Tag: Holidays

• Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming

  Lo, how a rose e’er blooming, From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming, As men of old have sung; It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night.   Isaiah ‘twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind, With Mary we behold it, The Virgin…

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  23 Dec 2015

  Blogging, Christmas, HOLIDAYS, Motivational Verse

  Christmas, Christmas Legends, Holidays, Inspirational

• DECK THE HALLS the simple and inexpensive way

      “Deck the halls with boughs of holly” sums up the mood in every household everywhere for the next few weeks. Decorating for the holidays sometimes can be so daunting, time consuming and worst of all expensive. It should not be that way. I used to live in a century-old Victorian house and for…

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  6 Dec 2015

  Author’s Life, Blogging, Christmas, Decorating for the Holidays, HOLIDAYS

  Christmas, Decorating for the Holidays, Decorating Tips, Holidays

• TIPS ON BECOMING A BETTER WRITER – DAY 26

  Today being Thanksgiving Day, the tip today is Be Thankful. Here is a lovely prayer for your Thanksgiving meal. Thanksgiving Blessing   Bountiful God, You have blessed us in many ways, In the beauty and richness of our land, And in the freedom we enjoy. You have given us even greater gifts In our family who…

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  26 Nov 2015

  Author’s Life, HOLIDAYS, Inspirational, Motivational Verse, Positive Thinking, Writer’s Goal

  Daily inspiration, Food for thought, Holidays, Motivational Verse, Positive Thinking

• FOURTH OF JULY – A Rose to Celebrate our Independence

  Striped Red and White Rose Parentage: R. ‘Roller Coaster’ x R. ‘Altissimo’. Fourth of July is a special day for our country. We celebrate our freedom that we cherish and that our veterans fought and died heroically and some are still fighting to preserve what we enjoy today. Won’t it be nice to honor our…

  SCLMRose

  4 Jul 2014

  HOLIDAYS, Roses

  Fourth of July, Holidays, Roses

• Holy Week in the Philippines

  When I was growing up in the Philippines, during Cuaresma (Holy Week), from Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) to Pasko ng Pagkabuhay (Easter Sunday), Catholic rites in the Philippines were infused with special fervor. It was a time for street pageantry and spiritual cleansing with processions, flagellantes, and passion plays. On Palm Sunday, the devouts…

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  17 Apr 2014

  HOLIDAYS, Philippine Culture, Philippines Churches, The Philippines

  Holidays, Holy Week, Philippine Customs and Traditions