I wish someone would ask the anti-Israel protesters here, especially the young college students protesting Israel's "occupation" this question: " Are you willing to give up school and everything you have here, and, unless you are first or second generation American, get a DNA test to figure out which country, or countries, you need to return to in order to end your occupation of Native American lands?"
Wonder how that would go over with the smug little, know-nothing hypocrites?
I am a devout Catholic. What is happening with Hama and all Anti Semites is appalling. That said, the date Oct. 7th has meaning which I am surprised no one has picked - similar to 9/11. It is the anniversary of The Battle of Lepanto. In my faith it established the feast day of Our Lady of Victory, one of the many titles honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. See attached. Erick you may find this interesting although I understand protestant Christians find the Virgin Mary problematic. This post is by the late Mike Novak at National Review:
In lieu of history this should be noted. I think the date is very important. Oct 7th. Also see this article written by Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen in 1952: Prophetic? I think so. Pray the rosary daily:
Mary and the Moslems
by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
1952
TAKEN FROM THE WORLD'S FIRST LOVE
Moslemism is the only great post-Christian religion of the world. Because it had its origin in the seventh century under Mohammed, it was possible to unite within it some elements of Christianity and of Judaism.
Moslemism takes the doctrine of the unity of God, His Majesty, and His Creative Power, and uses it as a basis for the repudiation of Christ, the Son of God.
Misunderstanding the notion of the Trinity, Mohammed made Christ a prophet only.
The Catholic Church throughout Northern Africa was virtually destroyed by Moslem power and at the present time (circa 1950), the Moslems are beginning to rise again.
If Moslemism is a heresy, as Hilaire Belloc believes it to be, it is the only heresy that has never declined, either in numbers, or in the devotion of its followers.
The missionary effort of the Church toward this group has been, at least on the surface, a failure, for the Moslems are so far almost unconvertible. The reason is that for a follower of Mohammed to become a Christian is much like a Christian becoming a Jew. The Moslems believe that they have the final and definitive revelation of God to the world and that Christ was only a prophet announcing Mohammed, the last of God's real prophets.
Today (1950), the hatred of the Moslem countries against the West is becoming hatred against Christianity itself. Although the statesmen have not yet taken it into account, there is still grave danger that the temporal power of Islam may return and, with it, the menace that it may shake off a West which has ceased to be Christian, and affirm itself as a great anti-Christian world power.
Moslem writers say, "When the locust swarms darken vast countries, they bear on their wings these Arabic words: 'We are God's host. each of us has ninety-nine eggs, and if we had a hundred, we should lay waste the world with all that is in it.' "
The problem is, How shall we prevent the hatching of the hundredth egg? It is our firm belief that the fears some entertain concerning the Moslems are not to be realized, but that Moslemism, instead, will eventually be converted to Christianity --- and in a way that even some of our missionaries never suspect. It is our belief that this will happen not through the direct teaching of Christianity, but through a summoning of the Moslems to a veneration of the Mother of God. This is the line of argument:
The Koran, which is the Bible of the Moslems, has many passages concerning the Blessed Virgin. First, the Koran believes in her Immaculate Conception and in her Virgin Birth. The third chapter of the Koran places the history of Mary's family in a genealogy that goes back through Abraham, Noah, and Adam. When one compares the Koran's description of the birth of Mary with the apocryphal Gospel of the birth of Mary, one is tempted to believe that Mohammed very much depended upon the latter. Both books describe the old age and the definite sterility of Anne, the mother of Mary. When, however, Anne conceives, the mother of Mary is made to say in the Koran: "O Lord, I vow and I consecrate to you what is already within me. Accept it from me."
When Mary is born, her mother, Anne, says: "And I consecrate her with all of her posterity under thy protection, O Lord against Satan!"
The Koran passes over Joseph in the life of Mary, but the Moslem tradition knows his name and has some familiarity with him. In this tradition, Joseph is made to speak to Mary, who is a virgin. As he inquired how she conceived Jesus without a father, Mary answered: "Do you not know that God, when He created the wheat had no need of seed, and that God by His Power made the trees grow without the help of rain? All that God had to do was to say. 'So be it, and it was done.' "
The Koran has also verses on the Annunciation, Visitation, and Nativity. Angels are pictured as accompanying the Blessed Mother and saying, "O Mary, God has chosen you and purified you, and elected you above all the women of the earth." In the nineteenth chapter of the Koran, there are forty-one verses on Jesus and Mary. There is such a strong defense of the virginity of Mary here that the Koran, in the fourth book, attributes the condemnation of the Jews to their monstrous calumny against the Virgin Mary.
Mary, then, is for the Moslems the true Sayyida, or Lady. The only possible serious rival to her in their creed would be Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed himself. However, after the death of Fatima, Mohammed wrote: "Thou shalt be the most blessed of all the women in Paradise, after Mary." In a variant of the text, Fatima is made to say, "I surpass all the women, except Mary."
VIEW AN ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, LARGE
This brings us to our second point, namely, why the Blessed Mother, in this twentieth century (1950), should have revealed herself in the insignificant little village of Fatima, so that to all future generations she would be known as "Our Lady of Fatima."
Since nothing ever happens out of Heaven except with a finesse of all details, I believe that the Blessed Virgin chose to be known as "Our Lady of Fatima" as a pledge and a sign of hope to the Moslem people, and as an assurance that they, who show her so much respect, will one day accept her Divine Son, too.
Evidence to support these views is found in the historical fact that the Moslems occupied Portugal for centuries. At the time when they were finally driven out, the last Moslem chief had a beautiful daughter by the name of Fatima. A Catholic boy fell in love with her, and for him she not only stayed behind when the Moslems left, but even embraced the Catholic faith. The young husband was so much in love with her that he changed the name of the town where he lived to Fatima. Thus, the very place where Our Lady appeared in 1917 bears a historical connection to Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed.
The final evidence of the relationship of Fatima to the Moslems is the enthusiastic reception that the Moslems in Africa and India and elsewhere gave to the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Moslems attended the Catholic services in honor of Our Lady; they allowed religious processions and even prayers before their mosques; and in Mozambique the Moslems, who were unconverted, began to be Christian as soon as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was erected.
Missionaries in the future will increasingly see that their apostolate among the Moslems will be successful in the measure that they preach Our Lady of Fatima. Mary is the advent of Christ, bringing Christ to the people before Christ Himself is born. In any apologetic endeavor, it is always best to start with that which people already accept. Because the Moslems have a devotion to Mary, our missionaries should be satisfied merely to expand and to develop that devotion, with the full realization that Our Blessed Lady will carry the Moslems the rest of the way to her Divine Son. She is forever a "traitor," in the sense that she will not accept any devotion for herself, but will always bring anyone who is devoted to her to her Divine Son. As those who lose devotion to her lose belief in the Divinity of Christ, so those who intensify devotion to her gradually acquire that belief.
Many of our great missionaries in Africa have already broken down the bitter hatred and prejudices of the Moslems against the Christians through their acts of charity, their schools and hospitals. It now remains to use another approach, namely, that of taking the forty-first chapter of the Koran and showing them that it was taken out of the Gospel of Luke, that Mary could not be, even in their own eyes, the most blessed of all the women of Heaven if she had not also borne One Who was the Saviour of the world. If Judith and Esther of the Old Testament were prefigures of Mary, then it may very well be that Fatima herself was a postfigure of Mary! The Moslems should be prepared to acknowledge that, if Fatima must give way in honor to the Blessed Mother, it is because she is different from all the other mothers of the world and that without Christ she would be nothing.
Please note the above is stating the Koran blames the Jewish people for calumny. That is NOT in any way shape or form the belief of a practicing Catholic with a strong knowledge of the Catechism. See this article as well. God bless and keep the Jewish people safe as they are the Chosen Ones.
If they vote democrat they are supporting the Democrat Party who does not support Jews. Just look at the history Democrat Party and look at what the Biden Administration is doing right now. Lots of talk, but no action. He thinks that will appease, but I see through it. They hate the Jews and the Black and they always have, period. Now I can actually say with their action the last three years -- they hate America!!
Looking for Humanism's answer to these questions delusionally believing humanity is basically good. Yeah, we know the answer from Scripture and its answers. Wondering how humanism as a "true believer" philosophy continues to propagate out the wild. Who can possibly believe humans are not flawed at the inner core when those flaws explode into our world with such violence?
She is so right about existing on another planet. Prayers for answers for this courageous mother, her family and for all the others who reside in that same place with her.
I could not believe that the co-pilot of a large US airline would pull a pistol out and threaten the Capt. about a decision that the Capt. believed they should change course to take care of a passenger that needed MEDICAL help.
I had to retire about 30 years ago, after 40 years of flying, and NEVER DID I BELEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN.
But today is different, very different, very very different.
God love that poor woman and all of those suffering. I can’t even imagine the pain and feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. All I know to do is pray.
satan is alive and well. he is showing his strength these days like never before in my life time. We all need to Pray for this family as well as our own, that we KNOW JESUS. He is our Savior. Those people and many other families like them are His brothers and sisters with God the Father. Yes, the SEVEN YEAR PEACE AGREEMENT will be signed soon and the last seven years will start. Then in the middle of those seven years, satan is thrown out and then the Great Tribulation and then He comes with His Angeles to get us and take us home. That will be our day when we will see nothing but love with NO hate.
Blessings to you Erick for showing all what is really going on in this world today with the Jews and what they are suffering.
The UN is worthless and anti-Israel and despises the US
There is nothing else to say. She said it all.
I wish someone would ask the anti-Israel protesters here, especially the young college students protesting Israel's "occupation" this question: " Are you willing to give up school and everything you have here, and, unless you are first or second generation American, get a DNA test to figure out which country, or countries, you need to return to in order to end your occupation of Native American lands?"
Wonder how that would go over with the smug little, know-nothing hypocrites?
OH MY GOD!
I am a devout Catholic. What is happening with Hama and all Anti Semites is appalling. That said, the date Oct. 7th has meaning which I am surprised no one has picked - similar to 9/11. It is the anniversary of The Battle of Lepanto. In my faith it established the feast day of Our Lady of Victory, one of the many titles honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. See attached. Erick you may find this interesting although I understand protestant Christians find the Virgin Mary problematic. This post is by the late Mike Novak at National Review:
https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/history/how-the-1571-battle-of-lepanto-saved-europe.html
In lieu of history this should be noted. I think the date is very important. Oct 7th. Also see this article written by Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen in 1952: Prophetic? I think so. Pray the rosary daily:
Mary and the Moslems
by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
1952
TAKEN FROM THE WORLD'S FIRST LOVE
Moslemism is the only great post-Christian religion of the world. Because it had its origin in the seventh century under Mohammed, it was possible to unite within it some elements of Christianity and of Judaism.
Moslemism takes the doctrine of the unity of God, His Majesty, and His Creative Power, and uses it as a basis for the repudiation of Christ, the Son of God.
Misunderstanding the notion of the Trinity, Mohammed made Christ a prophet only.
The Catholic Church throughout Northern Africa was virtually destroyed by Moslem power and at the present time (circa 1950), the Moslems are beginning to rise again.
If Moslemism is a heresy, as Hilaire Belloc believes it to be, it is the only heresy that has never declined, either in numbers, or in the devotion of its followers.
The missionary effort of the Church toward this group has been, at least on the surface, a failure, for the Moslems are so far almost unconvertible. The reason is that for a follower of Mohammed to become a Christian is much like a Christian becoming a Jew. The Moslems believe that they have the final and definitive revelation of God to the world and that Christ was only a prophet announcing Mohammed, the last of God's real prophets.
Today (1950), the hatred of the Moslem countries against the West is becoming hatred against Christianity itself. Although the statesmen have not yet taken it into account, there is still grave danger that the temporal power of Islam may return and, with it, the menace that it may shake off a West which has ceased to be Christian, and affirm itself as a great anti-Christian world power.
Moslem writers say, "When the locust swarms darken vast countries, they bear on their wings these Arabic words: 'We are God's host. each of us has ninety-nine eggs, and if we had a hundred, we should lay waste the world with all that is in it.' "
The problem is, How shall we prevent the hatching of the hundredth egg? It is our firm belief that the fears some entertain concerning the Moslems are not to be realized, but that Moslemism, instead, will eventually be converted to Christianity --- and in a way that even some of our missionaries never suspect. It is our belief that this will happen not through the direct teaching of Christianity, but through a summoning of the Moslems to a veneration of the Mother of God. This is the line of argument:
The Koran, which is the Bible of the Moslems, has many passages concerning the Blessed Virgin. First, the Koran believes in her Immaculate Conception and in her Virgin Birth. The third chapter of the Koran places the history of Mary's family in a genealogy that goes back through Abraham, Noah, and Adam. When one compares the Koran's description of the birth of Mary with the apocryphal Gospel of the birth of Mary, one is tempted to believe that Mohammed very much depended upon the latter. Both books describe the old age and the definite sterility of Anne, the mother of Mary. When, however, Anne conceives, the mother of Mary is made to say in the Koran: "O Lord, I vow and I consecrate to you what is already within me. Accept it from me."
When Mary is born, her mother, Anne, says: "And I consecrate her with all of her posterity under thy protection, O Lord against Satan!"
The Koran passes over Joseph in the life of Mary, but the Moslem tradition knows his name and has some familiarity with him. In this tradition, Joseph is made to speak to Mary, who is a virgin. As he inquired how she conceived Jesus without a father, Mary answered: "Do you not know that God, when He created the wheat had no need of seed, and that God by His Power made the trees grow without the help of rain? All that God had to do was to say. 'So be it, and it was done.' "
The Koran has also verses on the Annunciation, Visitation, and Nativity. Angels are pictured as accompanying the Blessed Mother and saying, "O Mary, God has chosen you and purified you, and elected you above all the women of the earth." In the nineteenth chapter of the Koran, there are forty-one verses on Jesus and Mary. There is such a strong defense of the virginity of Mary here that the Koran, in the fourth book, attributes the condemnation of the Jews to their monstrous calumny against the Virgin Mary.
Mary, then, is for the Moslems the true Sayyida, or Lady. The only possible serious rival to her in their creed would be Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed himself. However, after the death of Fatima, Mohammed wrote: "Thou shalt be the most blessed of all the women in Paradise, after Mary." In a variant of the text, Fatima is made to say, "I surpass all the women, except Mary."
VIEW AN ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, LARGE
This brings us to our second point, namely, why the Blessed Mother, in this twentieth century (1950), should have revealed herself in the insignificant little village of Fatima, so that to all future generations she would be known as "Our Lady of Fatima."
Since nothing ever happens out of Heaven except with a finesse of all details, I believe that the Blessed Virgin chose to be known as "Our Lady of Fatima" as a pledge and a sign of hope to the Moslem people, and as an assurance that they, who show her so much respect, will one day accept her Divine Son, too.
Evidence to support these views is found in the historical fact that the Moslems occupied Portugal for centuries. At the time when they were finally driven out, the last Moslem chief had a beautiful daughter by the name of Fatima. A Catholic boy fell in love with her, and for him she not only stayed behind when the Moslems left, but even embraced the Catholic faith. The young husband was so much in love with her that he changed the name of the town where he lived to Fatima. Thus, the very place where Our Lady appeared in 1917 bears a historical connection to Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed.
The final evidence of the relationship of Fatima to the Moslems is the enthusiastic reception that the Moslems in Africa and India and elsewhere gave to the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Moslems attended the Catholic services in honor of Our Lady; they allowed religious processions and even prayers before their mosques; and in Mozambique the Moslems, who were unconverted, began to be Christian as soon as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was erected.
Missionaries in the future will increasingly see that their apostolate among the Moslems will be successful in the measure that they preach Our Lady of Fatima. Mary is the advent of Christ, bringing Christ to the people before Christ Himself is born. In any apologetic endeavor, it is always best to start with that which people already accept. Because the Moslems have a devotion to Mary, our missionaries should be satisfied merely to expand and to develop that devotion, with the full realization that Our Blessed Lady will carry the Moslems the rest of the way to her Divine Son. She is forever a "traitor," in the sense that she will not accept any devotion for herself, but will always bring anyone who is devoted to her to her Divine Son. As those who lose devotion to her lose belief in the Divinity of Christ, so those who intensify devotion to her gradually acquire that belief.
Many of our great missionaries in Africa have already broken down the bitter hatred and prejudices of the Moslems against the Christians through their acts of charity, their schools and hospitals. It now remains to use another approach, namely, that of taking the forty-first chapter of the Koran and showing them that it was taken out of the Gospel of Luke, that Mary could not be, even in their own eyes, the most blessed of all the women of Heaven if she had not also borne One Who was the Saviour of the world. If Judith and Esther of the Old Testament were prefigures of Mary, then it may very well be that Fatima herself was a postfigure of Mary! The Moslems should be prepared to acknowledge that, if Fatima must give way in honor to the Blessed Mother, it is because she is different from all the other mothers of the world and that without Christ she would be nothing.
Very interesting, thank you, I was aware of some but not all.
Please note the above is stating the Koran blames the Jewish people for calumny. That is NOT in any way shape or form the belief of a practicing Catholic with a strong knowledge of the Catechism. See this article as well. God bless and keep the Jewish people safe as they are the Chosen Ones.
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/10/catholics-against-anti-semitism
If they vote democrat they are supporting the Democrat Party who does not support Jews. Just look at the history Democrat Party and look at what the Biden Administration is doing right now. Lots of talk, but no action. He thinks that will appease, but I see through it. They hate the Jews and the Black and they always have, period. Now I can actually say with their action the last three years -- they hate America!!
Looking for Humanism's answer to these questions delusionally believing humanity is basically good. Yeah, we know the answer from Scripture and its answers. Wondering how humanism as a "true believer" philosophy continues to propagate out the wild. Who can possibly believe humans are not flawed at the inner core when those flaws explode into our world with such violence?
Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
Heartbreaking
Thank you for posting this video. You are the only source I accept for unbiased news. Thank you.
She is so right about existing on another planet. Prayers for answers for this courageous mother, her family and for all the others who reside in that same place with her.
New subject, but yet kind of the same.
I could not believe that the co-pilot of a large US airline would pull a pistol out and threaten the Capt. about a decision that the Capt. believed they should change course to take care of a passenger that needed MEDICAL help.
I had to retire about 30 years ago, after 40 years of flying, and NEVER DID I BELEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN.
But today is different, very different, very very different.
God love that poor woman and all of those suffering. I can’t even imagine the pain and feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. All I know to do is pray.
Heart wrenching…
satan is alive and well. he is showing his strength these days like never before in my life time. We all need to Pray for this family as well as our own, that we KNOW JESUS. He is our Savior. Those people and many other families like them are His brothers and sisters with God the Father. Yes, the SEVEN YEAR PEACE AGREEMENT will be signed soon and the last seven years will start. Then in the middle of those seven years, satan is thrown out and then the Great Tribulation and then He comes with His Angeles to get us and take us home. That will be our day when we will see nothing but love with NO hate.
Blessings to you Erick for showing all what is really going on in this world today with the Jews and what they are suffering.
The puppet master is Iran and the twelfth Imman. They await his return.
Wow. All I can do is cry. I will never be the same. I will always think of her and her family.