Linguistic Haiku VIII-"It Is What It Is"

 

"It is what it is"
is not always true because
sometimes it isn't!

Ice Cream

Lakeside ice cream in White Bear Lake, MN on a beautiful 80F August day. 

Independence Day 2023

 

Spring 2023

 

Easter Monday 2023

 

The Empty Tomb: Christ has Risen!

Illustration 269919729 © Vladischern | Dreamstime.com

Easter Sunday 2023

Appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene

(Public Domain Photo Reproduction (Wikimedia) of the oil painting depicting the risen Jesus Christ speaking with Mary Magdalene, by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (Ca. 1835)

"Meanwhile Mary stayed out side near the tomb, weeping.  Then, still weeping she stooped to look inside and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.  They said 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my Lord away' she replied 'and I don't know where they have put him'  As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not recognize him. Jesus said, 'Woman why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him', Jesus said, 'Mary!' She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbuni!' which means Master.  Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not ascended to the Father. But go and find the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' So Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her." (John 20:11-18)

Note: Scripture passage is from the  Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York,

Good Friday 2023

 

Amidst chaos, Jesus is crucified with two thieves

(Photo ID 77227510 © Jozef Sedmak | Dreamstime.com.  A  photo of a Fresco of the Crucifixion in the Cathedral of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Giovanna Antonio de Sacchis, nicknamed Pordenone (1484-1539)

"Then they took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out of the city to the place of the skull or, as it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified him with two others, one on either side with Jesus in the middle.  Pilot wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'.  This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.  So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate, 'You should not write "King of the Jews", but "This man said: I am King of the Jews"'  Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written'." (John 19:17-22)

Note: Scripture passage is from the  Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York,