Posted on 03/02/2013 7:18:31 AM PST by NYer
OK, now I understand the bear in his crest.
Who’s the olive complected fellow he glories?
So, it’s not Prester John, but from a related tradition, since it is known as “caput Ethiopicum or the Moor of Freising.”
Prester John was the storied Christian Emperor of Ethiopia, which remained a Christian nation, according to European tradition when contact was lost with Ethipia as well as actual history, amidst pagan and Muslim Africans. So this particular line of Moors could be Christian rather than Muslim.
See post #10.
Thank you, Charlie, for a eloquent, moving and insightful essay. You are blessed with the gift of communication.
Compare to Saint Malachy’s Gloria olivæ...
Obama plans to bail out Italy ... says Americans have always loved Italy and NOW they can OWN it !!!
WASHINGTON, DC
Sources close to the White House have learned that Barack Obama is planning to run for the office of Pope when the College of Cardinals convenes to elect a successor to ailing Benedict XVI at the end of this month.
Calling on the promise of Equality for All, Obama is said to firmly believe that the time has come for a non-Catholic to occupy the Vatican ‘s highest office.
Foreseeing a looming citizenship issue he states that he has discovered an Italian birth certificate that proves he was born in Rome before he was born in Kenya and Hawaii .
Continuing, he concluded, “And there’s no way that a handful of cardinals could be more expensive to buy than 10 million voters in Michigan .”
Further questions should be directed to Obama’s Papal Campaign Manager, Abdul Azeem AliKhan.
Very much a bear! He was not afraid to get many things back to basics, removed clerics from their positions that they were not fulfilling, calling a spade a spade, inviting the LeFebryites back into the flock.
He was full of surprises and carried the load well.
Psalms 22 |
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1 | My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? |
2 | O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest. |
3 | Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. |
4 | In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. |
5 | To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed. |
6 | But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people. |
7 | All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; |
8 | "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" |
9 | Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. |
10 | Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God. |
11 | Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. |
12 | Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me; |
13 | they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. |
14 | I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast; |
15 | my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death. |
16 | Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet -- |
17 | I can count all my bones -- they stare and gloat over me; |
18 | they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. |
19 | But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! |
20 | Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! |
21 | Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen! |
22 | I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: |
23 | You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! |
24 | For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. |
25 | From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. |
26 | The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever! |
27 | All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. |
28 | For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. |
29 | Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. |
30 | Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, |
31 | and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it. |
1 | Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart. |
2 | But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped. |
3 | For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
4 | For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek. |
5 | They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men. |
6 | Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. |
7 | Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies. |
8 | They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. |
9 | They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. |
10 | Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them. |
11 | And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
12 | Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. |
13 | All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. |
14 | For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning. |
15 | If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children. |
16 | But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, |
17 | until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end. |
18 | Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin. |
19 | How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! |
20 | They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms. |
21 | When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, |
22 | I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee. |
23 | Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand. |
24 | Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory. |
25 | Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
26 | My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
27 | For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee. |
28 | But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works. |
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Believe!
The role of the pontiff is precisely that of a shepherd, leading the flock to Jesus Christ. He is ever watchful for wolves, lest they try to mislead the flock. Like our Lord, he keeps watch night and day.
I liked this part: [There were] times when it seemed the Lord slept. But I always knew that it was the Lords boat, not mine. Not ours. He will not let it sink.
An excellent analogy directed at those who fear the loss of their shepherd. He goes on to provide a prayer that is surely intended for you!
I adore you, my God, I love you with all my heart. I thank You for having created me, for having made me a Christian.
Benedict XVI does not limit his prayers only to catholics. He prays for you each day, as well. He is a man of great internal strength yet enormous humility. The papacy is a job only one person truly seeks - him who would destroy the church. The task of the cardinals is to find the one who has modeled his life on Christ and, like Benedict XVI and JPII, can carry the barque forward through troubled waters. The church is under siege from without and within. Please join your prayers with ours as we ask our Lord to send His Holy Spirit to guide the cardinals in selecting their successor.
Prior to his departure, Pope Benedict met with those cardinals who had already arrived. He said: Among you, among the College of Cardinals, there is also the future Pope, to whom, here today, I already promise my unconditional reverence and obedience. That is true humility!
God bless and keep him.
I did go to the site of the “Survior” game and it is very interesting indeed.
God Bless and be with the Cardinals.
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