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Forwarded from William Swollace
"The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken."
-- Psalm 34:15-20
-- Psalm 34:15-20
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Forwarded from The Beacons Are Lit
The Left is cooked. They have nothing; they are nothing. Their only hope for escaping the enclosing box of nihilism is to repent and believe the gospel.
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βso that we can teach our children to hate it. It is simply not enough to keep your kids from watching movies or having access to the internet when they are in your home. No matter what you do, the magical dark liturgy that runs twenty-four seven will still be out there, and the likelihood that your children will have FOMO (fear of missing out) will be high. But teaching your children to hate it is far more important than keeping it hidden away from them. They should learn specifically why they ought to despise everything from Trashworld. In your house they should mature to recognize that the glories of this disgusting world of ugliness are nothing but hideous monstrosities.β
Excerpt From
The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation
Excerpt From
The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation
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Forwarded from The Beacons Are Lit
I did have a seed of hope that this administration would put down Leftwing terrorism. But, the past couple of weeks has made things clear: If they canβt summon the courage to make war on these terrorists on Charlie Kirkβs behalf, they sure as hell ainβt coming to protect you or me.
Sorry yβall. Iβm wrestling with the blackpill.
Sorry yβall. Iβm wrestling with the blackpill.
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βwoe to him who is alone when he falls,For he has no one to help him up.β
The practical advantage of partnerships. In view are several challenges in life that are more readily overcome with the help of a companion. By way of illustration, a rope made of three strands is stronger than any single strand by itself
The practical advantage of partnerships. In view are several challenges in life that are more readily overcome with the help of a companion. By way of illustration, a rope made of three strands is stronger than any single strand by itself
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POV: you are the leper
βit says, behold, a leper. Thus the sinner comes by faith, but adores through humility; he will save the humble of spirit (Ps 33:19). Similarly, he confesses the power of Christ, when he says, Lord, if you will it, you can make me clean. Similarly, he calls him Lord. If he is the Lord, he is able to save. Know that the Lord, he is God (Ps 99:3). Similarly, he had confidence in Godβs mercy. It is not necessary to ask for mercy, but only to show him oneβs need; so this man did, Lord, if you will it, you can make me clean. Hence, Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you (Ps 37:10). Similarly, he shows the wisdom of Christ, because he asks nothing but his will; because he knows what is beneficial for you better than you yourself do.β
St. Thomas Aquinas
βit says, behold, a leper. Thus the sinner comes by faith, but adores through humility; he will save the humble of spirit (Ps 33:19). Similarly, he confesses the power of Christ, when he says, Lord, if you will it, you can make me clean. Similarly, he calls him Lord. If he is the Lord, he is able to save. Know that the Lord, he is God (Ps 99:3). Similarly, he had confidence in Godβs mercy. It is not necessary to ask for mercy, but only to show him oneβs need; so this man did, Lord, if you will it, you can make me clean. Hence, Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you (Ps 37:10). Similarly, he shows the wisdom of Christ, because he asks nothing but his will; because he knows what is beneficial for you better than you yourself do.β
St. Thomas Aquinas
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Forwarded from Heathens Begone (Gianluca Colonna β§)
"For a just man shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil"
Proverbs 24:16
Proverbs 24:16
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βloveβ here is understood, rather, as βwilling the good of another. In other words the willing of their ultimate good the ends to which man is ordered, the Beatific Vision(salvation). From this, the command to love our enemies by willing their good emerges, not as a harmful and self-flagellating defeatism.
(II-II, q. 25, a. 8), Aquinas argues that charity extends to all people, including enemies, because all are neighbors in the sense of being created by God and capable of eternal happiness.
However, Aquinas makes distinctions in how love is expressed. In the same question (I-II,q. 25, a. 9), he notes that loving an enemy does not mean approving of their unjust actions or refraining from resisting their evil. For instance, he supports the idea that justice can require punishment or defense against enemies, particularly in cases of harm to the common good, as seen in his discussion of just war.
In Aquinasβ Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Matt 5:44), Aquinas emphasizes that Christβs command is about some warm fuzzy funny feelings, but an internal disposition of loving enemies in the sense of desiring their good and salvation, and not about maintaining personal affection or forgoing justice.
Concerning his commentary on Matthew; Aquinas writes: βaccording to Augustine, that we should, as to nature but not as to fault. Hence your adversary is to be loved in what he shares with you, as also appears among natural things; for white is opposed to black as it is unlike: as black, not as a color. Hence we should destroy hatred, i.e., the fact that he is an enemy should displease us, and we should destroy this in him.β
βAnd it should be known that to love someone is to will him good. But there are two kinds of good: eternal life, and charity intends this, because I am bound to love my neighbor as myself for eternal life; the other is temporal, and in this I am not bound to love my neighbor except insofar as these things lead to eternal life. Hence while preserving charity I can wish some temporal evil on my neighbor to the extent that it would give him the occasion of doing good and attaining eternal life.β
βHence Gregory says in his Morals that the sign that you do not love your neighbor is when you rejoice in his ruin; but I can rejoice in his temporal ruin to the extent that it is ordered to his good or that of others or of the multitude.β
Concerning ST ll-ll 25 a6
βThe prophet hated the unjust, as such, and the object of his hate was their injustice, which was their evil. Such hatred is perfect, of which he himself says (Psalm 138:22): "I have hated them with a perfect hatred." Now hatred of a person's evil is equivalent to love of his good. Hence also this perfect hatred belongs to charity.β
(II-II, q. 25, a. 8), Aquinas argues that charity extends to all people, including enemies, because all are neighbors in the sense of being created by God and capable of eternal happiness.
However, Aquinas makes distinctions in how love is expressed. In the same question (I-II,q. 25, a. 9), he notes that loving an enemy does not mean approving of their unjust actions or refraining from resisting their evil. For instance, he supports the idea that justice can require punishment or defense against enemies, particularly in cases of harm to the common good, as seen in his discussion of just war.
In Aquinasβ Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Matt 5:44), Aquinas emphasizes that Christβs command is about some warm fuzzy funny feelings, but an internal disposition of loving enemies in the sense of desiring their good and salvation, and not about maintaining personal affection or forgoing justice.
Concerning his commentary on Matthew; Aquinas writes: βaccording to Augustine, that we should, as to nature but not as to fault. Hence your adversary is to be loved in what he shares with you, as also appears among natural things; for white is opposed to black as it is unlike: as black, not as a color. Hence we should destroy hatred, i.e., the fact that he is an enemy should displease us, and we should destroy this in him.β
βAnd it should be known that to love someone is to will him good. But there are two kinds of good: eternal life, and charity intends this, because I am bound to love my neighbor as myself for eternal life; the other is temporal, and in this I am not bound to love my neighbor except insofar as these things lead to eternal life. Hence while preserving charity I can wish some temporal evil on my neighbor to the extent that it would give him the occasion of doing good and attaining eternal life.β
βHence Gregory says in his Morals that the sign that you do not love your neighbor is when you rejoice in his ruin; but I can rejoice in his temporal ruin to the extent that it is ordered to his good or that of others or of the multitude.β
Concerning ST ll-ll 25 a6
βThe prophet hated the unjust, as such, and the object of his hate was their injustice, which was their evil. Such hatred is perfect, of which he himself says (Psalm 138:22): "I have hated them with a perfect hatred." Now hatred of a person's evil is equivalent to love of his good. Hence also this perfect hatred belongs to charity.β
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βFor it pertains to the statesman to know how large a city should be and whether it should include men of one nation or of several. The size of the city should indeed be such that the region may be sufficiently productive and that it may be possible to repel external enemies. It should also preferably be made up of a single nation in view of the fact that the men of the same nation possess the same way of life and the same customs, which foster friendship among the citizens because of their resemblance. Accordingly, the cities that were constituted out of different nations were ruined on account of the dissensions that arose in them due to the diversity of manners, for one part used to ally itself with [external] enemies out of hatred for the other part.β
St. Thomas Aquinas,
Commentary on Aristotle's Politics book 3 lesson 2 362
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