American Idolatry
"What, me worship? I venerate."
Posted on 08/18/2019 7:02:49 AM PDT by marshmallow
It is the second time the Philippine president has green-lighted a Marian feast as a holiday
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law declaring Sept. 8 of every year, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Catholic Church, a "national special working holiday."
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the oldest Marian solemnities and one of the principal feasts of the liturgical devotion to the Blessed Mother.
A working holiday means that there will be classes in schools, while offices and other establishments will be open.
It is the second Marian feast to be declared a holiday in the Philippines. In 2017, Duterte declared Dec. 8 a special non-working holiday to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
He paid homage to Mary and described her as “selfless" when she accepted the invitation to be Jesus Christ's mother "so that the plan of salvation be realized."
The president, who has been a vocal critic of Catholic leaders, called Mary "the epitome of faith and source of inspiration" for many Christians, especially during challenging times.
(Excerpt) Read more at ucanews.com ...
I noticed on our corporate global calendar that offices in France and Germany were closed one day last week for the Assumption of Mary.
That’s great.
I know it is in Chile and I recall it being a holiday in Argentina during a visit there.
I found this on the internet
Assumption Day is a public holiday in countries such as Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, France, parts of Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland (the holiday may be regional or limited to certain groups in Switzerland).
One thing for sure — the next federally declared religious holiday in the US won’t be of Judea Christian traditions...
Nope. If Dems get into office, they will replace Veterans Day with Election Day and replace Columbus Day with whatever Muslim holiday is near to it. Both of those original days are numbered.
Hail Holy Queen... our life, our sweetness and our hope!
I’ve never seen a leader who is more all over the map than this guy.
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