DECEMBER 13 — ST. LUCY, VIRGIN, MARTYR

THE mother of St. Lucy suffered four years from an issue of blood, and the help of man failed. St. Lucy reminded her mother that a woman in the Gospel had been healed of the same disorder. "St. Agatha," she said, " stands ever in the sight of Him for whom she died. Only touch her sepulchre with faith, and you will be healed." They spent the night praying by the tomb, till, overcome by weariness, both fell asleep.

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DECEMBER 13 — ST. LUCY, VIRGIN, MARTYR

St. Agatha appeared in vision to St. Lucy, and calling her sister, foretold her mother's recovery and her own martyrdom. That instant the cure was effected; and in her gratitude the mother allowed her daughter to distribute her wealth among the poor, and consecrate her virginity to Christ. A young man to whom she had been promised in marriage, accused her as a Christian to the heathen; but Our Lord, by a special miracle, saved from outrage this virgin whom He had chosen for His own. The fire kindled around her did her no hurt. Then the sword was plunged into her heart, and the promise made at the tomb of St. Agatha was fulfilled.

REFLECTION. — The Saints had to bear sufferings and temptations greater far than yours. How did they overcome them? By the love of Christ. Nourish this pure love by meditating on the mysteries of Christ's life; and, above all, by devotion to the Holy Eucharist, which is the antidote against sin and the pledge of eternal life.


~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)


St. Lucy, pray for us.

I think that means ember’s days are starting soon…

The endurance of darkness is the preparation of great light - Saint John of the Cross

Go to mass my dudes

DECEMBER 17: THE MONK KING OF THE BRETONS
Saint Judicael of Brittany
Married Layperson and Monk
Died: 658
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He was a married layperson who was king of the Bretons. He was a prince who chose to become a monk even if he was the heir of his father. But when his brother died, he agreed to leave the monastery and take the throne. He ruled wisely, restoring peace between the Bretons and the Franks. He later abdicated from his throne, left the monarchy to one of his brothers, and chose to spend his last years as a monk again.

Lying may be one of the worst sins, since, the only title which Christ gives Satan is “The father of lies”. Therefore, to commit a lie is to say “God who is Truth, is not my father, since (as God himself as Christ has said, ‘a son can only do what he has learnt from his father’), I am the son of the father of lies.” by doing so, we are with our actions, rejecting the paternity of God and vowing ourselves to Satan: we are casting a vote that we are “children of the devil” and in so doing, casting our souls into hell.

From "Doc Kimble" on FB

“An honest man falls in love with an honest woman; he wishes, therefore to marry her, to be the father of her children, to secure her and himself. All systems of government should be tested by whether he can do this. If any system—feudal, servile, or barbaric—does, in fact, give him so large a cabbage-field that he can do it, there is the essence of liberty and justice. If any system—Republican, mercantile, or Eugenist—does, in fact, give him so small a salary that he can’t do it, there is the essence of eternal tyranny and shame.”
~ G.K. Chesterton

Artwork: 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘵 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 by Mark Keathley

@TheNewColumbiaMovement

It’s called a phone my friends, you all have one, read proverbs

DECEMBER 23 — ST. SERVULUS

He used to entreat devout persons to read the Holy Scriptures to him, which he heard with such attention as to learn them by heart. His time heconsecrated by assiduously singing hymns of praise and thanksgiving to God. After several years thus spent, his distemper having seized his vitals, he felt his end was drawing nigh. In his last moments he desired the poor and pilgrims, who had often shared in his charity, to sing sacred hymns and psalms for him. Whilst he joined his voice with theirs, he on a sudden cried out: "Silence; do you not hear the sweet melody and praise which resound in the heavens?" Soon after he spoke these words he expired, and his soul was carried by angels into everlasting bliss, about the year 590.

REFLECTION. — The whole behavior of this poor sick beggar loudly condemns those who, when blessed with good health and a plentiful fortune, neither do good works nor suffer the least cross with tolerable patience.


~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)


St. Servulus, pray for us.

“Christianity has been killed many times, yet never died, since we have a God who knows His way out of the grave”

-CS Lewis (I’m paraphrasing)

SYRIA

THIS IS POWERFUL

Christians DEFIANTLY raise a Cross in place of their Christmas Tree which was set on fire by Western backed Jihadist THUGS this evening

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