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MMXII

C + 20 + M +12 + B

It is the custom for Traditional Catholics to mark above their entrance doors in chalk the symbol C+20+M+12+B. Hopefully the chalk is blessed on the feast by the priest when he also blessed the gold, frankincense and myrh. The formula includes the Roman Numerals of the year MMXII ( 2012 ); below it on the next line is the above symbol: C+20+M+12+B. The order begins C for Caspar; then a cross (+) which is followed by the first two numerals of the millennium 20, followed by another cross (+); then M for Melchior; then another cross (+), followed by the last two numerals of the year, then another cross (+), and finally B for Balthasar. It is a way for the faithful to recognize in their homes the Epiphany and the Kingship of Jesus Christ. The four crosses represent both the four centuries of waiting for the Messias, but more specifically the four gospels in which His truths and Kingship are proclaimed. This marking the thresholds of our homes is a beautiful custom that has been lost in today's culture when things of God are shelved for things of man.


51 posted on 07/09/2012 6:00:01 PM PDT by Robert Drobot (Fiat voluntas tua)
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Dedicated To 57,284 Martyred Roman Catholic Citizens
of Scotland and England

Tortured And Murdered For The Singular Crime Of Being Roman Catholics
A Punishment Condoned by a Heretic Church of England
Recently Embraced Without Condition of Penance and Baptism
by An Evil Vatican Newchurch
Determined to Re-write or Totally Ignore
Divinely Inspired Holy Dogma and Sacred Roman Rite Tradition

( A Partial Listing of Holy Souls )

Alexander Blake
Alexander Crow
Anthony Page
Arthur Bell
Charles Meehan
Christopher Robinson
Christopher Wharton
Edmund Duke
Edmund Sykes
Edward Bamber
Edward Burden
Edward Osbaldeston
Edward Thwing
Francis Ingleby
George Beesley
George Douglas
George Errington
Blessed George Haydock
George Nichols
Henry Heath
Henry Webley
Hugh Taylor
Humphrey Pritchard
Blessed James Bird
Blessed James Fenn
John Adams
John Bretton
John Fingley
John Hambley
John Hogg
John Lowe
Blessed John Munden
John Norton
Blessed John Nutter
John Sandys
John Sugar
John Talbot
John Thules
John Woodcock
Joseph Lambton
Marmaduke Bowes
Matthew Flathers
Montford Scott
Nicholas Garlick
Nicholas Horner
Nicholas Postgate
Nicholas Woodfen
Peter Snow
Ralph Grimston
Richard Flower
Richard Hill
Richard Holiday
Richard Sergeant
Richard Simpson
Richard Yaxley
Robert Bickerdike
Robert Dibdale
Robert Drury
Robert Grissold
Robert Hardesty
Robert Ludlam
Robert Middleton
Blessed Robert Nutter
Robert Sutton
Robert Thorpe
Roger Cadwallador
Roger Filcock
Roger Wrenno
Stephen Rowsham
Blessed Thomas Atkinson
Thomas Belson
Thomas Bullaker
Blessed Thomas Hemerford
Blessed Thomas Hunt
Thomas Palaster
Thomas Pilcher
Thomas Pormont
Thomas Sprott
Thomas Watkinson
Thomas Whitaker
Thurstan Hunt
William Carter
William Davies
William Gibson
William Knight
William Lampley
William Pike
William Southerne
William Spenser
William Thomson

Reflection

The spirit of Christ is ever a spirit of martyrdom;
It is always the spirit of the cross;
The more we share in the suffering life of Christ,
the greater share we inherit of His Spirit, and of the fruits of His death.

To souls mortified in their senses and disengaged from earthly things,
God gives frequent foretastes of the sweetness of eternal life,
and ardent desires of possessing Him in His glory.
This is the spirit of martyrdom, which entitles a Catholic a joyful resurrection and the bliss of eternal life.


52 posted on 07/09/2012 6:05:35 PM PDT by Robert Drobot (Fiat voluntas tua)
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