This truth of Mary’s Immaculate Conception, which was revealed to the Apostles by the divine Son of Mary, inherited by the Church, taught by the Holy Fathers, believed by each generation of the Christian people with an ever increasing explicitness, this truth, we say, was implied in the very notion of a Mother of God. To believe that Mary was Mother of God, was implicitly believing that she, on whom this sublime dignity was conferred, had never been defiled with the slightest stain of sin, and that God had bestowed upon her an absolute exemption from sin. But now, the Immaculate Conception of Mary rests on an explicit Definition dictated by the Holy Ghost. Peter has spoken by the mouth of Pope Pius; and when Peter has spoken, every Christian should believe; for the Son of God has said: I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith fail not. (Luke 22:32) And again: The Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you. (John 16:26) (more…)
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GERMAN judge, Anne Meier-Goering, ruled last week that eight men who gang-raped a 15-year-old girl in Hamburg should receive no jail time. She sentenced an additional rapist to two years in prison. At least four of the men were from the Middle East and the perpetrators recorded their acts, including beating the girl, on their phones. From The Blaze: Among the so-called expert witnesses was psychiatrist Nahlah Saimeh. Saimeh intimated that the gang rape may have been a means to let off some of the "frustration" that supposedly comes with "migration experiences and socio-cultural homelessness." Saimeh said rapists "who live on the margins of society, completely uprooted culturally, linguistically and socially" might face a "mix of emotions of anger, sadness, powerlessness, depression, fantasies of grandeur as a compensation attempt to cope with one's own misery, and drug use." "Disordered, unprepared migration experiences and socio-cultural homelessness increase the risk of addiction and psychosis," said the so-called expert. Sex, she continued, could serve as a "means of releasing frustration and anger." The psychiatrist further suggested that gang rape fosters identity and strengthens group feeling. Are feminists around the world up in arms about this ruling? Of course not. Being part of the Marxist, anti-white revolution, feminists only criticize white men and consider non-white men their allies in the struggle to defeat Western (read: Christian) hegemony and bring about a world of utopian peace, which in fact, as can be seen already in much of Europe,…
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FROMThe Christmas Book by Francis Weiser (St. Augustine Academy Press, 1952), p. 152:
One of the most beloved of all the Saints long ago was St. Nicholas of Myra. In many parts of Europe children still believe St. Nicholas appears to them on the eve of his Feast (December sixth) laden with gifts. His role is that of a heavenly messenger, coming at the beginning of Advent and admonishing little children to prepare their hearts for properly welcoming the Christ Child at Christmas. He is usually impersonated by a man wearing a long white beard, dressed in the vestments of a bishop, with miter and crozier, a friendly and saintly figure, who comes down from heaven once a year to visit the children, whose patron saint he is. He examines them, questioning them on their Catechism and hearing their prayers. After entreating them to be good boys and girls and to get ready for a devout and holy Christmas, he distributes candy and fruit and departs with a loving farewell, leaving the little ones filled with holy awe and joy.”
In America, his image has, as Fisheaters put it, “been mixed up with a lot of traits and imagery from sources as disparate as the poetry of Clement Moore, pagan Norse mythology, and American advertising.”
A wealth of information about St. Nicholas, both legendary and real, can be found at the St. Nicholas Center:
Was St. Nicholas real? Yes, he was a real 4th century Greek bishop who lived in Asia Minor, along the Mediterranean coast.
Was St. Nicholas a Turk? No, Nicholas was Greek, living in a Greek province (Lycia, Asia Minor) that was part of the Roman Empire, centuries before Turks came. The region was Lycia, now in modern-day Turkey.
Was Santa/St. Nicholas a pagan god? The Germanic god Thor may have influenced Santa’s characteristics somewhat, but Santa primarily developed from the real bishop St. Nicholas.
An ancient English hymn, a Bulgarian song and a popular American tune, all dedicated to the saint, are sung below. From Godes Druth, written by the English hermit St. Godric of Finchale in the 12th century:
Saint Nicholas, God’s beloved,
Build for us a fair bright house;
At the birth, at the bier,
Saint Nicholas, bring us safely there.
Saint Nicholas, glorious Confessor of Christ, assist us in thy loving kindness.
"WHY, we ask, ever since men have been men -- or rather since they became civilized -- why have men in all times and places been irresistibly borne to differentiate and divide the functions of the two sexes? Do we not have here strict testimony to the recognition by all mankind of a truth and a law above man? "To sum up, wherever women wear men’s dress, it is be considered a factor, over the long term, in disintegrating human order." [bold added] --- "Notification Concerning Men’s Dress Worn by Women," Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, 1960
"NON-Whites in our society are all in agreement that White 'supremacism' and White 'racism' are evils. "This is because they see White people as tribal competitors and want to weaken us. "It is not because they think 'supremacism' or 'racism' are bad things - quite the contrary." -- Wyatt Stagg
Angelus ad virginem is a medieval carolthat has been sung continuously for about 700 years. It was brought to Britain by French friars in the 13th or 14th century. The oldest surviving appearance of the carol is in a manuscript from 1360.
Based on the Hail Mary, this cheerful carol remains popular with choral ensembles today. To be fair, it truly deserves the title of popular music.
(I’m sorry, but I do not know who is performing this wonderful version.)
Translation from the Latin:
Angelus ad virginem
The angel came to the Virgin,
entering secretly into her room;
calming the Virgin’s fear, he said, “Hail!
Hail, queen of virgins:
you will conceive the Lord of heaven and earth
and bear him, still a virgin,
to be the salvation of mankind;
you will be made the gate of heaven,
the cure of sins. (more…)
TODAY is the feast day of St. Barbara. Like many Catholic women in history, this saint of the third century was no stranger to controversy: Barbara -- one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers -- was the beautiful daughter of a rich and powerful pagan named Dioscuros. She grew up in Nikomedia (in modern Turkey). To keep her a virgin, her father locked her in a tower when he was away, a tower with only two windows. Upon his return from one journey, he found three windows in the tower instead of two. When he asked Barbara about this, she confessed that she'd become a Christian after being baptized by a priest disguised as a physician, and that she'd asked that a third window be made as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. She was then denounced by her father, who was ordered by the local authorities to put her to death. She escaped from her tower, but her father caught and killed her. When he dealt the death blow, he was immediately struck by lightning. (Source) St. Barbara is a patroness of the dying. For approved prayers for her intercession, go here. St. Barbara, pray for us!
"MONIKA Schaefer, a Canadian citizen of German descent, spent 10 months in a German prison in 2018. Her crime? Making a six minute video that went viral and says things forbidden in Germany. Her brother, who lives in Germany spent 5 years in prison, much of it in solitary, also for the crime of saying what is forbidden. She has a big heart and big courage to keep speaking the truth in the face of a most pervasive and universally believed lie and this lie is very much tied to the events unfolding in the middle east right now." Link
"YOU know you are a defeated people when your conquerors say the way you have lived for hundreds of years is an evil political ideology." -- Mr. S. (a reader of this site)
COME, thou Redeemer of the earth, and manifest thy virgin-birth: let every age adoring fall; such birth befits the God of all. Veni, redemptor gentium; ostende partum Virginis; miretur omne saeculum: talis decet partus Deum. From Veni, Redemptor Gentium
"A BLACK or an Arab with a piece of paper that says they’re Irish is Irish in the same way that a man with a piece of paper that says they’re a woman is a woman. "Blacks and Arabs will never be Irish and trannies will never be women. This used to be common sense." --- Apolitical
“THESE words were composed by Spencer the Rover
Who’d travelled Great Britain and most parts of Wales.
He had been so reduced which caused great confusion
And that was the reason he went on the roam.
“In Yorkshire near Rotherham he had been on his rambles,
Being weary of travelling he sat down to rest.
At the foot of yonder mountain there runs a clear fountain;
With bread and cold water he himself did refresh.
“It tasted more sweeter than the gold he had wasted,
More sweeter than honey and gave more content.
But the thoughts of his babies lamenting their father
Brought tears in their eyes which made him lament. (more…)
IN memory of the late Henry Kissinger, who died this week at the age of 100, some relevant reflections by Sufyan Jan:
Although South American jungles and the sands of the Middle East might reflect the general public view of the communist image, perhaps this is a ‘desert sands mirage’? Contemporary ‘Commies’ wash and dress well, and attend Georgetown University in between martinis and formulating America’s domestic and foreign policies. They fly business or first class to London or Bern Switzerland and sit in the cool smooth leather of Chesterfield lounge chairs at the local Gentleman’s Club. These pseudo-Roman literati, travel ‘long haul’ to charge the batteries of the sagging ‘culture war tension machine’. The current urgency is palpable and some ‘blunt force’ revisionism will be required to set the record straight on the top end of town ‘commies in suits’. (more…)
WILLIAM Makis, MD features several Japanese videos at his Substack about the rise of sudden deaths in the country, including a very moving video about relatives of these people.
