From Theodore Roosevelt’ s 1904 annual message to Congress: The steady aim of this Nation, as of all enlightened nations, should be to strive to bring ever nearer the day when there shall prevail throughout the world the peace of justice. There are kinds of peace which are highly undesirable, which are
Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven. Saint Rose of Lima
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The ongoing protection of Rupnik is only one manifestation of the mania of Pope Leo to have Pope Francis be a permanent incubus on the life of the Church. He seems to be a true believer in the cult of Francis. Let us hope that time and reality will alter his faith.
Americans traveling through Argentina are sometimes surprised when they come across the town of Lincoln. Founded in 1871, the name of the town was the result of a decree of the government of Argentina on August 23, 1865 which ordered that the employees of the government of Argentina observe three days of mourning for Lincoln and
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ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII HAURIETIS AQUAS ON DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART May 15, 1956 Venerable Brethren: Health and Apostolic Benediction. “You shall draw waters with joy out of the Savior’s fountain.”(1) These words by which the prophet Isaias, using highly significant imagery, foretold the manifold and abundant gifts of God which the
According to the course of nature, I have but a few years to live. It will be an advantage to suffer for my religion and, therefore, I will not abscond. Saint John Kemble
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Something for the weekend. Overture to El Cid (1961) Bonus:
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Truly we are passing through disastrous times, when we may well make our own the lamentation of the Prophet: ‘There is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land’ (Hosea 4:1). Yet in the midst of this tide of evil, the
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Shane: Yeah, you’ve lived too long. Your kind of days are over. Ryker: My days! What about yours, gunfighter? Shane: The difference is I know it. Ryker: All right. So we’ll all turn in our six-guns to the bartender. We’ll all start hoeing spuds. Is that it? Shane: Not quite yet. [to Wilson] We
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I have a framed print of this painting up in my law library, but I didn’t know the back story until now. I always assumed that the clerk was thinking wistfully of either a lost love, or of the supper waiting for him. The bride to be standing on tip toes to fill out the
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Western Wagons They went with axe and rifle, when the trail was still to blaze, They went with wife and children, in the prairie-schooner days, With banjo and with frying pan—Susanna, don’t you cry! For I’m off to California to get rich out there or die! We’ve broken land and cleared it, but
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There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is Curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is Vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
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Go here to read more on the Pope’s remarks. As an American, he has to know what a tedious mess, bad hymns preserved in amber over the last half century, most Mass music is in this country. However, I suspect that he is a true ideologue, and ideologues never let mere facts stand in their
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The J6 debacle was used to attempt to crush any opposition to the Democrat party for many years. It was a trap and President Trump rushed into it. The part that the Courts played in this was despicable with a few honorable exceptions. The contrast to the treatment of the Black Live Matters rioters in
I am not alone, my sisters; see, I bring Jesus to bless you. Blessed Emily Bicchieri
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We will all die happy if we meet death with a fraction of his faith, courage and hope. Viva Cristo Rey!
Nice idealized version, with all three of our kids little again. On my very best days, perhaps, within shouting distance of reality. On others, however: The usual Open Thread rules apply: be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing!
Of course that is assuming that Dowd is insane. At the end of the film it is implied that Harvey is real. Jimmy Stewart never acted better than in this gentle comedy. Bonus:
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With faith, let us seek the Cross of Christ, for in it is our salvation. Saint Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, who found the True Cross.
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Only a few men during the life of Aquinas could decipher his scratchings, most notably Friar Reginald of Piperno, his friend and successor at the University of Naples. He was the confessor of the Angelic Doctor, and Aquinas dedicated several of his works to him. Aquinas knew that his penmanship was poor and almost impossible
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That Pope Leo was right, as he usually was. And when the popes stopped doing their job, superstition and barbarism were back on the march.
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I have never been to Confession without feeling like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Getting right with God is the key to everything in this Vale of Tears.
If you seek the Cross of Christ, take my heart; there you will find the suffering Lord. SaintClare of Montefalco. After her death, the Church approved of an operation to examine her heart. A perfectly formed crucifix was found imprinted in the flesh of her heart, along with the crown of thorns, nails, spear, and
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Napoleon used to say that to understand a man look at what was going on when he was twenty. I am afraid that in Pope Leo we have the embodiment of felt banner Catholicism of the seventies.
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When one of the two major political parties goes barking mad, that bodes ill for civic peace in the future.
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The past, History, is a passion for me. Few things raise my ire more quickly than giving a false picture of yesteryear for contemporary polemics.
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With apologies to Francis Bacon. Pilate of course had Truth in front of him. He then reacted as men sometimes do when they encounter truth:
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“Be patient with everyone, not only with the powerful, but also with the weak”. Saint Stephen the Great, King of Hungary
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Combining Mammon and Caesar with the Church is ever a recipe for disaster.
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His holiness was especially radiant in his acceptance of suffering and death in union with Christ’s Cross. Thus by consecrating himself totally to the Lord’s love, he became a model for religious, for artists in their search for God’s beauty and for the sick in his loving devotion to the Crucified. Pope John
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Something for the weekend: The theme song for Mr. Ed. A fun aspect of growing up as a kid in the sixties was the delightfully daffy shows on TV: a talking horse, a stranded martian on earth, a mother being reincarnated as a car, a beautiful android, a beautiful genie, a beautiful witch, two
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46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Luke 1: 46-48 (The below was written in the Eighteenth Century, centuries before Munificentissimus Deus
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Allied bombers had been used on August 13, 1945 dropping leaflets over Japan which described, in Japanese, the surrender offer and the Allied response. On August 14, 1945 Hirohito met with his military leaders, several of whom spoke in favor of continuing the War. Hirohito urged them to help him bring the War
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Back in the seventies I spoke with Michael Harrington, who had just given a speech at the University of Illinois, and who would go on to found the Democratic Socialists of America in 1982. I agreed with him on nothing, except his being appalled by the Communist nations, including Cuba, of
Most well known politicians who become cabinet officers do little good for their political careers, usually it being a large step towards being a man of yesteryear. Rubio is a great exception as Secretary of State. He has become a great favorite of most of the American people, with the meme coverage being done
Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did. Saint Maximilian Kolbe
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