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St. John Eudes
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.”
- Fulton Sheen
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- C.S. Lewis
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Almighty and eternal God, who created us in Thine image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, during our journeys through the internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
“The Few. The Proud. The Marines.” My dad and two of my brothers were Marines as well as my dearly departed SD. Prayers for all those brave men that have gone before us, and prayers for all those Marines still with us.
Semper Fi
“Ooh Rah”
Thanks, kindly Padre! Semper FI!
[Do or die!]
The wife and I were in the Marines in 1962-1966. we’re on our way to a high school Vet’s celebration right now. Oldest daughter was a Marine and our second oldest son IS a Marine (CWO4) who will retire next April with 26 years of service.
SEMPER FI, TO ALL MARINES. “OOH RAH!!!!!”
Thanks Father!
‘Rah, Top!
Thanks Fr. Z and Happy 241st to all.
This evening we’re hoisting a pint to Chesty Puller. There are photos of this great general online- what a mug! He was once at a demonstration of a new flamethrower and he asked: “Where do you put the bayonet? (!) He died a major general but was given a “tombstone promotion” to lieutenant general.
14:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkfOebBYm-U
Fr Anderson, Abbot of Clear Creek, is an ex-Marine. Also Fr James Jackson FSSP.
Ooh-rah, Semper Fi. Special prayers for those (and their familie) who never made it back Dillon, Ssgt. Best, and Wloka. May you rest in peace, and may Perpetal Light shine upon you. St. Michael, Patron of Marines, pray for us and St. MArtin, Patron of Infantry, pray for us.
Brian C 0311: Semper Fidelis.
robtbrown: That’s interesting. I hear a Catholic village is growing around Clear Creek. Impressive abbot. Fr. Jackson FSSP, that sounds like the author of Nothing Superfluous.
Ooh-Rah
My Marine is 5’3 & 112 pounds. She is a Lance Corporal and is about to become Corporal. Her nickname is “Little One” in the Corps and they call her “Small but Mighty.” She blows away her male counterparts at the range and has earned their respect. [I am instantly reminded of the line in A Midsummer Night’s Dearm: “And though she be but little, she is fierce.”]
She also is in the chef training program and IS well known for her CUSTOM omelettes. She loves feeding her brother and sister Marines and stays at her post instead of coming home on Thanksgiving to feed those who haven’t gotten permission to go home. (Food is the most important thing to a devil dog).
She grew up under Benedict and Father Z’s posts and podcasts. She loves her Catholic Faith and (ahem) was a Latin Honor Student in High School where she won the Latin award at graduation. Please pray for her as she goes to college at night while getting up everyday at 0330 to run the bake shop and help with breakfast. Her Gunny is seeing to it that she is being groomed for OCS… as soon as possible. She has decided to be a lifer in the Corp.
By the way, her Twitter acct is @CatholicMarine. Couldn’t be more proud to celebrate the Marines Birthday again this year. .. ooRAH! +JMJ+