Happy Saint Peter's Day June 29 #Fortnight4Freedom #trcot

From Lee, Kay, Marshall Lee, Kate Greenaway, and Eugène Grasset. The Illuminated Book of Days. New York: Putnam, 1979. Print. June 29 is Feast Day for St. Peter

According to St. Peter's Fiesta wesbite, it looks like folks in Gloucester, Massachusetts still host both secular and profane activities on the first pope's feast day, carting his statue all over the place, in a "Where's Waldo" fashion:

From "A.D. The Bible Continues", Peter reminds Cornelius that he's just a simple fisherman:

Father Daniel Lord in his children's picture book biography of saints reminds us that Peter was called by Jesus to also be a fisher of men as well as a fisher of fish from  Lord, Daniel A. Miniature Stories of the Saints. Vol. One. New York: W.J. Hirten, 1943. Print.

Reminding followers that Saint Peter started out as a lowly proletarian fisherman goes back at least to Medieval Ages:

It seems Fr. Lord changed the iconography of St. Peter from a Cleves green and white New York Jets fan (from Heritage Uniforms and Jerseys blog)

to a burgundy and gold Washington Redskins fan (again from Heritage Uniforms and Jerseys) :

An article on the travails of tilapia Biblical fisherman  from  Alexander, Pat, and David Alexander. Zondervan Handbook to the Bible. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan House, 1999. Print.

A point of Catholic trivia I never heard of before regarding the number of prayers in the rosary 153 equaling the number of fish Peter caught from John 21:11

"So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn."

Here's a screen save of the tweet since the embed function is working right now for me:

And, snarky snark snark, it would be great if one of those fishes had some drachmas in their mouth to help me pay my taxes :-)

Messianic Rabbi Kirt Schneider quotes 1 Peter 5:8 in his  "Self Deliverance, Unforgiveness, Woundedness, Trauma" sermon:




In case the link breaks, the pertinent quote from 1 Peter 5:8

"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

 Zondervan includes a mosaic of Peter's warning about hungry lions wishing to devour us:

St. Peter bio from Catholic.org explains where all the key business comes from:

"Christ responded by saying: '... you are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church.... He added: 'I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'"

Which is Matthew 16:18-19

"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."

From CatholicCulture.org "Catholic Activity: June 29: Feast of Saint Peter" is, of course, to eat some flounder for the sometimes floundering fisher of men.

Saladinha de Espinafre com Morango acompanhada de Saint Peter com Limão #Fish #seafood #sa… http://t.co/u3v69dbq4F pic.twitter.com/h8dSNazyhm

— mSpawn (@mspawn) June 27, 2015

The Vatican includes a cautionary mosaic by Giovanni Lanfranco on the subject of Peter sinking into the sea after taking his eyes off Jesus, from "Altar of the Navicella" post from stpetersbasilica.info website:

Again, Rabbi Schneider reminds us that keeping your eyes on Jesus to prevent being swamped and overwhelmed by the turmoil of the world is good advice for us, today, just as it was for Peter back in Biblical times:

As a Steeler fan I believe all other teams in AFC North are racist & should lose their copyrights

Cleveland Browns are racist and should change their name to something more inclusive and non-partisan like Rainbow Coalition.

Cincinnati Bengals are culturally insensitive to victims of tiger attacks.

Baltimore Ravens are racist because their mascot looks like the racist crows from Disney's "Dumbo" film.

The crows from dumbo are top 10 most racist Disney characters ever.
— Do-dle (@Tae_Greens) June 24, 2014

Though how they are any more racist than "The Wiz" crows I'm not certain, but that's what the PC police have decreed:



The politicized partisan US Patent office cancelled the Washington DC football team copyright to their name b/c it's allegedly racist which Glenn Beck already debunked:




Hollywood hosts fundraisers for Democrats, so US music industry won't lose copyrights to their racist rap songs.

Breaking News: "Redskins" is deemed offensive by the US Patent Office. No word on if "Niggas in Paris" by Jay-Z will lose it's copyright.
— AdolfJoeBiden™ (@Bidenshairplugs) June 18, 2014

Indeed, the White House will continue promoting "gangsta culture", including Jay Z racist lyrics, and will continue giving Ted O'Baxter something to gripe about, b/c Ted only gets angry if you specifically insult him versus the Constitution or the country:




So, apparently,  the 1st Amendment has an asterisk, you're only allowed free speech if you donate to the correct political party.

@Kegan05 pic.twitter.com/AzQrSQiGbo
— OUCH (@DoninRichmond) June 18, 2014

@DoninRichmond @Kegan05 #Footnote DC Redskins Snyder donated ~ $100K to GOP http://t.co/cWydv7fpeG #tcot #tlot via @DCExaminer
— Bossy Adagio (@adagioforstring) June 19, 2014

Steelers don't have to worry because not only did their owner donate to the Obama campaign he also hosted an Obamacare palooza for "some people live, some people die" death panel Sebelius




From Triblive Oct. 10, 2013 Alex Nixon article "Sebelius visit fails to reassure as health care website glitches persist":

"Since Healthcare.gov's shopping function went live 10 days ago — the start of a six-month open enrollment period — it has been overwhelmed with traffic. That's a fact that the law's supporters have said shows how much demand there is for new health insurance options. Critics have said the problems show the law should be delayed or scrapped."

And, in case you missed it, an Obama crony was responsible for creating the failed obamacare website. Snopes categorizes this rumor as "mainly false" which means that it's actually "mainly true." Snopes admits that an Obama crony, who visited the White House, worked for the company that made the failed crashtastic website but contends that's just a coincidence, unlike George Bush and Halliburton, whose cronyism is listed as half true by politifact Because only Republicans can engage in cronyism since Democrats are as pure as the wind driven snow, according to Democrat media and their "fact checkers".

Partisan abuse of office and media CYA [cover your democrat donkeys] hackery is alive and well in the land of the free and the home of the brave, tho not Braves, because that MLB name is also racist and probably next in the crosshairs because team owner donated to Romney campaign, from David Markiewicz August 22, 2012 article "Braves owner top political donor among sports team bosses":

"The most generous single owner was Gregory Maffei of the Atlanta Braves, who dished $157,500 to Mitt Romney, American Crossroads, Restore Our Future, and the National Republican Congressional Committee.”