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In 375 BC, the philosopher Plato may have predicted the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
“The perfectly just man will be considered unjust, while the unjust will appear just. […] The just man will be scourged, tortured, chained, his eyes will be burned out, and, after suffering all evils, he will be crucified.”
- Plato (The Republic Book II, 361e–362a)
When Ireland used Rosaries to exasperate Oliver Cromwell🇻🇦
Oliver Cromwell is a super villain in Catholic history. He came to Ireland in 1649 and began a brutal suppression of Catholics, which created strife that is still reverberating today. He committed war crimes against Catholics. He took Catholic land and gave it to Protestants just so Catholics wouldn’t have power. In short, he was the worst.
He also helped enforce penal laws, which effectively made it illegal to be Catholic. The Irish gave exactly zero regards to this, and instead hid their faith and moved their seminaries to other countries while remaining very much Catholic and sometimes dying for that. The Rosary remained an important part of their faith, though they adopted small penal rosaries that were harder to detect.
Cromwell knew he failed at subduing the Irish to Protestantism, and he blamed the Rosary. He wrote to his superiors:
“All is not well with Ireland yet. You gave us the money, you gave us the guns. But let me tell you that every house in Ireland is a house of prayer, and when I bring these fanatical Irish before the muzzles of my guns, they hold up in their hands a string of beads, and they never surrender.”
You bet we do hold up our rosaries, Oliver, and you better believe we don’t surrender
St. Gemma Galgani (1878-1903) was a mystic who received the stigmata and experienced visions of Our Lord, Our Lady, and her guardian angel. Her life of constant suffering deepened her union with Christ's Passion, vividly captured in her diary. She died age 25.
Friends, in your charity please pray for my sister, Kath. She is 65 years old, a wife, breast cancer survivor, and devout Catholic. Kath was diagnosed with bladder cancer today. Saint Vitalis of Assisi, pray for us.
Christ, graciously hear us.