Our Lord's human anger at the moneychangers in the Temple was both justified and charitable. It's very possible that some of those moneychangers, as they walked away, realised the errors of their ways. Apart from what was a removal of a scandal from the House of God, it was divinely, and humanly, right for Our Lord to be angry at the scandal of the breach of the Seventh Commandment within the Temple in Jerusalem. Now, we have had a breach of the First Commandment in the Temple in Rome. Not to mention other official scandals. It's difficult not to think that some, obviously not all or perhaps even no more than a fraction, of this anger is justified. Everywhere we look, perversions are being pushed upon us and potentially being normalised among those unfortunate enough not to know any better; and the official Church is enthusiastically complicit, even in the vanguard leading the way. Even writing this is making me angry...I'd be very worried if it didn't.
Not all of us have kids. We need to be praying for all our families & friends. Some know, some are luke warm, others are way away but have good hearts. There is a prayer ministry called millionsofmonicas.
I have to admit Mario that your prayer at the end brought tears to my eyes. When my mother passed away last October she was singing "oh Ciel..." it was her favorite song. These are the lyrics: J�irai la voir un jour! Au ciel dans ma patrie Oui j�irai voir Marie Ma joie et mons amour REFRAIN Au ciel, au ciel, au ciel! J�irai la voir un jour. Au ciel, au ciel, au ciel! J�irai la voir un jour. J�irai la voir un jour O, cri plein d�esperance Qui calme ma sufferance Au terrestre sejour J�irai la voir un jour J�irae m�unir aux anges Pour chanter ses louanges Au ciel, avec sa cour J�irai la vour un jour J�irai loin de la terre Sur le coeur de ma Mere Reposer sans retour In English: I will go to see her one day In heaven, my homeland Yes, I will go to see Mary My joy and my love REFRAIN To Heaven! To Heaven! To Heaven! I will go to see her one day. To Heaven! To Heaven! To Heaven! I will go to see her one day. I will go to see her one day O, cry full of hope That calms my suffering On this earthly sojourn I will go to see her one day I�ll join the angels in singing her praises With her celestial court I will go to see her one day I�ll go far from the earth On the heart of my Mother To rest without return. My mother (Rachel) was very devoted to our Blessed Mother.
Yes I believe she is. She only sang it in French, I only looked for the English translation after her passing.
I LOVE this hymn! We used to sing it years ago when we went to Mass with nursing home residents. Many of them had grown up in French speaking homes. They would sing it with such joy!
I never heard this beautiful hymn! Can you share where you found it on YouTube? Is it in English? What is the title of it?
I wonder if this also synchs up to First sign of Medugorie…. The 25th of month are when messages are given. Also, we know that the 18th of March is a key date in Medugorie…. We also were told that the secret will first be revealed to a priest (I forget his name) 7 days before …. So the timing of March 18 to March 25 is 7 days. seems a lot is aligning…. Only God and Our Lady know…. But I do think it’s a good time to prepare spiritually….confession, prayer, fasting. My biggest fear is my kids think I’m nuts and are ignoring my pleas that they get to the Sacraments
Rosalia, My mother sang this song for as long as I can remember, it was one of her favorite hymns of our Heavenly Mother. I don't know if there is a English version. The song is called....Au Ciel--Angelus, I am not able to link the song. But look for Katie Rees and Pelican. She sings it beautifully.
This video of the song is so beautiful . The young lady singing the song was radiating peace and beauty. Seeing the little children frolicking and dancing just lifted my spirits. It is like these that we have to be like…little children dancing in the love of Christ. I do not know French but would like to memorize the English version. During these dark times, all I want to focus on what is holy and pure and beautiful. Sometimes, when looking at news articles, I recoil seeing some of the evil doings that go on. For instance, Taylor Marshall posted on a YouTube video about how Madonna is mocking God. Just the image he posted of Madonna posing as the Blessed Mother on the cover of Vanity Fair made me wince & I knew I couldn’t even handle watching this video cause I would witness the evil doings going on. I’m not burying my head in the sand but sometimes it is too much to handle.
Yes it is. That whole horror with Madonna is evil. She has no fear--even though even the devils won't insult Our Lady so says Fr Ripperger. They can't even say her name--it is too painful. Yet Madonna does this hideous parody.