DECEMBER 2008 , PARIS ON TERROR ALERT AFTER A DETENTION BOM FOUND IN DEPARTMENT STORE

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CHRISTMAS CAROL

There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me.
What in the world do leaping lords, French hens,
swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out
of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were
not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone
during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.
It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning
plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each
element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality
which the children could remember.

-The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
-Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.
-Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.
-The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
-The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
-The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.
-Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.
-The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.
-Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.
-The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments.
-The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
-The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.

So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol....so pass it on if you wish!

MARIA AT ST. MICHAEL CHURCH AT ST. GEORGE ROAD , SINGAPORE

Ave Maria
Gratia Plena
Dominus Tecum
Benedicta tu

THE LIGHT FROM YOU LORD

 

I pray we'll find your light
and hold it in our hearts
let this be our prayer
when shadow fill our day
lead us to place
guide us with your grace
give us faith
so we'll be
safewe ask that life be kind
and watch us from above
let this be our prayer ( The Prayer)

LIDO SHOW EXOTIC DANCERS IN PARIS

 

What are we looking for?
An attractive cabaret show ,
exotic dancers
or erotic dancers
a passionate of nudity and beauty ,
for accomplishment of pleasure desire ,
instinctive but perhaps is a grace ,
for creation of human being or recreation ,
or just for a fun and hedonistic taste ,
like a mirror of every woman would like to be
somehow
sometime
it's clean
it's sexy
it can touch your life
it's the light
it's the beauty
the cabaret thing
the Paris thing
for how beauty of the creation
praise The Lord

(hendra , camera is prohibited inside)

CANDLES BESIDE THE GROTTO - SANCTUARIES LOURDES

 

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I pray we'll find your light
and hold it in our hearts
let this be our prayer
when shadow fill our day
lead us to place
guide us with your grace
give us faith
so we'll be
safe
we ask that life be kind
and watch us from above
let this be our prayer ( The Prayer)

A PRAY INSIDE CATHEDRAL MONACO

 

Flow with whatever may happen
and let your mind be free
stay centered by accepting
whatever you are doing
this is the ultimate
(Osho in Compassion,
The Ultimate Flowering of Love,St.Martin's Griffin, New York,2007)

A SPOT AT SPANISH STEP , ROME

 

Memory when at Spanish Step though we did not not shop anything, Oh Lord why ...............

BRUSSELLS , THE CAPITAL CITY OF SCHENGEN

 

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LA CONCERGERIE REMIND US TO FRENCH REVOLUTION , THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY

 

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REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL , NEAR TO 2600 PRISONERS SENT TO GUILLOTINE
After the Restoration of the Bourbons in the 19th century, the Conciergerie continued to be used as a prison for high-value prisoners — most notably the future Napoleon III. Marie Antoinette's cell was converted into a chapel dedicated to her memory. The Conciergerie and Palais de Justice underwent major rebuilding in the mid-19th century, totally altering their external appearance. While the building looks like a brooding medieval fortress, this appearance actually only dates from about 1858. The Conciergerie was decommissioned in 1914 and was opened to the public as a national historical monument. It is today a popular tourist attraction, although only a relatively small part of the building is open to public access — much of it is still used for the Paris law courts.(Wikipedia)