Three things today:

One:

I found a link to the following story on desultory

Sultan said that foreigners have been allowed to worship freely in their homes since they began arriving in Saudi Arabia in 1951 but permitting a church in the country "would affect Islam and all Muslims."

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"Those who talked (about churches in Saudi Arabia) are church people and they are, unfortunately, fanatics," Sultan said, according to Monday's Okaz daily newspaper. "We are not against religions at all ... but there are no churches — not in the past, the present or future."

Read the whole story at Yahoo

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Now, it’s not like the Sultan will ever read this, but here’s the truth of it. Church isn’t buildings, it’s believers, and all those foreigners meeting in homes all over Saudi Arabia, well, they’re churches. Surprise!

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Two:

Monday is St. Patrick’s Day, and just in case you think it’s all about shamrocks and green beer, check out St. Patrick’s Breastplate


Here’s a short excerpt:

I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
By Whom all nature hath creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.

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Three:

Today’s beauty discovery... desert in bloom, from the California Bureau of Land Management