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Motes 'n' Beams: St Philip Neri on not asking for trouble
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Thursday, 13 August 2015. St Philip Neri on not asking for trouble. A man should not ask tribulations of God, presuming on his being able to bear them: there should be the greatest possible caution in this matter, for he who bears what God sends him daily does not do a small thing.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. St Philip Neri on not asking for trouble. The family and the State, Pius XI. Things prophets havent said. C S Lewis on Divine Goodness. Blessed are the Poor.
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Motes 'n' Beams: The family and the State, Pius XI
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015. The family and the State, Pius XI. T]he family is more sacred than the State and that men are begotten not for the earth and for time, but for Heaven and eternity.". Pope Pius XI, Casti Connubii. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. St Philip Neri on not asking for trouble. The family and the State, Pius XI. Things prophets havent said. C S Lewis on Divine Goodness. Antonio Cardinal Bacci's daily meditations (Facebook page). Blessed are the Poor.
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Motes 'n' Beams: September 2014
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Sunday, 28 September 2014. Goodness and Christian Courtesy - Cardinal Bacci. Goodness and Christian Courtesy. 1 Christian perfection, when it is genuine and practical, should be reflected externally in our appearance, in our conversation, and in our behaviour. Discourtesy, sharpness of manner, offensive speech, and all that is rude or displeasing, are signs that we are lacking or weak in virtue. Faith and Hope - Cardinal Bacci. 8221; (Mt. 14:31) He is always ready to console and comfort us. If we wish to...
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Motes 'n' Beams: October 2014
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Monday, 27 October 2014. Outward Appearances - Cardinal Bacci. We tend to live for what others think and say about us, in other words, for external appearances. 2 St Augustine contemplated the haughtiness and ostentatiousness of so-called great men who assumed airs of demi-gods. “Take away the arrogance,” he commented, “and what are men but men? 8221; How true this is. 8220;Man seeth those things that appear,” says the Holy Spirit, “but the Lord beholdeth the heart.” (1 Kings 16:7). The constant repetiti...
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Motes 'n' Beams: June 2015
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Thursday, 25 June 2015. Pope Benedict XV on peace. To the heads of the belligerent peoples. And will Europe, so glorious and so flourishing before, rush, as if driven on by a universal folly, to the abyss and be the agent of her own suicide? The same spirit of equity and justice should direct the examination of other territorial and political questions, notably those relating to Armenia, the Balkan States and the territories composing the ancient Kingdom of Poland, for which especially its noble historic...
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Motes 'n' Beams: November 2014
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Sunday, 30 November 2014. St Andrew Advent novena. Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! To hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen. To be said 15 times a day until Christmas. The Blessedness of Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice - Cardinal Bacci. The Blessedness of Those Who Mourn.
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Motes 'n' Beams: February 2015
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015. The criminal negligence of Our Lady and St Joseph. A fine example of G K Chesterton writing over 90 years ago something that could have been written today:. Eugenics and Other Evils. Eugenics and Other Evils. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple. Tuesday, 24 February 2015. A young woman goes to the doctor. She shows him a photograph of a young man. Doctor, I am so much in love with this man. I can't sleep. I can't function at all. I want him. I need. Labels: Clares own words.
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Motes 'n' Beams: Things prophets haven't said
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Tuesday, 4 August 2015. Things prophets haven't said. Traditionalist (and I number myself among them) often quote this:. We are what you once were. We believe what you once believed. We worship as you once worshipped. If you were right then, we are right now. If we are wrong now, you were wrong then. But is it all that persuasive really? There can't be many people who have difficulty conceding that they used to. Be wrong but that they're right now. Wrong then. Now, I've seen the light! The other way round.
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Motes 'n' Beams: Abolishing suffering and disease
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Thursday, 30 July 2015. Abolishing suffering and disease. It would be wrong to wish. Someone suffering. (Although, maybe a little suffering might do some people good.) But might it be worse to desire a world (outside of Heaven) without suffering and disease? Such a world would be impossible anyway. It would be a tyranny with special sufferings of its own. They will be in a minority. They will suffer persecution in various forms. A society which thinks it has eliminated disease and disability will...Paren...
