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Catholic Caucus: Why the sign of Our Lady reigns over Europe
Catholic Herald.co.uk ^
| 4 Dec 2009
| Angelo Stagnaro
Posted on 12/05/2009 8:17:34 AM PST by GonzoII
When secularists parade with the European Union flag they are unwittingly honouring the Immaculate Conception
Belgium is a wonderful country but one cant always tell that when in Brussels. This city is the least example of how wonderful the country as a whole is. I dont think even the residents of Brussels want to be there.
I walked across one of the many plazas scattered throughout this, one of the three capitals of the European Union, when I spied a shop festooned completely, in and out, with the European Union flag. The EU symbol is so ubiquitous throughout Europe that one can barely register it consciously.
Ive always been impressed with the clean layout and design of the European Unions flag. Its subfusc, cerulean blue is coincidently my favourite colour. Its the blue present in the sky just as the sun is about to rise. Personally, Ive always associated that particular shade of blue with the Blessed Mother.
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TOPICS: Catholic; History; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: bvm; catholic; eu; miraculousmedal; ourlady
"Rv:12: 1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."
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posted on
12/05/2009 8:17:35 AM PST
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GonzoII
To: All
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posted on
12/05/2009 8:18:30 AM PST
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GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
To: GonzoII
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posted on
12/05/2009 8:20:52 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Mrs. Don-o; Salvation; NYer; wagglebee; narses
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12/05/2009 8:21:56 AM PST
by
GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
To: GonzoII
"..the European flag was adopted by the then European Economic Community on December 8 1955, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Coincidence? I think not." Somehow, I don't think so.
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12/05/2009 8:25:09 AM PST
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GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: vladimir998
This Religion Forum thread is labeled “Catholic Caucus” which means neither the article nor the reply posts may represent the beliefs of non-Catholics or else the thread must be opened so that they can speak for themselves.
To: Religion Moderator
Okay.
Thanks by the way for lending your official stamp of approval, by way of deleting the post, that the non-Catholic beliefs in question were paranoid and crazy.
:)
I can live with that.
To: GonzoII
Bit of a reach, there. Take, if you would, the analogy a little further. What/where is the clothing of the sun and the moon under her feet?
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12/05/2009 5:38:50 PM PST
by
MarkBsnr
( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: MarkBsnr
"Bit of a reach, there. Take, if you would, the analogy a little further. What/where is the clothing of the sun and the moon under her feet?" There is no analogy, rather a biblical verse containing the origin of the EU flag's twelve stars.
"Arsène Heitz, the flags designer, acknowledged in a 2008 interview that he derived the design of a circle of 12 golden stars from the Book of Revelation. As Heitz was considering a design to submit for the EU, he was reading the history of the Blessed Virgins apparitions in Paris Rue du Bac, known today as the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal. In fact, he belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which would explain his intimate acquaintanceship with the symbol. "
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12/05/2009 9:51:43 PM PST
by
GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
To: GonzoII
"Arsène Heitz, the flags designer, acknowledged in a 2008 interview that he derived the design of a circle of 12 golden stars from the Book of Revelation. As Heitz was considering a design to submit for the EU, he was reading the history of the Blessed Virgins apparitions in Paris Rue du Bac, known today as the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal. In fact, he belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which would explain his intimate acquaintanceship with the symbol. " Got it. Thanks. I never realized it...
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12/07/2009 3:53:40 PM PST
by
MarkBsnr
( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: GonzoII
"Arsène Heitz, the flags designer, acknowledged in a 2008 interview that he derived the design of a circle of 12 golden stars from the Book of Revelation. As Heitz was considering a design to submit for the EU, he was reading the history of the Blessed Virgins apparitions in Paris Rue du Bac, known today as the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal. In fact, he belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which would explain his intimate acquaintanceship with the symbol. " Got it. Thanks. I never realized it...
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12/07/2009 3:58:28 PM PST
by
MarkBsnr
( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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