Jan Sobieski and the Winged Hussars approve!
Posted on 10/07/2017 6:21:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
Polish Catholics held rosaries and prayed together Saturday along the country's 3,500-kilometer (2,000-mile) border, appealing to the Virgin Mary and God for salvation for Poland and the world in a national event that some felt had anti-Muslim overtones.
The unusual "Rosary to the Borders" event was organized by lay Catholics but was also endorsed by Polish church authorities, with 320 churches from 22 dioceses taking part. The prayers took place from the Baltic Sea coast in the north to the mountains along Poland's southern borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and all along the border of this country of 38 million where more than 90 percent declare themselves Roman Catholics.
Organizers say the prayers at some 4,000 locations commemorated the centenary of the apparitions of Fatima, when three shepherd children in Portugal said the Virgin Mary appeared to them.
But the event also commemorated the huge 16th-century naval battle of Lepanto, when a Christian alliance acting on the wishes of the pope defeated Ottoman Empire forces on the Ionian Sea, "thus saving Europe from Islamization," as organizers put it.
Prime Minister Beata Szydlo showed her support by tweeting an image of rosary beads with a crucifix and sending greetings to all the participants.
While organizers insisted the prayers Saturday were not directed against any group, some participants cited fears of Islam among their reasons for praying at the border.
Halina Kotarska, 65, traveled 230 kilometers (145 miles) from her home in Kwieciszewo, central Poland, to express gratitude after her 29-year-old son Slawomir survived a serious car wreck this year. She described it as a miracle performed by St. Mary.
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There should be an anti-muslim agenda. They know very well what the Nazis did; muslims are the same.
Hell, islam is an anti-life agenda.
Of course it’s anti-Muslim. It honors the Battle of Lepanto.
Hey ABC! — No “unknown motives” here!
If being anti Muslim is wrong, I have no plans on being right. 🇵🇭😀👍
All four grandparents born around Krakow — this massive outpouring of prayer makes me proud to be a Polish American.
Praying is a way that God can get the message. Bravo for the Poles.
Saturday, October 7
Liturgical Color: White
Today is the Memorial of Our Lady
of the Rosary. Pope Pius V instituted
this feast in 1571 to honor the
Blessed Virgin for victory at the
Battle of Lepanto, which he
attributed to her intercession.
Mark
How about “pro Western culture”, instead.
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Jan Sobieski and the Winged Hussars approve!
Yep. I see it too. Poland doesn’t want to become Germany. Or the UK. Or Syria. Or Detroit.
Addendum to post 32:
How laughable for ABC and the hordes of fake news media to shudder at a group of people opposing Islam. Looking in the mirror every morning, they see a hater of Christians.
Survival is an anti-Muslim agenda.
Sarcasm
Of course the US media will portray this demonstration of faith as anti Muslim. Muslim jihadists will kill Christians and not a word from the media, but a mass demonstration of Christian faith and the media will brand it as extremism and bigotry
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