En #ElSilmarillion de #JRRTolkien Las fuerzas del mal triunfan seguido. Pero enmarañada en la oscuridad se encuentra velada y pequeña la #Esperanza de los Pueblos Libres de la Tierra Media, materializada mucho después en #ElRetornoDelRey
Como en la vida real ¿no?
#AurëEntuluva
My admiration for the work of Friedrich Hayek, already great, has been heightened by reading @DrSamuelGregg’s new book.
Hayek’s work combines acute economic analysis with a sweeping view of history and a deep respect for cultural and religious traditions. Those who dismiss his work as “merely” economic analysis are doing him— and themselves— a grave disservice.
https://t.co/ZtfGteDCAK
El viaje del Papa a la Argentina 🇦🇷 fue un lujo, y resalto de manera especial no solo la seguridad, limpieza y orden, sino también la escolta de los granaderos a caballo que merecidamente está dando vuelta al mundo.
Qué lindo ver que sudor marika, los pañuelos verdes y demás basura ideológica son prácticamente cosa de un pasado que espero haya sido superado para siempre.
Imagine Strava disappears tomorrow.
No kudos. No one looking at your splits. No clever title to think up.
Would you run just as much?
I would. Might even get out the door faster.
Otro partido donde no pasa nada con Vini Jr.
Antes le analizábamos si se comprometía a recuperar pero por lo menos aportaba en ataque. Ahora ni siquiera se va de nadie
Hoy, 2 de noviembre, Conmemoración de Todos los Fieles Difuntos.
Que San José, patrón de la buena muerte, interceda por nosotros y nos acompañe en nuestra última hora.
Vehículo colisiona contra poste en Diagonal 6 y 17 calle, zona 10.
El vehículo P-812LSL queda daños leves. El conductor presenta síntomas de posible estado de ebriedad. PNC se hace cargo del procedimiento correspondiente.
#PoliciaMT#TraficoGT#TransitoGT#OrdenYservicio
Friends, sanctity can seem like something that is the special preserve of a handful of spiritual heroes—and not the ordinary goal of the Christian life.
But the whole purpose of the Church—priesthood, the Mass, the sacraments, good preaching, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy—is to make saints.
There is only one real sadness in life: not to be a saint.
Don’t miss the opportunity.
On this day, in 1541, Michelangelo unveiled the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Some loved it, some hated it, but all were awed. Here it is, freshly restored for its 485th birthday, ready to celebrate All Saints Day!
Well, another Cardinal has come out with a, shall we say, puzzling take on evangelization.
A few years ago, Cardinal Américo Aguiar, at the time auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, said that he and the other organizers of World Youth Day in his hometown had no interest in converting anyone to Christ.
Now Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algeria has opined that “the Church is not there to convert” and “Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversions.”
Excuse me, but…what?
Last time I checked, the Founder said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Sure sounds like conversion to me.
When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
So impassioned is he for this work that he says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:22); and “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16)!
Moreover, the entire thrust of the Second Vatican Council was toward bringing the Light of Christ to the peoples of the world (Lumen Gentium). And this missionary élan has given rise in the last few decades to the idea of a “new evangelization,” which is to say, a fresh declaration of the Lordship of Christ.
Quite obviously, no one thinks that this work of evangelization should be done in a brow-beating, overbearing, or disrespectful manner (proselytization), but for God’s sake, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job.