For A Worldwide Eucharistic Revolution

Book Title: For A Worldwide Eucharistic Revolution

Author: Liam Ó Comáin

Read the book review of For A Worldwide Eucharistic Revolution written by Liam.The review is by Patrick Hunter and to those who read it, may our eucharistic Creator feed them mystically.

All Saints Day

Introduction to All Saints Day:

All Saints Day, the day on which Catholics celebrate all the saints, known and unknown, is a surprisingly old feast. It arose out of the Christian tradition of celebrating the martyrdom of saints on the anniversary of their martyrdom. When martyrdoms increased during the persecutions of the late Roman Empire, local dioceses instituted a common feast day in order to ensure that all martyrs, known and unknown, were properly honored.

Quick Facts:

• Date: November 1
• Type of Feast: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation (see Is All Saints Day a Holy Day of Obligation? for more details)
• Readings: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a (full text here)
• Prayers: Litany of the Saints
• Other Names for the Feast: All Saints' Day, Feast of All Saints

Toraja Indonesia

Toraja. TCN.com-  Ada sekitar 157 tulisan yang terhimpun di dalamnya dan terpilih 10  pemenang, di antaranya adalah cerita perjalanan di Tanah Toraja yang ditulis oleh Bayu Adi Persada, seorang blogger Kompasiana yang berhasil menjadi pemenang utama kompetisi ini dengan judul tulisan “Perayaan Hidup Kedua di Toraja“.

Berikut perjalanan Bayu Adi Persada di tanah Toraja yang juga dipublikasikan di Kompasiana.com.

TIBA-TIBA ada suara ribut-ribut di halaman upacara. Orang-orang berteriak keras. Saya tersentak lalu beranjak mencari tahu apa yang terjadi. Saya semakin terkejut melihat seekor babi berlari tak tentu arah. Ternyata, babi yang akan dikorbankan terlepas dari ikatan di sebatang bambu. Dengan badan berdarah-darah, babi itu mencoba melepaskan diri dari kerumunan orang-orang.

Russia - Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette

Facts and Statistics

Location:  Northern Asia, bordering Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,485 km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Ukraine 1,576 km

Capital:   Moscow

Climate:  ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European
Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Population:  143,782,338 (July 2004 est.)

Ethnic Make-up: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Belarusian
0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1% (1989)

Religions:  Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other

Government:   federation

The Russian Language

Of Russia's estimated 150m population, it is thought that over 81% speak the official language of Russian as their first and only language. Most speakers of a minority language are also bilingual speakers of Russian. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today, the most popular of which is Tartar, spoken by more than 3% of the country's population. Other minority languages include Ukrainian, Chuvash, Bashir, Mordvin and Chechen. Although few of these populations make up even 1% of the Russian population, these languages are prominent in key regional areas.

Why not learn some useful Russian phrases?

Nelson Mandela Biografi

The life of Nelson Mandela is without a doubt a fascinating one. Fewer men in history have done so much in the name of equality, freedom and peace. Nearly every nation in the world is interested in the biography of Nelson Mandela. The Nelson Mandela biography is sought everywhere. This is a man who transcends all languages. His biography exists virtually everywhere and in every language. He was, and is, a powerful and peaceful man. So where does the Nelson Mandela story begin?

In the small village of Mvezo , in the Transkien territories of South Africa, the Nelson Mandela bio began on July 18, 1918. He was not born with the name Nelson, but with his African name Rolihlahla , which literally means –pulling the branch of a tree, or in it's colloquial sense 'troublemaker' ( It seems Rohlihlahla Nelson Mandela certainly lived up to his given name, but in the best of ways).