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Cult recruitment: In order for ‘cults’ to be successful they rely on ‘recruiting’ others. They target ‘vulnerable’ isolated, alone, neglected children or adults. For vulnerable people, #cults are very tempting because the cult provides love-Bombing #stage1
A sense of safety, promises of rewards friends & actual rewards. Who could possibly refuse? They typically use becoming more joyful, happy, obtaining bliss as a #promise Who wouldn’t want that? A new family? #Acceptance? Love? It’s a nice loving supportive environment initially
#stage2 Cults are now online. Recruitees may be constantly bombarded by cult jargon new #language new wording The group expects recruitees to divulge everything about Themselves. Those recruited usually have #epiphany of some sort which drives them further into the cult #stage3
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Good Morning!

First Translation from false reality to #REALITY;

“Jeff Bozos plans to give away most of his $124 Billion net worth to charities that “fight climate change” & “Unify Humanity”
Jeff Bezoa plans to give away most of his $124 Billion net worth to charities
That “fight climate change” & “unify America” #KNOWING ALL ASSETS can be seized . .

How does corruption fund corruption when ALL MONEY IS BEING FOLLOWED?
Donate to “charities” that say they’re doing “good” with the money but behind the curtain It looks completely
Different?
Funding The demise of the United States of America? ..

“WHEN BAD DOES GOOD”?
Sure seems like EVERYTHING else happening as it has been, Purposely SHOWING how corruption/evil got away with all evil acts committed in the past?
#SHOWING how evil kept everything
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Haiii, I am back!
~ a thread 😍

Bbrp hari terakhir aku sdg dlm proses ‘Self Healing’. Senaaang rasanya bs ‘berbicara’ dgn diri sendiri, memberikan apreasi kpd diri sendiri, utk akhirnya menerima diri sendiri.

P.S.
Kamu kangen aku gk?
Emg aku ngangeniin sih 😊
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Aku mencoba flash back k hari2 yg telah aku lewati, betapa byk kemurahan & berkat Tuhan yg aku terima

Orang tua & anak sehat, aku jg sehat jasmani & rohani, pekerjaan lancar, & msh dberikan hari yg baru dgn napas baru & semangat yg baru. Puji Tuhan đŸ™đŸŒ
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Mungkin ada terselip sedikit kesedihan krn saudara & teman dekat yg akhirnya ‘menyerah’ d tangan Covid & penyakit lain, tapi justru hal itu semakin memperkuat iman & rasa syukur. #thankGod
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Since it is #Epiphany2022 I'm sharing e a portion of my translation from the Latin of Marsilio Ficino's (1433-99) wonderful Epiphany sermon "On the Star of the Magi" (De stella magorum). 1/22 Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Magi, Ospedale degli Innocenti
I discuss this sermon in great detail in a forthcoming article "The Star of the Magi or The Afterlife of Chaldean Angels in Iamblichus, Proclus, Psellos, Pletho, and Ficino." 2/22
Please keep an eye out for the journal volume in which it will appear. It is a special issue of Travaux et Mémoires 25/2 of the Association CHCByz, entitled "Inventer les anges de l'Antiquité à Byzance," edited by Delphine Lauritzen. 3/22
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đŸ§”đŸ”„ from Hispanic Theologian Justo Gonzalez with a prophetic voice in 2021 about #Epiphany and our times: "Tomorrow is Epiphany – the “Three Kings’ Day,” we used to call it when I was a child. The “Magic Kings" would bring us gifts on this day, for we had no Santa Claus. 1/
Nor did we have fireplaces through which they could enter. But, being magicians, they could make themselves as small as bees and crawl in under our doors!
Unfortunately, now I have lost my innocence. No longer do I believe that the Kings bring gifts. 2/
Instead, I read the story as it appears in the Gospel of Matthew and I find something both relevant and disturbing. It is a story of three supposedly wise men who are naĂŻve enough to go to Jerusalem, where Herod reigns, asking about anything a new king that has been born. 3/
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Gospel: On #Epiphany we read the story of the Magi bringing three gifts to Jesus: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Each gift is highly symbolic: gold for the king, frankincense (an incense) for the deity, and myrrh (an oil or balm) for the one who will die. The Magi's gifts...
...can prompt an important question: What gifts can we bring to God?

Sometimes it takes years for people to come to know their gifts. In my work as a spiritual director, I’ve seen that one of the most common problems for people is not being able to recognize, acknowledge...
...or accept their individual talents.

This has nothing to do with vanity; rather, it’s an inability to see the wonderful things that God has given us—for our own flourishing and the building up of the reign of God. And as St. Paul says, there are different gifts (1 Cor 12:4)...
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We’ve talked about the enemies of our civilisation and biological world:
– the corporations
– the growth economy
– the oligarch- or state-controlled media
– the greedy and power-hungry 0.1%

1/32
#epiphany
“Enemies in terms of endangering social cohesion and environmental sustainability?”

Yes, in precisely those terms – the enemies who’re endangering us all.

But then we moved on.

2/32
#epiphany
“It wasn’t great having so many enemies, was it?”

It wasn’t
 0.1 percent of eight billion people
 That’s a lot of enemies.

3/32
#epiphany
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I want to start a new thread story. Not sure how long it will be and I may use different prompts: #vss365 #vssmagic #vssnature etc etc ... I love reading about legends and folk lore, and in my fantasy writing I often create my own myths. So this will be just a fun exercise...
According to #lore &myths of old,griffins nestled on these cliffs long ago. They swooped down on the unsuspecting;carried them off never to be seen again.
Griffins were not elemental creatures,but air & earth did have dominion over them; their only enemy -fire.
#vss365 #vssmagic
"I helped your troupe avoid #shadow and #gore," said the dark wizard simply, implying that he saved us from the mythical griffins. I gaped at him. "And now for what you promised."

"No," I was careful not to get trapped in words, "I said: after you summon her."
#vss365 #vssmagic
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How has religion been used to fan the flames of insurrection on Capitol Hill? - welcome to the participants to our zoom briefing today! We'll be live-tweeting as we go along:
Bishop @Mebudde felt a range of emotions on yesterdays events such as shock outrage, deep confusion, and alarm at the ways they unfolded with some predictability #capitolhill #washington #briefing
Bishop @Mebudde highlights there was no protection for vulnerable people, the homeless and key workers in the #CapitolHill area during yesterdays events
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Remembering the tremendous mark left by the Brotherhood & Sisterhood of the #Epiphany in their century+ of service to #Bengal, esp. #Behala in #Calcutta, #Kolkata, & #Barisha. Privileged 2 spend a year with them. #SrFlorence became a media star, but it was her lepers she loved.1/
..in paradisal compound on other side of Diamond Harbour Rd, with its ‘tank’ used by all 4 washing & swimming, mercurial Fr Theodore Mathieson oversaw top classical music training, giving orphans jobs in Army band & Bollywood, & solo cellist Anup Biswas 2/ bit.ly/38kuLdh
...Anup preserves the tradition Fr Mathieson created via the musical trust. The #OxfordMission maintains the Behala legacy via an Administrator. The cross is a small copy of the chapel cross, showing the resurrected Christ the community lived & showed 4th joyfully 2 so many.p 3/
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"Order our steps oh Lord,"prays @RevDrBarber in Zoom prayer for unity from Biden transition team. With disorder today, let us find order, he prayed.
.@sr_simone prays for woman who died today and all those in midst of chaos today. "We need to know truth that God is indeed among us," on today's feast of #Epiphany
Religious leaders of different faiths raise voices in prayer tonight.
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Today is #Epiphany, the day we remember the magi from the east coming to pay homage to the Christ child.

Although the Bible is not explicit, I have long appreciated the theory that that magi are the spiritual descendants of the prophet Daniel.

There are several clues. (Cont.)
First , Daniel was a magi himself in the Babylonian court following his exile. The magi (wise men) served as counselors and dream interpreters to the king and his entourage. Joseph would have been a magi of sorts. Makes sense Daniel could have passed down prophecy in Babylon.
Second, they come from the East. This could be any number of places, but given the way geographical locations were discussed at the time, Babylon/Persia makes sense. They particularly would have resources to send such a caravan. Additionally, it rules out a place like Egypt.
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WHY ARE MILLIONS MARCHING AND HUNDREDS CONTESTING IN CONGRESS?
Because the fraud is obvious.
To any who care to look at the evidence.
Here is one of thousands of examples.
This was detected by expert computer fraud analysts.
It happened in seconds.
But was planned for months.
Many more details in the video.
Hundreds of more invalidated and illegal votes detected.
Watch and weigh.
Ponder and pray.
Discern and decide.
How much free and fair matter it you.
It matters to every honest persons and voter with a conscience.
It matters to President @realDonaldTrump and his supporters.

He knows what happens - and so do they.
This Wednesday, January 6 so will we.

#Epiphany time!
#NotOver

Watch - here and in D.C.

theepochtimes.com/georgia-electi

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ICYMI: There's a really neat story behind the cross so many boys dive for each year during the #Epiphany Celebration in Tarpon Springs
tampabay.com/news/pinellas/
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@TB_Times And definitely don't miss our coverage of the event yesterday, by @kathrynvarn, @KirbyWTweets and @ZackSampson. They crushed it. tampabay.com/news/pinellas/
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@TB_Times @kathrynvarn @KirbyWTweets @ZackSampson Here's our gallery of the chilly morning at Spring Bayou. Excellent photos by the lovely @MarthaARhine, @cliftimestweet and @TB_TimesCurso. What a team! tampabay.com/gallery/2020/0
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Oh Lawd 🙆🏿‍♂🙆🏿‍
What wisdom is this?

My God is the WordSmith

In the beginning the WORD already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and THE WORD was God.
God created everything through The Word.
John 1:1,3.

#Epiphany
To truly grasp God, we must first learn to appreciate Arts and science, because with this in mind we would understand how intelligent our God is.
#Epiphany
A lot of people do not understand God. We are too religious about God and we miss out on the dynamic and brilliance of God.
#Epiphany
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Last go for the crib on #BaptismoftheLord... end of #Christmas season in the Western calendar. Back to green, #OrdinaryTime. But that’s still pretty extraordinary in itself... many cribs retain the #shepherds & add in the #Magi. Not sure what they all eat...nearly 3 weeks! 1/
You have to say, it gets pretty crowded & noisy in there...shepherds, lambs, pipes... the ox & ass aren’t #Trappists either... 2/
...and that’s not to mention the #Angels... We conflate 2 separate events a year apart. If #Epiphany had its own octave all would make more sense. It would give #OrdinaryTime 33 weeks too; which makes sense: a week for every year... 3/
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The #solareclipse in #Capricorn tonight happens to coincide with #twelfthnight, the eve of #epiphany—and indeed it'll already be Epiphany for many in the eastern hemisphere by the time the eclipse perfects. I have some Thoughtsℱ, so buckle in! #astrology
It's enough to reflect on the fact that the Epiphany story, as it's told in the Xian tradition, involves astrologers being given the gift of seeing things as they really are.
In the story, God is revealed to them, not in the halls of power and privilege but rather among the destitute and the working poor in a town that we would describe today as "flyover country."
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Turning my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes place in our land, the tears of the victims with no comforter, the iron grip of oppressors, no one to rescue the people (victims) from them. #AmINext
One have to congratulate the dead who are already gone instead of the living dead who requested to be rescued even while living free. Now they're shackled as they await their fate with calamity. #AmINext
God is in charge not you. Let that sink in. The day you begin to believe you're it...you will have to keep yourself & beat your own heart. #Epiphany
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Today I am going to try and cook for the first time since I was paralyzed.

I used to cook most nights for me and The Wife. After Mass on Sundays, I would make brunch.

I made every holiday meal for 17 of our 18yrs together. I did the #Christmas baking.
#NewYearsResolutions
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I started cooking as a child. I grew up in a chaotic household. Great politics but a chronically ill mother. I was the oldest sibling & the maternal stand-in.

I became a vegetarian for political reasons at 14, so I had to learn how cook that diet cheaply since we were poor.

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In college I cooked for everyone. I knew how to stretch $.When I was in the domestic Peace Corps I taught people how to cook with next to no money.

I love feeding people.
I think food is an evocation of love for many folks.

I haven't been able to cook since I was paralyzed.
3/
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