Monday 3 December 2012
From The Vatican News Website Today
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Vatican City, (VIS) - This morning Benedict XVI addressed members of the Venerable English College of Rome, the Catholic seminary for the formation of priests from England and Wales. The College, which celebrates its 650th anniversary this year, has its origins in an ancient English hospice which accommodated British pilgrims to Rome.
The Holy Father, following his greeting to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, a former rector of the College, emphasised the "long tradition of zeal for the faith and loyalty to the Apostolic See" in the Catholic community in England and Wales. He remarked that it was his predecessor, Pope Gregory the Great, who sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to "plant the seeds of Christian faith on Anglo-Saxon soil. The fruits of that missionary endeavour are only too evident in the six-hundred-and-fifty-year history of faith and martyrdom that distinguishes the English Hospice of Saint Thomas à Becket and the Venerable English College that grew out of it".
Addressing the seminarians, he continued, "you too ... are the men God has chosen to spread the message of the Gospel today, in England and Wales, in Canada, in Scandinavia ... Your first task, then, is to come to know Christ yourselves, and the time you spend in seminary provides you with a privileged opportunity to do so. Learn to pray daily, especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, listening attentively to the word of God and allowing heart to speak to heart, as Blessed John Henry Newman would say. ... Allow the fascination of His person to capture your imagination and warm your heart. He has chosen you to be His friends, not His servants, and He invites you to share in His priestly work of bringing about the salvation of the world".
"You have heard much talk about the new evangelization, the proclamation of Christ in those parts of the world where the Gospel has already been preached, but where to a greater or lesser degree the embers of faith have grown cold and now need to be fanned once more into a flame. ... Fire in sacred Scripture frequently serves to indicate the divine presence. ... Just as a small fire can set a whole forest ablaze, so the faithful testimony of a few can release the purifying and transforming power of God’s love so that it spreads like wildfire throughout a community or a nation".
Benedict XVI concluded by mentioning his visit to the United Kingdom in 2010. He said, "I saw for myself that there is a great spiritual hunger among the people. Bring them the true nourishment that comes from knowing, loving and serving Christ. Speak the truth of the Gospel to them with love. Offer them the living water of the Christian faith and point them towards the bread of life, so that their hunger and thirst may be satisfied. Above all, however, let the light of Christ shine through you by living lives of holiness, following in the footsteps of the many great saints of England and Wales, the holy men and women who bore witness to God’s love, even at the cost of their lives".
The Holy Father, following his greeting to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, a former rector of the College, emphasised the "long tradition of zeal for the faith and loyalty to the Apostolic See" in the Catholic community in England and Wales. He remarked that it was his predecessor, Pope Gregory the Great, who sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to "plant the seeds of Christian faith on Anglo-Saxon soil. The fruits of that missionary endeavour are only too evident in the six-hundred-and-fifty-year history of faith and martyrdom that distinguishes the English Hospice of Saint Thomas à Becket and the Venerable English College that grew out of it".
Addressing the seminarians, he continued, "you too ... are the men God has chosen to spread the message of the Gospel today, in England and Wales, in Canada, in Scandinavia ... Your first task, then, is to come to know Christ yourselves, and the time you spend in seminary provides you with a privileged opportunity to do so. Learn to pray daily, especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, listening attentively to the word of God and allowing heart to speak to heart, as Blessed John Henry Newman would say. ... Allow the fascination of His person to capture your imagination and warm your heart. He has chosen you to be His friends, not His servants, and He invites you to share in His priestly work of bringing about the salvation of the world".
"You have heard much talk about the new evangelization, the proclamation of Christ in those parts of the world where the Gospel has already been preached, but where to a greater or lesser degree the embers of faith have grown cold and now need to be fanned once more into a flame. ... Fire in sacred Scripture frequently serves to indicate the divine presence. ... Just as a small fire can set a whole forest ablaze, so the faithful testimony of a few can release the purifying and transforming power of God’s love so that it spreads like wildfire throughout a community or a nation".
Benedict XVI concluded by mentioning his visit to the United Kingdom in 2010. He said, "I saw for myself that there is a great spiritual hunger among the people. Bring them the true nourishment that comes from knowing, loving and serving Christ. Speak the truth of the Gospel to them with love. Offer them the living water of the Christian faith and point them towards the bread of life, so that their hunger and thirst may be satisfied. Above all, however, let the light of Christ shine through you by living lives of holiness, following in the footsteps of the many great saints of England and Wales, the holy men and women who bore witness to God’s love, even at the cost of their lives".
Horrific Lies of the Media-LifeSiteNews Update: Savita's Husband May Not Have Asked for an Abortion
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BREAKING: Reporter who broke Savita story admits: there may have been no request for a ‘termination’
BY HILARY WHITE
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 13:26 EST
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- Tags: Abortion, Savita Halappanavar
DUBLIN, December 3, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kitty Holland, the Irish Times reporter who broke the story about the death of Savita Halappanavar that launched a global crusade against Ireland’s pro-life laws, has admitted that the story of Mrs. Halappanavar asking for an abortion may have been a little bit “muddled” in the retelling, and there may have been no such request after all.
In an interview this weekend on Newstalk 106, Holland appeared flustered and defensive, deflecting blame for the uproar onto Mrs. Halappanavar’s husband, Praveen. When radio interviewer Marc Coleman of Newstalk 106, asked her, “You’re satisfied that he did request a termination?” Holland responded, “Oh, I’m not satisfied of anything.”
“I’m satisfied of what he told me,” she said, “but I await as much as anyone else the inquiry and the findings. I can’t tell for certain. Who knows what will come out in that inquiry? They may come back and say she came in with a disease she caught from something outside the hospital before she even arrived in, and there was no request for termination.”
Covering, Holland added, “One may even wonder are requests for terminations recorded at all in Irish maternity hospitals.”
Asked about discrepancies in the reports on the timeline of Mrs. Halappanavar’s care – particularly when, exactly, she started receiving antibiotics after her admittance to hospital – Holland replied, “All one can surmise is that his recollection of events is…the actual timeline… may be a little muddled.” She said that “at one point” Mr. Halappanavar told her that she was only given painkillers, and never received any antibiotics.
Holland later told the state broadcaster RTE that her coverage in the Irish Times “never suggested” that an abortion might have saved Mrs. Halappanavar’s life.
Coleman also queried Holland about discrepancies in her Times report compared to her later reporting in the Observer. After her initial article in the Irish Times on November 14th, Holland three days later wrote in the Observer the disclaimer, “The fact that Savita had been refused a termination was a factor in her death has yet to be established”.
Coleman asked her why that sentence was included in the Observer but not in her original article for the Times. Holland responded, stammering, “Well, I suppose throughout the original article …umm… I mean it was quoting the concerns of the husband, Praveen. And, at no point … I mean … there was … you know it was hinted at in the headline, which obviously I didn’t write. You know, ‘refused a termination’ was in quotes. Umm, but you know I was reporting the concerns of the husband, and what he said he was concerned about and what he said happened in the hospital.
“Whereas my piece in the Observer was a more kind of background piece from my point of view, so it was obviously important for me to say quite explicitly that, you know, it has not been established that a lack of access to a termination…”
Coleman also mentioned to Holland that there are a lot of concerns about the “contrast” between the November 14th report and her later reporting. “It did travel around the world very quickly, the assumption that this woman had died precisely because of a lack of termination,” he said.
“Well, I mean, what I wrote were the concerns of the husband,” she responded, “and I suppose what readers took … decided to infer from that is … what the concerns were of the husband and what he stated happened from his recollection of events in the hospital.”
“The fact that a healthy… as far as we know… healthy 31 year-old woman who was 17 weeks pregnant entered a hospital in 21st century Ireland and was dead a week later is a tragic story anyway, and would have been a big story anyway. A maternal death is very rare.”
She continued to reiterate that she was reporting “the husband’s recollection or take on the events, and the concerns that he was wanting to talk about that took it off around the world.”
Coleman noted that hospital records of Mrs. Halappanavar’s care contain notes of requests for “tea and toast and many other things, but they contain no request for a termination.”
“Again we only have Praveen and his solicitor’s take on what was in or not in the notes,” Holland responded. “So, we’re relying all the time on their take on what happened.”
“I don’t know. That’s a huge gap and if that is the case … that a termination was requested and Praveen says there were witnesses to these requests, that will all come out in the inquiry,” Holland said. If the inquiry finds there are no notes recording the Halappanavars’ request for an abortion, “it’s obviously a huge gap”.
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Within hours of the publication online of the Times report, the worldwide media responded with a frenzy of coverage, running sensationalistic headlines blaming Ireland’s pro-life laws for her death. Since then, abortion campaigners around the globe have concentrated their forces on demanding that the Irish Republic, one of a tiny handful of western nations that still protects unborn children in the womb, institute legalized abortion on demand.
The hospital and the government have launched investigations, but Mrs. Halappanavar’s husband and family have refused to allow Savita’s medical records to be made public. He has now announced that he intends to sue the Irish government in the European Court of Human Rights after Irish Health Minister refused his demand for a public inquiry.
Pro-life advocates in Ireland, who have been fighting the mainstream media’s misrepresentation of the case and its use by the international abortion lobby, have called Holland’s admission “extraordinary”. Niamh Ui Bhriain, head of the Life Institute, called the affair “the most cynical and deplorable exploitation of a tragedy that I have ever witnessed in my lifetime”.
She noted that Holland was careful during her interview to emphasize that the facts were not known and that it was not certain that an abortion may not have requested.
“Yet no such caution was exercised in her original Irish Times report where it was suggested to the world that an Irish hospital had allowed a mother to die because a Catholic ethos supposedly wouldn’t allow an abortion,” Ui Bhriain told LifeSiteNews.com.
“Journalists have a responsibility to ensure that the reader understands when matters are factual and when they are uncorroborated. Yet the Irish Times tossed that responsibility aside in order to force abortion into the centre of this tragic case concerning a miscarriage and septicaemia.”
“As leading medical experts have pointed this case had very little to do with abortion, yet the headlines around the world became more lurid by the moment,” she added.
Ui Bhriain noted that in her Observer article, Holland “clearly understood the global importance of the story”.
“That makes the sensationalist headline and the reporting in the previous article in the Irish Times reprehensible in my view,” she said.
Ui Bhriain has previously blasted the media coverage for besmirching Ireland’s good reputation. A recent report from the World Health Organisation said the country has the second highest rating for maternal health in the world, with its pro-life laws intact.
Meanwhile, RTE reports that Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, has said that legislation that proposes to legalize abortion could turn out to be unconstitutional and may result in a referendum. Although the government has no plans for a referendum, he said that one may be unavoidable. Ireland’s pro-life law is embedded in the Constitution, which can only be changed through a public plebiscite. Pro-abortion advocates have long attempted to bypass this outcome by working to change the law through court cases, particularly that of the A,B and C case at the European Court of Human Rights.
Manners...the Lost Christian Legacy... and a Sign of Virtue in a Man
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The sign of a protector male is that he is willing to suffer for another. Being mannerly can be a type of suffering as it is dying to self. Rudeness is egotism and narcissism. Predator men are rude-perhaps not at first-but the rudeness will reveal itself.
There are too many predator men and not enough protectors. Protectors have manners. One of the most delightful aspect of a truly Catholic man, who has given his life to God, is that he becomes more and more a protector. Hopefully, even if he has not learned manners at home, he acquires these. The old man, the Adam in him becomes the New Man, the Christ. Christ is the model for the protector. So is St. Joseph. Protectors are usually made so in families, but one can learn and change and become the kind of man God desires for His Kingdom. A protector wants to make a woman happy and peaceful. He wants to keep that woman happy and safe. That is a protector's goal.
I cannot imagine St. Francis or St. Francis de Sales being rude to a woman. I cannot imagine St. Edmund Campion or St. Maximilian Kolbe being rude to a woman. I cannot imagine Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati being rude to anyone.
Such behaviour as respect and manners, which may be called chivalry, is achieved and must be sought after. It is not necessarily natural to some men. If one is raised as a wolf cub in a cave, one must learn and achieve gentility.
Sadly, some priests are very rude. I find this disconcerting and odd that a man who is set aside by God to be another Christ is rude and sometimes, specifically to women. I have witnessed this behaviour from priests towards people many times since being here in Eire. One of the most gentlemanly clerics I know has the last name of Knight. Do you think this is an accident?
OK, I am from a generation which learned manners. One learned to listen to others and share in conversations. As a woman, I expect men to help me with heavy packages and doors, as well as not walking 20 feet ahead of me on the street. Boys and girls in the 1960s in Catholics schools learned manners from the nuns. Even in high school, we had guidelines on dating manners, and in college, we had a course on "finishing". This sounds like the Jurassic Age to most, but I am concerned. I think the lack of manners is causing a barbarism among the younger ones. Women who are traditional Catholics should be able to expect a higher degree of respect from their male counterparts.
Young women, do not settle for less. Do not go out, or date, rude men. They will only get worse. They are predators who only think of their own needs.
The cell phone is part of the problem. When I am talking with someone, it is very rude to me that the texting and messaging interrupts good conversation. Thankfully, some young people have been taught this is rude, but for the vast majority, this is not the case.
I text maybe ten times a week and mostly on skype, rather than my phone number. I realize this is unthinkable for most teens and university students who talk on the phone hours by texting. To text while in a conversation with another is just plain rude.
I cannot be bothered and nothing is THAT important. Plus, if I want to talk with a friend, I try and meet up with them for coffee. That is called relating in the real world.
Texting is anti-social. Thankfully, when I was teaching, the colleges had rules about turning off cell-phones in the classrooms and if not, we instructors were allowed to put it in our syllabi, which I did . (My last teaching job ended in December of 2010).
But the lack of manners is serious. Catholic girls should not even think of dating a young man with bad manners. This is a serious problem reflecting a disrespect. Such small things as coughing and yawning without covering one's mouth, or talking with a mouth full of food, or not waiting for all to sit down to start eating form some of these criticisms. Fast food has ruined manners. Cursing is rude behavior, as well as sinful. In fact, if a man is living a virtuous life, he will not exhibit rudeness.
Not dressing for an occasion is rude as well. Jeans do not belong at Sunday Mass, and I notice even men older than myself wearing designer jeans at the TLM. I find this very odd. Do they not care how they look? They look like old hippies, even at the TLM. They are being rude to God, the Trinity.
I have noticed in Europe that there are certain groups of men whose manners are worse than others. Sadly, the Irish young men have horrible manners, but so do many older Irish men, even of my generation or older. The typical situation is a complete absence of the awareness of a real need of any woman. And, the roughness of speaking, which I have noticed, indicates a lack of gentility and respect. Some young Irish women have told me they would never marry an Irish man for some of these reasons. What has happened cannot be blamed on these girls and women from good families, which are used to manners.
I witness the lack of manners daily. Smoking in front of people without asking is a huge problem here. Where I come from, and in England, a person asks if it is fine to smoke in front of others. Not here. Also, men do not put a woman first in lines, or open doors, or allow a woman to walk on the pavement rather than the street. Even traditional Irish Catholic men lack manners. Coming from a background and class where manners are the rule of the day, I notice these things.
Some of the problems are ethnic. American men from the Mid-West are some of the most polite men in the world. So too are English men.
Some of the worst examples of a lack of manners are found in men from the Middle-East and Asia-except for the Japanese men I have met, who are very mannerly. I am sorry, but I have much experience in the world and this is a truism. Where there is not Christianity, there is more rudeness.
There are many old people walking on the streets and in Church. It pains me to see them struggle without help. Even ancient women who are alone are no longer helped with doors, or even noticed. I try to help when I can. I see these old women and old men, as well, standing in buses. I give them my seat. It is a sign of decadence that the old are not honoured. The old are invisible to the young. This is not Christianity.
My concern is the growing brutality towards women which goes unnoticed. The attacks in Cairo and others places during the recent demonstrations indicate a growing hatred of women. The experiences of some students regarding their ex-boyfriends is another. There are too many violent men. Violence can be demonstrated in body language and words as well. Rudeness is a type of violence. Listen to how people speak to one another. It makes me sad.
I believe the age of chivalry is long gone, and I believe that unless a man is dedicated to honour and love Mary, a Catholic young woman should not give him the time of day, as we say in the States.
The Blessed Mother conquered Europe, and civilized men through their devotion to her. Most men who have this devotion are mannerly, polite and respectful. Without a love of the Queen of Heaven and Earth in his heart, a man is not an entire man.
I praise those men who love Mary.The difference is obvious. What I do not understand are the Irish men who pray the rosary and are very rude. I just do not understand. Three men were rude yesterday while praying the rosary, or in line at church. Amazing, rudeness in church. Men have slipped into selfish preoccupation with the man's own comfort. Men have lost the ability to be uncomfortable and suffer for the sake of another.
Accepting and absorbing suffering is a sign of a mature man, a gentleman and a protector.
Piety and devotion mean nothing if the inner person is not changed. Such things become superstitions if not connected to the daily examination of conscience.
Chivalry crossed national boundaries at one time. Ethnicity made no difference. There was a nobility of mind and heart which changed the course of history. Europe has lost this awareness and desire for gentility. We are becoming, and are alerady in some areas, barbarians.
I shall quote Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman again on this subject. Mothers, teach your children. Fathers, honor the wife and mother of your children. This is how they learn.
There are too many predator men and not enough protectors. Protectors have manners. One of the most delightful aspect of a truly Catholic man, who has given his life to God, is that he becomes more and more a protector. Hopefully, even if he has not learned manners at home, he acquires these. The old man, the Adam in him becomes the New Man, the Christ. Christ is the model for the protector. So is St. Joseph. Protectors are usually made so in families, but one can learn and change and become the kind of man God desires for His Kingdom. A protector wants to make a woman happy and peaceful. He wants to keep that woman happy and safe. That is a protector's goal.
I cannot imagine St. Francis or St. Francis de Sales being rude to a woman. I cannot imagine St. Edmund Campion or St. Maximilian Kolbe being rude to a woman. I cannot imagine Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati being rude to anyone.
Such behaviour as respect and manners, which may be called chivalry, is achieved and must be sought after. It is not necessarily natural to some men. If one is raised as a wolf cub in a cave, one must learn and achieve gentility.
Sadly, some priests are very rude. I find this disconcerting and odd that a man who is set aside by God to be another Christ is rude and sometimes, specifically to women. I have witnessed this behaviour from priests towards people many times since being here in Eire. One of the most gentlemanly clerics I know has the last name of Knight. Do you think this is an accident?
OK, I am from a generation which learned manners. One learned to listen to others and share in conversations. As a woman, I expect men to help me with heavy packages and doors, as well as not walking 20 feet ahead of me on the street. Boys and girls in the 1960s in Catholics schools learned manners from the nuns. Even in high school, we had guidelines on dating manners, and in college, we had a course on "finishing". This sounds like the Jurassic Age to most, but I am concerned. I think the lack of manners is causing a barbarism among the younger ones. Women who are traditional Catholics should be able to expect a higher degree of respect from their male counterparts.
Young women, do not settle for less. Do not go out, or date, rude men. They will only get worse. They are predators who only think of their own needs.
The cell phone is part of the problem. When I am talking with someone, it is very rude to me that the texting and messaging interrupts good conversation. Thankfully, some young people have been taught this is rude, but for the vast majority, this is not the case.
I text maybe ten times a week and mostly on skype, rather than my phone number. I realize this is unthinkable for most teens and university students who talk on the phone hours by texting. To text while in a conversation with another is just plain rude.
I cannot be bothered and nothing is THAT important. Plus, if I want to talk with a friend, I try and meet up with them for coffee. That is called relating in the real world.
Texting is anti-social. Thankfully, when I was teaching, the colleges had rules about turning off cell-phones in the classrooms and if not, we instructors were allowed to put it in our syllabi, which I did . (My last teaching job ended in December of 2010).
But the lack of manners is serious. Catholic girls should not even think of dating a young man with bad manners. This is a serious problem reflecting a disrespect. Such small things as coughing and yawning without covering one's mouth, or talking with a mouth full of food, or not waiting for all to sit down to start eating form some of these criticisms. Fast food has ruined manners. Cursing is rude behavior, as well as sinful. In fact, if a man is living a virtuous life, he will not exhibit rudeness.
Not dressing for an occasion is rude as well. Jeans do not belong at Sunday Mass, and I notice even men older than myself wearing designer jeans at the TLM. I find this very odd. Do they not care how they look? They look like old hippies, even at the TLM. They are being rude to God, the Trinity.
I have noticed in Europe that there are certain groups of men whose manners are worse than others. Sadly, the Irish young men have horrible manners, but so do many older Irish men, even of my generation or older. The typical situation is a complete absence of the awareness of a real need of any woman. And, the roughness of speaking, which I have noticed, indicates a lack of gentility and respect. Some young Irish women have told me they would never marry an Irish man for some of these reasons. What has happened cannot be blamed on these girls and women from good families, which are used to manners.
I witness the lack of manners daily. Smoking in front of people without asking is a huge problem here. Where I come from, and in England, a person asks if it is fine to smoke in front of others. Not here. Also, men do not put a woman first in lines, or open doors, or allow a woman to walk on the pavement rather than the street. Even traditional Irish Catholic men lack manners. Coming from a background and class where manners are the rule of the day, I notice these things.
Some of the problems are ethnic. American men from the Mid-West are some of the most polite men in the world. So too are English men.
Some of the worst examples of a lack of manners are found in men from the Middle-East and Asia-except for the Japanese men I have met, who are very mannerly. I am sorry, but I have much experience in the world and this is a truism. Where there is not Christianity, there is more rudeness.
There are many old people walking on the streets and in Church. It pains me to see them struggle without help. Even ancient women who are alone are no longer helped with doors, or even noticed. I try to help when I can. I see these old women and old men, as well, standing in buses. I give them my seat. It is a sign of decadence that the old are not honoured. The old are invisible to the young. This is not Christianity.
My concern is the growing brutality towards women which goes unnoticed. The attacks in Cairo and others places during the recent demonstrations indicate a growing hatred of women. The experiences of some students regarding their ex-boyfriends is another. There are too many violent men. Violence can be demonstrated in body language and words as well. Rudeness is a type of violence. Listen to how people speak to one another. It makes me sad.
I believe the age of chivalry is long gone, and I believe that unless a man is dedicated to honour and love Mary, a Catholic young woman should not give him the time of day, as we say in the States.
The Blessed Mother conquered Europe, and civilized men through their devotion to her. Most men who have this devotion are mannerly, polite and respectful. Without a love of the Queen of Heaven and Earth in his heart, a man is not an entire man.
I praise those men who love Mary.The difference is obvious. What I do not understand are the Irish men who pray the rosary and are very rude. I just do not understand. Three men were rude yesterday while praying the rosary, or in line at church. Amazing, rudeness in church. Men have slipped into selfish preoccupation with the man's own comfort. Men have lost the ability to be uncomfortable and suffer for the sake of another.
Accepting and absorbing suffering is a sign of a mature man, a gentleman and a protector.
Piety and devotion mean nothing if the inner person is not changed. Such things become superstitions if not connected to the daily examination of conscience.
Chivalry crossed national boundaries at one time. Ethnicity made no difference. There was a nobility of mind and heart which changed the course of history. Europe has lost this awareness and desire for gentility. We are becoming, and are alerady in some areas, barbarians.
I shall quote Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman again on this subject. Mothers, teach your children. Fathers, honor the wife and mother of your children. This is how they learn.
A Definition of a Gentleman
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined and, as far as it goes, accurate. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him; and he concurs with their movements rather than takes the initiative himself. His benefits may be considered as parallel to what are called comforts or conveniences in arrangements of a personal nature: like an easy chair or a good fire, which do their part in dispelling cold and fatigue, though nature provides both means of rest and animal heat without them. The true gentleman in like manner carefully avoids whatever may cause a jar or a jolt in the minds of those with whom he is cast; — all clashing of opinion, or collision of feeling, all restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light of favours while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by a mere retort, he has no ears for slander or gossip, is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him, and interprets every thing for the best. He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments, or insinuates evil which he dare not say out. From a long-sighted prudence, he observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend. He has too much good sense to be affronted at insults, he is too well employed to remember injuries, and too indolent to bear malice. He is patient, forbearing, and resigned, on philosophical principles; he submits to pain, because it is inevitable, to bereavement, because it is irreparable, and to death, because it is his destiny. If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the blunder. From The Idea of a University, 1852
The Perfection Series Resumes on Tuesday
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I shall be back on that track tomorrow... and I am thinking of putting these thoughts into book form. Anyone interested?
What do Catholic women want in a Catholic man?
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A few years ago, as study was done by a California polling group which came up with an astounding statistic-the most attractive men for American women was a man pushing a pram or baby push chair with baby, or a man with toddlers. Then, psychologists discovered that family men are actually more masculine. Are we surprised?
Women love guys with babies--women want guys who want babies.
But, women want guys who will protect and take cares of those babies, and make them happy.
It is not that hard. Catholic orthodox women want men who want to be loving husbands and good fathers. Simple, really.
But, this generation may not even know what that means.
Women who are orthodox Catholics want to be stay-at-home moms.
If you are a man who wants to marry an orthodox, TLM lady, enter into a vocation which can support a family on one salary; two of my friends chose to be doctors with this in mind.
Women who want careers sometimes also want a time when that career stops, and if one has a career, one can work if there is an emergency, such as the death of the husband. This happens.
But, if you are in graduate school and the women in your classes are career minded, that is most likely not the place to find your future wife.
Go to a TLM.
Be open to marrying the woman who is not sitting in class next to you in dental school, but the one who can cook, sew, care for children.
Be realistic. A brilliant man I know with a doctorate who writes books on Catholic doctrine married a lovely lady with no degree. They have the TLM in common, as well as God, their children, and if he wants to discuss something, she reads. They have an excellent marriage.
She is a wife and a mother and a companion. He is a protector, a teacher of his children in the morals and the Faith, a good example, and he loves his wife dearly.
This is what Catholic women want. They want to be happy and they want to go to heaven. Simple, really. And, the man is the religious head of the family, not the woman. Women, do not marry a man who is not going to take on that role. Some ethnic groups believe it is the duty of the women to make the man religious. No. This is the role of the man and the woman together.
The December Sky
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One of my favourite months for sky gazing is December. Here are some events to note.
Orion is the main constellation one will notice and as I wrote last winter, a reference to Christ's birth, as Orion rising indicates it is winter. Two of the brightest stars in the sky, Betelgeuse and Rigel, are clear in opposite parts of the belt. With the eyes, the multiple stars θ1 and θ2 Orionis, called the Trapezium and the Orion Nebula (M42) can be seen. This constellation helps you find other bright stars, as this diagram from Wiki shows clearly. Orion rises in the east.
The other constellation which is obvious is Cassiopeia. The constellation looks like an upside down "w"in the northeastern sky. The other amazing event involves a meteor shower. The Geminids can be seen on the 13th - 14th of the month. You will have to get up between two and three in the morning to see these. The shower is worth getting up for....wear warm clothes.
Rant on Christmas
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Supertradmum
I get a newsletter from Patriot Voices, Rick Santorum's group. He noted this fact, which absolutely shocked me: This year the average family will spend $750 on Christmas gifts.
I am amazed. Why? My family never spent that much on all of us and I never have, either, in the past. Will that happen this year? What is being bought? Junk? More legos and computer games?
Thankfully, I am out of this loop. But, I hope Catholics remember what Christmas is really about. Really. Advent is a time of penance, not a flurry of shopping trips. Some family choose names. Mine could never be so organized to do that.
I have a suggested list for Christmas presents that would cost much less than the usual.
Rosaries
Novena booklets
A paid retreat for Mom and Dad
The Pope's books on Jesus of Nazareth
The Baronius Missal
The Monastic Diurnal
For the Greater Glory (for guys) DVD
The book
My nameday, come for dessert, on which I raised my son.
I am amazed. Why? My family never spent that much on all of us and I never have, either, in the past. Will that happen this year? What is being bought? Junk? More legos and computer games?
Thankfully, I am out of this loop. But, I hope Catholics remember what Christmas is really about. Really. Advent is a time of penance, not a flurry of shopping trips. Some family choose names. Mine could never be so organized to do that.
I have a suggested list for Christmas presents that would cost much less than the usual.
Rosaries
Novena booklets
A paid retreat for Mom and Dad
The Pope's books on Jesus of Nazareth
The Baronius Missal
The Monastic Diurnal
For the Greater Glory (for guys) DVD
My nameday, come for dessert, on which I raised my son.
We do not have time
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Supertradmum
I have been talking with some young people who went to Catholic high schools and have never heard of basic teachings in the CCC. Parents, stop sending your children to high schools which do not teach orthodox, Catholic teaching. If you do, you may be endangering their faith and that is your responsibility as parents. You cannot pass on the duty of teaching the Truth to someone else.
We do not have time.
Train your children to use the Internet to follow up on orthodox Catholic teaching.
We do not have time.
Show your children how to use the Vatican website.
We do not have time.
Watch Michael Voris, parents, and have your teens watch him.
We do not have time.
If the Internet controls wanted by the United Nations are passed, we shall mostly likely lose freedoms to express Catholic teaching on such things as abortion , contraception, homosexuality, marriage.
We do not have time.
Adults, adopt an adolescent and teach him or her. If you have friends who are lax or too busy parents, help them.
We do not have time.
I have a friend who is a doctor and has six children. I have another friend who is a doctor and has five children. These men know their faith. They are TLM Catholics. They pray daily. They read Catholic books.
They have taken seriously their duties to pass on the faith to their children.
They make time by not belonging to the golf club, or country club, or watching football.
Priorities. They play with their kids. They take the entire family to the TLM.
We do not have time.
From St. Gertrude of Sweden
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Supertradmum
Pray for the souls in Purgatory, even during Advent. Do not forget them. Pray for family members who have fallen away from the Church. Pray for yourselves, as well, for charity includes working on your own salvation.
"The castle I spoke about previously is the Holy Church and the souls of Christians, which I built with my own blood and that of the saints. I cemented and joined it with my love and placed my friends and chosen men in it. The foundation is true faith, that is, to believe that I am a righteous and merciful judge.
“Now, however, this foundation is undermined because all believe and preach that I am merciful, but almost no one preaches or believes me to be a righteous judge. They view me as an unjust judge! Unjust and unrighteous, indeed, would the judge be who, out of mercy, allowed the unrighteous to go unpunished, so that they could oppress the righteous even more!
But I am a righteous and merciful judge; for I do not let even the least sin go unpunished, nor the least good go unrewarded. By the undermining of this wall’s foundation, there entered into the Holy Church people who sin without fear, who deny that I am a righteous judge, and who torment my friends as severely as those who are placed in the stocks. My friends have no joy or consolation given to them but, instead, every kind of mockery and torment are inflicted upon them as if they were possessed by the devil. When they tell the truth about me, they are rejected and accused of lying. They have a fervent desire to hear or speak the truth about me, but there is no one who listens to them or speaks the truth to them. And I, the Lord and Creator of all things, am being blasphemed and rejected, for they say: ‘We do not know if he is God and, if he is God, we do not care!’ They overthrow my banner and trample it under their feet calling out: ‘Why did he suffer? What benefit is it to us? If he wants to satisfy our lust and will, it is enough for us. He may keep his kingdom and heaven!’ I want to go into them, but they say: ‘We would rather die before giving up our own will!’
“Behold, my bride, what kind of people they are! I made them, and could destroy and damn them with a word if I wanted to. How bold and arrogant they are toward me! But because of the prayers of my Mother and of all the saints, I am still so merciful and patient that I will send them the words of my mouth and offer them my mercy. If they want to accept it, I will be appeased. Otherwise, they will come to know my justice and be publicly humiliated like thieves in front of all angels and men, and be judged by every one of them. For just as the men who are hanged on gallows are devoured by ravens, they will also be devoured by demons, yet not die. Just as those who are punished in the stocks have no rest, they too, will have pain and bitterness all around them. The most burning river will flow into their mouths, but their bellies will not be filled, and their punishment will be renewed each day.
But my friends will be redeemed and consoled by the words that come from my mouth. They will see my justice joined with my mercy. I will clothe them in the weapons of my love and make them so strong that the adversaries of the faith will fall back like filth and feel ashamed for all eternity when they see my justice. Yes, they will surely be ashamed for having abused my patience.”
Photo of the Door to Hell--well this is only one door: the Church explains many more ways to hell, sadly....
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Supertradmum
The pungent smell of burning sulfur pervades the area for some distance. Quotation from Wiki.
Some of you may have been interested in the photo of the fire in the ground on one of the hell posts here.
http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2012/12/satan-does-not-care-how-you-go-to-hell.html
This is real, not a made up photo of the Door to Hell which is in a natural gas field in Derweze (also spelled Darvaza, meaning "gate"), Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. The links are on Wiki and Wikimedia.
It has been burning since 1971. Interesting. Here are some more photos and the links are above. That is a long fire-41 years. Imagine eternity. Scary. Here is another link to more photos.
Thanks to Wikimedia |
Thanks to Wikimedia |
Some of you may have been interested in the photo of the fire in the ground on one of the hell posts here.
http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2012/12/satan-does-not-care-how-you-go-to-hell.html
This is real, not a made up photo of the Door to Hell which is in a natural gas field in Derweze (also spelled Darvaza, meaning "gate"), Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. The links are on Wiki and Wikimedia.
It has been burning since 1971. Interesting. Here are some more photos and the links are above. That is a long fire-41 years. Imagine eternity. Scary. Here is another link to more photos.
Thanks to Wiki |
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