--God's Friday--

--Good Friday, Friday immediately preceding Easter, celebrated by Christians as the anniversary of Christ’s crucifixion. The name “Good Friday” is generally believed to be a corruption of “God’s Friday”. Since the time of the early Church, the day has been dedicated to penance, fasting, and prayer.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Good Friday liturgy is composed of three distinct parts: readings and prayers, including the reading of the Passion according to St John; the veneration of the cross; and a general communion service (formerly called the Mass of the Pre-sanctified), involving the reception of pre-consecrated hosts by the priest and faithful.

From the 16th century onward, the Good Friday service took place in the morning; in 1955 Pope Pius XII decreed that it be held in the afternoon or evening. As a result, such traditional afternoon devotions as the Tre Ore (Italian, “three hours”), consisting of sermons, meditations, and prayers centring on the three-hour agony of Christ on the cross, were almost entirely discontinued in the Roman Catholic Church.

Good Friday is a legal holiday in many Christian countries.

--Award Winning Parenting--

--BIG Money--

Big money goes around the world

Big money underground

Big money got a mighty voice

Big money make no sound

Big money pull a million strings

Big money hold the prize

Big money weave a mighty web

Big money draw the flies

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Sometimes pushing people around

Sometimes pulling out the rug

Sometimes pushing all the buttons

Sometimes pulling out the plug

It’s the power and the glory

It’s a war in paradise

It’s a cinderella story

On a tumble of the dice

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Big money goes around the world

Big money take a cruise

Big money leave a mighty wake

Big money leave a bruise

Big money make a million dreams

Big money spin big deals

Big money make a mighty head

Big money spin big wheels

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Sometimes building ivory towers

Sometimes knocking castles down

Sometimes building you a stairway --

Lock you underground

It’s that old-time religion

It’s the kingdom they would rule

It’s the fool on television

Getting paid to play the fool

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Big money goes around the world

Big money give and take

Big money done a power of good

Big money make mistakes

Big money got a heavy hand

Big money take control

Big money got a mean streak

Big money got no soul.......

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-Words by Neil Peart

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-http://www.poemhunter.com/song/the-big-money/

--Beautiful March '08 Japan--

桜 – Hana

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How happy, spring has come over the Sumida*,

Rowing up, rowing down in the warm sunbeams,

Drops from the boatmen’s oars look like cherry blooms,

How can I describe for you the view o’er the streams?

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Lo, see the cherry trees that stand in the morning mist,

I hear them speak to me in a tender tone,

In the eve I love to see the waving willows,

They stretch their hands to me strolling alone.

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Oh, see the hazy moon rising o’er the banks,

Rows of cherry trees standing o’er the stream,

How I love the cherry blossoms in the moonlight!

How can I describe for you the night like in a dream?

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*The Sumida River, which runs along the banks of Tokyo

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-Lisa

-http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=240

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--Fire Rainbow--

--日落--

It is so peaceful at sunset,

They show all dreams to be met

In it, memories are also held

There in your heart, your fears are quelled

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As the sun dips low in the sky

It reminds you of all those times you flew high

And with those memories of soaring above,

You have the hope and strength to find your love

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Because at that sunset you find peace

There, is where your fears all cease

For dreams you find your strength to fly

There, in that sunset sky.

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~~By Margaret Everard~~

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-http://poemhunter.com/poem/sunset-28/

--Married or Stay Single ?--

--Got a mail from an old friend title "How Do You Decide Whom to Marry, Or Not to Marry"

And below is the answer from a nine (9) year old child.

-Question : IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?

-Answer from the Child : It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9

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"Even a nine years old little girl understand We guys"

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