1475: Trent (Italy) was the scene of one of the more notorious ritual murders. A Franciscan monk, Bernardinus of Feltre, had recently arrived and began preaching Lent sermons against the jews. A week before Easter a boy by the name of Simon drowned in the river Adige. The monk charged the jews with using his body for its blood. The body washed up a few days later near the house of a jew who brought it to Bishop Honderbach. Seventeen jews were tortured for over two weeks. Some confessed while being tortured and 6 jews were burnt. Two more were strangled. A temporary hiatus was called by Pope Sixtus IV, but after five years the trial was reopened and 5 more jews were executed. The papal inquest agreed with the trial, Simon was beatified, and all jews were expelled for 300 years.

Whence the Gospel says: "Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken and the other left" (Matthew xxiv.42). The Holy Church shall be taken up into eternal rest: she who has ground the food of holiness unto the Lord. The Synagogue, stained with blood, shall be left at the mill, to endure its own unfaithfulness forever.

~ St. Maximus of Turin

1267: King Louis IX, after having burned, at the request of Pope Gregory, 24 cartloads of jewish books and ordered them to wear a jew’s badge, now made plans to confiscate their property and expel the jews.

The Stigmatization Of
St. Francis

~Peter Paul Rubens 1616

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Francis right for once

Had a discussion with someone about Mary supposedly being co-redemptrix yesterday so I thought I’d post my thoughts on here too:

You cannot hold this position without saying that although the Apostles merely played a role in distributing the graces of redemption, in helping the work of redemption flourish, and so forth, had nothing to do with the act itself. This also goes for the Apostolic Fathers and Church Fathers in general. Whilst they did not have anything to do with the formal, specific act of redemption itself like Mary, they helped in that sense, and Mary in the sense that she played a crucial role in the mission of redemption and the events leading up to the redemption. In order to be consistent you have to put Mary in the left column before Christ or being in Union with Christ in the act itself, or put her on the right with the Apostles and Fathers.

The Mother of God played a stronger role than the Apostles, of course. I do not deny that. However, she is not to be put on the left side with Christ or instead of Christ. Since Christ alone is the redeemer. The Council of Trent and the Council of Florence are very clear on this. Hence why the title of Mary being the New Eve is actually sufficient, unlike co-redemptrix since it’s a giant loophole in which you have to either: A, address these things, or B, keep arguing in circles and ignoring them.

You can’t can’t give her—not the apostles— that title and ignore the fact that she had nothing to do with the act of redemption itself. The title would cease to be necessary or accurate in any sense, it’s self-contradictory. You can’t argue it without ignoring this. So it just ends up becoming loopy and circular. Redeemer is a word which is synonymous with saviour, Mary had nothing to do with the actual act of Christ redeeming the entire human species. And this title implies that she did help with that, when in reality she only played a crucial role in the events prior; the mission. Not in the ACT. You can’t give her this title and say she didn’t help act in union with Christ to redeem, the title would cease to be itself, so would Mary. She was a helper, as were the apostles. Not a co-‘redeemer.’

It’s exactly like how Eve played a crucial role in the events leading up to the fall, but had nothing to do with the actual act of Adam bringing physical death, suffering, concupiscence, and the absence of sanctifying Grace in infants into the world. Hence the need for Infant Baptism. Romans 5:12 states very clearly that it was directly because of Adam that sin entered into the world, not Eve.

Once the co-redemptrix position is actually explained it makes sense and I agree with it. Basically leads to them saying she wasn’t a co-redeemer lmao, just the New Eve. St. Alphonsus does this perfectly. It’s simply just a false, unnecessary title given to the Blessed Virgin. You can’t say you believe co-redemptrix then say she wasn’t a co-redeemer 😂😂.

The Angelus sung by the Daughters of Mary, affiliated with the SSPV.

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