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« Reply #20 on: December 25, 2011, 08:48:AM » |
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Merry Christmas, fellow Fish Eaters!
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"It preaches that not only in civil affairs, which is not Our concern here, but also in religion, God has given every individual a wide freedom to embrace and adopt without danger to his salvation whatever sect or opinion appeals to him on the basis of his private judgment. The apostle Paul warns us against the impiety of these madmen" (Pope Leo XII, Ubi Primum, n. 12).
"Likewise, peace is rooted in respect for religious freedom, which is a fundamental and primordial aspect of the freedom of conscience of individuals and of the freedom of peoples. It is important that everywhere in the world every person can belong to the religion of his choice and practise it freely without fear" (Pope Benedict XVI, Address to Five New Ambassadors, 18 May 2006).
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JayneK
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« Reply #21 on: December 25, 2011, 04:19:PM » |
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Merry Christmas to Vox and all. I came home from midnight Mass and wrote this poem:
Greater Light
Christmas Eve tonight
The day sunny bright
Sparkling frost like diamond dust
Covers all within sight
Yesterday's sad brown fields
The distant trees
Transformed to a world of light
Far greater that shiny ornaments
Tinsel and lights
On Christmas trees
This reflected sun
Is more real, more right
Than all the Christmas glitter
The day is short
We soon lose its light
And go to Mass at midnight
We hear, "The people in darkness
Have seen a great light"
Then I see
Just as the morning glory
Blazing and blinding me
Was a greater light
Than gaudy trees
The true Christmas light
Was born the first Christmas night
A greater light than the brightest day
Still more real, even more right
Able to shine on our souls
And make broken people whole
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ADORABLE Saviour, consider my many wants, and grant me those graces which Thou knowest I stand in need of to do Thy will in all things.
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Joamy
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« Reply #22 on: December 25, 2011, 06:14:PM » |
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One of my favorite carols that never seems to get played...
I heard the belIs on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play.
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair, I bowed my head:
'There is no peace on earth,' I said,
'For hate is strong and mocks the song,
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.'
Then pealed the beIls more loud and deep;
'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With Peace on earth, good will to men'
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“The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.”
Hillaire Belloc
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« Reply #23 on: December 25, 2011, 10:43:PM » |
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Merry Christmas, Vox!  |
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« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2011, 12:08:AM » |
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A merry and blessed Christmas!!
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"THOU HAST MADE US FOR THYSELF, O LORD, AND OUR HEARTS WILL ALWAYS BE RESTLESS UNTIL THEY REST IN THEE" - St Augustine
The happiness of every man, woman and child in the whole world all put together would not equal a split second of the happiness that shall be yours in heaven - St Augustine
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Celebrating two years of wedded bliss.
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« Reply #25 on: December 26, 2011, 02:45:AM » |
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Merry Christmas to all! And good job on the poem, Jayne. |
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« Reply #26 on: December 26, 2011, 01:56:PM » |
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One of my favorite carols that never seems to get played...
I heard the belIs on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play.
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair, I bowed my head:
'There is no peace on earth,' I said,
'For hate is strong and mocks the song,
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.'
Then pealed the beIls more loud and deep;
'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With Peace on earth, good will to men'
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~O Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love for Thee.~  |
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Joamy
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« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2011, 03:30:PM » |
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That's a nice version!!! |
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“The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.”
Hillaire Belloc
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« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2012, 11:50:AM » |
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One of my favorite carols that never seems to get played...
I heard the belIs on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play.
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair, I bowed my head:
'There is no peace on earth,' I said,
'For hate is strong and mocks the song,
Of Peace on earth, good will to men.'
Then pealed the beIls more loud and deep;
'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With Peace on earth, good will to men'
I love that one, too. |
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"Courage, dear brothers! Probably half of us are in our old age. Old age, they say, is the seat of wisdom. The old ones have the wisdom that they have earned from walking through life. Like old Simeon and Anna at the temple whose wisdom allowed them to recognize Jesus. Let us give with wisdom to the youth: like good wine that improves with age, let us give the youth the wisdom of our lives."
"Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth."
Pope Francis
15 March 2013
Excerpts from First Address to College of Cardinals
Given in the Clementine Hall, the Vatican
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« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2012, 11:55:PM » |
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Epiphany Carol
by Thomas Merton
Flocks feed by darkness with a noise of whispers,
In the dry grass of pastures,
And lull the solemn night with their weak bells.
The little towns upon the rocky hills
Look down as meek as children:
Because they have seen come this holy time.
God's glory, now, is kindled gentler than low candlelight
Under the rafters of a barn:
Eternal Peace is sleeping in the hay,
And Wisdom's born in secret in a straw-roofed stable.
And O! Make holy music in the stars, you happy angels.
You shepherds, gather on the hill.
Look up, you timid flocks, where the three kings
Are coming through the wintry trees;
While we unnumbered children of the wicked centuries
Come after with our penances and prayers,
And lay them down in the sweet-smelling hay
Beside the wise men's golden jars.
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Doce Me Veritatem (Teach me truth) - Mt. Saint Mary College motto
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. - Oscar Wilde
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. - St. Thomas Aquinas (from lists of quotes)
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