CHAPTER 12-Christianity established-Fifth and sixth Persecutions-Second Century - CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE - COURSE THIRD - AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON ....Download, print, and above all share !to be continued
Today, Bishop Emeritus Christopher Saunders, 76, of Broome was convicted of 13 homosexual offences against two young Indigenous men in Western Australia. A jury in the District Court of Western Australia found Saunders guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual penetration without consent. The jury acquitted him on six other charges. The offences for which Saunders was convicted occurred between 2008 and 2019, while he was serving as Bishop of Broome. Saunders was also convicted of offences against a second man, including sexual penetration without consent. The jury deliberated for approximately seven hours before returning the verdicts. Earlier in the trial, the judge instructed the jury that it was not necessary to return verdicts on seven charges and to disregard them because there was insufficient evidence to convict. Saunders pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied the allegations. He did not give evidence during the trial. He is due to face a sentencing …More
OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR - EVIL HABITS, i.e. VICES AND SINS (QQ[71]-8 - First Section - Summa Theologica - Thomas Aquinas...Download, print, and above all share !to be continued
Virgin Mary Statue Stands Intact After Deadly Quake | Shalom World News In the aftermath of a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake that devastated parts of western Colombia, a video from a Religious Sisters’ convent in Cali has drawn attention. Walls were shattered, windows were blown out and concrete fell around the building, but a statue of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal remained standing on its pedestal. Despite the destruction around it, the sacred image did not topple or show visible damage. For people facing the devastation, the sight of Mary still standing has become a touching reminder of faith and hope, and of God’s presence in times of suffering.
Saint Cassian of Imola | The Teacher Martyred by His Own Students | Feast Day August 13 Cassian is traditionally associated with Imola in northern Italy and is believed to have lived during the era of Roman persecution, probably around the 3rd or early 4th century. He worked as a schoolmaster, teaching young students the skills of reading and writing. But Cassian was also a Christian. According to ancient tradition, he refused to worship the Roman gods and remained faithful to Jesus Christ. For this, he was condemned to a particularly unusual and cruel martyrdom. THE TEACHER AND HIS STUDENTS The early Christian poet Prudentius, writing around the beginning of the 5th century, preserved the famous account of Cassian's martyrdom. According to this tradition, Roman authorities handed Cassian over to his own students. The pupils were permitted to attack their former teacher using the tools they normally used for school—including their styluses, pointed instruments used for writing on …More
These monitors on GTV keep burying my posts. Especially important ones that reveal the truth on what's going on with trump. They bury them everyday. They refuse to let them be shown. I have ignored some. TRIED to re-post some. But they bury them as well. This one was also buried almost immediately after posting it. Anyone who is not blocked by the trump base, would you be so kind as to re-post it for me. Please and thank you. And may GOD bless you for your kindness and thoughtfulness. Updated to seven people or more have tried to …
U.S. sailors are freaking out off the coast of Iran—literally: “I hope I don’t wake up tomorrow,” write the terrified sailors as they lose their minds. What happened? A nine-month voyage to the shores of Iran. ---- Well, we’ve actually finished fighting. The crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is freaking out. “I hope I don’t wake up tomorrow,” say the terrified sailors; some are trying to jump overboard. So what happened, you ask? It’s just a mission off the coast of Iran that’s already been dragging on for nine months. ---- The sailors’ wives have panicked. “I hope I don’t wake up tomorrow,” a sailor from the aircraft carrier messaged his wife via instant messaging. So many such messages from the crew have come in that the information has already leaked to the press. The situation aboard the Abraham Lincoln was reported not only by specialized military publications such as *Navy Times* and *Stars and Stripes*, but also by the British newspaper *The Guardian* ---- “*Navy …More
It's much worse than those things. I just posted a video of a message Larry Johnson received from a newly retired Officer friend of his. He read it out for all to hear.
August 13th - Saint of the Day: Saint Maximus the Confessor, Monk & Defender of the Faith Imperial Secretary, Byzantine Monk, Theologian & Defender of the Faith He was silenced by an empire. The Church still hears him 1,400 years later. Saint Maximus the Confessor went from the emperor's right-hand man to a simple monk, and then to the most dangerous man in the Byzantine Empire, all because he refused to accept a heresy about Jesus Christ. In this Saint of the Day feature, you'll discover: Why an 80-year-old monk terrified the most powerful ruler on earth The trial transcript where he told his judges, "Even if the whole universe holds communion with the Patriarch, I will not" The brutal price he paid: his tongue, his right hand, and exile to the mountains of Georgia How the Church vindicated everything he taught just 19 years after his death on August 13th, 662 The tradition of three miraculous lights burning over his lonely grave His teaching on the two wills …More
Laurent Michelon Officiel @LAURENTMICHEL0N The recent closure of the Israeli consulate in Chengdu is described in the mainstream media as simply a consequence of China’s positions on the Palestinian issue—particularly the ongoing genocide in Gaza—as well as on the Israeli-American aggression against Iran. The Israeli consul issued an enthusiastic statement about friendship with China, as if the closure were merely temporary for renovations. What the article is careful not to mention is the recent espionage case involving an Israeli company in Chengdu, which was thwarted at the last minute by Chinese authorities just as it was about to succeed. Reported in Chinese media and on social media, this case was, of course, completely ignored by Western media. In broad terms, in 2023, the Israeli embassy in China acted as an intermediary between a Tel Aviv-based data company and a technology firm in Chengdu, under the pretext of jointly building a “data processing center” intended to optimize …More
Welcome Jesus before that it be too late Yes, God wants all men to be saved, but saved during the life he gives them here on earth, because there is no other. After this life comes eternity, eternal life. I repeat this because even priests find it hard to accept: there is no third life between time and eternity in which we can still secure our salvation. As God teaches through the mouth of Saint Paul: At the acceptable time I heard you; on the day of salvation I helped you. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Now, not tomorrow. That is why the Apostle says: Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Why work out your salvation with fear and trembling, if you can still do it in death, once you are free from the cares and temptations of this world?
World’s Oldest Trappist Monk, 108, Survivor of Communist Persecution, Has Died. Fr. Benedict Chao, the world’s oldest Trappist monk, died on July 31 at Our Lady of Joy Abbey on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, at the age of 108. Born in Hebei, China, in 1918, Chao entered monastic life in 1941 and was ordained a priest in 1949. He belonged to a generation of Chinese Trappists whose monasteries were destroyed during Communist persecution. After fleeing mainland China, Chao and fellow monks lived for a time in Canada and the United States before rebuilding their monastic community in Hong Kong.
China: Fallece el último trapense superviviente de la persecución comunista. El monje trapense más anciano del mundo ha muerto a los 108 años en la Abadía de Nuestra Señora de la Alegría, en la isla de Lantau, Hong Kong. hmtv