Posted on 12/12/2006 10:30:49 AM PST by Salvation
And in Iran they are holding a conference saying that the Holocaust never happened!
What I find amazing is that the large numbers of Mexican converts almost equaled the number who turned away in the Reformation in Europe.
A truly remarkable, beautiful story, thanks for posting.
**It seems it was, which is just amazing!**
Our priest related several miracles connected with the tilma.
First, the material will disintegrate in a period of years -- don't know the exact reason, but it might be connected with some kind of plant fiber -- I really don't know. It's still there today!
They had lots of candles burning under it for a long time -- Our santuary light is below cloth that covers our speakers and the cloth has to be replaced every so often because of the soot stain. The tilma has not been damaged by soot.
The Communists, in an effort to wipe out the last bastion of Catholicity in Mexico, set off a bomb below the case that holds the tilma. A metal cross was bent backwards over 30 degrees and all the windows on the church were blown out, but the glass protecting the tilma image was not broken.
The building has a huge fire, and everything inside was damaged, but the case with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe survived the fire. Whether that fire is connected with the bombing, I don't know. This last one was one that I had heard about. Our priest mentioned the others today.
I think I will choose not to believe the SF Chronicle.
(Can't fault them that badly, because an ad in the Chronicle brought our family out of California to Oregon! LOL!
Sounds wonderful. Carry on! You are such an inspiration!
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**God blesses pro-lifers, not nations that practice child sacrifice.**
Amen!
Glad to help.
You're welcome, friend.
Is this the first recorded appearance of Mary?
Bush v. Gore decided December 12th, 2000.
Hussein captured December 12th, 2003.
I think Our Lady of Guadalupe has been taking special care of us these last few years.
Bump!
I hope she continues.
I agree. Thanks for reminding me!
Nope. There were definitely a few in the first millenium as well.
"I am on the committee for the SOlemn Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe which will be held this evening at our large Midwestern church. We will have flags of the Americas, children dressed in native costumes, a procession, and a dinner. I have been over helping decorate the church.
Most of the people on the committee are not Hispanic, but Anglo. A lot of people don't know that she is the patroness of ALL of the Americas."
I am proud to have "met" you.
For a few years my husband got our priest to have a Holy Eucharist adoration from 9 p.m. on Dec. 8 to 1 a.m. on Dec. 9 for preborn babies.
It was pretty clear to me that this film is a metaphor for a decayed and dying USA which is rotting from within because it kills its children. Mel opens the film with the printed statement, No civilization is ever conquered from without unless it first decays from within" (something to that effect). This film also could be seen as a metaphor for a nation under attack by terroristic outside forces, and the only way to save ourselves is to be strong, as strong as we can be, because only we ourselves can protect our own family.
The characters are very appealing. Respect is shown to aged men and women. Even the villains, vile as they are, are portrayed with a degree of humanity.
Mel has included "religious" themed comments. When the captive Indians are marched away from their village, the youngest children are left behind as unneeded, left to fend for themselves. A woman captive looks back and prays aloud, apparently to their goddess, "Blessed Mother Ochotl, look after them and protect them."
In another scene, the bad guys begin to figure out that a lot of bad luck is coming their way because they've been hurting the hero, a young man named "Jaquar", and one prays to their god, "Father, forgive us for our trespasses against your holy son Jaguar".
This film is a story about a man trying to protect his family. It's very watchable. I had no problem at all following the subtitles.
My only criticism was an unnecessary use of the "f" word in the subtitles, in a phrase "he's f---ed" meaning "his goose is cooked". It got a cheap laugh and I guess Mel did it for his male audience.
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