IN A CEMETERY, the dead own a bit of real estate. Each plot is, you might say, a little home. The tombstone says something solid and important exists here. The bereaved visit the dead in a realm set apart from the hectic world. One remembers at the grave the face and the living personality. One's thoughts are drawn to eternity. Fortunately, praying for the dead is a two-way street. What one gives, one gets back. The cemetery is an ancient institution -- so ancient we take it for granted. But more and more, the dignity and reverence it accords the dead are condemned. The cemetery is guilty of elitism, environmental wastefulness, extravagance and other Marxist sins. Five states in response have already legalized a new practice for disposing of the dead: human composting. There is a pseudo-scientific name for every new form of dehumanization and in this case it's Natural Organic Reduction. This is the wave of the future -- the environmentally correct mass grave. In NOR, the body is reduced to dirt by the application of voracious microorganisms and through rotation in straw, woodchips and dirt -- as you would turn the eggshells and tea leaves in your backyard compost pile with a pitchfork. It takes about six weeks and creates enough dirt to fill a pick-up truck, about 800 pounds in all. That's a lot more to dispose of than cremated ashes because the body needs to be…

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"A disgusting example or what Scottish academia has become. "Children are convinced that the planets woes are caused not just by co2, but by the white man's c02. Convinced to advocate for concepts such as climate justice, are taught about racism and revisionist history but above all else, are totally indoctrinated." ResistingTheyLies  

DE PROFUNDIS. Out of the Depths. (Psalm 129 in the Vulgate; Psalm 130 in the Hebrew.) "Out of the Depths". Out of the depths, I have cried to You, O Lord: Lord hear my voice. Let Your ears be attentive, to the voice of my supplication. If You, O Lord, will mark iniquities; Lord, who shall stand it? For with You there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of Your law, I have waited for You, O Lord. My soul has relied on His word: my soul has hoped in the Lord. From the morning-watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him plentiful redemption. And He shall redeem Israel, from all his iniquities. V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord. R. And let perpetual light shine upon them. V. From the gate of hell. R. Deliver their souls, O Lord. V. May they rest in peace. R. Amen. V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto You. V. The Lord be with you. R. And with your Spirit. (Indulgence of 50 days, three times a day, to all who say the De Profundis with the VERSICLE and RESPONSE. "Requiem aeternam (Eternal Rest)." Leo XIII., February 3, 1888.)  

STEPHEN I. writes: Your quotation on sweeping reminded me of that marvellous scene in the film Chariots of Fire where a character observes that: "You can praise God by peeling a potato if you peel it to perfection ..."  I am reminded of one of my favorite biblical admonitions: "Be still and know that I am God" Perhaps God wishes simplicity for us because it's in the simple physical actions, focused only on what is before us or in our hands, that we can quiet our minds and tune out the everyday assaults from the outside, as well as from within in the form of our very own static: our constant plannings, plottings, worrying, desiring, fearing and all the other vanities and distractions. This Catholic faith is so very unlike any belief system that came before it, no? A perfect God that creates an imperfect humanity and loves it; perfection that doesn't just assume the guise of humanity but actually becomes incarnate, becoming weak flesh born to simple, powerless people and living humbly amongst them. With each passing day I become more convinced that truth and the surest path to dignity is only really to be found in the simple and unassuming elements of life. How strange that a perfect and omnipotent God has designed us and the world in such a way so that to be most fulfilled and come to best know him we need only embrace the…

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"Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God." --- St. Martin de Porres (Source)

CANADIAN psychologist “Alex,” in this 2017 video, explains how the Communism he observed during his childhood in Communist Romania is identical to the Communism in Canada, the U.S. and Western Europe today.

This lecture is almost three hours, but (except for some comments regarding Peterson’s wife) it’s well worth it. [This is not, however, an endorsement of all of his views. “Alex” has some confused and erroneous beliefs.]

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"What torments the souls in Purgatory is the knowledge that they are no longer able to merit any thing for heaven. They can not help themselves; they are entirely dependent upon others. They wait, and wait, and have nothing to do but to yearn and suffer. Oh, how they grieve and lament that while on earth they thought so little of heaven; that they accomplished so little to gain it, and did so much for this world; that, in fine, they have rashly squandered their precious time! Could they in Purgatory practice good works, spread the kingdom of God, save souls, how readily would they perform these duties; but, alas! it is now too late." -- Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that the souls of Thy servants and handmaidens, the commemoration of whom we keep with special reverence, and for whom we are bidden and are bound to pray, and the souls of all our benefactors, relations, and connections, and all the faithful, may rest in the bosom of Thy Saints; and hereafter, in the Resurrection from the dead, may please Thee in the land of the living. Amen  

THE Feast of All Saints is “the annual commemoration of all those who are honored in the Church as holy men and women whose lives are worthy of imitation and whose intercession we may profitably seek in prayer.” (The Rev. William J. Lallou)

From The Feast of All Saints: Part 1 by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876:

If on today’s festival we think of the communion of the Saints in heaven, we will undoubtedly exclaim within our soul: “Oh, what a joy, what an ecstasy of delight will there be in heaven on this glorious feast!” (more…)

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ALTHOUGH traditionally Catholics visited cemeteries to pray for the dead on Nov. 2, All Souls Day, in parts of Louisiana it has long been the practice to honor deceased relatives and friends on Nov. 1, All Saints Day. When the custom was at its peak, fences were whitewashed and crepe decorations hung. Families would gather with priests in cemeteries before what were often-times humble graves. Black Americans observing All Saints Day in New Roads, Louisiana in 1938 are captured in these photographs by Russell Lee from the Library of Congress. More can be viewed below and here. They show that it’s possible even in poverty to bury the dead with dignity.

According to Ryan Brasseux:

Burial culture in New Orleans and rural southern Louisiana, which is predominantly Catholic, has long intrigued outsiders. High water tables, particularly in the state’s coastal regions, require many undertakers to construct above-ground tombs in graveyards, but these brick and concrete structures can deteriorate in the region’s subtropical climate. Hence, All Saints Day has traditionally served both a practical and a social function. In the past, families repaired tombs and coated them with a mix of lime and water (whitewash) to seal the structure. They also cleared overgrowth and weeds and placed floral arrangements, or coronne de toussaints, on the graves to show their respect for the dead. In years past, women would make wreaths of crepe paper or waxed paper, known as immortelles or couronnes, and sell them at churches and cemeteries on All Saints Day, but that tradition waned as more durable plastic flowers came into vogue. In less-affluent communities, families simply painted wooden crosses to use as grave markers. Modern granite headstones have obviated the need for whitewashing, but some families continue the tradition of cleaning and decorating gravesites on November 1. All Saints Day remains a recognized state holiday in which Louisiana government offices and courts are closed. (more…)

SOME thoughts on Halloween from a 2018 post: The excesses of Halloween -- both its commercialism and occult grotesqueries -- have led some  concerned Americans to reject the day altogether. It's no wonder. Even normal days are creepy and horror-filled -- with people walking around with purple hair and fish hooks in their faces. Halloween has likewise become so extreme in some places that it seems like a trip to a super-commercialized corner of hell. But, as I said, let's fight for Halloween, not throw it away. I hope you enjoy this fun day.