Jeffrey Ade

What Are You Grateful For?

substack.com

A Thanksgiving Contemplation and History

What are you grateful for?
The question is now in wide circulation and not only at Thanksgiving.

Historian Michael Hoffman at Plymouth Rock, 1990
It’s a challenging one that calls us to a consciousness of the riches we have received. It was popularized in the first part of this new century by the proprietors of a vegetarian restaurant chain in California, Cafe Gratitude. Their book,
Sacred Commerce: Business as a Path of Awakening remains one of the most effective human relations and management guides extant.
Even an arch-cynic like Niccolo Machiavelli acknowledged the supremacy of the virtue of gratitude:
“Machiavelli despaired of men left to their own resources with a more than Augustinian despair.…It was not so much that men were naturally evil as that he found them naturally selfish, cowardly, fickle, base, and generally worthless. And yet in the pages of the Discourses on Livy which he had dreamed over as a child, and in the other histories of antiquity he had leisure to study …

57
In Principio

St. John of the Cross ~~ What does it profit you to give God one thing if He asks of you another...

26

John Mearsheimer (Truth can be hard to accept)

The sanctions that were supposed to destroy Russia have created something far worse for the West: a multipolar world order that challenges American hegemony itself. Professor John Mearsheimer reveals how Jeffrey Sachs' devastating analysis exposes the complete failure of Western strategy. While NATO celebrated tactical victories, Russia was winning an entirely different war—the systematic dismantling of dollar dominance and Western economic control. 🎯 What You'll Discover:
Why the "ruble collapse" predictions were catastrophically wrong
How Europe committed economic suicide with energy sanctions
The hidden mathematics behind America's declining financial hegemony
Russia's strategic pivot to the Global South and what it means
Why BRICS expansion threatens the foundation of Western power
The real reason China, India, and Saudi Arabia are abandoning dollar trade
Sachs' warning about the "awakening of sovereignty" worldwide
How desperate hegemons historically respond when economic weapons fail …More

87
philosopher

Fr. Charles Murr Describes the Motivations of Liberals in the Church

youtube.com/shorts/zDNPZWoh8HI?cbrd=1&ucbcb=1

1400
Father Karl A Claver

That is about as holy and solemn as a Mass in a garbage dump.

Ursula Sankt

Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra drops a bombshell on the current state of drug regulation and safety: “We’ve reached a point where trust in new medicines has been severely damaged. Unless drugs are independently evaluated — completely separate from industry influence — doctors and patients should consider saying NO to newly approved medications.” He points to major conflicts of interest: The UK’s MHRA receives 86% of its funding from the pharmaceutical industry it’s meant to regulate. Dr. Malhotra: “Drug companies should still be allowed to develop medicines… but they must no longer be allowed to test them themselves.” He calls for fully independent funding of regulators and truly independent clinical trials — arguing this is now non-negotiable for patient safety. On COVID mRNA vaccines, he cites studies suggesting a serious harm rate that, when scaled globally, could affect millions — a risk he believes was never properly independently assessed. “Patient safety must come before …More

00:48
362
In Principio

‘SELECTED WRITINGS’ – Saint Hildegard of Bingen Translated by Mark Atherton – ‘Letter to Bernard of Clairvaux’; pages 49-50

[HILDEGARD OF BINGEN was born into a noble family in Bermersheim in 1098. At the age of eight her family gave her into the care of a religious noblewoman, Jutta of Spanheim, who took Hildegard with her to become a recluse at the Disibodenberg monastery. Some time between 1112 and 1115, when the monastery became a convent, Hildegard took religious vows.
After Jutta’s death in 1136, Hildegard was elected abbess at Disibodenberg. At this time she started to write about the visions she had been experiencing. Her first work, Scivias, appeared with Papal approval in 1151, just after she had established her own religious community at Rupertsberg, near Bingen. Her collection of religious songs, the Symphonia, appeared in 1158. She then produced a number of other works, including The Book of Life’s Merits (c. 1163), The Book of Divine Works (c. 113), lives of local saints, and various musical, scientific and medical works. She also invented a private language, which formed the basis of two short …More

1200
In Principio shares this

"Father Bernard, I want you to reassure me, and then I will be certain! In a vision two years ago I saw you as a man able to stare at the sun without flinching, a courageous man. And I wept because I blush so much - because I am so timid! Good Father, through your kindness I have found a place in your soul, so that now, if you will, you can reveal to me through your word whether you want me to say these things openly or whether I should keep quiet."

In Principio

"Venerable Father Bernard, you are held wonderfully in high honour by the power of God. You are a terror to the unlawful foolishness of the world; you burn in the love of God’s son; you are eager to win men for the banner of the Holy Cross to fight wars in the Christian army against the fury of the pagans. Father, I ask you, by the living God, to attend to my questions."

But they might have to.
Poland is one of five EU member states that have not granted legal recognition to same-sex relationships, alongside Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, and Slovakia.

rt.com

EU court orders member state to recognize gay marriage

Poland must accept same-sex unions registered abroad despite being illegal under the country’s law, a ruling states
Poland must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other EU countries despite such unions being illegal under the country’s national legislation, the bloc’s highest court has ruled.
In a
statement on Tuesday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said Warsaw had violated EU law when it refused to recognize the marriage of two Polish nationals registered in Germany in 2018. After the couple returned to Poland, the authorities rejected their request to enter their German marriage certificate into the Polish civil registry, arguing that national law does not permit marriage between same-sex couples.
The predominantly Catholic country recognizes both civil and religious marriages but draws the line at same-sex unions, despite years of pressure from Brussels. Under the Polish Constitution, marriage is defined as “a union of a man and a woman.”
The ECJ said the refusal to …

192
Everyday for Life Canada

Another good reason to scrap the EU.

Irapuato

Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey and James, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed
nytimes.com/…025/11/24/nyregion/james-comey- …
Read the Ruling Dismissing the Charges Against James Comey
A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James Comey after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally appointed.
Read Document 29 pages

01:07
193
Pierre Henri

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
BOMBSHELL: USDA Sec. Rollins is sending SHOCKWAVES through EBT America after announcing people will have HIGHER STANDARDS to abide by if they want benefits! She said EVERYONE will have to reapply for benefits and actually PROVE they need it! This is how it should have ALWAYS been. "When we get our hands on the blue state data, it's gonna give us a platform and a trajectory to fundamentally rebuild this program, have everyone reapply for their benefit, make sure that everyone that's taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through SNAP or food stamps, that they literally are vulnerable and they can't survive without it."

01:38
209
Carlos Padila2

Israel

00:54
102
Pierre Henri

Swedish Broadcaster SVT Also Edited Trump Speech Like BBC: Report

newsweek.com

Swedish broadcaster SVT also edited Trump speech like BBC: report

Sweden’s public broadcaster edited President Donald Trump's January 6 speech in a way that misrepresented his message, much as the BBC has been accused of doing, the Kvartal newspaper has reported.
SVT, which is publicly funded, edited footage of Trump’s 2021 speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., omitting key moments where he called on supporters to behave “peacefully and patriotically,” according to Swedish outlet Kvartal.
Newsweek has contacted SVT via email for comment.
With the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Why it Matters
Kvartal's investigation into SVT parallels criticism recently faced by the BBC over similar edits in a Panorama documentary, which led to a public apology and resignations from the U.K. public broadcaster’s leadership.
What To Know
The edited segment, part of the broadcaster’s 2024 coverage of the January 2021 riots at the United States Capitol

105

Escobar also questioned provisions involving the confiscation of Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction. He described such measures as unacceptable to the Kremlin and a likely deal-breaker, adding that only a fifth of the proposed plan acknowledges Russia’s demands, while failing to reflect Moscow’s current battlefield leverage.
It would be unacceptable to anyone. Not just the Kremlin.
This is just another mess from Trump and his administration. Another deception pretending they want peace. Making a peace plan that is worthless, but making sure people see it as a peace plan.

rt.com

Pepe Escobar trashes ‘pro-Russian’ peace deal draft point-by-point – with RT’s Rick Sanchez (VIDEO)

Key provisions of the document conflict with Moscow’s core interests, according to the analyst
Russia will not accept the US-proposed plan to settle the Ukraine conflict, independent geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar has told RT’s Sanchez Effect.
Speaking with host Rick Sanchez on Monday, Escobar said the proposed deal conflicts with Moscow’s core interests, dismissing several central provisions of the plan as unrealistic from the Russian perspective. These include demands for Russia to withdraw from territories it has added to its constitution, limits on Ukraine’s future military capabilities, and security guarantees modeled on NATO principles.
“You cannot go against your own constitution,” Escobar stated, referring to giving up parts of Russia’s new regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye. He stressed that public support in Russia for the special military operation in Ukraine makes such territorial concessions politically impossible.
The analyst also highlighted widespread Russian distrust …

2310
Instaurare Omnia in Christo

It's best to hear from the person instead of propagandists who speak for others. Edit and twist their words and meanings.
Larry Johnson talking about money laundering. And what is and what it's not.
Why Zelensky is world’s biggest thief
Larry Johnson's yt channel. Videos from Russia with Maria Zakharova and others.
Counter Currents
Danny Haiphong interviewing Maira. I would put on mute and deal with CC instead. Some may not be translated right though with the CC.
RUSSIA'S FM SPOKESPERSON MARIA ZAKHAROVA EVISCERATES ISRAEL | DANNY HAIPHONG INTERVIEW

Instaurare Omnia in Christo

I thank GOD for two things in this mess Europe and the US has made in Ukraine and Russia.
1. I see the truth of exactly what the Russians say and not the propaganda we get.
2. I hear from people who are actually in Russia keeping communications going and trying to see if there is anything they can do to help and stop the propaganda.
Many people are in and out of Russia. They talk directly to Sergey Lavrov and Maria Zakharova and others in Russia. Larry Johnson I believe may still be in Russia talking to them. As we can see in his article Pepe Escobar is back again. And Rick Sanchez who has a studio in Russia.
They have first hand information from Russia. Not speaking for them. Not twisting what anyone says. Not editing anything. But real conversations as they happen.

Canon 212

NOVEMBER 24, 2025: ATHANASIUS AND LEO WOULD BE BUDDIES, RIGHT?

17:22
281
Irapuato shares from Irapuato

Martyrs of Vietnam - November 24
Also known as
Martyrs of Tonkin
Martyrs of Annam
Martyrs of IndoChina
Memorial
24 November
several of these saints have another memorial day as they were beatified and on the calendar prior to the canonization of the group
Profile
Between the arrival of the first Portuguese missionary in 1533, through the Dominicans and then the Jesuit missions of the 17th century, the politically inspired persecutions of the 19th century, and the Communist-led terrors of the twentieth, there have been many thousands of Catholics and other Christians murdered for their faith in Vietnam. Some were priests, some nuns or brothers, some lay people; some were foreign missionaries, but most were native Vietnamese killed by their own government and countrymen.
Record keeping being what it was, and because the government did not care to keep track of the people it murdered, we have no information on the vast bulk of the victims. In 1988, Pope John Paul IIMore

Vietnamese Martyrs - November 24
The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Indochina, Martyrs of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và Các bạn tử đạo), are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of Overseas Vietnamese worldwide gathered at the Vatican for the Celebration of the Canonization of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, an event chaired by Monsignor Tran Van Hoai. Their memorial is on November 24 (although several of these saints have another memorial, as they were beatified and on the calendar prior to the canonization of the group).
The Vatican estimates the number of Vietnamese martyrs at between 130,000 and 300,000. John Paul II decided to canonize those whose names are known and unknown, giving them a single feast day.
The Vietnamese Martyrs fall into several groupings, those of the Dominican and Jesuit missionary era …More

10:47
1361
Irapuato

The Seven Sons of St. Felicitas, Martyrs
July 10

Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

traditioninaction.org

The Seven Sons of St. Felicitas, Martyrs, July 10

Saints of the Day
The Seven Sons of St. Felicitas, Martyrs July 10
Homily on Blessed Felicitas: Consider, dear brothers, this man's heart in a woman's body. Before death she stood without fear. She feared to lose the light of the truth in her sons if she kept them alive.
St Felicitas encouraged each son to die well
Let none of you imagine, dear brothers, that seeing her sons die, the heart of this mother did not vibrate with natural tenderness. Her sons, whom she knew to be her own flesh, she could not but see them die with pain, but she had within her a strong enough love to overcome the pain of flesh. Felicitas loved her sons as nature intended, but for the sake of the heavenly fatherland, she wished that those whom she loved should die, and even in her presence. It was she who felt their wounds, but it was she who multiplied herself, so to speak, in the person of the sons who preceded her to the Kingdom.
With reason I call this woman more than a martyr, for in her ardor she died in …

1153
Jeffrey Ade

In honor of Saint Felicity!