2026年2月13日星期五

communion, open-air mass.plaque. to slow plaque buildup in the arteries.The plaque reads "To the glory of God and in the memory of Thomas Randell

Are garlic supplements good for your health?

Garlic supplements are said to help reduce blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels and to slow plaque buildup in the arteries. We asked experts if that’s true.

大蒜補充劑對健康有益嗎？

據說大蒜補充劑有助於降低血壓和膽固醇水平，並減緩動脈斑塊的形成。我們諮詢了專家，以驗證這些說法是否屬實。

The plaque reads "To the glory of God and in the memory of Thomas Randell [...], Rector of Sunderland 1892-1910, died in Ryton 16th April 1915 aged 67 years". It ends with the quote "I believe in the communion of saints".

Communion：(1) 領聖體；領主：通常 Holy Communion兩字連用。(2) 領主詠：彌撒中的領主詠。(3) 共融；契合；相通；溝通；分享：與天主教會圓滿共融的成員為：受過洗禮後，在基督有形的結構內，以信德宣言、聖事和教會的治理而團結一起的人（法典205）。(4) 教派；宗教團體；團契。

plague

/pleɪɡ/

noun

noun: plague; noun: the plague; noun: pneumonic plague

1.
a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ).
any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people.
plural noun: plagues
"diseases like smallpox wiped out the indigenous people in a succession of plagues"
Similar:
disease
sickness
bubonic plague
2.
an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage.
"a plague of locusts"
Similar:
huge number
infestation
epidemic
invasion
3.
a thing causing trouble or irritation.
"staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants"
Similar:
bane
curse
scourge
affliction
blight
archaic
used as a curse.
"a plague on all their houses!"

verb

verb: plague; 3rd person present: plagues; past tense: plagued; past participle: plagued; gerund or present participle: plaguing

cause continual trouble or distress to.
"he has been plagued by ill health"
Similar:
afflict
bedevil
cause suffering to
torture
pester or harass (someone) continually.
"he was plaguing her with questions"

communion

(kə-myūn'yən) pronunciation

The act or an instance of sharing, as of thoughts or feelings.
Religious or spiritual fellowship.
A body of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites; a denomination.
Communion Ecclesiastical.
1. The sacrament of the Eucharist received by a congregation.
2. The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.
3. The part of the Mass or a liturgy in which the Eucharist is received.

[Middle English communioun, Christian fellowship, Eucharist, from Old French communion, from Late Latin commūniō, commūniōn-, from Latin, mutual participation, from commūnis, common. See common.]

Benedict leads mass in Paris

Continuing his visit to France, Pope Benedict XVI has been leading an open-air mass in Paris, attended by 200,000 followers. Later this Saturday, the Pontiff makes a pilgrimage to Lourdes in southern France. The Pope was welcomed to Paris on Friday by President Nicolas Sarkozy and held brief talks with French Jewish leaders and leaders of France's five-million strong Muslim community. France is home to 35 million baptised Roman Catholics, but only about 10 percent attend mass regularly. In a keynote speech, Benedict warned that humanity faces "disaster" if it turns away from religion. For several centuries France has upheld a strict separation of church and state.