Today's guest entry comes from a friend Claudio Ceolin. It's a great Advent and Christmas story about peace at a time of war. It reminded of me of the wise words from the poem by Thomas Hardy titled, "The Man He killed." This is the final stanza, "Yes; quaint and curious war is! / You shoot a fellow down / You'd treat if met where any bar is, / Or help to half-a-crown." "Silent Night" and the Christmas Truce of 1914 The First World War (1914-1918) was a horrific and unnecessary conflict in which approximately 10 million soldiers perished. But during the Christmas Truce of 1914 large numbers of British and German troops disobeyed orders, put aside their weapons and fraternized in no-man's land among the trenches. Smaller numbers of French and Belgian soldiers did the same. It began on Christmas Eve and was mostly initiated by German infantry lighting candles on small Christmas trees placed on their parapets and singing "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night"). Soon many troops from …
The Polish Bishops’ Conference has invited Pope Leo XIV to visit Poland. Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdańsk delivered the invitation during a private audience, noting that 2027 would be a fitting occasion as the Church marks the 150th anniversary of the Marian apparitions in Gietrzwałd. The Pope said his schedule for 2026–27 is already full but that he would consider the visit. According to Monsignor Wojda, Leo XIV expressed his affection for Poland and recalled visiting the country many times before.
https://episkopat.pl/doc/239524.Prezydium-Konferencji-Episkopatu-Polski-zaprosilo-papieza-Leona https://episkopat.pl/doc/239539.La-Presidenza-della-Conferenza-Episcopale-Polacca-ha-invitato Poland is close to the Holy Father's heart The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC, pointed out that ‘the Pope received us with great kindness’ and ‘took a keen interest in various matters’. ‘He said that he had visited Poland many times, that Poland is very close to his heart, and that he was happy that we could talk together,’ Archbishop Wojda noted. ‘I presented the Holy Father with a letter inviting him to Poland,’ said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, adding that such invitations had already been extended by the former and current Presidents of the Republic of Poland and by some bishops. Archbishop Wojda emphasised that he told the Pope that 2027 marks the 150th anniversary of the apparitions in Gietrzwałd, so ‘it is a good opportunity …
The Blind Man Who Became Padre Pio's Eyes Discover the remarkable true story of Pietro Cugino, the blind man whom Padre Pio chose to keep closest to him. Struck by disease at age twelve, Pietro refused to let his sightlessness be a burden, instead using it for service. Learn why Padre Pio considered Pietro "truly fortunate" and how their deepening bond turned a disability into a blessing—a powerful Catholic lesson on suffering and grace. youtube.com/shorts/gxFaBTY4Rbs?cbrd=1&ucbcb=1 Following Padre Pio Following Padre Pio
[Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori – XVII-XVIII Century AD; Marianella, Kingdom of Naples/Pagani, Kingdom of Naples; (aged 90); Bishop; spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian; Founder; Doctor of the Church] “III - Happiness deriving from perfect Uniformity. Acting according to this pattern, one not only becomes holy but also enjoys perpetual serenity in this life. Alphonsus the Great, King of Aragon, being asked one day whom he considered the happiest person in the world, answered: “He who abandons himself to the will of God and accepts all things, prosperous and adverse, as coming from his hands.’’ “To those that love God, all things work together unto good.” Those who love God are always happy, because their whole happiness is to fulfill, even in adversity, the will of God. Afflictions do not mar their serenity, because by accepting misfortune, they know they give pleasure to their beloved Lord: “Whatever shall befall the …More
"There is a story to this effect in the “Lives of the Fathers” about a farmer whose crops were more plentiful than those of his neighbors. On being asked how this happened with such unvarying regularity, he said he was not surprised because he always had the kind of weather he wanted. He was asked to explain. He said: “It is so because I want whatever kind of weather God wants, and because I do, he gives me the harvests I want.’’ If souls resigned to God’s will are humiliated, says Salvian, they want to be humiliated; if they are poor, they want to be poor; in short, whatever happens is acceptable to them, hence they are truly at peace in this life. In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says: “I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it.”
Camus @newstart_2024 Calley Means (ex-Big Pharma & Big Food insider) just said the quiet part out loud — calmly, clearly, and with receipts: “Chronic disease is the greatest profit-maximizing invention in human history — because it’s recurring revenue and we don’t die right away.” No yelling. No conspiracy. Just cold, hard economics. Fact: Healthcare is now America’s #1 industry. Fact: It grows fastest when we stay sick longest. Fact: More paychecks, mortgages, and retirements depend on managed illness than on actual cures. He’s not attacking anyone — he’s simply asking us to look at the scoreboard we all live under. If tomorrow every incentive flipped from “treat forever” to “prevent completely” — what’s the very first thing you’d change in your own life? Be honest. I’m reading every reply.
I wonder what his parents think about their son fighting on the side of Russia while they are fighting on the side of Ukraine. Not good I am sure. Here is another post with Poland losing their mind again. Russia condemns Polish detention of Hermitage … There are many Polish soldiers and mercenaries fighting in Ukraine. They are dying or captured quickly.
Italian Priest Proposes "Baby Girl" as Christ in Nativity: On 3 December, Father Vitaliano Della Sala, pastor in Capocastello, Italy, told a local television station that a 'baby girl Jesus' should be introduced intonativity scenes because God could have incarnated as a woman as well. This "provocation" should stimulate reflection on women's "access" to Holy Orders: "I was thinking of having a baby girl Jesus born, to say that if Jesus was born male, this does not mean He privileged us men and excluded the possibility of women becoming deacons, priests and even bishops," Don Della Sala said. In 2023, the pro-homosexual priest featured two lesbians at the side of the manger.
«Nel presepe un Gesù bambino a pezzi o un Gesù bambina». Don Vitaliano invita alla riflessione
I welcome this sort of stuff - The Orthodox Church ( who is monitoring this forum) will help spread the news of the Novus Ordo Heresies, further dividing the ever chance of unification. Imagine that, promoting a female messiah, and promoting young girls with hand grenades, and venerating NAZI's These Buggers are terrorists.
More pornographic texts of pro-homosexual Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, 63, have emerged. ElWanderer.com published today new quotes from different books. The disgusting texts are more of the same soft-porn style as published by Tucho in Heal Me with Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing, 1995, and in The Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality, 1998. The latter is about male and female orgasms. The newly discovered books show that the first two were not a youthful mistake, but that this erotic mindset was constant. KISS: Your mouth sings / without using words. Aged 39, Tucho wrote in his 2002 book ¿Por qué no termino de sanarme? (“Why can’t I finish healing myself?”), on page 10: “A body can make an impact if it wears the right clothes, clothes that awaken sensuality by accentuating interesting shapes, depending on the body type. The sensuality of tanned shoulders and arms is accentuated by wearing a T-shirt. Elegance is highlighted by concealing fat with a black vest and white …More
A new analysis found that 41 percent of Netflix TV shows for children portray homosexual relationships, ‘transgender’ and ‘non-binary’ characters, and other ‘queer’ themes.
Obama went to a kindergarten yesterday and was reading woke books to youngsters. How scandalous, and the Church keeps her silence because Obama is one of her apostles.
589bull @589bull10000 They called it Predator. Israeli spyware firm Intellexa built a surveillance weapon that made Pegasus look like tame malware delivered through ads. No click needed. One banner loads, and suddenly they own your phone: -Your camera. -Your mic. -Your chats. -Your GPS. Full, silent domination. And now it’s leaked. People called “Pegasus” the line that couldn’t be crossed. This is Pegasus 2.0 mainstreamed. Weaponized through the global ad economy. And just like that… “Saving Israel for last” hits different. It was never about geopolitics. It was about truth. The kind that breaks the whole system.