My shot of during an eclipse over Rome in 2007
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Space Weather News for Oct. 7, 2014
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON: The Moon is about to pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a colorful lunar eclipse. Sky watchers in the Americas, Australia, Pacific islands and parts of Asia can expect to see the full Moon turn beautiful shades of red and turquoise for nearly an hour on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8th. Check http://spaceweather.com for viewing times and observing tips.
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on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?VARoman wrote: "You over-inflate the importance and authority of the Executive. Should Trump win, and the dems take the Senate,... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?VARoman wrote: "Calumny only if it isn’t true." You never established the truth of your opinion. Calumny stands. "Your unwillingness... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?You over-inflate the importance and authority of the Executive. Should Trump win, and the dems take the Senate, he will... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?Why, pray tell, have you posted a speech delivered in Poland? All it demonstrates is that Trump has mediocre speech... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?Calumny only if it isn’t true. Your unwillingness to see Trump as he really is makes your last paragraph moot...
on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS@Gregg the Obscure, I'm right there with you. Holding onto hope and keeping despair at bay is a hard, hard... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?George Weigel at the First Things blog yesterday: "What is the thoughtful Catholic voter, who understands that the Church’s social... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?VARoman: For your edification: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-people-poland/ [I remember watching that speech. It was, as I recall, enthusiastically received by the Poles.]... on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?VARoman wrote: "He [Trump] has absolutely no moral compass and is, to be blunt, an existential threat to the Republic."...
on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTSI pray for all these intentions, especially you Cafea Fruor and Gregg the Obscure. Loneliness can be a terrible thing...
on ASK FATHER: Is a vote for “the lesser of two evils” still a vote “for evil”?Ecclesiae Filius wrote, “Where may I find magisterial texts that state the preeminence of the life issue? (not the USCCB...
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Thank you so much for this notice. I had almost lost hope for a Kindle edition. Others planning to purchase the Kindle edition (of course, from the link embedded in Fr. Z’s post) should know that it does not have “real page numbers”. A small price to pay for the opportunity to actually read the book now rather than some indefinite date in the future. I will be asking both our pastor and our deacon if they are Kindle owners, in which case I will be back to purchase gift copies for them.
Thanks again!
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Thanks so much for the heads up. I shall be up early and will hopefully not be under a cloud cover.
@Mrs.G and Fr. Z., for some reason the comment box for the book by the bishops would not open. It is just not there. I wanted to just say that we do not have a Kindle, but ordered it as an e-book or whatever, and one minute later, there it is on our computer. Works great. Now it is available for us to read with no likely hassles.
Thank you for the heads up on the Blood Moon, as the Protestants call it. I so hope we can see it!
If one is east of the Mississippi, there’s also a 2-9 minute window where a Selenelion will occur. Because of the particular timing if the eclipse and some interesting atmospheric effects, both the Sun and a totally eclipsed full Moon will share the sky for those few minutes.
October 8 is my daughter’s birthday. What a nice gift the Heavens have arranged for her!
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Thanks Fr. Z…
It was lovely this morning. Got me pondering how folks who lived eons ago viewed it and what they believed was happening. Probably scared the Devil out of many!
It rained some overnight and there were clouds here in Central NJ. Boo, hiss!
When I was a youngster, growing up in the age of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, I had wanted to grow up to become an astronomer. As it turned out, my brain has a real problem with mathematics, which is not the prescription for a budding astronomer. So I became a stargazer, instead.
The moon was indeed orange-red in central Virginia: http://formafidei.com/2014/10/08/lunar-eclipse-fall-2014/
Well, I’ll be dipped! So it *was* a lunar eclipse!
I saw the full moon looking very reddish, this morning, but it was also behind a thin layer of clouds, so I wrote it off to a weird cloud diffusion effect. Glad to know that I wasn’t going bonkers! :) Thanks, Father!
Here in the Mid-Atlantic, an unexpected treat: despite a forecast of cloudy skies (which evidently dissipated early), I got to see most of the “end of the beginning” of totality, as the veil of red shadow finished growing from left to right across the bright white lunar surface.