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If you would like to read a powerful story by a woman who has returned to the Church and Mass because of her mettle, please visit the site of her account (Associated Press). Dorothy, a writer and strong advocate, graciously gave me the information. https://apimagesblog.com/sundays-after/2019/12/19/sundays-after-dorothy-small Here is another link: inspiritandtruth.substack.com. The story is entitled, Survivors’ Voices: Reporting to the Police. Dorothy says, “‘I wrote the second share beginning with ‘It took me a long time....’”  photo courtesy of the website
“... revolutionary Robespierre was guillotined face up.” Gravity was the executioner.
Every young traditional Catholic knows, without having to view this video, that the old priest from Ireland will not relate to the present and that his statement that there are no new vocations is a Catch-22, that is, a difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is impossible, because it is also the cause of the problem. Is the old man aware that he anticipates his own replacement? Here are stunning NASA & SpaceX videos/photos with music and a cute, animated ending added by the Rumbler. Vandenburg AFB, near the coastline of SoCal, is the site of SpaceX launches. This day, May 19, there was an abort, but the pics are A-OK.
https://rumble.com/v2ojv5q-spacex-iridium-oneweb-launch-live.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spaceXcentric&ep=1 The Ruger 10/22 is the most popular .22 rimfire rifle of all time. The lightweight 10/22 (4.4 lbs., barrel length 18 1/2 in.) has introduced more young people to shooting sports than any other rifle.  THE RUGER® 10/22®
The love of my parents made possible the chase Francis Thompson describes. The poem was contained in a prayer book given to me by Father John Enright, SJ, when I was discerning a vocation. They drive away love from thee, who drive away me.
See post on 5-18-2023, BORDERLESS US, before reading the next frightening statistic, reported by the mayor of New York City. Nearly half of the hotel rooms in the city are filled by migrants. “So instead of monies coming from people who are visiting us and spending in our tourism, in our Broadway plays, instead of them using those hotels, we are using those hotels,” he added [meaning that the city is paying for migrants to occupy the hotels]. Sen. Pete Ricketts said, “Our immigration policies should reward self-sufficiency and grit.” Let me put that in a different, simpler way. I say, “I’d rather talk with, and associate with a prostitute than a man who sits on his ass, does nothing, and demands I take care of him.”  photo author Gwynne Hogan of Gothamist, a non-profit newsroom funded by WNYC
Which planet in our solar system could float on water? (answer in photo credit)  Photojournal: PIA08351 Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Published: 12/29, 2006 Made up of mostly gas, it is less dense than water, and being lighter than water, it will float.
The person acclaimed “nuclear waste guru, kink fetishist, gender-fluid, pup handler” is in the news again, rearrested. I post this free of charge to help you understand “new English”, and so long, Rachael Rollins, a “defund the police” US Attorney (MA). She twisted a few words, and arms and legs, too.
Seeing the flower, missionaries took heart. It reminded them of Christ’s Passion and the compelling reason they were toiling about looking for souls in moist jungles. This is what they saw in the physical aspects of flower and plant: Purple: the color of penance and sacrifice Five sepals and five petals: the ten Apostles who neither betrayed Our Lord like Judas nor publicly denied Him like Peter (note that the missionaries weren’t trying to slur Peter—who, unlike Judas, repented and became a great saint!) Three stigma: the nails piercing Jesus’ hands and feet Five anthers: His five wounds Circlet of corona filaments: the crown of the thorns Three-pointed leaves: the Holy Trinity Vine: God’s attachment to the earth The missionaries used the flower to teach people about the Passion. They sent descriptions of this miraculous plant back home. The Spanish people came to know it as, “The Flower of the Five Wounds.” Since then, the flower’s name in almost every language has reflected its beautiful representation of the Passion. Credit for educating me goes to Catholiccompany.com.  If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor.
If you cross the Iranian border illegally, you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the Afghan border illegally, you get shot. If you cross the Saudi Arabian border illegally, you will be jailed. If you cross the Chinese border illegally, you might never be heard from again. If you cross the Venezuelan border illegally, you will be branded a spy and your fate will be sealed. If you cross the Cuban border illegally, you will be thrown into political prison to rot. If you cross the U.S. border illegally, you get … A job, a drivers license, social security card, welfare, food stamps, credit cards, subsidized rent or a loan to buy a house, free education, free health care, billions of dollars worth of public documents printed in you language, the right to vote in some places, and the right to carry your country's flag while a politician, lobbyist, or celebrity protests that you don't get enough respect. My thanks to Jeff Foxworthy for his polite protest, and this truth should go in every category I have, except for music and art, because there is no music or art for an earthly hell where people don’t wait their turn, take cuts in front of everybody else waiting in line, and break the law. When is enough, enough? Jeff speaks for many people and many legal immigrants who are fed up. Headline: Film Academy Sets Inclusion Requirements for Oscars, Will Take Full Effect in 2024. There are four standards - two must be met.
Standard A. One leading or significant supporting actor must be non-white. It goes on and on and on, very detailed. Listen to the recording. Infringement on film schools and art students. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/film-academy-sets-inclusion-requirements-for-oscars-will-take-full-effect-in-2024-4056888/ Phony politeness is coming from all these federal appointees and reveals the current batch of appointees for what they are - unelected obfuscators. I am giving attention not to the questions or answers but to Cardona himself, who had the audacity to accuse an elected official of being divisive while earning $221,000 per year as secretary. A member of Congress represents 700,000 people on average. Father Thomas Davenport, OP, Providence College, Providence, RI, founded in 1917 by the Dominicans (Aquinas was a Dominican); Engineering-Physics Faculty, Areas of Expertise: Theoretical Particle Physics (Particle Colliders); Philosophy of Science/Philosophy of Nature; Relationship between Faith and Science
First pagan accounts of Catholicism:
A.D. 112 Epistulae X 96 Pliny the Younger, 61-113, Roman Governor of Bithynia and Pontus, sends a letter to Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117) asking for counsel on what to do with Catholics who have been put on trial following anonymous accusations. A.D. 115/16 Annals Tacitus, 56-120, Roman politician/historian, references the crucifixion of Christ in connection with Emperor Nero (r. 54-68) and his persecution of Catholics. A.D. 121/22 Lives of the Twelve Caesars Suetonius, 69-122, Roman historian, writes about an expulsion from Rome of Jews by Emperor Claudius (r. 41-54) and punishments exacted by Emperor Nero and that the actions taken were caused by disturbances instigated by a certain ‘Chrestus’ [sic]. Manuscript Tradition The manuscripts that preserve a given work are collectively called its tradition. As every act of copying introduces fresh errors, the extant writings differ among themselves and from the lost original. As you read, recall that medieval monks were the copy machines of the time. Verified by scholars:
Today, Alexander and I visited Comics and Collectibles, 1904 Fruitridge Rd., Sacramento, CA, and bought a Superman comic book for $4. I recommend this place for connoisseurs. The books in the large collection are in very good condition, and there are toys and several catalogs to browse. Below is a photo of the store’s ceiling tiles drawn and colored by local comic book illustrators.  A.D. 33
He dies, resurrects, and ascends, and here Catholicism rolls out in spite of fortunes, with the Cenacle, site of the Last Supper, Jerusalem, its first church and “catholic” first used c. A.D. 110, by Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Smyrnaeans. Rome was sacked in 476, and now we have a situation there that is just as serious. The emperor has no clothes and mistakenly thinks he is in charge. Song of Roland
Epic poem composed between A.D. 1040 and 1115, it contains in the Old French final text about 4,000 lines. For context, Homer’s The Iliad contains over 15,000 lines. The Knights’ Code of Chivalry 1. To fear God and maintain His Church 2. To serve the liege lord in valor and faith 3. To protect the weak and defenseless 4. To give succor to widows and orphans 5. To refrain from the wanton giving of offence 6. To live by honors and for glory 7. To despise pecuniary reward 8. To fight for the welfare of all 9. To obey those placed in authority 10. To guard the honor of fellow knights 11. To eschew unfairness, meanness, and deceit 12. To keep faith 13. At all times to speak the truth 14. To persevere to the end in any enterprise begun 15. To respect the honor of women 16. Never to refuse a challenge from an equal 17. Never to turn the back upon a foe Faith, Charity, Justice, Sagacity, Prudence, Temperance, Resolution, Truth, Liberality, Diligence, Hope, Valor  “Despite the many hits to its credibility, the SPLC [Southern Poverty Law Center] still carries a great deal of weight. Many prominent Democrats cited the SPLC’s 50th anniversary in 2021, and President Joe Biden has nominated an SPLC attorney to a federal judgeship.
“Amazon used the SPLC ‘hate map’ to screen applicants for its charity donation platform for years, and Apple CEO Tim Cook donated $1 million to the SPLC in 2017. The center has an endowment of more than $700 million and offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. “In 2012, a gunman used the ‘hate map’ to target the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., planning to shoot everyone in the building. He pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and is serving a 25-year prison sentence. https://firebrand.news/hate-group-leader-condemns-fbi-memo-exposes-splcs-crusade-against-traditional-catholics/?seyid=65630 A very good friend refers to a persuasive essay.
(See the comments section of the 5/14/2023 Mother Mater entry.) The essay is written by Jens Kurt Heycke and is adapted from his book, Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire (Encounter Books, 288 pages, $30.99 from American Greatness). Here are a few quotes. Assimilation “Seneca joked about trying to dress the ‘whole world in the toga’—the toga being one of the most powerful symbols of Roman-ness. Even if Seneca did not take this mission seriously, the provincial governors did. “For example, Agricola reconfigured Britain’s cities in the Roman style, taught Latin to the locals, and encouraged them to adopt Roman dress. “Charters from cities around the empire also manifest the effort to create miniature replicas of the Roman municipality. Still extant Roman amphitheaters from Britain to Jordan and Romance languages from Portugal to Romania attest to the tremendous success of Rome’s Romanization efforts. “As one contemporary poet wrote: ‘Thou hast made of alien realms one fatherland . . . Thou hast made one city of the once wide world.’” Asabiyah Roman Asabiyah is defined as an ability to “create group consciousness,” “esprit de corps,” “social cohesion,” and “group feeling.” “Beyond fostering peace Rome’s asabiyah increased property in another way: it bolstered the provision of public goods like infrastructure. Modern economic research has shown that less factionalized societies—those with a sense of shared, common identity—tend to provide for more public goods than more fractionalized societies. “A society is much more inclined to build roads and bridges for the benefit of ‘its own kind’ rather than for the benefit of outsiders….” Multiculturalism The essay goes on to say that it was the melting pot that made the Roman Empire great and multiculturalism that led to its downfall. https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/12/how-multiculturalism-toppled-rome/ The essay has evidence. Recommended. On a personal note, I walked out of my house, looked around, and walked back in and realized that having gifted friends, like Bill, who affirm me, gives me confidence. Bill shares some of the same personality traits and reading interests as student Alexander. Here are some Latin words from the 1962 Missal, p 576. I could have taken words from the Epistle or Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (today), but the prayer is short, and looking at the Latin just once is enough.  bona – good (bonus)
procedunt – come (proceed) largire – generously (largess) suplicibus – beseech (supplicate) cogitemus – think (cogitate) inspirante – inspiration (inspiration) gubernante – guidance (governance) Here is harmony within a single Latin word (in another place, same day): quidquam (short i, long a, Romance languages) – anything On Saturday, in his address at the commencement ceremony at Howard University in D.C., a historically black school, President Biden told the crowd that, “White supremacy” is the “most dangerous terrorist threat” the United States faces. “Sir, you have abandoned your catholic (universal) roots, you are that desperate. Which one of the speechwriters put the words in your mouth? You are the phantom of failure, pandering to, and having no respect for, young people/voters. They might not fully understand what that means, yet, but you should know better.”
https://patriotmomdigest.com/biden-tells-howard-grads-white-supremacy-is-most-dangerous-terrorist-threat-to-us/  There is a new evil in our cities that started in Houston, TX. A napkin is placed in the external door latch of vehicles and is laced with Fentanyl, a poison or type of drug that makes the body instantly numb and the mind incoherent. It’s used as a new method to rape, rob, kill, or abduct or steal a vehicle. If you find one on your vehicle, DO NOT TOUCH IT. Notify law enforcement and stay on the phone with them. Get away from your vehicle (Fentanyl is an “area” killer dust) and surround yourself with lots of people, tell them what happened, and try to do so in a public location in case you collapse and need Narcan. It is still likely that you are being watched by the goons, and they might have a backup plan on how they will attack you! I received this alert from a retired cop, and he received it from a former Sonoma County prosecutor. Here is video from 9-13-2020. The reporter meant to say Greenbrae. |
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