Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the Speakers Balcony at the US Capitol, September 24, 2015, in Washington, DC. Pool/Getty Images
If President Barack Obama had delivered the text of Pope Francis’s speech to Congress Thursday as a State of the Union address, he would have risked being denounced by Republicans as a socialist.
While most Republicans chose not to complain, and Democrats tried not to gloat, Francis’s speech to Congress was stunning in the breadth, depth, and conviction of its progressivism. That might not have been fully and immediately appreciated by everyone in the House chamber because the combination of Francis’s sotto voce delivery and his heavily accented English made it difficult, lawmakers said, to grasp everything he was saying.
But there was no mistaking his thrust. He made detailed arguments for openness to immigrants, addressing the human roots of climate change, closing the gap between the rich and the poor, and ending the death penalty — all of which invigorated the Democrats in the room.
“It was pretty progressive. He had a little right-to-life stuff in it,” Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, said as he cracked a smile thinking about how Republicans would receive the speech. “That’s enough for them.”
The pope isn’t going to change many hearts and minds in the badly divided Congress, lawmakers said, but the moment provided a brief respite from political warfare. Several presidential candidates, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz, as well as Ben Carson, attended.
Rubio, a Roman Catholic, said in a brief interview that Francis “struck the right tone.” Sanders, a self-described socialist, seemed to like the content even more.
“Pope Francis is clearly one of the important religious and moral leaders not only in the world today but in modern history,” he said in a statement released after the speech. “He forces us to address some of the major issues facing humanity: war, income and wealth inequality, poverty, unemployment, greed, the death penalty and other issues that too many prefer to ignore.”
Democrats were eager enough to present Congress as united that they joined a Republican-led standing ovation when Francis told lawmakers of “our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every state of its development.” Several of them said it was out of respect for the pope. But there was another good reason: It strengthened the perception that the whole speech — most of which they liked — carried unifying themes.
Unity was good for Democrats because the speech favored their policies
Francis was interrupted a few times by whoops from the Democratic side of the chamber — by Steve Cohen, a Jewish Memphis Democrat who got excited about Francis’s mention of the Golden Rule; by New York’s Nydia Velázquez when he called for an end to the death penalty; and by Philadelphia Rep. Chaka Fattah when he mentioned his upcoming visit to that city. The Republicans in the room were a bit more staid. Cruz often appeared unmoved during moments when Rubio, who was sitting nearby, applauded. That was the case when Francis asked whether the greater opportunities sought by past generations of immigrants are “not what we want for our own children?”
It was a home crowd. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) had announced he would boycott the event over climate change, and there was a brief murmur when it became obvious that three conservative Catholic Supreme Court justices — Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas — had not shown up. But it seemed that everyone in attendance just wanted to catch a glimpse of Francis and hear what he had to say.
Big-name guests filed into the public galleries above the House chamber long before the pope’s arrival: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, mega-donor Tom Steyer, and Carson. House members filled the seats in their chamber, followed by the Senate and four Supreme Court justices. At about a minute past 10 am, Francis strode down the center aisle of the House chamber, clad in his familiar white robe and skullcap.
Lawmakers, who had been admonished not to touch the pope, refrained from trying to shake his hand or pat his back. There was no rush to crowd him the way members of Congress try to get into pictures with the president during the annual State of the Union address. When he got to the end of the aisle, he quietly shook hands with Secretary of State John Kerry and then made his way to the rostrum.
Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, pulled out a baby blue iPhone and began snapping pictures. Though she later took to Twitter to commemorate the moment, Power hadn’t posted any of her photos by midday.
For his part, Francis warmed up the audience by describing America as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” He was slow to move into more politically charged territory but unimpeded when he did. There were 10 standing ovations after his initial greeting, and they were bipartisan.
Francis tackled tough issues at the heart of the US political debate and gently admonished lawmakers to build bridges
At times, Francis seemed to be speaking directly into the headlines and newscasts of the day.
Less than a week after Carson said that America shouldn’t elect a Muslim president, Francis warned that “a delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms.”
As Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump promises to build a wall between Mexico and the US, and to prevent Syrian refugees from being admitted to America, Francis compared the current refugee crisis to the one that arose in World War II and said that “we the people of this continent are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.” That drew a standing ovation. Rubio, who has shifted his emphasis on immigration reform over time, leaped to his feet.
And while Democrats continue to bask in this summer’s Supreme Court decision protecting same-sex marriage, the pope said he was concerned that “fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family.” The issue that caused the biggest stir before the speech — climate change — factored prominently in Francis’s remarks. He spoke of the human roots of global warming and said, “I am convinced we can make a difference.”
But perhaps the most unexpected run in the speech was an admonishment as gentle as it was clear: Politics is about building bridges, not destroying them. Francis never mentioned the international nuclear nonproliferation deal with Iran by name or the gridlock in American politics, but he seemed to be speak to both matters.
“When countries which have been at odds resume the path of dialogue — a dialogue which may have been interrupted for the most legitimate of reasons — new opportunities open up for all,” he said. “A good political leader is one who, with the interests of all in mind, seizes the moment in a spirit of openness and pragmatism. A good political leader always opts to initiate processes rather than possessing spaces.”
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Joe Pitts, speaking about the pope’s limited remarks on abortion and same-sex marriage, said he was displeased that Francis had been “unfortunately politically correct.”
For liberals, though, he was simply correct about politics.
...burning bright in Paris where she was killed on August 31, 1997
[Diana car accident site in Paris]
...precisely 10 years after 'Bad' containing hit song 'Dirty Diana'
[Release August 31, 1987]
It was... 'Moon Impact'
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'For now doth Cain with fork of thorns confine On either hemisphere, touching the wave Beneath the towers of Seville. Yesternight The moon was round.' - Dante, Inferno
Reflected in the mirror was a messianic baby... a prince.
Michael Jackson had two boys named 'PrinceMichael' and a daughter 'Paris Michael (Katherine)' whom, according to his will, he wanted in the hands of Diana (Ross) if his mother was unavailable, as widely reported on Princess Diana's birthday (July 1).
The close, lifelong ties between Michael Jackson's and his friend DianaRoss are made dramatically clear in his 2002 will - he chose her to raise his three children if his mother is unable to do so. [...]
Note also:
PrincessDiana died in Paris
Diana's 'baby' PrinceWilliam had his birthday (June 21) marked by literal Moon Impact (TV movie) 4 days before MJ's death
A member of the British Royal Family named Prince Michael (of Kent)
Neda: - Killed on June 20, day before Prince William's BD - 'Neda' means 'divine message' ('angel' means 'messenger')
Following her heart-breaking death captured on video, Neda became the face of the protests raging at the time in Iran following the June 12presidential election (starting on June 13).
Etymology: The first part, wer, translates as "man"... The second half, wulf, is the ancestor of modern English "wolf"; in some cases it also had the general meaning "beast."
His was an unnatural evolution (plastic surgeries, etc.). What about ours? Is human evolution natural? If not, has the Moon had a hand in it?
We can almost hear the whisper: 'Human evolution is a hoax':
August 15, 2008 St. Anthony of Padua birthday Bigfoot hoax...
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, operated under the more familiar name of Washington National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is the LARGEST COMPLETED CATHEDRAL IN AMERICA. The Congress of the United States has designated the "Washington National Cathedral" as the "National House of Prayer".
...but also the Aurora mass shooting this summer on the 43rd anniversary of the historic Moon landing (July 20). As discussed before, "Aurora" happens to be the name of a pregnant girl in Babylon A.D. who gives birth to messianic twin babies.
Michael Jackson is another famous "Moonwalker" whose birthday August 29 coincides with our second anchor date of the window.
Martian William
Time: August 28, 2012 Themes: Mars, British Royal Family (William)
William (will.i.am) andMars.... Just days after Curiosity's interaction with the Martian "Coronation Stone." Basically implying "Coronation of Martian Prince William" or more archetypally the rebirth of the Jacobite "Grail" bloodline on the throne.
The very next day, or simultaneously on August 28-29, the birth (water breaking) event took place...
The Isaac Code
Time: ~August 26-29, 2012 Themes: British Royal Family (Kate), Birth, Apple
Everyone could see that Isaac was a Katrina clone, ravaging the same region on the same date, exactly 7 years later. An echo anticipated in Aurora Code 2012 (7/21/2012):
August 29- Babylon A.D. release date - adds to the pregnancy/birth theme as it is the birthday of the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor, associated with the Milky Way/Nile andthe flood ("water breaking") and considered a herald of imminent birth.
In 2005, August 29 was the exact date of New Orleans' "water breaking" impact moment when Hurricane Katrina made landfall there... right at the midpoint of a Galactic-Mayan timeline directly involving the year 2012.
"Katrina" means "Catherine" as in Catherine"Kate" Middleton, i.e. the UK princess whose pregnancy/childbirth we've been long projecting for the Mayan window of 2012-2013 on our sites (Etemenanki/STRUG). [...]
"Maya" is today Mexico [as in "Gulf of Mexico"] and the name "Mexico" via Mextlirefers to a "god of war" which in Roman mythology is Mars. "Mexico" via Mexihco means "Place at the Center of the Moon" implying "in the womb of Diana". [...]
...I'm going to go ahead and say that I see the latter part of August as a window for big things. Anchor dates ~August 24 and 29.
So we had the symbolism down beforehand and Isaac was a dramatic pattern fulfillment, the reality of which was confirmed and enhanced by additional eye-popping clues dropped on the other side of the Atlantic that same day...
It was the Paralympics opening ceremony in London on August 29 where Isaac Newton was being honored for his contribution to the expansion of human knowledge.
[Graphic from Paralympics opening ceremony]
Two Isaacs, same message. Isaac Newton is all about gravity and the (falling) apple, implying the following:
"Gravity" is related to the Latin word gravidity (meaning "heavy") which is a scientific term for the state of pregnancy.
"Apple" is the meaning of the term "Avalon" which is King Arthur's mythical "underworld" where he is said to be hibernating and would return from as the Once and Future King ("rebirth"), i.e. a drama unfolding at this time semi-literally through the rise of the Kate-William-baby trinity.
[Many apples during Paralympics opening ceremony]
A big exclamation mark came toward the end of the show in the form of a giant naked, pregnant woman based on an actual sculpture in London called "Alison Lapper Pregnant". I'm not kidding, see for yourself:
She was the centerpiece of theclosing phase of the ceremony. For much of the duration of the show, however, the centerpiece was... the Moon.
The whole ceremony was lunar, and it was in London... together evoking Princess Diana. In this way, we were given another confirmation that the prevalent pregnancy/birth motif pertains mainly (but not exclusively) to the late princess's Arthurian descendants/family/bloodline. Kate Middleton while not related by blood is a worthy successor to Diana and is more than ready to bring a new life into this world with Prince William. My projection has always been that she would likely get pregnant in 2012 and give birth in the 2012-2013 time frame (naturally looking at 2013 now).
We are talking "Grail bloodline" here and there was a blatant foreshadowing in the form of NASA's GRAIL twin probes entering orbit around the Moon right at the start of 2012 on New Year's Eve/Day. "GRAIL" here stands for "Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory".
As it happens August 29 is also New Year's Day ("1 Thoth") of the (Alexandrian) ancient Egyptian calendar. In ancient Egypt New Year's Day signified rebirth via the combination of the heliacal rising of Sirius and the annual inundation ("water breaking") of the Nile.
Everything fits just beautifully. Pattern projected and fulfilled.At this stage there should be no denying that the pattern is real.
Golden Apple
We can start looking ahead using the same general pattern and specifically the golden applewhich was conspicuously floating around at the opening ceremony on August 29.
Thrown into a party, a golden apple becomes an unmistakable omen.... hinting at what amounts to a world war. Great chaos. That's the basic story of the Golden Apple of Discord in Greek mythology: goddess Discordia/Eris throws a golden apple with the inscription "for the fairest" into a wedding banquet, followed by a beauty contest, then the "abduction" of Helen as a direct consequence, sparking the Trojan War (ancient world war).
From my multicontextual point of view, it's no coincidence that the first impact event of 2012 was the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster off Italy. "Concordia" is obviously the opposite (= upside down, like the wrecked ship) of "Discordia" (Eris) who threw the golden apple. Strong resonance there.
No coincidence especially if you take into account the fact that London was originally called "New Troy" according to legend...
...and the fact that soon after the Paralympics great chaos was unleashed in the world starting around 9/11 (= big chaos/war date) coinciding with another big "Apple" event (iPhone 5):
Time: ~October 20, 2012 Themes: Golden apple/Orange, Chaos, Birthquake
For many years now we've been tracking what we call the "Orange Alignment" i.e. a heliocentric lining up of Venus, Sun and Mercury. I've shown many times before that when they come, we do feel their impact. It is my view that the next one coming up soon is a highly charged one... because, for one, in many languages the fruit orange is called... "golden apple".
The Orange Alignment will be formed in our solar system on ~October 20, 2012, like this:
Making it even more ominous, the alignment anglepinpoints the Earth's orbital position on January 12-13 (annual), which is the exact date of this year's Costa Concordia disaster (= Discordia => golden apple/orange) as well as the devastating Haiti earthquake (Birthquake) back in 2010. (Orange Alignments are often "earth changes" markers.)
That, to me, just does not look good. Some kind of big impact appears to be in the offing there (directly or indirectly) and I would expect it to continue to express the same underlying themes, but more intensely. Hopefully it's more about things like the Royal Pregnancy, Mars, etc. rather than severe earth changes, war, and such. There are obviously many possible scenarios and we may well be looking at multiple events (or just strong signals) unfolding simultaneously or in quick sequence.
I should also mention that there are other aspects of the whole golden apple business that points its temporal finger squarely at the year 2013. As well, before we even get there we'll have... certain things coming later this year which we'll need to talk about soon.
[NOTE: This article was published before the January 2-3 U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s top general Qasem Soleimani, sending big shock waves around the globe. See “Kaboom“.]
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Exactly at midnight on New Year’s Eve/Day, the brightest star in the night sky Sirius – the “Dog Star” – reaches its highest altitude in the local sky crossing the meridian due south 180 degrees away from the Sun (“culmination”).
Only on this special day every year we see this magical alignment produce such a spectacular “as above, so below” cosmic design quietly ringing in the new year like an ancient celestial clock striking 12 in the shadow of bright fireworks simultaneously going off around the world.
It’s extra special in/around 2019…
…due to the fact that Sirius has a companion star, Sirius B or the “Pup”, with a highly elliptical and off-centered ~50-year orbit around the primary star, meaning Sirius B was at the same exact orbital position exactly 50 years ago, i.e. 1969, a monumental year for mankind in history marked by Apollo 11‘s Moon landing.
It’s not just Apollo 11. 1969/2019 is inherently special also because Sirius B happened to be at apoapsis, i.e. the farthest point from Sirius A, in both 1969 and 2019!
For the first time since 1969/Apollo 11, we are back to the same orbital position – Sirian apoapsis – in 2019 after a cycle of 50 years. You weren’t openly told about this (unless you were a STR member) but there has been a string of “rituals” in 2019 acknowledging this special moment.
For example…
Sirius B’s oribital period is more precisely 50.13 years. So, from the Apollo 11 Moon landing (7/20/1969):
7/20/1969 + 50.13 years = ~Sep 7, 2019
Right on time India’s first Moon probe, Chandrayaan-2, landed on the lunar surface (+/- 1 day) albeit unsuccessfully with a loss of all communication just moments before touchdown…
…accompanied by Hurricane Dorian simultaneously wrecking havoc down here on Earth along with a number of other significant world events. It was an “Atlantean Deep Impact” event/signal per “Dorian’s Atlantean Portal“.
Two months earlier on July 2nd (2019) there was another major lunar event in the from of a total solar eclipse (the Moon covering the Sun)…
…which was actually also the exact day Sirius was crossing the meridian due south exactly at noon i.e. mirroring the New Year’s alignment (noon vs midnight)!
The eclipse also literally coincided with the US women defeating England in the World Cup semifinals appropriately enough just 2 days before Independence Day (i.e. independence from the UK/England), echoed further by Venus igniting Orion’s torch (=> Lady Liberty) right next to the eclipse…
…immediately followed by a couple of major earthquakes striking California (biggest in in decades)…
…in the “Ring of Fire” seismic zone…
…echoed by the “ring of fire” solar eclipse we just had on the other side of the globe the day after Christmas (the first one since July 2)…
…or just days before the imminent New Year’s Sirius alignment.
It’s no coincidence America is facing an existential crisis at the moment, a major symptom of which is the ongoing impeachment drama. Tellingly Trump was impeached, ultimately due to Russia (via Ukraine), on the anniversary of the 2018 Deep Impact event on December 18th, per “Impeachment & Deep Impact“…
…i.e. the stuff of “Wormwood” (= Chernobyl => Ukraine) foreshadowed at the Super Bowl.
All this is part of a larger Sequence, a “Damage Plan” scheme, that is unfolding as we speak and will continue to unfold in the special new year, building toward a certain kaboom moment to kick open the door to…
…well, what awaits us on the other side. Something new, something ancient.
The letter S is the 19th letter of the Latin alphabet and the English alphabet. It is also used in other Western European languages and other Latin alphabets.
POPE NUMBER 266
9 LUNAR MONTHS=266 DAYS
FR-ANC-ISCO / J-ANUK-A
1/1-23/9 GREGORIAN CALENDAR=266 DAYS
266 DAYS=19*2*7 DAYS (SATURDAY)=WOMAN IN PREGNANT=LUNAR PHASE (36=4*9) (1+2+3+4+...36=666)
10/3-30/11 (JANUKAH=JOHN 10 22=24/9-KISLEV HAGGAI 2 10 )=266 DAYS
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law:12 ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?’” The priests answered and said, “No.”13 Then Haggai said, “If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered and said, “It does become unclean.”14 Then Haggai answered and said, “So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the Lord, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean.15 Now then, consider from this day onward.[a] Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord,16 how did you fare? When[b] one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.17 I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.18 Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.”
The Moon phase on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 is Waxing Crescent with an illumination of 7.18%. This indicates the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. On Wednesday, December 31, 1997, the Moon is 2.55 days old. This number shows how many days have passed since the last New Moon.
Moon phase details at Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Moon Phase details
Phase
???? Waxing Crescent
Horoscope
♑ Capricorn
Illumination
7.18% Visible
Rise/Set
8:24 AM / 9:59 PM
Moon Age
2.55 Days
Moon Angular
30.81º
Moon Distance
370,378.60 km
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On Wednesday, December 31, 1997, the Moon is in the Waxing Crescent phase with 7.18% illumination, is 2.55 days old, and located in the Capricorn (♑) constellation. Data from phasesmoon.com.
The Moon's illumination on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 is 7.18%, according to phasesmoon.com.
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The Moon phase on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 is Waxing Crescent with an illumination of 7.18%. This indicates the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. On Wednesday, December 31, 1997, the Moon is 2.55 days old. This number shows how many days have passed since the last New Moon.
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