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I’ll take “Things That Actually Don’t Phase me” for $2000 Alex

Posted: April 2, 2024 by datechguy in culture, News/opinion
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The good folks at Libs of TicTok note an interesting double standard when it comes to “hate”.

Now given that I’m a very Catholic guy, who reads scripture regularly (a minimum of 21 chapters and seven Psalms a week) you might think this would bother me.

But other than the double standard, which at worst annoys and which I’ll note, it doesn’t really bother me. Let’s list the reasons why it doesn’t bother me in order of unimportance:

  1. I don’t know if they’re actual Catholic Bibles
  2. None of this does anything to my faith or anyone else’s
  3. As long as the person is alive it’s their soul to play with and or throw away
  4. You never know what God has in store for such a guy, If there was such a thing as the Bible on the day Saul left for Damascus he might have cheered burning them too.
  5. Such an act self identifies someone that I need to pray for thus generating needed prayer
  6. If those bibles belonged to the person who burned them it’s none of my business unless I lived in the town and was delayed by a fire illegally set at an intersection

In a republic reason one is the key one. I don’t believe in hate crimes. If a person chooses to hate their neighbor that’s on them people have the right to their own opinions even nasty ones. As long as those actions don’t harm anyone and involve their own property it’s not my business. In fact if they had not left this in the middle of an intersection blocking it I don’t think it would be newsworthy at all.

Now if they sheriff decides to cite this guy for blocking an intersection and reckless endangerment (fire at a public intersection) I’m all for it but those are the crimes involved period.

If some guy wants to buy bibles and burn them, it’s on them. Now if someone decides to try to take one of MY bibles or someone else’s Bible, Catholic or no, and destroys it, THEN we have a problem that needs to be acted on. That’s theft and vandalism.

But I’m not going to be provoked by idiots being idiots who are only harming themselves to anything other than prayer.

That’s how Christianity works.

Divine Mercy Novena Day Five and an Ed Piskor Thought

Posted: April 2, 2024 by datechguy in catholic, catholic devotions, culture
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The fifth day of the Divine Mercy Novena

Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH,* and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. As they return to unity with the Church, My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion.

Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son’s Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.

At the conclusion of the prayers pray the chaplet. Instructions are here.

The site for the National Shrine of Divine Mercy is here.

And I’ll close with a special message to those who ganged up to cancel comic artist Ed Piskor and helped drive him to suicide yesterday. If any of you a feeling a tad guilty over it, such as perhaps the good folks commenting at the Beat who seemingly had no issue with readers piling on until the man killed himself and suddenly comments on the article were closed.

If you’re looking for relief for this guilt now is the perfect time to take the hand of Mercy that Christ Offers and the confession and absolution offered this Sunday. It’s too late for Ed but not too late for you.

I didn’t know Ed or his work or even if he was a nice guy or even a good guy or not but this type of thing is poison to the culture and the soul.

Easter Monday Divine Mercy Novena Day Four PLUS April Indulgence Calendar

Posted: April 1, 2024 by datechguy in catholic, catholic devotions
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It’s Easter Monday and there is a point I want to make about the Gospel reading of the day:

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage. Then Jesus said to them,

“Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had happened. The chief priests assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’ And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” The soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present day.

Matthew 28:8-15

I always thought this was funny because if you think about it for a moment the level of absurdity is astounding. They wanted people to believe that a bunch of people with no military training who cut and run when Jesus was arrested were willing to confront armed soldiers of the Roman Empire to steal Jesus’ body without any fear of what kind of retaliation would come from Pilate for assaulting Roman soldiers or breaking a Roman seal.

Seriously? They really believed people were going to buy that?

Anyways here’s the novena prayers for day 4 of the Divine Mercy Novena ironically those Roman’s might have been some of those people Christ was talking about:

Today bring to Me The PAGANS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.

Most compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.

At the conclusion of the prayers pray the chaplet. Instructions are here.

The site for the National Shrine of Divine Mercy is here.

And here is the link to the April Indulgence Calendar for download from Dropbox where I upload the PDF for WQPH. The Easter season is a great time to earn indulgences.

Four years ago, in Fact even 1 Year ago this would have been considered an April Fools Post…

Posted: April 1, 2024 by datechguy in culture, middle east, official oppression
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…alas this is reality in the west in 2024:

This is an example of actual “islamophobia” that exists is among governments like England and colleges in the US who are terrified that if they stand up to those who support the mass murder of Jews, people that they’ve lionized and protected as “oppressed” they would face violence themselves from those very same people.

It’s is that fear that illustrates they know the actual reality and are too cowed to deal with it.

As a person who enjoys the study of history it’s rather fascinating to watch a society decaying and falling due to suicide which is the cause of the fall of every republic in history.

It’s in fact a lot less interesting when you are watching it happen while living within it.

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