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Seems like I've been watching Lee for a long time. Lee is turning north, as expected, but will be sending us some bigger waves later in the week.
Below is the SurfGuru.com surf chart for the week. Of course the big news is the higher surf later in the week.
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| Surfguru.com Surf Chart for Sebastian Inlet Area This Week. |
It looks like you can expect a seven- or eight-foot surf by Saturday. This chart is for the Sebastian Inlet area but will be similar for other areas of the Treasure Coast.
The winds are supposed to be southeast today, but the waves are small and northeast, hitting the beaches at nearly ninety degrees today.
At the same area there will be a high tide of nearly three feet today.
You can find the tide chart links at the bottom of the reference list.
There is still a lot of activity in the Atlantic and more areas to keep watching
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| Source: http://www.weather.gov/images//mlb/graphicast/image6.png?84f26809789ef87ef6045d65e1173e4c |
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The Spanish exploration and colonial period provides many interesting stories. The story of St. Francis Solanus is one of those.
St. Francis Solanus (1549-1610)
This Spanish Franciscan priest set out by boat on a missionary to South America. During his long trip to Peru, Fr. Francis used his time to talk to those who’d been enslaved and were considered nothing more than cargo.
While still at sea, however, a terrible storm split the boat in half. The captain and crew abandoned ship. In contrast, Fr. Francis not only refused his place on the lifeboat, but he also stayed behind to set about baptizing the enslaved people.
As well as his seeing to their spiritual needs, Fr. Francis got many to safety and remained with them praying. Their prayers were answered. Incredibly, after three days, they were found and rescued.
Here is the link for more about St. Francis Solanus.
St. Francis Solanus: Missionary to South America | Simply Catholic
And here is the link for information Solanus and three other saints that were shipwrecked or stranded.
4 Saints who survived horrific storms and droughts (aleteia.org)
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Have you ever noticed how you can encounter something you don't understand, and you get the feeling that it is important even if you don't understand why, and you keep running into related content that leads you on, and your interest and understanding keeps increasing?
Maybe you remember my research on the Santeria figure found by Dan K. While looking into that, I encountered the following image that shows Mary and Jesus on a cross.
I also learned of a "Mary on the cross," which I wrote about as follows.
According to at least one source, "Mary on the cross" is a phrase that was used as early as the fourteenth century.
I also read of a Passionist Nun called "Mother Mary Crucified." (Passing of Ven. Mother Mary Crucified, CP — Passionist Nuns ) It appears that the idea of Mary on a cross is not a totally strange idea to Christianity, even though it seems to be very scarce online...
Then I just recently read the following about the Blessed Conchita Cabrera.
Jesus spoke to Conchita directly, explaining the eternal value of the Cross and the communion of suffering. Through the Cross, Conchita was formed in Christ and received the “highest grace of the Mystical Incarnation,” union with Mary, and entrustment of a spiritual motherhood of priests.
Conchita said,
“The only solace I ever received was uniting my suffering to Jesus on the Cross. When I placed my pain next to Christ’s passion, I gained perspective and purpose.” She explained that the Cross is a love story and through Christ’s wounds, ours are healed and that when we suffer, Christ is mystically holding us. “Suffering for sufferings sake is evil (see 1 Corinthians 13:3),” Beckman wrote. “Suffering has meaning and value only when united to Jesus’ cross.” (Source: Christ’s Mystical Messages to Blessed Conchita Shine Light on Our Suffering| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com))
So all of this is coming together for me.
I've been writing a bit about "suffering" but didn't know what I was going to do with it. It didn't seem to fit into this blog, and I didn't expect to be talking about that topic in this blog, but here I am being led right into the topic.
Suffering is the biggest stumbling block for atheists, who question how a good God could allow so much suffering, but the topic of suffering is also a challenge for Christians.
You never know where your research will lead you or the impact it will eventually have upon you.
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As I prepared to publish this post, I just realized this is the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 disaster.
Hmmmm.
A sad day to remember.
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