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ANCIENT MYSTERY SOLVED!
Some are already hailing 'Shroud Codes in the Bible' as the first definitive book that links the holy Shroud of Turin with the Bible. Investigative researcher & code- breaker, J.R. Watts, says the science of cryptology has finally proven the authenticity of the Shroud. See updates below!
Discover how the New Testament became a chat room of encrypted tweets which pointed to the divine transfer of Christ's bodily image to the Shroud. J.R. Watts' new book is now available from
*SHROUD CODE UPDATE! J.R. Watts just discovered a new Shroud Code in June, 2017. This code is about the Shroud's width, which Paul embedded in 2 Corin. 13:1. It is a fact the Shroud is 3 feet, 5 inches wide. Once deciphered, Paul's code reads: a third... two plus three. Paul's code 'a third' signified 3 feet. And, if we add 2 & 3, we get 5 to signify 5 inches. The Shroud's width is 3 feet, 5 inches.
In 2016, J.R. discovered an earlier code by Paul in 2 Corin. 12:2 about the Shroud's length, which is 14 feet, 3 inches long. Watts decoded it to reveal: fourteen... to the third, which appears in his book, Shroud Codes in the Bible.
Paul, a tent-maker, was used to measuring feet & inches. He'd likely received his job orders in shorthand & scribbled notes to himself about tent sizes in abbreviated form, much like a tailor might do. Paul likely had the Shroud smuggled to the church at Corinth & wanted them to know it's exact size. Even back then, the Shroud may have been sewed to an earlier backing cloth that predated the 1534 backing cloth!
Dr. Ken Stevenson of the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project recently said to J.R. Watts: "I am fascinated by what you've done and I want to encourage you. I think you have a very important piece to bring to the Shroud puzzle."
Shroud photographer Barrie Schwortz stated: "J.R. Watts has written a scholarly work with Shroud Codes in the Bible."
Prophecy in the News.com wrote in the June 2017 edition of their monthly magazine: "J.R. Watts has written an amazing book with Shroud Codes in the Bible".
THE SIGN OF TWO
THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST ACHIEVED SOMETHING BRILLIANT WHEN THEY WROTE THE NEW TESTAMENT BECAUSE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY GAVE THEMSELVES WAS A WAY OF TELLING JESUS' STORY ON TWO LEVELS; WHICH, ON THE FACE OF IT, SEEMS TO BE A STRAIGHT-FORWARD ACCOUNT OF CHRIST'S LIFE, KNOWN IN CRYPTOLOGY AS THE PLAINTEXT READING OF THE BIBLE.
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY; BENEATH THE SURFACE, A HIDDEN SIGNIFICANCE EXISTED ON A DEEPER LEVEL. THE SIGN OF TWO WITNESSES WAS REVEALED IN THE BIBLE CONCERNING THE SHROUD OF CHRIST. THE TWO WITNESSES, IN THIS CASE, ARE THE TWIN IMAGES OF JESUS ON THE CLOTH, ANOINTED BY CHRIST'S BLOOD.
IF THE DISCIPLES SAW BOTH OF CHRIST'S IMAGES ON THE SHROUD; THEIR SCRIPTURES WOULD HAVE BEEN ENCODED WITH SLY DATA RELATIVE TO BOTH OF THOSE IMAGES IN A SECRET CIPHER-TEXT.
THIS WAS A KIND OF WORD PLAY INVOLVING A SUBTLE CROSS-REFERENCING OF WORDS, IMBUED WITH DOUBLE MEANINGS THAT REFLECTED BOTH SHROUD IMAGES THROUGH A MIRROR OF WORDS, DEVISED THROUGH A CLEVER FORM OF HIDDEN WORD ASSOCIATION.
WHEN JOHN WROTE, THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, A CODE-BREAKER CAN REVERSE ENGINEER THE ORDER OF WORDS TO REVEAL, THE FLESH, (IMAGE OF CHRIST) WAS MADE THE WORD. IN OTHER WORDS, DISGUISED DATA LINKED TO JESUS' IMAGE WAS ENCODED IN THE BIBLE THROUGH A CRYPTIC METHOD OF CAMOUFLAGE, AKIN TO A MASQUERADE IN WORDS.
CAMOUFLAGE WORKS BEST WHEN IT IS UNSEEN. BUT TO HIDE ANYTHING EFFECTIVELY, YOU HAVE TO SUBMERGE IT WITH SOMETHING OF A SIMILAR PATTERN OR BACKGROUND, WHETHER IT BE COLOR, TEXTURE OR WORDS. BY COMBINING LIKE WITH LIKE, A SMOKESCREEN IS CREATED THAT VEILS REALITY.
SECRET CODES JUST DON'T HAPPEN. THEY'RE A CHAIN OF CRITICAL DATA, LINKED TOGETHER BY DECEPTIVE COMMONALITIES THE EYE DOES NOT NORMALLY PERCEIVE BECAUSE THE MIND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE THEM. LIKE STEALTH TECHNOLOGY, DESIGNED TO EVADE RADAR DETECTION, THE SIGNATURE OF SECRET CODES ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT SINCE THEY ARE DESIGNED TO DEFLECT ATTENTION AWAY FROM THEMSELVES, NOT ATTRACT IT.
THE BIBLE ITSELF HINTS AT SECRET CODES BEING LOCKED AWAY WITHIN ITS' PAGES THAT HAVE A HIDDEN BACKSIDE TO THEM, THAT'S INVISIBLY SEALED, LIKE AN UNDERCURRENT OF THOUGHT. SOMETIMES; THIS ALLUDES TO CRYPTIC WORDS THAT HAVE A DOUBLE MEANING, ONE OF WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD WHILE THE OTHER REMAINS A MYSTERY, UNLESS GOD INSPIRES A BELIEVER TO CRACK THE CODES & UNSEAL THEIR SECRET SIGNIFICANCE.
SECRET AGENTS OF THE SHROUD Investigative researcher & cryptologist J.R. Watts' non-fiction book; Shroud Codes in the Bible, is a data analysis project on a scale never dreamed of before. The book; the first of it's kind, has already stirred thought provoking speculation among religious & scientific circles, fueling further scrutiny of the Holy Scriptures for signs of what J.R. says has existed in the Bible for over 2,000 years: cryptic codes relating to Jesus' image on a burial cloth. Watts asserted, "The codes prove the disciples of Christ became secret agents of the Shroud".
LIKE SPIKES IN THE GRID
It was the Reverend Albert Dreisbach's beliefs that the Bible contained spy clues about the Shroud, which inspired J.R. Watts in 2000 to scrutinize the Bible for an anomaly in the syntax of Scripture. Like a data detective; searching the Bible for connections with common denominators, Watts hunted for patterns of unusal signals. What he found was something akin to the transmissions of an ancient broadcast, beamed from antiquity. The Shroud Codes seemed to be set on a delayed timer, which Watts tuned into, like the cryptic frequencies of a wavelength, whose decryption was not destined to occur until the End of Days.
SIGNALS: BEACONS OF LIGHT
With their secret knowledge of the Shroud, Christ's disciples wrote many New Testament verses with words often influenced by the fact they had, in their midst, Jesus' mystical image on a shroud. J.R. Watts deciphered many cryptic codes, interspersed between more than 800,000 words of the New Testament and Revelation, as well as some Shroud Codes in the Old Testament.
Could anyone expect the writings of the Disciples would not reflect upon this great mystery they all shared? The Shroud obviously impacted the words the disciples wrote, as they transcribed their thoughts to the written word in the Bible.
SHROUD CODES ARE NOT REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY!
Does this imply that Jesus' disciples did not mean what they wrote when taken together as a whole? Watts says no, since the Shroud Codes are historical and not heretical. They were cryptically woven within the maze of Scripture, making them invisible to human perception, although they have now come into focus. The Shroud Codes are a form of Morse Code, separated only by other words in the Bible used to bridge the gap between them.
REALITY SURPASSES CONJECTURE
J.R. Watts; a former government investigator & code breaker, says the thing that separates folklore from fact is evidence. He says his extensive research proves beyond any doubt the disciples of Jesus subtly inter-faced their Shroud Codes with countless scriptures in indiscernible ways. Hence, the Shroud was never seen in the Bible because these secret codes disappeared into the connectivity of tens of thousands of words, acting like a fog to camouflage the secret.
Watts says the Shroud Codes do not conflict with the Bible since they don't infer any new or different teachings or doctrines. They are simply a covert form of communication about the Shroud.
IN HIS IMAGE: A DOUBLE MEANING?
In Shroud Codes in the Bible, prophecy researcher J.R. Watts unveils the New Testament's greatest secret, which has been hiding in the Bible since the time of Christ like a secret storyboard, now decoded through 21st century code breaking technology & cryptanalysis.
THE TWIN TOWER PROPHECIES
J.R. Watts first began to decipher hidden codes about the Shroud in 2000 in John 20:5-8. He sensed the significance of these words were laying dormant and unrecognized for what they truly were: secret ciphers pointing to the shroud. But 9-11 derailed Watts' hunt for more codes with foreboding portents that seemed to come from the Twilight Zone.
J.R. worked one block from the Twin Towers, whose tragic fate he foresaw in nightmarish visions for 10 months prior to September 11th. During that time, dozens of calf & cow idols, some the color of gold, were displayed in & around the World Trade Center, ignoring the warnings from Exodus 32:20 & from Deuteronomy 32:21. The Bible clearly warns such idolatry will provoke God's judgments. Yet this is what happened within 8 years of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center: brazen idolatry that defied the God Most High with symbols invoking the Lord's wrath.
AS THE 21st CENTURY DAWNED, THEY DID NOT WELCOME THE GOD OF HEAVEN BUT A GOLDEN IDOL OF PROSPERITY INSTEAD. HERE WAS GOD'S RESPONSE TO THEM:
They have moved me to jealsouy with that which is not God, they have provoked me to anger with their vanities (idols)... Deut. 32:21.
...That day, about *three thousand of the people died...Exodus 32:27.
*THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE DIED IN THE U.S. ON 9-11 FOR THE IGORANCE OF DEFYING GOD WITH A CALF IDOL & OTHER SINS. THE FOREBODING CONNECTION BETWEEN EXODUS 32:27 & SEPT. 11TH, 2001 ARE THE LAST TWO LETTERS OF THE WORD, EXODUS & THE SLAUGHTER OF 3,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. FOR THE SAME SINS THE ANCIENT JEWS WERE JUDGED AND EXECUTED FOR. THE EX IN EXODUS MAY SYMBOLIZE AMERICA'S FALL FROM GOD'S GRACE, AS IF CRYPTICALLY HINTING THE UNITED STATES IS BUT A SHADOW OF ITS' FORMER OR EX-GLORY. EXODUS.
NEW YORK CITY WAS NOT ALONE IN THEIR IDOLATRY. MANY OTHER AMERICAN CITIES ACROSS THE NATION ALSO WELCOMED THE NEW MILLENNIUM BY SHOWCASING WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE COW PARADE, A CORPORATE FUNDED CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM. MANY OF THOSE CORPORATIONS HAD OFFICES IN THE TWIN TOWERS. ASIDE FROM THE MULTI-COLORED COW & CALF IDOLS, MANY GOLDEN CALF IDOLS WERE DISPLAYED IN AND AROUND MANY FINANCIAL DISTRICTS. J.R. WATTS SAYS THIS FALSE IDOLATRY HAS CONTINUED WELL BEYOND 9-11 & INTO 2016. SO HAS GOD'S ANGRY JUDGMENTS.
SEE COW PARADE PICS AT BOTTOM PAGE, ESPECIALLY THE TWIN TOWER CALF IDOLS WHOSE FURRY HIDES RESEMBLED THE BLACK SMOKE OF 9-11, BILLOWING FROM THE SAME AREAS THE HIJACKED JETS CRASHED INTO. THOSE PARTICULAR COW/CALF IDOLS WERE DISPLAYED INSIDE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN THE GROUND FLOOR LOBBY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION.
IN GOOD WEATHER, THEY WERE DISPLAYED OUTSIDE, BETWEEN THE TWIN TOWERS. THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE TWIN COWERS. THE WORD, COWER, MEANS TO SHAKE, QUIVER & TREMBLE WITH FEAR. PRIOR TO 9-11; THE TWIN COWERS WERE SOLD AT AUCTION TO JOSEPH TAHL & TWO PARTNERS FOR $20,000. IN MAY OF 2016; ON FACEBOOK, J.R. WATTS WARNED TAHL; FORMERLY AN ATTORNEY FOR DONALD TRUMP, THAT THE IDOLS WERE CURSED AND SHOULD BE DISMANTLED OR DESTROYED. WATTS SAID THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THESE SINISTER IDOLS COULD INVITE ANOTHER 9-11. THE WALL STREET BRONZE BULL, SAID WATTS, SHOULD ALSO BE REMOVED FROM MANHATTAN.
VIEW MORE PHOTOS OF THESE TWIN TOWER CALF IDOLS THAT FORETOLD 9-11 AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. IN HIS LECTURES, J.R. WATTS ASKS, IS SATAN THE TRUE MASTERMIND OF THESE ONGOING COW PARADES THAT SEEM TO SIGNIFY THE OMNIOUS RETURN OF THE GOLDEN CALF IDOL? THE TWIN TOWER PROPHECIES & THE TWIN COWERS ARE DISCUSSED IN J.R.'S BOOK ABOUT THE SHROUD CODES.
PRECISION TIMING: A 9-11 CLOCK
When the Twin Tower Prophecies; which God gave J.R. Watts, were fulfilled on 9/11/01, the stunned Watts examined the photos taken from helicopters hovering over the East River days later. He noted that the 9-11 hijackers purposely steered the doomed jets into the Twin Towers at such angles as to represent the 11th minute after the ninth hour, to underscore the date of 9-11.
The RADICAL MUSLIM hijackers had intentionally plotted the longitude & latitude of where best to strike the World Trade Center in order to transform it into a giant clockface. The wings of the jets were tilted to represent the hands of a clock upon impact with the towers. When the Twin Towers collapsed, J.R. Watts suspects the COUNTDOWN to the End of Days began on 9-11. You can read about J.R.'s insights concerning the Twin Tower prophecies in his book about the Shroud Codes.
SEARCHING FOR INSIGHTS
After 9-11, J.R. spent the next dozen years, learning the skills of cryptanalysis, code breaking, cryptography and cryptology. Then, in 2012, Watts felt inspired to renew his search for Shroud Codes. He sensed that if encrypted data had been secreted into the Bible via cryptology, then the same cryptologic approach would have to be applied to unearth them.
Scouring the Bible for Shroud Codes, J.R. Watts discovered another amazing anomaly: many disguised Shroud Codes also existed in the Old Testament books of Numbers & Leviticus as ELS skip codes. J.R.'s research was based on a word by word investigation of the 1611 King James Bible & also the Aramaic Bible.
VALIDITY OF SHROUD CODES
The main focus of J.R. Watts (seen here with the bespectacled Barrie Schwortz) since his discovery in 2012, has been to publicize the Shroud Codes, based on a hidden network of ciphers, concealed within a cryptic lattice-work of various New Testament narratives, the logistics of which have been overlooked by even the most brilliant of scientifitic minds who endeavored to solve the Shroud mystery.
ABOUT THE CODE BREAKER
J.R. Watts is a member of the American Cryptogram Association, as well as a member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research, the Pattern Recognition Society, the International Association of Retired Law Enforcement Officers & the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
Apart from his role as a government investigator, J.R. Watts was also a cryptologist & code breaker, who used cryptanalysis & 21st century code breaking technology to crack the ciphers of the Shroud Codes from the Bible.
For over 20 years, Watts worked for the city & state of New York in a variety of investigative roles, though he sometimes worked with many federal agents and investigators on a variety of cases.
REVERSE ENGINEERING THE MYSTERIOUS SEALS OF THE CODES
J.R. Watts felt as if God had imbued his intellect with an expanded ability to suddenly decipher & discern previously hidden Shroud Codes in Scripture. Watts decrypted these covert signals, using cryptologic methods, calculating the probability they existed by intentional design, rather than coincidently. Upon completion of his book, J.R. Watts founded the CENTER FOR BIBLICAL CRYPTOLOGY in 2015 to help publicize the Shroud Codes while continuing his investigation of cryptology in the Bible.
BLIPS ON A RADAR SCREEN
J.R. believes the Shroud Codes are like blips on a radar screen, blinking on & off, due to their intrinsic blending into the overall text of the New Testament, which wraps around the codes, masking & shading them in an imperceptible way.
THRESHOLD OF A NEW EPOCH
When J.R. Watts renewed his search for evidence of clues & hints about the Shroud in the Bible, he had an odd sense something unique was occurring within his own psyche that allowed him a sense of depth perception in relation to being able to detect hidden patterns in the Bible. A mysterious door of intrigue suddenly opened as if unseen seals within the Bible were gradually unsealed, revealing the Shroud Codes.
OVERTURNING PRESENT REALITY
J.R. Watts' research into the forensic cryptanalysis of the New Testament has proven that Christ's disciples encoded the Bible with cryptic Shroud data while they lived in the 1st century, thereby ensuring the Shroud Codes would survive for posterity by their mere inclusion into the Scriptures, however coyly crafted they were & undectable to outsiders.
Watts' book, Shroud Codes in the Bible, does not represent Catholic tenets or doctrines. J.R. explains how the image of Jesus Christ was one of the central themes of the New Testament after our Lord's resurrection. The disciples thought it vital to secretly document the Shroud's existence in a cryptic trail of hidden ciphers & thus; wrote many of their scriptures with the Shroud in mind, disguised in a complex web of words.
DETECTION OF STATISTICAL ANOMALIES
It's easy for those who doubt J.R. Watts' beliefs about the Shroud Codes to say he has merely interpreted the scriptures in accordance to what he believes about the Shroud of Turin.
But Watts suggests the opposite is true; that segments of the New Testament where Shroud Codes exist were never properly interpreted to begin with.
J.R. believes that since the Shroud Codes themselves were never perceived as being distinguishable from the other words that surrounded them, their own individuality as covert data being secretly conveyed within the words of the Scriptures became blurred.
Throughout the ages, Christians have failed to detect that Christ's disciples had transmitted secret signals about the Shroud right where they should have been looking for these signals all along, slyly written in the New Testament.
J.R. Watts is available for speaking engagements to audiences, which includes a PowerPoint display & a life size exhibit of Shroud of Turin replicas.
LEARNING TO SEE HIDDEN THINGS
Some Shroud researchers have searched in vain for verifiable signs of the Shroud in the New Testament but without knowledge of code breaking. In his book, Shroud Codes in the Bible, J.R. Watts claims to have succeeded where many others have failed in the past, deciphering the cryptic keys to the hidden codes about the Shroud of Turin, which Watts says have been laying dormant in the New Testament for over 2,000 years until he cracked the code in 2012 as he sensed the inspiration of God.
HUMAN PERCEPTION OF SECRETS
J.R. Watts believes it required much more than mere human understanding to have properly deciphered the Shroud Codes. It dawned on J.R. that these secret codes were disguised by the smoke and mirrors of a veiled form of crafty wordplay, capable of manipulating not only human eyes but intellects as well.
PATTERNS EMERGE FROM SCRIPTURE
With no scientific background to speak of, J.R. Watts has become the first modern researcher to claim that a detailed code exists in the Scriptures, clearly showing a repetitive pattern of cryptic data, systematically woven into the writings of the New Testament about the mystical image of Christ that was referenced in a cryptic way, unlike any other subject in the Bible.
J.R. Watts claims he was able to crack the Shroud Codes despite his lack of scientifitic credentials since the codes were not devised by scientists but rather, by Jesus' disciples: fishermen, a tax collector & a tent maker.
Watts utilized a variety of code breaking methods, as well as specially designed computer software to uncover a vast array of secret Shroud Codes, which the disciples embedded in their writings, hopeful that one day their codes would be properly deciphered in the future.
In Shroud Codes in the Bible, J.R. outlines the cryptic methods he used as a means of detection, which involved many of the same techniques that government spies, military intelligence analysts & seasoned cryptologists could disern as points of concurrency.
CAUSE & EFFECT: CLUSTER FORMATION
J.R. Watts believes the reason why Shroud experts & the clergy failed to detect the Shroud Codes before was because they lacked an innate intuition for seeing hidden patterns in the Bible.
Even if they had searched the Bible for clues about the Shroud, they could not discern what they could not decode if they knew nothing of cryptanalysis.
But code breakers & cryptanalysts see many signals that other people miss. Experience in cryptanalysis allows code breakers to see hidden patterns, which are normally evasive to the eyes of those who have no training in cryptology.
FINDING THE THE CRYPTIC KEY
J.R. Watts stated, "The cryptic key that unsealed the Shroud Codes was in my ability to see subtle patterns of data that could be cross referenced with the Shroud. If you don't see a pattern, then there is nothing to make you suspect something is there. But if you see sly patterns beginning to emerge, that's all that is needed to compel you to continue searching. Code breaking is essentially the invisible becoming visible", said Watts.
GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH
J.R. Watts' book details how he used various computer software to reveal the Shroud Codes' ancient secrets through high-speed computation of data.
Watts also utilized long established methods of cryptanalaysis, such as similarities & correlations in word pattern recognition, frequency analysis, text data mining, data mapping, deductive logic, pattern matching, substitution ciphers, word hopscotching, deciphering 'noise' to 'signal' ratios, filtering secret messages from extraneous text, data compression, concept immersion, cluster analysis, symbol recognition, probability theory, image processing, statisical analysis & constrained writing patterns used to unmask hidden messages about Christ's image in the New Testament.
DECODING BY WORKING BACKWARDS
J.R. Watts employed the techniques listed above to help him retrace the blueprints of the Shroud Codes by eliminating certain factors to help visualize & identify the cryptology, which was previously unrecognizable in the Bible. By methods of exclusion and weeding out the improbable, Watts was able to arrive at the conclusion that the many words he deduced as being ciphers for the Shroud were just that - ciphers, for no other hypothesis met the facts.
AN INTER-STATE MAP OF SHROUD CODES
After accumulating countless words, terms & phrases from Christ's disciples that directly cross-referenced known facts about the Shroud, Watts saw a running thread from gospel to gospel & from epistle to epistle that demanded an explanation as to why they were written in what could only be described as inter-related words that bore a disguised connection to the Shroud.
For if we were to omit the non-code words, then only the Shroud Codes would remain, emerging like the grid of a cross word puzzle, spread out in the Scriptures like a spider web with strands of camouflaged data, comparbale to an inter-state highway map whose markers all lead to the Shroud.
A CRYPTIC NETWORK REVEALED
The result of J.R. Watts' research clearly showed a transparent pattern existed in the Scriptures, which linked the Shroud of Turin with the gospel accounts of Jesus in a multitude of ways. By being able to link the Shroud with the New Testament by way of the network of ciphers from Matthew's gospel to Jude's epistle, J.R. Watts has systematically proven the age & origins of the Shroud as a miraculous relic, treasured by Jesus' disciples, despite the secrecy over it.
DIMENSIONS OF THINGS SEEN & UNSEEN
Collectively, all the Shroud Codes combine to form a solid case of direct & circumstantial evidence, which pointed to the miraculous image of Jesus on the Shroud. And yet the Shroud Codes cloud the minds of the pragmatic, who reason to themselves such codes cannot exist. If we can believe in the miracles written of in the Bible, then we can also consider the probability that God has secretly hidden details about the Shroud in his Word by means of cryptology.
SHROUD CODES REFUTE CARBON DATING
J.R. Watts claims his research proves the age of the Shroud originated in the 1st century, refuting the 1988 carbon date test results, which were proven false in 2005 by other Shroud researchers.
THE PURSUIT OF INTRIGUE & MYSTERY
J.R. emphatically states that the Shroud Codes do not conflict with the Word of God because they are the Word of God. The Shroud Codes themselves were hidden within the structure of sentences & paragraphs within the various books of the New Testament, which transported these codes through the safe conveyance of the words of Scripture.
The secondary words that wrapped around the Shroud Codes provided a sly way, in which the disciples could weave their hidden codes. J.R. Watts does not consider these secondary words to be superfluous but they helped the Shroud Codes to hide just below the depth of human perception; like an iceberg partially submerged in the ocean, seen from the top but not from below.
In the broader scope of sentence structure formation, the wrap-around words played host to the Shroud Codes, helping the codes to maintain a unique chameleon-like transparency so they could not easily be deciphered in the plain text reading of Scripture.
The Shroud Codes do not call attention to themselves. Instead, they very slyly come in via the back door, as opposed to being in your face. The non-code words they were woven in carried the secret of the Shroud in the safest & best possible medium, the Holy Bible. In all this, says Watts, God has created a great mystery.
THE IMAGINATION OF CURIOSITY
J.R. Watts had a lifelong passion for solving puzzles, riddles & mysteries. His many interests included the study of cryptanalysis; the enciphering of codes, cryptology, Bible prophecy, physics, codebreaking, geometry, archeology, cryptography, journalism, probability & statistical theory applications & systematic linguistic analysis.
This led J.R. on a 15 year investigation into the phenomenon known as Torah Codes. From these endeavors, Watts felt inspired by God to begin his exploration of the New Testament to investigate the possibility that Jesus' disciples hid codes about the Shroud in their writings.
J.R. Watts' long & exhaustive research led him into the complex & oftentimes mysterious world of Steganography, one of the many intriguing forms of the science of secret writing. As Watts carefully scrutinized the Bible, he began to realize that an obvious & unique pattern had begun to emerge right before his eyes.
Watts began to detect that various parts of the New Testament read as if the sentences were crafted to deceive the eye for purposes of misdirection, akin to a charade of musical chairs.
Through the maze of words, J.R. realized there were many words in the Bible centered on the theme of Christ's image, surrounded by countless words dealing with the visual sense of sight, as if the disciples wanted us to see the Shroud in the words they wrote.
THE CRYPTOLOGY OF STEGANOGRAPHY
J.R. Watts recommends the Youtube video, Lecture 32: Steganography by Professor Richard Buckland of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Watts says the genius of the Shroud Codes were in their complex simplicity, affirming that some of the codes were simple designs, while others were more complex in nature and yet very logical in an analytical way.
Watts' revealing book, Shroud Codes in the Bible, goes into far more depth with hundreds of examples of Shroud Codes displayed directly from the King James Bible with a complete cryptanalysis.
It was the study of steganography that told J.R. Watts that these words were not there by accident or by mere chance but by design. These words were literally enciphered codes; cleverly conceived, intentionally written & disguised by flowing into & out of the Scriptures.
Steganography is a crafty way in which encrypted messages are slyly hidden within the words of a much more expansive message, so as to disguise secretive information.
J.R. Watts believes he has proven the disciples of Jesus used this covert form of writing to secretly convey hints and clues about the Shroud's existence in their letters to early Christians, though this has escaped the detection of many theologians down through the ages.
AN IMAGE CAN ONLY BE
REFLECTED FROM A TRUE OBJECT
A silhouette image of a bearded man, beaten & crucified, appears on the shroud's surface. When the shroud was first photographed in 1898, a ghostly, secondary image of that mysterious man manifested, silently announcing it's presence to the world.
Emerging from the silhouette image on the Shroud, this shadowy spectre was invisible to the naked eye but not to the camera. J.R. Watts says the Shroud Codes seem to suggest the hidden image of Christ's reflection on the Shroud was once visible to his disciples, whose own eyes had seen the many miracles of Jesus firsthand.
THE POSSIBLE ISAIAH 53 CONNECTION:
A REVELATION BY *OMISSION
As a seaoned investigator who was also experienced in cryptology, J.R. Watts was intrigued by the fact the gospel accounts went to great lengths *not to describe Jesus' physical appearence. Considering all the miracles that Jesus did, one would think his physical attributes would have been recorded for history.
The disciples apparently knew better than to describe what Christ *looked like since such an admission would endanger the Shroud's survival because they would have been describing how Jesus' *bodily form on the Shroud.
In a way, the gospel writers fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 53, which said the Suffering Servant had *no form, though his image was described as marred or tortured. And yet, the disciples found many ways to reference Jesus' image on the Shroud through ingenious forms of wordplay, as detailed in J.R. Watts' non-fiction book, Shroud Codes in the Bible, on sale in early 2016.
SHROUD IMAGE WAS FORETOLD
The man's image on the shroud was a precise anatomic representation of the same man whose murder was eerily foretold in Psalm 22 & Isaiah 53, omnious prophecies recorded 1,000 years earlier.
Sadly, Satan has blinded many clergy in mainstream Christianity today, who dismiss the shroud as being nothing more than a religious relic of the Catholic faith. There are those who falsely claim the Shroud is a graven image but no one would imply that with the Ark of the Covenant, with it's angelic statues.
WILL SHROUD EXPERTS DISMISS OR ACCEPT SHROUD CODE RESULTS ? It all depends on who you ask & if they're open-minded & take the time to thoroughly analyze J.R. Watts' research. Many of these well meaning, pragmatic folks have views, which are not easily changed. Some of them are hesitant to accept the results of new research, which comes from outside their sphere of influence but some might.
HIS SAME JESUS WILL RETURN
Why did God miraculously scan the image of Christ on the Shroud ? Does it concern the 2nd coming of Jesus? Does God want us to recognize His Son by comparing it to the image on the Shroud? Examine excerpts of the following prophetic scriptures that imply Jesus' appearence will be the same in the future, as it was in the past.
Zechariah 12:10 ...they shall look upon me who was pierced....
Zechariah 13:6 ...what are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends...
Acts 1:11 ...Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into Heaven...
Paul the Apostle, blending cryptic hints in symbolic picture words, revealed the truth about the mystical existence of Jesus' image on the shroud in 2nd Corinthians, chapters 3, 4 & 5.
In over 40 words related to the visual sense of sight, the apostle tried to describe the image on the shroud, using cryptograms & ciphers. Paul ended chapter 4 as if it were a sworn affidavit, testifying to the evidence he saw.
In John 20:5-8, within the space of three short verses, John wrote of Jesus' burial linen clothes three distinct times. Three seperate times John kept pointing to the Shroud in those 3 short verses.
JOHN WAS POINTING AT SOMETHING
It would have sufficed had John only written it once. For what other purpose would John repeatedly write about the linen clothes in 3 consecutive verses if he wasn't trying to bring it to our attention?
Another curious tidbit was that in John 20:5-8, John referred to the Shroud as the linen clothes in the plural and not in the singular. The Shroud was one distinct piece of cloth, long & wide enough to completely encase a man's body in.
CLOTHES, NOT CLOTH
But rather than refer to the cloth singularly, John's words suggested he had seen two things, which, in a sense, were divided but somehow connected.
The images of Jesus' body, both the front and rear sides, were transferred onto the surface of the Shroud, as if a divine power had created a scanned image without benefit of technology.
NOT ONE BUT TWO
In John 20:5-8, John wrote he and Peter saw the linen clothes laying in the tomb where Jesus' body had been. Note how John wrote in the plural when he wrote, linen clothes and not just linen cloth.
Why else would John want us to see in our minds the images of duplicity unless he wanted us to envision both the frontal and dorsal images of Jesus' body on the Shroud? This had to be the reason why John consistantly referred to them as the linen clothes and not just the linen cloth in three straight, short verses.
While it is true that John also referenced the napkin; which had initially been used to cover Jesus' bloody face, nonetheless John intentionally referred to the linen clothes in a distinct & seperate way, apart from the napkin.
Interestingly enough, a few verses later, in John 20:11-12, after John & Peter departed the tomb, Mary Magdalene remained there and saw a miraculous vision of two angels in white garments who spoke to her. John wrote afterward that these two angels sat at both the head and feet where Jesus' body had lain.
ANGELS SAT BY THE HEAD & FEET
Again, it is clear John was brining to our attention the fact that Jesus' image was clearly seen on the Shroud when he coyly wrote: head, feet, body, Jesus in verse 12.
Why else would John have gone to the trouble of writing such descriptive words? John was trying to bring this point to our attention in his gospel but our reasoning was blinded since we failed to understand he had actually written about Jesus' bodily image on the Shroud with his use of associative terms.
If John was correct in his gospel, Mary Magdalene was the last person in the tomb with the linen clothes during her encounter with the two angels. Did the two angels advise Mary to discreetly remove the Shroud from the tomb before Jesus' enemies were alerted?
AN UNDERGROUND SHROUD RAILROAD?
Did Mary help Nicodemus & Joseph of Arimathea smuggle the Shroud? Or did Peter & John secretly remove the Shroud themselves to a series of trusted safe houses? After Mary's encounter in the tomb with the two angels, she then saw the resurrected Jesus in a garden, outside the tomb as she was leaving, according to John.
But after that, no accounts of Mary Magdalene, Nicodemus or Joseph of Arimathea ever again appeared in the New Testament. And what became of Jesus' linen clothes from the tomb? The term, linen clothes, was never again found anywhere in the New Testament. Understandably; the word, shroud, was likewise never referred to in the gosepls, relating to Jesus' image, for reasons of security.
EVER PRESENT DANGER
Not surprisingly, the shroud posed a grave danger for the disciples of Jesus by way of further persecution. Hushed rumors about the shroud's existence must have quietly circulated among believers at Corinth. Yet Paul steadfastly assured them of the truth.
We Have a Treasure in an Earthen Vessel
In cleverly crafted prose, Paul skillfully weaved words of imagery, in a hidden pattern of repetitive codes, confirming he had witnessed the image on Jesus' shroud, as did all of the disciples.
However, Christ's disciples did not physically describe the Shroud image so much as they referenced it in words that would not have betrayed the medium in which it existed, a burial cloth.
It is clear that the disciples, whenever referring to the Shroud in writing, purposely avoided using words like burial shroud or linen clothes, in their subsequent letters about the Shroud,
in which they referenced Christ's image, more than they described it.
SLEIGHT OF HAND WITH WORDS
Their cryptic messages intentionally omitted the anatomical details of the Shroud image, as a preventative measure. To acheive this, Jesus' followers used the spy craft of steganography in order to broadcast this secret message.
But most Christians have never read the Bible through the eyes of an investigator, code breaker or cryptanalyst.
Paul's message was designed to be understood by Christians but not by his enemies, whose attempts at spying involved intercepting such letters.
Paul even alluded to the dual images of Jesus embedded in the shroud, writing cryptically of the inward & outward man in 2nd Corinthians, chapter 4. Did Jesus reveal this anomaly to his disciples, showing them the positive & negative frames of reference?
THE CLOAK & DAGGER OF ESPIONAGE
In 2nd Timothy 4:13, Paul told Timothy to bring 'the cloak' with him. Paul did not say to bring, 'My cloak' but the cloak. Was it possible the Shroud could have been folded enough times, as to be hidden within a long cloak? Paul also alluded to books & parchments, possibly affidavits by the disciples, confirming for believers about the Shroud's reality.
In their letters to various churches, Paul, Mark, Luke, Peter & John loudly proclaimed the miraculous existence of Christ's image on a burial shroud. While their choice of words implied a spiritual innuendo, few realized their implication signified a material object, the Shroud.
THEY CONFESSED NOTHING
Such an admission in writing would have been equal to a signed confession. If the Jewish High Priests, King Herod & Pontius Pilate had known about the Shroud, the disciples of Jesus would have been arrested, charged with sorcery, idol worship & blasphemy, which the Knights Templar later fell victim to.
The disciples would have been crucified before the Christian church could take root. Christ's enemies would have claimed the Shroud was a graven image & plot to destroy it.
J.R. Watts states that the Satanic enemies of Christianity would have destroyed all evidence of the Shroud & the Shroud Codes if given the chance.
THE SECRET CODES WERE TRANSMITTED
Are we foolish enough to believe Christ's disciples would leave this world without leaving cryptic references about the Shroud in their gospels & letters for future generations to decipher?
In some parts of the New Testament, the disciples created cipher texts, which could be read one way but also in another way, on a level which entailed the covert use of phonetic codes & secret passwords known only to the senders and receivers of these messages.
This resulted in the disciples not having to admit in writing that the true subject of their letters was not so much about mysticism, ideology or spirituality but about Jesus' image on a burial shroud.
I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED
The Apostle Paul himself plainly stated in one of his letters that he possessed a figure, which was transferred, implying Jesus' image had been transferred to the Shroud. Once decoded, the real message by Paul was: I have a transferred figure.
The significance of the disciples' coyly written words would be lost to Christ's enemies who would remain ignorant to the truth because the Shroud's existence was invisible to them.
How could they grasp something that had been hid from them? As Paul wrote, the minds of them who believed not in Jesus Christ were blinded by Satan.
WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED
CUNNINGLY DEVISED FABLES
J.R.'s research revealed that Jesus' disciples did indeed refer to the Shroud but only through a sly disassociation & misdirection in phrases & terms. The disciples' words were, in essence, a kind of an Enigma machine, telegraphing bits & pieces of Shroud data, incorporating a hard to grasp, zigzag pattern that was not easily pieced together.
The disciples conveyed their sense of sight when writing of Christ's image, as if they were looking at the Shroud in their minds' eye when writing of Jesus' image.
Had their enemies intercepted the disciples' letters & tried to make sense out of them, they would have guessed that Jesus' followers were simply referring to mere dreams or visions about Christ & not an actual, physical object, such as a cloth with a image on it.
In their various letters, the disciples stated what the Shroud wasn't; it was not made by hand, it was not created with ink, it was not an engraved idol, it was not made of stone or wood, it was not a fable or a lie. And, it was not some delusion of their imaginations.
MARK 2:21, LUKE 5:36, MATTHEW 9:16
J.R. reveals to audiences a parable of Jesus, which was actually a prophecy about the repair job done to the Shroud after the fire in 1532. The Poor Clare Nuns sewed patches of new cloth to cover scorched holes in the Shroud in 1534.
Jesus advised against trying to repair damaged garments in such a manner; cautioning that the new cloth would never agree with the old cloth & that any attempts to splice or weave different materials of varying ages together along a seam would only result in a mismatch that would have adverse ramifications later on.
The 1988 carbon dating attempts, in the final analysis, combined both old and new material of the Shroud when the tests were carried out.
Shroud fibers from the 1st century had been intentionally carbon dated with fibers from the 1534 repair job of the Shroud, whereby cotton was weaved into the much older flax material of the Shroud.
Regarding Jesus' thoughts about not refilling old wine bottles or wine skins with new wine because it would ruin the flavor of the new wine, that part of the parable may have alluded to the Shroud fibers being soaked, washed and rinsed with strong chemicals in preparation for the carbon dating tests in 1988.
THE PARABLE WAS A PROPHECY
It was not until 2005 when the same samples of the Shroud, which had been carbon dated in 1988, were proven under microscopic examination by physicist Ray Rogers, to contain an usual blend of flax and cotton that had been intricately joined together during a reweaving of an area damaged by fire.
WHAT WE NOW KNOW...
Under the microscopic, Rogers showed that the Shroud sample that was carbon dated in 1988 actually consisted of not 1 type of cloth but 2 different types of cloth. The fiberous ends of these cloths were joined together undetectably with two different weave patterns. Such an unusal distinction in the two patterns clearly showed an uneven trajectory, contrary to one another. The carbon dating professors; Hall, Tite & Hedges, were not ignorant of these facts, though they kept everyone else ignorant of this.
SUPPRESSION OF THE TRUTH
Their weave patterns in the area of the Shroud sampled for carbon dating were not pointed in a uniform direction as a solid piece of cloth with one weave pattern would normally be. The carbon date tests of 1988 sought to hide these aspects from the public since their secret plan was aimed all along at debunking the Shroud.
It has since been learned that the newer cloth from the 1534 repair job was also dyed to match the Shroud's color, making it impossible to see the microscopic differences with the naked eye that the 1988 carbon date tests sought so successfully to suppress.
WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY...
This meant that the results of the carbon dating tests were not only wrong but the test protocols were deliberately violated, manipulated & tampered with by the very scientists whom the Vatican foolishly trusted.
Even if the Shroud samples had been individually separated from one another, the tests would still be deemed unreliable because of microscopic cross-contamination between the two materials with the differences in age.
In Jesus' prophetic parables of Mark 2:21, Luke 5:36 & Matthew 9:16, Christ may have used the analogy of new wine in old wineskins, cryptically foretelling of Shroud samples being subjected to a harsh cleansing with chemicals before the 1988 carbon dating attempts.
BEHOLDING, AS IN A GLASS
The words of Jesus that became a prophecy was long thought to be merely a parable, but J.R. Watts believes this parable by Jesus was not only a prophecy but a Shroud Code as well.
In Shroud Codes of the Bible, J.R. states that apart from the repair job of the Shroud in 1534 & the carbon dating
of 1988, this parable also foresaw the consequences of the ill-fated 2002 conservation job the Vatican agreed to.
Until now, no one has realized that this parable of Jesus may have also been a prophecy that was fulfilled beween the 15th & 21st centuries. It was a Shroud Code given by Christ Himself in the four gospels, while at the same time, being a parable about spiritual misalignment.
Nowhere else in the New Testament were there any examples of Christ giving household tips in upholstery or garment repairs or wine bottling methods.
Theologians have long believed this parable about garment patching and new wine had been written in the gospels to illustrate how a new spiritual faith would not blend in with an older type of spirituality. And yet the disciples never explained Christ's motivation for relating this parable.
The book, SHROUD CODES IN THE BIBLE, further explains how dozens of Bible Codes about the Shroud were discovered in an encrypted pattern of equi-distant letter skip sequences, which cross-reference many words & names that can be associated with Christ's crucifixion.
THE SHROUD IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Strangely, it was not so much the clergy as it was the secular-minded people from the world of science which kept the Shroud in the public eye.
In 1978, the Shroud of Turin Research Project, or STURP, consisting of forty scientists, conducted a weeklong series of scientific tests on the Shroud.
The STURP expedition made headlines around the world. Many books, news media stories & TV programs about the Shroud followed during the ensuing years.
At J.R. Watts' Shroud lectures, audiences learn about the intriguing and visually impressive results men like Secondo Pia, Dr. Pete Schumacher, Dr. John Jackson & Dr. Petrus Soons achieved by proving the Shroud is a virtual 3-D hologram, encoded with multi- dimensional properties, not found in photographs or paintings.
The 3D images of the Shroud that Dr. Soons recreated restored the full bodily image of Christ, prior to the way it looked before 532, removing the scorch marks caused by fire, which made it impossible to appreciate the full spectrum of the Shroud.
In 1534, cloth patches were sewn over the gaping holes in the shroud, though the searing scorch marks that covered the upper arms of Jesus remained emblazoned like frozen flames of fire.
POLITICAL SCHEMES, BRIBES & SCANDALS
Audiences at our Shroud exhibits will hear about the fraudulent carbon dating tests in 1988, which awarded the dubious scientists involved in this scandal with one million British pounds in sterling silver.
This money was donated by an anonymous source, whose intent was obvious from the start, to dilute faith in Jesus by diluting belief in the Shroud, though this was not admitted publicly since it was public perception of the Shroud they were trying to alter, to promote atheism. Scientific carbon dating equipment costs a fortune. Did the companies who manufactor such equipment pay the one million pound reward to debunk the Shroud to help sell their carbon testing equipment to universities across the world? Didn't those companies, who remained in the shadows, have the most to gain by this deception?
A PROPAGANDA SMEAR CAMPAIGN?
It has been suggested that the Soviet Union KGB may have secretly instigated the 1988 carbon dating because the 1978 STURP tests ignited widespread faith in Christ in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. The Soviets were known to spend millions of dollars for various types of propaganda ruses, in efforts to combat religion.
Some conspiracy theorists suspect the Communists wanted to propegate evolution through carbon dating, which would allow carbon dating proponents the chance to further their cause in universities across the Soviet Bloc while being rewarded financially.
Why did Dr. Michael Tite conspire with Professor Edward Hall & Professor Robert Hedges in 1988 when Pope John Paul 2 allowed them to carbon date a minute corner section of the Shroud that was the focus of a repair job in the Middle Ages? These admitted atheists promoted Darwin's Theory of Evolution & Origin of Species.
Two years after the fire in 1532, the shroud was transparently woven onto a newer & larger cloth. Patches of cloth had also been weaved into areas of the Shroud that had been scorched & partially destroyed.
This repair job protected the shroud, creating a new perimeter around it, filled the gaping holes left by the fire and helped to bridge some seams together that came apart or were destroyed.
It was fragments of from one of these perimeters Tite, Hedges & Hall unwisely carbon dated, fragments composed of cloth from different ages.
Although the fraudulant 1988 carbon date results fooled millions of people worldwide; in 2005, Shroud researchers Joe Marino, Sue Benford, Barrie Schwortz & Ray Rogers Proved that the carbon dating test methods were seriously flawed by testing a sample from the Shroud that was a combined mix of first century cloth fragments woven from flax seed with cotton cloth fragments of the 15th century repair job of the Shroud.
The DVD, Ray Rogers: In His Own Words, is sold thru shroud.com. It is explained in this film that the Shroud itself did not consist of cotton but flaxseed material. & the intricate way in which the cloth patches, consisting solely of cotton, were woven into the Shroud to repair holes & scorched seams caused by a fore in 1532. See the photo link above in the center column for the Rogers DVD.
PAUL'S PROPHECY OF THE FOOLS WHO 'PROFESSED' TO BE WISE AT OXFORD
Oxford University Professors Edward Hall & Robert Hedges; as well as Dr. Michael Tite, a professor Archeology who worked for the British Museum & later at Oxford, continued to deceive the public for many years, concerning their bogus claims about the Shroud.
Note the scriptures beneath the professors' photo in the right hand column where they sit in front of a blackboard. Examine the cryptic words, COMMITTED TO THY TRUST, AVOID PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS, AND OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE FALSELY SO-CALLED... WHICH SOME PROFESSING, HAVE ERRED & PROFESSING TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS. These conspirators were all university PROFESSORS.
Paul foretold how these professors would one day deceive the world by professing false errors about the Shroud, using science, which they said could be trusted & yet opposed the Word of God.
SHROUD'S ORIGIN - Luke 23:50-53 tells about Joseph of Arimathea, the man who provided the shroud & the tomb for Jesus' burial. He fulfilled Isaiah 53:9
"He made his grave with the wicked & with the rich in his death..."
Jesus' secret disciple, the wealthy attorney, Joseph of Arimathea, played a key role in Bible prophecy. Did Joseph provide the bitter tasting hyssop for Jesus to sip, possibly hastening his death, fulfilling Psalm 22:19-25?
Was the hyssop tainted with a lethal poison? Why did Jesus die right after tasting it? Was God merciful to his Son, sparing him further agony so his legs would not be broken as Psalm 22:17 foretold since Christ was crucified for six hours prior to the Passover?
Did Joseph of Arimathea literally carry out a mercy killing to save Jesus from further pain but in the process, also inadvertantly ensure Christ's body would be inside the tomb, in time to rendevouz with the Resurrection that was foretold?
HAS THE CROSS BEEN REPLACED BY THE
SYMBOL OF THE GOLDEN CALF WITH THE ANNUAL COW PARADE FESTIVALS? IS THIS A SATANIC OBSESSION TO STEER OUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM GOD?
SHROUD CODES IN THE BIBLE, BOTH BOOK & WEBSITE, IS COPYRIGHTED (C) 2020 BY J.R. WATTS.


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Dan Richards, PTA
Dan grew up in the DuBois area and graduated from First Baptist Church Academy (DuBois Christian School). He went on to receive a Wildlife Technology degree at Penn State DuBois. After graduating from college, Dan spent thirteen years in York County, working in the printing industry before moving back to DuBois in 2010. He returned to Penn State DuBois in 2011 and received his PTA degree in 2013. Since then, he has spent nine years treating patients in his hometown. Dan’s daily objective is to demonstrate the love of Christ to his patients by catering to their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.
Dan lives near Treasure Lake with his wife Bobbi and their three cats. In his time away from the clinic, he hosts a weekly church service at the county jail, participates in various ministries at his church, and spends quality time with his family. Dan is an avid outdoorsman and fitness enthusiast, as well.
Dan looks forward to serving his community through passionate patient care and helping all those in need.


We can very easily equate blessings with a sign of God’s favour and difficulties as a sign of his displeasure. When I was praying about this last weekend a friend said, “Helen, you’re chosen, not punished.” Whatever my purpose is God has chosen me and he is with me every step of the way, and I am grateful for that.
I had all but given up hope for my squash seedlings, so imagine my surprise when they kept sprouting everywhere! I was left with more than my garden could contain. What a reminder to me, that God can take our dried up, dead and discarded dreams, and breathe life into them.


The loss of someone close to us is often a time of sadness and confusion. The Church wishes to be present to those grieving in a way that helps them deal with their loss and at the same time experience the hope that is ours because of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
The reflections and the suggestions that follow are intended to help families plan the funeral of their loved ones, either at the time of death or beforehand. Many families find making the funeral arrangements before the death occurs a wise and loving alternative. When the time of death comes, they are not then caught up in the rush of planning. The parish staff and priests are available to assist in the "pre-planning."
Before you make any plans for a funeral, we would ask that you call our office and arrange for an appointment with a pastor (204) 474-2351.
A member of the parish team will then call you and arrange a time to meet with you and discuss any further concerns/questions.
We encourage our parishioners to contact the office early on in the funeral planning process so that the family may know the options that are available. These options include vigil prayers, selection of readings and music, choice of musicians, readers and pall bearers and the like.
It is customary to have a Funeral Mass at the Church usually within three or four days of the death - although this may vary often, depending on the arrival of family or other special circumstances. While services are sometimes held in the funeral home, the priests are usually not available for these services.
Funerals at St. Ignatius are usually scheduled for 9:30am or 1:30pm, Monday to Saturday. There are no funerals on Sundays.
Cremation is an acceptable practice in our tradition. The Church, however, encourages families to have the body present in the Church for the funeral with the cremation afterwards and the remains then buried in a Catholic cemetery.
Eulogies at the Funeral Mass are not a part of our tradition. These are better offered at the Prayers before the funeral, at a reception following or at the grave side. A few words from one family member or friend at the beginning of the Funeral Mass is, however, quite appropriate. We ask that a copy of this be left at the office for the Priest who will celebrate the funeral Mass.
It is customary to make an offering to the Church in thanksgiving for the life of the deceased. This is also a good time to arrange for a gift to be included in one's will.


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February 13, 2018
Tom, Kelly and Carol come together to discuss why it is important to do Missions, and provide practical steps to grow your Missions efforts within your parish.
December 31, 2017
Kelly Lippenholz and Tom Corcoran discuss defining moments in the life of your parish, and how to create these moments that will lead people in a certain direction in your church.
December 13, 2017
Tom Corcoran and Kelly Lippenholz talk about increasing generosity in your parish.
November 26, 2017
Kellie & Kelly walk through our conference, and answer questions that parishes have asked about the schedule and content.
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GK Chesterton said, “Rome was not loved because it was great, Rome was great because it was loved.” Any successful city, organization or parish achieves true success because a group of people love it. In this episode we will look at how to love your parish to a better place.
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Today I had the opportunity to share my faith and the Gospel with my future roommate. It was such a blessing to be able to share this part of my life with her after two and a half years of being friends and I walked back to my apartment afterwards smiling and praising God. I haven’t felt this much joy in a long time. As I was sharing about how I became a Christian, the internal struggles and confusion I had when being stuck in between worldviews, I was so powerfully reminded of how God slowly changed my own heart.
It’s terrifying to give God control of your life, but for me it has been so incredibly worth it. God is so powerful and has worked in ways I could never have imagined. As I prayed with my friend I couldn’t describe how thankful I was for our friendship and for the trials and hardships God has put me through so that I could be able to relate and share my experiences with her. It was just so amazing to be able to open up and share about fears, struggles, and doubts, and to know that we are infinitely loved despite all of that.
Hallelujah! Lord, I pray you would use me in many more ways so that I may be a good witness to Your name. :D
Not only because he managed to take care of my siblings and I while working full time plus doing all the house work, but also because of the relationship I have with him now. I have learned almost everything from him. He has taught me to appreciate the Hakka, Taiwanese, and Japanese cultures he grew up with, to not forget my roots. He knows far more about world history and pop culture and politics than anyone else I know. I am thankful for all of the times we would have long deep conversations in Covel when he wanted to take a break from working at Franz and eat with me. I am thankful for the times when I can come home and eat food that makes me imagine what it was like growing up in a Taiwanese Hakka family strongly influenced by Japanese rule. I am thankful for his endless patience in assisting me with my growing desire to be more fluent in Chinese. I am amazed that in one breath, he can tell me all there is to know about the Boxer Uprising, about the nuances regarding the Taiwanese independence debate, and then talk about old American movies as well as his love for rock and roll and Chinese classical music. I’m glad that he has a sense of humor too, like how earlier today he told me he dreamed he was running away from Jurassic Park dinosaurs and dragging me with him….
I think there have been many points in my life when sometimes I wish I had been born under different circumstances, perhaps a different family. Sometimes I feel like life would be easier if me and my family all held the same beliefs. But I know now I wouldn’t trade my position for anything. God has blessed me with the best dad I could ever ask for.
It’s nice to finally relax after finals week (hooray for the first quarter of being done before Friday since freshman year), but it’s kind of weird after staying up late for so many nights, and coming home and seeing everyone asleep by midnight. Anyways, I was thinking about what personality type I am since I talked about it with some AACF people at Korean barbeque yesterday. The last time I took the test was freshman year, and I was an INFP. Esther said that she didn’t really see that in me, so I decided to take it again….I’m still an INFP. Haha. Guess I haven’t changed as much as I thought I did…that could be a good thing. Maybe.
Even though I’m not done with finals yet, I wanted to talk a little about how this quarter was for me. I think, in terms of academics, this quarter was one of the toughest for me. It wouldn’t have been too busy, but really starting to get into research this quarter left me with a lot less time to study. Nevertheless, I am really glad that I was still able to hang out a lot with my friends and build relationships and invest in people’s lives. I think talking to people, hearing about their struggles and the things they are dealing with in their lives, just puts a lot of my own problems into perspective. It’s easy for me to feel sad or regretful because things in my life didn’t turn out the way I planned them to, or to be scared because I don’t know what God’s plan is for me. But we’re all in the same boat, aren’t we? Jeremiah 29:11 says that God’s plans for us are for good and not for evil, to give us a hope and a future.
As the quarter winds down, I want to take a step back and just think about how faithful God has been. I feel like the last 12 months have been pretty crazy, yet such a tremendous blessing. Despite sometimes feeling like I am in exactly the same spot I was a year ago, I think, or rather I know, that I am where God wants me to be. It’s taken me a really, really long time to finally be okay with where I am, and God has given me so many opportunities this quarter to love others, to show His love to others. Despite how I’ve turned away from Him, how much I’ve insulted Him with my sin and with my disobedience, He still loves me so much and He is teaching everyday to draw closer to Him. He is jealous for my heart. Isn’t that crazy? Jealousy isn’t a good thing, but His jealousy is a righteous jealousy, because we are His the moment we give our lives up to Jesus.
I think this quarter is the first quarter that I could really, really see God through my academics as well. I’m taking Chem 153C, which is a biochem class on metabolism and regulation. It is seriously the best class I’ve ever taken. I really never thought I would grow to love my major, but despite how difficult it is, I think I learn so much about God just through what I study. How is He able to make us so complicated? Studying about all the intricate pathways of regulation is seriously exciting, despite how gross and nerdy that sounds. I also learned a lot through my Jerusalem class and even in Chem 30BL with Bacher (whomaybehappenstobethebaneofmyexistencebuthat’sokayhe’snotthatbad).
Who knows, maybe I’ll sing a different tune if I fail my finals…but oh well. For now, I am grateful that despite how difficult the last year has been, God has gotten me through. And spring break will be a good time of some much-needed relaxation before the flurry that is spring quarter begins.
:) Good luck studying, everybody! May we all look to Him with joy in everything!!


Leap of FAITH. this shot is #SOOC, I was thinking this first day of lent about so many things. This year I am trying to follow a more strict lent plan that I saw here http://www.fatherjonathan.com/lent_2013.html
I was thinking about how we go from mardi gras beads to rosary beads. This rosary is one a couple that are special to me. I got it from a friend that has a cardinal in the family. She traveled to the vatican to watch him get his honors, it was around the same time that Pope Gregory was taking over and this rosary was blessed by him.


Spread the Joy: Christmas Jumper Day for a Cause!
As the festive season approaches, we are excited to announce an event that not only embraces the spirit of Christmas but also contributes to a meaningful cause. On Friday, 15th December, our entire school will come together for a Christmas Jumper Day, a delightful tradition that promises to fill our halls with joy, laughter, and the warmth of the holiday season.
A Festive Twist for a Noble Cause
This year, the Senior School is on a mission – a mission of compassion and service. In lieu of the Christmas Jumper Day, we invite all students to wear their most festive and creative Christmas jumpers to school on the last day of term. In exchange, we encourage a donation of £1 or £2, with all proceeds going towards the Student Mission Trip.
Supporting the Student Mission Trip
The 2024 Mission Trip, organised in collaboration with other Brothers of the Sacred Heart schools in the US Province, will take place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hosted by Catholic High School. Four members of the Lower Sixth will embark on this incredible journey, aiming to make a positive impact on the lives of those in need.
The mission is not only about providing aid but also about fostering connections with students from sister schools, sharing values, and reflecting on our shared charism. In the past, our students actively contributed to the Hurricane Ida relief efforts in Louisiana, engaging in tasks such as painting newly rebuilt homes and aiding in the recovery of homes damaged by water. The funds raised through this Christmas Jumper Day will directly support the materials needed for this year’s outreach project.
Get Festive, Get Involved!
We invite every student to participate in the Christmas Jumper Day and spread the festive cheer. While it’s not mandatory to take part, we encourage everyone to showcase their creativity with the chance to win prizes for the best jumpers. Remember, even the smallest contribution makes a significant impact.
Please note that students are required to wear their school trousers/skirts and shoes, ensuring a harmonious blend of festivity and school uniform guidelines.
Donate on Gateway
Gateway is now open to receive your generous donations. We sincerely appreciate anything you can give to support this worthy cause. Your contributions will not only make this Christmas Jumper Day memorable but will also contribute to a rewarding experience for our students, fostering a sense of community and compassion.
Thank you in advance for your support, and let’s make this Christmas Jumper Day one to remember!


Brett & Merari Swayn
Brett Swayn was born in Perth, Western Australia. He came to the U.S. in 1991, settling in Austin, Texas, to pursue a promising music career. His search for God began in earnest many years later, and he understood he was called to go to Nashville. So, on March 19, 2002, he left the life in Texas for the call in Tennessee.
What wasn’t foreseen was that Brett was to spend the next four months living on the streets of Nashville, experiencing the heartache, alienation and desperation of homelessness. He calls this period “the hardest, most beautiful time of my life,” because he experienced a closer walk with God and came to understand the sufferings of a marginalized people of America.
Through a series of what he calls “miracles,” he was offered a job at Fleming’s restaurant, where he worked his way to sous chef and traveled around the country training others in culinary arts. At the same time, he felt called to address the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the homeless community. Over time he felt drawn to a life of simplicity.
He left his position at Fleming’s, deciding to devote his life to those in need. Brett’s three-year dream of opening The Cookery is here. In addition to serving coffee and luncheon/dinner foods, it is also a training facility. Here Brett and associates will instill culinary crafts to select homeless individuals in order to prepare them for employment in the food industry. “Through all of this, God has taught us perseverance, resilience, patience and trust,” Brett says.
Brett lives in Nashville with his wife Merari Joy Swayn. Together with others, they help manage Lambscroft Ministries and all of its programs.
NewsChannel 5 Interview of The Cookery’s Brett Swayn
Watch News Channel 5’s OpenLine 2nd interview of Brett Swayn and The Cookery’s role in ending homelessness in Nashville. Hosted by Carrie Sharp, this 5-part video was aired on Wednesday, October 21 at 7pm and discusses the need to end Nashville’s homeless crisis. A panel of representatives from different homeless outreach organizations are represented in this interview, including The Cookery’s Brett Swayn, who discussed how community is vital to the sustained healing of people coming out of homelessness.


Click here to RSVP for 10 Year Anniversary! The big event is being held at Bridges Community Church which is located at 505 Driscoll Road in Fremont at 6:30pm.
Connecting Volunteers with People In Need
We are a faith-based, non-profit volunteer network and clearing-house specifically serving Fremont, Union City and Newark residents with various needs. We have personally served over 16,000 people in need representing all faiths, economic and ethnic groups.
Our volunteers are recruited through our Tri-City network of over 60 participating CityServe congregations. Each year we partner with other community volunteers and faith groups to encourage a spirit of unity and service during the Make a Difference Day outreach. Explore our site and get involved!


Welcome to the St. Nicholas!
ORTHODOXY IN THE VINEYARD – YOUNG ADULT RETREAT
Meet and hangout with Orthodox Christian Young Adults from all over in Napa, CA at a Young Adult Fall Retreat – Hosted by the Young Adult Ministry within the Anticohian Diocese of Los Angeles and the West. We’ve planned a day of spiritual discussion lead by Jacob Saylor – Youth Directory at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. The day will include time at Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, CA (just outside of Napa), lunch, wine tasting at the local vineyard and dinner. Our topic will be focused on “In the world, but not of the world – How to be an Orthodox Christian in a materialistic and sometimes superficial world.”
21+ Young Adult Event
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2016
Time: 8:30am – 7:30pm
Cost: $50 Per Person (includes Lunch, Wine Tasting and Dinner)
More information and registration can be found on website www.dlawyoungadults.com.
Please if you have any questions or if you need any more information, contact:
Charlie John Kassaseya 858-761-1720
St. Nicholas Annual Fashion Show will be held on Sunday November 6th at St. Nicholas Banquet Hall.
Donation: Adult $50, Children (12 year and under) $20.
Ladies Auxiliary is looking for “Kids” to Model in our Annual Fashion Show.Ages: 5 till 15 years If you are interested in registering your kid, Please call this number
Juliana @ 415-760-9177 or Samantha @ 415-710-6805
This years Parish Life Conference will be hosted by St. Michaels Church in Van Nuys California. Both Bible Bowl and Oratorical will be based off the Gospel of St. Mark. Contact Tariq Rantisi for adult teams and Ilyan Baalbaki for Junior teams and registration.
For daily reminders, join our group Facebook group, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, friend us at St. Nicholas Church, and follow us on Instagram Stnicksf.
Check out photos of our annual festival by clicking on the Food Festival tab above.
Sunday Services are as follows: Matins: 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy: 10:55 AM
On behalf of the entire parish family of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, I would like to welcome you to our website. St. Nicholas Church has had a rich history in San Francisco since 1937 as a beacon of Orthodoxy, shining for all those who have sought and still seek a spiritual oasis in the midst of the busy life of this beautiful city and the greater Bay Area. Various organizations of the parish serve as arms of the church to provide education in the Faith, community service activities and fellowship for all. These organizations include our Christian education program, youth groups for teens and young adults, seniors group, choir and our ladies’ and men’s auxiliaries. Please do not hesitate to come and worship with us anytime. We welcome visitors of any faith to join us for our services to experience what Orthodoxy is all about.
Warmest regards and God’s blessings,
Very Rev. Fr. George Baalbaki
St. Nicholas Ladies Auxiliary Fashion Show November 6th.
Young Adult Retreat – Orthodoxy in the Vineyard.http://www.dlawyoungadults.com
Family Night November 19th Sponsored by the Rantisi Family
Christmas Party December 17th, more details to follow!


The founding of the woollen
mill (1672), which was nationalised in the 18th century, and at one time employed more than 50,000 people, owes its origins to the idea of mercantilism.
In the war of the Austrian succession of 1741/42, during which Linz was occupied by Bavarian and French troops, the suburbs were burnt when the Austrian forces reoccupied the city.
The reform measures undertaken by Emperor Joseph II led to Linz receiving its own diocese (1783), new parishes and numerous charitable foundations that exist to this day (the citizens’ hospital, the Pruner foundation, Theresia foundation, brothers house, cellared orphanage).
The lyricist Marianne of Willemer(-Pirngruber)
is born in Urfahr
The monasteries of the Carmelites, the Capuchins in Urfahr and later the Minorites are abolished as part of the regulation of parishes and monasteries under Emperor Joseph II. Many churches and chapels in the city are abolished, but new parishes are created in various districts.
Joseph's regulation of municipalities marks the end of self-government. From now on the city is led by a mayor and six municipal counsellors who are all subject to scrutiny.
Founding of the diocese Linz; The erstwhile Jesuit church St
. Ignatius becomes the cathedral (today’s Old Cathedral).
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
composes the ‘Linz Symphony’ (No
. 36) in four days, while passing through at the invitation of Count Anton of Thun.
24th April 1782
Pope Pius VI visits the city on his visit through Linz.
1779 - 1847
The public accountant Benedikt Pillwein becomes the father of Linz historians.
Founding of a ‘bibliotheca publica’, which later also receives manuscripts and books from the Upper Austrian monasteries and foundations which were repealed by Joseph II (today’s Academic library).
Abolishment of the Jesuit order and all its facilities in Linz.
The Brothers of Mercy settle on the Schillerplatz in Linz. In 1787 a monastery and church built by the Carmelites on Herrenstraße is turned over to them for use as a hospice.
Nationalisation of Linz's Woollen Mill.
Construction of the first permanent barracks on the lower banks of the Danube.
1745 - 1749 / 1754 - 1757
Construction of a monastery by the Order of St.
Elizabeth in two stages. The church is built between 1762 and 1768.
1742 - 1748/1778
Construction of the pilgrimage church on the Pöstlingberg under Duke Maximilan of Starhemberg.
Siege of the city, which was occupied by French and Bavarian troops, by Austrian forces in the War of the Austrian Succession.
Death of Linz's famous master builder Johann Michael Prunner.
1734 - 1739
Construction of the Prunerstift by mayor Johann Adam Pruner to be a care house.
1717 - 1723
Construction of the Trinity Column in the Main Square in memory and in thanks for being spared from the plague of 1713.
Construction of the first temporary barracks on the Soldateninsel.
Franz Anton, Duke Harrach, Archbishop of Salzburg founds a branch of the Teutonic Order which survives until 1796 and serves as a seminary from 1804 onwards. The church was built between 1718 and 1725 to plans by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt.


Siliguri, 24th December : The pre - Christmas celebration has started .Its 24 th December the Christmas Eve ,the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. It is celebrated all through out the world. On this day people decorate church's ,Christmas Trees and pack gifts and presents for their near and dear ones,Carols are sung and popular stories are said about the birth of Jesus ,Santa Claus .Children's wait patiently for Santa Claus,who gifts them toys ,dolls,sweets and other such presents.
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