[Dionysius the Areopagite – I Century AD; Hieromartyr and Bishop of Athens; Converted by St. Paul] “Chapter II That Divine and Celestial matters are fittingly revealed even through unlike symbols. I consider, then, that in the first place we must explain our conception of the purpose of each Hierarchy and the good conferred by each upon its followers; secondly we must celebrate the Celestial Hierarchies as they are revealed in the Scriptures; and finally we must say under what holy figures the descriptions in the sacred writings portray those Celestial Orders, and to what kind of purity we ought to be guided through those forms lest we, like the many, should impiously suppose that those Celestial and Divine Intelligences are many-footed or many-faced beings, or formed with the brutishness of oxen, or the savageness of lions, or the curved beaks of eagles, or the feathers of birds, or should imagine that they are some kind of fiery wheels above the heavens, or material thrones upon which …More
"But someone may prefer to regard the Divine Orders as pure and ineffable in their own natures, and beyond our power of vision, and may consider that the imagery of the Celestial Intelligences in the Scriptures does not really represent them, and is like a crude dramatization of the celestial names: and he may say that the theologians, in depicting wholly incorporeal natures under bodily forms should, as far as possible, make use of fitting and related images, and represent them by the most exalted, incorporeal and spiritual substances amongst ourselves, and should not endue the Celestial and Godlike Principles with a multitude of low and earthly forms."
"Celestial and Divine Intelligences are many-footed or many-faced beings, or formed with the brutishness of oxen, or the savageness of lions, or the curved beaks of eagles, or the feathers of birds, or should imagine that they are some kind of fiery wheels above the heavens, or material thrones upon which the Supreme Deity may recline, or many-coloured horses, or commanders of armies, or whatever else of symbolic description has been given to us in the various sacred images of the Scriptures."
Mark Kelly Fires Back After Hegseth Launches Investigation Into Him: ‘I’ve Given Too Much to This Country to Be Silenced by Bullies’ ...after they threaten him alongside other Democrat Senators to be executed and arrested over saying that troops can refuse to do illegal orders. Kelly responded to the development on X, where he wrote, “When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents.” “In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the …More
"Despite our differences, despite our different religions and beliefs, we are all brothers and sisters, and I hope to play a part in promoting peace and unity throughout the world."
Pope Leo XIV began today his first foreign trip, to Turkey and then Lebanon. During the flight to Ankara, he spoke about the importance of peace, adding that all men and women to truly be brothers and sisters: "Despite our differences, despite our different religions and beliefs, we are all brothers and sisters, and I hope to play a part in promoting peace and unity throughout the world." Speaking to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country’s diplomatic corps, Leo XIV praised Turkey’s historic role as a bridge between East and West, at the crossroads of religions and cultures. He quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, as saying that the wars ravaging the world today amount to a "third world war fought piecemeal". "We are now experiencing a phase marked by a heightened level of global conflict," he said. "We must not give in to this! The future of humanity is at stake." Regarding Christians in Turkey, who form only a small minority following the murderous expulsions of the early 20…More
This is evil and satanic. I felt a disturbance in the force with this, I can feel in my psyche they have already done this, centralized patient records and data; and it is like a feeling of psychospiritual intrusion, like invasion of the body snatchers. Who might decide who is worth preserving and who is worth targeting for extermination with a centralized system with You Know Who has the backdoor key of entry.. just saying, This feels satanic.
« Suddenly, the NYT turns on Venezuelan Nobel winner for bringing up election fraud| Thanksgiving Day is about something more important than roast turkey » 'Rigorously vetted': The Biden administration's final insult Amid the incredible chaos of Joe Biden's Afghanistan pullout, the importation of thousands of Afghan 'allies' was probably the worst aspect, worse than even the abandonment of billions of dollars of U.S. weaponry to the Taliban's avowed terrorists. Today's events show that we're still living with the consequences. We see that now with the terrorist attack on the U.S. National Guard members in Washington, D.C. by an Afghan national imported in by Joe Biden in what was ridiculously called Operation Allies Welcome. The shooter who was brought in with that program lay in wait for two National Guard members and then shot them at point blank range, leaving them in critical condition. They will not be spending Thanksgiving with their families. According to the Washington Post: …
Spain’s 2025 report ("Informe España 2025") identifies a rapid and generational third wave of secularization. The share of people with no religion has risen to 40% of the population and 60% among young adults, tripling levels from 2000. Practicing Catholics remain at 15–20%, while religious rites continue to collapse: Church marriages have dropped from 76% in 2000 to 19% in 2022. Trust in the Church has also declined, falling from 41.7% in 1999 to 32.8% in 2017. At the same time, Spain’s religious map is becoming more plural, with minorities representing around 10% of the population, including 2.2 million Muslims and 1.5 million Protestants and Orthodox Christians.
España afronta su “tercera gran oleada de secularización”: el 60% de los jóvenes se declara sin religión
(Comillas).- La Cátedra José María Martín Patino de la Cultura del Encuentro de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas, con el apoyo y la colaboración de la Fundación Ramón Areces, ha presentado el Informe España 2025, un análisis exhaustivo que radiografía las transformaciones sociales, económicas y culturales más relevantes del país en los últimos 40 años. Este año, “el análisis se focaliza en temas que ilustran claramente el cambio de época en el que estamos inmersas todas las sociedades, pero particularmente las europeas y la española”, revela Agustín Blanco, director de la Cátedra y coordinador del Informe España. De entre los asuntos que aborda el informe de este año, elaborados por autores procedentes de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas y de otras universidades, destacan tres que se refieren a cuestiones económicas. El primero, a la vivienda y la juventud: el informe resalta que la edad media de emancipación de la “generación inquilina” como la denomina el informe, …
Dan 7:2-14 The choice is simple. When we move forward in good, evil is in the rearview mirror. Luke 21:29-33 Jesus said: "Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near." What a beautiful image of the joy of God that is in our hearts. The joy of the Heart of God within us radiates (budding), and it offers radiant flowers to each person on our path. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
MAHA Action @MAHA_Action Gavin de Becker: “Imagine this, some parents don’t want their kids to play football because they might have a head injury.” “But if the government mandated that you play football, we’d all be pretty pissed off.” “Parents decide whether their kids can take the bike out after sundown, whether they can sleep over at somebody’s house.” “They make all these decisions about safety, but they give over this vaccine decision as if it’s not their business.” “Something that Bobby Kennedy is pushing for, and I think will accomplish, is called joint decision making.” “And that is that the parent and the pediatrician will decide together on whether or not vaccines, when to give them, how many, which type, etc.”
Informationen für das GHZ Mecklenburg-Strelitz, …EILMELDUNG — Kriegsminister Pete Hegseth kündigt an, dass Präsident Trump ihn beauftragt hat, weitere 500 Nationalgardisten nach Washington D.C. zu entsenden. „Wir werden niemals zurückweichen. Wir werden unsere Hauptstadt sichern.“ „Wir werden unsere Städte sichern. Tatsächlich geschah dies nur wenige Schritte vom Weißen Haus entfernt. Das wird nicht hingenommen.“ Informationen für das GHZ Mecklenburg-Strelitz, …
O Canada, what happened to you? I remember visiting there as a child and Ontario was a clean, family friendly province that felt like an English-speaking Netherlands with pretty well-kept flower beds alongside highways. Had an occasion to return several years ago as an adult and it's all Indian shops, tattoo parlors, bars, & CBD stores!