the Orthodox, who commemorate such saints as St. Herman of Alaska, St. Peter the Aleut, and St. John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco, none of whom have been canonized by the Vatican.

Little known fact: although everyone refers to him as Saint Patrick, he was never officially canonized by any Pope.

This is not at all unusual. The current Roman Catholic mechanism for declaring someone a saint developed after the schism between Rome and Constantinople, and Patrick was a pre-schism saint who is still commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox church. The more informal practice of those days is still followed by the Orthodox, who commemorate such saints as St. Herman of Alaska, St. Peter the Aleut, and St. John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco, none of whom have been canonized by the Vatican.

]]> By: Baquia http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45843 Baquia Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:24:51 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45843 Who said you can't have a cold beer? There are some very good brews with little or no alcohol ;-) [quote comment=""]I see a lot of blarney in not having a cold beer at the end of a hot day [/quote] Mavaddat, I think Sinatra meant it in another more positive scenario... as in, being beside an old friend, on his/her deathbed. That's the way I think of it, anyway. Who said you can’t have a cold beer? There are some very good brews with little or no alcohol ;-)

I see a lot of blarney in not having a cold beer at the end of a hot day

Mavaddat, I think Sinatra meant it in another more positive scenario… as in, being beside an old friend, on his/her deathbed. That’s the way I think of it, anyway.

]]> By: Bird out of the Cage http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45833 Bird out of the Cage Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:33:24 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45833 Baquia- Blarney is a good topic for the BR pages and I see a lot of blarney in not having a cold beer at the end of a hot day or (14 years or 36 years) for that matter. That attractive Guidance for a New Day the BF pitches would be a great pitch in any local Boston Pub today, Awe yes… I can see how well that would go... The Irish will toast to you anyway... "Here's to the BF, leaving more beer for us!" So, in any event, I raise my cold Coors Light (raising in the air to my new cyber buddies) and giving you a true Irish wish from an Irish woman (among other "key ingredients). To life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! An Irish Blessing (A Blessing from St. Patrick) May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, May the rains fall soft upon your fields, And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand. Baquia-

Blarney is a good topic for the BR pages and I see a lot of blarney in not having a cold beer at the end of a hot day or (14 years or 36 years) for that matter. That attractive Guidance for a New Day the BF pitches would be a great pitch in any local Boston Pub today, Awe yes… I can see how well that would go… The Irish will toast to you anyway… “Here’s to the BF, leaving more beer for us!”

So, in any event, I raise my cold Coors Light (raising in the air to my new cyber buddies) and giving you a true Irish wish from an Irish woman (among other “key ingredients). To life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

An Irish Blessing

(A Blessing from St. Patrick)

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

]]> By: Mavaddat http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45831 Mavaddat Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:14:28 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45831 [quote post="392"]It is a line I stole from ol’ blue eyes. I think he meant, may you live to be 100 but may I outlive you ;-)[/quote] Ohh. I thought you meant that you were planning on A) talking while you assassinated each of us, B) talking loudly at our respective death beds, or C) saying some last word before deafening each of us. Or maybe some mix of the above. I'm relieved that it was just a joke... or <i>was</i> it?

It is a line I stole from ol’ blue eyes. I think he meant, may you live to be 100 but may I outlive you ;-)

Ohh. I thought you meant that you were planning on A) talking while you assassinated each of us, B) talking loudly at our respective death beds, or C) saying some last word before deafening each of us. Or maybe some mix of the above. I’m relieved that it was just a joke… or was it?

]]> By: Baquia http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45792 Baquia Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:08:11 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45792 It is a line I stole from ol' blue eyes. I think he meant, may you live to be 100 but may I outlive you ;-) [quote comment=""][quote post="392"]And may my voice be the last you hear.[/quote] Ummm... Is that some kind of spooky curse? It sounds ominous. What do you have in store for us, Baquia?[/quote] It is a line I stole from ol’ blue eyes. I think he meant, may you live to be 100 but may I outlive you ;-)

And may my voice be the last you hear.

Ummm… Is that some kind of spooky curse? It sounds ominous. What do you have in store for us, Baquia?

]]> By: Mavaddat http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45785 Mavaddat Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:16:50 +0000 http://bahairants.com/happy-st-patricks-day-to-my-fellow-bahais-392.html#comment-45785 [quote post="392"]And may my voice be the last you hear.[/quote] Ummm... Is that some kind of spooky curse? It sounds ominous. What do you have in store for us, Baquia?

And may my voice be the last you hear.

Ummm… Is that some kind of spooky curse? It sounds ominous. What do you have in store for us, Baquia?

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