Apparently really happening.., my country. Can you believe this? 1 MIN AGO: Masked 'Mob' ERUPTS as Army Bases CLEARED FOR Migrants! | News UKyoutube.com/watch?v=b_y4AEGgEgo
I've gotten into the habit of making "three" signs of the Cross using Epiphany Holy Water at night. I should start doing it to start my day off right as well.
"What kind of unity do we actually want?", asked Cardinal Kurt Koch about ecumenism talking to Die Tagespost on 11 December. He explained that the Church and orthodox groups seek unity in terms of faith and sacraments. However, some Protestant groups envisage "unity" whereby each group remains as it is while recognising one another mutually. With the Orthodox, a consensus has yet to be reached, especially regarding the authority of the Pope. Cardinal Koch noted that a Pope seen merely as "primus inter pares" with no real authority "would only work in fair weather".
Kurienkardinal Kurt Koch betont, dass auf dem Weg zur christlichen Einheit noch viel zu klären ist – vor allem, welche Form von Einheit angestrebt wird. Während katholische und orthodoxe Kirchen eine Einheit in Glauben, Sakramenten und Ämtern wollen, sehen manche reformatorische Kirchen eher ein Nebeneinander bestehender Kirchen als ausreichende Einheit. Im Dialog mit der Orthodoxie sind besonders filioque und die päpstliche Unfehlbarkeit strittige Punkte, doch Koch zeigt sich zuversichtlich. Der Ukraine-Krieg erschwert die Gespräche, da russisch-orthodoxe Vertreter den Dialog teilweise verlassen haben. Die jüngste Papstreise habe im Libanon viel Hoffnung geweckt, berichtet Koch. Papst Leo XIV. habe mit seinen Ansprachen und Begegnungen den Menschen Mut für eine bessere Zukunft gemacht.
@Orthocat Also remind him that the Orthodox Church has strict fasting requirements , and maybe he should start practicing going meatless for the 40 day periods during Lent and Advent, along with every Wednesday and Friday throughout the year.
Saint Lucy and the Mystery of Light Saturday, December 13 - Memorial of Saint Lucy Since their appearance on earth, dear brothers and sisters, men and women have always been fascinated by light and its sources: the sun, the stars, fire... Light, with its power to dispel and overcome darkness, to warm and make life flourish, has always been a subject of study. And it was precisely the study of the nature of light that led humanity to make the greatest discoveries of the last two hundred years. In ancient times, the Sun, the primary source of light, was considered a god and was worshipped in a way that in some places even included human sacrifices. But humankind has always understood that, while the light of the Sun was able to dispel external darkness, it could do nothing against internal darkness... Dearbbrothers and sisterss, there is not only external darkness, but also internal darkness: the darkness of the heart. That indescribable and unstoppable sadness that so many people, feel …More
This meme shows an important truth. The Nazis weren't actually "right-wing" - they were totalitarian like the Communists. The same thing the Antifa woke Left is!
Sanctuary of Loreto: the irrefutable historicity of the miraculous translation of the House of the Virgin In the Sanctuary of Loreto, Italy, the Holy House of the Virgin Mary in Nazareth is preserved. It was there that she received and accepted the Archangel Gabriel's announcement that she would be the Mother of God. The Holy House arrived at its current location in a miraculous translation that took place in the 13th century, recognized by numerous Popes and commemorated in its own liturgical feast. There are three distinct pieces of evidence. First, the correspondence between the three walls of the Sanctuary of Loreto and what remains of the house in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth (the foundations and the opening in the grotto that served as a fourth wall). Second, the evidence of the Translation itself. And third, the rebuttal to the arguments put forward to deny the supernatural Translation, replacing it with a "pious" but very human transport of some stones. Between …More
So what is there not to believe.....that The Holy House was divinely transferred to Loreto is easy to believe...it’s like belief in trans substantiation, the changing of the bread and wine..in the miracle of life, our own and how nature revives itself by itself every spring ..no problem here.
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Queen of Mexico (1531) In December 1531, ten years after taking Mexico City by Cortés, walking the Indian Juan Diego, who came from Cuautitlán, towards the hill of Tepeyac - hill that is north of the metropolis - he heard a melodious music that was called sweetly. She was a beautiful Lady, who spoke to her with maternal words. -Juan Diego, my son, where are you going? - He replied that to Tlatelolco to hear Mass. -And the Lady added: I am the always Virgin Mary, Mother of the true God. The dialogues between the Virgin and Juan Diego are a delight of sweetness. - Juan Dieguito, my youngest son, do not disturb your heart. Am I not here that I am your mother? Am I not the source of your joy? Aren't you in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? - And Juan Diego answers: My lady, my youngest daughter, my young lady, my daughter, my little girl, how did you wake up? Do you feel your beloved little body well, my girl? The Virgin asks him to go …More
Come adore the wondrous Presence Bow to Christ the source of Grace Here is kept the ancient promise of God's earthly dwelling place Sight is blind before God's Glory Faith alone may see His face.
TPUSA Insider: Erika Kirk Converted to Judaism, Tasked With Destroying American Christianity - The People's Voice Bombshell TPUSA testimony reveals Erika Kirk didn’t only find her husband in Israel, she converted to Judaism and signed a contract with an organization that has been buying souls for centuries. Her mission: destroy American Christianity from within. They call it the Synagogue of Satan — an ancient cabal at war with Christianity. And according to people who know how they operate, Erika wasn’t chosen for love… she was selected for infiltration.rumble.com/…rted-to-judaism-tasked-with- …
The three gifts that the child Ratzinger asked for for Christmas It was Christmas 1934, when he was just seven years old, that the future Pope Benedict XVI wrote a very special letter asking the Baby Jesus for three gifts. Discovered in 2012 in the Ratzinger family home in Bavaria, the letter had been kept by the Pope's sister, Maria, who has since passed away. This precious document is now housed in the museum in the southeastern German town of Marktl am Inn. This is what the letter from young Joseph read: "Dear Infant Jesus, you will soon descend to earth. You want to bring joy to children. You will bring joy to me too. I would like the Volks-Schott, a green chasuble, and a Sacred Heart of Jesus. I always want to be good. Greetings from Joseph Ratzinger." In the letter, written in Sütterlin, an old German script no longer in use, the future Pope asks Jesus for a Volks-Schott ("People's Missal"), a German missal used in 1934. This missal had two columns, one in German and the other in …More