[Thinkin' Gal]

Oct. 4 will indeed be a holy day. For the first time in 33 years, two world religions will simultaneously mark the beginning of their most sacred seasons on the same day. Jews will celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year that also begins the 10-day period known as the “Days of Awe.” And Muslims will usher in Ramadan, the holy month that is marked by daily fasting between sunrise and sunset. Christians, meanwhile, will be marking the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, also on Oct. 4.

Ramabomb and Jewish High Holy Days... talk about an explosive combination. One celebrates with jihad, the other with peace, penitence, and prayer. How many rocks and bricks will be hurled over the Wall? Not to mention that the patron saint of beasts is tossed in the mix.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, the director of the Philadelphia-based Shalom Center, a national peace and justice organization, has dubbed the confluence of holidays “God's October Surprise.”

Well, uh, that's quite the moniker......hope it doesn't prove to be prophetic.