Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, is on fire

Yep, they won’t get a dime from me. I’m not paying for their liberal causes and programs.
I’ll donate to charities that directly affect causes I care about.

 

Thanks Beth but I'm only adding bits of information to what others have already supplied. For example, Lynn posted about Bishop Fournier being the Bishop who investigated and approved Marie Julie Jehenny. I reckon that he is the same Bishop referred to in this paragraph from the Sacre Coeur wikipedia page:

The inspiration for Sacré Cœur's design originated on 4 September 1870, the day of the proclamation of the Third Republic, with a speech by Bishop Fournier attributing the defeat of French troops during the Franco-Prussian War to a divine punishment after "a century of moral decline" since the French Revolution, in the wake of the division in French society that arose in the decades following that revolution, between devout Catholics and legitimist royalists on one side,[4] and democrats, secularists, socialists, and radicals on the other. This schism in the French social order became particularly pronounced after the 1870 withdrawal of the French military garrison protecting the Vatican in Rome to the front of the Franco-Prussian War by Napoleon III,[5] the secular uprising of the Paris Commune of 1870-1871, and the subsequent 1871 defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War.​

 

I think that the "Spring" is what really matters to the people pulling their strings - people who most likely have plenty of money.

The Sri Lankan government is saying that the bombings there were a retaliation for the attack on the mosque in New Zealand. Does anyone really believe that it only took a month to plan and execute such a well co-ordinated attack? I don't, but it's a tailor made excuse for the Sri Lankan government, handed to them on a plate by the media who had been trumpeting it from the day the hotel announced that one of the bombers had registered under the name of Mohammed el Mohammed.

I read some comments suggesting that the reason the Sri Lankan government ignored the warnings is that the intelligence came from the Indian government.

Anyway, no amount of reasons or excuses will comfort grieving families or heal the injured. God help them.

 

I'm not certain why I only thought of the following today but the following image of Notre Dame appears to be in the shape of a cross or am I imagining this?





At the time that this photo was taken, I am almost certain that the fire would like a cross from up above looking down.

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I just posted the following article on the "Signs" thread and since I think that it is very good I'm sharing it on this thread too.

April 22, 2019
Political style question for tense times: What do you call people killed in church on Easter?
Terry Mattingly
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Edited to add:

The following is another aerial image of Notre Dame, this one is of a hole in the roof created from the fire. Imo it looks like the shape of a heart.



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I’m willing to bet that she is a journalist.

 

In that case, she won't get much work. Journalists who share our views, rare as they are, are inclined to be unemployed, nowadays.

 

That’s my suspicion too! I’ve thought that for some time!

 

That’s true...but we get the benefits here!

Come on Dolours...fess up! Lol

 

For all of the gifted, talented writers on MOG, the gentleman that produces the Return to Tradition you tube channel and web site is recruiting faithful Catholics to submit blogs for consideration on his media platform. His name is Anthony Stein. Currently, he is a start up and can’t afford to pay, but it is his hope to down the road.
He is accepting articles, poems, graphics, and a variety of items etc. for content on his platform .

Some here have the talent..knowledge etc. to be great contributors to this. You might want to expand and share it outside of MOG. I believe Brian K already does.

Here is a recent sample of His you tube channel. You might already be familiar with it.

 

Perish the thought. My English would be better for starters. I think it must be a horrible job, especially for young reporters trying to climb the ladder. No doubt, as in nearly every other walk of life, not all of them are promoted on merit.

I've given up on reading newspapers or watching TV, and only read up on a story if it gets a mention here or on other Catholic websites. There's plenty of information on the web with all sorts of spin. It's easy enough after a while to see a pattern on how stories are reported. People are labelled for little or nothing these days. For example, I'm not a fan of open borders which I'm sure would get me labelled a racist or xenophobe. The truth is that I have more in common with the African converts baptised at Easter than with cradle Catholics whose background is very similar to my own. It's more than likely that I also have more in common with the average Muslim immigrant than I have with the same cradle Catholics.

The more I learn, the more convinced I am that true peace of mind only comes from trust in God. I don't see any significant improvements on the horizon for either the Church or the wider world. Mankind doesn't have the solution. We'll keep on limping downhill for a while longer. It will take some major catastrophes or direct intervention from Heaven to sort us out.

 

I saw this cross image on Twitter. Granted there are many churches that were designed in a cross shape, but that shot from above is pretty amazing.
IMHO the heart shaped hole symbolizes the Sacred Heart of Jesus; there is no other explanation for this. The Sacred Heart was also depicted on the French holy card with the burning church that we mistakenly thought was ND.

 

God bless Fr.Mark. Our house is on fire.

 

That “peace that passeth all understanding”

 

Yup. Agree.

 

This Friday, the Choir of the National Shrine will join with the organist from Notre Dame for a benefit concert
Just saw that announcement on ewtn
Check local listings

 

Once Again: How Difficult Was it to Set Fire to the Ancient Oak Beams in Notre Dame?

Since last week’s disastrous fire at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris there has been a lot of discussion about what could possibly have set those 800-year-old oak beams ablaze. The fire has been officially designated an accident, with several different theories advanced about how it might have started.

In the following video, a German craftsman who works in wood tries a series of experiments in an attempt to set a very old oak beam on fire. It’s not as venerable as those formerly in the cathedral of Notre Dame — a mere 250 years old or thereabouts — but it’s very hard and dry, and proves intractably resistant to ignition.

https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/04/o...-fire-to-the-ancient-oak-beams-in-notre-dame/

 

Olivier Latry, one the finest organists in the world:

 

Sometimes I get offers from writers wanting to post on the forum.

I was very innocent at first and used to I imagine how good they were doing this for free, not realising that they were making professional submissions. So I always told them to go right ahead.

Silly me, no dough, no copy

There is nothing wrong I think with professionals making a living but that there is something very, very special about giving freely as folks do here, bless them

 

Holiday going brilliant