[saturday] child has far to go

"Saturday's child has far to go."

Dies Saturni [Sæternesdæg] passed me by yesterday. Wiki says the three Abrahamic religions, via their original languages, regard Saturday as the seventh day of the week [Judaism via Hebrew, Christianity via Ecclesiastical Latin, and Islam via Arabic].

Roman Catholics put so little emphasis on that distinction that many among them follow – at least in colloquial language – the Protestant practice of calling Sunday the sabbath.

Eastern Orthodox churches distinguish between the Sabbath [Saturday] and the Lord's Day [Sunday] and I think this is closer to the way it should be done. Jesus regarded the sabbath pretty well as following the ancient laws, with some exceptions, e.g. if your cow falls in a ditch.

Another distinction is that when He came, then if you believed on Him, the need for ritual sacrifice was rendered unnecessary and superfluous. Naturally, the dark side doesn't see it that way and our gallant invisible leadership prefers to continue the ritual sacrifices on High Days - nothing like a bit of young bloodletting after a hard week globalising, is there?

Don't get me wrong - I'm not suggesting for one moment that Al, Richard, Gerald, HW, Donald and Henry pop down to the local temple for a bit of gore now and then with their Ascended Masters - nor am I suggesting in any way that the ingsoc leaderspeak we've all come to know and love stems from the gobbledegook chanted by hooded pillars of the community in mid-rape, neither in Omaha, San Diego nor in any other place on earth.

Saturday was also the preferred day to hunt vampires as that was the day they had to remain in their coffins. It was also believed that someone born on a Saturday could see a vampire when it was invisible.

Whilst I'll take my chances with the Enlightened Dragons, I draw the line at coffin dwellers - after all, look what playing with them did to Tom Cruise.

Colourful place for solemn rituals, isn't it?