Medieval Fireman

🇻🇦 Ave Christus Rex! Benedictus Deus! Benedictum Nomen Sanctum ejus!

[Father João Silveira @joaosilveiraaa]

Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins, from the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, stopped a car thief from escaping, in Detroit. The French priest was outside his church when he heard the screeching of tires and a loud crash. He went to see what had happened and came across the criminal:

“I grabbed him and threw him to the ground. He was resisting quite a lot, clearly trying to escape, so unfortunately I had to punch him a few times. I hurt my hand a little — nothing serious — but I made sure there was no threat, since I didn’t know if he had a firearm or any other weapon. It was clearly suspicious behavior and he was probably responsible for the accident.”

“I ran back to the lady to see if she needed the Anointing of the Sick, a blessing, or anything like that. I stayed there with the paramedics as well. She wasn’t very responsive, but her eyes were twitching a little.”

“Afterwards, I went to say my prayers as usual and had dinner with the community. Just another normal day in Detroit.”

Apparently, in addition to being good at boxing, Father Commins is also good at ice skating.

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

After His resurrection, Mary Magdalene recognizes Jesus and reaches out in overwhelming joy. But He gently tells her: “Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” (John 20:17)

Yet soon after, to Doubting Thomas, Jesus says: “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” (John 20:27)

This beautiful contrast is not a contradiction, but a profound lesson in how the Risen Christ meets each soul according to its need.

Church Teaching & the Saints explain it this way:

⚡St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that Mary already believed with love, but she was still clinging to Christ in a familiar, earthly way, as before the Passion. Jesus invites her to a higher, more spiritual faith: to recognize Him as the One ascending to the Father in glory, equal with the Father. Touch here symbolizes complete knowledge; Jesus wanted her to “touch” Him spiritually, not just carnally.

⚡St. Augustine beautifully reflects: Mary sought to touch Him as a man she had lost, but Jesus redirects her: “Do not touch Me in that way… believe in Me as equal to the Father.” Her love was ardent, but needed purifying so she could proclaim the Good News rather than cling to the old relationship. The Ascension completes the work, now we cling to Christ in faith, through the Church and the Sacraments.

⚡St. Gregory the Great and others note the contrast clearly: Mary already believed, so she was sent on mission immediately (“Go and tell…”). Thomas doubted, so in mercy Jesus offered physical proof to strengthen his faith. Jesus deals tenderly with each heart, purifying love for one, confirming belief for the other.

⚡The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that the Resurrection inaugurates the definitive state of Christ’s glorious body (CCC 645). Mary Magdalene, called the “Apostle to the Apostles” by the Church (and by St. Thomas Aquinas and Rabanus Maurus), models for us the call to move from personal encounter to sharing the Resurrection with others.

In the words of the saints: Jesus purifies Mary’s love of any merely sentimental attachment (as Dom Guéranger reflected) so it becomes more perfect and spiritual. He meets Thomas right in his doubt so that faith may triumph.

When doubt creeps in, the Risen Lord still invites us: “Come, touch My wounds” through prayer, Scripture, and the Sacraments.

Both Mary and Thomas show us that Jesus knows our hearts perfectly and gives each of us exactly what we need to grow in faith.

[Bishop Joseph Strickland @ Pillars of Faith @BishStrick]

“The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,” The beautiful message of the Angelus is that the Archangel Gabriel has announced to Mary of Nazareth that she would conceive and bear a son and name Him Jesus. Thus she becomes the Blessed Mother of God.

While it is true that many no longer know “why the bells ring” there are many who DO KNOW and they are a faithful remnant that will never forget this Annunciation that forever changed human history.

Jesus Christ is the Lord of history and those who know Him as Lord and Savior and that His Immaculate Mother will “crush the head of the evil serpent” are full of hope and joy on this Laetare Sunday.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

St George's confrontation with the dragon is not just some fanciful heroic legend made up by dark age fools. It is a true story which proves truer and truer as time goes on.

1) Monster does what monsters do.
2) Cowards tremble before it.
3) Children are given over to it.
4) Horror continues until a knight shows up and puts a stop to it.

The difference between then and now is that the dragon takes different forms today.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

Heated debate in the replies about how much blame women deserve for being taken in by false promises about feminist careerism.

I'm most interested in the obvious truth that applies to all of us more generally: we constantly have to purify our will and check our desires.

The virtue of prudence is not just a matter of strategically evaluating pros and cons—but is clearly influenced by the will as well. We need a "rectitude of volition," or purity of the will, which means that we want the right things. This is our defense against falling under the sway of bad teachers.

Anyone who's been paying attention for the last few years now realizes that 99% of Westerners have been schooled by massive propaganda machines unlike anything the world has ever seen before. Lies, mistruths, false pieties, fakeness then become conventions and big money industries, and we are in big trouble. All this makes purifying our will that much more crucial, so that we'll be less doomed to fall under the sway of bad teachings.

On some level those who are easily deceived probably wanted to believe. So check your will. Wayward desires have wayward ends.

[Alaric @0xAlaric]

Re: people sniping at Rittenhouse wedding pics — after ten years of downright worshipful media and discourse about black hood culture, I’m kind of put off by sneering contempt for white “low culture.” Yeah, they aren’t “aesthetic” in their wedding photos. No Green Polo Nationalism Vibes. His wife even has tattoos, the scandal!

He’s a Midwestern chud, dude. Do we have to go thru this haughty schtick where we acquiesce to snide leftist jabs about them being prole-coded and therefore Cringe? Obungus invited Kendrick Lamar to the White House — as far as I’m concerned, Rittenhouse could’ve had limp bizkit play his wedding and a pitbull as the ring-bearer and I wouldn’t have any desire to pile on. Do you ever see communists do this whole “erm, cringe!” bit about their freak-avatars? No. Never.

Plus, what, you have strong opinions on Kyle Rittenhouse’s wife’s “wedding hair?” On the composition of their instagram pictures? No, you don’t. You just desperately need to signal that you’re Better Than The Chuds, that you’re not a Trashy Midwestern Prole, that you should be accepted by the online female collective as defined by bisexual pinkos in Bushwick desperately trying to “post like dril.” You’re One of The Good Ones, yo. In engaging with this you prove yourself to be a spiritual homosexual, no better than a gossip-rag worm munching on People magazine circa 2006.

Grow up. You don’t have to “have a take.” This whole obamacore performative distaste for Chud Aesthetics is repulsive.

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

Did you know?

The genuflection we do in Church comes from Medieval European Knights, whose sword hung to their left.

When you kneel down on your right knee, you actually put your left thigh in the way of your sword. So you render yourself incapable of drawing your sword. It shows the Sovereign trust and vulnerability.

So when you genuflect, it’s a beautiful moment of total vulnerability and complete openness to the Lord, who is the King of All Kings. 🙏🤯

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

The Lord's fondness for the Roman centurion is touching:

"When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying, 'Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.' He said to him, 'I will come and cure him.' The centurion said in reply, 'Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it.' When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, 'Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I say to you, many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven.'"

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

Oof

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

CS Lewis writes about the reign of Jon Stewartism twenty years before Stewart was born.

"Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it."

Stewart's "jokes" were often just knowingly blank stares into the camera, which caused the audience to lose it.

[Memento Mori @TempusFugit4016]

"It is not fitting to applaud the servant in the house of his Master." - Pope St. Pius X

[Kennedy Hall @kennedyhall]

An Update on the Baby... Suffering, the Cross, and Christian Hope

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

Fernando's mother asked him what he says in his prayers. He responded: "I tell the Lord that he is my king and I am his knight, that I want to suffer great labors for him in wars against the Moors, that I want to shed my blood for him, and that his glorious mother is my lady."

[Christian B. Wagner 🔫🐒 @WalmartThomist]

"You can't legislate morality" is a boomerism that must be purged from our minds and from the minds of others with all our energy.

[The Church Militant @JohnAndrewDors3]

They Chose Death Over Surrender... And Saved the Pope! In 1527, 189 Swiss Guards faced 20,000 mercenaries storming Rome. What these brave soldiers did in the Vatican corridors became history's most heroic last stand. Their sacrifice changed the course of Christianity forever.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

Excellent advice from a father to his son:
“You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honest courage. Say what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right. If a friend should ask a favor, you should grant it, if it is possible and reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot. You will wrong him and yourself by equivocation of any kind. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one. The man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly with all your classmates. You will find it the policy which wears best. Above all do not appear to others what you are not. If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain. There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.”

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

No more of this garbage. We don't say sorry for our ancestors' heroism.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

"Meaning well" is not good enough. A lot of people who mean well make the world a worse place. A man who wishes to do good must know what the good is and how to realize it in the specific circumstances he faces. This is why the virtue of prudence matters.