Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

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Today is Advent Sunday. This is the second great celebration of The Church. The first, and to start the Christian Liturgical Year, is All Saints Day. Several times I have written about Advent Sunday and the Season of Advent it initiates.

I sang in the University of Redlands Choir for three academic years, 1962, 1963, and 1964, and for two academic years in the University of Redlands Choir Chapel Singers, 1963 and 1964. My Redlands schoolmate and predecessor in UR Choir and Chapel Singers, Rod Stephens, a professional in audio production, has left us a collection of beautifully remastered CDs comprising recordings of the UR Choir. Most are recordings of music at the Feast of Lights as these occurred annually between 1956 and 1969. Our Director, J. William Jones, and his successor, Jeffrey Rickard, along with the Choir and instrumentalists, produced the Feast for the public to have an Advent-Christmas festival of light and sound. Many of these recordings of carols and anthems at the Feast, remastered by Rod, I have digitized here.

Advent and Christmas correlate with Lent and Good Friday, respectively. Advent specifically recalls and encourages our submission to the negativities of existence. Like Lent, Advent Season begs a pan-optic repentance and penitence as cultivated by contrition inside the thought and sound of God’s Name.

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Principle I

The United States have no interest in the domestic affairs of other countries and expect other countries to reciprocate by having no interest in our domestic affairs. The United States have interest in the lines of communication running between The United States and all other countries and expect all other countries to bear fairly the burden of keeping those lines open, safe, reliable, fair, and clean.

Principle II

The United States welcome alliance with our brother nations India and Russia for enforcement, from their perspective, of the ground of statecraft set forth in Principle I and urge Japan and Egypt to join us for that endeavor and commitment.

Principle III

An order to deploy which lacks or frustrates intent to compel a target to sign a declaration of unconditional surrender is an unlawful order by the Rules of Just War, the Conventions of War, Common Sense, and the Spirit of America. An order to deploy conveys this intent to the Commanding Officer: win this war / battle in a timely manner or do not come back alive.

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What we need today are Uttama-purushulu (noble, high-minded men and women). Nations will be prosperous only when there are such persons with noble minds and hearts. Such persons will emerge in society only when there’s purity of mind and morality in society. Only a society with a moral foundation can foster such noble persons. Spirituality is the means for redemption. Morality and integrity are based upon spiritual consciousness. Spirituality alone will take man to the sacred path leading to his destiny. Spirituality alone can elevate man and raise him to higher levels. It’s the means to real national progress and prosperity. World peace can be secured only through spirituality. It‘s the means for the redemption of mankind. Forgetting spirituality, man is leading an artificial life based on worldly pleasures. Education should be used for promoting the nation’s welfare. Knowledge gained through education should be used selflessly for promoting the welfare of humanity.

• Sathya Sai Baba – Divine Discourse, November 22, 1992 /  Daily Email, Sai Inspires: Subscription

Donald Trump won the 2020 election for POTUS going away. He is POTUS until 20 January 2025 and presently in exile. That is the truth. Just stick to it and all will be well.

“Just realize they took the two most pathetic candidates in the history of the Democratic Party: a vice president who didn’t even win a primary in her own state; and a demented pervert, among other things, who can’t even tie his own shoelaces or know where he is. And they crammed them up our nose with a fork of fraud so blatant that it is visible around the world.” Sidney Powell, April 2021

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