The Church's One Foundation

The Church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is his new creation,
by water and the word:
from heaven he came and sought her
to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her,
and for her life he died.

Elect from every nation,
yet one o'er all the earth,
her charter of salvation,
one Lord, one faith, one birth;
one holy Name she blesses,
partakes one holy food,
and to one hope she presses,
with every grace endued.

Though with a scornful wonder
men see her sore oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder,
by heresies distressed;
yet saints their watch are keeping,
their cry goes up, "How long?"
and soon the night of weeping
shall be the morn of song.

Mid toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blessed,
and the great Church victorious
shall be the Church at rest.

Yet she on earth hath union
with God, the Three in one,
and mystic sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee.

Historical background (Wikipedia)

Words: Samuel John Stone (1868)
Music: AURELIA 76 76 D (by Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

We Are Many Parts (Marty Haugen)

Refrain:

We are many parts, we are all one body.
And the gifts we have we are given to share.
May the Spirit of love, make us one indeed.
One, the love that we share; one, our hope in despair,
one, the cross that we bear.

God of all, we look to you,
we would be your servants true,
let us be your love to all the world. (Refrain)

So my pain is pain for you,
in your joy is my joy too,
all is brought together in the Lord! (Refrain)

All you seekers great and small,
seek the greatest gift of all
if you love then you will know the Lord! (Refrain)

Paraphrase of 1 Cor 12, 13

Composer: Marty Haugen (1980)

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Catholic series.

Biggest and Brightest - The Wolf Moon

Did you all get a look at that moon tonight? It's the biggest and brightest moon we will see all year. Tonight it will be about 14 percent wider and 30 percent brighter than lesser full Moons of the year, according to Spaceweather.com.


As a bonus, Mars will be just to the left of the moon tonight. Look for the reddish, star-like object.

Now I'm not a photographer. I don't have a super cool camera with zoom and telephoto lenses. I just have my little old Kodak EasyShare camera. But even with my camera I was able to take some pretty decent pictures. You can even see Mars which is to the left. I didn't believe it was really Mars, but I took several shots and Mars is always there! You can click on the photos to enlarge them so you can really make out Mars.

 I know Mars looks like a little red squiggle, that is because my camera isn't the greatest, but still it's pretty cool. I wish I had taken these pictures earlier when the moon was down lower, I almost had to point the camera straight up into the sky to get these, but I went out to enjoy a Friday night with my sister and we had a great meal and I had a well earned beer! I love Corona with Salt and Lime..Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

I know several of you out there are expert photographers so I hope you got great pictures (I'm talking to you JarieLyn and Stine!)

Thuma Mina (Zulu/South Africa)

Thuma mina ("Send me, Lord")

(Thuma mina)
Thuma mina,
Thuma mina,
Thuma mina,
Somandla

Words: South African/Zulu

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (USA)

Refrain:

Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see
Coming for to carry me home
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home. (Refrain)

Sometimes I'm up, and sometimes I'm down,
Coming for to carry me home
But still my soul feels heavenly bound.
Coming for to carry me home. (Refrain)

The brightest day that I can say,
Coming for to carry me home
When Jesus washed my sins away.
Coming for to carry me home. (Refrain)

If I get there before you do,
Coming for to carry me home
I'll cut a hole and pull you through.
Coming for to carry me home. (Refrain)

If you get there before I do,
Coming for to carry me home
Tell all my friends I'm coming too.
Coming for to carry me home. (Refrain)

Traditional African American Spiritual

Historical background information (Wikipedia)

Composer: Wallis Willis

Did You Know?

I receive a lot of forwarded emails as I'm sure the rest of you do. But I had never received the one I got today and it was pretty interesting to me as a lot of the things on this list I DID NOT KNOW.

How about you? Did you know. . .

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

3. The dot over the letter i is called a 'tittle'.


4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. (that makes my day!)

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of Mc Donald 's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.


7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.


8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.


9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. (Just as I suspected))

10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small-sized dog..


12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).


14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.


16. Upper and lower-case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.

17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.


18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.


19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.


20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!


21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, or silver!


22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.


23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.


24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.


25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. (good to know.)

26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand
(and you thought this list was completely useless.)

27. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.


28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples.

30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! (Now you tell me!)

31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.


32. "Guinness Book of Records" holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public Libraries.


33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. (I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.)

34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. " Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars.O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her off to jail.

Iwanna Wednesday -

Ok, so by now everyone is well aware that I went to visit my daughter the weekend before the one that just passed. She has her own apartment now and I was expecting to see a BIG MESS with lots of boxes and eating out of paper plates and cups. I guess I expected it to look like her bedroom when she lived at home! But she's done a great job in setting everything up and making everything comfy and cozy for herself.

One thing I really loved was in her kitchen. Even my mom loved it cause she picked it up and brought it to me on the couch to show me. It was a kitchen timer that looked like this pear here.

Isn't that so cute? And the picture doesn't even show the true green color of the pear. I have a plain old ugly white plastic timer that I have had for about 12 years, so I probably won't ever get rid of it because it has a lot of sentimental value (I get sentimental over almost anything ).


But since it's Iwanna Wednesday I figure I can show you some of the ones that Iwanna if I could bear to part with the one I have :-)

Now in case I have any new readers, which I'm sure I won't have because I haven't had any new ones in a while :-( let me explain about Iwanna Wednesday. Bear with me those of you that already know what Iwanna Wednesday is about.


I love shopping! Whether it's window shopping, online shopping, actually plopping down some cash shopping...I LOVE SHOPPING. Shopping comes easy to me cause I find joy in almost anything. I can go into any store or restaurant or even someone's home and say, "Oh, I want one of those!" I do that so often that my sister started calling me "Iwanna", cause Iwanna everything.

That's where blogging really helps, because I can Iwanna random objects and blog about them and show you pictures and usually you all respond back with Iwanna items and ideas of your own...which makes it even more fun.

So let me show you the kitchen timers Iwanna this Wednesday.

This one is kind of cute. I like the way you set it with the little tabs at the top that look a little bit like Mickey Mouse ears. Plus the numbers are nice and big so that we visually challenged individuals can see them!

And speaking of Mickey Mouse ears...here's a Mickey Mouse timer. Awwww, isn't this cute?


Iwanna one of these. I was just at Disneyland recently, why didn't I buy one! Why, why, why!




 

And here's one fit for Princess Iwanna, the only thing is Iwanna one in pink, not blue. But still the blue is pretty. I love the different color blue balls on the tip of the crown.

I bet we all Iwanna this one. Have you ever seen anything so darn cute? I love the little mouse staring in at all that yummy cheese!


I don't know, I might be willing to lose all sentimentality for my ugly plastic white one if I could have this one!

And how about this one? Do you know someone that would love this one? I've never seen one like this. You pull up the measuring tape to set the timer!
    


Hungry? I know I would be if I had these next two sitting on my stove all the time.  

This hamburger one is unique isn't it?




 



And for dessert? Iwanna one of these yummy cupcakes with sprinkles and a cherry!

Iwanna any one of the above, but I guess for now I'll stick with my big, white plastic one. It does have sentimental value. You know how many times I've set it to time frozen pizzas? Baked chicken? Cupcakes? Set it to time the 25 minutes necessary to dye my hair? Yep, for now what I wanna is the one I have. 


What kind of kitchen timer do you have? What's the most interesting thing you time with it?

Großer Gott, wir loben dich (Germany)

Großer Gott, wir loben dich

1. Großer Gott, wir loben dich, Herr, wir preisen deine Stärke.
Vor dir neigt die Erde sich und bewundert deine Werke.
Wie du warst vor aller Zeit, so bleibst du in Ewigkeit.

2. Alles, was dich preisen kann, Kerubim und Serafinen
stimmen dir ein Loblied an, alle Engel, die dir dienen,
rufen dir stets ohne Ruh': Heilig, heilig, heilig! zu.

3. Heilig, Herr Gott Zebaoth, heilig, Herr der Himmelsheere,
starker Helfer in der Not ! Himmel, Erde, Luft und Meere
sind erfüllt von deinem Ruhm; alles ist dein Eigentum.

4. Der Apostel heil'ger Chor, der Propheten hehre Menge,
schickt zu deinem Thron empor neue Lob- und Dankgesänge;
der Blutzeugen lichte Schar lobt und preist dich immerdar.

5. Dich Gott Vater auf dem Thron, loben Große, loben Kleine.
Deinem eingeborenen Sohn singt die heilige Gemeinde,
und sie ehrt den Heil'gen Geist, der uns seinen Trost erweist.

6. Du, des Vaters ew'ger Sohn, hast die Menschheit angenommen,
bist vom hohen Himmelsthron zu uns auf die Welt gekommen,
hast uns Gottes Gnad' gebracht, von der Sünd' uns frei gemacht.

7. Durch dich steht das Himmelstor allen, welche glauben offen.
Du stellst uns dem Vater vor, wenn wir kindlich auf dich hoffen;
du wirst kommen zum Gericht, wenn der letzte Tag anbricht.

8. Herr steh' deinen Dienern bei, welche dich in Demut bitten.
Kauftest durch dein Blut uns frei, hast den Tod für uns gelitten;
nimm uns nach vollbrachtem Lauf zu dir in den Himmel auf.

9. Sieh dein Volk in Gnaden an, hilf uns, segne, Herr, dein Erbe;
leit' es auf der rechten Bahn, dass der Feind es nicht verderbe.
Führe es durch diese Zeit, nimm es auf in Ewigkeit.

10. Alle Tage wollen wir dich und deinen Namen preisen
und zu allen Zeiten dir Ehre, Lob und Dank erweisen.
Rett' aus Sünden, rett' aus Tod, sei uns gnädig, Herre Gott.

11. Herr, erbarm, erbarme dich. Lass uns deine Güte schauen;
deine Treue zeige sich, wie wir fest auf dich vertrauen.
Auf dich hoffen wir allein; lass uns nicht verloren sein.

See also the English version: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

German paraphrase of the Te Deum Laudamus

Words: Ignaz Franz (1771)
Music: Katholischen Gesangbuch (Wien, 1776)/Heinrich Bones Gesangbuch Cantate (Mainz 1852)

The Princess Named Chorizo

As you read in my previous post I went to visit my daughter last weekend. We had great fun and great food. But the high of my weekend besides seeing my daughter was seeing that gorgeous puppy of hers...Chorizo, or as I call her Precious!


Believe it or not; even though I had my camera with me, I didn't take one single picture of her. I think it was because I had too much fun playing with her. Luckily my daughter April sends me three or four or a hundred photos of Chorizo almost every day. So let me share some.

Here's the Princess herself, Princess Chorizo lounging on April's bed. 

Doesn't she look pretty in pink? I think she's getting used to being photographed now as she at least holds still. April had her coat shaved and so she looks really blonde now, but you can still see so much black on her head and I love the little white goatee. I know Princesses shouldn't have goatees, but it seems to suit this Princess doesn't it?

Here you get a really good look at her new haircut.


Look at that face!!! Don't you just want to eat her up!


And that bow! April has bought this little puppy way more hair accoutrements than I have!


Actually I don't wear bows, but if I did Chorizo would still have more than me!


And here she is on a car trip! She's sitting in April's lap here. Don't worry, I already questioned April about whether or not she was driving with a dog in her lap and taking a picture with her cell phone at the same time.


She wasn't, she was parked. I raised her better than that!
Isn't Precious pretty in purple as well?




Here's another picture of her with her owner wearing that beautiful purple Pea Coat.


I love that coat. In fact that weekend that I was there I bought a gorgeous coat at JC Penney that was almost like a Pea Coat. It was Black and White and I'll have to get a picture of it to show you.
Not as pretty as the purple though :-(







And it's been a busy and adventurous day for all of us and I'm going to take a cue from Chorizo and get a nap in before bed :-)
I hope you all enjoyed these photos as much as I enjoyed receiving them in email from my daughter April. Thanks April, keep them coming!

Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation (England)

Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone,
chosen of the Lord, and precious,
binding all the Church in one,
holy Zion's help for ever,
and her confidence alone.

All that dedicated city,
Dearly loved of God on high,
In exultant jubilation,
Pours perpetual melody,
God the One in Three adoring
In glad hymns eternally.

To this temple, where we call thee,
come, O Lord of Hosts, today;
with thy wonted loving-kindess
hear thy servants as they pray;
and thy fullest benediction
shed within its walls alway.

Here vouchsafe to all thy servants
what they ask of thee to gain,
what they gain from thee for ever
with the blessèd to retain,
and hereafter in thy glory
evermore with thee to reign.

Laud and honour to the Father,
laud and honour to the Son,
laud and honour to the Spirit,
ever Three, and ever One,
consubstantial, co-eternal,
while unending ages run.

Words: Angulare fundamentum, the second half of the office hymn Urbs beata Jerusalem for the dedication of a church (Latin, 6th/7th centuries). English Translation by John Mason Neale (1851)

Music: WESTMINSTER ABBEY 87.87.87

We Ate a Lava Flow

Last weekend my mother, my sister and I drove up to visit my daughter April in Turlock, CA where she lives and works. We had so much fun! Even though it's just a weekend trip I always come back feeling so relaxed and happy that it's almost like I took a two week vacation.

April does a great job keeping us all entertained. She knows all she has to provide for me is a thrift store and I'm a happy camper. She took us to two thrift stores. I didn't really find anything this trip, but it was fun to look and I did help April find about eight books which I hope she will be passing on to me to read soon. 

In order to keep my sister Lisa happy, April took us to the Mall in Modesto where they had a chair massager like the one pictured here. No, that is not my sister. I didn't take a picture of her or of my daughter April who also had one as I wouldn't want anyone taking a picture of me in such a vulnerable position. Actually I was too busy trying to find a bathroom and eating a Strawberry Sundae from Dairy Queen because we don't have Dairy Queen in Kern County! I just read that line again and let me clarify that I wasn't finding and going to the bathroom at the same time as I was eating my sundae. I went to the bathroom first, then on the way back I found Dairy Queen!

And in order to make my mom happy April let her cook even though my sister and I had told my mom that she wouldn't have to cook all weekend! But my mom lovingly made "Arroz con Leche" for her granddaughter. It's one of her favorites and it's true comfort food. 

Arroz con leche translated means Rice with Milk. I make it also but not as well as my mom does. Maybe I'll get her to make some this week and I'll jot down the recipe and take photos as she goes. It's basically rice boiled in water with condensed or evaporated milk (don't remember which right now), cinnamon and sugar. It's delicious. 

What would a weekend to visit April be without her taking us to our favorite restaurant to eat our favorite dish. The restaurant is Mi Casa which translated means My House. You've all heard the saying, "Mi Casa es su Casa" which means, My House is your House.

The last time I posted about this restaurant I used pictures that didn't do justice at all to the food and many people said they were glad I enjoyed it even though it didn't look very good. This time I took excellent pictures. I think it's because I took them before I had my margarita's! I'm just saying, that may be part of the reason. Or maybe the lighting was better, but doesn't that look delicious? 

Mi Casa will serve your food in a red-hot molcajete. A molcajete is the traditional Mexican version of the mortar & pestle. In it's natural state, it would look like this picture. The stone inside the bowl is called a Tejolote and is what grinds down the food such as corn for corn meal to make corn tortillas. Or it can be used to mash foods such as tomatoes for Salsa or Soups. Mi Casa restaurant heats up that stone molcajete until it's just a big hot rock and then pours the food into it and they add cheese right before serving so that when the cheese starts to melt right before your eyes at the table and it's bubbling because the stone molcajete is so hot it looks like you're about to eat a lava flow! It's a bit intimidating I have to admit. This was the first time I tried it.

Here's a close up of mine, which was made with Chicken. I believe my sister and my daughter both had the Beef one. The cheese hasn't quite melted yet in mine and you can see the broth underneath that has the chicken in it. I'm not sure how it's made but it's so good it makes you want to slap your momma! I'm glad my momma was on the other side of the table and too far for me to slap!  (Be sure to click on the pictures to enlarge them for a better look, but I must warn you...I and the blog, Titere con Bonete cannot be held responsible for you drooling on your keyboard!)


The onions and the oranges can be eaten, but mostly they are a garnish. They also bring you a plate with Mexican Rice, Re-fried Beans, Pico De Gallo, Sour Cream and Guacamole and some flour or corn tortillas, depending on your preference to eat this with.

Be sure if you go there that you aren't in a hurry because you will be blowing and waiting and blowing and waiting to eat this yummy dish for quite a while. Thank goodness they serve a mean margarita to sooth your burning tongue! 

Isang Pagkain, Isang Katawan, Isang Bayan (Philippines)

Isang Pagkain, Isang Katawan, Isang Bayan

Katulad ng mga butil na tinitipon
Upang maging tinapay na nagbibigay buhay
Kami nawa'y matipon din
At maging bayan mong giliw

Refrain:

Iisang panginoon, iisang katawan,
isang bayan, isang lahi
sa'yo'y nagpupugay

Katulad din ng mga ubas na piniga at naging alak
Sino mang uminom nito: "May buhay na walang hanggan"
Kami nawa'y maging sangkap
Sa pagbuo nitong bayang liyag (Refrain)

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Catholic series.

My car is a junk magnet. Either that or it's possessed!

I've been pretty scarce on the blogging scene of late. I've been checking in on some of my favorite bloggers daily but haven't been posting too much myself. I guess it's been because the weather has been so cold and the last thing I want to do when I get home is sit in front of my computer (no, I don't have a lap top) and suffer the cold. So I curl up in a blanket on the couch and veg out on TV. 


This week though I had car trouble. My car is possessed! If you remember on October 30th I had a little incident where I picked up some duct tape that wrapped itself around my tire, see story here. I called emergency road service and had my car towed and everything and all that was wrong with it was duct tape around the tire!!!


This week on Thursday as I was backing out of my driveway I noticed my tires left a track, but since it had rained a lot all week and rained all that night I figured it was just rain water making the tracks. I thought nothing of it and just went off on my merry little way to work. At about 10am my mom called me at work and wanted to know what was wrong with my car as there was a huge oil spot where I park.


I texted my sister and she immediately texted me back that I was probably losing oil and I needed to leave work early at 3pm so that if my car did break down on the way home I wouldn't be stuck on the freeway in the dark, in the rain waiting for the tow truck. 


I left work at 3pm cause I always do what my sister says. As I walked to my car I noticed that the whole passenger side of my car was smeared with grease/oil from the front bumper to the back door. I called my sister and told her what I found, she told me to check the oil and the water levels first and if necessary add oil and water before I attempted to drive the 20 miles home so I wouldn't blow up my engine. I drove about a mile to warm the engine first, cause somewhere I remember someone telling me that was necessary. 


I then pulled over and popped the hood on my car and opened it up and stared at it's guts and saw lots of little things that looked like the oil dipstick, but I wasn't real sure. I pulled one out and it looked ok. I know my dad always wiped the oil off with a rag and put it back in and looked again, but I didn't have a rag so I decided one look was sufficient. 

Then I pulled out another dipstick looking thing and that looked ok too. I had no idea where you checked the water level so I check the windshield wiper cleaner level and that look good. So I knew that if I did get stuck somewhere at least I could have a clean windshield so that when the paramedics and firemen came to find my frozen dead body they could easily see it through my spotlessly clean windshield :-)


Realizing that I was totally out of my element when it comes to cars and realizing that I do belong to the GM Motor Club I called them and they said they would be more than happy to tow it for me. And sure, they would tow it to my mechanic in Shafter (I work in Bakersfield 20 miles from home). I've said it before and I'll take this opportunity to say it again, GM Motor Club rocks and I love them!


The tow truck guy came, he towed the car to my mechanic in Shafter. My mechanic is Carroll Winters from Winters Automotive and I've never known a nicer, more honest mechanic in my life! He walked around and stuck his finger in the oil and told me it looked more like grease than oil. (Aren't grease and oil the same thing?) He talked to the tow truck driver and they pondered what the problem might be. He told me to just leave the car and he'd take a look at it and let me know the next day what he thought.


My mom was waiting there to give me a ride home. I live two miles from the mechanic. We had just pulled into the driveway and were examining the oil slick in my driveway when my phone rang and it was Mr. Winter on the phone saying, "You know what your car needs?" I took a deep breath and prepared myself for him to tell me I needed a whole new engine or transmission or air compressor or a bog warmer or something like that and said, "What?" He says, "All it needs is a car wash, come get your car there's nothing wrong with it, you just hit something on the road that had oil and you carried it underneath your car."


Oh really? C'mon...even I'm not that gullible. He's just joking right? He's remembering the duct tape incident and just screwing with my head right? So I said, "Really, it's ok? Are you sure?" He says, "Honey, of course I'm sure...I wouldn't let you take it if I wasn't sure." How can you doubt a man that calls you honey?



So my mom and I go back to get my car. She drops me off and my sister gets there and she tells Mr. Winters that my car is possessed! And I believe it is, either that or it's a junk magnet and just likes to pick up crap in the road to freak me out! But the good thing is that even though the whole passenger side is caked up and mucked up with sticky grease...it's not broken, so I'm happy.

Preces & Responses for Evensong (England)

I. PHILIP RADCLIFFE:




II. GABRIEL JACKSON




III. WILLIAM SMITH








IV. HARRISON OXLEY




Preces and Responses for Evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer (1662)

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips.
Response. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Minister. O God, make speed to save us.
Response. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Minister. Praise ye the Lord.
Response. The Lord's Name be praised.

The Lord be with you.
Response. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let us pray.
Response. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Minister. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.
Response. And grant us thy salvation.
Minister. O Lord, save the Queen.
Response. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
Minister. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness.
Response. And make thy chosen people joyful.
Minister. O Lord, save thy people.
Response. And bless thine inheritance.
Minister. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
Response. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
Response. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

The First Collect at Evening Prayer.

The Second Collect at Evening Prayer. O GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

The Third Collect, for Aid against all Perils. LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

One Bread, One Body

Refrain

One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.

1. Gentile or Jew,
servant or free,
woman or man, no more.

2. Many the gifts,
many the works,
one in the Lord of all

3. Grain for the fields,
scattered and grown,
gathered to one, for all.

Composer: John Foley (1978)

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Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (Germany)

Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren

Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren!
Meine geliebte Seele, das ist mein Begehren.
Kommet zu Hauf! Psalter und Harfe, wacht auf!
Lasset den Lobgesang hören!

Lobe den Herren, der alles so herrlich regieret,
Der dich auf Flügeln des Adelers sicher geführet,
Der dich erhält, wie es dir selber gefällt.
Hast du nicht dieses verspüret?

Lobe den Herren, der künstlich und fein dich bereitet,
Der dir Gesundheit verliehen, dich freundlich geleitet.
In wieviel Not hat dich der gnädige Gott
Über dir Flügel gebreitet.

Lobe den Herren, der deinen Stand sichtbar gesegnet,
Der aus dem Himmel mit Strömen der Liebe geregnet.
Denke daran, was der Allmächtige kann,
Der dir mit Liebe begegnet.

Lobe den Herren; was in mir ist, lobe den Namen.
Alles was Odem hat, lobe mit Abrahams Samen.
Er ist dein Licht; Seele, vergiß es ja nicht;
Lob ihn und schließe mit Amen!

See also the English translation: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty the King of Creation
(translated by Catherine Winkworth)

Words: Joachim Neander (1680) [English translation of biography]
Music: An­der Theil des Er­neu­er­ten Ge­sang­buch (Bre­men: 1665).

All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Setting: Ralph Vaughan Williams)

Old Hundredth (All People That On Earth Do Dwell)

All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His folk, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.

O enter then His gates with praise;
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

For why? the Lord our God is good;
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
The God Whom Heaven and earth adore,
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore.

Paraphrase of Psalm 100

Words: attributed to William Kethe
Tune: Old Hundredth LM, attributed to Louis Bourgeois (in Pseaumes Octante Trois de David, Geneva, 1551), setting of Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952)

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos'/Siyabonga Baba (Zulu/South Africa)

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos' (We Are Marching In The Light of God)

Siyahamba, ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'

Siyahamba, siyahamba, oh
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'
Siyahamba, siyahamba, oh
Siyahamba ekukanyen' kwenkos'

Zulu lyrics: Thabo Mkize

Siyabonga Baba (Thank You, Father)

Siyabonga Baba
Siyabonga Jesu
Siyabonga Baba
Jesu Ositete

Ositetelele Baba
Ositetelele Jesu
Ositetelele Baba
Jesu Ositete

Zulu lyrics:

Glory and Praise to Our God (Dan Schutte)

Refrain

Glory and praise to our God
Who alone gives light to our days
Many are the blessings He bears
To those who trust in His ways

We the daughters and sons of Him
Who built the valleys and plains
Praise the wonders our God has done
In every heart that sings (Refrain)

In His wisdom He strengthens us
Like gold that’s tested in fire
Though the power of sin prevails
Our God is there to save (Refrain)

Every moment of every day
Our God is waiting to save
Always ready to seek the lost
To answer those who pray (Refrain)

God has watered our barren land
and spent his merciful rain.
Now the rivers of life run full
for anyone to drink (Refrain)

Composer: Dan Schutte (1976)

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Spelling Bee

I once came in second in a Spelling Bee. I won 10 Silver Dollars. My mom has them saved somewhere. That being said, I suck at math. I can't make 2 + 2 = 4 for anything! Ok, so really I'm not that bad at math, but I'm pretty bad. I just don't see numbers in my head, but I do see letters and words, sentences and paragraphs. I love words.

Even so I only scored an A- on this online Spelling Test I took. Then again, it was a Twitter Spelling Test. It was fun though; so if you get a chance, go and take it and let me know how you did. Maybe I'll go find a Math Test :-)



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Pescador De Hombres

Tu has venido a la orilla
no has buscado, ni a sabios ni a ricos
tan solo quieres que yo te siga

Refrain:

Señor, me has mirado a los ojos
sonriendo has dicho mi nombre
en la arena, he dejado mi barca
junto a ti buscaré otro mar

Tú, sabes bien lo que tengo,
en mi barca no hay oro ni espadas
tan solo redes y mi trabajo (Refrain)

Tú necesitas mis manos,
mi cansancio que a otros descanse
amor que quiera seguir amando (Refrain)

Tú pescador de otros lagos,
ansia eterna de hombres que esperan
amigo bueno que así me llamas (Refrain)

Composer: Cesáreo Gabaráin (1936-1991) [English Translation of Wikipedia Biography]

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Lift Every Voice and Sing (USA)

Lift every voice and sing,
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
'Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.

Background Historical Information from Wikipedia

Words: James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
Music: John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954)

Mit Freuden zart zu dieser Fahrt (Germany)

Mit Freuden zart zu dieser Fahrt
Laßt uns zugleich fröhlich singen,
Beid, groß und klein,
Von Herzen rein
Mit hellem Ton frei erklingen.
Das ewig Heil
Wird uns zuteil,
Den Jesus Christ
Erstanden ist,
Welchs er läßt reichlich Künden.

Er ist der Erst, der stark und fest
All unsre Feind hat bezwungen
Und durch den Tod
Als wahrer Gott
Zum neuen Leben gedrungen,
Auch seiner Schar
Verheißen klar
Durch sein rein Wort
Zur Himmelspfort
Desgleichen Sieg zu erlangen.

Singt Lob und Dank
Mit freiem Klang
Unserm Herrn zu allen Zeiten
Und tut sein Ehr
Je mehr und mehr
Mit Wort und Tat weit ausbreiten;
So wird es uns
Aus Lieb und Gunst
Nach unserm Tod,
Frei aller Not
Zur ewigen Freud geleiten.

Words: Georg Vetter (1536-1599)
Music: Kirchengeseng darinnen die Heubtartickel des Christlichen glaubens kurtz gefasset (1566)

Praise My Soul The King of Heaven (England)

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
To His feet Thy tribute bring!
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Who like me His praise should sing?
Praise Him! praise Him!
Praise the everlasting King!

Praise Him for His grace and favour,
To our fathers in distress!
Praise Him still the same for ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless!
Praise Him! praise Him!
Glorious in His faithfulness!

Father-like, He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes,
Praise Him! praise Him!
Widely as His mercy flows!

Frail as summer's flower we flourish:
Blows the wind, and it is gone.
But while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on.
Praise Him, Praise Him,
Praise the high eternal One!

Angels, help us to adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face:
Sun and moon, bow down before Him;
Dwellers all in time and space,
Praise Him! praise Him!
Praise with us the God of grace!

Paraphrase of Psalm 103

Words: Henry F. Lyte (1834)
Music: John Goss (1869)
Tune: LAUDA ANIMA 87.87.87

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Germany)

Wer nur den lieben Gott läst walten

See also the English Translation: If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee

Wer nur den lieben Gott läst walten
Und hoffet auf Ihn allezeit
Der wird Ihn wunderlich erhalten
In aller Noht und Traurigkeit.
Wer Gott dem Allerhöchsten traut
Der hat auf keinen Sand gebaut.

Was helfen uns die schwere Sorgen?
Was hilft uns unser Weh und Ach?
Was hilft es daß wir alle Morgen
Beseuftzen unser Ungemach?
Wir machen unser Kreutz und Leid
Nur größer durch die Traurigkeit.

Man halte nur ein wenig stille
Und sey doch in sich selbst vergnügt
Wie unsres Gottes Gnadenwille
Wie sein’ Allwissenheit es fügt
Gott der uns Ihm hat auserwehlt
Der weis auch sehr wohl was uns fehlt.

Er kennt die rechte Freudenstunden
Er weis wohl wenn es nützlich sey
Wenn Er uns nur hat treu erfunden
Und merket keine Heucheley.
So kömmt Gott eh wir uns versehn
Und lesset uns viel Guts geschehn.

Denk nicht in deiner Drangsalshitze
Daß du von Gott verlassen seyst
Und daß Gott der im Schoße sitze
Der sich mit stetem Glükke speist.
Die Folgezeit verändert viel
Und setzet Jeglichem sein Ziel.

Es sind ja Gott sehr schlechte Sachen
Und ist dem Höchsten alles gleich
Den Reichen klein und arm zu machen
Den Armen aber groß und reich.
Gott ist der rechte Wundermann
Der bald erhöhn bald stürtzen kan.

Sing bet und geh auf Gottes Wegen
Verricht das Deine nur getreu
Und trau des Himmels reichem Segen
So wird Er bey dir werden neu.
Denn Welcher seine Zuversicht
Auf Gott setzt den verläst Er nicht.

Historical Background information from Wikipedia

Composer: Georg Neumark (1641)
English Translation: Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)

Weekend Getaway!

I'm heading out of town for the weekend and I'm so excited because I'm going to be visiting that lovely little precious puppy in the picture!


That's Chorizo (I call her Precious), my daughter's little puppy that she got at Thanksgiving.


I haven't seen her since Christmas and I can't wait. I miss her so much. I'm also going to be visiting my daughter and I can't wait for that as well!


And...it gets even better! My mom and my sister are going with me and we always have a great time when we all get together.


It should be a great weekend. The only problem might be the weather. We get a lot of Tule Fog in this area. It usually goes all the way up to where my daughter lives in Northern California. So I hope the fog stays away until we get there. We're leaving tonight hoping to avoid it as its usually at it's worst in the early morning!


Great weekend to everyone!

Foodie Friday - Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

I was born in Arizona and I'm of Hispanic descent. My dad is from Mexico and my mom is from Texas. I now live in California, the closest I've come to being a Southern Belle is an online friendship with a dear friend from Alabama who has now passed away.

Yet for some reason, this past Saturday I thought I should make Biscuits and Sausage Gravy. I've only eaten Biscuits and Sausage Gravy once before and even then they were made by my friend Stacie who is Hawaiian and she used Portuguese sausage. Delicious yes but not exactly Southern right?

But I do live in Bakersfield, the Little Nashville of the West. Home of the late and great Buck Owens. Surely I can handle making Biscuits and Gravy.

Here's a picture of my biscuits. I used flour, baking powder, shortening, salt and milk. I think I should have sifted the flour one more time and not kneaded it as much.

The biscuits tasted ok, a bit bland, maybe I should have used butter instead of shortening. They weren't light and flaky...but they weren't exactly hockey pucks either. Maybe practice makes perfect? I'll just have to keep trying. Anyone with any tips out there they would be greatly appreciated.

I only had half a roll of sausage, this is Jimmy Dean sausage. I think maybe I would have preferred a spicier sausage but maybe that's my Hispanic side coming out. Tips of what type of sausage would also be appreciated.

All in all, they were pretty good. My mom who is a very picky and finicky eater ate a whole biscuit with quite a bit of sausage and gravy. I thought they were great and thought maybe they would be better with plain ole Grands store bought biscuits, but NO...I want to learn to make a light and flaky biscuit.

This next lovely dish is a meal my daughter prepared for herself in her own new little apartment and I'm so proud. She's really a pretty good cook, actually a pretty good baker, but she's turning into a pretty good cook. Doesn't that look yummy? The chicken is one I make that she loves. I call it Chicken Medallion, she calls it Sriricha Chicken and it's sauted with Sriricha Hot sauce. It's spicy and delicious. I just take the medallions of chicken and saute them in a pan with some oil, garlic powder, seasoning salt and pepper. When they're browned I add Soy Sauce and the Sriricha Sauce. Simple and spicy and tasty!

And that's my foodie post. I'm linking up to Designs by Gollum's Foodie Friday. Be sure you stop by and see what's cooking with everyone else! Happy Friday!