"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointedme to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me tobind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedomfor the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaimthe year of the LORD's favorand the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair."~fromISAIAH 61 Bible verse for this Blog
APOLOGY to READERS who followed a SEARCH to HERE & didn't find it
On July 18, 2017, I drafted almost 3000 blog posts that I had published since 2008 when I began blogging, rather than edit each one. So if you clicked here from somewhere else and ended up with the post unavailable or error, I am sorry but this is why. It'd be too much work for me to go back and fix them. There's an explanation on7/19/17as I'm still learning.
A festal season in the liturgical year - marking the high point
of the Church's year and a "profound significance for our identity
as Christians (mainly Catholics) but it'd be great if we all
kept finding this season to celebrate with expectation
the Holy Spirit
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Because I am a linguistic nerd - lover of languages & origins of words
(etymology)
I can't resist sharing on "Paschal".
The only time that I can recall hearing this word,
it was connected to Lamb:
the Paschal Lamb
"Paschal is the English adjectival form of the Greek word pascha, which is derived from the Hebrew word pesah (or pesach), which means “passover.”The Pesach or Passover is the Jewish Feast celebrating the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt (see Exodus, chapter 12), focusing on the Tenth Plague and its results."... St. Mary's Press (a pdf for much more)
[a very informative 6 pages of background]
{If you're not a nerd like me, than the boxed portion is enough - it's enough for me too}
As GREAT as it is to continue celebrating this season
{and right about now, most of us need something to encourage us,
to celebrate and lift our Spirit, but that's Pentecost}
This time would be a wonderful season
to deepen & renew our walk
with Christ
to
*[image credit: Rachel Wojo]
Which is the real reason that I decided to share this blog post
During Holy Week, from Palm Sunday until Good Friday,
I discovered a beautiful new "music" to help me
through the week and also to calm my spirit
to sleep better & more peacefully.
The You Tube videos are so beautiful - the images are gorgeous!
and the music, so fresh & simply enjoyable
in a relaxing kind of way
but I believe that there are some more lively.
I do not know Hebrew, however if I did, or could learn
more than "Yeshua"; these would be good to reinforce some.
I could not choose my favorite yet and I began a private playlist
JESUS is so good & His Holy Spirit draws me more every time
I LISTEN & FOCUS & LEAN IN
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* Oh, and by the way, RESTORE MY SOUL by Rachel Wojo was the 1st study I got & did from her; right along with Wendy Blight's "Rest for Your Soul". Both were the best rest for my soul!