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This post is for my fellow Filipinos who love our Catholic traditions. Let us talk about one of the most beautiful customs we have during Advent. Simbang Gabi, the Misa de Aguinaldo. These dawn Masses are not just cultural events. They are a real Catholic treasure. For those who might not know, Simbang Gabi is a nine day novena of dawn Masses in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It starts at dawn on December 16 and leads us right up to the dawn of December 24. In the traditional Roman Rite this practice comes from the ancient Rorate Caeli Masses. These were candlelit Marian Masses prayed before sunrise. The church is dark, the candles are glowing, and the priest begins with the words of Isaiah calling for the heavens to drop down the dew of the Savior. That is the real origin of Simbang Gabi. Now as we get ready to begin these nine days, we need to get something straight. Simbang Gabi is not a Catholic version of a wish spell. It is not a superstition. It is not a guarantee that if you …More
"There are three forms of the virtue of charity: the first is that of spouses, the second that of widows, and the third that of virgins. We do not praise any one of them to the exclusion of others...This is what makes for the richness of the discipline of the Church." St. Ambrose, De vidius "What is more pleasing than a psalm? David expresses it well: "Praise the Lord, for a psalm is good: let there be praise of our God with gladness and grace!"." St. Ambrose, Enarrationes in Psalmos "This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul." St. Ambrose, Explanatio symboli "For life is to be with Christ; where Christ is, there is life, there is the kingdom." St. Ambrose, Expositio evangeli secundum Lucam "That man is rightly called a king who makes his own body an obedient subject and, by governing himself with suitable rigor, refuses to let his passions breed rebellion in his soul, for he exercises a …More
7. December 2025 7. December 2025 12/07/2025 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. British TV personality Piers Morgan has sincerely apologized to Novak Djokovic. Because Djokovic refused to be vaccinated against Covid, Morgan called the tennis star a “liar” and a “cheater.” Three years later, he apologizes. At a time when tennis players and other athletes were buying vaccination certificates, the greatest active tennis player remained openly unvaccinated. Novak Djokovic faced media scrutiny and suspension from competition, but maintained his perfectly logical stance: he didn’t need a Covid vaccination. Quote from Friday’s article on tkp.at: Apology of the Year.Source. Novak Djokovic is not only the best tennis player in the world, he is also a man who did not give in to the pressure and preferred to forgo the championship rather than have an experimental gene-editing agent injected into him. Novak Djokovic is from Serbia. As a twelve-year-old, he experienced the full harshness of Western …
Pope Leo: “Artificial intelligence has certainly opened up new horizons for creativity, but it also raises serious concerns about its possible repercussions on humanity’s openness to truth and beauty, and capacity for wonder and contemplation.”
06.12.2025 FISCHELLA AND SPADERO CHOOSE THE FALSE PREMISE AND INFERENCE TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II : NO DENIAL FROM PAULO RUFFINI All the books of Archbishop Rino Fisichella and Fr. Antonio Spadero sj, are written with a false premise and inference, with Cushingism. They agree with me. There is no denial from journalist Paolo Ruffini. It would mean that they interpret the Nicene. Apostles and Athanasius Creed also with the false premise and inference; with irrational and schismatic Cushingism. Changing the interpretation of the Creeds is first class heresy according to Ad Tuendam Fidem, the Moto Proprio, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (1998). For me, the Athanasius Creed has no exceptions but for Fisichella and Spadero there are exceptions. There were exceptions for the liberal theologians Rahner, Ratzinger, Balthazar and also for the traditionalists Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Michael Davies, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Plinio Correa de Oliveira, Romano Amerio, Attila Guimares …More
White Fathers: Mission, Dialogue, and Presence in Jerusalem Fr. Giuseppe Gaffurini and Fr. Frans Bouwen tell the story of a congregation that unites faith, mission, and dialogue. From their arrival in Jerusalem to their current presence, the White Fathers continue to demonstrate their commitment, hospitality, and connection with the local community. cmc
St. Nicholas Day Around the World - Traditions & Customs. NKFU on Dec 4 2019 What are the traditions and customs of the feast St. Nicholas Day around the world? St. Nicholas Day in various cultures. #stnicholas#stnicholasday
Chapter XVI Pains of Purgatory — St. Antoninus and the Religious — Father Rossignoli on a Quarter of an Hour in Purgatory— Brother Angelicus. That which shows still more the rigour of Purgatory is that the shortest period of time there appears to be of very long duration. Every one knows that days of enjoyment pass quickly and appear short, whilst the time passed in suffering we find very long. Oh, how slowly pass the hours of the night for the poor sick, who spend them in sleeplessness and pain. We may say that the more intense the pain the longer appears the shortest duration of time. This rule furnishes us with a new means of estimating the sufferings of Purgatory. We find in the Annals of the Friar Minors, under the year 1285, a fact which is also related by St. Antoninus in his Summa.1 A religious man, suffering for a long time from a painful malady, allowed himself to be overcome by discouragement, and entreated God to permit him to die, that he might be released from his pains …More
"After a few days, whilst he was walking and meditating in a retired spot, the deceased appeared before him enveloped in flames, and said to him, in a mournful voice, " Dear master, I beg of you have pity upon me ! " " What ! Brother Angelicus, do you need my assistance ? " u I am detained in the fires of Purgatory, awaiting the fruit of the Holy Sacrifice which you should have offered three times for me." "Beloved brother, I thought you were already in possession of eternal glory. After a life so fervent and exemplary as yours had been, I could not imagine that there remained any pain to be suffered." "Alas ! alas !" replied the departed, " no one can believe with what severity God judges and punishes His creatures. His infinite Sanctity discovers in our best actions defective spots, imperfections which displease Him. He requires us to give an account even to the last farthing. Usque ad novissimum quadran tern."
In the WHO’s own words: “Digital transformation is a unique opportunity to address many longstanding challenges in immunization… now is the time for bold, new approaches.” And: “Stakeholders… should embrace digital transformation as an enabler for achieving the ambitious Immunization agenda 2030 goals.” This is a comprehensive proposal for a global digital-identity system, permanently linked to vaccine status, integrated with demographic and socioeconomic data, enforced through AI-driven surveillance, and designed for international interoperability.