FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ The Gift of The Magi ~ 16 December 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

Those of you who are more "mature" Marines & Sailors will remember one of the pre-eminent TV series of the '50's, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. Many of these programs were quite scary, but they usually had a good moral and made the point in a rather unforgettable manner.

On one episode, an astronaut is readying for his blast off on a fifty-year mission to outer space. He is to be placed in a state of suspended animation and will not age one day by the time he returns to Earth. As fate has it, he meets a lovely woman the evening before launch, and it is love at first sight for both of them. They agonize over the love and marriage they will be unable to share because of the space voyage. The next morning his space flight begins. The woman is visibly shaken by the cruel plot fate played on the two of them.

In the final scene, fifty years hence, NASA brings the rocket back to Earth. The capsule is opened and an aged man emerges from inside. He pulled the plug on the cryogenic machine before the launch. The face of his fiancée is then shown. She is still young and vibrant; she had herself placed in suspended animation on the day of the launch! One engineer then reflects: I feel blessed to have met two people who truly knew the meaning of love! End of program.

These two people, motivated by real love, were prepared to make an unusual sacrifice for each other. Sometimes we forget that keeping love strong in marriage requires a commitment to LOVE...and like any commitment that means dedication, work, sacrifice. Too many people give up on relationships when the going gets rough because they don't understand how much effort and sacrifice for one another is necessary to sustain a marriage. May we all realize the true meaning of love and marriage...and what is required to sustain this wonderful gift from above!

Rod Serling's version

 

[The Mayor]

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Joy
December 16, 2012

After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, joy was lost. God expelled them from their garden home to prevent something worse from happening. If they had eaten from the tree of life after eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they would have lived forever in their misery.

Life outside the garden was not easy. Adam and Eve had to work hard for their food. The reality of death was everywhere, and animals preyed on one another. Even worse, the couple’s firstborn son murdered his younger brother. What could be worse? Sin had pierced their lives, and the couple could not stop joy from draining out.

But God had a plan to restore joy. Joy was lost in the Garden when death came, but joy returned through birth—the birth of God’s own Son. “I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people” (Luke 2:10). Jesus grew up to heal the sick, give sight to the blind, and raise the dead. But this was just a taste of things to come. God entered our world, experienced our sorrow, and conquered death, giving us hope that He will keep His promise to end pain, and eliminate sorrow and death (John 11:25-26; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Rev. 21:4). No wonder Christmas is the season of joy!

Have you felt the joy of the shepherds,
Who were first to behold the sight
Of that holy Child of Mary,
On that wonderful Christmas night? —Brill

The joy of Christmas is Jesus.

Read: Luke 2:8-12

I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. —Luke 2:10

Bible in a Year:
Hebrews 8-10

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*

"...often quoted by my late Father that "Sacrifice is the language of Love." "

That O. Henry version has been shown several times already this season. It is indeed a lesson in love and sacrifice.

A Blessed Lord's Day to the MacNessa family.

Hope Mr MacNessa is feeling better.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[left that other site]

The Twilight Zone was one of my favorite TV shows when I was just a little kid.

The little “lessons” in each episode helped form my world view.

Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and prayers up for our FR Friends.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing great, Kathy, thanks!

We still haven't gotten the tree trimmed - the lights are on, thanks to the efforts of John Man, About thirty percent of the ornaments are up - the top third of tree. My son Daniel took the lead in that part of the enterprise. Tomorrow afternoon there will be an All-Hands effort to finish the job.

Christmas will be had at Castle MacNessa, a little less bountiful in terms of material things than in former years, but strong as always in the message of the new-born King!



Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!

Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you are having a nice weekend so far.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to The Mayor family.

[Publius]

Post #12 just for you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))

A Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

Very cool that you enjoyed the show and its lessons.

Did you and Linda have a good day? Lessons?

[ConorMacNessa]

Outstanding, Maestro! Can't think of anything that was written by Rutter that was bad!



Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!

Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

You do have a big tree....lots of labor required to get all the decorations on and in place. I hope you have a comfortable chair from which to direct the actions needed.

I got my little tree up and none of the lights worked. Found my red, white, and blue strings...and they worked perfectly.

Helped my folks get their front window lights and decorations up and we are good to go.

"... but strong as always in the message of the new-born King!"

The reason for the season!!

[oldteen]

Good evening, Kathy. *hugs*

A blessed Lord's Day to you and the folks!

[SandRat]

and they traveled from afar following the star.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, teen...*HUGS*

Have you had nice weather....we warmed up for a couple days of snow and now it is -1.

Hope you and yours are well...my job every evening is making sure my Dad stays up and awake. He tries to sleep all day, get up early evening, and then go to bed. Tonight he has to stay up til 9p. And my Mom’s printer quit, so I’m online trying to find a simple printer.

Beautiful “reason”.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours and your Marines.

[Kathy in Alaska]

To our Military -

Thank you for protecting us. Sleep well and safe.
May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.

Thank you to our Allies.

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To those of our Military and Allies who gave their all,
- May your souls rest in peace. May your families be comforted.
May your/our country always remember.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Lord's Prayer

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and your family.

The 23rd Psalm

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shorty GiggleLips & the Canteen Kids – click

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours, Sand.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Troops and Vets, for your service to our country.

Josh Groban ~ Ave Maria

Thanks, unique, for the logo.