+ Providing for the nest. View attachment 4865 2 American Bald Eagles on our Farm in Ohio, U.S.A. Check out the mouth of the one on the left. Peace, Ed
I cant work out whats wrong with the birds mouth Ed. Has it got food hanging from it ,or is it damaged?
Ed, that's stunning. Is he holding a piece of straw or moss for building a nest? Maybe it's a worm for feeding the chicks but if that's the case would both eagles be away from the nest at the same time? Do bald eagles prey on small animals like kittens or puppies?
+ Hi Mac, I think it has nest building material in its mouth (straw, twigs). They are working on a nest now that can last many years. Eagles have been known to live around 40 years in a sanctuary and less in the wild like on our farm, though I consider it our sanctuary in nature. Peace Brother, Ed
+ You are so right Padraig. That feeling of awe that we get (and can never quite describe) when viewing the beauty of God's Creation, is a true gift of love to us.
+ Hi Dolours, I think it is next building material also. This is the time of year they work on that to prepare for the babies. I think this pair may have just moved in to our farm and I'm not sure exactly where the nest is yet and if it is even on our acres. Their diet is fish but they also eat other birds and sometimes mammals. I think a small puppy should be kept indoors or protected by human if outside in the hunting area of the eagles, just to be safe. Peace, Ed
In that case I really do a lot.....I also have 8 kids. I always say I'm in charge of the animals (kids) in the house, and my husband is in charge of the animals in the barn
You're blessed, Ed, to live in such a place, although I'm sure it it isn't easy working a small farm while raising a large family. Watching a report about the crisis in Venezuela, what struck me most was the long queues for imported food in a country where they could feed themselves. Food production took a back seat with the oil boom. And now they also have to contend with the Zika virus. May God ease the suffering of all those poor people. There's an old saying here that as long as you have an acre of land or a yard of counter you'll never go hungry. In these troubled times I think I'd rather have the acre of land.
"Archbishop Forte has in fact revealed a “behind the scenes” [moment] from the Synod: “If we speak explicitly about communion for the divorced and remarried,” said Archbishop Forte, reporting a joke of Pope Francis, “you do not know what a terrible mess we will make. So we won’t speak plainly, do it in a way that the premises are there, then I will draw out the conclusions.” “"Typical of a Jesuit,” Abp Forte joked, attributing to that suggestion a wisdom that has allowed the maturation necessary to conclude that Amoris Laetitia, as Abp. Bruno Forte explained, does not represent a new doctrine, but the “merciful application” of that [the doctrine]of all time." http://www.onepeterfive.com/pope-speaking-plainly-communion-divorced-messy/
Can we please lay to rest that this was anybody's plan but the pope's now? And argue whether this represents orthodoxy? Forte is the pope's hand picked secretary for the synods.
"What is most important to note is the fact that Forte, by Francis’ personal choice and appointment Special Secretary to the Synod, is stating — publicly, and without apparent concern for consequence — that the Pope intentionally manipulated the synodal process — against the will of the Bishops –to get an outcome that he knew would not be otherwise acceptable."
I always supected this, but just did not want to believe it. It does not surprise me. I just wonder how long they have been planning this? Not, I suppose , that it matters now. My heart sinks to my boots.
The devil has been planning this for centuries or millenia, men for decades at least, probably centuries. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Forte is a known dissenter on homosexuality. Barring Divine Intervention, we ain't seen nothing yet.
I fully expect that God will strike the Holy Father dead. He's still the Pope whatever else he's up to (and he appears to be up to rather a lot) and there's not much any of us can do about that. Even the Cardinals appear helpless. As Pope St John xxiii so wonderfully said, 'It's God 's Church let Him take care of it!'
Sigh. My heart lies heavy within me. I am araid we have entered the time of the two Popes Long ago prophesies by Blessed Anne Emmmerich: The Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) was a German Augustinian nun of great sanctity. She endured a life of sufferings, bore the stigmata of our Lord and was a seer, who witnessed scenes from the life of Christ with the vividness of one who was there. Those revelations were one of the sources used in making the film The Passion of the Christ. She also foretold future occurrences in the Church. The following are from her visions pertaining to the emergence of a subversive Church of Darkness that would deceive many of the faithful into “complete decadence”. May 13, 1820: “Last night, from eleven to three, I had a most wonderful vision of two churches and two Popes and a variety of things, ancient and modern…. I saw the fatal consequences of this counterfeit church; I saw it increase; I saw heretics of all kinds flocking to the city. I saw the ever-increasing tepidity of the clergy, the circle of darkness ever widening. And now the vision became more extended. I saw in all places Catholics oppressed, annoyed, restricted, and deprived of liberty, churches were closed, and great misery prevailed everywhere with war and bloodshed. I saw rude, ignorant people offering violent resistance, but this state of things lasted not long. Again I saw in vision St. Peter’s undermined according to a plan devised by the secret sect while, at the same time, it was damaged by storms; but it was delivered at the moment of greatest distress. Again I saw the Blessed Virgin extending her mantle over it.” June 1, 1821: “I saw the Holy Father very prayerful and God-fearing, his figure perfect, though worn out by old age and manifold sufferings, his head sunk on his breast as if in sleep. He often fainted away and seemed to be dying. I often saw him supported by apparitions during his prayer, and then his head was upright. When it sank upon his breast, then were the minds of many turned quickly here and there; that is, viewing things in a worldly light…. These visions were so frightful that I came near crying out. I see in the future religion falling so low that it will be practiced only here and there in farmhouses and in families protected by God during the horrors of war.” August 10, 1822: “I see the Holy Father in great distress. He lives in another palace and receives only a few to his presence. If the wicked party knew their own great strength, they would even now have made an attack. I fear the Holy Father will suffer many tribulations before his death, for I see the black counterfeit church gaining ground, I see its fatal influence on the public. The distress of the Holy Father and of the Church is really so great that one ought to pray to God day and night. I have been told to pray much for the Church and the Pope…. Last night I was taken to Rome where the Holy Father, plunged in affliction, is still concealed in order to elude dangerous exigencies. He is very feeble, quite worn out by distress, anxiety, and prayer. His chief reason for lying concealed is because he can now trust so few.” August 25, 1822: “I know not now how I went to Rome last night, but I found myself near the church of St. Mary-Major. Around it I saw crowds of poor, pious souls, in great distress and anxiety on account of the Pope’s disappearance and the agitation and alarming reports throughout the city. Led by one common impulse, they had come to invoke the Mother of God. They did not expect to find the church open, they intended only to pray outside. But I was inside, I opened the door and they entered, astounded at the door’s opening of itself. I was standing aloof where they could not see me. There was no service, only the chancel-lamps were burning, and the people knelt in quiet prayer. Then the Mother of God appeared. She said that great tribulations were at hand; that the people must pray earnestly with extended arms, if only for the length of three Our Fathers, for it was thus that her Son had prayed for them upon the Cross; that they should rise at midnight to pray thus; that they should continue to come to her church which they would always find open; and that they should, above all, pray for the extirpation of the dark church.” September 27, 1822: “I saw heartrending misery, playing, drinking, gossiping, even courting going on in the church. All sorts of abominations were committed in it; they had even set up a ninepin alley in the middle of it. The priests let things go their way and said Mass very irreverently; only a few of them were still a little intelligent and pious. I saw Jews standing around the doorways. All this grieved me deeply. Then my Heavenly Spouse bound me as He Himself had been bound to the pillar, and He said: ‘So will the Church yet be bound. She will be tightly bound before she shall again arise.’” October 22, 1822: “‘Very evil times are coming,’ [my guide] said. ‘The non-Catholics will mislead many. They will use every possible means to entice them from the Church, and great disturbances will follow.’ I had then another vision in which I saw the King’s daughter armed for the struggle. Multitudes contributed to this with prayers, good works, all sorts of labors and self-victories which passed from hand to hand up to Heaven where each was wrought, according to its kind, into a piece of armor for the virgin warrior. The perfect adjustment of the various pieces was most remarkable, as also their wonderful signification. She was armed from head to foot. I knew many of those who contributed the armor, and I saw with surprise that whole institutions and great and learned people furnished nothing. The contribution was made chiefly by the poor and lowly. And now I saw the battle. The enemies’ ranks were by far the more numerous; but the little body of the faithful cut down whole rows of them. The armed virgin stood off on a hill. I ran to her, pleading for my country and those other places for which I had to pray. She was armed singularly, but significantly, with helmet, shield, and coat of mail, and the soldiers were like those of our own day. The battle was terrible; only a handful of victorious champions survived!”
