I guess this is “Naval Academy Week” on this blog! The video below popped up on my YouTube feed and is probably one of the better ones I have seen that describe “the Yard” and life within. Enjoy!
I think the young man also has videos of West Point and the Air Force Academy on his channel – so you might also want to check them out.
Here is also a video on food services operations at – which was super interesting!
This coming Sunday is the Solemnity of Christ the King. The gospel reading for this year is the scene of Jesus on trial before Pontius Pilate during which the nature of Jesus’ kingship and kingdom is revealed. The Civil proceedings against Jesus begin after the religious trial by the Sanhedrin. Jesus is bound and led to Pilate. The opening confrontation with Pilate and the Jews is described with subtle irony. Having cynically decided on the death of Jesus because it was more advantageous that one man die than that the whole nation be destroyed, the Jewish authorities are, nevertheless, scrupulously correct in their observance of ritual purity. They do not hesitate to make use of the Gentile to destroy their adversary, but they will not enter the Gentile’s house. In the ritual impurity would affect their participation in the Passover seder. Continue reading
This coming Sunday is the Solemnity of Christ the King. The gospel reading for this year is the scene of Jesus on trial before Pontius Pilate during which the nature of Jesus’ kingship and kingdom is revealed. Roman civil involvement in the death of Jesus was recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus where, speaking of Jesus, he states, ‘And when Pilate, because of accusations made by leading men among us, condemned him to the cross’ (Ant 18.3.3 §63-64). Continue reading
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