Paul Stilwell

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[Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores]

St Augustine (Sermo 78) on the Transfiguration, where Peter receives a rebuke for wanting to hang around the Mountain:

Nunc autem ipse dicit:
Descende laborare in terra, servire in terra, contemni, crucifigi in terra. Descendit vita, ut occideretur; descendit panis, ut esuriret; descendit via, ut in itinere lassaretur; descendit fons, ut sitiret: et tu recusas laborare? Noli tua quaerere. Habe charitatem, praedica veritatem: tunc pervenies ad aeternitatem, ubi invenies securitatem.
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But now he himself says [to Peter]:
Come down to labor on the earth, to serve on earth, to be despised, to be crucified on the earth. Life came down, that he might be put to death; Bread came down, that he might be hungry; the Way came down, that he might be weary on the journey; the Fount of water came down, that he might be thirsty: and you refuse to labor? Do not seek after your own well-being. Have charity, preach the truth: then you will reach to eternity, where you will find freedom from care.
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Pero ahora él mismo dice [a Pedro]:
«Desciende para trabajar en la tierra, para servir en la tierra, para ser despreciado, para ser crucificado en la tierra. La Vida descendió para sufrir la muerte; el Pan descendió para padecer hambre; el Camino descendió para fatigarse en el recorrido; la Fuente de agua descendió para sentir sed: ¿y tú te niegas a trabajar? No busques tu propio bienestar. Ten caridad, predica la verdad: así alcanzarás la eternidad, donde hallarás libertad de toda preocupación».

[Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores]

Human beings think and operate out what they are most immersed in; only, our immersions have a way of hiding themselves from our view. Conversion is the grace of conscious movement(s) into a different immersion, an immersion into Christ. There is no bottom to that sea (Abyssus abyssum invocat).

[Jeremiah @OnAncientPaths]

“Life is more immediate than, and prior to, any philosophical reflection or self-reflection. Life is ultimately undefinable, though constantly in the process of definition; it fills our judgments with content but is never exhausted by them. It fills all the twists and turns of our existence and, more particularly, of our thought; it is the maternal womb, the inexhaustible source, the immeasurable depth. Life is simultaneously everything and nothing, for it cannot be attributed to any particular something and thus be categorized and defined. It is outside time and space, for, although it is expressed in spatial and temporal phenomena, it is never fully exhausted by them and remains prior to them. It is not life that exists in space and time, but spatiality and temporality that are manifestations of life. Life cannot be reduced to anything simpler than itself, although it proceeds from the Source of life, the God of the living but not of the dead. Life cannot be deduced from any reasons and is in this sense miraculous, it is freedom, reigning over necessity." - Fr. Sergei Bulgakov

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Jesus’ action in the #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 14:13-21) teaches us that nothing is discarded when it is shared. Hoarding and waste, however, are two sides of the same evil: greed. So, in the face of an opulence that reeks of decay, we find the outstretched hands of those who have no nourishment, the burned homes of those who have no peace.

[Legado Francisco @LegadoFrancisco]

Las redes te ven como un dato de mercado y prometen ilusiones vacías. En cambio, Jesús no te mide por tu utilidad: te conoce por tu nombre, confía en ti y le importas verdaderamente en tu unicidad.

[Bishop Michael F. Burbidge @BishopBurbidge]

Our Lord says: “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so you are in my hand.”Thus, St. Peter Chrysologus asks: “Why are you so worthless in your own eyes and yet so precious to God? Why render yourself such dishonor when you are honored by him? Rejoice! You are God’s beloved!

[Archie Goodwin @ArchieG1946]

“In making us see our world for what it is, the artist also makes us see ourselves for what we are. . . . When such imaginative vision is not constantly renewed, the very faculty of imagination atrophies. A decisive aspect of man’s dehumanization—perhaps the critical point in his

[Paul Stilwell @denethor_d]

@credenzaclear2 It doesn't matter. Reality happens.

[Antoine-Marie Izoard @AMizoard]

Dans l’église de Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, pour la première fois est exposée l’aube maculée du sang du père Jacques Hamel, assassiné ici-même il y a 10 ans. Son étole est déposée sur la croix, près de l’autel. @DioceseRouen @FChretienne

[Paul Stilwell @denethor_d]

@alliepilled22 The Brothers Karamazov

[William Cardinal Goh @will_cardi]

Protecting our #relationships requires constant care and vigilance, as complacency and external temptations can easily erode even the strongest bonds with our loved ones and with #God. By avoiding the subtle "yeast" of pride, neglect, and distraction, we prevent small fractures from growing into deep division or #betrayal. Ultimately, even when distance has crept in, taking small, patient steps rooted in grace can restore our connections and transform our relationships into places of lasting #peace and #refuge.

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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Firmly rooted in the Word of Jesus, reading the Gospel every day, never stop dreaming of a land where there is peace and fraternity, nor stop looking at the world with wonder, nor stop facing the future with the light of hope. Do not let anything or anyone steal your hope.

[Lien @Jacksonsrule]

The real reason America has no high-speed rail has absolutely nothing to do with geography or technology. It is the result of a single lobbying contract worth $400 million signed in 1955. You are told the country is just "too big" or too spread out for bullet trains. That is a fabricated lie. The American
automotive and oil cartels literally bought
the government to systematically remove
public transit. They ripped up existing
rail networks and paved over the nation
to guarantee people would rely on cars,
insurance, and fuel just to participate in
society.

[Vincent van Gogh @vangoghartist]

Still Life with Birds' Nests - September/October 1885 #artbots #vangogh

[Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores]

St James the Apostle, Responsorium 2 for Readings
Isti sunt, qui vivéntes in carne, plantavérunt Ecclésiam sánguine suo; Cálicem Dómini bibérunt et amíci Dei facti sunt.

Mientras vivían en la carne, éstos son quienes plantaron con propia sangre a la Iglesia. Bebieron el cáliz del Señor y se convirtieron en amigos de Dios.

While in the flesh, these are the ones who established the Church in their own blood; they drank the chalice of the Lord, and became friends of God.

[Steve Hall @ProfHall1955]

The Marxists are right about this. The tendency of the rate of profit to fall. The 'investors' - the creditor class - can no longer make enough money on normal stuff like agriculture and manufacturing. They have to cancel democratic politics, disempower the state and privatise everything that was once public. One sweeping, final asset-strip for the rentiers. They also task their tech nerds with the creation of a decadent fantasy world we can rent from them every day. To sustain 'investor confidence', nothing must be public, nothing free, nothing sacred and nothing real.

But it rests on the big lie that we need their money. In fact we have our own money, created by the state every day. They're desperate to restrict that, so the IMF tells each nation to keep its spending/investment down to 3% of GDP. Enough for the minimal welfare and everyday maintenance required to quell civil unrest. Defy the creditor class and they'll sell off your bonds and currency on global markets and tank your economy. The other big lie - they can do that only if we let them.

This is why the creditor class is terrified of the economic truths uncovered by heterodox economics positions such as post-Keynesianism and #MMT. Understanding this simple fact - we do not need them or their money - is revolutionary.

[AnS @AniSWISSarts]

Max #Beckmann (German, 1884-1950)

[Paul Stilwell @denethor_d]

@alliepilled22 Not to sound drastic, but I know how empty I am without Christ, like I'm nowhere near myself without Christ in me, identifying himself with me. My problem is with trust. I believe in Christ and who he is, but I'm a beginner in knowing there is no fear in love, and it's not earned

[Paul Stilwell @denethor_d]

@alliepilled22 For me it's something that simply cannot be boiled down. Historic reasoning is incomplete. Personal miracle/encounter is incomplete. The real answer is nothing less than a lifetime. Our doubts can contain depths. Sometimes we're just doubting the "patness" that believers present.