Good morning, hope you are well. It is Wednesday 31st of July and obviously an important day for markets because we've got the FMC later on this evening. Just to inform you, we will be covering that live by Sam and I will be here throughout the evening, doing it live via YouTube. So do make sure you join us for then. We also have a chat facility where you can ask us questions, but we'll cover the whole event in the build up, the preview, the live release and then a kind of a debrief after of how the markets have reacted. But coming back to the here and now, couple things obviously to talk about as you can see here. Trump lashing out at China as those trade talks resume, however, as I'll update you as we go through the briefing, apparently the US envoy has left. Today was supposed to be the second day of trade talks happening in China and only about half an hour ago, the latest comment out of a Bloomberg journalist suggested that China US talks have ended and US officials have left for the airport with no official comment. And so therefore an abrupt finish to these latest face to face negotiations. No official word is yet. We have had the Chinese foreign ministry say the US is the side that flip-flopped in trade negotiations during the past year, adding that progress in talks can only be achieved when the US shows some sincerity and good faith. So quite a quick finish to those talks and I would say I'm surprising. As I'm going to discuss shortly, Donald Trump went on a bit of a tweeting tirade yesterday, predominantly aimed at China. So I don't really think it's too surprising, but ultimately a breakdown once again of one of the key top level macro risks in markets doesn't bode well for just general sentiment overall. But looking at the charts this morning, one thing that's noticeable is oil's a little higher. We've had the seventh straight stockpile decline in the API data last night. So we'll look at those numbers shortly, but WTI crude as well technically breaking above some key levels. So we're up about 37 cents, 58.42 down here at the bottom. Otherwise, cable very quiet, a day of consolidation very much. So yesterday after a very big beginning of the week to the downside, that technical breach of that level, the fundamental kind of repricing of no deal has all kind of been accounted for at least for the moment. So not too much movement in the FX markets. Equities, despite the trade comment, global stock futures did see a slight move lower about 40 minutes ago. However, we still remain in slight positive territory across the board in the US futures at least some outperformance in the NASDAQ. We did have Apple report after market. We're going to have a look at their numbers, but they moved higher in excess of 4% last night. So maybe mitigating some of that negativity from the breakdown and trade sides, some positive numbers coming up Apple. However, starting off with the Asian session, few things to be aware of. Firstly, Hong Kong shares in China and Hong Kong were weighed down by news that the Politburo, which is generally the top of the pyramid in terms of who defines policy in China, they pledged to avoid applying stimulus to the property market. Brogty market, obviously under pressure given the economic slowdown being experienced in China, but China saying they're not going to backstop that with further stimulus. Then Hong Kong, the Hong Kong exchange was actually shut early today. I had to close ahead of the normal scheduled time due to a tropical storm hitting the area. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Korea, Samsung shares slid on the back of a decline in profits. Then you've had this latest breakdown now with the US-China trade talks. So quite a few negative things developing overnight in Asia. However, maybe the saving grace being the stellar performance of Apple reporting after market last night. I'm going to go straight into some of those headlines and we'll talk about them a bit more as per usual. I'll leave the charts and the trade setups to Sam. So let's start off with Trump. I was trying to think about this last night because yesterday Trump, I counted it last night. I'm not sure if he did more tweets obviously before I went to bed last night, but yesterday Trump did about, well, at the time, 32 tweets, 32 in one day. He was when he first became president in 2016, averaging about six at that time. So obviously you can expect the frequency of tweets to increase probably even further now that this political campaigning period is underway for his second term for 2020. But importantly yesterday, he absolutely lashed out at China through a series of tweets. I'll give you a little bit of a flavor here. He said China is doing very badly, the worst in 27. He's referring to the fact that their GDP is the lowest in 27 years. Then he added that was supposed to start buying our agricultural products now, but no signs they are doing so. That's the problem with China. They just don't come through. Our economy is much larger than the Chinese. Then he just goes on and on in a series of other tweets, just basically criticizing China. The one thing then, the Chinese Foreign Ministry, after these latest reports that both Mnuchin and Lighthizer have left to head to the airport in an abrupt finish to these talks, is this idea that the Chinese Foreign Ministry have said that they're not really, it's the US who are at fault. They're not showing any sincerity or good faith. Let's not forget the cultural differences between the Chinese and how keeping faces particularly important, and certainly for a Chinese government ruled in a way is under Xi's ruling. He definitely would not want to be showing or being seen to be pandering or showing concessions to the Americans, to the domestic kind of public. So yeah, complete breakdown in these trade talks. The soybean issue that Trump's talking about, this is I thought we'd have a quick look. This is looking at China's imports of US soybeans have now dropped to their lowest since at least 2004. And this is one of the things of which according to Trump that China had promised that they would continue buying. And so the show goes on so to speak. So I definitely would keep an eye out for any further developments on this matter as we go through today. But ultimately, probably as we go later on into the afternoon London time, people will be sitting on their hands waiting for the Federal Reserve announcement for later this evening. Interestingly, as well. And again, from a rhetoric point of view, you're probably going to get more of this. Those four ladies who've been targeted by a lot of the Trump contingent in regards to their being multicultural and of different religious faiths. But apparently Trump was at a campaign rally last night, and they were chanting, get her out, get her out. You're going to get a lot more of this. The point I want to make here is not really a political one. But from a markets point of view, you know, is this going to really feed through into impacting markets, this kind of quite rationally, I guess, hostile environment as was going to no doubts around this campaign period for Trump. I think not. I mean, I think everyone's aware of the status quo of what he's aiming for and who he's trying to appease to get him over the over the line politically. So the point being is as much as you're going to hear lots more of these types of stories, and it might sound quite quite outlandish. The point being is from a markets perspective, that's not really what matters for a markets perspective. It's about this trade war for the moment. And the latest with that is that talks have broken down once again. Looking elsewhere, let's have a look at Apple. So Apple shares actually rose in excess of 4% after closing bell. So a positive development for the fangs in that respect. And importantly, and we were talking about this in the the briefing yesterday about how Apple was in a quest to diversify their income stream away from the iPhone. And Apple generated less than half of its total quarterly revenue from sales in the iPhone for the first time since 2012. And I think that's quite a meaningful and symbolic shift for the company. They reported a record $11.5 billion in sales of services in Q3. So a record level, as we were saying, in the service products, which they're really trying to push at the moment. A couple of other things Apple's two major independent product lines not attached to the iPhone, Mac computers and iPads, they're only made up about 20% of the company's revenue. So what quite a few people are looking at is the fact that if you look at the wearable devices, I either watch, if you look at AirPod headphones, which have been particularly successful, these are all things that do still require an iPhone. So they can't work in isolation like a Mac computer or an iPad. So a lot of what people are looking at from Apple in the longer term perspective is they're going to have to start breaching out into having some of these products available to work on other operating systems and platforms. So removal away of the kind of Apple ecosystem in that respect to try and capture some of that other market. Revenues from the smartphone did decline 12% in the quarter of a year earlier. So we are still looking at the fact that iPhone, the iPhone 10 in particular has struggled, but Apple has said that this year's efforts to rejuvenate sales with discounts, more financing options and trading programs is being effective, at least for the time being. So yeah, good news for Apple overall. And interestingly, this ambition to restructure almost their revenue streams seems to be paying dividend at least for the moment. Looking elsewhere, a couple of other headlines to be aware of. A few people putting this around this morning, looking at the fact that China's is the highest ratio of firms in China forecasting earnings declines since 2016. This comes as deadline for companies to report their earnings is at the end of August in China. So profit warning signaling more gloom for their local economy. You remember 2015 2016 was very much defined by an era of a potential crisis of a hard landing in China. And we're just moving up in towards that kind of area now as we've got to 40% the ratio of firms that report a deterioration of first half earnings. So again, Chinese economy still warrants close monitoring from an economic data point of view as we continue to go forward. I'm not actually going to do much at all in terms of discussing the Fed, because I hope that all of you will join us this evening. 6 30 PM will kick off live on YouTube seven o'clock. London time is the main part of the announcement. We'll do a full briefing then. But overall, I did send out to the Amplify traders that the decision date guide from Bloomberg, you can have a read of that in advanced. But from a overall top level perspective, a rate cut is 100% expected today from the Federal Reserve. The baseline expectation is for 25 basis points. The federal funds features a price of a probability of that 76%. A 50 basis point cut at 24%. More importantly, is going to be the subsequent language that surrounds this rate cut about the intention of further rate cuts in 2019. That's basically the summary. We'll go into the details of exactly how they might convey that when we do the session later on this evening. Oil traders, WCI crude, probably the standout of the morning on the charts to get things underway in UK and Europe. You can see we've seen a decent breach of the high that resistance area of yesterday's price activity around its respective R1 on Tuesday. We broke through that yesterday evening and then we've added some as the API numbers last night reported a seventh straight stockpile decline. And with that, we saw a drawdown of 6 million. Expectations were for a drawdown of just 2.75 million. Cushing and draw of 1.5. Gasoline a draw of 3.1 distillates a draw of 890,000. So a full house, if you like, bullish data, the crude and gasoline this time, both supporting the same directional movement in what otherwise has been the recent weeks of conflicting signals. So a bullish kind of signal there setting us up for the DOEs which we're going to get later on. And then not sure if you caught this yesterday on Twitter, but our head of trading peers put out his latest sterling call. You know that when this happens got a pair of tension because he doesn't tweet that often, but when he does more often or not he is right. He said, I quote, sterling finally under pressure this week. I think more downside to come. I expect Boris Johnson to call a general election by the latest 29th of August for a third of October election leaving four weeks until the 31st October deadline. I guess he's justifying that on the basis that legally I think it's a period of about five weeks technically in order for a general election to take place. So he needs to announce it well before the actual deadline takes hold. Peers then adds that I expect sterling one more leg lower head of the general election on no-deal Brexit panic. He's looking for a break of that post-EU referendum double bottom at 120 and looking for a test of 115. Again looking to target the psychological handles here given the fact that my charting system doesn't even go back far enough for me to look the last time we were below 120 given the fact that was it Sam? Three decades? 35 year low when we're at 120 so you've got to go back obviously a long way to get to that point. So yeah just thought I'd point that out. Obviously you can jump on his Twitter account his handle at Peers Curran if you want to check that out and look at the annotations on the chart that he did. Calendar wise today just quickly. Obviously the Fed the main event so I would stress that given the importance of the announcement tonight because it is going to be a really interesting one there's a lot for the Fed to manage in market expectations about not so much the cut but about what they're going to do for the rest of this year that's going to make it particularly interesting. So for this morning couple things. First of all just quickly you did have Australian CPI data overnight that's already come out. Came in at 0.6 quarter on quarter and 1.6 year on year so both metrics were 0.1 high and expected hence you've seen some appreciation the Aussie dollar overnight. Going further forward into the morning you've got some German data coming up the unemployment change and rate just before 9 a.m London time you then get the flash Eurozone CPI at 10 a.m that will be important that would be an interesting figure do you keep an eye on European assets for the release of that at 10 a.m. Then though going into the afternoon you've got the DOEs but then the main focal point of the session the Fed seven o'clock will be going live at 6.30 excuse me. A couple of earnings as well just to wrap things up still pretty busy on the earnings slate from UK Europe Switzerland you've got this morning a couple of out performers Air France up two and a half Credit Suisse up two percent Airbus up one and a half L'Oreal down four percent and Lloyds in footsie down 3.3 percent at the open. US earnings to look out for today the big guys would be General Electric Qualcomm would be the ones I'd be watching most closely. Okay that's it from me let me hand you over to Sam and hopefully I'll see you in the chat room and I'll catch you guys later this evening for the full Fed release. Hi everyone we're doing well just start off with the the pound here and I just posted this in the in the chat room just trying to have a little little break higher out of this where the trend comes down from the low that we had back on Monday you can see just getting a break of that around what is coming in around 95 so only seven ticks above but we were just getting squeezed in from both directions there and you can see I decided to have the the initial break to the upside of course this is not to say we've now seen the the low of the pan and we continue to to push higher but certainly those levels we were half waiting for yesterday may well now come into play and the the low that we did have back on the Monday around four o'clock coming in around the R1 would be an area to consider of course to get through there you've got yesterday afternoon's higher 18 about 20 ticks above here which could be of interest as well to the downside and this might be more favorable looking for continuation of this pound weakness a break of this trend line here to really target the the low of the year as well could be a good opportunity of course fed day though so it wouldn't be too surprising to see us range bound choppy price action in the build-up to that data as well nothing out of the UK and you've got the Bank of England tomorrow so it might well be just to to not go chasing too much and even a break of the lower trend line not to get too aggressive but certainly that is an opportunity should we we see any increase in volume break of that trend line to target the yearly low there as well elsewhere just probably coming up to retest the level now that the briefing yesterday we were just talking when I came on about how the the S&P had just broken a trend line and it never recovered it never recovered from that the dex is really leading the way that break of the trend line and the pivots or us push lower and almost got down to the 3000 handle this morning similar in that we just put this on 15 minute we did have a break of this trend here you can see really well respected let me just put that in the right place really well respected from yesterday's low to the Asian session no to just before seven o'clock we've got those three strong tests then the breakthrough there as well be worth keeping an eye what happens when we come back to to retest this trend line at the moment that looks like it'll be coming in well we need a kind of the high of the day as well but 30-19 so that's somewhere to to mark up on the chart we're just finding resistance at the area support before that breakthrough as well for the S&P as a line in the sand I think that's as good as any with the high of the day you can see if we were to to break above the the high you've got quite a nice bit of resistance from yesterday morning as well and then if that was to push on then suddenly you're looking towards 30-24 longer term we'll do some levels as we approach the the Fed but of course if they were ultra-dubish we still have that top of that trend line coming in around 30-34 the multi-year one let's just have a quick look at that to put that on I just removed the studies there you can see that would look to come in today anyway like this you can see yeah coming in around 30-34-35 so definitely one to have marked up later on of course we'll we'll do a rundown closer to the time and during the session as well other currencies Euro just coming up to quite an interesting level with while we did spike through it last week in the ECB you can see 1204 just over the last few training sessions has been pretty key as a zone with maybe a few to side was also the high that we had back on the 24th and yesterday with the R1 and that's just coming into or just came into play a bit earlier to the downside you can see we are just starting to make these higher lows but that gives the opportunity that if the trend line was to break it's much like the pound you can get that continuation to the downside again not being too aggressive on the Fed day and the anticipation of that event people will be waiting for that but you can see again like the pound you've got those free tests or more so at least we know the market is looking at that gold as well expect to be a decent mover later on come seven o'clock and into the press conference at half seven we reached yesterday that really key level and again it is a zone much like the euro was just of key resistance going back from well I mean this is really since the middle of the month to last training day of the month today so that's something to factor in but quite a lot of highs around this point and we are just obviously testing that again this morning having found some resistance that multi-month trend line let's just get it on from a shorter period just to see if we did get a retest of that almost all where we did to be fair exactly on the point so we're looking at this around the R1 yesterday it's if it was to come in during the briefing it didn't so we came up first test of that trend line and we can't really get much better than that and that looks like it will come in again around the R1 so maybe the opportunity later is if they're ultra dovish break of that trend and looking to get up to some higher points going back to the 19th but at the moment that's holding very firm and this morning I would definitely have that that marked up on the chart as well quick look over oil obviously got the the DOE later and you can see the API and even though we did come down back end of the session really we were still elevated and looking here just on that 60 minute I'm just going to make it a bit smaller you can see we did come up to test quite a key point had a little go at trying to break through around 5850 the higher the 17th holding strong on that first test decent price action around this point in previous sessions as well from a range bound trade the pivot offers like a good area but also can we get back to at any point today around 5765 previous high that we had on the 24th and as a zone you've got the higher yesterday morning seems quite far away and if we were to keep pushing higher and this might be later on you can see a really key point around 5930 the lower the 15th we have just looked to have broken out of this this mini range that we been in for oil we were getting squeezed in as we saw from the beginning of the week that breakthrough albeit quite choppy has led to a decent push higher over the last couple of days however some of these interesting resistance points just above where we are trading quick look up the the Dax to see how we're doing on the 30 minutes past the open relatively choppy you can see yesterday's move was was was pretty strong and that break of that trend line just before the open didn't help things for the Dax or of course in in Europe in the US as well which followed suit today much more lack cluster in in movement much like the pound yesterday so after a decent move to the upside of the downside likelihood is you aren't going to get a continuation of that straight away some important resistance just above the highs of the day going back to yesterday you can see here around 130 12,177 and then just above the pivot as well you've got some quite key resistance worth keeping an eye later on any trend lines that maybe appear from those the downside much like the euro and the pound and the s&p maybe waiting for those breaks there to get the the market agreeing with any bias you had to the downside might be favorable for for the Dax rather than looking to go too aggressively short from where we're trading now as well any questions as usual please do let us know as I mentioned we'll be on from half six and myself and Anna will be looking over some of the charts in more detail then as well hope to see you later if not I hope you will have a great trading day


So, yes. Let's continue where we stop. Were you able to look at that video? Yeah. Okay. Okay, Dave. Yeah, yeah. Okay, great. Wonderful. If you've seen it. It just helps you to get a perspective of how loyal the sheep are to the voice of the shepherd. So another context in which, see, Jesus pointed out and said that those who know God, they will understand what God is trying to say or the hearts that are true and worshipping the Lord. They would recognize that God has sent Jesus to them. But here, the Pharisees, the scribes, the religious leaders, they were acting like the caretakers of the people, that is, sheep are God's people, isn't it? So they were acting like they were guiding God's people, they were leading God's people, but they were not leading them in a truthful manner. So here, we've seen how the shepherd, he enters by the main gate. It's only a thief who enters in crooked ways. So the religious leaders of those times, they claimed to have a good heart towards the people, but unfortunately, that was just a superficial commitment which they had for the people. They were more concerned about their own reputation, about their own position, about their own security. And that is what Jesus is trying to say when he points out to the shepherd and he says that the true shepherd, a real shepherd, a good shepherd, will have a heart for the sheep, will know the sheep really well, the way God deals with the sheep. But the so-called religious leaders, they were not being those true shepherds. They did not have the heart of a leader which they should have had. Now let's continue. Let's see what else Jesus is trying to communicate with the people. So Jesus used this illustration, then it comes on to saying that, most assuredly, I say to you, when statements like this are made, Jesus is firm about what he's saying. Very clearly I'm telling you, and he's not afraid of making these claims, continuing to make these claims. He said so far, I'm the bread of life, I'm the, what did you say? I am that I am, I'm the light of the world, the I ams of Jesus, the claims you've seen. Now he says, I am the door of the sheep, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. So Jesus is revealing that he's the true part of salvation. He's the true part of the Father. So far, several people, even as you study the history of the Jewish people, there are many leaders who came up and they claim that they will lead the people to God's redemption, salvation. There are lots of claims and lots of leaders, but what Jesus was saying is, he was saying that I am that true path that will lead you to the Father. And he was clear and not at all shy to claim this.  So he's claiming to be Messiah in simple terms. Then he says, the thief does not come. Now he's contrasting so far when he talked about the shepherd. He was, yes, he was referring to Satan, but he was also referring to the religious leaders of those times because they were not leading the people with a good heart. But now, very clearly, he's pointing to the enemy Satan and he's trying to tell that the thief, who brings destruction, Satan brings destruction.  That is Satan's work. But what does God do? What does Jesus do? And he's saying, I've come that they may have life and they may have it more abundantly. So Jesus is claimed once again. He's saying, I'm the door, I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly. So he's speaking about the salvation, which he is offering to the people. And abundant life, what is abundant life? Abundant life, again, this is something we can all study. Does it mean that we have a financially prosperous life on the earth? That we have certain things, amenities, facilities that make our life better. Does it mean that or does it mean that we have the best life by faith in Christ Jesus? And every blessing of the cross is upon our lives. So it's not the worldly standards by which we can define abundant life. But abundant life is the God kind of life which comes from God. The satisfaction which comes through the life of God. That is the abundant life that Jesus is talking about over here. So he's saying that he indeed is the leader who has a heart for the people. Okay, let's move on. Let's see what does Jesus says. Till now he said, I'm the door. Now he says, I am the good shepherd. Okay, I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. So, good shepherd. The sheep can be taken care of by any kind of shepherd. Maybe there's a shepherd who doesn't care much, needs the sheep and the sheep get attacked by the wolves. But what does a good shepherd do? The good shepherd takes very good care of the sheep. In what way? Even through his sacrifice. And Jesus is actually pointing towards the death that he's going to have very soon for the payment of the sin of mankind. So that's why he's saying that he's so good a leader that he is going to lay down his life even for his people. So he's saying that he's the good shepherd and his leadership. It's very sacrificial. Okay, he's willing to go the extra mile even if it takes death. What a great shepherd. I don't know if we have ever seen something like this. Like a shepherd is fighting a wolf or a bear or some other predatory animal that is trying to eat a sheep. And in the process, the shepherd gets injured or the shepherd even dies. I haven't seen anything like that, but I know that if the shepherd really cares for the sheep, the shepherd will be willing to do things like this.  But again, he contrasts it with Satan and he says, look the hireling. He who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and please and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. So he's saying that Satan doesn't care if people are harmed. And if you want to apply to the false leaders who pretend to care for the people of God, even they wouldn't care. If any harm comes, they're willing to just keep themselves safe and escape the scene. So that is what an evil leader would do. But what kind of a leader is Jesus? No, he is the one who will lay down his life for the sheep. So he's saying, I am the good shepherd and he goes back to what he had said earlier. How the sheep know his voice and the good shepherd knows the sheep by name. He's saying, look, I know my sheep and I'm known by them. So there is a strong relationship which is established between the shepherd and the sheep. And now he is going to make a claim which will ruffle the feathers of the religious leaders. He says, as the father knows me and even so I know the father and I lay down my life for the sheep. So now he's bringing this relationship with the father into the picture which the leaders never really liked. So he's saying that not only does he have a relationship with the sheep, he also has a relationship with the father. And he claims that there are other sheep who are in the world whom he has to bring to the fold. Basically he was referring to the Gentiles because we know, right? The Bible said that even the Gentiles will come into the fold of God. So Jesus was saying that after he died, the salvation which he brings it will be offered to the Jews as well as to the Gentiles. So that is the claim that Jesus is making. And then again, he talks a little more about his relationship with the father.  So indirectly what does he say? Again, that he is a shepherd. He already said directly, I'm the good shepherd. I'm the good shepherd. Now again, he's saying indirectly that he's the good shepherd who lays down his life. And then he says that I may take it again. So when he talks about the resurrection of Jesus. I lay down my life so that I may take it again. Take it again is what? Third day, he rose from the dead. If we look at scriptures, you know, there are verses that tell us that the father raised the son from the dead. We see also that the Holy Spirit provided that power for raising Jesus from the dead. Now here in this verse, verse 17, Jesus is claiming and he says, I laid down my life that I may take it again. So who is working in the resurrection of Christ? The father, the son and the Holy Spirit. All three are at work for the demonstration of the resurrection from the dead of Jesus. And that is something that he is giving them. It's a prophetic word. He's telling them this is going to happen. I laid down my life so that I can take it up again. Then he says nobody takes it from me, but I laid down of myself. So it's a willing sacrifice in leadership. What does God wants from us? God wants us to lead sacrificially. But with our hearts, you know, open towards God. It's not that God forces us to lead people. It's a building heart.  And you know, I have the power to lay it down and have the power to take it again. So he's willingly going to lay down his life. Now when he was speaking these things, they were so upset. They already must have been upset because he was calling them as false leaders or shepherds who were bad shepherds. So that must have irritated the religious leaders already. But what irritated them more was he's starting to claim his relationship with the father now.  So this time, what do they say? They tell him or they say about him, he has a demon. Why do you listen to him? As if Jesus was speaking senseless things. Okay, so they could not prove that he's a sinner. They tried it. It didn't work.  So let's see how this goes. Now in the camp of the Jews, some of them were very bent on proving Jesus wrong. But then you have the others also. What are they doing? They continue to believe that something about this man is special. So they asked themselves the question. They asked this question. These are not the words of one who has a demon.  So we don't think this Jesus is mad or demon-possessed. Now moving, let's just keep going on and, you know, see what are all the things that Jesus is saying. Now again, in the temple, you find Jesus going to the temple and over there, he's kind of, you know, walking around. There is the feast of dedication going on at that time. So is Jesus afraid of the religious leaders? No. Otherwise, what would he have done? He would have hidden. He was not afraid. So he went to the temple and he was walking around there and they find him and they ask him the question. They say, how long do you keep us in doubt if you are the Christ? Tell us plainly. You know, this question is very funny because till now, what are we discussing? Jesus openly he is saying, I'm from above. Openly he is saying that if you drink of me, you will not thirst.  I am the light of the world. Then, you know, I am before Abraham was I am. That was, you know, the cherry on the cake. The moment you say I am, it's like for the Jewish people, it was a blasphemy. How can you compare yourself with God? So is this not direct enough? Directly, he's been telling them, I am the good shepherd. I am the door. And now what are they asking him again? Because their hearts are hard. They are looking for an answer from him where he would say that I am not the son of God. But how can he say that when he is the son of God? So they are pushing him to take back his claims. And it's very funny. They are saying, how long do you keep us in doubt? Where is the doubt? Things are so clear. Then they are saying, if you are the Christ, tell us plainly. So, hardness of heart. And Jesus said, right? Blindness. Blindness. What blindness is? Spiritual blindness. Though they see, they are not able to, they are like, you know, they are not able to perceive things. So that is the condition of these Pharisees. So Jesus responds to them. He's telling them, look, I already told you, but you didn't believe. Okay, come on. Now let me make it clearer for you. He says, okay, so if you don't believe the claims, once he didn't made all his claims, what are they telling him? You're mad. You have a demon. That is their conclusion. So he's saying, okay, fine, you leave that aside. Leave my claims aside. The works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me. So he's saying, look, a human being, like a person, right? How do we know who that person is by the words which they speak and the works which they do, right? Now how about you shift the focus to the works which I have done? What works are these? These are the father's works. Okay, these are the works that Jesus has done in the name of the father. And we've seen that, you know, how he claims I do, what the father tells me to do, all that. So he's doing only the father's work. So he shifts the focus on the works. Okay, come on. Don't worry about my claims. Let's look at the works, what I've done. He said, these works, they bear witness of me. So even the blind man asked, you know, how can a sinner, a sinner's prayer be heard? How can somebody who's blind all their life receive sight if he was a sinner? And in this passage, John 10, some of the Jews, they are saying that how can he have a demon? You know, if he's doing all these miracles and saying all these wonderful things, how can this man have a demon? So Jesus is saying, okay, come on, look at the works for some time. They bear witness of me, but you do not believe because you're not of my sheep, as I said to you.  That is the reason you're not able to see the truth, even if the truth is in front of you. So he says, verse 29, my father who has given them to me is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of my father's hand. I and my father are one. So he's saying that the people who believe, the people who believe that they are the sheep who hear his voice and that the father has given those people to Jesus and Jesus is going to preserve them. Now, even when this passage is talked about, there is an association of this passage with the concept of predestination. People say that there are only some human beings whom God has chosen to be part of the kingdom. So that is why when the Gospel is preached, some respond, others don't. It's based on God's predestination. But you know, if we talk about predestination, what I shared about the free will of man, that will not hold true. So how can the same God give free will and also control the will of people? It's not possible, isn't it? So this passage, when we read this passage, we have to remember that it does not override free will of God, even though it sounds like these people whom the father has given me, nobody will be able to snatch them from my father's hand and all of that. It is the choice of the people, those who believe in God. They are the ones who become, they are the ones who are instilled with the ability to hear the father's voice. So what is Jesus doing now? He said, okay, I made all these claims you did not believe, but the works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me. So believe the works, even if you don't believe the claims, believe the works. So till now, what are the works we have seen? You know, we saw the water which was turned into wine. We saw a noble man, okay? A noble man, he came to Jesus and his son, isn't it? Yeah, son was sick. The very hour Jesus spoke, he got healed. Then what else did we see? We saw the man at the pool of Bethsaida. He also, 38 years, he was ill. He could not walk. He was paralyzed and now he rose up, okay, when Jesus ministered to him. So these are the works of Jesus and recently we saw a blind man from birth. Now having looked at the works, how can anybody have a doubt that Jesus is the Messiah? That's the question that Jesus is asking them. He's saying, if you don't believe my words, you believe the works that I do. He just told on Christ. Yeah, so he's pointing to his works. So the supernatural works of God must lead us to God. And earlier we said that we need more of the supernatural works of God in today's church.  So wonderful. Yeah, great. But in addition to that, the works of the Father, you know, when the works of the Father are done, even that will be an evidence that God is real. Imagine we pray for somebody and they are healed. We pray for somebody and they were in financial difficulty and they were blessed. These things show that God is real. The moment you pray, the moment you minister, God's power is being released into that situation. So what will be the response of the people? People will be amazed and they'll be like, wow, you know, this has to be God. How can it not be God? So the works in today's church, we need the emphasis on both preaching as well as the supernatural demonstrations of the works of God. Okay, because you see, even Jesus did that. He drew the attention of the people to the works. He said, if you don't believe what I'm saying, how about you look at my works and then you talk. So the works bear witness of who Jesus is. And so all of us, we have to pray God in our life, in our ministry, in our church, in every way. That God, you know, that we be able for God to demonstrate your supernatural works. Now, let's keep looking forward. Now, one thing that Jesus said made them very, very upset. He said in the end verse 30, I and my father are one. Okay, so this is again a claim that Jesus is making where he's saying, I'm God or I am deity. And the father, how can you, how can a mere man claim equality? Till now, the I am statements are also for the Jews, they were blasphemers. This statement, I and my father are one. It's like Jesus is saying, I have the same nature flowing through me. Okay, it's in the language, if you look up the language, the Greek in which Jesus said this. It was not like Jesus was saying, you know, sometimes we can say, my father and I are one. So maybe my father's attitude is like my attitude or, you know, my father's behavior is like my, my behavior. So we are one, not in purpose, not in character, not in mission, but the Greek there is to point out that they are one in nature. So how can a human being be one with Creator God? There again is another claim of Jesus where he's saying that I'm the Messiah. So time and again, you know, Jesus was claiming, if you want to put it this way, in his ministry, he was preaching about himself. That's what our, what is a great commission? Oh, all the world, you know, make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.  So it's always about Jesus all the time. Even during this ministry, he was trying to reveal himself as Messiah to the people. Today, what are we doing? That is our job. We are revealing Jesus as a Messiah to the people. Okay. So he's claiming, boldly is claiming, I and my father are one, same nature we have. So I'm the Messiah and this, you know, really, really upset the Jews and the Jews. How upset were they?  Because stoning is, it's like a brutal punishment. So what do they do when Jesus says, makes the claim, they took up stones to stoned him. Then Jesus answered, many good works I have shown you from my father, for which one of those works do you stoned me? You know, in whatever Jesus is speaking, there is so much logic. But, you know, when there's hardness of heart, logic only doesn't make sense. So these people, they are not ready to accept the right and the good. So what is the response of the Jews? They're saying, see, not for any good work. They're not stoning you for that. You know why they're stoning you?  How can you do that? So that was the issue for the Jews. So they are ready to stonem. So Jesus tries to explain himself once a day. He says, look, in scripture, it already calls us as gods. There is a passage of scripture where the people of God are called as gods. So he's saying, when that scripture you can accept. How is it that you're not accepting what I am saying? And then he's adding to the case that he's making about himself. And he's saying, look, if I do not do the works of my father, do not believe me. Okay, let's stop at this. And what do you think about this statement? This is, I'll tell you, verse 37. So John 10 verse 37, I've posted here in the chat. Okay, any thoughts about this statement? If I do not do the works of my father, do not believe me. What does it show? Yeah, Dave, any thoughts on this? Yeah, the thing is Jesus, whatever he did, he was doing what God and his father asked him to do. He says, I don't speak a word apart from my own self. I do what he and the father says. So I do what he says. So in a sense here, if you look at the works I did. If the works weren't told by my father, I was not doing. So if you really want to believe, if you want to believe or if you don't want to believe, look at the works I did. The works all were done because my father asked me to do or he showed me what to do. So you believe on the works. If you believe on the works, that means you believe on the father, on God. I've been sent by Father, I've been sent by God to do what he asked me to do. Yeah, yes, Dave, thank you for that. So you're saying that the works of the father reveal the relationship of Jesus with the father and Jesus has done what the father has asked him to do. Is it it? Is that your point? Yes ma'am, definitely. Yeah, sure. So yes, that's true. So he has done the father's works, shows his obedience. So that is something we can get from this verse. Anything else that comes to your mind? I listed out, no? All the miraculous things that Jesus did through which he revealed his glory. Those are the father's works. If I do not do the works of my father or if he doesn't reveal the glory of God, then he's going to the extent of saying, don't believe me. So in the ministry of Jesus, he's preaching, he's teaching, but he's also demonstrating the kingdom. You see the importance of that. He's gone to the extent of saying, suppose, okay, minus the glory of God through all these supernatural works, separate those things. If I only speak and if you don't see the power of God, don't believe me. So what can we take from it as ministers of God today? Same thing applies to us. We can speak all about God. We can talk about the kingdom of God. But scripture also says that the kingdom of God is not all talking. It is a demonstration of power. So we have to be hungry for the glory of God. We have to be hungry for the works of God to be revealed in people's lives. So when we are doing ministry, whether it is our church, let's say I'm a pastor of the church, and I must desire God that the people encounter you in such a way that your glory is revealed in their life, your power is revealed in their life so that we see all these miracles. We see all these signs. We see wonders. We see healings. We see demons being cast out. All that should be happening. If it's not happening, it's like what Jesus is saying here. He says, if I don't do the works of my father, so if these things are not there, then how can people put their faith? So along with our preaching, we must see the demonstration of the kingdom of God. So that's the additional point which I wanted to make here. So very clearly, Jesus is emphasizing the supernatural. And verse 38, he says, but if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works that you may know and believe that the father is in me and I in him again. Verse 38 is also, it's strongly saying the same thing. It says, believe the works because these works are pointing you to the father. They're pointing you to me. They're pointing you that the father and I are one. So the demonstration of God's power is very, very important through all our lives, particularly those of us who are in ministry. So when Jesus was saying all these things, they got very, very upset. First, they tried to stall him. Now they decide, okay, better to just get him or seize him. Seize him, just catch him. But we are told that Jesus escaped when they tried to catch him. And he went away beyond the Jordan to a place where John was baptizing at first and he stayed there. Then when he came to him and said, John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this man were true. Again, many believed in him there. So you see, like a little bit of a contrast, you could say in a way, John did not have miraculous signs. At least that's what we are told, or people are talking about John and they're saying he did not perform any miraculous signs. But what is the good thing about the ministry of John? He pointed to Jesus faithfully in a true way because the people are saying whatever he spoke about this man, it was true. So when we preach about Jesus, we must preach in such a way that it points people to Jesus. And at the same time, the reality, the truth about Jesus, and so that people can put their trust in him, people can put their faith in him. So these are all, this is how the situation was around Jesus. The situation was in the region at that time. So basically Jesus is just trying to buy some time before things get worse and he is caught and they put him on trial. So he's continuing the works of the Father. Now he went away somewhere near Jordan and John the Baptist, that was the region where John the Baptist was doing his work. So he stayed there for some time. Now the next incident that takes place is also a work of the Father. It's a miraculous work. And we talk so much about the next chapter here because it was about Jesus and his good friends. We have Mary, Martha and Lazarus. And you all must be aware. So what happened was when Jesus was away, Lazarus became very sick. And Jesus was not there at the time and he was very sick and the sisters were trying to take care of him. And then they sent word to Jesus. They sent word to Jesus that he's sick. So what do we expect? We expect Jesus to show up. We expect Jesus to hurry up and come. But when Jesus heard about it, he makes a statement. He says the sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God. The Son of God may be glorified through it. So Jesus was aware by the Spirit about the resurrection of Lazarus. So he is prophetically saying that that this man is not going to die but he's going to live for the glory of God.  And the scriptures tell us when he heard that Lazarus was sick, in verse 6, he stayed two more days in the place where he was. Again, thinking about the life of Jesus, we recognize that he was so obedient to the Father. He was led by the Father, even his timing. So he didn't brush. What would you and I do? The moment we hear, you have to go there for ministry, you have to go preach, somebody sick, we run. But how did Jesus take it? He took it by God's timetable. So why did he stay back two days? And he already told, that this sickness, it's not unto death but for the glory of God. So he probably knew that Lazarus is going to die and that he would have to resurrect him. But why did he let Lazarus die? That's a question we have. However, so far we've understood that he goes by what the Father tells him to do. So he's simply obeying the Father. So whatever happens in the case of Lazarus, the Father is leading him. So Jesus is going to go by that timetable. So he stays back two more days and after this, he says, okay, come, now let's go. Let's go back to our region, Judea and let's go and meet them. Once again, as he is planning to go to Judea, the disciples are afraid. Why? Because already Jesus escaped from there because of the opposition that is rising against him because of the persecution which is rising against him. And they're asking him, Jesus, why do you want to go there?  But Jesus finds out and he tells them that, I have nothing to be afraid of. I am the person who is walking in the light and I have nothing to be afraid of. So basically, Jesus is walking confidently with the Father and he knows the timings, isn't it? He already made that statement and he said that the time is not right. Even though these Jews are trying to kill him, they will not be able to catch him because that hour has not come. So he was clear that Judea is not going to result in his immediate arrest and the things that take place after that. So he's just trying to tell his disciples, hey, hold on, nothing will happen. Let's go ahead and there's nothing that I need to be afraid of. So as he was saying these things, he also adds, okay? He says, our friend Lazarus sleeps but I go that I may wake him up. So there was a purpose. Jesus was not afraid of being treated by the Jews but at the same time, Jesus is saying there is a reason why I have to go to Judea and that is to wake up Lazarus. The words with Jesus is using your sleeps for his sleeps. In the Bible, we are told that the believers are asleep in the Lord and there is going to be a resurrection when Jesus returns. Okay? Jesus is aware of that. Once he dies on the cross, that will be the destiny of every believer that they will not die in this physical world that is not like completely destructive because there is going to be a resurrection. So in similar terms, he says Lazarus is sleeping and we are going there to wake him up. Now obviously, right now Jesus had not yet made the sacrifice so this was not a result of the cross but we see the foretaste of the cross in the works that Jesus did. Even before the cross, he is able to raise up somebody who has died. So Jesus is saying, Lazarus is only asleep and we are going to raise him up. The disciples, they don't discern the words of Jesus in a spiritual sense so they ask him back and they say, Lord, if he is sleeping, why can't we just let him sleep because he will get better, isn't it? But Jesus knew that he was talking about sleep. He equated death with sleep because he knew that he is going to resurrect Lazarus. And with this understanding, Jesus was speaking. So finally, Jesus tells them, okay, you disciples, you're not understanding what I'm saying. What I'm saying is, Lazarus is dead and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless, let us go to him. So he clearly tells them that Lazarus is dead but he does not seem to reveal what is going to happen after that. But Jesus knows that he is going to raise up Lazarus. And Thomas, Thomas makes a statement there. He says to his fellow disciples, let us also go that we may die with him. It's like some self-sacrificial statement where Thomas is showing his devotion to Jesus. But even after Jesus clearly told that Lazarus is dead, the disciples are not fully able to understand what he is saying. So far, we have seen that God is leading Jesus in his mighty works. That is quite clear that we have seen that Jesus is going by God's timetable. Let's look at the Lazarus story. We can apply it to our own lives in certain situations and circumstances and wonder, God, why is the intervention why is your intervention taking longer than what we expected? Why didn't the intervention come when the situation was bad? The intervention seems to be coming when the situation is worse. But those times where Jesus said look, this is happening for our six so that we might be able to see the glory of God. So certain times I am not saying that every delay is like the Lazarus delay because there can be some delays which are demonic in nature which we must fight against which we cannot say that this delay is happening and God is intervening in this circumstance in a special sort of a way. No. The key is to discern by the Holy Spirit in this circumstance is the delay because God is going to do something very wonderful after I have gone through some stages or you discern by the Holy Spirit is this delay a demonic opposition? If the delay is a demonic opposition what do we do? We have to press past it. We have to fight against it. So the discerning of why the delay is happening is very important. Everything we cannot put a stamp and say oh God is delaying so it will be like the resurrection of Lazarus. No. It doesn't work like that. But that discerning spirit is required. In the case of Lazarus Jesus was very clear. He already told them Lazarus is asleep. We are going to wake him up. So Jesus was clear that this man is going to come back to life. Right? So I hope that you have gained something out of this and what we will do is we will stop at this point because we run out of time. We will try and cover the chapters of every class and that way we will be able to complete the book of John. So it is very interesting the resurrection of Lazarus we will come back to it next week and explain it further. So shall we just pray and close class? We would like to request somebody to pray again Aran do you mind can we could you pray again? Thank you Thank you Lord Father for the learning Lord Father for the book of John whatever we have understood from the word Lord Father help us to apply this in our daily work with you Lord and Lord Father whatever circumstances whatever mountains we are facing help us to overcome this with you Lord Father she is an upgraded Lord Father I pray for all these students and all the yes Lord Father whatever we have okay I think Aran has been disconnected I just quickly say a word of prayer let's close Father God thank you Lord once again for this time thank you for every word thank you for every student Father we pray that you will continue to shine the light Lord of your revelation upon our hearts transform us help us so God to Lord walk in a more committed way with you Father God Lord we give ourselves into your hands thank you for everything Lord that you are doing in our lives in Jesus means with great amen amen okay amen God bless take care have a blessed day bye bye thank you


Let's do another one of these molecular orbital theories problems building the molecular orbital diagram But this time let's do it with a period two element Beryllium, so here we're doing v e2. Okay, so how do I set that up? Remember, we're only using the Baylent's electrons So v e's Baylent's electrons are all stored in the what the 2s orbital, right? So we say 2s like that. We put the orbit So over to this side put an orbital 2s be so V e plus V e makes V e2. So we're cool. Is everybody okay with that? So in the be 2s orbital, how many electrons are there? Two? Two? One two and this one two one two So what do we do now? Write the bonding orbital, write the anti-bonding orbital So this one here, what do you think it's going to be called? Sigma 2s. Okay, the sigma 2s and this one's going to be called Sigma star Sigma star 2s So like we said, this is bonding. This is the anti-bonding. How many electrons are going to go into here? Two. Two, like that, and this one? Two, like that, right? So already, qualitatively, you shouldn't be able to tell me does this molecule exist or not? No. No, okay? But let's figure it out, you know, mathematically. So how do we do that? Using the bond order equation, the bond order is one half the bonding electrons Which is two minus the anti-bonding electrons, which is two. So what do we have? One half times zero Which equals zero. Okay, so that means that the bond order is zero So no bonds between this thing. Does it exist? No. Okay, so let's write the electron configuration for this theoretical molecule Well, the entire electron configuration also has that 1s stuff in it. So let's write that Sigma 1s2, right?  And then what do we have? Sigma 2s2 Sigma star 2s2 Would this molecule, this theoretical molecule, if it did exist, would it be attractive to a magnet at all? No. No. Why not? Yes, because you need an unpaired electron to be attracted to a magnet and sense all of our orbitals All of our orbitals are filled completely, right? No Magnetic attraction. Is everybody okay with this? So this is one of those things Paramagnetic diamagnetic that Bedford theory just doesn't tell us, right? We can only learn this using molecular orbital theory. Is everybody okay with that? Questions before I kill it?


Some civil society organizations have stressed the need to target children and youth for reorientation and engagement in a more articulated way through civic education. They set out these during a two-day civic education meeting for secondary school-age children in Port Harcott River State Capital. The project coordinator of Oxfam in Nigeria, Henry Uche, said the objectives of the two-day event include engendering responsibility by promoting transparency and accountability for public funds, as well as interest in governance. Also speaking, Executive Director of the Connected Development Code, Hamzat Lawal, said the event was imperative to start building the next generation of leaders and inculcate integrity in them. To also look at how do we begin to catch young people as early as they can, as we can, to ensure that we begin to create consciousness and awareness and mobilize them so that they're able to look at all of these injustices around them. We believe that civil society, we can work closely with government to enhance what they're doing and support the work that they're doing. But most importantly, we ensure that the kind of investment that we're needed in the next generation of leaders are properly utilized. So for us, we're bringing students that have inculcated leadership skills in them naturally. Beacons at the event said the ability of the government to engage young people will help in enhancing peace in the society. Meanwhile, some of the students said they learned how to embark on advocacy for transparency, integrity and honesty among others. Education is a key determinant of the emergence and sustainability of democracy because it promotes political participation at the individual level and fosters a collective sense of civic duty. Building community integrity is of utmost importance to everyone, both as a child and as an adult, because it is the only thing that can drive sustainable peace in our country. We're learning about transparency. I think transparency is a virtue of being honest and being fair in what we do for society. And I think that the central position of transparency is going to be of young people. The project tagged Power of Voices, Fair for World Project, was established in six states in Nigeria, including Delta, Emo, Aquabom, Cross River, River State and the FCT.


Tip when teaching English as a foreign language to children, review, review, review. While adults students often understand new information after the teachers explain it once, young learners really need constant reviews. It's a good idea to do a short review session at the beginning of each class, to get the material really stuck into your students' heads, and store it in the long-term Thanks so much for watching! We are ITTT, the leading provider for TEFL and TESOL training courses. If you liked this video, please subscribe by clicking the button down here, and click on any of the videos here on the left for more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online.


And when we speak, we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive. Audre Lorde. When it is the police, we remain silent. When it is rape, we remain silent. When it is someone famous, someone popular, someone powerful, we remain silent. Of all rape victims, we have the right to require silence because we think no one is innocent, not even the innocent, not ever the victims we make them complicit. We are told when we are young who we can go to to feel safe. Tell the police, tell your teacher, tell your preacher.    Like how 51% of all sexual violence committed by police is against minors, like how 60% of black women get raped before they turn 18, like how every woman I know has either been raped or her sister or her mama or her daughter or her friend or her cousin or her coworker has been raped, like how men get raped, but no one ever wants to talk about that because we don't even like to talk about women getting raped, like how children get raped, but no one ever wants to talk about that because we don't even want to talk about anyone getting raped, like how sex is the weapon when it comes to rape, not the actual point because rapists hardly ever come and hardly ever close to justice with thousands of untested rape kits languishing in basements of police stations nationwide. Why? And by talking about rape when I am supposed to be talking about how we can't breathe. This PTSD takes my breath away, takes my days, turns them into tears, takes my joys, turns them into tears, takes and takes and takes and takes my light until I swallow darkness of silence to keep the kind of sanity that makes everyone else more comfortable than I will ever be. I have never been able to breathe. I hold my stomach and unintentionally have held it in for decades trying to hold myself together, held it in so long that it hurts to pee, to sing, to sleep, to speak. Everyone tells me that my silence will protect me. Just like the police are supposed to protect me. Just like the church should be my sanctuary, just like schools and workshops and poetry were supposed to liberate me, but I still can't breathe because the movement ain't trying to get me free. When rape is so pervasive that those trying to uplift the masses do their best to try to uplift some asses then press fingers into screams saying just move with me, not against me saying keep this our secret. No one will believe you anyway. Gluttons for power will always gorge themselves on those they perceive as weak. What is most terrifying to the powerful is the weak realizing their strength. There is no keeping of secrets when the dead are resurrected through the anger of the living. There is no keeping of secrets when the raped find their justice in the telling of what happened. There is no keeping of the secret that the system of America was built between the thighs of captured dark women built inside the grooves of bloody black backs built on top of bones red and feathered with colonizing cruelty when the desecrated begin to assess the damage. Demand what was stolen be returned. Demand what was broken be repaired. Demand what was destroyed be restored. Demand what was betrayed be reconciled by the awful searing truth and the breath will demand its rightful place. The breath will command its rightful space to matter to shatter this silence that will never protect us. We matter, black lives matter and so we must breathe.


I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Alan Davis Drake I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Crystal Frazier For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Cody Logan I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Daley Bab I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Eleanor Matheson In Orlando, Florida 2008 I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Iswa In Belgium, in March 2008 I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Joseph Rowland I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Leanne Howlett I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Lucy Burgoyne I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Rhonda Federman I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Sean McGahey DucktapeGuy.net I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written words All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree End of poem This recording is in the public domain I see his blood upon the rose By Joseph Mary Plunkett Read for LibriVox.org By Sean McGahey I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes His body gleams amid eternal snows His tears fall from the skies I see his face in every flower The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but his voice And carbon by his power Rocks are his written word All pathways by his feet are worn His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn His cross is every tree