I’m putting this on this thread. Breaking News, Queen Elizabeth II has just passed away. Prince Charles is heir to the throne.
They're calling him King Charles already. The Queen is dead, long live the King. Should we send 'em a Mass Card? Hard for many Irishmen to be very sympathetic to the British Royal Family. Despite all the hagiography that will flood the world, she was the Head of The Church of England (which was once apparently somewhat Christian) and presided over its precipitous decline, not unaided by the behaviour of quite a few of her family. Still, may The Lord have mercy on her soul. HeavenlyHosts, I edited this post while you were 'liking' it-you may wish to reconsider!
Prayers for Queen Elizabeth. Oh boy, King Charles and Camilla. I can't look at those two without thinking of Diana.
Sharing a good admonition from a wonderful Marian priest who is always striving to protect and support his flock! Resist and Persist By Fr. Steve Ryan, SDB Resist. Let’s keep trying hard to resist sin. We’re all aware that if you give sin an inch, it takes a yard. Being angry and not caring anymore that you’re angry, being greedy and not caring anymore that you’re greedy, being lustful and not caring anymore that you’re lustful and being spiteful and not even trying to reconcile with another are all good examples of failing to resist sin. We are all sinners, but the biggest sin is accepting evil inclinations, actions and habits and not even trying. The devil just needs us to give up trying to fight temptation and settle for sin and he says, “Got another one.” We were made for more. We were made in the image and likeness of God, and by His grace, we are called to be saints. We are called and empowered for the battle against evil. Jesus did that for us when He conquered sin through his life, death and resurrection. Sticking close to Him we can do it – we can fight off sin. Our baptism and the sacraments, particularly confession and the Eucharist, are our spiritual tools or weapons for the battle. The Blessed Mother’s help is always available for us. Our problem is that we don’t want holiness enough. Some of us don’t even give it a thought although it’s our primary task in this life. Persist. Persist in prayer and persist in the desire for conversion. Take a look at your spiritual apathy and ask the Lord directly to help you to stop pussyfooting around. When we pray the Our Father, mean it: “Give me my daily bread, help me to resist temptation and deliver me from evil.” Persist in looking toward Jesus and His gospel as our model. Be humble and tell the Lord that He is the only one who can make you right. Ask the Holy Spirit for strength and courage. Throw out a lot of Hail Mary’s during the day. Be persistent in your resistance. And don’t be so soft on yourself – St. Paul talks about athletes denying themselves all kinds of things to get stronger and faster so that they can win a race and get first place. We have the imperishable crown of glory awaiting us. So… let’s push! Laziness and procrastination have made us spiritually lethargic. It’s conversion time – tell the devil to go to hell where he belongs. Christ has conquered sin and death. Tap into that!
I am hesitant about posting links from MSM about Russia- not sure who is spinning it. But , this appears to be legit in that the quotes are attributed to Medvedev. It’s striking to me that he quotes Book of Revelations! from the article…. “Medvedev is afraid that then "everything will catch fire", and the West, which is "weakening Russia by proxy", will not be able to sit it out. "Everything will catch fire around them as well. Their people will be devastated. Their earth will literally burn, and concrete will melt. We too will suffer a lot. It will be very bad for everyone. After all, it is said: "By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur coming out of their mouths" (Rev. 9:18)," Medvedev concluded terrifyingly. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/medvedev-terrified-security-guarantees-ukraine-160948240.html The fact that we are hearing publicly about nuclear war is insane. And then to see a Communist quoting end times scriptures…. It feels we are well into chaos.
Russia’s Medvedev Quotes Revelation 9:18 in Response to West Arming Ukraine Former Russian President Dimitry Medvedev again quoted Holy Scriptures from the Apocalypse to emphasize what will happen to western nations if they persist in arming Ukraine with deadly weapons.
352 years before the planned massacre on September 11th in New York - we here in Ireland had our own massacre. September 11th 1649 marked the end of the week long siege of the town of Drogheda by the British army led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell ordered his troops to give no quarter. Almost 3500 Irish men women and children were massacred on this day...
On failing to subdue the Irish in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell wrote to his superiors, “All is not well with Ireland yet. You gave us the money, you gave us the guns. But let me tell you that every house in Ireland is a house of prayer, and when I bring these fanatical Irish before the muzzles of my guns, they hold up in their hands a string of beads, and they never surrender.” It was the power of the Rosary that kept Ireland Catholic in spite of centuries of persecution. But today we have abandoned our Lady and her rosary. Sold our soul for thirty pieces of European silver.
