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Fleeing to Mars not of God
- Ethics & Morality
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Prior to the return is an event called the sixth seal.“If there’s something terrible that happens on Earth, either made by humans or natural, we want to have, like, life insurance for life as a whole,” Musk said in 2020. He wants to turn the planet into a self-sustaining colony, and he reportedly told SpaceX staffers last year he envisions one million people living on Mars by the 2040s.
Elon Musk Says He Wants To Send Humans To Mars As Soon As 2029
Musk—who has a history of setting unrealized goals for his companies—says he wants to send humans to Mars by 2029, though he says 2031 may be more likely.www.forbes.com
The bible tells us Jesus is returning to earth to rule. There is no escape. Wasting trillions trying to avoid the fate of man on earth is in my opinion a waste and not of God at all.
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During the event, the skies roll up like a scroll and then people see God sitting on the throne up there and start to freak out.
When the sky rolls up like a scroll, that includes Mars that is "in the sky"
thus .. escaping to Mars .. is not advisable.
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Fernández: DDF ‘did not approve anything’ on German same-sex blessings handbook
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has deniedthat the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith approved recent guidelines for blessings of same-sex couples issued by the German bishops’ conference.
The conference president Bishop Georg Bätzing has claimed the controversial text, issued during the papal interregnum, had been created “transparently in consultation with this dicastery.”
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández attends the consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 2, 2023. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.
Responding to questions from The Pillar on Oct. 8, Cardinal Fernández said that “the DDF didn’t approve anything [of the irregular unions’ guidelines], and wrote a letter some time ago reminding [the German bishops] that [Fiducia supplicans] excluded any form of ritualization, just as the pope has said.”
Fernández’ statement to The Pillar follows other media reports this week calling into question recent claims by German bishops’ conference president Bishop Georg Bätzing, who said last month that the Vatican had been consulted on the development of controversial guidelines issued in April, days after the death of Pope Francis.
“We have developed this paper transparently with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and in consultation with this dicastery,” Bätzing said on Sept. 22. “So for anyone who might now ask, there is no reason to withdraw it.”
Bätzing claimed in a press conference to open the German bishops’ plenary meeting last month that the handbook, titled “Blessings Give Love Strength” and published in April, “is a pastoral concretization of Fiducia supplicanscreated in consultation with the Roman Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith about the situation in Germany”
The bishop insisted that the German bishops had “prepared these guidelines transparently with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and in consultation with the Dicastery.”
But according to Fernandez, there was little in the text’s development which could be described as consultation, and the dicastery’s intervention was critical of the German bishops’ efforts.
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The conference president Bishop Georg Bätzing has claimed the controversial text, issued during the papal interregnum, had been created “transparently in consultation with this dicastery.”
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández attends the consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 2, 2023. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.
Responding to questions from The Pillar on Oct. 8, Cardinal Fernández said that “the DDF didn’t approve anything [of the irregular unions’ guidelines], and wrote a letter some time ago reminding [the German bishops] that [Fiducia supplicans] excluded any form of ritualization, just as the pope has said.”
Fernández’ statement to The Pillar follows other media reports this week calling into question recent claims by German bishops’ conference president Bishop Georg Bätzing, who said last month that the Vatican had been consulted on the development of controversial guidelines issued in April, days after the death of Pope Francis.
“We have developed this paper transparently with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and in consultation with this dicastery,” Bätzing said on Sept. 22. “So for anyone who might now ask, there is no reason to withdraw it.”
Bätzing claimed in a press conference to open the German bishops’ plenary meeting last month that the handbook, titled “Blessings Give Love Strength” and published in April, “is a pastoral concretization of Fiducia supplicanscreated in consultation with the Roman Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith about the situation in Germany”
The bishop insisted that the German bishops had “prepared these guidelines transparently with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and in consultation with the Dicastery.”
But according to Fernandez, there was little in the text’s development which could be described as consultation, and the dicastery’s intervention was critical of the German bishops’ efforts.
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Fernández: DDF ‘did not approve anything’ on German same-sex blessings handbook
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has denied that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith approved recent guidelines for blessings of same-sex couples issued by the German bishops’ conference.
www.pillarcatholic.com
Jesus Had No Siblings: 50 Biblical Arguments
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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1) Luke 2:7 (RSV) And she gave birth to her first-born son . . .
Critics of the perpetual virginity of Mary (“PVM”) contend that “first-born” in Luke 2:7 is proof of — or at least strongly implies — that the Blessed Virgin Mary bore additional children. But “first-born” in Hebrew (bekor / בְּכוֹר: Strong’s word #1060) referred primarily to the first male son who “opened the womb”. Hence:
2) Numbers 3:12 Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. (cf. “opens the womb” in Ex 13:12; 34:19; Num 18:15)
Bekor did not include within itself reference to any additional children. The fact that this first male child was automatically called (when there were no other children) “first-born” shows by common sense that it applied whether or notadditional children were in mind. In other words, it didn’t mean, by definition, “first of many” because if indeed it necessarily implied other children, then it could only have been used afterthose children had been born, in retrospect. But in fact this was not the practice. This understanding was the same in the New Testament, as shown by this passage:
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Critics of the perpetual virginity of Mary (“PVM”) contend that “first-born” in Luke 2:7 is proof of — or at least strongly implies — that the Blessed Virgin Mary bore additional children. But “first-born” in Hebrew (bekor / בְּכוֹר: Strong’s word #1060) referred primarily to the first male son who “opened the womb”. Hence:
2) Numbers 3:12 Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. (cf. “opens the womb” in Ex 13:12; 34:19; Num 18:15)
Bekor did not include within itself reference to any additional children. The fact that this first male child was automatically called (when there were no other children) “first-born” shows by common sense that it applied whether or notadditional children were in mind. In other words, it didn’t mean, by definition, “first of many” because if indeed it necessarily implied other children, then it could only have been used afterthose children had been born, in retrospect. But in fact this was not the practice. This understanding was the same in the New Testament, as shown by this passage:
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Jesus Had No Siblings: 50 Biblical Arguments
Comprehensive, thought-provoking collection of biblical arguments for the perpetual virginity of Mary (i.e., Jesus was an only child with no siblings or blood brothers).
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Thoughts on Processional Cross Design
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Processional crosses are one of the most neglected of objects of liturgical art in my opinion. One rarely sees them discussed, perhaps in part because they are often only focused on in very short bursts, specifically the few moments when they are carried to and fro in procession. In that regard they can feel a bit 'transitory.' At the same time though, they can certainly add a powerful and dramatic quality to processions insofar as they bring to the fore one of the most powerful symbols of Christianity: The Cross. The power of the processional cross in a liturgical procession is thus, to my mind, akin to the symbolic power that a flag or standard can have within the context of formal military or civil parade.
Of course, this is especially so when it is a well designed processional cross -- in fact that is key. The first such processional cross that I can recall being particularly struck by and drawn to in this regard is the processional cross one often sees used at St. Peter's basilica in Rome.
For me, the most impactful processional crosses are those which take on a Medieval or Renaissance form. At their most basic, this is typically a Latin cross with rounded medallions on each of the four ends of the arms of the Cross and a proportionately sized orb, or node, which connects the Cross to the stem or handle by which it is carried. Add to this additional ornamental details and we really -- to use a popular turns of phrase -- begin "cooking with gas."
It's difficult to explain why this type of design works, at least for me; all I can say is that it does indeed work. It has ornamentality to it but at the same time it is not ostentatious; it is a well-balanced design, emphasizing the Cross itself, but also giving us other details to draw us in and hold our interest.
This style of processional cross can be found throughout the older countries of Christendom, especially countries such as Italy. An example of this type of processional cross comes from Bergamo, dated to 1616, located in the Chiesa di San Alessandro Martire. In point of fact, some of the parts of this particular processional cross even predate 1616, going back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and other pieces reaching into the nineteenth century, but at its core the overall design is certainly of the Medieval and Renaissance type under consideration today -- though in this instance it is beginning to become more heavily ornamental than the base type I am describing.
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Of course, this is especially so when it is a well designed processional cross -- in fact that is key. The first such processional cross that I can recall being particularly struck by and drawn to in this regard is the processional cross one often sees used at St. Peter's basilica in Rome.
For me, the most impactful processional crosses are those which take on a Medieval or Renaissance form. At their most basic, this is typically a Latin cross with rounded medallions on each of the four ends of the arms of the Cross and a proportionately sized orb, or node, which connects the Cross to the stem or handle by which it is carried. Add to this additional ornamental details and we really -- to use a popular turns of phrase -- begin "cooking with gas."
It's difficult to explain why this type of design works, at least for me; all I can say is that it does indeed work. It has ornamentality to it but at the same time it is not ostentatious; it is a well-balanced design, emphasizing the Cross itself, but also giving us other details to draw us in and hold our interest.
This style of processional cross can be found throughout the older countries of Christendom, especially countries such as Italy. An example of this type of processional cross comes from Bergamo, dated to 1616, located in the Chiesa di San Alessandro Martire. In point of fact, some of the parts of this particular processional cross even predate 1616, going back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and other pieces reaching into the nineteenth century, but at its core the overall design is certainly of the Medieval and Renaissance type under consideration today -- though in this instance it is beginning to become more heavily ornamental than the base type I am describing.
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Thoughts on Processional Cross Design
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30+ Christians Beheaded in Mozambique as Radical Islamic Terrorism Runs Rampant in Parts of Africa
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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More than 30 Christians have been beheaded at the hands of Islamic State terrorists in Mozambique, according to a report.
The Islamic State Mozambique Province, or ISMP, announced that they destroyed at least seven churches, committed acts of arson against Christians and village civilians, and shot and beheaded more than two dozen people in the Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces in the northern area of Mozambique.
The Middle East Media Research Institute(MEMRI) screen-captured, translated, and shared the terrorists' report on their website, which included 20 photos of the brutal attacks on Christians.
According to the organization, the Islamic State of Mozambique is reigning through terror in the region.
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The Islamic State Mozambique Province, or ISMP, announced that they destroyed at least seven churches, committed acts of arson against Christians and village civilians, and shot and beheaded more than two dozen people in the Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces in the northern area of Mozambique.
The Middle East Media Research Institute(MEMRI) screen-captured, translated, and shared the terrorists' report on their website, which included 20 photos of the brutal attacks on Christians.
According to the organization, the Islamic State of Mozambique is reigning through terror in the region.
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30+ Christians Beheaded in Mozambique as Radical Islamic Terrorism Runs Rampant in Parts of Africa
More than 30 Christians have been beheaded at the hands of Islamic State terrorists in Mozambique, according to a report
Pope Leo XIV to supporters of migrants in U.S.: ‘You stand with me, and I stand with you’
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Pope Leo XIV became “visibly emotional” upon receiving messages on Oct. 8 from immigrants fearing deportation in the United States, a member of a U.S. delegation said.
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino, and Dylan Corbett of Hope Border Institute gave the pope a collection of handwritten letters from migrant families expressing fear and faith. They showed the pope a video with immigrants’ voices saying mass deportations in the United States are breaking family bonds and stripping children of safety.
“We live in a state of constant anxiety, never knowing if tomorrow will bring separation,” an immigrant says in the video.
Corbett posted on X that Leo told the delegation, which included immigrants: “The Church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me, and I stand with you.”
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Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino, and Dylan Corbett of Hope Border Institute gave the pope a collection of handwritten letters from migrant families expressing fear and faith. They showed the pope a video with immigrants’ voices saying mass deportations in the United States are breaking family bonds and stripping children of safety.
“We live in a state of constant anxiety, never knowing if tomorrow will bring separation,” an immigrant says in the video.
Corbett posted on X that Leo told the delegation, which included immigrants: “The Church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me, and I stand with you.”
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Pope to U.S. migrant supporters: ‘You stand with me, and I stand with you’
Pope Leo XIV became “visibly emotional” upon receiving messages on Oct. 8 from immigrants fearing deportation in the United States, a member of a U.S. delegation said.
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