Ps 8,5 quid est homo, quod memor es eius, aut fílius hóminis quóniam vísitas eum? ¿qué es el hombre, para que te acuerdes de él, el ser humano, para darle poder? what is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him?

To interrupt Pippin’s story before the part where Bilbo vanishes, Frodo jumps on a table. They ask for a song. ‘There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill…’

The crowd presses another drink on Frodo and asks him to sing again, but mid-song he falls from the table and vanishes—the Ring has slipped on his finger. The crowd is startled. Frodo removes the Ring in a far corner. The customers leave without offering him a single good-night.

As Frodo leaves the common-room to return to his parlour, he’s asked for a talk with both Strider—‘If you please, Mr. *Baggins*, I should like a quiet word with you’—and the landlord Butterbur: ‘I should like a word with you in private, Mr. Underhill.’

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Just as Strider is trying to earn Frodo’s trust, Barliman enters the parlour and delivers Gandalf’s 3-month-old letter. ‘You may meet a friend of mine on the Road: a Man, lean, dark, tall, by some called Strider. He knows our business and will help you. Make for Rivendell.’

‘All that is gold does not glitter Not all those who wander are lost The old that is strong does not wither Deep roots are not reached by the frost…’ Strider knows the rhyme from Gandalf’s letter! ‘I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and if by life or death I can save you, I will.’

Merry rushes into the hobbits’ parlour at the Prancing Pony. He had followed a Black Rider to the end of the village, but was overcome by terror. He was found lying in the street with two men over him. The hobbits help Strider board up the door and window, then try to sleep.

I’m so fucking tired of being sweaty all day

a lot of grindset guys are living a lunchless existence. that's why they're like that. not me though,

The hobbits reach the Road again—six days after Frodo, Sam, and Pippin crossed it west of Hobbiton on their first night of walking. Tom Bombadil recommends the inn in Bree, then rides away south. Strider, a Ranger hidden beside the road, overhears their parting.

a lot easier to fall into the fake memory trap than to consider that much of what we choose to value - as individuals, and as a society - is actually wrong, misguided at best, and that human dignity and flourishing requires more than a "forever young" mindset can ever give

Gandalf reaches Hobbiton. The Gaffer laments his new Sackville-Baggins neighbours: ‘I can’t abide changes, not at my time of life…least of all changes for the worst.’ Eventually, the Gaffer does happen to mention that a rider dressed in black arrived the night Frodo left.

Finally, a theme that treats my corporate presentations with the gravitas they deserve

Hen & Mouse Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 95 × 64 mm.

Quite a satellite image this morning! 🛰️🌀 Clouds extend 1000 miles from #Imelda's center all the way into central Pennsylvania. #Humberto continues to churn in the Atlantic.

This one actually hits harder today on account of a group of Matachines visiting our parish and festival yesterday and performing after Mass. It was dope.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 1606-1669 Four Musicians with Wind Instruments c. 1638 (The Morgan)

Ethiopian manuscript painting of St. Michael the Archangel treading on Satan, mid-20th century.

Saint Michael the Archangel, poster by (George) Wang Suda, mid-20th century.

Michael, God's Field-marshal by Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1898.

St Michael the Archangel by Allan Rohan Crite, 1967.

Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat;

In a lot of episodes the killer is Gilligan. At least the ones where they're trying to get off the island.

Frodo wakes in a barrow. The three other hobbits lie on stone slabs, dressed in white rags and gold treasure. He hears a song. ‘Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone…’ An arm walking on its fingers approaches from behind. It moves towards Sam.

Frodo hews at the arm, cutting the hand away, but shattering the sword. Then he remembers the rhyme: ‘Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow, By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us! Come, Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us!’

‘Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master: His songs are stronger songs and his feet are faster.’ Tom opens the barrow, sings away its spell, and awakens Frodo’s companions.

29 Sept: on the feast of Michael Archangel, God’s general, here is Sceilg Mhichíl - Skellig Michael - dedicated to the archangel. #Kerry #Michaelmas [http://worldheritage.ireland.ie]

Tom Bombadil has collected the hobbits’ ponies. After dressing in spare clothes and having a small lunch, they ride north toward the Road with Tom trotting alongside on Fatty Lumpkin. The hobbits now carry ancient daggers from the barrow-hoard as swords.

One of our young turkeys showing you how to sit in a chair when the conversation is OVER.

i got pregnant with autism now i have Tylenol

Guy who thinks dragons are real, and that they love going to concerts, because of the puffs of smoke he sees in the crowds.

You might not like my skeets but I'm actually carefully crafting a big textual footprint on the internet that ensures if you try to bring me back to life via AI I'm even more annoying than I was in real life when I was alive.

If generations of the enslaved boldly prayed for freedom while never seeing it themselves, why am I acting like it’s the end of the world that I can’t order safety and justice to my door on an app.

26th Sunday (C), Lk 16, 19-31 -On Lazarus and the rich man in light of the Lord’s desire to create a new heart in us (Ez 37). -Sobre Lázaro y el hombre rico a la luz del deseo del Señor de crear en nosotros un corazón nuevo (Ez 37). youtu.be/MYmDPvyZibM?...

Jesus said to his disciples, "Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men." But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

In the small hours of his fifth day of riding, Gandalf reaches Sarn Ford on the southern border of the Shire. He will soon learn from Rangers about the Nazgûl that are searching the Shire—but first rests with Shadowfax before tackling the hundred remaining miles to Hobbiton.

outside of you there are four wolves

Tom Bombadil waves his old battered hat as Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin ride away up the slope behind his house. They say farewell to Goldberry when they reach the ridge, then ride their ponies north into the hills and hollows between the Barrow-downs and the Forest.

The four hobbits reach a hilltop and rest. To the north they see the hills ending, and might even see the trees along the Road. To the east are the Barrow-downs, topped by ancient burial mounds. After having lunch against the cool east side of a standing-stone, they fall asleep.

Hearing reports that this is the day the Lord has made. Some sources indicate that we should rejoice and be glad in it. Can anyone confirm?

the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.

The hobbits wake. They are still on the hilltop where they had lunch, but now the sun is setting into a heavy fog. They ride north for the Road, putting on their cloaks and hoods against the wet and cold.

The four hobbits become separated in the fog and stray ever nearer the standing stones. Frodo reaches a hilltop beneath the stars. A cold wind blows from the east, a dark figure towers over him, and he is taken by a Barrow-wight.

After supper, Tom Bombadil asks to see the Ring. Frodo is startled that Tom can wear it without becoming invisible. Tom advises the hobbits to travel north tomorrow so as to pass the Barrow-downs and reach the Road. They sleep for a second night safe under his roof.

Happy International Rabbit Day! Come with us to hand out extra treats and love to some of our rescue bunnies. ❤️🐇❤️

119,36 Inclína cor meum in testimónia tua et non in avarítiam. Inclina mi corazón a tus preceptos, y no al interés; Bend my heart to your will and not to love of gain.

Lk 16:19-31 They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them,etc. The teaching of the Law and the prophets about the obligation to care for those who suffer is so ubiquitous that the Lord does not need to explicate further the reason for the judgement upon the rich man.

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