#HappyBirthday to Y'all (in the #December28 #BirthdayCohort with @JohnLegend & #GovernorStitt @GovStitt & ALL the #FamousBirthdays @Bing lists) on #HolyInnocents Day | @HolidaysCalendr @BirthdayMates @YourTango @MySundayMass
... or -on 'whichever of these holidays, awareness-dates &/or event-anniversaries you celebrate!'
Holidays Calendar explains The Feast of the Holy #Innocents (a.k.a. #Childermas) in a report linked through 'that word' below; but first I want to understand that word better. And I find you understand words better if you look at 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum)
The word “Innocents (& #Innocent #Innocently #Innocense #Innocence #InnocentUntilProvenGuilty)” is built on ancient words that mean Not |Harm (-Death ... Not Guilty; Pure, |Chaste, Cleared from Charges, Cleansed).
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| A Prayer To The Holy Innocents: Holy Innocents, you died before you were old enough to know what life means, pray for all children who die young that God may gather them into His loving arms. Holy Innocents, you were killed because one man was filled with hatred, pray for those who hate that God may touch their hearts and fill them with love. Holy Innocents, you experienced a violent death, pray for all who are affected by violence that they may find peace and love. Holy Innocents, your parents grieved for you with deep and lasting sorrow, pray for all parents who have lost young children that God may wrap a warm blanket of comfort around them. Holy Innocents, those around you certainly felt helpless to prevent your deaths, pray for all who feel helpless in their circumstances that they may cling to God for courage and hope. Holy Innocents, you who are now assured a place in Heaven, pray for all of us that one day we may join you there to bask in God's love forever. Amen. |
I sometimes get a little 'thrill' from realizing that I have the same birthday as several famous people, and enough other people get that thrill from seeing their birthday-cohort (both the currently-famous & the probably-not-yet famous) that I figure it's worth doing 'one of these entries for every birthday' ...
This Day's Birthday-Cohort
Astrologically, their sign is Capricorn ... no matter WHICH stars they were born under: Denzel Washington, John Legend, Dame Maggie Smith (Harry Potter's Professor McGonagall), Stan Lee, Gayle King, President Woodrow Wilson, Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from STAR TREK), Seth Meyers, Joe Diffie, Oklahoma's Governor Kevin Stitt
... and many others (most of whom are at the 'Birthday-Cohort' link)---
you might comment telling why we should recognize a special one I missed ...
Or maybe you'd like a reminder of 'where you've seen one of the ones we DO mention'; Ask in your comment!
Or maybe you'd like a reminder of 'where you've seen one of the ones we DO mention'; Ask in your comment!
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