Justice or fury? In the good Catholic’s face, there is no fury or fear. Married at 14 and guillotined at 37, she had four children: Marie-Thérèse, Louis Joseph, Louis XVII, and Sophie.
In 1984, 100 were beatified, not Marie, not Louis XVI. He received last rites, but, separately, Marie refused. The priest sent to her while she was in prison was a juror. He had sworn an oath to the revolution. Would you have done the same as Marie? For a serious Catholic, this is a serious decision, one she did not know would be her last.
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in the year of Our Lord, the third of April, 33 What languages did Jesus speak? We know He spoke Hebrew because He taught the Pharisees in the Temple at age 12. Aramaic was a local dialect, and He spoke that. Greek, the language of commerce and the dominant tongue after Alexander the Great conquered the entire area, Jesus spoke.
What languages did Pontius Pilate speak? He was born in Abruzzo. His native tongue and main language was Latin, dominant in the Western Roman Empire. Could he speak Greek? Yes, but Jesus would have spoken to him in Latin, the language Pilate was most comfortable speaking. From Jimmy Akin –
My academic training is in philosophy, which intersects to a considerable degree with the work I do. I am also an autodidact [self-taught] who has managed to acquire a background in apologetics, biblical studies, theology, liturgy, canon law, and related disciplines. Because I have learned this material on my own, I do not have an institution such as the Church or a university that has put its seal of approval on me (in areas other than philosophy) and said, “Listen to this guy; he knows what he’s talking about.” In the absence of such a seal of approval, the only defense there is for my answers is making sure that they are right. I can’t rely for my credibility on the fact that someone else has vouched for me. https://jimmyakin.com/2006/05/what_are_my_qua.html Since the 2020 virus, I have been in the process of teaching myself.
Modern humans have been on Earth less than 0.01% of the planet’s existence. The “tied” woman says, “Incredibly dangerous.” Cretin is a noun.
Father Illo (Star of the Sea, SF) and the ICKSP (St. Margaret Mary, Oakland) restored the labor of someone very young.
Fidelis was not an early vocation: he had always been a devout Catholic—he even practiced severe mortifications—but a religious vocation was not his goal. He began his adult life by studying at a university and was nearly thirty by the time he left school and took up tutoring in 1604. For the next seven years, Fidelis taught and traveled. Finally, he decided to enter the courts and study civil and canon law. Corruption was so rampant in the courts that Fidelis left in disgust—and did not return to his former way of life. He went to the Franciscan friars in Freiburg and asked to join them. A year later, at the age of thirty-five, he was ordained a priest. One of his repeated prayers was that he might die on behalf of the Church. Fidelis soon became known as a zealous and powerful preacher. He took up the fight against the errors of Zwingli and Calvin, preaching and writing pamphlets that refuted their misguided teachings. In 1621, the Franciscans sent him as a missionary to Switzerland, which had been overtaken by the Calvinists. With a few companions, he set out to reform the Swiss Church and banish heresy. He was so successful that the Calvinist leaders became alarmed. They threatened and attempted to intimidate Fidelis. When he remained fearless, they incited the people against him, saying that he was motivated by politics and taking part in a power struggle. Finally, in 1622, they attacked a church in which he was preaching. Refusing to flee and hide, Fidelis was struck on the head and dragged out of the church. There, before the doors, he was offered his life if he would only apostatize. Fidelis replied, “I came to extirpate heresy, not to embrace it.” St. Fidelis triumphed in every spiritual conflict because he girded himself with the armor of God. Remind yourself to do the same with the Armor of God Wall Plaque. Inscribed with St. Paul’s famous verse and featuring shield, sword, and cross, this handsome plaque will always inspire you to face the day with spiritual strength. The plaque makes a wonderful First Communion or Confirmation gift! Available today at The Catholic Company! Fidelis of Sigmaringen, O.F.M. Cap. (b. 1577 Germany, d. 1622 Switzerland) Lingchi ([lǐŋʈʂʰɻ̩̌]; Chinese: 凌遲), death by a thousand cuts
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I prefer darkness in general, as it is less perturbing, less frustrating, mysteriously innocent, and easier lost to Him. If Mass were offered late at night, every night, I would be there because that is when I come alive, but I can’t ask anyone to accommodate a vampire. Stay if you crave Latin, French, Mozart, and the presence of children, who are habituel at a Latin Mass and here collect the offering. This is a reposting of the most beautiful Mass I have ever seen, rolling together the Last Supper, Crucifixion, and Resurrection into one, the FSSP priest all by himself, veiled in darkness, quietly exulting, and transubstantiating without glare or fanfare. This is what will move men to act. My sympathies lie with an ideal that has vanished or been vanquished. The modern world uses the word “aspirational” repeatedly. It needs to be debunked. There is no such thing. Enlarge the screen. Will, reason, loyalty, and faith move men to act.
Hanon contains 60 exercises, and daily practice is necessary. I reached the beginning stages of Advanced Level 9 before quitting at 15. Listening to someone doing exercises at an advanced level is as enjoyable as listening to Field or Chopin.
forty-five minutes out of a day when sacrifice chokes “Why are you telling me to be quiet?” Answer: “What are you going to say to Him as He hangs there? Why are you doing this? Come down from the cross. If those are your thoughts, receiving Him is impossible. He will come to you only in this form.” “Trump said that he supports a proposal from Republican Representative Michael Waltz of Florida and Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas that would authorize the use of military force against Mexican drug cartels to target the criminal enterprises and dismantle them. “‘I would do that,’ Trump said about the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) legislation that the congressmen have recently proposed.” https://dailyconservative.com/donald-trump-speaks-about-military-plan-to-handle-mexican-cartels/ image from 2011 courtesy of The Christian Science Monitor
Louis Gaston Adrien de Ségur
b. April 15, 1820, d. June 9, 1881 “In 1851 he published in a modest form, Reponses aux objections les plus repandues contre la religion; it met with considerable success. “At the time of his death 700,000 copies had been sold in France and Belgium without counting the many editions in Italian, German, English, Spanish, and even in the Hindu language.” https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/louis-gaston-de-seger Check! My male student loves knives and is a genius. I know his IQ. He was labeled defiant in public school by a female teacher, and his mother withdrew him. Now, I and a male math tutor in his mid-20s guide him, and this boy adores Mom. I had a little talk with him one time, and I said, “Your father loves your mother, too.” His father is a fantastic provider.
Francis speaks a language I understand more than any other man’s. When I was 17, a Jesuit gave me a prayer book and on its pages the poem from Francis, and a few years later I threw the little book away in anger, a guarantee to me that He was unstoppable. From whence cometh solace? Mass with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Mary and Joseph, the memory of my parents, and music and poetry as my own words faileth.
US Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Anne Milgram, a lawyer, is under investigation. Morality is not legislated or appointed. A person is or isn’t, and people suffer at the hands of greedy ghouls. For all their bluster and professional ethics, most American law schools don’t teach morality. We have so many examples now of where it would be far better to be an uneducated saint than an educated scoundrel.
https://apnews.com/article/dea-corruption-fentanyl-cocaine-drugs-contracts-milgram-7fd24fe46c4b664f285773798357d418 My very good friend who stands 6'6 took her name - Jacob Joan, 1431, 2022.
Deus ex machina
Let’s break down the Latin. Deus noun for “God”; ex preposition for “from”; machina noun for “machine” Latin does not have the articles, a, an, or the, so one must add them. English and German do. Deus ex machina is a noun phrase translated as, “God from the machine”. It is a device that has been around since the time of ancient Greek theater. The playwright Euripides (484-406 B.C.) popularized the technique. In modern usage, it has turned into this: an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially a contrived plot in a play or novel. One Pixar rule: coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating. Poets
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