Lady Sharon | May 19, 2008
Faryl Smith Faryl Smith, a young lass of 12 years, descended upon the joust of “Britain’s Got Talent”, the British television talent show on ITV. From Kettering, a town in Northamptonshire, England, this enchanting girl didst walk upon the stage of competition. Perhaps Polyhymnia, one of the Muses, was by her side, as Faryl […]
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Lady Sharon | March 17, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day at Camelot Upon his throne of gold, King Arthur, with his soul of gentleness, motioned to his Valettus to summon the High Kyngs of Irlaunde. Embroidered in majesty and great spirit, the High Kyngs walketh along the long carpet on the gutsy floor of Camelot. The great King Arthur did grete with […]
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Lady Sharon | March 17, 2008
Naomh Pádraig Patricius ( Latin for Patrick ) was born into a Roman British Christian family near the west coast of Britain. His grandfather was a Christian priest. When Patricius was a teenager, pirates captured this young boy and sold him into slavery in Ireland. For six years he worked as a Shepard for an […]
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Lady Sharon | February 14, 2008
Holiday of Love – Part 3 – Final The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in the Lupercalia feasts. Instead of having a lottery of available maidens for the young men, they chose to substitute the names of saints for those of maidens. During this […]
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Lady Sharon | February 14, 2008
Sainthood – Part 2 As the years passed the Christian Church became more powerful. In the year 496 AD, Pope Gelasius I ( 492-496 ) attempted to abolish Lupercalia, as he did not want the people to believe in Roman gods. The people resisted, so Pope Gelasius I decided to make the holiday into a […]
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Lady Sharon | January 5, 2008
Early Days of Christianity Part 2 In 350, Pope Julius I declared December 25th the official date of Christ’s birthday. In 529, Emperor Justinian declared Christmas a civic holiday. In 542, Justinian also established throughout the Eastern Empire the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to Jewish law, a mother […]
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Lady Sharon | December 26, 2007
The Cobbler and His Guest There once lived in the city of Marseilles an old shoemaker, loved and honored by his neighbors, who affectionately called him “Father Martin” One Christmas Eve, as he sat alone in his little shop reading of the visit of the Wise Men to the infant Jesus, and of the gifts […]
Category: Christmas, Faith, Comfort and Blessings, Stories, Fableors and Mythology |
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