Walk In The Light

 

…his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. (Mark 9:3)

In 1831, Nicholas Motovilov wrote of seeing St. Seraphim of Sarov transfigured with divine light. They had been discussing how a person can acquire the grace of the Holy Spirit, but Motovilov was puzzled: 

“I do not understand how I can be certain that I am in the Spirit of God,” he asked. And then, by way of reply, Father Seraphim took him firmly by the shoulders and said, “We are both in the Spirit of God now, my son. Why don’t you look at me?’ Motovilov replied, “I cannot look, Father, because your eyes are flashing like lightning. Your face has become brighter than the sun, and my eyes ache with pain.” Father Seraphim reassured him, “Don't be alarmed, your Godliness! Now you yourself have become as bright as I am. You are now in the fullness of the Spirit of God yourself; otherwise you would not be able to see me as I am.” 

 

The righteous, says Christ, will "shine like the sun."

The divine light which Peter, James and John saw on the holy mountain, on Mount Tabor, the light which belongs to Christ by nature as light from light, as the only begotten Son of the Father, is real and offered to us by grace.

We see it in St. Sarov, Paul saw it on the road to Damascus and it struck him blind. It suffused St. Stephen testifying before the Sanhedrin, “his face was like that of an angel,” and again with Moses who talked with God on Sinai and in the Tent of Meeting, whose face shone with such brightness from the encounter that he had to veil it. Perhaps you have seen it yourself.

To return to the Russian holy man. It's said that he spoke with bears and in particular, Misha:

Two other sisters witnessed such a scene: Fr. Seraphim sat on a log, when suddenly out of the woods came an enormous bear on his hind legs. The nuns were quite startled. The Elder said: “Misha, why are you scaring the orphans? You’d better go and get some sort of consolation, or I won’t have anything to treat them to.” The bear returned in two hours bringing with him a fresh honeycomb, covered with leaves. The elder took the honey, gave him a piece of bread and bade him depart.

 

I love this short story, it speaks of the peace which passes all understanding and the reversal of the Fall, a return to Eden. Strive to walk in the light, in the divine radiance. 

God bless you all,

LSP

BEAR DANCE

 

Bears are remarkable creatures and this Bear Dance wards off evil spirits. I suggest, to the few remotely interested, that we're fighting against and conjuring with something we don't understand. Stay well clear.

That's my advice and I'm sticking to it.

Ursine,

LSP

Bears

 

It's all about bears these days. Their remote ancestors lived in the Eocene, around 50 million years ago and were small doglike creatures. They have a canine look today, though they're notoriously large.

They're tall too, modern bears can stand up to 11 feet high, and for all their size are fast when they want to be, brown bears being fully capable of running at a ferocious 35 mph. No kidding, fast.

 

And they're smart as well as tall, fast and deadly. Experts count our ursine friends as the most intelligent land animals in North America. Annoyingly clever number theorists say they're ahead of the game.

Math aside, don't you think bears have a strangely megafauna, prehistoric appearance? Part dog, part something else and, when standing upright, an almost human aspect. Bears are also adorable, as long as they're not tearing you apart limb from limb.

Make of this short nature parable what you will.

Buy low sell high,

LSP

Valentines Day Round Up

Happy Valentines Day from this small slice of rural Texan paradise, and what a day it's been! 

Don't Cry Luvvie

Hate hoaxer luvvie Jussie Smollet's been found out, allegedly, as just that, a hate hoaxer. Why? Because his character was being written out of the smash hit series Empire. Have you ever even watched Empire? No, neither have I. Two Nigerians are reportedly under investigation.

Deranged

Then there's the Wall, which everyone loves, unless you're a virtue signalling, vote hungry Democrat. Evidently the God Emperor's going to sign a pathetically funded congressional spending bill, then declare a national emergency and build the Wall. 

Pelosi doesn't like this idea, predictably. But question, how much have lawmakers been paid to oppose the Wall? I mean, it's ridiculous to think that US congresspersons would have anything whatsoever to do with the Cartel millions, especially if they're socialists, right?

Demented Millionaire Socialist

Speaking of Democrats, Amazon's pulled plans to build a New York HQ thanks to protests from Ocasio Ten Mill Cortez and other progressively wealthy socialists. It's OK for her, she has a job and a Netflix deal, not so much the 25,000 people who would've been employed by the repellent Bezos.

Who knows, maybe Amazon will relocate to Dallas like everyone else. In the meanwhile, Poor Little Angel McCabe gave an interview on 60 Minutes, describing yet another aspect of the slow-mo coup against Trump. 

Look, it's Weezer! Just kiddin'. Poor Little Angel and his buddy Rod

Little Angel told the world that he authorized an investigation into Trump's "obstruction of justice" and nefarious dealings with the Russians after the God Emperor fired Lyin' Comey, despite no evidence whatsoever. 

Lindsey Graham's calling for Little Angel to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Trump blasted the Angel, Comey, Rosenstein gang on Twitter, and fair play to him. Good luck, lock 'em up.

In other news, Melania looked great in pink today and a Russian town's overrun by bears.

Cheers,

LSP

Rainbow Day!

I'm posting this infographic because I love it.

That is all.

LSP

Russian Town Ruled By Bears

According to the Primorska newspaper, a Russian town of 21,000 people near the border with China, Luchegorsk, is now ruled by two bears, a brown bear and a Himalayan bear. The two large bears wander the streets of their town, forcing scared locals to stay indoors.

A further 36 bears are reportedly circling Luchegorsk, in what one one female resident described as a military operation.

"Our hunters say that they looked at the area from a helicopter - there are crowds of these bears, like army units. My friends told me bears smashed their three yards where they keep bees. We are scared to walk outside. All doors are shut in kindergartens, there are written warnings everywhere walking with kids is allowed only in certain areas."

Some claim that Washington DC is ruled by a bear. That is as absurd as it is preposterous.

Your Pal,

LSP

Labor Day Pistol Shoot

To celebrate Labor Day I went to the range for a pistol shoot. I wanted to get more familiar with the Glock 21 and see how the pistol worked with its new Blackhawk SERPA TECH holster. Would the holster improve my accuracy with the famously smooth shooting piece of Austrian engineering achievement? To find out, I lined up against a 12" steel plate at around 20 yards.

Sure enough, the holster worked, and so did the Glock. Encouraged by the satisfyingly swinging plate, I unloaded a few 13 round magazines of .45 ACP against the pockmarked steel opposition. Big fun, then, on my last but one shot, remember to count your rounds, kids, the pistol fired, the plate swung, and a piece of shrapnel  fired back at me at lightning speed. 

I could see it coming, just, and there it was, a bit of steel embedded in my support hand. I looked down at the offender, holstered my gun, and picked the metal out of my hand, as though it was a bad heretic, getting excommunicated from the Church.

I fired off the rest of my Winchester White Box Value Pack against a paper silhouette. That didn't shoot back, fortunately.

Moral of the story? Be careful shooting against steel plates; I wasn't hurt, but that same bit of steel that found my hand could have chosen an eye, which might have made for a much less happy ending, sunglasses notwithstanding.

Watch out for the bears,

LSP