Posted on 10/29/2013 10:56:52 AM PDT by mlizzy
The Reverse Side - The back of the medal is dominated by a large cross. The letters on the cross are actually the initials for the Latin phrases: Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux (The Holy Cross be my light) and Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux (Let not the dragon be my guide).
In the four corners are circles with the letters CSPB. These letters are the initials for Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti (The Cross of our holy father Benedict).
At the top is the word Pax (peace). Around the edge are the initials for the exorcism prayer: Vade Retro Satana, Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana - Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas (Begone, Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities - evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thy own poison).
Must be awful being married to a spellcaster. I wonder how things are going on now. I was wearing, up until recently, a bracelet that had something like 15 small St. Benedict medals on it. I’m going to have to replace that. And of course, I had the blessed one that you gave a link to and had spoken about earlier. That one I left at our old rental hanging from the back door jam, because our landlady (a daily-Mass Catholic, but I never saw her in the confessional line) was an absolute terror, antagonizing and harassing us for the full nine months we lived there. We finally had to call the cops on her. I hope the medal does her some good.
All Hallows Eve. But dont tell the secularists!I've been told that Martin Luther celebrated Halloween in a religious sense (is that true?), but did the Catholic Church ever celebrate it as such?
Their opinion now? I really dont know. They never complained about missing it. Theyre all in their 20s now and scattered across the globe at the moment so theres not much chance to ask them.That's good; I received complaints! In their 20s now, they feel sorry for kids who have parents like me (in other words, none are understanding-of-their-parents'-actions like the writer of this thread, and hand out candy themselves. :)
One of the ways you can tell there really is a devil is the transformation of a harmless holiday to a full-on glorification of decadence and death.I agree. I took these photographs last night while walking our dog, Addy, and while she didn't bark boo, at the house on the left, she started woofing and lunging (I almost dropped my camera) at the home on the right. The devil's coach, close enough to the height of the house itself, took up about half of the front yard. And the creepy driver looked very much alive. I had to double-check myself.
But people do go way overboard these days.Which brings me to this Halloween decoration I photographed today. I had to ask myself, "why"?
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Sorry to hear that about the rent owner. Yes we still have Sheep and Goats in churches. Yikes.
The current secularized version of the festival has no salvific content and has been loosed from its theological moorings. It looks very much like a festival of death for a culture of death and for that reason I can see why parents might be concerned. But what is the proper response to a culture of death? To lock the Church behind closed doors or to let her out into the world? I think it is time for Catholics to accept the religious liberties that this culture claims to afford them and go public with their own festivals- and to do so dramatically and with a great deal of public fervor. What is holding us back? What are we afraid will happen? The reticence and fear that characterizes Catholics is costing the Church its unique culture and it is allowing the culture of death to flourish. --Father Steve Grunow
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