Manuel

Nothing more difficult than making men believe in the existence of Spirit.

— L. C.

[Atlántico Moral ⋮𐃯⋮ @bidueirobranco]

Feliz Día Nacional de Galicia! Un pobo con raices milenarias nunha terra fermosa. Por mil anos máis.

Feliz Día de Santiago, símbolo da Reconquista e da espiritualidade de todos os pobos hispánicos.

Non esquezamos: os nosos devanceiros loitaron aínda cando todo parecía perdido.

[Guilherme @gulielmus]

“Digo com o Cardeal Belarmino que, seja o Papa infalível ou não em qualquer pronunciamento, ele deve ser obedecido de qualquer forma. Nenhum bem pode advir da desobediência. Seus fatos e seus avisos podem estar todos errados; suas deliberações

[Pe. Henrique S Silva @Pehenriquesds]

Este é o mais antigo ícone mariano conservado da tradição carmelitana.

• Proveniente de Chipre, foi realizado aproximadamente entre o final do século XII e o início do século XIII. Chipre foi um importante centro de produção de ícones bizantinos durante a época das Cruzadas, onde conviviam as tradições grega, latina e oriental.

• A Virgem aparece entronizada com o Menino Jesus, seguindo o modelo bizantino da Theotokos (Mãe de Deus). Os dois anjos na parte superior indicam o caráter celeste da cena.

• Os pequenos painéis laterais são especialmente valiosos porque narram episódios da vida de Maria e de Cristo, formando um verdadeiro “ciclo narrativo”. Esse tipo de ícone era muito apreciado para a catequese e a oração.

• Um dos detalhes mais interessantes é o grupo de carmelitas ajoelhados sob o manto da Virgem. Na tradição carmelitana, eles são interpretados como os irmãos da Ordem colocados sob sua proteção. Trata-se de um testemunho muito antigo da compreensão de Maria como Padroeira e Mãe do Carmelo.

• A pintura apresenta perdas significativas da policromia e do suporte, mas ainda conserva grande parte do dourado original e da pintura das figuras, permitindo apreciar a extraordinária qualidade do desenho bizantino.

• Este ícone possui um valor imenso porque reflete uma espiritualidade muito primitiva do Carmelo: Maria como Senhora do lugar santo, Mãe de Cristo e protetora da comunidade, antes mesmo do surgimento da devoção ao Escapulário tal como a conhecemos hoje.

[ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔 ℚ𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 @Catholic_Mind]

"There are certain souls who are always looking for consolation in prayer; this is a delusion of the Devil, who simply wishes to bring about their destruction."

- St. Alphonsus Liguori

[Montaraz Católico @Perfecttsh14153]

“Dios se hizo hombre para que el hombre llegase a ser hijo de Dios.”

San Atanasio

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

FRANCE 🇫🇷

During the French Revolution, hundreds of Catholic priests were stripped naked and tied up and drowned in Nantes along with thousands of Lay Catholics for refusing to accept the Revolution

[Dietrich 🇻🇦 @jarldietrich]

Mario Derksen (Novus Ordo Watch) continues to show he acts in bad faith by claiming the IBP ordinations were invalid because Cardinal Müller's mispronunciation of a word.

First thing is that the form needs to signify the giving of "the power of Order and the grace of the Holy Spirit" as defined by Pius XII in Sacramentum Ordinis. Cardinal Müller translated into English assuming the mispronunciation said:

"Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty Father, invest this Thy servant with the dignity of the Priesthood; do Thou renew in his heart the spirit of holiness, so that he may persevere in this HAND [Should be office], which is next to ours in dignity, since he has received it from Thee, O God. May the example of his life lead others to moral uprightness.”

Clearly says both dignity of the priesthood, and "spirit of holiness" signifying the Holy Ghost, there is no substantial change even if "persevere in this hand" makes no sense, it really doesn't mean anything.

Second the Church has made clear that simple mispronunciation from being bad at Latin, not intentionally changing the words to something that means something else does not invalidate the sacraments, this was decided by Pope St Zachary, Denzinger 297:
[From the epistle "Virgilius et Sedonius" to St. Boniface, July I, 746 (?)]
297 For they have reported that there was a priest in that province, who was so completely ignorant of the Latin language that when he was baptizing, because of his ignorance of the Latin speech, breaking up the language, said: "Baptizo te in nomine Patria et Filia et Spiritus Sancti." And on account of this your honored brotherhood has considered rebaptizing. But . . . if that one who baptized, not introducing an error or a heresy, but through mere ignorance of the Roman speech by breaking up the language, baptizing he said, as we mentioned above, we do not agree that they should be baptized a second time.

Sedevacantists will use anything to attack the Catholic Church even when they're objectively wrong, which they are almost all of the time.

[Monte Auseva 🇪🇦 @monte_auseva]

Y España respondió:

[Manuel @dugospimentel]

@guilherme94jose More problematic than the otherwise reasonable idea of an adequacy between reason and reality is the rejection of transcendence. The cosmic order is indeed intelligible, but for an immanentist technocratic worldview it is also engineerable, in which technics are the cosmic apex.

[Jmy @JmyLss]

A painting of Christ, by the hands of Saint Alphonsus of Liguori.

[GermanGunGoy @GermanGunGoy]

ich hab eine Idee

[Rodrigo Lima @rodrigoslimma]

Hoje a Igreja celebra a memória facultativa dos Santos Mártires da China, um grupo de 120 santos, dos quais 87 eram católicos chineses e 33 eram missionários ocidentais.

Eles foram martirizados entre meados do século XVII e 1930 por causa de sua fé e de seu ministério e, em alguns casos, por se recusarem a apostatar.

Muitos deles morreram durante a Revolta dos Boxers (1899–1901), quando rebeldes nacionalistas e antiocidentais massacraram milhares de cristãos chineses convertidos, além de missionários e outros estrangeiros.

Entre os cristãos mortos nesse período, cerca de 30 mil eram chineses convertidos ao cristianismo.

[Classical Theist ✠ @ClassicalTheis]

In order for the SSPX to be justified in their consecrations they would need to be prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that salvation is objectively unattainable for the laity except through their Society, which means they would need to prove that the Missal of 1969 is intrinsically evil and that there’s absolutely no sense in which someone can pledge obedience to the Second Vatican Council in light of Tradition. So many of its proponents dance around these two claims which is regrettable, as they constitute the sole basis of the SSPX’s legitimacy as an extra-canonical organization.

[Dr Taylor Marshall™️ @TaylorRMarshall]

“Where Peter is, there is the Church [Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia]. And where the Church, no death is there, but life eternal.”

St. Ambrose of Milan (c. 339–397), Expositio in Psalmum XL

[The Masterpieces Archive @MasterpiecesArc]

Ascent of the Blessed by Hieronymus BoschThe (c.1500)

[Manuel @dugospimentel]

Technology is not a demon: it's a consequence of original sin. Man is incapable of self sustenance, because bodily immortality was lost. Man is ignorant, because he abdicated divine infused knowledge for a moment of pleasure.

Technology without theology is demonic.

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

I’ve finished my article, “USA–CHINA: The Battle for the Last Cyborg.” It analyzes the meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping through Yuk Hui’s cosmotechnics and the struggle over AI.

It will be published in Spain. Newspapers interested in an English edition can contact me.

[Manuel @dugospimentel]

If you think it's far more plausible that 'aliens' are an extraterrestrial race than that they are demons, it's actually over for you

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

Father Seraphim Rose believed UFOs were not extraterrestrial craft, but demonic manifestations disguised in modern forms to deceive a post-Christian world.

He compared modern UFO sightings to demonic apparitions described in the lives of saints.

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

I’m forming a study group in Lisbon, Portugal.

If you’re interested in discussing philosophy, politics and culture, feel free to send me a private message.

The aim is to encourage sharing ideas, reading together, and exchanging books.

[Manuel @dugospimentel]

Centro Português de Vigo (14 de Abril de 2026)

X Colóquio Luso-Galaico sobre a Saudade / III Encontro de Filosofia e Cultura Luso-Galaica

Apresentei o título "A Essência Celta da Saudade".

Grato ao Instituto de Filosofia Luso-Brasileira e ao Centro Português pela oportunidade.