Luis
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Still searching for that blessed Moment where I feel a deep Harmony with the world and God and time disappears.
When some people in the church hierarchy opt to forget the social spirit of the Bible and set for sycophancy….
Doesn’t the Church stand with the oppressed, persecuted, and marginalized? A parish used its Nativity scene to protest immigration raids, only to be told to remove the message. Social justice isn’t political - it’s Gospel.
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Boston Archdiocese wants ICE message gone from parish's outdoor Nativity scene
St. Susanna Church's "politically divisive display" goes against the Catholic Church's canonical norms on the use of sacred objects, according to a spokesperson from the archdiocese.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When some people in the church hierarchy opt to forget the social spirit of the Bible and set for sycophancy….
Weihnachtsmarkt - Germany
in Merode, a small "Dorf" where there is a Castle surrounded by water, and the prince of Merode still lives there.
#photography #landscape #christmas #germany
in Merode, a small "Dorf" where there is a Castle surrounded by water, and the prince of Merode still lives there.
#photography #landscape #christmas #germany
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Weihnachtsmarkt - Germany
in Merode, a small "Dorf" where there is a Castle surrounded by water, and the prince of Merode still lives there.
#photography #landscape #christmas #germany
in Merode, a small "Dorf" where there is a Castle surrounded by water, and the prince of Merode still lives there.
#photography #landscape #christmas #germany
The hypocrisy behind the WH message hurts even a rock… but the usccb prefers sycophancy, again, instead of a clear message saying thT nice words (and wrong ones btw) without faith means nothing!
And btw: what was Jesus “during the 9 months” till God became man?
And btw: what was Jesus “during the 9 months” till God became man?
With gratitude to the President for this special recognition of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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https://ow.ly/9Lr150XGmqh
Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8 as a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The hypocrisy behind the WH message hurts even a rock… but the usccb prefers sycophancy, again, instead of a clear message saying thT nice words (and wrong ones btw) without faith means nothing!
And btw: what was Jesus “during the 9 months” till God became man?
And btw: what was Jesus “during the 9 months” till God became man?
Isn’t this real progress from a social perspective?
Ofc, “God forbid” taxing any super rich guy because he would stop investing
AS IF any of those, for whom money is god & a drug, would stop trying to make more money!
Good thing that when they die, they will take it with th… oh no! Doesn’t happen…
Ofc, “God forbid” taxing any super rich guy because he would stop investing
AS IF any of those, for whom money is god & a drug, would stop trying to make more money!
Good thing that when they die, they will take it with th… oh no! Doesn’t happen…
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Isn’t this real progress from a social perspective?
Ofc, “God forbid” taxing any super rich guy because he would stop investing
AS IF any of those, for whom money is god & a drug, would stop trying to make more money!
Good thing that when they die, they will take it with th… oh no! Doesn’t happen…
Ofc, “God forbid” taxing any super rich guy because he would stop investing
AS IF any of those, for whom money is god & a drug, would stop trying to make more money!
Good thing that when they die, they will take it with th… oh no! Doesn’t happen…
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Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
Gospel
Gospel
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
Gospel
Gospel
My song for today / St Thérèse of Lisieux
My life is but an instant, a passing hour.
My life is but a day that escapes and flies away.
O my God! You know that to love you on earth
I only have today!…
My life is but an instant, a passing hour.
My life is but a day that escapes and flies away.
O my God! You know that to love you on earth
I only have today!…
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My song for today / St Thérèse of Lisieux
My life is but an instant, a passing hour.
My life is but a day that escapes and flies away.
O my God! You know that to love you on earth
I only have today!…
My life is but an instant, a passing hour.
My life is but a day that escapes and flies away.
O my God! You know that to love you on earth
I only have today!…
If this is not treason to an ideal, to principles, to moral attitudes… then I don’t know what to call it.
When your enemies are happy with your strategy someone should be worried … unless … it’s on purpose to destroy everyone around you
When your enemies are happy with your strategy someone should be worried … unless … it’s on purpose to destroy everyone around you
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If this is not treason to an ideal, to principles, to moral attitudes… then I don’t know what to call it.
When your enemies are happy with your strategy someone should be worried … unless … it’s on purpose to destroy everyone around you
When your enemies are happy with your strategy someone should be worried … unless … it’s on purpose to destroy everyone around you
The prayer I needed today
—Proslogion of St Anselm
“Lord, you are my God, and never have I seen you. You have made me and renewed me, you have given me all the good things that I have, and I have not yet met you. I was created to see you, and I have not yet done the thing for which I was made”
—Proslogion of St Anselm
“Lord, you are my God, and never have I seen you. You have made me and renewed me, you have given me all the good things that I have, and I have not yet met you. I was created to see you, and I have not yet done the thing for which I was made”
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The prayer I needed today
—Proslogion of St Anselm
“Lord, you are my God, and never have I seen you. You have made me and renewed me, you have given me all the good things that I have, and I have not yet met you. I was created to see you, and I have not yet done the thing for which I was made”
—Proslogion of St Anselm
“Lord, you are my God, and never have I seen you. You have made me and renewed me, you have given me all the good things that I have, and I have not yet met you. I was created to see you, and I have not yet done the thing for which I was made”
This is shameful and disgusting.
It makes me boil - hypocrisy rules the world.
It makes me boil - hypocrisy rules the world.
Donald Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by Gianni Infantino
FIFA never announced nominees for the new award and has not said how or by whom the winner was chosen.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is shameful and disgusting.
It makes me boil - hypocrisy rules the world.
It makes me boil - hypocrisy rules the world.
Absolutely so!
The sad state of affairs in a country where the a criminal president issued a USA bible (made in China) and promotes supremacy.
Even hypocrisy is ashamed - but, as the saying goes, I think a concept is not responsible for the people who embrace it.
The sad state of affairs in a country where the a criminal president issued a USA bible (made in China) and promotes supremacy.
Even hypocrisy is ashamed - but, as the saying goes, I think a concept is not responsible for the people who embrace it.
“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...
'ICE was here': Dedham church's Nativity scene protests immigration crackdown
The Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham holds "the mirror up to what’s happening," Father Stephen Josoma said.
www.boston.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Absolutely so!
The sad state of affairs in a country where the a criminal president issued a USA bible (made in China) and promotes supremacy.
Even hypocrisy is ashamed - but, as the saying goes, I think a concept is not responsible for the people who embrace it.
The sad state of affairs in a country where the a criminal president issued a USA bible (made in China) and promotes supremacy.
Even hypocrisy is ashamed - but, as the saying goes, I think a concept is not responsible for the people who embrace it.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Don’t worry as much about what you do but rather about what you are.
If you are righteous, then what you do will also be righteous. We should not think that holiness is based on what we do but rather on what we are, for it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.
—Mst Eckart
If you are righteous, then what you do will also be righteous. We should not think that holiness is based on what we do but rather on what we are, for it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.
—Mst Eckart
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Don’t worry as much about what you do but rather about what you are.
If you are righteous, then what you do will also be righteous. We should not think that holiness is based on what we do but rather on what we are, for it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.
—Mst Eckart
If you are righteous, then what you do will also be righteous. We should not think that holiness is based on what we do but rather on what we are, for it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.
—Mst Eckart
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'Sea Mist at the Strand'
A wonderful mornings sunrise when sea mist softened the horizon and the scene turned ethereal.
Taken on New Year’s Eve back in 2019, just months before the world went into lockdown.
A wonderful mornings sunrise when sea mist softened the horizon and the scene turned ethereal.
Taken on New Year’s Eve back in 2019, just months before the world went into lockdown.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'Sea Mist at the Strand'
A wonderful mornings sunrise when sea mist softened the horizon and the scene turned ethereal.
Taken on New Year’s Eve back in 2019, just months before the world went into lockdown.
A wonderful mornings sunrise when sea mist softened the horizon and the scene turned ethereal.
Taken on New Year’s Eve back in 2019, just months before the world went into lockdown.
"Advent" should have a chapter in "The Screwtape Letters" - time to be happy, to spend money, to get blinded by lights, "all I want for Xmas"... and *that* is exactly the best to distract me from what really matters.
Advent is a hard season: am I ready for when Jesus is coming? do I have real hope?
Advent is a hard season: am I ready for when Jesus is coming? do I have real hope?
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Advent" should have a chapter in "The Screwtape Letters" - time to be happy, to spend money, to get blinded by lights, "all I want for Xmas"... and *that* is exactly the best to distract me from what really matters.
Advent is a hard season: am I ready for when Jesus is coming? do I have real hope?
Advent is a hard season: am I ready for when Jesus is coming? do I have real hope?
The person that brought me back through his words, acts, attitude and faith. How can I ever forget him or thank God enough for the gift?
Returning to the purity of the message of Jesus is scary; probably why so many criticised him: fear of the unknown, loss of the "security" of pomp and rituals.
Returning to the purity of the message of Jesus is scary; probably why so many criticised him: fear of the unknown, loss of the "security" of pomp and rituals.
I accompany the ministry of Pope Leo XIV with prayer.
I also continue to thank God for the gift of Pope Francis. 🙏
I also continue to thank God for the gift of Pope Francis. 🙏
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The person that brought me back through his words, acts, attitude and faith. How can I ever forget him or thank God enough for the gift?
Returning to the purity of the message of Jesus is scary; probably why so many criticised him: fear of the unknown, loss of the "security" of pomp and rituals.
Returning to the purity of the message of Jesus is scary; probably why so many criticised him: fear of the unknown, loss of the "security" of pomp and rituals.
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'Strong Catholic identity' is widely interpreted as meaning 'reactionary' or 'conservative'.
Authentic Catholic education must promote a post-Vatican II understanding of Church, emphasising links between faith & practice (<- Catholic Social Teaching) and preferential care for the poor & vulnerable.
Authentic Catholic education must promote a post-Vatican II understanding of Church, emphasising links between faith & practice (<- Catholic Social Teaching) and preferential care for the poor & vulnerable.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
'Strong Catholic identity' is widely interpreted as meaning 'reactionary' or 'conservative'.
Authentic Catholic education must promote a post-Vatican II understanding of Church, emphasising links between faith & practice (<- Catholic Social Teaching) and preferential care for the poor & vulnerable.
Authentic Catholic education must promote a post-Vatican II understanding of Church, emphasising links between faith & practice (<- Catholic Social Teaching) and preferential care for the poor & vulnerable.
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The camellias have been blooming so I've gotten quite a few photos of them in the last month. An unusual angle perhaps, but I just loved how the light was hitting the center of it.
#photography #stunday #flowers #bloomscrolling #sundayyellow #camellias
#photography #stunday #flowers #bloomscrolling #sundayyellow #camellias
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The camellias have been blooming so I've gotten quite a few photos of them in the last month. An unusual angle perhaps, but I just loved how the light was hitting the center of it.
#photography #stunday #flowers #bloomscrolling #sundayyellow #camellias
#photography #stunday #flowers #bloomscrolling #sundayyellow #camellias
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Dec 1 Scripture
Isaiah prophecies that Jerusalem will manifest luster and glory. The fruit of this will be glory and splendor. It called for a cleansing of "filth" and a trustful abandon in God's work. This is the kind of trust that the Roman centurion was able to put in Jesus.
youtu.be/6CKFh3ZrRW0
Isaiah prophecies that Jerusalem will manifest luster and glory. The fruit of this will be glory and splendor. It called for a cleansing of "filth" and a trustful abandon in God's work. This is the kind of trust that the Roman centurion was able to put in Jesus.
youtu.be/6CKFh3ZrRW0
"On That Day" - Advent Daily Reflections 2025 - Episode 3
YouTube video by Fr. Satish Joseph
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December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dec 1 Scripture
Isaiah prophecies that Jerusalem will manifest luster and glory. The fruit of this will be glory and splendor. It called for a cleansing of "filth" and a trustful abandon in God's work. This is the kind of trust that the Roman centurion was able to put in Jesus.
youtu.be/6CKFh3ZrRW0
Isaiah prophecies that Jerusalem will manifest luster and glory. The fruit of this will be glory and splendor. It called for a cleansing of "filth" and a trustful abandon in God's work. This is the kind of trust that the Roman centurion was able to put in Jesus.
youtu.be/6CKFh3ZrRW0
A powerful text to meditate on.
Especially indeed now that we are starting Advent.
Especially indeed now that we are starting Advent.
May we find our way to stillness this Advent. May we see these times with the eyes of God, as they really are. May our hearts grow restless and move us to courage, compassion, and responsible action in love.
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Advent in a time of chaos
Last Advent I was introduced to Alfred Delp, a German Jesuit and member of the resistance to the Nazi Regime. He was imprisoned and executed in 1945. The following is from a Homily he gave on the 1…
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December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A powerful text to meditate on.
Especially indeed now that we are starting Advent.
Especially indeed now that we are starting Advent.
What a beautiful, beautiful image!
I admire Sisters very much - and the radiant happiness coming from their smiles is inspiring.
A lot of the good of the world is as it is because of their work and prayer.
May God always smile on every Sister of this world
I admire Sisters very much - and the radiant happiness coming from their smiles is inspiring.
A lot of the good of the world is as it is because of their work and prayer.
May God always smile on every Sister of this world
“Dear Sisters, you are ‘Little Sisters of the Poor.’ This is a beautiful name, and one that makes us think! Yes, the Lord has called you not only to assist or help the poor, but has also called you to be their ‘sisters!’” - Pope Leo
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What a beautiful, beautiful image!
I admire Sisters very much - and the radiant happiness coming from their smiles is inspiring.
A lot of the good of the world is as it is because of their work and prayer.
May God always smile on every Sister of this world
I admire Sisters very much - and the radiant happiness coming from their smiles is inspiring.
A lot of the good of the world is as it is because of their work and prayer.
May God always smile on every Sister of this world
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✨I always lose myself in this photo. 📷A moment of serenity: the jaw-dropping Gothic beauty of Salisbury Cathedral, mirrored in the shimmering reflection of William Pye’s font. 📷 #throwbackthursday
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
✨I always lose myself in this photo. 📷A moment of serenity: the jaw-dropping Gothic beauty of Salisbury Cathedral, mirrored in the shimmering reflection of William Pye’s font. 📷 #throwbackthursday
Sacred Space is a ministry of the Irish Jesuits.
They have great reflections and a beautiful site.
Among the offers, there is an Advent Retreat (from next Sunday to the 24th) with daily reflections.
For those who are interested:
sacredspace.com/events/retre...
They have great reflections and a beautiful site.
Among the offers, there is an Advent Retreat (from next Sunday to the 24th) with daily reflections.
For those who are interested:
sacredspace.com/events/retre...
Advent 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sacred Space is a ministry of the Irish Jesuits.
They have great reflections and a beautiful site.
Among the offers, there is an Advent Retreat (from next Sunday to the 24th) with daily reflections.
For those who are interested:
sacredspace.com/events/retre...
They have great reflections and a beautiful site.
Among the offers, there is an Advent Retreat (from next Sunday to the 24th) with daily reflections.
For those who are interested:
sacredspace.com/events/retre...
A beautiful wish from a pope who really inspired awareness and purity
One of Pope Francis' final wishes fulfilled:
"Pope Francis died on April 21 aged 88, and his final wish for Gaza's children was that the popemobile should become a mobile health unit, the official Vatican News portal said in May."
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
"Pope Francis died on April 21 aged 88, and his final wish for Gaza's children was that the popemobile should become a mobile health unit, the official Vatican News portal said in May."
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Popemobile transformed into Gaza mobile children's clinic
The popemobile used by the late pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem re-emerged on Tuesday as a mobile children's clinic to be deployed in Gaza.
www.france24.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A beautiful wish from a pope who really inspired awareness and purity
The Office of Readings today is full of beautiful images of hope:
“those Scriptures which in the night of this world burned like lamps so that we might not remain in darkness.”
May God give me the grace of being able to perceive the light and the Word behind the words…
“those Scriptures which in the night of this world burned like lamps so that we might not remain in darkness.”
May God give me the grace of being able to perceive the light and the Word behind the words…
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Office of Readings today is full of beautiful images of hope:
“those Scriptures which in the night of this world burned like lamps so that we might not remain in darkness.”
May God give me the grace of being able to perceive the light and the Word behind the words…
“those Scriptures which in the night of this world burned like lamps so that we might not remain in darkness.”
May God give me the grace of being able to perceive the light and the Word behind the words…
“You will come to the fountain, with whose dew you have already been sprinkled.
Instead of the ray of light which was sent through slanting and winding ways into the heart of your darkness, you will see the light itself in all its purity and brightness.”
—St Augustine on John’s gospel
(OoR)
Instead of the ray of light which was sent through slanting and winding ways into the heart of your darkness, you will see the light itself in all its purity and brightness.”
—St Augustine on John’s gospel
(OoR)
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“You will come to the fountain, with whose dew you have already been sprinkled.
Instead of the ray of light which was sent through slanting and winding ways into the heart of your darkness, you will see the light itself in all its purity and brightness.”
—St Augustine on John’s gospel
(OoR)
Instead of the ray of light which was sent through slanting and winding ways into the heart of your darkness, you will see the light itself in all its purity and brightness.”
—St Augustine on John’s gospel
(OoR)