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Tome Grave Marker 001
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Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish Cemetary
Tome, NM
04/12/09
D60
© Michael P. D'Arco
AKA Martini Mike
And to you, a Christmas Rose! - EXPLORED
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Explored December 25, 2008, #40
Would a rose in winter smell as sweet? Only if it was the "Rose of Sharon" born on Christmas Day.
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One Solitary Life
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant. He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30. Then, for three years, he was an itinerant preacher.
He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned a home. He didn't go to college. He never lived in a big city. He never traveled 200 miles from the place where he was born. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself.
He was only 33 when the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied him. He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his garments, the only property he had on earth. When he was dead, he was l
