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Gloire au Pere, et au Fils, et au Saint Esprit, comme il etait au commencement, maintenant et toujours pour les siecles des siecles. Amen Oh mon Jesus, pardonnes-nous nos pechers, preserves-nous des feux de l'enfer, conduisez au ciel toutes les ames, specialement celle qui ont le plus besoin de Ta misericorde. Amen Notre Pere, qui est au cieux, que Ton nom soit sanctifier, que Ton regne vienne, que Ta volonter soit faite sur la terre, comme au ciel. Pardonnes-nous nos offenses comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offenser, ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais delivres-nous du mal. Amen

When you look in the mirror and see your father - or mother, as the case may be.

But worship is never accidental. It involves the intention to adore, honor, praise, etc., even if one does it clumsily. I can't accidentally worship my cat. I think more people drift into worshipping movie stars or pop singers than accidentally worshipping Hindu gods.

L4.10 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailes est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Because one's interior intention doesn't necessarily change the action performed. E.g., if I accidentally drop a vase and break it, it's still broken regardless of my intention

You return to doing silly kids dances at Sunday school and have more fun than your kid doing them.

Same here. I saw a video where a priest (can’t remember if he was an exercise) said that people who were possessed most likely had the least about of actual basic spiritual devotion in their lives. on the other hand, they guy above talked about a lady that didn’t mean to worship but did the poses and the demon considered that enough.

The biggest most exciting event of the week is stopping at a local produce stand and getting a bag of homegrown Italian long-hots peppers.

I don't see how it can be an act of worship if it's not intended as an act of worship. I suppose that a lot of people who do yoga for exercise are completely unaware of the Hindu traditions and religious meanings behind the positions. I see exercise - assuming that's all it's intended to be - as morally neutral.

The exorcist answered your question in the video. He said yoga positions are innately, and inseparably, linked to the Hindu tradition they come from. So, let's posit his claim as a syllogism: Hindu gods are not gods, but demons. Yoga is a physical act of worship (a "liturgy", if you will). Therefore, to engage in yoga is to worship these demons.

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If an exorcist speaks, I take it seriously. If one simply does the exercise for the benefit of the exercise - I don't think that would be opening a door. But if one endorses the <spirituality> of yoga ... that may very well be a different story all together. I've seen may such warnings around the internet in the last few months specifically to yoga - not sure why a sudden <surge>... I had not heard that yoga poses a risk before...

L4.9 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

I really want to take this stuff seriously, but I don’t see how as a baptized Christian, putting my hands to the floor like a downward dog position is inviting a demon in. Thoughts? https://youtube.com/shorts/cIyVGWMbZNc?is=6oR6eno2o4xu9QI9

Peter says it can’t happen: Jesus can’t be allowed to die. This challenge to Jesus follows right after the passage we heard last week, in which Peter gets the question right when Jesus asks him, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter proclaims that Jesus is “the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus says, that’s right. That’s who I am. I am the Son of God—and I will die. And Peter says it can’t happen. We don’t like to think about Death. We push it away. Which why some part of us can understand exactly why Peter says what he says in this Gospel. His beloved friend and teacher, Jesus—the one he left everything to follow—tells them that he will suffer and die. As St Matthew tells it, Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” We may find ourselves thinking, and rightly so: “Who would dare to rebuke the Son of God? ” But it turns out that the more you live, and the more death you see, the more you get exactly why Peter says what he says here. I think most of us, maybe all of us, if we were in Peter’s shoes, would’ve said the same thing. “I left everything for you! You’ve brought meaning to my life that I never knew before. What on God’s earth would I DO if you died?” It’s easy to forget, when we read these stories, that Peter didn’t know the ending. All he knew was what he knew. And he knew that death was—is—a permanent condition. If Jesus died, as Peter saw it, then that was it. Sure, Jesus talked about resurrection, but hearing about something miraculous is very different than seeing it for yourself. So Peter takes him aside and says this just can’t happen. Jesus answers with his famous call for the disciples to take up their cross and follow him. Again, we risk missing the meaning here. The cross has come to have a special meaning in our lives, in Christian culture, and in the culture at large. The cross doesn’t mean to us now what it did then, before Jesus ever hung on one. Back then, the cross was an instrument of torture, fear, and death. To take up a cross was to meet Death, face to face. But we do know the end of this story. We know what Peter doesn’t know: That death will come for Jesus, that that won’t be the end. Death doesn’t get the final word. The worst thing that can happen is never the last thing. Faith may die on Friday, but it rises again every Sunday—and that is why we are here in church. Peter says it can’t happen. Jesus says, Get Behind Me, Satan, because Jesus knows what comes after death comes. “I am here,” Jesus says, “and Death no longer has the final word.” None of us can say “No” to death. Jesus reminds us that though we cannot say “No” to Death, we can say “Yes” to resurrection, “Yes” to Life—because with all of the world’s horror comes all its beauty, too. Death will come. But so will sunshine, love, salvation. And Jesus will come here with us—in bread and wine and water and words and us. Jesus, over whom Death did not win, here with us forever: in morning, in right now, in noon, in evening. And in the darkest night of your life. Jesus reminds us that it will happen. But Death does not have the last word. You can say yes, unafraid.

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J4.8 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous,. vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Is anyone planning to attend? Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the The Dome in America's Center, in St. Louis. https://www.celebratesheen.com/news/beatification-details

L4.7 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Dominican Monastery of Mary the Queen [in Girard, IL] Come and See: Discernment Weekend for Young Women | October 23rd-25th, 2026. If you feel a stirring for deeper meaning, a longing for prayer, purpose, and a life rooted in God’s love, this weekend is an invitation to pause, listen, and explore. Discover a life where prayer shapes each day, community feels like home, and silence opens the heart to God’s tenderness.Come and see. Your journey of discernment is sacred—and you don’t have to walk it alone. Register here: https://opnunsil.org/Vocations/Come-and-See-Registration

From the Dominican nuns in Summit, NJ: "The Mass and Solemn Profession of Sr. Maria Rose of the Crown of Thorns, OP will be livestreamed here on Saturday, August 22. The Mass will begin at 10:30am EDT." Obviously, I'm posting this after the solemn profession itself, but the point is that there was a solemn profession there. You might be able to find a link to the Mass on their web site. ******************************************************************************************************* From the Dominican nuns in Girard, IL: " May 30, 2026 A Day of Celebration and Joy for the Diocese of Springfield, the Dominican Order, the Monastery of Mary the Queen, and for the entire Church of God May 30th dawned as a radiant day of grace, marking a moment of profound joy for our monastery and for the whole Church. On this blessed day, Sister Cecilia Marie of the Holy Trinity solemnly professed her vows of consecration to God usque ad mortem as a Dominican Nun, offering her life entirely to Christ in the presence of her community, family, and friends. The Mass of Religious Consecration was celebrated with great solemnity. Among the concelebrants were Msgr. David J. Hoefler, representing the Diocese of Springfield; Rev. Louis S. Morrone, OP, Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great; Rev. Jimmy Marchiando, OP, vicar of the community of nuns; Rev. Donald Goergen, OP, their Chaplain; and Rev. Albert Smith, who traveled from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia to share in this sacred moment. Their presence, together with that of many faithful, reflected the universal joy of the Church as she welcomed a new bride consecrated to the Lord. Sister Cecilia Marie, a native of Trinidad & Tobago and St. Lucia, first embraced consecrated life as a finally professed Carmelite Sister, generously serving in the apostolate of teaching. Drawn by the quiet fire of Dominican contemplative life, she entered our monastery in December 2021, seeking God alone in silence, prayer, and the Eucharistic heart of the Order. After a period of adapted formation, she was introduced more deeply into the Dominican charism of “contemplare et contemplata aliis tradere” — to contemplate and to share with others the fruits of contemplation. In the hidden life of Dominican Nuns, the Church beholds a living sign of the Kingdom: women who, by their continual intercession and joyful sacrifice, proclaim that in Christ alone is true happiness found — here by grace, and in the life to come by glory. Sister Cecilia Marie’s solemn profession stands as a luminous witness to this truth, a reminder that God continues to call, to consecrate, and to build up His Church through lives wholly given to Him. ***************************************************************************************************** And I found this picture on the Girard monastery's web site. From the look of it, they have another sister in formation, although I don't find her name or the date of her entry.

From the Carmel of St. Joseph, in St. Louis, MO: "St. Louis Carmel This past Saturday, on the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we had the immense joy of celebrating the Solemn Profession and Veiling of our Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, O.C.D.! Thank you to everyone who helped to make this day so special, especially our main celebrant of the Holy Mass, Archbishop Rozanski, our homilist, Fr. Paul Rothschild, all concelebrants, deacons, servers, musicians, Secular Carmelites, Knights of Columbus, our photographer, Suzy Gorman Photography, and all of Sr. Miriam's family and friends whose love and support were tangible. It was truly an incredible day, laden with the grace of the Holy Spirit! Please continue to pray for Sr. Miriam who, through her solemn profession, strives to enter more deeply into her vocation unto perfect union with her Beloved." The hyperlink lets you see 50+ photos of the event. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122138349087005819&set=pcb.122138351091005819 BTW, an Phamily member entered that same Carmel a good while ago - maybe 15 years ago or so. I don't remember her name on the board, though, and I don't know what her name is religion is, either. Still, one of "us" is there!

In the Early Church—particularly during the first four centuries—the phrase "Chair of Peter" (Cathedra Petri) was far more frequently used to describe the shared office of all valid bishops than it was to mean exclusively the Bishop of Rome. While the Roman See was respected as the historical baseline and geographic anchor of Peter’s chair, the phrase itself was rooted in an ecclesiology that saw every local bishop sitting in Peter’s seat to govern his local flock. 1. The Primary Meaning: The Order of Bishops In early patristic theology (most explicitly shaped by St. Cyprian of Carthage in the 3rd century), the "Chair of Peter" was not a geographic location or a unique, single-office papacy. It was an abstract concept representing episcopal authority as a whole. * The One Chair Shared by Many: Cyprian famously wrote in De Catholicae Ecclesiae Unitate: > "The episcopate is one, each part of which is held by each one for the whole." (Episcopatus unus est cujus a singulis in solidum pars tenetur). > * Peter as the Prototype: For Cyprian and many early fathers, Christ gave the keys and the authority to Peter first in Matthew 16 symbolically, to show that the Church’s authority originates in unity. Right after doing so, Christ gave the exact same binding/loosing power to all the apostles in John 20. Therefore, every valid bishop acts in the persona of Peter when he teaches, forgives sins, and governs his diocese. * Equal Authority: In this view, the Bishop of Carthage, the Bishop of Alexandria, and the Bishop of Rome all occupied the "Chair of Peter" in their respective local churches. 2. The Secondary Meaning: The Bishop of Rome The phrase was also applied directly to the See of Rome, but with specific caveats regarding what that designation implied: * Historical Connection: Rome was uniquely revered because it was the location where Peter (and Paul) preached, served, and suffered martyrdom. Thus, Rome was physical evidence of the Cathedra Petri in a concrete, local sense. * A Symbol of Origin: Fathers like Augustine, Optatus, and Cyprian would point to the physical Chair of Rome as the source or head of regional unity. To be in communion with the local Chair of Peter in Rome meant a bishop was in communion with the global network of orthodox churches. * Primacy of Honor, Not Jurisdiction: Even when Rome was referred to as the Chair of Peter, early writers interpreted this as a primacy of honor or a center of consensus, not as conferring supreme judicial power over other bishops. 3. Summary Comparison | Perspective | "Chair of Peter" (Cathedra Petri) | Role of the Bishop of Rome | |---|---|---| | Early Patristic View (Cyprian, Augustine, Early Councils) | The universal Episcopal Office. Every bishop sits on the Chair of Peter to shepherd his local diocese in collegial unity with all other bishops. | The Primate / First among equals. Rome is the concrete, historical anchor of that single chair, serving as a touchstone of unity and orthodoxy. | | Later Ultramontane / Vatican I View (1870 onward) | Exclusively the Papal See. The singular, unique office of the Bishop of Rome over and above all other bishops. | Supreme Jurisdiction & Infallibility. The sole successor of Peter possessing absolute administrative and doctrinal authority over all other churches. | When early theologians praised the "Chair of Peter," they were praising the unified order of bishops as initiated through St. Peter, using the Roman See as the primary real-world example of that unbroken succession.

I got into doom metal a few years ago, and occasionally I like a little bit of metalcore or deathcore, in small doses. The album Watching From A Distance by Warning is an incredible piece of music. Not just as metal. I think it's an artistic achievement. Their twenty-years-later follow-up, Rituals of Shame, which just came out this spring, is also excellent, although maybe not quite as iconic. Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch is also really good. I find it kind of atmospheric and relaxing. It's great to have on in the background while I'm working.