Am enjoying a much needed break from the intensity of Irish politics and false religious sympathies by walking in Malta.
Will get back to you all later tomorrow.
Supertradmum
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Artist's View of Adromeda Galaxy Colliding with Our Milky Way
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| Thanks to wikimedia |
A view from Earth, with Andromeda on the left...
Do not worry--will not happen for another four billion years and Earth would be too hot for life, as it would be closer to the Sun....
Nice to think about, however.... it's fairly imminent in stellar terms, which is why we can predict it relatively accurately.....
and a video on the same thing.....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/Andromeda_and_Milky_Way_collision.ogg/Andromeda_and_Milky_Way_collision.ogg.480p.webm
Prayer for Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament by St. Gertrude
HAIL, most glorious Body and most precious Blood of my Lord Jesus Christ, here truly present beneath these sacramental species; I adore Thee with all that devotion and awe wherewith the nine choirs of Angels worship and adore Thee. I prostrate myself before Thee in the spirit of humility, believing and professing that Thou, my Lord and my God, are herein most truly contained.
Hail, most glorious Body of Jesus Christ my Saviour, true Victim immolated upon the Cross, I adore Thee in union with that adoration with which Thy Humanity adored Thy Godhead, and I give Thee thanks with all the love of all Thy creatures, that Thou dost deign to remain hidden in this tabernacle for our salvation.
Hail, compassionate Jesus, Word of the Father, Brightness of His glory, Ocean of pity, Salvation of the world, most august and sacred Victim, Hail, Jesus Christ, splendour of the Father, Prince of Peace, Gate of Heaven, True Bread, Son of the Virgin, Shrine of the Godhead.
I most firmly believe that Thou, my God, art here present, and that Thou art looking out upon me from behind the veil of the Sacrament, and dost behold all the most secret recesses of my heart. I believe that under this species of bread are contained not only Thy Flesh and Thy Blood, but also Thy Divinity and Thy Humanity. And although this mystery surpasses my understanding, I nevertheless believe it so firmly that I am ready to give my life and my blood in defence of its truth.
I fall down before Thee with most profound reverence, O most Holy Sacrament, and with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominations, with Cherubim and Seraphim, and with all the glorious array of the heavenly host, I sing to Thy glory, saying: Blessed a thousand, yea, ten thousand fold, be the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
O Thou most intimate and tender Love of the Father's Heart, I give Thee thanks, in union with the ineffable mutual thanksgiving and gratitude of the three adorable Persons of the glorious and most worshipful Trinity, that Thou hast condescended to institute this priceless Sacrament, by which Heaven and earth are made one, and both are unceasingly filled with the infinite treasures of Thy grace.
I glorify and magnify Thy wise and tender almightiness; I praise and adore Thy gentle wisdom; I bless and praise Thine almighty and most wise and gentle love, O Christ Jesus, for that Thou hast condescended to devise and hast been strong to institute this ineffably magnificent Sacrament to be the strength and the succour of our salvation. O Christ Jesus, Thou faithful and only Trust of my soul, I praise Thee, I love Thee, I worship and adore Thee; and I humbly implore Thee, that as Thou didst offer Thyself once upon the Cross for the sin of the whole world, so Thou wouldst now deign to offer Thyself to God the Father for my exceeding sins. O Christ Jesus, my sweetest and my only Love, look with the eyes of Thy compassionate mercy on me, a most miserable sinner, here prostrate before Thee and imploring with my whole heart the forgiveness of my sins. O Thou princely Flower from the Root of Jesse, by the unutterable love of Thy most sweet heart have mercy on me, and receive me into Thy favour, for the glory of Thy Name. O most loving Father, I offer to Thee this Thy beloved Son as a holocaust of unceasing praise, and as a perpetual sacrifice of propitiation for all our sins. Look, I beseech Thee, on the face of Thy Christ, and remember that most abundant satisfaction which He made to Thee for our sins on the Cross, and have mercy on us. Amen.
Prayers, please
Have come down with food poisoning again. Travelling is hard for me. So, please say a prayer today for me.
Thank you.
Also, pray for B for healing of a tumor, and for all my friends who want babies.
Thank you.
Also, pray for B for healing of a tumor, and for all my friends who want babies.
Monday, 7 October 2013
Rosie Grimm RIP
Pray for the family and friends of this lovely young woman who died of cancer recently. She is on the left, when we were in London last year. Here is the eulogy and sermon from her funeral.
Thought for Today
For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of man shall be ashamed, when he shall come in his majesty, and that of his Father, and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:
Who do you believe? St. Faustina, or .......
" Today, I was led by an Angel to the chasms of hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of tortures I saw: the first torture that constitutes hell is the loss of God; the second is perpetual remorse of conscience; the third is that one’s condition will never change; the fourth is the fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it, a terrible suffering, since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God’s anger; the fifth torture is conditional darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own; the sixth torture is the constant company of satan, the seventh torture is horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies. These are the tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings. There are special tortures destined for particular souls. These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings, related to the manner in which it has sinned. There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me. Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin. I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like. I, sister Faustina, by the order of God, have visited the abysses of hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence. I cannot speak about it now; but I have received a command from God to leave it in writing. The devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God. What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw. But I noticed one thing: that most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell. When I came to, I could hardly recover from the fright. How terribly souls suffer there! Consequently, I pray even more fervently for the conversion of sinners. I incessantly plead God’s mercy upon them. O my Jesus, I would rather be in agony until the end of the world, amidst the greatest sufferings, then offend You by the least sin. (Diary 741).
Wow! Someone Else Who Knows about Mary Hartline
This is amazing. I grew up having Mary Hartline doll, which is the first doll I remember.
Here is the doll I had. She had a range of clothing for children, which was for girls slightly older than myself. I was starstruck by this woman.
Well, popular culture has formed our imaginations. I loved elephants because of Mary Hartline and Circus Boy.
The purpose of this blog
I hope readers realize that the main purpose of this blog is to give meat instead of milk to Catholics.
There is too much milk out there for Catholics and not enough meat.
One must be growing daily in the Faith in these hard times. I write for Catholics.
May God give people what they need to grow.
There is too much milk out there for Catholics and not enough meat.
One must be growing daily in the Faith in these hard times. I write for Catholics.
May God give people what they need to grow.
Continuing on Father Ripperger's Book
I hope I can finish this book review, as I need to give the copy back to my friend. However, I want to give another extrapolation on faith for the benefit of readers who are young. This is from the first part of the book which I have been referencing for two days.
Faith, as St. Thomas tells us in the Summa Theologica, and as already examined on this blog last year. The real emphasis on faith has to be that it resides in the intellect and that the intellect must give a "yes" to the elements of faith.
The modern approach to religion and faith has erred on the side of emotion and consolation. This is not true faith.
That good catechesis must stressed the importance of the intellectual assent to faith should be a lynch pin in the studies of the catechumenates. However, too often those who teach merely want to stress experience.
We come to believe in God and heaven through the assent of the intellect. Faith moves the intellect, as Father Ripperger points out. We come to see the truth of what is revealed. Of course, much of what we come to believe are those things not seen.
Father Ripperger points out that the habit of mind "by which eternal life is begun in us, making the intecclet assent to things unseen", a translation of a phrase from Aquinas, is the use of faith.
Again, "faith is a virtue or habit in the intellect by which we give assent to things that are non-apparent or unseen."
By the way, here is a little blurb on Father Chad Ripperger: from this site.
Rev. Chad Ripperger was born and raised in Casper, WY to Catholic parents. He attended public school and entered Conception Seminary College. After one year there, he completed the following education: Doctorate and Licence in philosophy and Masters of Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome.
He began exorcism work in 2005 and in 2007 he became the diocesan exorcist for the archdiocese of Omaha. He continued as an exorcist outside of Coer d'Alene, ID for the dioceses of Omaha and Tulsa. He continues as a consultant to exorcists and dioceses.
During the past year, he receive the permission of Bishop Edward Slattery to found a semi contemplative society of priests to do work in exorcism.
He has published an excellent book: Introduction to the Science of Mental Health, Sensus Tradionis Press. He has also published over a dozen articles on a variety of topics.
To be continued...
Faith, as St. Thomas tells us in the Summa Theologica, and as already examined on this blog last year. The real emphasis on faith has to be that it resides in the intellect and that the intellect must give a "yes" to the elements of faith.
The modern approach to religion and faith has erred on the side of emotion and consolation. This is not true faith.
That good catechesis must stressed the importance of the intellectual assent to faith should be a lynch pin in the studies of the catechumenates. However, too often those who teach merely want to stress experience.
We come to believe in God and heaven through the assent of the intellect. Faith moves the intellect, as Father Ripperger points out. We come to see the truth of what is revealed. Of course, much of what we come to believe are those things not seen.
Father Ripperger points out that the habit of mind "by which eternal life is begun in us, making the intecclet assent to things unseen", a translation of a phrase from Aquinas, is the use of faith.
Again, "faith is a virtue or habit in the intellect by which we give assent to things that are non-apparent or unseen."
By the way, here is a little blurb on Father Chad Ripperger: from this site.
Rev. Chad Ripperger was born and raised in Casper, WY to Catholic parents. He attended public school and entered Conception Seminary College. After one year there, he completed the following education: Doctorate and Licence in philosophy and Masters of Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome.
He began exorcism work in 2005 and in 2007 he became the diocesan exorcist for the archdiocese of Omaha. He continued as an exorcist outside of Coer d'Alene, ID for the dioceses of Omaha and Tulsa. He continues as a consultant to exorcists and dioceses.
During the past year, he receive the permission of Bishop Edward Slattery to found a semi contemplative society of priests to do work in exorcism.
He has published an excellent book: Introduction to the Science of Mental Health, Sensus Tradionis Press. He has also published over a dozen articles on a variety of topics.
To be continued...
My love-hate relationship with this country
At least the weather is fine and it is not Ireland....I do not mind rain if it is hot.
My favorite countries have lots of song birds, good plumbing and many daily Masses...........
Ireland has many daily Masses and so does Malta.....I guess one out of three is not too bad...
The Rule of Faith
Why was this teaching dropped? We know the reasons.
Father Ripperger notes that the Rule of Faith is the norm or standard for our faith. We have this measure always in and through Scripture and Tradition. ..."our intellect must conform to the rule in order for out faith to be true."
And, he states, "We believe rightly, i.e. we are orthodox, when our belief conforms to the rule of faith."
Of course, lex credendi, lex orandi followed the rule of faith. Fr. Ripperger used this translation of the term
"...'the rule of believing determines the rule of praying.'"
That God is Rule is the next point. Ripperger quotes St. Thomas Aquinas on this, and this is merely a snippet of a longer quotation.
"...'the measure and rule theological virtue is God Himself.'" All virtues, all faith lie in God Himself. His revelation gives us the knowledge of divine truth.
I want to emphasize at this juncture what Fr. Ripperger states about faith, "Each virtue inclines us to act and so the virtue of faith inclines us to the act of assent to that which is believed. Assent is an act of the intellect in which the intellect sees or adheres to some proposition as true."
My blog has been based on the need for believers to use their intellect in the pursuit of theological knowledge and the operation of the virtues.
The present two youngest generations have been raised on the emotional, touchy-feely type of faith, without much more than a nod to reading and studying.
Of course, faith is a virtue given at baptism and needing nurturing as I have written in the homeschooling posts. The fact of faith being a virtue in also explained on the blog in Thomistic terms.
Faith become a habit, as all virtues are habits. Revelation and Tradition are the deposit of faith to which we must give assent.
Without the use of the intellect, an adult's faith is stilted and warped.
To be continued....
Sunday, 6 October 2013
A serious note on Dei Verbum
Father Chad Ripperger states that...."the modernists adhere faithfully to their principle that the subjective dispositions of the individual are to remain sacrosanct as well as respected..." The good priest is referring to the Holy Mass, however, one can apply this line to morality and interpretations of Scripture.
One also cannot enter into rational discourse with a subjectivist.
Father Riperger notes that "Real assent is an intellectual judgment that a particular proposition is true and the person leads his life according to it. Those Catholics who follow the orthodox traditional teaching as manifested in the Fathers and doctors of the Church fall into this category insofar as they hole to the actual value and binding force of the tradition and lead their life according to it as well."
This leads me to the next compelling statement in Fr. Ripperger's book, which corresponds with what I told my students about Dei Verbum. I always taught that each student had to read and understand Providentissimus Deus before reading the Vatican II document on Scripture. In fact, Father Ripperger uses Dei Verbum as an example of something I wrote the other day referring to Schillebeeckx. Fr. Ripperger points out that Cardinal Yves Congar (and Schillebeeckx) pushed the emphasis of the Church back to the Scriptures, noting that the rule of faith was not the Magisterium, but Scripture.
Red lights and sirens should go off in people's minds regarding this idea. Fr. Ripperger goes on in his new (March) book, which I mentioned earlier, that one can approach the rule of faith in four ways. In the next few days, I shall outline these points from his book.
But, before I do that, I want to, again, give this background of relativism and the purposeful undermining of Tradition in the Church since the 1950s. There is a misunderstanding that the problem of the post-Vatican II happened at Vatican II. Of course not. The theologians were adults formed in the seminaries either in the 1930, 1940s, or 1950s where the rot of modernism had already set in.
Why Fr. Ripperger's little book is important will be seen.
Some of you can already see that this entire study has to do with a Protestant vs. Catholic way of thinking.
A theme on this blog....
To be continued....
Reminder of Two Series
The perfection series is over 450 posts long, and the Doctors of the Church series is long as well. If you have not read this, take some time to do so.
Good stuff and plenty.....
Good stuff and plenty.....
The Victory at Lepanto
The Church has two feasts which have been highlighted on this blog before to celebrate Mary's victories over the enemies which wanted to destroy Catholicism.
We have celebrated last month the Holy Name of Mary, September 12th, which is the Victory of the Siege of Vienna, and today, we celebrated on this Sunday, the great Victory at Lepanto, now called the Feast of the Holy Rosary, won on October 7th, in 1571.
There are many histories on line which you can find. I was happy that this diocese celebrated it today so that the entire parish could enjoy the homage to Our Lady. I think with the changing time and the awareness of the increasing violence of the age-old enemies of the Church, we are all more aware of the importance of these two feast days in our calendar.
May Mary continue to watch over Europe and other countries where there is religious freedom so that the great heritage and Truth of Catholicism is not merely a far-away memory.
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.
The Lying of Sockpuppets
Sadly, there are a few people who have been nasty and commenting on this blog as sockpuppets. I am getting more aggressive as to checking out persons using multiple identifications in order to hide their identities.
This is not moral activity Neither are racist comments.
I can legally check IP addresses and will do so if necessary. But, if some sockpuppets are upset that their comments are not posted they only have themselves to blame for being immoral.
Deception is a sin. Period.
Last Stages of Persecution
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| Thanks to wiki for chart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Orthodox_Church |
For those who have been following my blog, remember all the many, many posts on persecution and the stages.
I have re-posted these many times and here are some of the links again. If you do not see that Catholics are approaching a time of serious persecution, especially in the States, it is because you do not want to see the trend.
10 Jul 2013
A sign of the stages of persecution. Posted by Supertradmum. Last year I said we were at the end of the fourth out of five steps of persecution. Here is another indication, just in case some readers do not believe this.
06 Apr 2013
... persecution. Posted by Supertradmum. Last year I said we were at the end of the fourth out of five steps of persecution. Here is another indication, just in case some readers do not believe this.
25 Jun 2013
A sign of the stages of persecution. Posted by Supertradmum. Last year I said we were at the end of the fourth out of five steps of persecution. Here is another indication, just in case some readers do not believe this.
01 Feb 2013
As I am the one who has to rewrite my own ideas, I am trying to be patient with myself. Stages one, two and three in the United States and Europe are long gone. The beginnings of stage one are in the educational systems of ...
01 Feb 2013
I have written this post before...and it was accidentally deleted with many others. Stages four and five of persecution are clear. We are in stage four in the States and entering into it is Great Britain. Stage Four is criminalization.
20 Sep 2013
There have been since World War II, psychologists and sociologists who have defined stages of persecution for religions. The first is stigmatizing the targeted group. This has already happened in the United States under the ...
01 Feb 2013
Stage Two is the vilification of Catholics. Again, this happened years ago in America, with the Ku klux Klan and Masons printing anti-Catholic material, as well as other Protestant groups, such as the old "Chick" cartoon ...
22 Feb 2013
The last stage of persecution witnesses laws directly aimed at the target group, making their activities unlawful and forcing them into poverty and fines if they do not cooperate. This happened here 500 years ago and the ...
23 Jul 2013
Many younger Catholics understand we are headed for real persecution. Those who do not can read my previous posts on the stages of such persecution. We are in the beginning of the last stage. But, many Catholics think ...
05 Dec 2012
Since last January, I have highlighted the five stages of persecution now and then. You can use the search tab or click on the " persecution" tag at the bottom of this and other posts. The tags bring up many articles. Yesterday ...
06 Feb 2013
The perfection series which I started a year ago was an effort to share what I know about the stages and to help you to see how we must be in the illuminative stage at least to face persecution without crumpling. Of course, God ...
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