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I didn't plan to fall in love with this one, but alas, she had other plans.
Now she's gone to heaven and our hearts are heavy with (an irrational amount of) hurt.
Have been debating making this public, but she was a good dog. Like every other sane dog parent, I can unequivocally say she was the best dog, and she deserves the mention.
I know she's in heaven with our Paddy boy- who left us 4 yrs ago.
Knowing Bella she's at the front gate with Saint Peter, standing unflinching like a statue, guarding,
only glancing up once and a while with her giant deep amber eyes, just to let the angels know she won't get tired and she won't shirk her responsibility.
Bella was fierce, serious, loyal, uncompromising, meticulously tidy, fearless, relentless, gorgeous & composed.
A champion KerryBlue Terrier showdog who needed to be adopted from owners who could not care for her - I brought her home in 2011, pretending it was just for a few days, and she stayed 14 years.
Thinking a lot about why this hurts so much.
Am I indulging?
Is this nothing compared to many who die tragically every day?
Is this inappropriate to feel so heartbroken for a dog?
Frankly, yes to all three of those questions.
But there are reasons why we can't help grieving the loss of a dog or a horse or any creature that lives with us, works with us, comforts us.
They are:
Unfaltering loyalty.
Unconditional True love
Zero judgement, even of our worst days, and zero questioning of how poorly we may have handled those bad days.
They don't betray us-ever.
No contempt.
Their souls are clean.
Always instant forgiveness.
&
Always pure joy when they see you (whether you have been away a week, a day, or 5 minutes)
We can't match these things with most humans in our lives-so we grieve when our animals have to leave 😔
ALSO
We have to all try to be kinder and more gracious to our family, our neighbours & even strangers.
These creatures surely await us in heaven.
They have earned it -
even if we haven't.
"Miselu Aughrim Bella"
Date of Birth: 14 March, 2011
Heaven: 16 Dec, 2024
Breeder: Patrick & Mary Donnelly
Sire: Miselu Crusar Fenton
Dam: Maple Leaf (GBR)
N.B. Like marriage, dogs take a lot of work, a lot of money, a lifetime commitment, and a lot of heartache, so please be aware before you get one - they aren't a toy.
"Twinkle Twinkle little Bella,
she's the dog that Nick called
Stella"
💔🙏
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Saint Elizabeth Of The Trinity
Patron Saint of: Spiritual retreats, contemplatives, and Carmelites
Feast Day: November 8
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) was born on July 18, 1880 in Cher, France. Her father died when she was only 7 years old, and her family moved to Dijon, France. Very close to her house was a Carmelite monastery, and she greatly desired to enter the religious life. At 17 years old she visited the monastery, and while there, the mother superior gave her a newly published letter about Therese of Lisieux, who had just recently passed away. As a result, Elizabeth was greatly inspired in her contemplative life. She continued working with the sick and teaching catechism to the youth until she was allowed to enter the monastery at the age of 21. She lived a life of prayer and sacrifice, suffering greatly from sickness. She died on November 9, 1906 and was canonized by Pope Francis on October 16, 2016.
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Luca della Robbia 1399 1481 Visitazione Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas Pistoia 3 immagini
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Saint Leonard Of Noblac Limonges
Patron Saint of: Prisoners, captives, and childbirth
Feast Day: November 6
Saint Leonard of Noblac (d. 559 A.D.) also known as St. Leonard of Limoges, was a French nobleman in the court of Clovis I, King of France. He was converted to the Christian faith, along with the King, by St. Remigius, Bishop of Rheims. After his conversion he abandoned his worldly pursuits, left the royal court, and followed St. Remigius as a disciple. He obtained special permission from the king to release any prisoners whom he deemed worthy of pardon. He declined an offer of a bishopric and entered the monastery at Orleans to live a life of prayer and penance. Desiring greater solitude and penance than what the monastery allowed, he withdrew into a forest to live as a hermit. He built a small cell and lived on herbs and fruits. He soon attracted followers who joined him in his ascetic life. In thanksgiving for his prayers that the Queen of France would safely deliver her child, St. Leonard was given a large tract of royal land in Noblac. There the saint built an abbey where he served as abbot until his death. A village grew around the abbey that still exists today, named Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. Numerous shrines are dedicated to St. Leonard across Europe, and thousands of miracles are credited to his intercession. He is the patron saint of prisoners and women in labor. His feast day is November 6th.
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All Dominican Saints
Patron Saint of: Preachers, theologians, and Dominican vocations
Feast Day: November 7
November 7th is the Feast of All Saints of the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans. Founded by a Spaniard, St. Dominic de Guzman, in France in the early 13th century, the order has 14 canonized saints and 215 beatified among its mendicant friars, cloistered nuns, active sisters, lay members, and fraternities. The special charism of the Dominican order is to study and preach for the salvation of souls. Over the centuries, the unnamed Dominican martyrs are counted in the tens of thousands, including many among the Martyrs of Nagasaki and the Martyrs of Vietnam. Some of the most famous Dominican saints include St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Rose of Lima, St. Martin de Porres, Pope St. Pius V, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Hyacinth, St. Louis de Montfort, St. Albert the Great, St. Louis Bertrand, St. Catherine de Ricci, St. Margaret of Hungary, St. Peter Martyr, and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.
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Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! teapawt.org/i/spaces/1BlLJLzAqQPmo…
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The Romans built a 43 meter dome that should collapse but 2,000 years later, it's still standing.
And it has no steel.
They pulled it off because they made concrete lighter.
The concrete at the bottom is heavy and dense. And as the masons built higher they mixed in lighter and lighter stone until at the very top they were using pumice.
The dome also gets thinner as it rises, and those coffered squares carved inside took out tons of extra material.
The oculus in the center is the whole trick. It's open sky where the heaviest stone should be.
Inside you're standing inside a sphere. Same distance from floor to oculus as wall to wall.
Hadrian's architects figured it out without anything we consider essential today and the result is still standing while so much of what we build falls apart in fifty years.
Are we really that advanced?
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo al Ponte San Gimignano 1240
Affresco Cenni di Francesco di ser Cenni 1413
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The first Friday of November
THE NINE FIRST FRIDAYS DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
This devotion is based upon one of the twelve promises made by Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary: “I promise thee, in the excess of the mercy of My Heart, that Its all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Communion on the First Friday of every month, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence, and that they shall not die under My displeasure, nor without receiving the Sacraments, and My Heart shall be their secure refuge at that last hour.”
"Come, #HolySpirit , fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray.
O God, who have taught the hearts of the faithful
by the light of the Holy Spirit,
grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise
and ever rejoice in his consolation.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen "
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From November 5th to November 11th, we honour Canada’s veterans.
The freedoms we enjoy today came at a price.
Wear a poppy, attend a Remembrance Day observance, visit a Legion and let our veterans know that we are better off as a country thanks to their selfless sacrifice.
#cdnpoli #veteransweek #remembranceday
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From today & it’s 5 minutes worth watching.
“Are Canadian children guinea pigs for the COVID-19 vaccine?"
The media buried a Provincial report that had recommended to halt COVID-19 vaccines without full disclosure & end them for healthy children and teens.
Shawn Buckley reads out the long list of countries that don't vaccinate healthy kids or teens anymore with this product and they are calling on Health Canada and every other province to explain why Canada still does
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Saint Elizabeth Of The Visitation
Patron Saint of: Expectant mothers and couples struggling with infertility
Feast Day: November 5
Saint Elizabeth of the Visitation (1st c.) was the wife of Zachary (Zechariah), a temple priest, and the cousin and close companion of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the one whom Our Lady visited in haste after the Annunciation. The Angel Gabriel had told Mary that Elizabeth was expecting a miraculous child in her old age. Upon hearing Mary, who was then carrying the Son of God in her womb, Elizabeth's unborn child leaped in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit. It was with Elizabeth that Mary first shared the joy of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. St. Elizabeth gave birth to St. John the Baptist, the prophet who prepared the way for Jesus' ministry. St. Elizabeth is described in the Gospel of Luke as “righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments of the Lord blamelessly.” St. Elizabeth shares a feast day with her husband, Zachary, on November 5th.
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One moment he was supporting two young cadets selling poppies, the next he was transported to hospital with life-altering injuries.
In a matter of moments, this family's entire world changed.
He is now facing a long and uncertain road ahead, including spinal surgery, an extended hospital stay and what will undoubtedly be an incredibly challenging recovery.
I don’t generally share these, but for this one I am morally compelled to … 🇨🇦😞
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