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  1. Quote of the day, 8 May: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

    “Virgo fidelis”: that is, Faithful Virgin, “who kept all these things in her heart.” [Lk. 2:19] She remained so little, so recollected in God’s presence, in the seclusion of the temple, that she drew down upon herself the delight of the Holy Trinity: “Because He has looked upon the lowliness of His servant, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed!” [Lk. 1:48]

    The Father, bending down to this beautiful creature, who was so unaware of her own beauty, willed that she be the Mother in time of Him whose Father He is in eternity.

    Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

    Heaven in Faith, 39

    Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (detail), Pierre Mignard (French, 1612–1695), oil on canvas, 1635. Image credit: Private collection / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

    #beauty #blessed #BlessedTrinity #BlessedVirginMary #creator #creature #eternity #faithful #generations #God #heart #HeavenlyFather #HolyTrinity #littleness #lowliness #MotherOfGod #motherhood #prayer #presence #recollection #secluded #seclusion #secret #servant #solitude #StElizabethOfTheTrinity #temple #virgin #VirginMary #VirgoFidelis
  2. ‘On 22 April, #Lufthansa announced that it was cutting 20,000 flights. By last weekend, #Spirit airlines had gone bust, #Virgin had announced that it couldn’t absorb higher fuel costs and would have to increase fares, and #IAG, which owns #BritishAirways announced that it was also “making some pricing adjustments”. #easyJet has launched a “book with confidence” policy, guaranteeing no price increases after the fact, which is itself unnerving.’

    The last sentence shows capitalism is dying.

  3. Dass FRA-DXB von den mitteleuropäischen Carriern gerade noch mit Narrowbodies angeflogen wird, dürfte der aktuellen Situation vermutlich auch nicht gerade zuträglich sein.

    #BritishAirways #BA, #Virgin #VS und Co könnten, rein theoretisch, ihre #LHR - #DXB bzw. #LHR - #DOH Flüge nach #MCT schicken um zusätzliche Kapazitäten bereitzustellen, da sie so oder so mit nem Widebody durchgeführt werden. - Ist halt wieder die berühmte Frage ob Versicherungen und Lessoren da mitspielen. Dass beide #MCT normalerweise nicht anfliegen, macht die Sache auch nicht unbedingt einfacher.

  4. "I Don't Wanna Fight" is a song by American singer and actress #TinaTurner, released in April 1993 through #Virgin and #ParlophoneRecords. The track was co-written by British singer #Lulu, her brother Billy Lawrie, and #SteveDuBerry. The song was first offered to singer #Sade, who sent it on to Turner. Turner recorded it in 1993 as part of the soundtrack for her autobiographical film.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Yj3WhcGoSA4

  5. Japan, Japan, 1982 on Epic

    Compilation album released (in the US) on Epic in 1982, bringing together most of Tin Drum plus some from Gentlemen Take Polaroids. (Neither of those was formally released in the US until 1994). I’ve got a UK Tin Drum but still looking for a good vinyl copy of Gentlemen.

    One the best underrated bands of the era – though I feel like now people have come to understand how wonderful they are. David Sulvian in particular is just a master.

    My copy—via the Worcester Record Riot—is a Terre Haute pressing.

    #1980s #1982 #davidSylvian #epic #japan #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #virgin #worcesterMa #worcesterRecordRiot

  6. Wife: Honey, please wake up our son.

    Husband: I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning.

    hermetic.com/crowley/libers/li

    #meme #HoneyPleaseWakeUpOurSon #thelema #faith #corpse #doubt #virgin

  7. "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" is a song written by #JimSteinman, and recorded by American rock singer #MeatLoaf featuring #LorraineCrosby. The song was released in August 1993 by #MCA and #Virgin as the first single from the singer's sixth album, #BatOutOfHellIIBackIntoHell (1993). The last six verses feature Crosby, who was credited only as "Mrs. Loud" in the album notes. She does not appear in the accompanying music video, directed by #MichaelBay.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8mDWI84FlEg

  8. #Qantas, #Virgin, #Netflix and #Canva among 1,200 major companies that paid no income #tax in #Australia in 2022-23. ATO finds 31% of large #businesses reported nil tax paid as many companies deducted losses and used #offsets to dial their bills down to #zero: theguardian.com/australia-news

  9. I had internalized #aphobia.

    For years I've bought into society's notions of #sex being "important" in life.

    There's the "sad #virgin" trope from TV that screwed me up. The idea is, if you're adult, and never had sex, you FAILED. 🙁

    I never had sex, and I thought I was failing. But then I realized, I never truly needed sex to begin with. 🤯

    #Aphobia prevented me from finding my true self. 😡

    I am forever grateful for the #asexual community for their support. 😃

    4/7
    #IDAHOBITA #IDAHOBIT

  10. A lot of chat amongst the #cruise community today as #VirginVoyages have announced there will be more sailings out of #Portsmouth again next year, which is handy for us as we can walk to the port in ten minutes. As ever, price and itinerary will be king here, but we've cruised with Virgin twice already and enjoyed them both for what they did differently to other cruise lines. We await the specifics with interest.

    #Pompey #Virgin #Travel