October 2020 Moments of Meditation From UUCW

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Friday, October 31, 2020

October 31 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on All Hallows Eve. Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain to all! Blessings, Aaron

https://poets.org/poem/theme-yellow


Friday, October 30, 2020

October 30 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg in Germany. Blessings, Aaron


Thursday, October 29, 2020

October 29 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on Mawlid el-Nabi (Milad un Nabi) the Islamic commemoration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam, in about 570 c.e. Blessings, Aaron


Wednesday, October 28, 2020

October 28 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer, on Milvian Bridge Day, a day of solemn reflection on the relationship of the spiritual community and the powers of civil government. On Oct 28, 312 c.e., Emperor Constantine prevailed in a battle and proceeded to make Christianity the legal religion of the Roman Empire. Blessings, Aaron

https://allpoetry.com/poem/15478454-wind-by-chris4tin


Tuesday, October 27, 2020

October 27 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1917, 20,000 women march in a suffrage parade in New York. As the largest state and the first on the East Coast to do so, New York has an important effect on the movement to grant all women the vote in all elections. Blessings, Aaron


Monday, October 26, 2020

October 26 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer; on National Pumpkin Day! Blessings, Aaron

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53105/the-pumpkin


Sunday, October 25, 2020

October 25 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on the Hindu Festival of Dasara. Blessings, Aaron


Saturday, October 24, 2020

October 24 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on United Nations Day. Blessings, Aaron


Friday, October 23, 2020

October 23 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1952 the Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded to Ukranian-born microbiologist Selmart A. Waksman for his discovery of an effective treatment of tuberculosis. Blessings, Aaron


Thursday, October 22, 2020

October 22 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1907 Ringling Brothers bought Barnum & Bailey. Blessings, Aaron


Wednesday, October 21, 2020

October 21 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1961 Bob Dylan recorded his first album for $400.00. Blessings, Aaron


Tuesday, October 20, 2020

October 20 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on the Sikh Holiday of Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth.Punjabi Poetry Babu Firoz Din Sharaf

6. THE PATH OF SORROWS

Get up now,
my dear pen.
A little while away,
you too have lost the walk .
No one with a companion, the one in
pain.
Hard destination, easy cut,
no effort. Let’s talk
both
ways.
And let love grow, and let us
wait: –
But let things be
full of pain .
Listen to the hearts of the helpless,
tears be shed.
Everyone in the
world speaks of happiness .
If he
says ‘Ji Aayaan Nu’ from somewhere .
(But) – to cover
everything up with a painful raid .
Eyes closed, eyes not visible,
ears ringing.


Monday, October 19, 2020

October 19 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on National New Friend Day! Blessings, Aaron


Sunday, October 18, 2020

October 18 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1648, the “shoemakers of Boston”–the first labor organization in what would become the United States–was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.This is a song by my friend Joe Jencks. During this time of personal distancing please support the arts and music community

!http://shop.joejencks.com/The-Forgotten-Recovered…


Saturday, October 17, 2020

October 17 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on the beginning of the Hindu 9 Day Festival of Navratri. Blessings, Aaron


Thursday, October 15, 2020

October 15 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this date in 1878 Thomas A. Edison founds the Edison Electric Light Co. Blessings, Aaron


Wednesday, October 14, 2020

October 14 moment of meditation, reflection, prayer, and singing! On this date in 1930 “singer Ethel Merman stuns the audience when she holds a high C for sixteen bars while singing “I Got Rhythm” during her Broadway debut in Gershwin’s Girl Crazy.” (https://www.historynet.com/today-in-history)


Tuesday, October 13, 2020

October 13 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on the Anniversary of the establishment of the US Navy. Blessings, Aaron


Monday, October 12, 2020

October 12 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on Indigenous People’s Day. Blessings, Aaron


Sunday, October 11, 2020

October 11 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on National Coming Out Day. Blessings, Aaron

https://poets.org/poem/things-haunt


Saturday, October 10, 2020

October 10 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on the Jewish Holidays of Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah. Blessings, Aaron


Thursday, October 8, 2020

October 8 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer. On this day in 1871, a fire started in the barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary starting The Great Chicago Fire. Today, with wildfires burning across much of the American West, we pause to consider the effects on those who weather these storms. Blessings, Aaron

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4027666/2049/


Wednesday, October 7, 2020

October 7 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer in memory of Eddie Van Halen, whose music is part of the soundtrack of many of us in our formative years. Blessings, Aaron


Tuesday, October 6, 2020

October 6, moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on National Coaches Day. Blessings, Aaron

https://hellopoetry.com/poem/652653/for-you-coach/


Monday, October 5, 2020

October 5 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer in Honor of St. Francis of Assisi Day (Oct. 4). Blessings, Aaron

https://ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2015/06/04/canticle-of-brother-sun-and-sister-moon-of-st-francis-of-assisi


Saturday, October 3, 2020

October 3 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer honoring the Festival of Sukkot. Blessings, Aaron

https://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2009/10/permeable-a-poem-for-sukkot.html


Thursday, October 1, 2020

October 1 moment of meditation, reflection, and prayer on the occasion of my brother Marc R. Payson birthday. Happy Birthday bro! Blessings, Aaron

https://www.poemhunter.com/poems/brother/page-1/11423343/



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