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JPII, Pachamama & Marrying in Ireland
JPII Praised Pachamama
Recently I googled "Pachamama" and notices the mention of John Paul II's endorsement, in this long Wikipedia article. Perhaps you might want to do a little more research. Francis gets all the blame for the horror of five years ago, but JP II set a precedent. For him was pagan worship all just fine?
Below is the most expressive text.
P.O.B.
Along similar lines, Pope John Paul II, in two homilies delivered in Peru and Bolivia, identified homage to Pachamama as an ancestral recognition of divine providence that in some sense prefigured a Christian attitude toward creation. On February 3, 1985, he stated that "your ancestors, by paying tribute to the earth (Mama Pacha), were doing nothing other than recognizing the goodness of God and his beneficent presence, which provided them food by means of the land they cultivated."[13]
On May 11, 1988, he stated that God "knows what we need from the food that the earth produces, this varied and expressive reality that your ancestors called "Pachamama" and that reflects the work of divine providence as it offers us its gifts for the good of man."[14]
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Irving Berlin’s Song
I had no idea God Bless America was written by Irving Berlin. Good to know.
[Name removed] complains about the modern "jazzed up" version of this song, but then he sends a version that at a certain point features a very distinct swing beat (compare to this) in the background... Sentimental, jazzy, Hollywood-esque, and no-good.
Plus, Irving Berlin was a Mason. I discussed that in my article here.
"Thus, the viewer learns that the secularization of Christmas through popular culture really began with Irving Berlin’s song, White Christmas, which was debuted by the famous Bing Crosby. Is it a coincidence that Crosby, a lifelong Catholic, was chosen to debut this song? Could it be that Jewish songwriters understood that their songs would have a better reception if presented to the public by Catholics? As an aside, perhaps the answers to these questions can be found when considering Irving Berlin was also a known Freemason, a member of the Munn Lodge No. 203 of Manhattan, NY."
In Jesu et Maria,
Salwa Bachar
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Charismatic Fr. Gilson Pupo
I read in Crux this news report on a charismatic young priest who is being attacked by the left.
So, we have this paradox: a guitar priest who is identified as right-wing. For me the charismatic movement is the most progressivist adaptation of the Conciliar Church to modernity. Also progressivism and left-wing are synonymous. Now, we have a “right-wing” guitar priest who is charismatic and prays the Rosary…
Everything is getting so crazy that it is difficult to keep our feet straight.
I would not be surprised if someone would tell me that Fr. Gilson is also a teacher of Zen meditation…
G.L.
SÃO PAULO – March 13, 2015 – A live social media broadcast early in the morning promoted by a Charismatic Catholic Renewal priest sparked political controversy in Brazil over the past few days, with the left-wing accusing him of having political interests and the right-wing – including former President Jair Bolsonaro – supporting him.
Known as Frei (Friar) Gilson, 38-year-old Father Gilson da Silva Pupo Azevedo has been gaining notoriety in the South American country over the last few years, especially due to his work as a singer – he leads a ministry of music called Som do Monte (Sound of the Mount) – and to his social media presence.
For Lent, he is leading the Rosary at 4 AM in the morning, and over 1.2 million people are watching it online.
Ordained in 2013, Gilson is a member of the Brazilian community Carmelitas Mensageiros do Espírito Santo (Carmelite Brothers, the Messengers of the Holy Spirit), founded in 2003 and inspired by the Carmelite Order.
Continue reading here
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Marrying in Old Ireland
Ave Maria Purissima!
You can see she is holding a little present in her left hand and Santa is trying to get her to stand beside him or sit on his knee. She is resisting but you can see his hand is grasping her tightly. She is rightly embarrassed by the whole thing.
She is not wearing a uniform as only in convent National Schools was a uniform required. She is a country girl in a very wet county so she wears her Wellingtons and probably this was her normal school footwear. They look a little dirty in places so in my school she would have been strapped for failing inspection. That flesh between her skirt and Wellingtons would also have been warmed up by the Nuns and brown paper pinned to the skirt. A note to her parents would have been sent home that day.
However, she is relatively modestly dressed and looks innocent and cheerful. She would leave school at 13 with a State exam and then a girl like this would almost certainly have remained at home until a suitable prospective husband could have been found. Match makers were very popular in rural areas where there was little social life except the public house and the dance hall. Good Catholic parents would not allow their daughters visit either.
There was a high rate of unmarried girls in rural Ireland sometimes because they did not find a suitable husband but often because they simply did not like the idea of marriage and all that went with it, the marriage act and children etc. There was a genuine love of purity and chastity among many Irish girls fostered by membership of the Children of Mary Sodality, which was widespread.
Yours sincerely,
C.P., Ireland
Posted April 3, 2025
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Just a thought...
After reading today's entry regarding the vicious scourging of Our Lord I think they should change the words of this Second Sorrowful Mystery to, 'The Shredding of the Flesh of Christ at the Pillar'.
S.S.S.