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Catholic Christian. Dad. Husband. Freedom lover and truth seeker. God wins. ♾️/21m “It is better to limp along the way than stride along off the way.” Saint Thomas Aquinas “A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.” Proverbs 11:1
Does anyone know about listr? I’d love to make lists of accounts I follow. I tried it but it only seems to make a list of the accounts, not a feed of all the notes from each grouping? Is that possible?
#eclipse Cloud cover here but the clouds turned into a pretty good filter!
Second reading from Mass today. In the midst of our anxiety and with the news in Israel I thought it was especially encouraging. Phillipians 4:6-9 Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.
I like not woke, not vulgar comedy I can watch with my teen kids. Here’s my list. Any recommendations?! There’s some good ones here! The last 3 years would have been way more depressing without comedy to lighten the load. Some of these guys are extremely brave for tackling the no no issues. Thank goodness somebody is. They play a huge role in keeping us humane and hopeful. Comedy, and Bitcoin of course! image
One more thing. I’m still a newbie at this. I don’t know a lot of the basics. If that’s you, I can’t recommend this book enough: Inventing Bitcoin: The technology behind the first truly scarce and decentralized money explained Yan Pritzker
Have you guys seen this? Whoa. Pretty terrifying. Why can’t we refrain from doing the things we can but shouldn’t?
Today is the memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian. They were contemporaries during the Roman Empire, Cornelius a pope Cyprian a bishop. Although sometimes awful to consider, the faith, witness and example if the martyrs is encouraging. They gave all for their faith in Christ. In reading the accounts of the martyrs they are often fearless, peaceful and forgiving to their executioners. Just amazing. Below is an historical account of Saint Cyprians execution. Saint Cyprian - pray for us. Saturday 16 September 2023 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs  on Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary ________ St Cyprian (210 - 258) He was born in Carthage and spent most of his life in the practice of the law. He was converted to Christianity, and was made bishop of Carthage in 249. He steered the church through troubled times, including the persecution of the emperor Decius, when he went into hiding so as to be able to continue looking after the church. In 258 the persecution of the emperor Valerian began. Cyprian was first exiled and then, on the 14th of September, executed, after a trial notable for the calm and courtesy shown by both sides. Cyprian’s many letters and treatises shed much light on a formative period in the Church’s history, and are valuable both for their doctrine and for the picture they paint of a group of people in constant peril of their lives but still determined to keep the faith. ________ Collect O God, who gave Saints Cornelius and Cyprian to your people as diligent shepherds and valiant Martyrs, grant that through their intercession we may be strengthened in faith and constancy and spend ourselves without reserve for the unity of the Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. ________ Liturgical colour: red Red is the colour of fire and of blood. Liturgically, it is used to celebrate the fire of the Holy Spirit (for instance, at Pentecost) and the blood of the martyrs. ________ The proconsular Acts of the martyrdom of St Cyprian, 258AD I have no need to deliberate: the issues are clear On the morning of 14 September a huge crowd gathered at Villa Sexti as the proconsul Galerius Maximus had ordered. The proconsul commanded that Bishop Cyprian be brought to trial before him as he sat in judgement in the court called Sauciolum. When the bishop appeared the proconsul asked him: ‘Are you Thascius Cyprian?’ The bishop replied: ‘I am.’ ‘And have you acted as leader in a community of impious men?’ ‘I have.’ ‘The sacred emperors have ordered you to sacrifice.’ ‘I will not sacrifice.’ ‘Consider your position.’ ‘Do what is required of you. I have no need to deliberate; the issues are clear.’ Galerius consulted briefly with his advisers and reluctantly pronounced sentence in the following words: ‘You have lived in an irreligious manner for a long time now and have gathered about you a large congregation of criminals and unbelievers. You have shown yourself hostile to the gods of Rome and the rites by which they are worshipped. The pious and sacred emperors Valerian and his son, Gallienus, and the right noble Caesar, Valerian, have been unable to recall you to the practice of the official religion. Furthermore you are the instigator of abominations, a veritable standard-bearer for criminals and as such you have been brought before me. Your death will be an example to those whom you have gathered into your criminal conspiracy. Your blood will uphold the law.’ He then pronounced the following sentence from his wax tablet: ‘It is our decision that Thascius Cyprian be put to death by the sword.’ Bishop Cyprian simply said, ‘Thanks be to God.’ When sentence had been passed the assembled brethren cried out: ‘Let us be beheaded with him!’, and followed him in a huge and tumultuous crowd. Cyprian was brought to the plain of Sextus. There he removed his cloak and kneeling down he humbled himself in prayer to God. He disrobed and gave his dalmatic to the deacons. Clad only in his linen tunic he awaited his executioner. When the executioner arrived Cyprian told his followers to give him twenty-five gold pieces. His brethren spread before him linen cloths and towels. The blessed Cyprian blindfolded his eyes with his own hands. The presbyter Julian and the subdeacon Julian tied the ends of the handkerchief since he was unable to do so himself. So died blessed Cyprian. His body was exposed nearby to satisfy the curiosity of the pagans. During the night the body was removed by the light of wax candles and torches, and with prayer and great pomp it was brought for burial to a piece of open ground belonging to the procurator Macrobius Candidianus near the reservoirs on the Mappalian Way. A few days later the proconsul Galerius Maximus died. The blessed Cyprian suffered martyrdom on 14 September, under the emperors Valerian and Gallienus, but in the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom is honour and glory for ever. Amen.
Painful to realize the level of evil at work in the world. Things seemed “off” that day of course. Surreal. I remember them finding the passport of one of the high jackets laying on a Manhattan street. Come on. But I moved on and didn’t know how to process. A year or two later I checked some of the truther websites, and without a doubt, none of this added up to what the media was saying. Learning about WTC 7 was the nail in the coffin as far as mainstream narratives for me. But continuing to research and speak and share truth is only way forward. I’m actually encouraged that 9/11 discrepancies won’t go away in the public mind. View quoted note →
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910 - 1997) India, Malaysia, Singapore, Denmark, Slovenia Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on 26 August 1910 at Skopje in Macedonia. She left home at the age of 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland, where she received the name Sister Mary Teresa, after St Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1931 she was assigned to the order’s Calcutta house and taught at their school there, where she eventually became headmistress. She received a new vocation to help the poor and destitute, and in 1948, obeying this call, she left the convent and took up a new life caring for them wherever they might be: lying sick in the street or even dying in dustbins. Some of her former pupils joined her, one by one, and the new congregation of the Missionaries of Charity was established in the Diocese of Calcutta in 1950, spreading across India and eventually onto every continent, even behind the Iron Curtain. Many related orders followed, involving men and women, clergy and laity, and both the active and the contemplative life. Mother Teresa died on 5 September 1997 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 October 2003 and canonized by Pope Francis on 4 September 2016. Mother Teresa’s widespread appeal comes from the directness of her inspiration, and her direct response to it. She went out and did things where they were needed. When we think of big problems we inevitably think that they can only be solved by a big campaign. Perhaps that is true, perhaps not; but while the campaign is getting going, why not go out and help one person in the name of Mother Teresa? If there are 1,000 hungry people in your city, why not make it 999? If each of us did that – well, in most countries where this is being read, there are more Catholics than there are people in need. As Monsignor Ronald Knox has said: “I am not advocating world-movements or public meetings... my appeal is rather to the individual conscience than to the public ear; my hope is rather to see the emergence of a Saint, than that of an organization... “There is no harm in besieging heaven for the canonization of such and such holy persons now dead. But should we not do well to vary these petitions of ours by asking for more Saints to canonize?” ________ Collect God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good and, by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. image