I'm so glad you are sharing them! No, I live in the US. NE Indiana where all the storms went through last week. Looks like we have more storms moving in. Seems like my little corner of our town did not lose electric, Thank God! Everyone else was out and really complaining, the heat and humidity thing . . .
Ok, yes I forgot it would make sense you're in the US because of the dedication! Thank you. Oh yes one person I sent this to was praying to the Sacred Heart the very moment I sent it. God is working.
https://x.com/i/status/2067461318093738034 A quarter million women and children have been raped in the UK. 87-95% of the perpetrators are Muslim. The world is silent.
Old churches before the Second Vatican Council are places where heaven meets earth, especially when accompanied by Latin Gregorian chant. It is incredible what kind of acoustics they had. A good friend of mine graduated from the Academy of Music and studied sacred music; he leads several choirs, plays the organ in church, and teaches at a school. The Church Fathers and monks often composed their writings and works after periods of meditation, sometimes dedicating an entire lifetime to a particular piece. I don't know about you, but this sacred music may not captivate people immediately in the way popular Protestant worship music does. However, when you go deeper into the faith, when you participate in the Mass, when you are distracted, burdened, or broken, you truly find in this music a sense of peace, tranquility, depth of faith, and the presence of God. Protestant music, like any other music, often leaves one wanting more. It can feel as though, when it reaches its emotional climax, you are left mentally and physically drained. It lifts you up quickly, but brings you back down even faster. The focus of reflection and praise seems directed more toward ourselves and our emotional experience, and that is always a blind alley. On the other hand, the meditative music of the Church Fathers and monks who composed these melodies gradually leads one toward God. It is as if our prayer and worship become united with theirs from centuries ago, with all the generations that sang the same chants, with all the choirs of angels who participate in the Mass, and with Christ's sacrifice itself. It is something beautiful and beyond full human comprehension. The girl has an angelic voice... A short clip that I wholeheartedly recommend https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H6zswBOzxig
That is sooooo beautiful! I love the acoustics in old churches. Our local church is new and modern. They have the choir in front to the side and the acoustics are AWFUL! They have had sound companies in many times to try and fix it, but it is not good. There is another smaller, older church I will drive to that is an old style with a balcony, and the choir is up there. It sounds so much better. I was in a church years ago that brought in a professor to teach us chant using numes and just voices, it was amazing. I wish we could get back to that . . .the beauty!
From what President Trump said recently things are going to fall apart shortly if the Straits of Hormuz are not opened soon. The USA and others have nearly used their oil reserves. Turkey and others have sold their US treasury bonds and have now started to sell all their gold. We face word wide famine. I am not being a doomsayer but it is a good time for deep prayer.
I take comfort only in living in His will. What is to come must come but my heart goes out to those who do not know Gods love even in my own family and friendship circle. Trump has been begging Iran for a deal for weeks he knows the reality.
The Strait of Hormuz will never return to its pre-war conditions and will be administered by the Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with international law," Mr Ghalibaf, the Iranian negotistor said on his return from the talks. Iran won the war.
I’m paying close attention to the SSPX who will be excommunicated in July. And the flock, too. I must admit I don’t understand all of it, but they seem like very holy Priests. Is this the schism we have been hearing about? Will this bring in more severe tribulations? I don’t hear people talking about it outside of this place. The Kyrie is in Greek, is that going away? The beautiful Latin Hymns, Panis Angelicus? Gregorian chant? The older I get the more confusing it gets.
The problem is that everyone focuses on the economic side of things, while the real Armageddon is happening at the family level and through the dehumanization of human beings. Just look at young people. Unfortunately, the more Western a society becomes, the more obvious these trends are, narcissism, arrogance, extreme individualism, and nudity everywhere, from social media to pornography, which has practically taken over the internet. I believe that at least 80% of people have seen pornographic content online at least once, especially young men. In the United States, it is estimated that around 50 million women have, in one way or another, either viewed or participated in creating such content. Many young people no longer want marriage because they are competing for careers, They often have unrealistically high expectations, avoid long-term commitments, are reluctant to have children in what they see as a troubled world, and fear divorce and other similar challenges.. You have to finish your education, gain status in society and at work, secure an apartment, a house, and a car. Men are expected to be handsome, tall, intelligent, and wealthy, while women are judged according to certain physical attributes. Unfortunately, for many people today, there seems to be more plastic than in a supermarket. Everyone is searching for a prince on a white horse or a fairy-tale princess, even though such people are often among the most superficial characters. Young women work as OnlyFans models, posting nude and even explicit content for profit. At the same time, many men spend their hard-earned money on such things instead of building families and having children. Everywhere you look, there are people with tattoos and piercings, especially young women. On one side, there is rampant materialism; on the other, there is an individualism in which everything revolves around "me"—me, me, and more me. Yet many people are living paycheck to paycheck, and some do not even have that. Depression, anxiety, and various other mental health disorders are becoming increasingly common. A culture has emerged in which abortion and euthanasia are presented as healthcare and fundamental rights. People live to work, not because they want to, but because the system has stripped them of their dignity. We live in boxes called apartments, while mobile phones, the internet, and television have replaced genuine social relationships. Faith in God and traditional morality have been replaced by spirituality, yoga, and the worship of the body. Hedonism has replaced collective sacrifice—whether the sacrifices made by parents for their children, children for their parents, or individuals for society. Today, more than 140 countries have birth rates below the level required for simple population replacement. A demographic catastrophe is unfolding, one that few people are willing to discuss, despite the fact that it could eventually undermine the economic, healthcare, and social systems on which modern societies depend. The canal is unlikely to reopen anytime soon, at least not in the way it once operated. However, these are far greater problems that could ultimately lead to societal collapse, and I have not even mentioned half of them. Because of the internet, these trends spread at a massive speed. As a result, many traditionally conservative societies have transformed dramatically in just a couple of decades. Countries such as Ireland, as well as many nations in Latin America, Asia, and Europe, have undergone significant social and cultural changes in a relatively short period of time.
The Iranian regime for years has been funding terrorism. They were building a nuclear weapon pointed at the US because they are determined to blow us off the face of the earth. Along with Israel. We are not Islam. We are Christian. This war has been going on since the Crusades. Mankind had always been at war, it never ends. Reading the Gospels this week from the Old Testament there have always been battles and slaughter. The best thing is take it to God and he will answer you. Our God is not Allah, our God is Yahweh. I am more concerned about China. QUOTE="HeavenlyHosts, post: 500960, member: 5309"]Why on earth did Trump start this? Shaking my head.[/QUOTE]
As someone who has followed Middle Eastern politics and warfare for many years, I can say that is not accurate and complite lie . In Iran, in 1951, the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh came to power with strong parliamentary support, and in 1952 he further consolidated his position. Based on the wishes of a large part of the Iranian population, he nationalized Iranian oil, because British and American oil companies had controlled the country’s key resources for years and made huge profits, while Iran received a relatively small share. Many Iranians saw this as a form of economic dominance and injustice, because the foreign company practically functioned as a “state within a state” inside Iran. However, the British and American leadership opposed this nationalization, and in 1953, in an operation known as Operation Ajax, carried out by the CIA and MI6, they organized a coup that overthrew Mosaddegh. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah, was then returned to power and went on to strengthen an authoritarian regime. His regime relied on the secret police SAVAK (later established with American and Israeli assistance), which became known for censorship, arbitrary arrests, torture, and executions of political opponents. As the Iranian people were heavily oppressed under Pahlavi’s dictatorship, the Iranian Revolution took place in 1979, during which the Iranian people naturally blamed the United States and Britain for decades of abuses. During the revolution, which further weakened Iran through internal upheaval, the United States supported Saddam and Iraq in their aggression against Iran. Not only that, but for eight years they supported Saddam militarily, politically, strategically, diplomatically, and economically—something that is not disputed—while Iran during the 1980s received American weapons via Israel in the Iran–Contra operation, where a U.S. ally sold American secret weapons to Iran behind the U.S. government’s back, worth as much as 50 billion dollars. Israel’s goal was to prolong the war as much as possible and further weaken both sides. Around two million people were killed in the war. Hezbollah was formed in Lebanon in 1982 as a response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon; they are not terrorists because they defended and continue to defend their country, which can be seen in the fact that numerous monasteries, churches, and statues that Israel has now destroyed in Lebanon, as well as Christian villages, were defended by Hezbollah members, and many of its members are Christians. After that, we see the economic isolation of Iran, the assassination of scientists by Israel, the American-Israeli destabilization of Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Lebanon, and aggression against Yemen. Iran has not started any war in the last 140 years; its strategy has always been diplomacy. This war was started exclusively by attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran, including terrorist attacks and the killing of the Supreme Religious Leader (as if someone killed the Pope), the killing of innocent schoolgirls, and the killing of diplomats, which is unprecedented in the history of warfare. The real question is whom we worship—God, money, power, or desires. The United States, in its first 180 years as a country, never had hostile nations in the Middle East nor the need for war there, but since the establishment of Israel, it has been in constant conflict in the region. It is also interesting that the only country that carried out an attack on the United States was Israel in the USS Liberty incident, when 34 American sailors were killed and an attempt was made to blame Egypt, while help did not arrive for 24 hours. Regarding nuclear weapons, the Iranian Supreme Leader issued a fatwa declaring the production of nuclear weapons a sin, and Tulsi Gabbard stated as head of U.S. intelligence in testimony before Congress that Iran does not have nuclear weapons, but Trump rejected this and proceeded with an attack anyway. Documents declassified by the U.S. government confirm these things, such as Operation Ajax, Iran–Contra, and similar cases. Even Israeli newspapers and intelligence services acknowledged the creation of unrest earlier in the year, not peaceful protests. Iran is even now the only side that is adhering to agreements, while Israel and the U.S. violate treaties and misrepresent what was agreed upon.
I’ve followed the politics too and seen how the Muslims strapped their kids with bombs and shoved them into Israeli shopping malls. For years. I never saw an Israeli do that to a Muslim community. Just my observation. So if we are stopping a nuke I’m all for it. Now that Iran had agreed to visits to nuke sights I am so relieved and hoping for a good outcome. I remember when 911 happened and the towers came down. And the Muslims were cheering in the LaShish restaurant in Dearborn Mi. I will never forget that.
E Michael Jones, my new hero, in his book, Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control nails it - we are all victims of manipulation and control on a massive scale. Writing at the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire, St. Augustine both revolutionized and brought to a close antiquity's idea of freedom. A man was not a slave by nature or by law, as Aristotle claimed. His freedom was a function of his moral state. A man had as many masters as he had vices. This insight would provide the basis for the most sophisticated form of social control known to man.Fourteen hundred years later, in a world eager to reject the intellectual patrimony of the West, a decadent French aristocrat turned that tradition on its head when he wrote that "the freest of people are they who are most friendly to murder". Like St. Augustine, the Marquis de Sade would agree that freedom was a function of morals. Freedom for the Marquis de Sade, however, meant willingness to reject the moral law. Unlike St. Augustine, the Marquis de Sade proposed a revolution in sexual morals to accompany the political revolution then taking place in France. Libido Dominandi -- the term is taken from Book I of Augustine's City of God -- is the definitive history of that sexual revolution, from 1773 to the present. Unlike the standard version of sexual revolution, Libido Dominandi shows how sexual liberation was from its inception a form of control. The logic is clear enough: Those who wished to liberate man from the moral order needed to impose social controls as soon as they succeeded because liberated libido led inevitably to anarchy. Over the course of two hundred years, those techniques became more and more refined, eventuating in a world where people were controlled, not by military force, but by the skillful management of their passions. It was Aldous Huxley who wrote in his prefaceto the 1946 edition of Brave New World that "as political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensatingly to increase". This book is about the converse of that statement. It explains how the rhetoric of sexual freedom was used to engineer a system of covert political and social control. Over the course of the two-hundred-year span covered by this book, the development of technologies of communication, reproduction, and psychic control -- including psychotherapy, behaviorism, advertising, sensitivity training, pornography, and, when push came to shove, plain old blackmail -- allowed the Enlightenment and its heirs to turn Augustine's insight on its head and create masters out of men's vices. Libido Dominandi is the story of how that happened.
People are clamoring for the Iranian government to succeed, while their own peoples are being subjugated to Islam all the fruits of Islam. I remember everything the intifada did as well. They have become so bold as to attempt to behead people in the street as happened in Belfast. The rape of Britain is estimated to be at 1 million not the 250. previously mentioned. This is likely happening across Europe, but it is publicized the most in the UK. Our ancestors didn't just wake up and decide to crusade. They were exhausted with watching their women and children stolen and used as sex slaves. Their men killed or castrated then used as slaves. But people seem to be ok with this today because it's not the Jews.
