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[vasilissadragomir]

one of the most heart-wrenching things about thg universe is that you feel the loss of who each character would be outside the circumstances of their birth almost as acutely as you feel the loss of the characters themselves.

sure, we know what lucy gray and her family would be doing in a different world; she’d be dancing and singing and making music which defines a cultural identity. but what about the others? would haymitch have been a hilarious, loving father with a family had he not been forced to survive 47 other children’s brutal deaths? would finnick have been a charismatic and beloved actor, bringing joy to immeasurable people on his own terms? would beetee and wiress have worked together to develop technology to make it easier to connect loved ones far and wide? what would reaper and annie have given to the world, or thresh, or rue, or even coral or cato or glimmer or clove?

if katniss wasn’t half-starving and forced to spend each day hunting to feed her family, would archery be her true passion? or if she’d been a well-sustained little girl with access to art supplies, would she have spent her time sketching captivating dresses? she picks up ropes and making fish hooks quickly—could her dexterity have lent itself to knitting, sewing, or crocheting with vibrant yarns and fabrics? there’s so much evidence that katniss finds clothing inspiring and empowering, even when she dismisses it as frivolous. she likes being pretty, she just hates the circumstances under which she’s made to look pretty. cinna shows her that beauty has its own power, and there are several moments in her interactions with cinna and his designs that make me wonder who she’d be if she had space for art and creativity in her life.

conversely, peeta has had art in his life since he was a small child, but for him, art has always been entangled with his trauma. he could bake and decorate well because he learned from his mother, a mother who beat him his whole life. but his talent grows, not only as a survival tool in the first games, but when he paints rue on the floor of the training center before the second games. his art becomes not only a symbol of his trauma, but a means of resistance and solidarity. in a world where peeta’s intrinsic kindness and loving heart had been nurtured and welcomed rather than abused, could he have been a painter, helping people find collective meaning in the simple realities of life?

could katniss and peeta have still found each other in another world, a world without the horrors they were raised with, and bonded over their love of art? could they have been each other’s muses?

maybe they find their way to share art, after the events of mockingjay, as part of their process of healing and falling in love with each other. when they’re finally safe and have been for a long time, maybe katniss fashions peeta an easel for him to paint in their living room. after months of watching him gaze out the window and paint the changing leaves, katniss takes to knitting on a rocking chair in the other corner of the living room to steady her restless hands. they work silently as the days go by, quietly exchanging the things they’ve made to give each other the reassurance and love neither could ever fully convey with words.

and maybe one day, when they learn there’s a baby on the way due in midwinter, katniss takes a page from peeta’s sketchpad and starts to plan a series of sweaters and hats and socks she can knit for the baby. and peeta goes to the little nursery upstairs and starts working on a mural, so the baby will have something beautiful to look at every day. they work together to design the perfect baby blanket for their child, to ensure they will always be wrapped in a layer of protection and love by their parents.

but even if they find creativity and beauty in their lives after the end of mockingjay, the art they make will simply never be what that art could have been had they not faced what they faced. art comes from suffering, yes, but the human condition has so much suffering as is, and we’d never know what kind of art they’d make if they hadn’t experienced trauma of a distinctly sadistic and inhuman nature. but maybe their children, raised in a better world with love and protection and safety and joy and creativity and expression, will be the ones to create the art peeta and katniss never could.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Habakkuk's Prayer

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.

2 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth. 4 His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. 5 Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps. 6 He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.

8 Were you angry with the rivers, Lord? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode your horses and your chariots to victory? 9 You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. You split the earth with rivers; 10 the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.

11 Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear. 12 In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations. 13 You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot. 14 With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding. 15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.

16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us. 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments. — Habakkuk 3 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Genesis 21:21; Exodus 7:19-20; Exodus 12:29-30; Exodus 14:16; Exodus 15:2; Exodus 15:8; Exodus 15:14; Numbers 11:1; Numbers 14:19; Numbers 31:7-8; Deuteronomy 33:2; Deuteronomy 33:15; Deuteronomy 22:29; Joshua 10:12-13; Judges 7:22; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 24:15; Job 21:18; Job 26:14; Job 30:17; Psalm 7:12-13; Psalm 10:8; Psalm 18:12; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 68:7; Psalm 77:16; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 78:16; Psalm 93:3; Isaiah 41:15; Jeremiah 12:4; Habakkuk 2:20; Luke 1:47; Luke 21:19; Romans 5:2-3; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Commentary on Habakkuk 3 by Matthew Henry

[fanfiction-writer11]

Dates and Numbers - Fourth Wing

I am currently rereading The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, and can say, I am way down the rabbit hole. As I was rereading the first few chapters, I really focused on world building and foreshadowing that I missed the first time around. I started to question, what time a year is all this happening in? How is the quadrant organized? So, I did the math:

Timeline/Dates

On page 155, We learn that Threshing happens on October 1st every year. I used this as the base line for the following numbers, please note that these are approximates. On page 47, violet says that they will face the Gauntlet "when the leaves turn colors in two months." This alone places the Gauntlet in late September... but how late?

Reading further on page 47, we learn that if they pass the Gauntlet, all the cadets immediately go to presentation. Two Days later is Threshing. This means the Gauntlet is on September 28th. That means, looking back 2 months, that conscription day is on August 4th.

Page 47, for context, is set during the very first death scroll reading. Meaning Violet has been a cadet for less than 24 hours at this point.

Quadrant Organization:

Right off the bat, we learn that Basgiath War College is home to four quadrants: Scribe, Infantry, Healers, and, of course, the Riders. We know very little on the Healers quadrant, but even less on the Infantry Quadrant. (If I was a betting man, I would wager we will learn more about both in the following books.) We know a little bit on the Scribes, their values, and their mission through Violets training and her father. However, we learned quite a bit about the riders quadrant.

On page 32 we see the first mention of Squads, Sections, and Wings from Dain Aetos. (Notice how he doesn't explain it, just expects Rhiannon to know- Jerk.) Anyway, On page 40, Violet being the sweet soul she is, explains to Rhiannon, and us, that there are four wings. Each wing has three sections and each section has 3 squads. The number of cadets in each squad depends on the number of candidates that made it across the parapet and the cadets that are alive from previous years.

Using this year's number of cadets (new and returning,) there are between 15 and 16 cadets in each squad. That means that there are 540 to 576 cadets, in total, in the riders quadrant. Within each section there are 45 to 48 cadets, and within each wing there are 135 to 144 cadets.

There are 4 wingleaders - with a senior wingleader for the quadrant (Page 40), - there are 12 section leaders (three Flame, three Claw, and three tail, to be exact (page 40),) and there are 36 squad leaders.

That was a lot of information, so let me know if you have any questions. I will continue to update as I continue my reread.

[campeonatopaulistaseriea2]

Quais são os melhores personagens de League of Legends para apostar em jogos e torneios?

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Quais são os melhores personagens de League of Legends para apostar em jogos e torneios?

Campeões Mais Confiáveis

Procurando pelos campeões mais confiáveis para dominar o campo de batalha em seu jogo favorito? Seja em League of Legends, Dota 2, CS:GO ou qualquer outro título competitivo, ter campeões em quem confiar é essencial para alcançar a vitória. Vamos explorar alguns desses campeões que são conhecidos por sua confiabilidade e habilidade comprovada.

Em League of Legends, um dos campeões mais confiáveis é Ashe. Com seu kit versátil, Ashe oferece controle de grupo, dano consistente e utilidade para a equipe, tornando-a uma escolha sólida em várias composições. Se você está procurando por um suporte confiável, Thresh é uma excelente opção. Sua capacidade de engajar, desengajar e proteger aliados faz dele um dos suportes mais temidos no jogo.

Para os fãs de Dota 2, o campeão confiável por excelência é Crystal Maiden. Sua habilidade de oferecer controle de grupo, regeneração de mana e dano mágico a torna uma escolha popular entre os jogadores. Outro campeão digno de confiança é Shadow Fiend, com seu potencial de dano explosivo e capacidade de dominar a fase de rotas.

Já em CS:GO, os jogadores confiam em campeões como AK-47 e AWP. Com precisão letal e capacidade de virar o jogo em um instante, essas armas são escolhas populares entre os jogadores profissionais e casuais.

Independentemente do jogo que você joga, confiar nos campeões certos pode fazer toda a diferença entre a vitória e a derrota. Escolha sabiamente e domine o campo de batalha com seus campeões mais confiáveis.

Escolhas Estratégicas para Apostas

Tornar-se um apostador bem-sucedido vai além de simplesmente confiar na sorte; envolve estratégia e tomada de decisão ponderada. As escolhas estratégicas desempenham um papel fundamental no sucesso a longo prazo das apostas, seja em esportes, cassinos ou outros tipos de jogos de azar. Aqui estão algumas dicas importantes para fazer escolhas estratégicas inteligentes ao apostar:

Conheça o jogo: Antes de apostar, é essencial entender as regras e nuances do jogo em que você está participando. Seja apostando em futebol, pôquer ou roleta, conhecer as probabilidades, as estatísticas e as estratégias básicas pode melhorar significativamente suas chances de sucesso.

Gerencie sua banca: Uma das decisões mais importantes que um apostador pode fazer é como gerenciar seu dinheiro. Estabeleça um orçamento claro para suas apostas e nunca arrisque mais do que você pode perder. Divida sua banca em unidades menores e aposte de acordo com uma porcentagem sensata de sua banca em cada aposta.

Aposte com inteligência: Evite apostas impulsivas ou baseadas apenas na emoção do momento. Em vez disso, faça escolhas fundamentadas com base em pesquisa e análise cuidadosa. Considere fatores como lesões de jogadores, desempenho passado e condições climáticas ao fazer suas apostas.

Diversifique suas apostas: Não coloque todas as suas fichas em uma única aposta. Espalhe seu risco apostando em diferentes eventos ou resultados. Isso reduzirá suas chances de grandes perdas e aumentará suas chances de ganhos consistentes a longo prazo.

Ao seguir essas diretrizes e fazer escolhas estratégicas deliberadas, você estará no caminho certo para se tornar um apostador mais bem-sucedido e alcançar resultados mais consistentes em suas apostas. Lembre-se sempre de jogar com responsabilidade e aproveitar o jogo de forma consciente e controlada.

Personagens de Alto Desempenho em Torneios

Personagens de alto desempenho em torneios são peças-chave para o sucesso de equipes em competições. Esses personagens se destacam por suas habilidades excepcionais, capacidade de liderança e habilidades estratégicas que lhes permitem se destacar em situações de alto estresse e competição intensa.

Um dos aspectos mais importantes de um personagem de alto desempenho em torneios é sua capacidade de adaptação. Eles são capazes de se ajustar rapidamente a novas situações, mudanças de estratégia e adversários imprevisíveis. Essa capacidade de adaptação permite que eles mantenham a calma e tomem decisões informadas mesmo sob pressão.

Além disso, esses personagens geralmente possuem um profundo conhecimento do jogo e de suas mecânicas. Eles entendem as nuances de cada mapa, personagem e estratégia, o que lhes dá uma vantagem competitiva significativa. Essa expertise lhes permite antecipar os movimentos dos oponentes e planejar suas próprias jogadas de forma eficaz.

Outra característica fundamental dos personagens de alto desempenho em torneios é sua capacidade de trabalhar em equipe. Eles reconhecem a importância da cooperação e comunicação eficaz dentro do grupo, e estão sempre dispostos a apoiar seus colegas de equipe e coordenar esforços para alcançar os objetivos comuns.

Por fim, esses personagens muitas vezes servem como modelos e fontes de inspiração para outros jogadores. Sua dedicação, habilidade e ética de trabalho exemplares motivam seus companheiros de equipe e elevam o nível de jogo de toda a comunidade.

Em resumo, os personagens de alto desempenho em torneios desempenham um papel crucial no sucesso das equipes competitivas, graças às suas habilidades excepcionais, capacidade de adaptação, conhecimento do jogo, trabalho em equipe e capacidade de inspirar os outros.

Opções de Apostas Mais Rentáveis

As apostas podem ser uma forma emocionante de entretenimento e, para alguns, até mesmo uma fonte de renda. No entanto, para maximizar os lucros e minimizar os riscos, é essencial escolher as opções de apostas mais rentáveis. Neste artigo, exploraremos algumas dessas opções.

Apostas Esportivas com Valor Esperado Positivo: O valor esperado positivo (VEP) é uma métrica usada para avaliar a expectativa de lucro de uma aposta. Ao identificar oportunidades com VEP positivo, os apostadores podem aumentar suas chances de sucesso a longo prazo.

Apostas em Esportes com Menos Exposição ao Acaso: Alguns esportes oferecem mais previsibilidade do que outros. Por exemplo, apostar em esportes individuais como tênis ou golfe pode oferecer uma vantagem, pois o desempenho de um único jogador pode ter um impacto maior no resultado.

Apostas ao Vivo com Análise Estratégica: As apostas ao vivo permitem que os apostadores reajam às mudanças no jogo em tempo real. Aqueles que são capazes de realizar análises rápidas e precisas podem identificar oportunidades lucrativas à medida que o jogo se desenrola.

Apostas em Mercados Alternativos: Além das apostas convencionais de vencedor de jogo ou evento, muitas casas de apostas oferecem uma variedade de mercados alternativos. Esses incluem apostas em handicap, totais de pontos e até mesmo apostas em eventos específicos dentro de um jogo.

Apostas com Gestão de Banca Eficiente: Por fim, uma das chaves para o sucesso a longo prazo nas apostas é uma gestão de banca eficiente. Isso envolve apostar apenas uma porcentagem do saldo disponível em cada aposta e evitar o impulso de perseguir perdas.

Em conclusão, ao optar por opções de apostas mais rentáveis, os apostadores podem aumentar suas chances de lucro e reduzir os riscos associados ao jogo. No entanto, é importante lembrar que as apostas sempre envolvem algum grau de incerteza e que o jogo responsável é fundamental.

Campeões Dominantes em Jogos Competitivos

Campeões dominantes em jogos competitivos são aqueles personagens ou estratégias que se destacam acima de outros, muitas vezes devido a habilidades únicas, estatísticas poderosas ou uma combinação de ambos. Em jogos competitivos, como MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas), jogos de tiro em primeira pessoa e jogos de luta, a presença de campeões dominantes pode impactar significativamente o meta do jogo e a experiência dos jogadores.

Um exemplo clássico de campeão dominante é aquele que possui um conjunto de habilidades desequilibradas em relação aos outros personagens do jogo. Essas habilidades podem oferecer vantagens significativas em combate, seja através de alto dano, grande mobilidade, controle de área ou utilidade para a equipe. Em jogos competitivos, os desenvolvedores geralmente buscam equilibrar esses campeões através de atualizações e ajustes para garantir uma experiência de jogo mais justa e diversificada.

Além disso, campeões dominantes também podem surgir de estratégias específicas que se tornam prevalentes devido à sua eficácia. Isso pode incluir composições de equipe específicas, rotas de movimento otimizadas ou táticas de jogo particularmente eficientes. Jogadores habilidosos muitas vezes exploram essas estratégias para maximizar suas chances de sucesso no ambiente competitivo.

No entanto, a presença de campeões dominantes nem sempre é negativa. Eles podem adicionar profundidade e complexidade ao jogo, incentivando os jogadores a adaptarem suas estratégias e táticas para superar esses desafios. Além disso, a rotatividade de campeões dominantes pode manter o jogo dinâmico e emocionante, oferecendo novas oportunidades para os jogadores explorarem e dominarem novos aspectos do jogo.

Em resumo, campeões dominantes desempenham um papel significativo em jogos competitivos, moldando o meta do jogo e desafiando os jogadores a se adaptarem e evoluírem constantemente em busca da vitória.

[chaitanyavijnanam]

శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణము - 860 / Sri Siva Maha Purana - 860

🌹 . శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణము - 860 / Sri Siva Maha Purana - 860 🌹 ✍️. స్వామి తత్త్వ విదానంద సరస్వతి 📚. ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ 🌴. రుద్రసంహితా-యుద్ద ఖండః - అధ్యాయము - 33 🌴 🌻. శంఖచూడునిపై శివుని యుద్ధ సన్నాహము - 5 🌻 భయంకరము, మిక్కిలి చంచలము, యోజనము పొడవు గలది యగు నాలుకను కలిగినదై నడచెను. శంఖము, చక్రము, గద, పద్మము, ఖడ్గము, ధనస్సు, మరియు బాణములను (39). గుండ్రని లోతైన యోజనము వెడల్పుగల కాపాలమును, ముద్గరమును, రోకలిని, ఆకసమును స్పృశించు త్రిశూలమును, యోజనము పొడవు గల శక్తిని, వజ్రమును, దట్టని డాలును ఆమె ధరించెను. అమె వైష్ణవ, వారుణ, వాయవ్యాస్త్రములను, నాగపాశమును (40, 41), నారాయణ, గాంధర్వ, బ్రహ్మ, గారుడ, పార్జన్య, పాశుపత, జృంభణ, పార్వత (42), మహావీర, సౌర కాలకాల, మహానల, మహేశ్వర అస్త్రములను, యమదండమును, సంమోహన (43), సమర్థ అస్త్రములను, ఇంకనూ అనేకములగు దివ్యాస్త్రములను చేతులన్నిటియందు దాల్చి, అపుడామె బయలు దేరెను (44).

ఆమె భయంకరాకారులగు మూడుకోట్ల డాకినిలతో, మరియు మూడు కోట్ల యోగినులతో సహా వచ్చి అక్కడ నిలబడెను (45). భూత, ప్రేత, పిశాచ, కూష్మాండ, బ్రహ్మరాక్షస, వేతాల, యక్ష, కిన్నరులతో (46) చుట్టువార బడియున్న కుమారస్వామి తండ్రియగు చంద్రశేఖరునకు ప్రణమిల్లి ఆయన ఆజ్ఞచే ఆయనకు సహాయకుడై ప్రక్కనే నిలబడెను (47). అపుడు ఉగ్రరూపుడు, నిర్భయుడు నగు శంభుడు తన సైన్యమునంతనూ తీసుకొని శంఖచూడునితో యుద్ధమునకు వెళ్లెను (48). దేవతల నుద్దరించుట కొరకై మహాదేవుడు సుందరమగు చంద్రభాగానదీ తీరమునందు వటవృక్షము యొక్క మూలమునందు మకాము చేసెను (49).

శ్రీ శివమహాపురాణములో రుద్రససంహితయందలి యుద్ధఖండలో మహాదేవుని యుద్ధయాత్ర వర్ణనమనే ముప్పది మూడవ అధ్యాయము ముగిసినది (33).

సశేషం....

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🌹 SRI SIVA MAHA PURANA - 860 🌹 ✍️ J.L. SHASTRI, 📚. Prasad Bharadwaj 🌴 Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa - CHAPTER 33 🌴 🌻 March of The Victorious Lord Śiva - 5 🌻

39-44. Her tongue was a yojana long and terrible. She bore conch, discus, mace, lotus, sword, leather shield, bows, arrows, skull of circular shape, a yojana in width and majestic in appearance, a trident that touched the sky, a yojana long spear, iron club, threshing rod, thunderbolt, sword, a thick shield, the miraculous weapons of Viṣṇu, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Nārāyaṇa, Gandharva, Brahmā, Garuḍa, Parjanya, Paśupati, Parvata, and Maheśvara, Nāgapāśa, Jṛṃbhaṇāstra, the Mahāvīra, the Saura, the Kālakāla and the Mahānala weapons, the staff of Yama, the Sammohana, the divine weapon called Samartha. Many such and other divine weapons she held in her hands.

45. She came and stood there with three crores of Yoginīs and three crores of terrible Ḍākinīs.

46. Bhūtas, Pretas, Piśācas, Kūṣmāṇḍas, Brahmarākṣasas, Vetālas, Yakṣas, Kinnaras and Rākṣasas too came there.

47. Skanda was surrounded by these all. He bowed to Śiva and at his bidding stayed near his father to assist him.

48. The fearless, fierce Śiva gathered his armies and went to fight Śaṅkhacūḍa.

49. The great god stationed himself at the foot of a beautiful Banyan tree on the banks of the river Candrabhāgā,

[9] for the emancipation of the gods.

Continues....

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KSI VS. JOE FOURNIER | MISFITS X DAZN X SERIES 007 WEIGH IN LIVESTREAM

DAZN X Series

Time Stamps:

0:23: Intro w/ Big Zuu

1:30: Discussion w/ Idris Virgo & Astrid Wett

3:47: Zuckles vs ???

3:23: Fighters w/ Todd Grisham

4:39: Callum King vs Luis Nestor

6:43: Unbaer vs Corn

9:17: Discussion

10:32: Boogie vs Wings

12:43: Discussion

14:02: Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz trailer

15:02: Discussion

18:15: Lil Kymchii* vs Little Bellsy

17:53: Main Card fighters

20:57: DK Money vs Viruzz

24:33: Paigey Cakey* vs Tenessee Thresh

28:22: DAZN ad

29:16: Tenessee Thresh interview

30:42: Anthony Taylor vs Salt Papi*

34:57: Swarmz vs Deji*

38:55: ad

41:40: Mams Taylor w/ special guests

44:47: Discussion

48:34: Slim Albaher

50:45: Michael Buffer

51:51: Joe Fournier vs KSI*

57:35: Discussion

1:01:15: Outro

1:01:47: End

[thetoxicgamer]

League of Legends Patch Notes – 13.7 Update Nerfs Meta Junglers, Phew

As we approach MSI there’s a new round of League of Legends patch notes to sink our teeth into – literally, as the MOBA‘s beloved Cats vs Dogs skinline has made a comeback post-April 1. If you pick up the Nidalee skin you’ll probably get the chance to make good use of it, as meta junglers Lee Sin, Sejuani, and Vi are taking the nerf hammer to the face in 13.7. Lee Sin, Sejuani, and Vi all get nerfed I’d be a liar if I said writing that didn’t give me an awful sense of satisfaction. All three junglers have dominated the meta – especially in pro play – and as a result are getting taken down a few pegs ahead of MSI. Lee Sin’s base attack damage and armour have been knocked down by a couple of points each, and Vi has been shifted towards AD to negate her building tank items but dealing out huge amounts of damage. Sejuani’s Arctic Assault (Q) and Glacial Prison (R) now also have longer cooldowns, and her passive’s damage cap has been decreased to stop her easily beating up epic monsters like drakes and the Baron. League of Legends patch notes – 13.7 update Below are the champion changes from League of Legends patch 13.7, as well as a list of any upcoming skins and chromas. Champion Adjustments Kha’Zix Q – Taste Their Fear - Isolation Range: 425 ⇒ 375 W – Void Spike - Evolved Slow: 60% ⇒ 40% - Evolved Slow Against Isolated Targets: 90% ⇒ 75% R – Void Assault - Buff Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds Thresh Q – Death Sentence - Cooldown Refunded On Hit: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds Champion Buffs Alistar Base Stats - Base Armor: 44 ⇒ 47 - Base Health: 670 ⇒ 685 Azir Base Stats - Base Armor: 19 ⇒ 22 - Attack Speed Growth: 5% ⇒ 6% Passive – Shurima’s Legacy - Duration: 30 seconds ⇒ 45 seconds - Cast Range: 500 ⇒ 700 Q – Conquering Sands - Mana Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110 - Stab Range: 370 ⇒ 325 W – Arise! - Magic Damage: 0−110 (based on level) (+50/60/70/80/90) (+55% AP) ⇒ 0−92 (based on level) (+50/67/84/101/118) (+55% AP- (Note: Assuming W max, this is a damage per hit buff that scales from +0 to +10 by level 11 and then stays there). - Mana Cost: 40 at all ranks ⇒ 40/35/30/25/20 Miscellaneous - Recommended Skill Order: The game will now recommend maxing W first. Graves Passive – New Destiny - Critical Strike Bonus Per Pellet: 20% ⇒ 30% R – Collateral Damage - Cooldown: 120/90/60 seconds ⇒ 100/80/60 seconds Kalista Base Stats - Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 ⇒ 3.75 Passive – Oathsworn Bond - Oathsworn Ceremony Duration: 12 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds (Note: This begins when Kalista activates her Black Speak.) - Ride Together, Channel Together: Kalista is now forced to channel on the Black Spear while her Oathsworn is reviving Katarina Passive – Voracity - Sinister Steel Dagger Magic Damage: 68−240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+65/75/85/95% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP) ⇒ 68−240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+70/80/90/100% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP) R – Death Lotus - Physical Damage per Dagger: 18% (+30% per 100% bonus AS) bonus AD ⇒ 16% (+50% per 100% bonus AS) bonus AD Yasuo Passive – Way of the Wanderer - Shield Amount: 100/105/110/115/120/130/140/150/160/170/180/200/220/250/290/350/410/475 ⇒ 100/105/110/115/125/135/145/160/175/195/220/250/275/325/375/425/500/575 E – Sweeping Blade - Damage Increase per Stack: 25% of E’s base damage ⇒ 15-25% of E’s total damage (scales linearly, levels 1-18) - Maximum Stack Amount: 2 ⇒ 4 Champion Nerfs Annie E – Molten Shield - Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds - Shield Amount: 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/95/130/165/200 (+40% AP) Lee Sin Base Stats - Base Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66 - Base Armor: 36 ⇒ 34 Olaf Passive – Berserker’s Rage - Attack Speed: 60-100% (based on level) ⇒ 50-100% (based on level) Q – Undertow - Physical Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% bonus AD) Rammus W – Defensive Ball Curl - Bonus Armour: 35 (+40/55/70/85/100% total armour) ⇒ 35 (+40/50/60/70/80% total armour) Sejuani Passive – Fury of the North - Damage Cap against Epic Monsters: 300 ⇒ 250 Q – Arctic Assault - Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds ⇒ 19/17.5/16/14.5/13 seconds R – Glacial Prison - Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds Veigar Q – Baleful Strike - AP Ratio: 60% at all ranks ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65% W – Dark Matter - AP Ratio: 100% at all ranks ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110% E – Event Horizon - Sneaky Stuns: Veigar can no longer hide his E VFX from enemies by placing it inside certain walls. R – Primordial Burst - AP Ratio: 75% at all ranks ⇒ 65/70/75% Vi Q – Vault Breaker - Minimum Physical Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+70% bonus AD) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+80% bonus AD) - Maximum Physical Damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+140% bonus AD) ⇒ 90/140/190/240/290 (+160% bonus AD) E – Relentless Force - Physical Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+110% AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 5/20/35/50/65 (+120% AD) (+100% AP) Wukong Base Stats - Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66 W – Warrior Trickster - Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12 seconds ⇒ 22/20/18/16/14 seconds E – Nimbus Strike - Bonus Attack Speed: 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55% Zeri Base Stats - Health Growth: 115 ⇒ 100 Passive – Living Battery - Shield Absorption: 60% of damage dealt ⇒ 45% of damage dealt R – Lightning Crash - Magic Damage: 175/275/375 (+100% bonus AD) (+110% AP) ⇒ 175/275/375 (+85% bonus AD) (+110% AP) League of Legends patch 13.7 skins The following skins and chromas will be released this patch: - Kibble-Head Kled - Kittalee - Shiba Yuumi - Woof and Lamb Kindred The full patch notes can be found on the League of Legends website, but they’re quite long so get ready to read. While the Cat vs Dog skins aren’t for me – thankfully I won’t need to check how much I’ve spent on League of Legends this month – those jungle changes (especially the Lee Sin ones) absolutely are. Hopefully it knocks some of the more meta junglers down the League of Legends tier list a bit, and lets some new faces rise to the top – specifically Evelynn. I like Evelynn. Read the full article

[zooterchet]

Master Chief Running Rampant (Killing Frenzy)

1987: Fall of the Berlin Wall, Rabbinical bet rigging to produce prostitutes from athletes’ wives, INTERPOL, farting horses; funded by Polish-Jews, pork investment, out of mill lumber, Gentile slaves. 

1991: Bim Skala Bim shut down, child prodigy schools for Jews, listening to 1980s ska or hardcore.

1991: Ryan Taylor, is placed as recovery of SDF agent, Jerry Robinson’s grandson, on the MBTA, cooperating on contract lift, “Rungo Jennerson”, “47”, SDF mercenary.  The hit on the Space Needle, the last Faraday Shield against aliens, the West Coast, not hit by Scientology, traded for the  Pentagon, at Logan International Airport.

1992: Education through film and TV, Hitler’s Goebbels system, labeled as “limbergh cheese”, a German soldier, a sped, through paleontology book report; the rise of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

1994: Pillow biter no longer gay, biting a hot dominatrix’s butt, if she doesn’t want you all tied up; future political careers of economists (and female accountants, for politics; Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, AOC).

1995: Pat Stanley, freed from dairy slavery, from older brother, corrupt NSA agent, Andrew Stanley; “Rock Superstar”, by Cypress Hill, printed, the future of the American-Jewry; Fidel Castro.

1996: The 9/11 conspiracy revealed, through “Morph”, Matt Lennox, Keanu Reeves prevents plane number 11.  “nil”, Dave Charlebois, assists.

1996: Will Morgan Jr., descent of Jefferson Davis, through mother, “Lou”, recruited for FBI, to redeem family legacy, of Adolf Hitler; for the Mossad, their unit formed by Hitler, to come for G-d; “Egads”, and Velma, his future wife; “Jinxy”.   Superman.

1997: The downfall of EMC’s production forensics, of children, the rise of Stalin, in computing, contact with Ireland.

1997: The reveal of Michael “Thresh” Nguyen as a Quake cheat, in common tournament; reform of online sports, to favor honest players, the corruption of the video game industry ended.   Bowser wins, the Madison family, the future rise of anti-conscription laws, when challenged.

1999: The death of Alice Charlebois, the investigation into slave compounds for spies, run by Mossad, Russian agents; the beginning of the Insane Clown Posse, through the Voodoo Wizard, Christophe Stevens, the stolen toy set; “you lost this”.

2001: The firing of Alan Quimp, alias “Michael Fleming”, head of the Hopkinton history department; Rambo, First Blood, to avenge Woody Harrelson Sr., trapped by Cuban state police, “aliens”.

2001: Stopping six planes, on 9/11, through Mickey “Mouser” Blitzen’s descent, Adam Palmer, mixed with the Man Show’s “The Fox”, Erwin Rommel.

2001: The placement of Bellicheck, as the head coach of the Patriots, not the Vikings, to sabotage the Yakuza, the police automotive federation, not the actor’s guilds, the British cops protecting Jews from anti-Semites, by frame of Jew Hunter if hunting police; a slave’s draft, into the United States Marine Corps, if an anti-Semite, a poisoner.

2002: The George Soros election campaign, “Team Sauerkraut”, Barack Obama’s model for the Presidency.  Hopkinton High.

2003: The murder of Carlin Sarkesian, Napster/RIAA/Metallica/Mustaine agent, through Putin, the assertion of Citizen’s Rights, the end to the 3/5ths Compromise, the slavery on auction of the poor if favored by man changing name, the Canadian Jewry, INTERPOL.  Chris Hansen is fired, and joins the Freemasonic Temple, for George W. Bush, the O’Neill traitor to the Morningstars.

2003: The refusal of Boston police, to control Cuban marijuana, the blockage of soil composites, to grow poisonous pot for Cubans, for the exchange of alcohol necessary, the contract for Governor Dukakis, head chair of Chas T. Main, through acting Sergeant, George W. Bush.  The end of Bush, Huckabee, Kerry, McCain, Obama, Charles, Andrew, Edward; freedom for Brazilians, against Israeli preferential buying, of the hands of Hispanic kids burned and torn, in exchange for cocaine, produced by kids with faces burned from nitric acid, sold as slaves to produce cocaine, stomping it in barrels, instead of ceramic ablate, for gloves, sold as tank heat sinks, for a modicum of price, Israeli domination of the Middle East; Swedes, not proper Jews; Mizrahi, Aryans, Palestinians, Latinos.

2004: The downfall of the CIA Mounted, the Governor’s Association; the domination of marijuana, to control the Western Hemisphere’s politicians, for political associations, the Masonic Lodge, the police associations, the Ignatians; the police associations.

2004: The theft of the Israeli Irish riddle, to control “Germans”, Irish without wedlock, given to the FBI, through Freedom of Information Act, through Janine Swanson, “MK”, with self as “ULTRA” operative, domestic intelligence, to retaliate against Israeli film portraying marital testaments, improper spy tactics, homosexual behavior, and pro-sectarian politics, to retarded, Jews, blacks, and gays.

2004: The Van Meter riots, in Southwest dormitory, against French External Security, for rigging poker; the Boston Red Sox pennant, discharging James “Whitey” Bulger from Boston politics, freeing the Irish from the Talmud.

2005: The beginning of the Gotham project, upon successful print of the Nolan series; jobs for COIN, instead of free pay, the rogue FBI DC Comics project, now owned by Time Warner Cable, to prevent another al-Qaeda.

2005: The sabotage, of the New England Patriots, for the Giants Superbowl, for US Navy money, to hunt extraterrestrials, with sonic torpedoes, from the Nixons, the Pratts.

2005: The printing of the Afghan peace paper, for Robert Sullivan, with Arabic banned for Afghan women, so they can be psychologists, not dominatrixes, dog trainer lesbians, for Afghanistan to be a cafeteria, under future President Barack Obama’s vision, for the Northern Alliance, the Afghans, to replace the Taliban, the Indians of writer’s homosexual pederasty, to replace Afghan invaders.

2006: The murder, of several civil rights activists, abusing work wage laws, to guarantee employment, through producing “fraus” and “overmen”, drunk mothers, and drunk children by birth, through Hopkinton PD, the reform of labor laws given factory patronage through police.

2007: The informed tip, on John Washburne, Marvel research writer, enslaving Israeli pilgrims, to be prison inmates, in Jim Shooter’s tradition, for the Disney buyout, set up in 2004, simultaneous to the popularity of Mackelmore’s “Thrift Shop”, bassline from 2004 used for trumpet, from Erika, through Van Meter resident Ryan Lewis, Van Meter 251, living across the hall from Van Meter 252, spring of 2004.

2008: The election of Barack Obama, through McCain revealing himself as KGB, a labor slave trade, a Rabbi, mimicking Barack Obama, but Muslim, whereas Barack is a Protestant Catholic, a Mafiaso, a counter-Israeli, with Soros, a Yakuza banker.

2009: The beginning of the downfall of Likud, through five advisors, the Bond films, with Bond as each, facing themselves, the enemy, until Hillary Clinton’s downfall, upon orders of Benjamin Netanyahu, paymaster for EON Israel, for Yaphina’s takeover

2010: The report on Dr. Joshua Golden, and the MI-6 Child Study Committee, as having fraudulent degrees, to the Boston FBI field office, through e-mail circuit, special agents appointed without name or cloak, to investigate Boston state police, for using “edutainment” for officers, incompetent police using Saudi movies and European medicine, considered ant-American, communist (insurance industry or police tactics).

2012: The election of Barack Obama a second time, refusing Romney’s reforms of Obama Care, the refusal of police officers of commitment power of prison, through the film, “Idiocracy”, any non-police agents refused care as inmates, allowed open movement, defeat of Masonic Lodge of Germany (Hamburg RIN, Berlin, claiming Irish sovereignity, full blown war against Lutherans in Ireland, by Irish Sinn Fein, IRA, and Belfast English Marines).

2013: Investigation of Clubhouse program, seeded years earlier, as implicit fraud, through Boston journalists; shut down of View Askew Productions, as Italian Mafia, Jewish and Protestant Catholics, the prohibition of marijuana on Jewish orders, anti-Catholic.

2016: The legalization of recreational marijuana, in many states, and the election of Donald Trump, hypnotized by Donal Logue’s performance of Bullock, for being a cop broker of property, into lesbian women (women that change their hair style, in the middle of a relationship); fascists, now owned by the US military, out of the SDF.

2020: The print of Cyberpunk 2077, the end of marital rape by state police, the submission of bodybuilders to homosexual moralities, the refusal of women if ‘shredding’, ‘jacked’, or ‘ripped’, an incompetent soldier; an anorexic  prison bitch, a punk scumclown.

George Soros: Bennie's Autoparts, a most profitable youth investment.  Andrew Shuck finds Mass Bay, fascinating.

Glenn Beck: The eyes have it.  More medication is required, Mister Beck, from your partners in the German Lutheran Irish.

Bill O'Reilly: Eric Siebert, Massachusetts State Police, finds the FRU investments in Motley Fool, far too predictable.  When O'Reilly wins, John Hancock loses.

Mike Huckabee: Fair play for Cuba?  The Masonic Lodge and Boston Police, think otherwise.  But Castro, thinks for himself.

George W. Bush: Four years to sell narcotics, for Chas T. Main?  The FBI disagrees, and they sell LSD.  Four more years, for Dave's contract payment.  Sedated, by Dick Cheney.  Just make Loose Change, about France.  Dick Cheney has friends in high places - cemeteries.

John Kerry: A wooden hand eh?  Let me help you out.  The Nation of Islam, always supports Malcolm X.  But what if he's Daniel Vinyard, on nutmeg.

John McCain: Mackelmore.  Erika, from the Kaiser's Lodge, has never sounded better.

Barack Obama: Will Morgan loves black women.  Jerry Seinfeld loves cigarettes.  It's a show about nothing, and that's how you write a paper, a speech, or a pose on a porno server for honors kids that don't like speds.  Hey, it's prison. 

Hillary Clinton: Boboli Pizza, is how you shoot a Holocaust execution, with Ralph Fiennes (or her cousin, Sonya Savdie).  Amon Goeth, switched a substitute, with a teacher.  Jethro Tull, on bass, is the same as Madonna Wayne Gacy, on guitar.  The Beautiful People.  The Horrible People.  And Running With the Devil, on a drum pedal.

Mitt Romney: You invented RomneyCare, eh?  Thanks for letting me out of prison.  Batman, has never been so green.  That's COIN, for Time Warner Cable.  Now we get paid, bitches.  And George Lucas, gets to sell LucasArts, for money.  Not a carved up hooker.  Sorry, Fitchburg State College.  I'm a top.  That means, my father speaks for me.  Not God, a joint.

Donald J. Trump: Team Sauerkraut, is Ivan Tomasic's strategy.�� So says, Dr. Crane.  Remember that time I killed Heath Ledger?  So do the aliens, and French ExSec, the hypnotizer men.  Capuchins, immune again.  "God is your sense of community".

Joe Biden: Abra-Hedro, isn't just a syndicate.  It's the Amherst College chancellor's international racket ethics program.  And Lucky Luciano, doesn't go to the dump; he didn't rape a Chinese woman, drunk, he just got drunk with one.  The rules are the rules, Queen Elizabeth II.  The first step, is admitting you're an alcoholic.  Then you drink at home.

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Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire

Matthew 13:47-50 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind; and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 23:33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?

Matthew 25:31-33 But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

Matthew 25:41 Then He will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matthew 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Luke 16:26 “Between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us”

John 5:29 and come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

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[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Judgment on Babylon (Part 2)

33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time of treading; Yet a little while, and the harvest time will come for her. 34 “He consumed me, defeated me, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; he left me like an empty vessel, Swallowed me like a sea monster, filled his belly with my delicacies and cast me out. 35 Let my torn flesh be visited upon Babylon,” says enthroned Zion; “My blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem. 36 But now, thus says the Lord: I will certainly defend your cause, I will certainly avenge you; I will dry up her sea, and drain her fountain. 37 Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and hissing, without inhabitants. 38 They roar like lions, growl like lion cubs. 39 When they are parched, I will set drink before them to make them drunk, that they may be overcome with everlasting sleep, never to awaken— oracle of the Lord. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to slaughter, like rams and goats. 41 How she has been seized, taken captive, the glory of the whole world! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations: 42 against Babylon the sea rises, she is overwhelmed by roaring waves! 43 Her cities have become wasteland, a parched and arid land Where no one lives, no one passes through. 44 I will punish Bel in Babylon, and make him vomit up what he swallowed; nations shall no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon falls! 45 Leave her, my people; each of you save your own life from the burning wrath of the Lord.

46 Do not be discouraged when rumors spread through the land; this year one rumor comes, next year another: “Violence in the land!” or “Ruler against ruler!” 47 Realize that the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; the whole land shall be put to shame, all her slain shall fall in her midst. 48 Then heaven and earth and everything in them shall shout over Babylon with joy, when the destroyers come against her from the north—oracle of the Lord. 49 Babylon, too, must fall, you slain of Israel, because by the hand of Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.

50 You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand idle; Remember the Lord from far away, let Jerusalem come to mind. 51 We are ashamed because we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces; strangers have entered sanctuaries in the Lord’s house. 52 Therefore see, the days are coming—oracle of the Lord— when I will punish her idols, and throughout the land the wounded will groan. 53 Though Babylon scale the heavens, and make her strong heights inaccessible, my destroyers shall reach her—oracle of the Lord. 54 A sound of crying from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans; 55 For the Lord lays Babylon waste, silences her loud cry, Waves roaring like mighty waters, a clamor resounding. 56 For the destroyer comes upon her, upon Babylon; warriors are captured, their bows broken; The Lord is a God of recompense, he will surely repay.

57 I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.

58 Thus says the Lord of hosts: The walls of spacious Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, its lofty gates destroyed by fire. The toil of the peoples is for nothing; the nations weary themselves for what the flames consume.

The Prophecy Sent to Babylon. 59 The mission Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fourth year of his reign; Seraiah was chief quartermaster. 60 Jeremiah wrote down on one scroll the disaster that would befall Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you reach Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, 62 and then say: Lord, you yourself spoke against this place in order to cut it down so that nothing, human being or beast, could live in it, because it is to remain a wasteland forever. 63 When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates, 64 and say: Thus Babylon shall sink. It will never rise, because of the disaster I am bringing upon it.” Thus far the words of Jeremiah. — Jeremiah 51:33-64 | New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 11:4; Genesis 16:5; Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 32:35; 2 Samuel 17:8; 2 Kings 19:7; Ezra 1:7-8; Job 20:15; Job 31:40; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 18:4; Psalm 44:15; Psalm 46:8; Psalm 76:5-6; Isaiah 8:7-8; Isaiah 13:2; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 25:5; Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 13:4; Jeremiah 25:26; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 50:38; Acts 2:40; Romans 12:19; Revelation 14:15; Revelation 18:2; Revelation 18:20-21; Revelation 18:24; Revelation 19:1; Revelation 19:6

[a-queer-seminarian]

Amy-Jill Levine on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Part 3:

Unpacking the antisemitic interpretations of the priest and the Levite in this parable — they’re not “elite,” and they don’t avoid helping because of purity laws.

Jesus replied, “A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He encountered thieves, who stripped him naked, beat him up, and left him near death. Now it just so happened that a priest was also going down the same road. When he saw the injured man, he crossed over to the other side of the road and went on his way. Likewise, a Levite came by that spot, saw the injured man, and crossed over to the other side of the road and went on his way...

- Luke 10:30-32

The priest and the Levite receive their share of negative interpretations that go well beyond the justified critique of their failure to act. Again, stereotypes get in the way. Here are the two most common misreadings and why they are unhelpful.

First, a number of scholars talk about the peasant dislike of the “priestly elite.” This view comes more from contemporary distaste for religious hierarchies than it does from Luke’s text or Jesus’s context.

There is nothing that makes a priest and even less a Levite part of the “elite.” Priests and Levites may have had neither wealth nor status. In Judaism, the priesthood is not a vocation; it is an inherited position. The priestly line descends from Aaron, the brother of Moses. One is a priest if one’s father was a priest. Levites, who form a lesser category of priests, also receive their role according to their paternal line; they are descended from Aaron’s ancestor Levi, the third son of Jacob. All other Jews, except Jews by choice, are descended from Jacob’s other children; they are Israelites. …

Josephus, who was himself an elite priest, mentions other priests who were poverty-stricken. According to his Antiquities, the high priest Ananias, who served from about 47 to 52 and who, according to the book of Acts (22–23), tried Paul in Jerusalem, sent his servants to the Temple threshing floors, where they “took away the tithes that belonged to the priests by violence, and did not refrain from beating such as would not give these tithes to them . . . so that [some of the] priests that had previously been supported with those tithes died for lack of food.”There are “priests,” and then there are “high priests”; the social positions of the two groups should not be confused. … As for the distinction among the priestly ranks, Luke invariably describes the priests involved in Jesus’s death as “chief priests” or the “high priest.” Our priest is an ordinary priest who does what is all too ordinary: he fails to act when he should.

The second, more common, and just as misguided explanation for the priest’s and Levite’s failure to help is that they are following Jewish Law.

From both classroom and pulpit comes the claim that the priest and the Levite pass by the man in the ditch, because they are afraid of contracting corpse contamination and so violating purity laws. A few examples demonstrate the pervasiveness of this view.

A 2005 book with the optimistic title The Wide, Wide Circle of Divine Love: A Biblical Case for Religious Diversity states: “If the traveler were already dead, or he died while they were attending him, then they would have become unclean, contaminated, because they touched a dead body. This would have made it necessary for them to seek ritual cleansing before they could resume their responsibilities.”

What “ritual duties” the priest and the Levite would have had is unclear, since the parable explicitly notes that the priest is going “down” (katabaino) from Jerusalem, not up to the Temple. Why ritual cleansing is a problem is unstated. … To follow Torah, the priest should have checked to see if the man was alive and, finding him alive, should have helped him. Should he have discovered a corpse, he should have covered it and then immediately gone for help. ... Further, Samaritans were also bound by laws concerning corpse contamination; just as the Samaritan found the question irrelevant, so should we in our attempt to understand the parable. ... Regarding corpses, Jewish Law requires that a dead body be treated with utmost respect. The point is perhaps best seen in the book of Tobit; the book’s titular hero, a Jewish male Antigone, risks his life by attending to unburied corpses (1.16–20). ... The Mishnah, Nazir 7.1, reads: “A high priest or a Nazirite [a person under a vow of utmost purity] may not contract uncleanness because of their dead [relatives], but they may contract uncleanness because of a neglected corpse.” The Babylonian Talmud is even stronger: “As long as there are no other people to look after the burial of a corpse, the duty is incumbent on the first Jew that passes by, without exception, to perform the burial” (Nazir 43b; Jerusalem Talmud, Nazir 56a).

Judaism still takes this mandate seriously. That is why Jews stood vigil at Ground Zero until every corpse was recovered. Burying the dead is one of the highest mitzvot, most important commandments in Judaism, for it is one of the few acts that cannot be repaid by the person who benefits from it.

...The best explanation I’ve heard for the refusal of the priest and the Levite to come to the aid of the man in the ditch comes from Martin Luther King Jr., who preached: “I’m going to tell you what my imagination tells me. It’s possible these men were afraid. . . . And so the first question that the priest [and] the Levite asked was, ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ . . . But then the Good Samaritan came by, and he reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’”

King went on, “If I do not stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them?” King then went to Memphis, and it was there he was assassinated. There are bandits on the road. ...

So if the issue is not priestly purity, why did Jesus speak explicitly of a priest and Levite?

The duo anticipate, in good folkloric fashion, the appearance of the third figure. We have already seen the “rule of three” in our study of the parables of the lost: the first two set up the third. For the Good Samaritan, the rule works even better, for in its usual function the first two figures fail and the third will succeed. Examples include the decidedly nonkosher “Three Little Pigs” and the equally nonkosher suitors for Portia’s hand in the Merchant of Venice. Name two, and the third comes automatically.

For a more modern analogy, to say in a church context, “Father, Son, and . . .” evokes the third, “Holy Spirit.” Or, for a less theological albeit Jewish example, “Larry and Moe” evokes “Curley.”

For Jesus’s audience, and for any synagogue congregation today, the third of the group is obvious. Mention a priest and a Levite, and anyone who knows anything about Judaism will know that the third person is an Israelite. Ezra 10.5 speaks of the “leading priest, the Levites, and all Israel”; Nehemiah 11.3 states that “in the towns of Judah all lived on their property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites . . .”

Both priest and Levite should have stopped to help. The audience, surprised at this lack of compassion, would have presumed both that the third person would be an Israelite and that he would help. However, Jesus is telling a parable, and parables never go the way one expects. Instead of the anticipated Israelite, the person who stops to help is a Samaritan. In modern terms, this would be like going from Larry and Moe to Osama bin Laden. ...

- Jewish Scholar Amy-Jill Levine in Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (2014)

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10th December >> Mass Readings (USA)

Thursday, Second Week of Advent 

    or 

Our Lady of Loreto.

Thursday, Second Week of Advent

(Liturgical Colour: Violet)

First Reading

Isaiah 41:13-20

I am your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

I am the LORD, your God,    who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, “Fear not,    I will help you.” Fear not, O worm Jacob,    O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the LORD;    your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. I will make of you a threshing sledge,    sharp, new, and double-edged, To thresh the mountains and crush them,    to make the hills like chaff. When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off    and the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the LORD,    and glory in the Holy One of Israel.

The afflicted and the needy seek water in vain,    their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them;    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open up rivers on the bare heights,    and fountains in the broad valleys; I will turn the desert into a marshland,    and the dry ground into springs of water. I will plant in the desert the cedar,    acacia, myrtle, and olive; I will set in the wasteland the cypress,    together with the plane tree and the pine, That all may see and know,    observe and understand, That the hand of the LORD has done this,    the Holy One of Israel has created it.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab

R/ The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great kindness.

I will extol you, O my God and King,    and I will bless your name forever and ever. The LORD is good to all    and compassionate toward all his works.

R/ The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,    and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom    and speak of your might.

R/ The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Let them make known to men your might    and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages,    and your dominion endures through all generations.

R/ The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Gospel Acclamation

cf. Isaiah 45:8

Alleluia, alleluia. Let the clouds rain down the Just One, and the earth bring forth a Savior. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Matthew 11:11-15

None greater than John the Baptist has been born.

Jesus said to the crowds: “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is to come. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Our Lady of Loreto

(Liturgical Colour: White)

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Thursday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading

Isaiah 7:10–14; 8:10

Behold, the virgin shall conceive.

The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!” Then Isaiah said: Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary people, must you also weary my God? Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us!”

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55

R/ The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. or R/ O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,    my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”

R/ The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. or R/ O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

“For he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed:    the Almighty has done great things for me,    and holy is his Name.”

R/ The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. or R/ O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

“He has mercy on those who fear him    in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm,    he has scattered the proud in their conceit.”

R/ The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. or R/ O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

“He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,    and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things,    and the rich he has sent away empty.”

R/ The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. or R/ O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

“He has come to the help of his servant Israel    for he has remembered his promise of mercy,    the promise he made to our fathers,    to Abraham and his children forever.”

R/ The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. or R/ O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

Gospel Acclamation

cf. Luke 1:28

Alleluia, alleluia. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Luke 1:26-38

You will conceive in your womb and bear a son.

The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saints&Reading: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

Commemorated on August 8_Julian Calendar

Saint Myron, Bishop of Crete

     Sainted Myron, Bishop of Crete, a wonderworker, in his youth was a family man, and worked at farming. He was known for his goodness, and he assisted everyone who turned to him for help. One time a thieves burst in upon his threshing floor, and Saint Myron himself helped them raise up a sack of grain upon their shoulders. By his generosity the saint so shamed the thieves, that in future they began to lead honourable lives. Out of profound respect for the saint, the Cretan people urged him to accept the dignity of presbyter in his native city of Raucia, and afterwards they chose him bishop of Crete. Wisely ruling his flock, Saint Myron received from the Lord the gift of wonderworking. At the time of a flood on the River Triton, the saint stopped its flow and went upon it as upon dry land, and then he sent a man back to the river with his staff with a command for the river to resume its course. Saint Myron reposed to God at age 100 in about the year 350.

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.

The Monk Gregory the Sinaite

     The Monk Gregory the Sinaite was born in about the year 1268 in the seacoast village of Clazomeneia near the city of Smyrna (Asia Minor), of rich parents. In about the year 1290 he was taken into captivity by the Hagarites and sent off to Laodicea. After gaining his freedom, the saint arrived on the island of Cyprus, where he was tonsured a monk. He set off afterwards to Mount Sinai and there assumed the great schema. Having fulfilled his obediences of cook and baker, and then as writer-copyist, surpassing all in reading and knowledge of Scriptural and patristic books. The strictness of his life (fasting, vigil, psalmody, standing at prayer) brought some to astonishment and others to envy. Departing the monastery, the monk visited Jerusalem. For some time he lived on the island of Crete, and afterwards he made the rounds on Athos with its monasteries and ascetics. By such manner he acquired the experience of the monastic life of many centuries from the ancient monasteries. Only after this did the Monk Gregory the Sinaite settle himself in a solitary place for "hesychia" ["mystic quiet" doing the Jesus Prayer] – a cell for silence and unhindered pursuit of mental prayer, combined with hard monastic work.      The precious legacy of the Monk Gregory is in his precepts about the inner life, 15 chapters about silence, and 142 chapters about the commandments, where he says, that "one seeking to comprehend the commandments without fulfilling them, and through study and reading to find that which is desired, is like a man imagining a fantasy in place of truth". The monk is reknown also as a remarkable writer of song, – to him is ascribed the "Mete it is in truth" ("Dostoino est vo istinu"), and a canon to the MostHoly Trinity read at Sunday vigil, and a canon to the holy Cross. In a canon-book (from the year 1407) of the Monk Kirill (Cyril) of Belozersk (+ 9 June 1427) is found the "Canon of propitiation to the Lord Jesus Christ, – a work of Gregory the Sinaite". Through his concern for the spreading of monastic deeds, the monk founded several cells on Athos, and also four laura-monasteries in Thrace. The Monk Gregory the Sinaite died in the year 1310 (some historians suggest the year 1346) at his so-called "Concealed" ("Parariseia") monastery, founded in the mountains of Macedonia for the strict followers of his life.

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.

2 Corinthians 4:13-18

13And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,14knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.15For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.16Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,18while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Matthew 24:27-33, 42-51

27For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.28For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.29Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.32Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.33So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near-at the doors!42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.44Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?46Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.47Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.48But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,'49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of,51and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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The Hunger Games movie

1. reading is a step down from narration (thought it in Cinema Sins voice)

2. some mixed feelings about the speech (not entirely sure why tho) but Cinema Wins helped with that

3. I love the addition of the deep in the meadow to calm Prim

4. kitty cat

5. hello favourite screenshot

6. such a fan of the soundtrack

7. why is Katniss hunting deer on reaping day

8. Gale’s little sister got forgotten along with the rest of his siblings and mother (whelp posy just got forgotten was my exact wording on my scrap paper)

9. “is this real?” Nah Kat its a well painted rock

10. oh Madge you aged fabulously “whimpers softly”

11. “as long as you have it” its 50/50 when you think about it

12. excellent shaky cam but it would be more scary if they were POV shot from the different children

13. I wonder how the film/book would be different if it followed Kat around at school for the day

14. I love that moment just after Prim’s name is read out that wordless shock

15. I remember watching the volunteer clip in the trailer back in 2012 when we were on holiday around the time we (mum, dad and I) first read the book

16. the greater reaction to the Peeta’s name being reaction

17. Gale’s line “its no different” about killing people is something I always kind of found chilling

18. the music and the expression on Kat’s face when watching the rerun of a previous game is chilling

19. seeing the Capital is a fave scene because of how different it is from 12

20. compliments of Peeta

21. hello creepy silent prep team

22. Cinna!!!

23. the reactions to the tribute parade from Everlark, the presents, the public and Snow

24. I love the score during the parade and of course Everlark holding hands

25. don’t really care for the flames suddenly going out tbh

26. Hi Cato

27. I kind of love the room Katniss is in and what she’s wearing

28. the changing wallpaper (?) is fun

29. what is foxface doing during the training?

30. more compliments

31. yes show that arm strength

32. I really am not a fan of the women gamemakers being excluded (as in the official ones not the techies)

33. I love Katniss shooting the arrow out of the pigs mouth

34. I love the theme for Katniss

35. I love the speech about hope in the rose garden

36. the interview dress is so very underwhelming

37. nah Prim didn’t say goodbye to Katniss what a shocking idea

38. I love the interview between Peeta and Caesar- the little hum Peeta did when smelling Caesar- the mirroring of the way they’re sitting

39. hello the not roof scene

40. Cinna :(

41. Hi Gale

42. I call the countdown to the damn you Garry Ross segments when it comes to Peeta

43. I don’t know why I really love the scene of Katniss going the bag

44. I’m kind of a fan of the tech for showing the tributes in the sky

45. the filmmakers are cowards for not showing a more extreme extent of everyone’s wounds

46. hello fireballs

47. i love the river

48. Peeta staring up at Kat is great

49. i love the sound of the parachute

50. Glimmers death is brutal and ugly and I love it though why couldn’t they have made the realities of the injuries the main cast go through just more there (true not everyone pulls off the beaten to a pulp look but still)

51. the hallucinations are great even if I don’t understand why Caesar is there

52. Hello Rue- I love Rue

53. how are the leaves staying on Kat’s arm?

54. I love the “is all of that true? You and him” scene and Rues smile

55. the hug; the music and of course Ca Boom Bitches

56. Rue seems so young when she’s trapped- and I only just realised that whilst Kat was singing we slip into Rue’s POV and see the screen fade to white

57. the salute and the riot in D11

58. the search for Peeta is great-- I have mixed feelings about the notes with sponsor gifts but meh

59. I dislike the “watching you go home everyday”

60. Peeta: If I die... Kat: NO

61. the way Claudius says “generous hosts” is something I always find creepy

62. Kat could have just stabbed Clove with arrow instead of trying to shoot her with it (did I watch a certain Narnian Queen do the same thing earlier on? Maybe)

63. I love the scene earlier on in the film with Thresh smiling up at Rue because it just makes this scene better as well

64. lovingly tending the others wounds? CHECK

65. I love the smile Katniss makes after Peeta makes the joke about the bow

66. (about the mutts at the end) When the dvd for this film first arrived I watched it first and I got in trouble with my mother for doing so but I reminded her of some of the things that happened because my sister wanted to watch it and yeah mum lost her argument because my prior knowledge did stop my sister getting really scared (I’m very proud of her despite her not reading the books she is still a Everlark shipper)

67. the nightlock scene is good but it could have been better

68. goodbye beard man

69. I have mixed feelings about Katniss talking to Haymitch on the... hey is that a rooftop?

70. I also have mixed feelings about the interview at the end (though I do like “we saved each other”)

71. i love the homecoming and the handholding

72. that one person in the gamemaker room whistling at the feed of Katniss and Peeta holding hands is kind of me

73. Abraham’s Daughter should always be paired with a dramatic walk somewhere- and I love it

74. Safe and Sound is such a lovely song

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