Abbey Roads: 2018-12-02

Saturday, December 08, 2018

Never, ever believe anyone who propagates this kind of crap ...

Excommunicated Father Alessandro Minutella appears in a video on Radio Domina Nostra’s Facebook page, where he refuses to pledge obedience to Pope Francis. - Source

Glorious things are said of you, O City of God.

Let us disappear in her!

May she alone remain,

and we in her, a part of her.

- S. Maxmillian

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

For me, Our Lady is a paradise upon earth, a refuge for sinners, an unceasing consolation in this vale of tears, the pure joy of all who sorrow. For the Church to make this feast a day of obligation is a delight. The joy of the Immaculate Conception overflows into our souls, preparing us for the wonderful feast of the Nativity. The Madonna is our Mama, and she is the Immaculata!

It is wonderful to know as the Doctors and Fathers know, the truths of our faith, dogma and definitions, yet it is so much more wonderful to be suspended in awe-some unknowing before the majesty and mystery of the Immaculate Conception. The little ones know this.
I wish I had words, that no one ever has heard, to express this wondrous mystery, this perfect love, this purest being, this paradise wherein sinners find refuge, consolation and healing. If ever I felt like I had the gift of tongues, I could let loose now, in a holy babble of praise.

O Mary, Conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee! Repeat that over and over and over.

Or pray, "Thou art all fair O Mary, and the original stain is not in Thee! O Mary! O Mary, conceived without sin! Pray for us who have recourse to Thee!" Over and over and over.

Friday, December 07, 2018

The Eve of The Immaculate Conception ... Eva's name reversing.

Colonna dell'Immacolata

60th anniversary remembrance of Chicago's Our Lady of the Angels fire - 95 dead...

This story traumatized me when I was little.

I distinctly remember this terrible tragedy. It left a deep impression on me - I was definitely traumatized by it. Some of the nuns had the kids cling to their habits as they rolled down the stairs to rescue them. Another classroom was found, all the kids dead, but seated in an attitude of prayer, and the sister at her desk in the same position. It still gives me chills. It was heartbreaking.

The Badger Catholic: 60th anniversary remembrance of Chicago's Our Lady...: source The gathering Sunday was one of many planned to commemorate the devastating fire, one of Chicago’s worst tragedies. - Finish reading here.

Thursday, December 06, 2018

A visit from St. Nicholas

The feast of St. Nicholas.

Yesterday I was behind three old men in the checkout line who were from the Netherlands. I wished them a happy St. Nicholas Day. They laughed and said, "That's for children!" I chuckled and said, "I know! But I'm old and I still celebrate him!" For me it was a special visit from St. Nicholas.

Today I pray for all children and those who are like them.

Especially those children who suffer abuse and neglect.

The Holy Bishop of Myra is especially venerated as the patron of children. Devotion to him ought to be increased these days as children are abducted and exploited through human trafficking and slavery - victims of forced labor and sexual exploitation. While others are killed in the womb, and in some cases after live birth... yet many more endure intolerable and abusive childhoods without proper parenting, without faith or hope. Never forget the children of divorce, or same sex couples, as well as children of benign neglect - often left alone by a single parent or grandparent, struggling to make ends meet. Of course there are children suffering from poverty and hunger throughout the world, yet there is that deeper poverty of living in an immoral household, be it prostitution, substance abuse, or illegal activity - again, without faith or hope.
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St. Nicholas, pray for us.