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Offline Soubirous

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Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
« Reply #120 on: April 06, 2024, 04:25:07 PM »
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  • Pretty interesting; it's nice to hear some Catholic context about the eclipse. My coworkers are mostly trying to line up the timing to US-only events, such as grid takeover, alien reveals, and protestant eisegesis of the rapture, as if we are the center of the world, haha. We're located in the path of totality, so the local news has been hyping up the event.

    Tank up the car, fill/refresh the water gallons, etc. Brace for any civic chaos (swarming crowds doing dumb stuff) and opportunistic malice (both the petty criminal sort and the more "coordinated" disruptions, should it come to that). Stay clear of the hordes. Good grief, the electronic highway signs in NY are telling people to take mass transit to see the eclipse, yeah, let's get huge numbers of people trapped in trains and buses! And as if the Buffalo or Rochester Amtrak & Greyhound stations are optimal places to witness potential disaster. :clown::facepalm::fryingpan:

    Re the Catholic part, get confessed tomorrow, bookmark the Litany of Loreto (or other preferred and fitting Marian devotion) for Monday, and in 48 hours it'll be done with in whatever manner it's done with.
    Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things pass away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices. - St. Teresa of Jesus

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #121 on: April 06, 2024, 05:30:42 PM »
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  • Tank up the car, fill/refresh the water gallons, etc. Brace for any civic chaos (swarming crowds doing dumb stuff) and opportunistic malice (both the petty criminal sort and the more "coordinated" disruptions, should it come to that). Stay clear of the hordes. Good grief, the electronic highway signs in NY are telling people to take mass transit to see the eclipse, yeah, let's get huge numbers of people trapped in trains and buses! And as if the Buffalo or Rochester Amtrak & Greyhound stations are optimal places to witness potential disaster. :clown::facepalm::fryingpan:

    Re the Catholic part, get confessed tomorrow, bookmark the Litany of Loreto (or other preferred and fitting Marian devotion) for Monday, and in 48 hours it'll be done with in whatever manner it's done with.

    Done all that, even the confession part (I always go on the first Saturday of the month anyway).  Didn't think of the Litany of Loreto.

    This is all probably nothing, but it never hurts to put one's household on a "state of heightened alert" once in awhile, just as a drill.  Right now I'm freezing some of my stored water bottles, to have a lot of ice to keep the freezer cool (I have two) if power would be interrupted.  Grilled chicken and pork chops on the patio would be a great way to celebrate the world finally being put right.

    And one other thing I thought of, if the 3DOD ever does occur, whenever that happens, you could always spray-paint over your windows to keep the light out.  In an apocalypse, having messy windows would be the last of one's worries.

    (And not to TMI, but we just happen to have not one, but two, portable toilets, from when my mother was sick and disabled.  So there's one more problem solved.  For those who would dismiss such considerations, try "holding it" for 72 hours, and let us all know how that goes.  No pun intended.)


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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #122 on: April 06, 2024, 10:32:21 PM »
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  • I don't know if that has already been mentioned, but what if another miracle happens like Miracle of Sun where the sun is blocked out by the moon longer than predicted for a considerable amount of time? Perhaps this will not happen, but it is a possibility with God if He so sees it in His will to do so. Perhaps even for three days of darkness? Maybe not still. 
    "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis; sed nomini tuo da gloriam..." (Ps. 113:9)

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #123 on: April 06, 2024, 10:33:33 PM »
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  • The sun can represent Our Lord, the moon Our Lady, and the comet the devil. Our Lord and Our Lady crush the head of the serpent, the devil. 
    "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis; sed nomini tuo da gloriam..." (Ps. 113:9)

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #124 on: April 07, 2024, 11:53:49 AM »
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  • I don't know if that has already been mentioned, but what if another miracle happens like Miracle of Sun where the sun is blocked out by the moon longer than predicted for a considerable amount of time? Perhaps this will not happen, but it is a possibility with God if He so sees it in His will to do so. Perhaps even for three days of darkness? Maybe not still.

    I was actually joking this morning about what would happen if there's no eclipse.  :laugh1:

    Or if goes off course and the people who travelled long distances miss out on it.


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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #125 on: April 07, 2024, 12:46:41 PM »
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  • I was actually joking this morning about what would happen if there's no eclipse.  :laugh1:

    Or if goes off course and the people who travelled long distances miss out on it.
    But I thought the scientific models were supposed to be so accurate, that they could pinpoint with fine precision what the path of the eclipse is going to be.  Got to wonder what’s up with that.

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #126 on: April 08, 2024, 01:30:19 PM »
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  • And it is happening here in VT.  😎

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #127 on: April 08, 2024, 02:35:47 PM »
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  • That was VERY cool.


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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #128 on: April 08, 2024, 02:42:06 PM »
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  • Wow - almost as dark as nighttime. 


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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #129 on: April 08, 2024, 02:44:45 PM »
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  • I got this during totality with my Nikon P1000 in Northeast Ohio.


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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #130 on: April 08, 2024, 02:46:44 PM »
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  • We noticed a red dot just left of center bottom and zoomed in on it.  It stayed exactly the same shape the entire time (we have several pictures of it).  Not sure what that was.



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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #131 on: April 08, 2024, 02:46:44 PM »
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  • Some photos 

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #132 on: April 08, 2024, 02:49:25 PM »
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  • We missed out here, due to it being completely overcast.

    I went outside the whole time, things got *slightly* interesting at 99% totality, but it was just like the annular eclipse last Fall. It got much darker -- but that was it. A completely cloudy sky.

    The birds starting singing (many different species) as it rounded the corner and started getting light again. Like I said: it was cool, but we really had the worst luck with the weather. 

    Maybe next time. Oh wait -- won't be alive for it. Oh well.
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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #133 on: April 08, 2024, 02:57:58 PM »
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  • "But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

    The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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    Re: Our Lady and the Solar Eclipse April 8th
    « Reply #134 on: April 08, 2024, 03:03:15 PM »
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  • We noticed a red dot just left of center bottom and zoomed in on it.  It stayed exactly the same shape the entire time (we have several pictures of it).  Not sure what that was.


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