Be
Happy
要开心
Yào kāixīn
幸せになります
Shiawase ni narimasu
ps.34
Es laetus
The story is as old
as the discovery of gold.
The parents of the gifted
were threatened by how their gift was shifted.
They didn't chain me to test the beast,
but on my soul they made a feast.
I had said I am not better than those who came before me.
I prayed to die. 'Take my life.' it is too dark to see.
Be angry, but do not sin.
Happiness is a feeling that you will win.
I am the bread of life.
I will help you overcome strife.
I will be happy
with a dash of savvy.
You will never make the crab walk straight,
but you can hasten or delay the return to the sea as its fate.
Consider this
for your bliss.
Foreign rule
could be more cruel.
Private property is a responsibility.
Manage it well for security in facility.
Fear of love will flee from your heart.
Responsible behavior will be the end from the start.
Orientation will be the secret to which you bow.
It will trace enlightenment in how
to wield your trowel.
Time will edify space in the wow of now.
The West favors wheat to rice.
The right amount is always nice.
Happiness will be my praise.
Wisdom will guide me in my ways.
I will rejoice in the feel of reality
with the fruits of factuality.
Let those who listen hear
how gladness grows when truth is near.
Honest speech for truth is science.
It determines beauty in cultural reliance.
Proclaim the greatness of existence with me.
Let us transcend the beast of inhumanity.
I asked for help when it was needed.
I bandaged cuts when my heart heeded
what others needed.
Escape from error
delivered me from terror.
Radiant as the light of day,
I didn't let shame cloud my way.
I called out in my affliction and I was heard.
Love delivered me from the burden of the absurd.
The message of deliverance embraces
those who value life with happy faces.
Taste and see. Love is good.
Happy are those who rejoice as we should.
Respect the right to life.
Exercise with good health in your diet.
Use respect to set an example
for those who do not sample angles.
Even young panthers suffer hunger.
Hunger drives them to thunder on the prey down under.
The swirl of chance whirls through the forest.
The lucky hand conducts the chorus.
Those who read reality to find design
do not lack in the discovery of goodness for the mind.
The Roman citizen of Celtic descent from outside of Londinium
led a small group into social ascent through the superstitious idiom.
Come youth. Listen to me.
The love of truth will set you free.
I will teach you to respect your rights.
You will win what would have been fights.
Who among you desires justified popularity
and would like the time to enjoy prosperity?
Speak truth to power.
Walk with justice by the hour.
Do not defend cruelty or violence.
Enjoy the benefits of serenity in silence.
Turn from evil. Do good.
Seek peace. Pursue it as you should.
Design your goals for healthy relations.
Release the excess in desire to increase your station.
Security protects those mainly
who take risk to value safety.
Punishment is not for destruction.
It is not as good as instruction,
but it is for the correction of insurrection
to root out the weeds in our conception.
Needs cry out. Selection detects them.
Judgment plans. Action tends to amend the withered stem.
Sympathy attends to brokenness. Empathy amends
what led to the breaking of harmony with our friends.
What we do know is this.
We will come to feel each other should we kiss.
Troubles attend the selection of goodness in design,
but effective production provides deliverance divine
from turbulent turmoil in time.
Love gives passage from death to life.
The administration transcends strife.
The quiet increase in the strength of June
produces thrust for us to enjoy the balloon.
Your reward will be great.
Your destiny will rise above your fate.
Security will protect your organization.
Structure will preserve your conceptual elation.
These are those who come from the great ordeal.
The blood of the land has revealed the deal.
The least force necessary will correct a crisis.
Retribution will punish those who impose violence,
cruelty or oppression to silence self-reliance.
Those who do no harm will not be punished.
The tail of the scorpion will not admonish.
Those who do not require correction
need not be corrected in the tension of seeking perfection.
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Psalm 34
Benedicam Dominum
Thank the Dominator
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2 I will glory in the Lord;
let the humble hear and rejoice.
3 Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord;
let us exalt his Name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me out of all my terror.
5 Look upon him and be radiant,
and let not your faces be ashamed.
6 I called in my affliction and the Lord heard me
and saved me from all my troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encompasses those who fear him,
and he will deliver them.
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are they who trust in him!
9 Fear the Lord, you that are his saints,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger,
but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.
11 Come, children, and listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Who among you loves life
and desires long life to enjoy prosperity?
13 Keep your tongue from evil-speaking
and your lips from lying words.
14 Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hears them
and delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and will save those whose spirits are crushed.
19 Many are the troubles of the righteous,
but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.
20 He will keep safe all his bones;
not one of them shall be broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
22 The Lord ransoms the life of his servants,
and none will be punished who trust in him.
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1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death.
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Love gives passage from death to life.
The administration transcends strife.
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Matt. 10:38
Whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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Design your goals for healthy relations.
Release the excess in desire to increase your station.
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Alban
b. unknown Verulamium
d. 22 June 209 Holywell Hill St. Albans
Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr. He is one of three named martyrs recorded at an early date from Roman Britain. He is traditionally believed to have been beheaded in the Roman city of Verulamium.
He was executed sometime during the 3rd or 4th century. His cult has been celebrated there since ancient times.
Verulamium was a town in the southeast of Roman Britain. There was already a tribal center in the area which belonged to the Catuvellauni before the Romans established their settlement.
The Catuvellauni were a Celtic tribe. The name has been reconstructed as Uerulāmion, which would have a meaning like "the tribe of the broad hand" (Uerulāmos) in Brittonic.
It was among the first places in Britain recorded by name. The settlement was established by Tasciovanus (aka Tenvantius). He issued coins from Camulodunum (Colchester) from 15-10 BCE.
When his father died, he and his older brother Androgeus were still minors. The kingship of Britain was given to their uncle Cassibelanus. Tenvantius was made Duke of Cornwall. He participated in his uncle's defense of Britain against Julius Caesar. Androgeus went to Rome with Caesar. When Cassibelanus died, Tenvantius succeeded him as king.
The Roman settlement was granted the rank of municipium around 50 CE. The citizens had what were known as "Latin Rights." It was a lesser citizenship status than a colonia possessed.
It grew to a significant town and as such received the attentions of Boudica of the Iceni in 61. Verulamium was sacked and burnt on her orders. A black ash layer has been recorded by archaeologists. The discovery confirms the Roman written record.
The settlement grew steadily. It covered an area of about 125 acres (0.51 km2) behind a deep ditch and wall by the early 3rd century.
Verulamium contained a forum, basilica and a theater. The theater had a stage rather than an amphitheatre.
Theater
The constructs were damaged during two fires. One was in 155. The other was around 250. One of the few extant Roman inscriptions in Britain is found on the remnants of the forum.
Roman Inscription
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The inscription is a dedication to the Emperor Titus and to Caesar Domitian, sons of Vespasian.
Titus was high priest (Pontifex Maximus), in the 9th year of tribucian power. He had been acclaimed Imperator 15 times and consul 8 times. He was the censor and Father of the Fatherland.
Domitian was consul 7 times, Prince of Youth and member of priestly brotherhoods. The inscription has been dated to 71.
Verulamium is now know as St. Albans. It is a few miles northwest of London.
Alban
Alban was a Roman citizen who lived at Verulamium. There are scholars that date his death to around 209 during the persecution under the Emperor Septimius Severus.
The chief magistrate of the city had orders to arrest all Christian clergy. One of them was a priest named Amphibalus. He fled to Alban’s home in order to hide from the soldiers who wished to kill him.
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1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death.
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Alban was impressed by the priest’s constant prayer and vigil. He questioned Amphibalus about his beliefs. He came to believe in Christ as a result of the priest's testimony and asked to be baptized.
Amphibalus was forced to move on. Alban changed clothes with him so that he could get away. The soldiers heard there was a priest hiding in Alban’s house, so they came to search it. They arrested the man dressed in priest's clothes and brought him before the judge.
The magistrate was offering sacrifice to idols. He discovered how Alban and the priest had switched clothes after questioning him. The magistrate was furious that the fugitive had been allowed to escape.
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Matt. 10:38
Whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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The judge threatened him with death unless he revealed where Amphibalus had gone. Return to pagan beliefs was also required. Alban replied, “I am also a Christian, and I worship the true God.”
The magistrate threatened him with execution after he had him beaten and tortured. Alban rejoiced and glorified God. The soldiers were ordered to take him to the Holmhurst Hill to be beheaded.
The first executioner heard Alban's testimony and refused to behead him. He was arrested. Another executioner was found to behead both. They were executed at the summit of the hill above the River Ver.
The priest Amphibalus was ultimately caught and put to death at a place called Redbourn, four miles from Verulamium.
The magistrate put an end to the persecution when people began to cry out against him.
St. Albans
St Albans Abbey and the associated Anglo-Saxon settlement were founded on a hill outside the Roman city. There was reason to believe that the site of the abbey may have been the location where Alban was executed or buried. More certainly, the abbey is near the site of a Roman cemetery. It was normal in Roman times for burial grounds to be located outside the city walls.
A well is at the bottom of Holywell Hill.
St Albans was created from the ancient parish following the dissolution of the monastery in 1539.
Queen Victoria issued a second royal charter in 1877 in response to a public petition. The charter granted city status to the borough and Cathedral status to the former Abbey Church.
Prayer
Almighty God by whose grace and power your martyr Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto death: Grant to us who now remember him with thanksgiving to be so faithful in our witness to you in this world that we may receive with him the crown of life through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Alban
S. 阿尔班
T. 阿爾班
阿 A ah 阿 a flatter A あ ア Al 알 egg
尔 er you 爾 ji you ru る ル ban 반 half
班 ban group 班 han squad ban ばん バン
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The Roman citizen of celtic descent from just outside of Londinium
led a small group into social ascent through the superstitious idiom.
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