By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--March 19, 2010
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“...In the late Middle Ages, this was one of the most vivid festivals of the year.” (Answers.com). “Before Mass, the priests blessed `palms’ (twigs of sallow, box or yew, which the congregation carried in procession and later into the house. During Mass, people made crosses, either from their `palms’ or from sticks and string they had brought to the church; these too were blessed and later taken home to ward off evil.” (Duffy, 1992:23-7). Palm Sunday had meaning, too, in the secular world. “Echoes remained in the secular folk custom of `going-a-palming’; common from the 18th century until the mid-19th century. Groups of young people went into the woods to collect the catkin-bearing hazel and sallow to decorate their homes and bring luck for the year, and to wear in their buttonholes. In some places, those gathering `palms’ then headed for a prominent hill, to dance and hold sports, eat figs and cakes, and drink sugared water, and was held to encourage drunkenness, brawling and immorality; This caused annoyance to landowners whose hedges and woods were invaded. It was discouraged by the later Victorian gentry.”For all of those who feel the pain of the Traveling Obama Show, it is not the end but only the beginning. Barry Soetoro may have been able to recreate his entire image in a self serving book, but history is there to prove that no one has ever been able to successfully rewrite the Script. In a world where truth is getting to be as rare as political altruism, the change of We the People will follow ObamaCare. After Healthcare passage, Obama will awaken in time for Holy Week as the same old Barry-cum Barack. And on the Easter Sunday, millions of people will be saying, from the sincerity of their very souls: “Christ is risen” and hearing back “He has risen indeed.” After Easter, those same millions will be finding the ways to repeal ObamaCare. For the real battle will have just begun.
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