"Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?"
— God, Ezekiel 18:21–24

Since there have been recent discussions of the "miracle" of the holy fire I figured I would repost the following clip from Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World where he shows that this "miracle" is not a miracle at all. I suggest watching the full video, it goes in much more depth than the few segments I stitched together.

Clips from Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Episode #293 on the "miracle" of the holy fire (Full Video: https://youtu.be/jinCx29LWV4).

The Catholic disposition towards both private revelation and accounts of miracles continues to show itself to be superior to all other positions. We avoid a blasphemous naturalism by insisting on the reality of direct divine intervention, either through private revelation or miracles, while also avoiding the pitfalls of an irrational paganistic acceptance of fables and superstition.

"Here then are the three degrees of charity toward our enemies: to love them, to do good to them, and to pray for them. The first is the source of the second: if we love, we give. The last is the one that we think is the easiest to do, but is in fact the most difficult, because it is the one that we must do in relation to God."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"Let us ponder the fact that he will judge us as we have judged our neighbor. If we pardon, he will pardon us; if we avenge our injuries, we will 'suffer vengeance from the Lord' (Sir. 28:1). His vengeance will pursue us in life and in death, and we will have no rest either in this world or the next."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"If we reserve all of the business of our salvation until the day of our death, it will be far too busy a day. Let us begin now to prepare for the graces that we will need then, and, by pardoning those who hurt us, let us assure ourselves of the eternal mercy of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"It is an error, or rather a heresy, to endeavor to banish a devout life from the camps of soldiers, the shops of tradesmen, the courts of princes, or the affairs of married people... Wheresoever we are, we may and ought to aspire to a perfect life."
— St. Francis de Sales, An Introduction to the Devout Life

"Without the light of God’s revelation, we can become blind to even the most common sense issues of morality. Thank you, Lord, for your Law, which keeps us from descending to the level of brutes and animals, which teaches us to live with dignity appropriate to rational and spiritual beings, to children of God."
— John Bergsma, The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year B

"Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology, which cancels out differences. I asked for studies to be done on this ugly ideology of our time, which erases differences and makes everything the same; erasing difference is erasing humanity. Man and woman, however, exist in a fruitful tension."
— Pope Francis, Friday, March 1, 2024

Reminder:

"It's not about who's 'based' and who's 'blue-pilled', it's about who is in communion with Rome. Do you believe that Peter is the vicar of Christ or do you not? That's what matters."
- Nicholas J. Fuentes, host of America First

"Everything in the Law, even the smallest detail, is significant, and everything, even the smallest detail, will be accomplished in the Gospel."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they [the Jews] have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."
— St. Paul, Romans 10:1–4 (ESV:CE)

"God showed me how to have faith in him for ever, as one who is never to be doubted. He answered my prayer in such a way that in the last days, ignorant though I am, I might be bold enough to take up so holy and so wonderful a task, and imitate in some degree those whom the Lord had so long ago foretold as heralds of his Gospel, bearing witness to all nations."
— St. Patrick, Confessions of St. Patrick, Office of Readings

Collect for the Feast of Saint Patrick

Full Video: Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle