By William W. Lawrence Sr
Rgizc 1. Kyzj zj kyv urp lgfe nyzty nv riv ivdzeuvu fw nyrk nv riv fe kyv fkyvi kyivv yleuivu reu jzokp-wfli.
Drib Knrze
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Christos Voskrese
Christos Voskrese 2013
Christos voskrese, which means Christ has Risen, is the Easter greeting in Church Slavonic which brings the response Voistinu voskrese or Indeed, He has risen.
Easter, of course, celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus and the salvation of Man.
The date for Easter is the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox, which is always reckoned, regardless of astronomical observations, to be March 31 as per the Western churches that use the Gregorian calendar, so Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25.
The dating for Easter correlates with the means the Jews once used to set the date for Passover, which correlates with Scripture since Scripture indicates that the Crucifixion of the Lord occurred as the lambs were being slaughtered for the celebration of that holiday.
In fact, in most Western languages the name for the day is a cognate of the Pesach which is the Hebrew name for Passover. In Latin it would be Pascha so Paschal lamb would be Passover lamb.
In English and German, the word comes from Eostre month, which was basically April, and which the pagans who spoke Germanic languages had named for the goddess Eostre much as our own March and April are named for the Greek god and goddess Mars and Aphrodite, respectively.
In Slavic, the holiday is called “Great Night” (Velikonoce in Slovak) or “Great Day” (Velikden in Ukrainian).
There are some caveats regarding the date. The Eastern churches that use the Julian calendar set the equinox at April 3, and, of course, the spring equinox is based on that of the Northern Hemisphere.
So, Christos Voskrese 2013.
Omnibit Of The Day
A baked ham has graced traditional Easter tables in America for centuries. The tradition of ham served at Easter dates back to the 1600s. the colonists got the idea from their Native American neighbors. Every years the Native Americans welcomed spring with a planting festival that included the practice of smoking mearts, especially venison. The colonists were fascinated with the process and decided to try it on the hogs they had raised. They salted, smoked and stored the meat through the winter until it was perfectly cured and ready for the table in the spring, just in time for
Easter.
— William Lawrence Sr.
Cryptowit
By William W. Lawrence Sr
Rwgxhidh Kdhzgtht
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle:Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Omnibit Of The Day
The classic tradition of writing pysanky, the ornate decorating of Easter eggs dates back over 1,000 years. The present day symbolic ornamentation of the pysanky consists mainly of geometric motifs. The most important motif on the batik decorated egg (psyanka) is the stylized symbol of the Sun, seen as a broken cross, triangle and aneight-point rosette or a star.
–William W. Lawrence Sr
Global Warming Fanatics Are Killers
The United Kingdom, just as here, is ruled by those who profess a belief that man is causing the world to warm catastrophically through his energy use. So they have, just as here, created policies to artificially inflate the cost of energy.
It turns out that over there 30,000 people died last year due to this policy as they chose to spend their money on food rather than heat. The phrase the Brits use is “excess winter mortality”.
Expect that to be happening here soon. Thank you Obama voters and all others who get their understanding as to how the world works from television comics, rap musicians and public school teachers.
Wasp Spray — Off The Internet
Wasp Spray Courtesy of Cathy Craddock
I know some of you own GUNS but this is something to think about…
If you don’t have a gun, and even if you do, here’s a more humane way to wreck someone’s evil plans for you. Did you know this? I didn’t. I never really thought of it before. I guess I can get rid of the baseball bat.
Wasp Spray — A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.
The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn’t attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of use.
On the heels of a break in and beating that left an elderly woman in Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could save your life.
Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at Sylvania Southview High School . For decades, he’s suggested putting a can of wasp and hornet spray near your door or bed.
Glinka says, “This is better than anything I can teach them.”
Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than mace or pepper spray. The cans typically shoot 20 feet; so if someone tries to break into your home, Glinka says “spray the culprit in the eyes”. It’s a tip he’s given to students for decades.
It’s also one he wants everyone to hear If you’re looking for protection, Glinka says look to the spray. “That’s going to give you a chance to call the police; maybe get out.” Maybe even save a life.
Please share this with all the people who are precious to your life.
Did you also know that wasp spray will kill a snake? And a mouse! It will! Good to know, huh? It will also kill a wasp!!!
And best of all, immobilize a human.
Wasp Spray — Off The Internet
Cryptowit
By William W. Lawrence Sr
Bayl gur cher va urneg pna znxr n tbbq fbhc.
Yhqjvt ina Orrgubira
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
St. Francis of Assisi
How The Apostles Died Only John Died Peacefully
How The Apostles Died Courtesy of Tom C
1. Matthew
Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia.Killed by a sword wound
2. Mark
Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by Horses through the streets until he was dead
3. Luke
Was hanged in Greece as a result of his preaching
4 John
Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge Basin of boiling oil during a wave
of persecution In Rome . However, he was miraculously delivered from death.
John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos.
He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve As Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey . He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully.
5. Peter
He was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross.
According to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die In the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
6 James
The leader of the church in Jerusalem , was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a club.
7. James the Great
Son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus Called him to a lifetime of ministry.
As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem.
The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial.
Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.
8. Bartholomew
Also known as Nathaniel. Was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey.
Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip.
9. Andrew
He was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: ‘I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it.’ He continued to preach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.
10. Thomas
Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the Sub-continent(the present day, Mozabaric rite)
11. Jude
Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
12. Matthias
The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded.
13. Paul
Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational Doctrines of Christianity, form an impressive portion of the New Testament.
How The Apostles Died
Omnibit Of The Day
Pashka is a Russian Easter cake decorated with molded reliefs depicting the Passion. It traditionally has candied fruits that form the initials X and B (for Khristos voskress, meaning “Christ is risen”) in the Cyrillic alphabet.
–William W. Lawrence Sr