Andrew

Catholic husband and father. God’s servant first. Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

Sir Thomas Moore, A Man for All Seasons.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

@Oilfield_Rando

[Mrs. Dr. Publius @MrsDrPublius]

Prayer Request #1.
As the midterms approach and beyond, I respectfully ask everyone to please pray:
II Chronicles 7:14 - "if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Please consider praying this offering each morning and evening, as our Christian duty calls us to offer prayers to our Lord for the sake of our nation.

I am very grateful to each of you. Thank you and many blessings to you all.

Peace and be prepared.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

@EthosHeretica

[Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 @Kristof_Poland]

It's the Civilization, stupid.

And France has lost its own.

That young woman in Paris thought she and the people breaking the windows stood for the same thing. Politically, maybe. Ideologically, even, to a degree. Civilizationally – not at all. And civilization is the basis of everything else.

A Polish historian, Feliks Koneczny, put it in one sentence: you cannot be civilized in two ways at once. Two people can share a slogan and still live by opposite rules – about property, about law, about violence, about what you owe a stranger. There can be no stable common ground between them. Only a temporary alliance against a common enemy, which ends the moment the windows break.

France has lost its civilizational values. Or rather, it has lost the ability to state them.
Because saying things openly and plainly was never part of the French way and values. Rhetoric is. The French absorb their rules of civilized life from childhood – the manners, the codes, the unwritten "ça ne se fait pas" – without ever spelling them out. Among themselves, it works. With foreign populations, it fails. You cannot explain a code you have never put into words. You cannot transmit what you cannot say. The rhetoric doesn’t work if you haven’t absorbed it first.

And the government that should defend the French way of life now belongs to another civilization itself – however French it looks. The civilization of mental communism: managers, procedures, slogans. It has no instinct to defend a way of life. Only the instinct to administer it.

You can integrate people into a civilization, possibly. But you have to be able to state the rules clearly.
That is the advantage of plain-spoken cultures: what you can say, you can teach. And what you can teach, you can pass on.

It's the civilization, stupid.

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

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[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

@ShamashAran Wait. What about Time Lords? Please keep having fun. I’m enjoying it.

[KP @nottoday_kate]

BE STILL | Dubstep Worship

I had my daughter pick out any Psalm she wanted and she chose Psalm 46... So this is for her especially❤️

[KP @nottoday_kate]

HOLY | Dubstep Opera | Original Song & Edit

Flash warning.
The Holy Spirit will dance inside of you, too.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

@ShamashAran 💘💔❤️‍🩹

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

Death penalty:

The feel good “dignity of the person” crowd are all missing the point.

The death penalty makes a person come to terms with what they've done and with their impending damnation. It brings about the chance for repentance.

Life in prison is not “dignity of the person.” It’s subhuman, and creates the scenario where the murderer can easily put off repentance or ignore the reality of the crime altogether.

Then one day when he’s an old man, he’ll be feeble-minded and drugged out in a hospital ward without the ability to repent at all.

[Mark Lambert @sitsio]

Pope Leo has identified one of the most destructive habits in contemporary Catholic debate: taking one part of the faith, radicalising it and presenting it as though it were the whole. Speaking at the opening Mass for the pontifical universities’ academic year, Leo reflected on St Paul’s passionate appeal to the Galatians. Paul’s severity was not a rejection of reasoned discussion. It was an attempt to recall Christians whose understanding of the Gospel was being distorted by teachers exploiting their religious enthusiasm.
Leo observed that every age produces false teachers who manipulate the religious sentiments of believers, often by radicalising one element of Christian teaching “at the expense of the whole”, and then supplied the essential definition: “the whole, which is Christ and his Gospel.” That is a remarkably useful criterion for our present Catholic arguments. Error does not always begin by denying something true. It can begin by isolating a truth from the rest of the faith until it is made to carry a weight it cannot bear. Concern for doctrinal integrity can become detached from charity, patience and communion. Concern for mercy can be severed from conversion and moral truth. Love of the liturgy can cease to lead towards worship and become the basis of an ecclesial identity defined principally by resentment. Obedience can be invoked as though it relieved Catholics of every responsibility to think, while suspicion of authority can expand until no living exercise of authority is considered credible.
In each case, something genuinely Catholic may remain visible, yet its relationship to the whole has been damaged.
Leo’s answer was not a vague appeal to moderation. Christianity is not secured by choosing the midpoint between truth and error. He called instead for reason, memory and critical thought exercised in the light of the Word of God and the Church’s Tradition. Serious study serves faith because it helps us perceive how individual doctrines belong within the one mystery of Christ.
This also explains why theological formation cannot be reduced to accumulating information. An algorithm can compile data faster than any of us, Leo said, but it cannot recognise the depths of meaning contained in lived experience as the human soul can. Catholic intelligence requires prayer, friendship, memory, contact with the poor and continued participation in the life of the Church. Online platforms reward fragments because fragments travel quickly. A quotation stripped from its context, a scandal made representative of the entire Church or a single disputed question treated as the test of everybody’s fidelity can build an audience remarkably effectively. It cannot form a genuinely Catholic mind.
That mind must be courageous enough to oppose error, humble enough to keep learning and sufficiently rooted in Christ to recognise that no faction, grievance or favoured emphasis exhausts the faith. The whole is greater than our argument. The whole is Christ and His Gospel.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

@TimeTravelKrieg I think this was the real prophesy.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

It is amazing how much the Malfoid character enhances the whole story by making the other characters so much richer in their own stories. She undoubtedly makes Harry better, which is a natural outcome of how she challenges him. He is to be the Prince of his people, not a clerk, and he needs that someone who will inspire him to be that man, and who will defend him like a Lioness.

As I thought about this, it occurred to me how much she also improves Snape. Snape’s motivations make more sense. For instance, why did he take the unbreakable vow to protect Draco, a vow that shocked even a death eater. Why, because he was already saving Malfoid for Harry (he certainly wasn’t doing it for people who were ready to betray him). And why would he do that? The best reason is prophecy, the prophecy of tragedy and redemption, and salvation that is the entire story.

I would like to add to this growing story (and I don’t know if it’s already been thought of tbh or that it will be accepted), that Snape was privy to a prophecy in his backstory, a prophecy that he misunderstood at first and that his misunderstanding he took as failure (a failure that he thought doomed the house of Slytherin and all Wizards) until Harry and Malfoid were presented to him as the true principles of that prophecy. The prophecy is simple, but not understood to apply to Harry until he was born, that the Half Blood Prince and the Princess of the two great Houses unite in love and sacrifice to defeat the dark lord and save their houses from destruction. That both their hands would be on the wand at the end or doom would come to both houses. Snape just thought it was to be him to save their houses. That’s why he gave himself the title. He thought it would be his hand on the wand with Harry’s mother against the Dark Lord, and when it wasn’t, he knew that no other hand could save her, and that he had failed her. He suffered with that failure until he understands that the prophecy referred to Harry.

Snape, not Dumbledore, now sets up to be the architect of events. Dumbledore has his part to be sure, but the two hands of the two houses need to be on the wand at the end to defeat the dark lord, and who more than Snape would know how divided the two Houses are than the man who tried to cross the divide himself and came back with nothing but heartache. Snape knows through personal experience the task of getting Malfoid and Harry together for that moment against all that would separate them is nigh impossible, but he is the wizard of impossible causes. Who is it that constantly puts Harry and Malfoid together? The man who protects Harry behind the scenes also protects Malfoid. He cannot be direct in any of his actions, because to be direct would be to fail, and the prophecy is not fore-destined. Snape knows that small victories can quickly turn to defeat where the heart is concerned, and must constantly put them against each other and hope that it will bring them together for the final battle. Through out the story arch, every time they would naturally drift apart, Snape or circumstance will bring them back together, until both of their hands are on the wand together.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

I caught the Malfoid fever.

It is amazing how much the Malfoid character enhances the whole story by making the other characters so much richer in their own stories. She undoubtedly makes Harry better, which is a natural outcome of how she challenges him. He is to be the Prince of his people, not a clerk, and he needs that someone who will inspire him to be that man, and who will defend him like a Lioness.

As I thought about this, it occurred to me how much she also improves Snape. Snape’s motivations make more sense. For instance, why did he take the unbreakable vow to protect Draco, a vow that shocked even a death eater. Why, because he was already saving Malfoid for Harry (he certainly wasn’t doing it for people who were ready to betray him). And why would he do that? The best reason is prophecy, the prophecy of tragedy and redemption, and salvation that is the entire story.

I would like to add to this growing story (and I don’t know if it’s already been thought of tbh or that it will be accepted), that Snape was privy to a prophecy in his backstory, a prophecy that he misunderstood at first and that his misunderstanding he took as failure (a failure that he thought doomed the house of Slytherin and all Wizards) until Harry and Malfoid were presented to him as the true principles of that prophecy. The prophecy is simple, but not understood to apply to Harry until he was born, that the Half Blood Prince and the Princess of the two great Houses unite in love and sacrifice to defeat the dark lord and save their houses from destruction. That both their hands would be on the wand at the end or doom would come to both houses. Snape just thought it was to be him to save their houses. That’s why he gave himself the title. He thought it would be his hand on the wand with Harry’s mother against the Dark Lord, and when it wasn’t, he knew that no other hand could save her, and that he had failed her. He suffered with that failure until he understands that the prophecy referred to Harry.

Snape, not Dumbledore, now sets up to be the architect of events. Dumbledore has his part to be sure, but the two hands of the two houses need to be on the wand at the end to defeat the dark lord, and who more than Snape would know how divided the two Houses are than the man who tried to cross the divide himself and came back with nothing but heartache. Snape knows through personal experience the task of getting Malfoid and Harry together for that moment against all that would separate them is nigh impossible, but he is the wizard of impossible causes. Who is it that constantly puts Harry and Malfoid together? The man who protects Harry behind the scenes also protects Malfoid. He cannot be direct in any of his actions, because to be direct would be to fail, and the prophecy is not fore-destined. Snape knows that small victories can quickly turn to defeat where the heart is concerned, and must constantly put them against each other and hope that it will bring them together for the final battle. Through out the story arch, every time they would naturally drift apart, Snape or circumstance will bring them back together, until both of their hands are on the wand together.

Anyway. This has been fun.

[Andrew @Andrew4COLCAL]

It is amazing how much the Malfoid character enhances the whole story by making the other characters so much richer in their own stories. She undoubtedly makes Harry better, which is a natural outcome of how she challenges him. He is to be the Prince of his people, not a clerk, and he needs that someone who will inspire him to be that man, and who will defend him like a Lioness.

As I thought about this, it occurred to me how much she also improves Snape. Snape’s motivations make more sense. For instance, why did he take the unbreakable vow to protect Draco, a vow that shocked even a death eater. Why, because he was already saving Malfoid for Harry (he certainly wasn’t doing it for people who were ready to betray him). And why would he do that? The best reason is prophecy, the prophecy of tragedy and redemption, and salvation that is the entire story.

I would like to add to this growing story (and I don’t know if it’s already been thought of tbh or that it will be accepted), that Snape was privy to a prophecy in his backstory, a prophecy that he misunderstood at first and that his misunderstanding he took as failure (a failure that he thought doomed the house of Slytherin and all Wizards) until Harry and Malfoid were presented to him as the true principles of that prophecy. The prophecy is simple, but not understood to apply to Harry until he was born, that the Half Blood Prince and the Princess of the two great Houses unite in love and sacrifice to defeat the dark lord and save their houses from destruction. That both their hands would be on the wand at the end or doom would come to both houses. Snape just thought it was to be him to save their houses. That’s why he gabe himself the title. He thought it would be his hand on the wand with Harry’s mother against the Dark Lord, and when it wasn’t, he knew that no other hand could save her, and that he had failed her. He suffered with that failure until he understands that the prophecy referred to Harry.

Snape, not Dumbledore, now sets up to be the architect of events. Dumbledore has his part to be sure, but the two hands of the two houses need to be on the wand at the end to defeat the dark lord, and who more than Snape would know how divided the two Houses are than the man who tried to cross the divide himself and came back with nothing but heartache. Snape knows through personal experience the task of getting Malfoid and Harry together for that moment against all that would separate them is nigh impossible, but he is the wizard of impossible causes. Who is it that constantly puts Harry and Malfoid together? The man who protects Harry behind the scenes also protects Malfoid. He cannot be direct in any of his actions, because to be direct would be to fail, and the prophecy is not fore-destined. Snape knows that small victories can quickly turn to defeat where the heart is concerned, and must constantly put them against each other and hope that it will bring them together for the final battle. Through out the story arch, every time they would naturally drift apart, Snape or circumstance will bring them back together, until both of their hands are on the wand together.

Anyway. This has been fun.

[Jason D. Meister 🇺🇸 @jason_meister]

Wake up, New York. The hour is later than you think. 🗽 🇺🇸

[L A R R Y @LarryOConnor]

Bishop Fulton Sheen, half a century ago:

"Just think, my dear ladies, of how many mentally disturbed women we are going to have in the United States in the next 10 or 15 years when the guilt of abortion begins to attack the mind and soul.". 🤯

[UNA VOCE SEVILLA - Misa Tradicional @UnaVoceSevilla]

Obispo Mutsaerts, Países Bajos: “La evangelización católica tradicionalmente asume que algo dramático está en juego. El hombre es creado para Dios. Está herido por el pecado. Cristo murió por él. La gracia es real. El pecado mortal es real. El juicio es real. El cielo es real. El infierno es real. El perdón es real. La Eucaristía es realmente Cristo. La confesión realmente reconcilia al pecador con Dios.

Una vez que se cree intensamente en estas cosas, las prioridades pastorales cambian inmediatamente”

Fuente: Ad Vaticanum

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The Cybercab motor uses no rare earth metals, but maintains the same range!

This was extremely hard to achieve.

[𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 ♱🇻🇦 @littleonefaith]

A Baptist pastor read 2 Thessalonians 2:15 from the pulpit.

Then he stopped.

He told the congregation to take out a pen, scratch one word out of their Bibles, and replace it with another.

Stewart never forgot it.

Watch this.