Secondary School Teacher (Science, RE). UK Mountain Leader. Catholic. ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ Matthew 5:9
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St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
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#Iceland
Since this morning, a number of earthquakes have once again been recorded along the #Kolbeinsey Ridge, north of Grímsey; three of these had magnitudes ranging from 3.4 to 3.5.
📷 vedur.is
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Would you like to join with others in praying the rosary for Christian families? There is a rosary prayed every day on-line for this intention.
voiceofthefamily.com/daily-r…
Thursday prayers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.🕯️youtube.com/live/MjOQePyjq0k…
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Crystal clear explanation from WRN’s Ellie Evans on the dangers of the new Conversion Practices Bill to anyone who questions children who think they are ‘trans’.
Parents who tell children they will likely ‘grow out’ of their gender confusion could be reported to the police, even jailed.
Thank you @PatrickChristys for inviting us on the show. This is a dangerous Bill.
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No photograph of St. Charbel was ever taken during his lifetime. The holy hermit, who died on Christmas Eve in 1898, lived in deep seclusion at the Hermitage of St. Peter and St. Paul in Annaya, Mount Lebanon. Only his fellow monks ever saw his face.
More than 50 years later, on May 8, 1950, coincidentally the saint’s birthday....
four Maronite priests from Scranton, Pennsylvania, made a pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. Maroun in Annaya.
Father George Webby took a photo of the group standing with a guard outside the monastery.
When the film was developed, an unexpected figure appeared in the middle of the picture: an elderly monk with a white beard. Father Webby immediately showed the photograph to the elderly monks at the monastery. Without hesitation, they identified the man as St. Charbel.
That image became the basis for every portrait and photo of the saint that followed, including those displayed in St. Peter’s Basilica during his beatification and canonization. The mysterious appearance remains one of the most well-known signs associated with the humble Lebanese hermit whose intercession continues to bring healing to many.
Saint Charbel, pray for us!
Good conversation to have.
Friends, what is chastity—the second of the evangelical counsels?
Though the clergy and religious practice chastity through celibacy, the virtue itself is just as applicable to the laity.
Chastity simply means sexual uprightness or a rightly ordered sexuality—and this means bringing one’s sexual life under the aegis of love.
As Thomas Aquinas taught, love is not a feeling but rather an act of the will—more precisely, willing the good of the other. It is the ecstatic act by which we break free from the ego, whose gravitational pull wants to draw everything to itself.
Notice how the Church’s teaching that sex belongs within the context of marriage is meant to hold off this negative tendency. In saying that our sexuality should be subordinated to unity (the radical devotion to one’s spouse) and procreation (the radical devotion to one’s children), the Church is endeavoring to bring our sex lives completely under the umbrella of love.
What would our country look like if, starting today, every Catholic lived out the counsel of chastity? We would make an enormous dent in the pornography business; human trafficking would be dramatically reduced; abortions would appreciably decrease; and families would be significantly strengthened.
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Ahead of #BonfireNight, if you see fireworks being used inappropriately please report it to us via kent.police.uk/report. Always call 999 in an emergency.
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Today (11/5): Feast of the Holy Relics
(Trad.)
#angels
Learn more:
aleteia.org/2024/11/02/there…
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Don't be anxious about what you have, but about what you are!
- St. Gregory the Great
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Canada Post’s 2026 Christmas stamp features an angel from the mural surrounding the altar of St. Peter’s Church in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
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#DIDYOUKNOW: Just looking at the ocean has been proven to lift your mood. 🌊 ✨
The ocean helps regulate our climate, nourishes hundreds of millions of people, and produces about half of the oxygen on Earth.
So, when you take a deep breath, be sure to thank the ocean.
Angele Dei ✨
qui custos es mei,
Me tibi commissum pietate superna;
Hodie, illumina, custodi, rege, et guberna.
Amen.
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“How can we with mortal eyes
contemplate this image, whose celestial splendor the host of heaven presumes not to behold?”
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Pet Classics is here to help calm pets during fireworks season. ❤️
Listen on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and tag photos of your pets listening to the programme using #PetClassics and @ClassicFM.
📻 Pet Classics | 5pm–10pm on Thursday 5, Friday 6, and Saturday 7 November
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When we pray for the dead, we do so not only for them, but also with them, drawn into a reciprocal relationship that the Holy Spirit brings to life in our hearts. The Church is a mystery of communion between Christ, our head, and us, His members: from Him we receive life. This communion unites the blessed souls who already contemplate the face of God and all those who, in heaven or on earth, are journeying toward the radiant destination.
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Every person has an inalienable dignity. "Dignitas infinita" explains why that dignity endures in every circumstance and examines how poverty, war, and human trafficking violate our human dignity.
Dignitas infinita: Declaration on Human Dignity by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Read the full document: vatican.va/roman_curia/congr…