Micah Chapter 4 מִיכָה

א  וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה נָכוֹן בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים, וְנִשָּׂא הוּא, מִגְּבָעוֹת; וְנָהֲרוּ עָלָיו, עַמִּים.	1 But in the end of days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.
ב  וְהָלְכוּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים, וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל-הַר-יְהוָה וְאֶל-בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב, וְיוֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו, וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו:  כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה, וּדְבַר-יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָם.	2 And many nations shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths’; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
ג  וְשָׁפַט, בֵּין עַמִּים רַבִּים, וְהוֹכִיחַ לְגוֹיִם עֲצֻמִים, עַד-רָחוֹק; וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם לְאִתִּים, וַחֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרוֹת–לֹא-יִשְׂאוּ גּוֹי אֶל-גּוֹי חֶרֶב, וְלֹא-יִלְמְדוּן עוֹד מִלְחָמָה.	3 And He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide concerning mighty nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
ד  וְיָשְׁבוּ, אִישׁ תַּחַת גַּפְנוֹ וְתַחַת תְּאֵנָתוֹ–וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד:  כִּי-פִי יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, דִּבֵּר.	4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken.
ה  כִּי, כָּל-הָעַמִּים, יֵלְכוּ, אִישׁ בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהָיו; וַאֲנַחְנוּ, נֵלֵךְ בְּשֵׁם-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ–לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.  {פ}	5 For let all the peoples walk each one in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. {P}
ו  בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נְאֻם-יְהוָה, אֹסְפָה הַצֹּלֵעָה, וְהַנִּדָּחָה, אֲקַבֵּצָה; וַאֲשֶׁר, הֲרֵעֹתִי.	6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away, and her that I have afflicted;
ז  וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶת-הַצֹּלֵעָה לִשְׁאֵרִית, וְהַנַּהֲלָאָה לְגוֹי עָצוּם; וּמָלַךְ יְהוָה עֲלֵיהֶם בְּהַר צִיּוֹן, מֵעַתָּה וְעַד-עוֹלָם.  {פ}	7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a mighty nation; and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from thenceforth even for ever. {P}
ח  וְאַתָּה מִגְדַּל-עֵדֶר, עֹפֶל בַּת-צִיּוֹן–עָדֶיךָ תֵּאתֶה; וּבָאָה, הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הָרִאשֹׁנָה, מַמְלֶכֶת, לְבַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם.	8 And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
ט  עַתָּה, לָמָּה תָרִיעִי רֵעַ; הֲמֶלֶךְ אֵין-בָּךְ, אִם-יוֹעֲצֵךְ אָבָד–כִּי-הֶחֱזִיקֵךְ חִיל, כַּיּוֹלֵדָה.	9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no King in thee, is thy Counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
י  חוּלִי וָגֹחִי בַּת-צִיּוֹן, כַּיּוֹלֵדָה:  כִּי-עַתָּה תֵצְאִי מִקִּרְיָה וְשָׁכַנְתְּ בַּשָּׂדֶה, וּבָאת עַד-בָּבֶל שָׁם תִּנָּצֵלִי–שָׁם יִגְאָלֵךְ יְהוָה, מִכַּף אֹיְבָיִךְ.	10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon; there shalt thou be rescued; there shall the LORD redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
יא  וְעַתָּה נֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַיִךְ, גּוֹיִם רַבִּים–הָאֹמְרִים תֶּחֱנָף, וְתַחַז בְּצִיּוֹן עֵינֵינוּ.	11 And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say: ‘Let her be defiled, and let our eye gaze upon Zion.’
יב  וְהֵמָּה, לֹא יָדְעוּ מַחְשְׁבוֹת יְהוָה, וְלֹא הֵבִינוּ, עֲצָתוֹ:  כִּי קִבְּצָם, כֶּעָמִיר גֹּרְנָה.	12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they His counsel; for He hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
יג  קוּמִי וָדוֹשִׁי בַת-צִיּוֹן, כִּי-קַרְנֵךְ אָשִׂים בַּרְזֶל וּפַרְסֹתַיִךְ אָשִׂים נְחוּשָׁה, וַהֲדִקּוֹת, עַמִּים רַבִּים; וְהַחֲרַמְתִּי לַיהוָה בִּצְעָם, וְחֵילָם לַאֲדוֹן כָּל-הָאָרֶץ.	13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and thou shalt devote their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
יד  עַתָּה תִּתְגֹּדְדִי בַת-גְּדוּד, מָצוֹר שָׂם עָלֵינוּ; בַּשֵּׁבֶט יַכּוּ עַל-הַלְּחִי, אֵת שֹׁפֵט יִשְׂרָאֵל.  {ס}	14 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; they have laid siege against us; they smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. {S}

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DAILY SCRIPTURES

Reading 1 Sir 50:22-24

And now, bless the God of all,
who has done wondrous things on earth;
Who fosters people’s growth from their mother’s womb,
and fashions them according to his will!
May he grant you joy of heart
and may peace abide among you;
May his goodness toward us endure in Israel
to deliver us in our days.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11

R.  I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
R.  I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.
R.  I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
and declare your greatness.
They publish the fame of your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your justice.
R.  I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R.  I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R.  I will praise your name for ever, Lord

Reading 2 1 Cor 1:3-9

Brothers and sisters:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give thanks to my God always on your account
for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
that in him you were enriched in every way,
with all discourse and all knowledge,
as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He will keep you firm to the end,
irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful,
and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Gospel Lk 17:11-19

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,
he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten persons with leprosy met him.
They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying,
“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!”
And when he saw them, he said,
“Go show yourselves to the priests.”
As they were going they were cleansed.
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
Jesus said in reply,
“Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”
Then he said to him, “Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you.”

FLOODING In The U.K.

 11-21-2012

   A MAIN commuter route in Plymouth was closed by flooding, and some villages were cut off as torrential rain swept across the South West in the night. Gdynia Way, the main route into Plymouth from the east, was closed at 4.30am and remained closed seven hours later. Parts of Tamerton Foliot and Yealmpton were described as “impassable”, and Tamerton Foliot Road was also still closed at 11am today. Firefighters had more than 300 calls to flooding in Devon and Somerset this morning. The Kings Arms pub in Tamerton Foliot, which has just completed an extensive refurbishment, is flooded to knee-high internally. Flooding was reported from right across the city, and council contractors were out in force, clearing drains ahead of a second downpour forecast for tonight. Early today a man driving a blue Mitsubishi Colt was trapped when his car broke down in floodwater in Gdynia way at 4.15am. Plymstock firefighters pushed his vehicle clear, and the road was closed.

     An hour later the Plymstock crew was called to Bovisand, where a stream broke its banks. They diverted water away from houses at Bovisand Court. Camels Head firefighters went to Yealmpton, east of Plymouth, where they pumped out one house in Stray Park and diverted water running off the fields. Firefighters from Ivybridge were called to Tamerton Foliot, where part of the village was closed by flooding. Police said people were rescued from a car trapped in two feet of floodwater. The car, a blue Nissan Almera, was trapped by the water in Old Warleigh Lane at about 4.20am Police said the road was closed at the junction of Riverside Walk and Fore Street, and four houses were affected. The Environment Agency said there were 24 flood warnings and 50 flood alerts in place, in an area stretching from Plymouth to East Devon after widespread, heavy rain during Tuesday the night.

H5N1 BREAKOUT In BANGLADESH

      An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 has been reported to the OIE. The outbreak was reported by Dr Musaddique Hossain, Director (Animal Health & Administration), Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The outbreak occurred at Brothers poultry farm, a commericla poultry farm in Pabur, Kapasia, Gazipur, Dhaka. In total, 156 birds died out of 4191 susceptible birds. The remaining 4035 birds were destroyed as a result.

DENGUE FEVER In LAWLESS SOMALIA

     A suspected outbreak of dengue fever has hit the Somali capital of Mogadishu, medical workers said on Wednesday. Abdi Ibrahim Jiya, a doctor in Mogadishu, said he believes the disease is dengue, but that doctors have been unable to confirm that because the lawless capital lacks the necessary laboratory equipment. A suspected outbreak of dengue fever has hit the Somali capital of Mogadishu, medical workers said on Wednesday. Abdi Ibrahim Jiya, a doctor in Mogadishu, said he believes the disease is dengue, but that doctors have been unable to confirm that because the lawless capital lacks the necessary laboratory equipment. He said the infection has been circulating in Mogadishu for three months. Dr Nageye Ahmed, a Canada-based pediatrician who is visiting relatives, also said he believes the disease is dengue, and that it appears widespread in Mogadishu. Symptoms include high fever, joint pain, headache and vomiting. Four people have died of the fever, according to their relatives and doctors. Dengue is rarely fatal when properly treated. Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that is found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. A potentially lethal complication, dengue haemorrhagic fever, kills about 2,5% of those infected, but fatality rates can exceed 20% if victims do not receive proper treatment, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). There are four distinct, but closely related, viruses that cause dengue. Recovery from infection by one provides lifelong immunity against that variant, but provides only partial and transient protection against subsequent infection by the other three, according to the WHO.

VOLCANO ACTIVITY In ECUADOR & NEW ZEALAND

ECUADOR

Reventador volcano’s activity continues at elevated levels with the possibility of larger explosive eruptions and pyroclastic flows, according to the latest report of the Instituto Geofisico. During the first months of 2012, the volcano started to produce lava flows and build up a new lava dome that has by now over-topped the Nov 2002 crater rim. Over the past months, there has been a steady in crease. Steam plumes above the crater were mostly less than 500 m tall in the first months, they started to be larger since 4 Nov, when heights of the plume at times reached 3 km height during moderate ash explosions. In parallel, seismic activity increased as well. From 16 Nov, seismicity increased again to higher energy levels and increased frequency of harmonic tremor pulses. This went along with the occurrence of emission columns containing ash that reached 4000 m above the summit and drifted mainly to the N and NW. Light ash falls occurred in areas located between the volcano and the town of Chaco. IG notes that a gradual change in activity from effusive (lava flows) to a more explosive style can be observed, with more frequent ash explosions that could affect populated areas at greater distances from the volcano. This is thought to be caused by an influx of new magma into the system and could lead to a further increase of explosions with more ash content. Additionally, explosions or gravitational collapse could destroy the lava dome and form dangerous pyroclastic flows, especially down the Marker and Reventador rivers and affect people and infrastructure located downstream in these areas.

NEW ZEALAND

     Mt Tongariro has erupted this afternoon. GNS Science confirmed the eruption, at the Te Maari crater, shortly after 1.30pm. Two bus drivers from Nimon and Sons had reported back to their base that they could see a plume two kilometres high, a spokesman said. Ruapehu area commander Steve Mastrovich said no-one was injured by the eruption and those on the track were safely making their way down the mountain. There was no warning leading up to the eruption, which lasted four minutes, Mastrovich said. “It was fine ash which was ejected and one plume came out then dissipated towards Turangi … I have been told by somebody at DOC that there were no ballistics ejected,” he said. “There’s no further activity from the crater. It’s settled down to what it was before.” Tamatea Intermediate teacher Lomi Schaumkel said a group from the school was near the Katetahi hot springs when they saw the beginnings of the eruption. “We were right up there next to it. It was just amazing. We were probably only a kilometre away from it. We were right next to one of the signs saying we were out of the danger zone. “We saw all these tourists running away from it. We didn’t stick around long,” he said.

      There were 90 students, six parents and four teachers on the group, he said. Mangatepopo and Ketetahi roads were closed. Lake Rotoaira resident Robyn Bennett said there was a big, black ash cloud over her house, which was about a kilometre from the eruption site. Turangi i-SITE Visitor Centre consultant Christine Dally said she was not concerned by the smell of sulphur because there have been many sulphur-smelling days since the August eruption. “We’ve had a lot of people ringing us and asking people if it’s safe to go up there. We’re telling them there’s no cause for concern at this stage because it was only a small eruption.” Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge sponsorship and communications director Hayden Dickason said the challenge had a contingency plan in place for Saturday’s event as soon as the alert was raised by GNS Science last week. “[The eruption] looks small at this point, but we’re working with council and we’ve got our safety officer on it. We’ve got a full contingency plan for the event day in case we need to move everyone off the course.” A northerly wind appeared to be blowing the plume away from Lake Taupo and towards the Desert Rd. Wellington Airport spokesman Greg Thomas said the situation was being monitored. Flights NZ2517 and 2504 between Wellington and Taupo had been cancelled. Passengers flying in the central region or east coast of the North Island were advised to keep checking if their flights had been cancelled.

       GNS Science has updated the alert on Tongariro to 2, meaning there is “minor eruptive activity”. It had elevated the aviation colour code to red, however, saying “significant emission of ash” into the atmosphere was likely. Massey University is flying two vulcanologists up to study the eruption and already has five students and staff on the ground near the mountain. More scientists are also on stand-by depending on the size of the eruption. Massey University vulcanologist Professor Shane Cronin said they will monitor the ash levels and take samples to determine the likelihood of another eruption. He said the initial suggestion was that the eruption was roughly the same size as the previous Tongariro eruption in August. This is Mt Tongariro’s second eruption this year. The volcano erupted on August 6 for the first time in more than 100 years.

5.9-magnitude quake strikes Chile

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4D scans show fetuses yawn in the womb

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Church of England votes no to women bishops

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9691831/Church-of-England-votes-no-to-women-bishops.html

Judge Grants Reprieve To Student Expelled For Refusing To Wear Tracking Device Badge

http://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/judge-grants-reprieve-student-expelled-refusing-wear-tracking-device-badge