FReeper Canteen ~ The Legend of Saint Barbara, Patron Saint of the Artillery ~ Dec 4 2005

army.mil ^ | Order of Saint Barbara

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

AMEN

[GOPJ]

Ummmm, yummmmy....

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hi Ronnie. Merry Christmas. Are you all decorated. IF I remember that is a joy of yours at Christmas.

[Kolokotronis]

She's a fine, brave patron saint!

Apolytikion: Fourth Tone

Let us honor the holy Barbara for, with the aid of the Cross as her weapon, she crushed the snares of the enemy, and was rescued from them like a bird.

Kontakion: Fourth Tone

O noble Champion, following God who is reverently praised in Trinity, you abandoned the temples of idols. Struggling amid suffering, O Barbara, you were not overwhelmed by the threats of the tyrants, O brave One, even singing aloud, "I worship the Trinity, the one Godhead."

[Gucho]

Thank you for posting.

[300winmag]

She is also considered the Patron Saintess of the Aviation ordnanaceman...

She's also patron saint of gunsmiths and armorers, taking on protecting related skills. I've said many a quick prayer after some tiny spring launched itself into the void, or some small component fell on the floor, headed for parts unknown.

I also ask for her help when starting work on our Hobbit Hole knives that we send out to the troops. They're not really weapons, but sometimes cold steel can bring as much a feeling of warmth and safety as watching what a brigade-level TOT does to some orcs.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Merry Christmas back at ya, DBR.

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(Christmas Lights Photo)

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[txradioguy]

Good morning everyone.

Merry Christmas!

[AZamericonnie]

Good morning Tx! How's the new roommate? Kitty doing better? Hope the snow has stopped your way!

[txradioguy]

Snow has stopped...room mate woke me up at 6am and informed me he was leaving.

[LiteKeeper]

Field Artillery - the King of Battle

Infantry - the Queen of Battle

Proud Member of the Order of St Barbara

Litekeeper
US Army, retired

[Diva Betsy Ross]

That is a great photo Ronnie.

[The Mayor]

December 4, 2005

Touched At Christmas

Read:
Matthew 18:1-7;, 19:13-15

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me." —Matthew 19:14

Bible In One Year: Acts 20:3-22:30

In the past I've been annoyed by crowded church services during the Christmas season. I disliked the jam-packed pews and the hard-to-find parking places. I've even grumbled after being shunted to an overflow room when the sanctuary had filled long before the service began. Why don't these people who come once a year just stay home? I thought.

My attitude seemed to mirror that of the disciples, who scolded those who brought children to Jesus for His blessing (Matthew 19:13). Whatever the reasons, the disciples must have thought they had no right to be there. But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven" (v.14).

I finally came to realize that it's a good thing whenever a person is drawn to a gathering that celebrates Jesus' birth. Whether it's a children's program, a candlelight service, or a concert by the choir, we never know when someone will encounter Christ the Lord. Broadcast journalist Harry Reasoner once said: "So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take."

Christmas seems to bring out the child in all of us. And every child is welcomed by Jesus. —David McCasland

Give me a heart sympathetic and tender;
Jesus, like Thine, Jesus, like Thine,
Touched by the needs that are surging around me,
And filled with compassion divine. —Anon.

Nothing moves us like a touch from Jesus.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
10 Reasons To Believe God Offers The Perfect Gift

[AnAmericanMother]

St. Barbara is also the patroness of fireworks makers.

We REGULARLY asked for her intercession long before we were Catholic!

[Dan Lacey]

Saw someone had posted my 'pledge' toon-thought you might enjoy this one as well. Chaplain Catodanno, named after Chaplain Vincent Capodanno.
God bless.

[laurenmarlowe]

Photo by Spc. Teddy Wade
December 2, 2005

Sgt. Maj. Tony Smith, from 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, crosses a rooftop to another house during a raid in the Zafraniyah District of Baghdad.

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
December 1, 2005

Spc. Ted Trenary and Pfc. Kevin Tirserio (right), from the 101st Airborne Division, prepare to launch the Raven unmanned aerial vehicle at Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq. The Raven is being used to hunt for roadside bombs.

[Radix]

 

Pakistani tribesmen are seen on Thursday displaying a piece of a U.S. made laser guided missile, found in the debris of a house which was destroyed after alleged American Predator aircraft, which flew from bordering Afghanistan, fired on the house, killing five people including a senior al-Qaida commander identified as Abu Hamza Rabia.

 

Uncle Sam delivered a few early Christmas gifts to al-Qaida this year, and some of kids felt a bit left out.

 

 

Staff Sergeant Jason Garrison of the 300th Military Police Company kisses his two-year-old daughter, Isabella, while holding his five-month-old baby Audrey, after a deployment ceremony at Fort Riley, Kan., on Monday. This is the company’s second rotation to Iraq.

 

Meanwhile, in Kansas the certain kids are not weeping about their early Christmas present.

 

 

Staff Sgt. Ed Vaillancourt of Denmark, Maine, assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., passes out socks during an Adopt-A-Village visit in Parwan province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 23. Airmen from nearby Bagram Air Base distributed more than 1,000 pounds of supplies to the local village.

 

Christmas stockings are being hung in more Afghanistan households this year than ever before.

 

 

Senior Airman Kenneth Graham, a truck commander with the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, talks with Iraqi police during an area security operation at Camp Bucca, Iraq, on Tuesday. More than 750 airmen are deployed to the area to provide security for convoys, the base and internment facility.

 

Oh look, the Air Force has finally modified the issued gloves.

 

Sorry, inside Army joke Canteen gals.

 

 

Army Pfc. Crystal Jiminez of the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team gives a snack to a shy Iraqi child in Haswah on Tuesday.

 

Amnesty International has charged that the US military is proactively causing tooth decay in unspecting Iraqi children.

 

 

President Bush greets midshipmen after speaking about the war on terror at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday. Bush said it's still uncertain when U.S. forces can be withdrawn.

 

Curiously, the polls comparing President Bush to his immediate oval office predecessor  have not ever included a single time the opinion of a Navy midshipman!

 

 

 

Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, center, arrives for a ceremony to restore Iraqi border security Qusaybah, Iraq, on Wednesday.

 

On the General's immediate left you can see an aide carrying a large quantity of Democrat Party integrity.

 

 

Sgt. Mark Dymond of the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery, Michigan Army National Guard, embraces his and his wife, Karen on Thursday in Lansing, Mich. Following a one year tour of duty in Iraq, 149 soldiers from the Lansing-based unit returned home.

 

Just another day at the office for our Troops.

[SevenofNine]

Well according to SUnday UK papers it is LOL!!


Well report from Sunday UK Times doner that donate face of facial transplant may have comitted suicide it was ffamily of woman who committed suicide who donate the mug

Also Sunday UK Telegraph report are you read for news channel thee is report that Richard Branson of Virgin airlines want start big media company that could rival Rupert Murdoch news corp in the UK and want make news channel here in Good ole USA

Guess who want head of it

Saddam little b***h Peter Arnett you remember Ole PEter

Also another report off Sunday UK Times also report that you hear about Condi Rice run smack chat on EU on don't get into our business about detaines now Germany taking US too woodshed if turn out be true that US troops are put Al Quada suspects on US Bases in Germany to be hold without nobody know it about it

Angie Merkal threated kick us out of her country

HASTA Freudlan Chancellor

[SevenofNine]

Check this out remember I kept telling you that Rummy has kinfolks in Germany that goes back in da day apparenlty family line that gave us Rumsfeld every year has family reunion according to Sunday UK Telegraph well apparenlty bunch of them don't want Rummy come to Germany next summer if he does he violate restraining order throw his Chicago butt in jail

Don't worry Rummy Freepers can adopt you LOL!

[SevenofNine]

Well another report off Tass news wire China has close off one border town near Chinese and Russia border because of fear of another toxic spill in one of the chemical plants

Also another report off Interfax wire report Kardiation going to polls to elect new leader

Also another report off Sunday UK Times is report that Russia is saying they only send defensive nukes to Iran

What to attack Israel VLAD??????