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St. Joseph PT. 1 SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND FOSTER FATHER OF JESUS Feast: March 19 The glorious St. Joseph was lineally descended from the greatest kings of the tribe of Judah, and from the most illustrious of the ancient patriarchs; but his true glory consisted in his humility and virtue. The history of his life hath not been written by men; but his principal actions are recorded by the Holy Ghost himself God entrusted him with the education of his divine Son, manifested in the flesh. In this view he was espoused to the Virgin Mary. It is an evident mistake of some writers, that by a former wife he was the father of St. James the Less, and of the rest who are styled in the gospels the brothers of our Lord; for these were only cousin-germans to Christ, the sons of Mary, sister to the Blessed Virgin, wife of Alphaeus, who was living at the time of our Redeemer's crucifixion. St. Jerome assures us1 that St. Joseph always preserved his virgin chastity; and it is of faith that nothing contrary thereto ever took place with regard to his chaste spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was given her by heaven to be the protector of her chastity, to secure her from calumnies in the birth of the Son of God, and to assist her in his education, and in her journeys, fatigues, and persecutions. How great was the purity and sanctity of him who was chosen the guardian of the most spotless Virgin! This holy man seems, for a considerable time, to have been unacquainted that the great mystery of the Incarnation had been wrought in her by the Holy Ghost. Conscious, therefore, of his own chaste behaviour towards her, it could, not but raise a great concern in his breast to find that, notwithstanding the sanctity of her deportment, yet he might be well assured that she was with child. But being a just man, as the scripture calls him, and consequently possessed of all virtues, especially of charity and mildness towards his neighbour, he was determined to leave her privately, without either condemning or accusing her, committing the whole cause to God. These, his perfect dispositions, were so acceptable to God, the lover of justice, charity, and peace, that before he put his design into execution he sent an angel from heaven, not to reprehend anything in his holy conduct, but to dissipate all his doubts and fears, by revealing to him this adorable mystery. How happy should we be if we were as tender in all that regards the reputation of our neighbor; as free from entertaining any injurious thought or suspicion, whatever certainty our conjectures or our senses may seem to rely on; and as guarded in our tongue! We commit these faults only because in our hearts we are devoid of that true charity and simplicity, whereof St. Joseph sets us so eminent an example on this occasion. In the next place we may admire in secret contemplation with what devotion, respect, and tenderness he beheld and adored the first of all men, the new-born Saviour of the world, and with what fidelity he acquitted himself of his double charge, the education of Jesus and the guardianship of his blessed mother. "He was truly the faithful and prudent servant," says St. Bernard,2 "whom our Lord appointed the master of his household, the comfort and support of his mother, his foster-father, and most faithful co-operator in the execution of his deepest counsels on earth." "What a happiness," says the same Father, "not only to see Jesus Christ, but also to hear him: to carry him in his arms, to lead him from place to place, to embrace and caress him, to feed him, and to be privy to all the great secrets which were concealed from the princes of this world!" "O astonishing elevation! O unparalleled dignity!" cries out the pious Gerson,3 in a devout address to St. Joseph, "that the mother of God, queen of heaven, should call you her lord; that God himself, made man, should call you father, and obey your commands. O glorious Triad on earth, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, how dear a family to the glorious Trinity in heaven, Father, Son,, and Holy Ghost! Nothing is on earth so great, so good, so excellent." Amidst these extraordinary graces, what more wonderful than his humility! He conceals his privileges, lives as the most obscure of men, publishes nothing of God's great mysteries, makes no further inquiries into them, leaving it to God to manifest them at his own time, seeks to fulfil the order of providence in his regard without interfering with anything but what concerns himself. Though descended from the royal family which had long been in the possession of the throne of Judea, he is content with his condition, that of a mechanic or handicraftsman, and makes it his business, by labouring in it, to maintain himself, his spouse, and the divine Child.

ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT FINAL PUSH !!! REPENT NOW !!

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The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist Feast: August 29 ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST was called by God to be the forerunner of His divine Son. In order to preserve his innocence spotless, and to improve the extraordinary graces which he had received, he was directed by the Holy Ghost to lead an austere and contemplative life in the wilderness, in the continual exercises of devout prayer and penance, from his infancy till he was thirty years of age. At this age the faithful minister began to discharge his mission. Clothed with the weeds of penance, be announced to all men the obligation they lay under of washing away their iniquities with the tears of sincere compunction; and proclaimed the Messias, Who was then coming to make His appearance among them. He was received by the people as the true herald of the Most High God, and his voice was, as it were, a trumpet sounding from heaven to summon all men to avert the divine judgments, and to prepare themselves to reap the benefit of Vie mercy that was offered them. The tetrarch Herod Antipas having, in defiance of all laws divine and human, married Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, who was yet living, St. John the Baptist boldly reprehended the tetrarch and his accomplice for so scandalous an incest and adultery, and Herod, urged on by lust and anger, cast the Saint into prison. About a year after St. John had been made a prisoner, Herod gave a splendid entertainment to the nobility of Galilee. Salome, a daughter of Herodias by her lawful husband, pleased Herod by her dancing, insomuch that he promised her to grant whatever she asked. On this, Salome consulted with her mother what to ask. Herodias instructed her daughter to demand the death of John the Baptist, and persuaded the young damsel to make it part of her petition that the head of the prisoner should be forthwith brought to her in a dish. This strange request startled the tyrant himself; he assented, however, and sent a soldier of his guard to behead the Saint in prison, with an order to bring his head in a charger and present it to Salome, who delivered it to her mother. St. Jerome relates that the furious Herodias made it her inhuman pastime to prick the sacred tongue with a bodkin. Thus died the great forerunner of our blessed Saviour, about two years and three months after his entrance upon his public ministry, about a year before the death of our blessed Redeemer.

島唄心人

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島唄心人 2008.11.16 BUBBLEGUMが始めた島唄を未来へ唄い継いでいこう会｢島唄心人｣ 2008.11.16に行われた石垣島上京上等物語で始動開始。今回は、4つの島唄を歌いました。石垣島～上京上等物語～でのﾗｲﾌﾞ映像 1.島唄心人(BUBBLEGUM with 圭太郎) 2.おばぁ(東里明斗) 3.うたのうた(さやかとあたるにーにー) 4.えんどうの花(STRIKE COMPANY) ▼島唄心人とは？島唄の伝承者八重山で生まれた歌を大切に語り継いで行こうというプロジェクトです。昔から現代までの八重山で歌い続けられている島唄を未来へ。

Born ti Cafta 『宴』

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Obama's Promise to renegotiate NAFTA

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On several occasionions during President Obama's campaign to renegotiate free trade agreements including NAFTA and CAFTA. http://bustedpromises.blogspot.com

Recessions, Free Trade and the end of GOP rule?

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Liberals act as if the GOP has been running this country for decades when the exact opposite is true. Since FDR was elected, Democrats have controlled Congress and the Presidency for 32 years to only 4 for the GOP. In addition, 6 of the last 9 (and 5 of the last 6) recessions have occurred with Democrat majorities in Congress. The President can't make legislation, he merely signs or vetoes what Congress sends him. The video (and the links below) also focuses on what made recent recessions happen (hint: our trade deficit narrowed) and the fact that we're not competing very well in a global economy. We have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. P.S. Kennedy and a Democrat Congress never had a recession because they cut taxes! Party division of the Senate http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm Party division of the House http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/partyDiv.html Income Tax Rates http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/federalindividualratehistory-20080107.swf Corporate Income Taxes http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/8/22/20-reasons-to-kill-corporate-taxes.html Corporate Income Taxes http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/17/corporations-know-us-has-uncompetitive-tax-rates/ What we produced in 2006 http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/04/22/message-to-hillary-americans-still-make-lots-of-things/ GDP growth stats http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TablePrint.asp?FirstYear=1947&LastYear=2008&Freq=Qtr&SelectedTable=1&ViewSeries=NO&Java=no&MaxValue=460&MaxChars=5&Request3Place=N&3Place=N&FromView=YES&Legal=&Land=

America's Economic Decline (Part 6 of 6)

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America is experiencing more and more jobs and businesses being exported abroad. Basic resource industries are shutting down and factories are closing. Even agriculture is threatened as America increasingly depends on foreign sources for everything from food to raw materials. Opportunities for upward mobility and the middle-class standard of living are being destroyed. Why? In this important lecture investigative journalist and senior editor of The New American magazine, William F. Jasper exposes the malevolent plans of powerful internationalist and corporate elites to amalgamate the entire Western hemisphere into European Union-style regional super state and destroy the middle-class and genuine free market. Filmed in 2004 and produced by The John Birch Society. Links to informative news articles by The New American magazine: Goodbye to Independence? Besides driving whole industries and millions of jobs offshore, U.S. trade agreements are threatening our national independence and freedom. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25104562 United States of North America Elitists in the United States, Mexico, and Canada are plotting to merge these three nations into a single regional government similar to the European Union. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_9_22/ai_n24986656 The North American Union Invasion Despite the great harm that Americans face from rampant illegal immigration—crime, terrorism, economic devastation—our political and business elitists push for more amnesties. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25013803 Running Roughshod Over U.S. Laws Under NAFTA and the SPP, the rule of law—including our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights—is being replaced with arbitrary rule by unaccountable elitists. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25013802 NAFTA: It's Not Just About Trade! http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25013805 The World Government Two-Step Regional arrangements such as the EU and the proposed FTAA supposedly promote free trade, but their real purpose is to gradually merge nations into a world government. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25113135 The WTO Trap http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25103179 Coming Through! The NAFTA Super Highway http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_16_22/ai_n24991388 A NAFTA/FTAA Rogues' Gallery http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25086742 The Phony "Free Trade" Lobby http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25109890 It's Good at the Top NAFTA promised to raise wages and living conditions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, yet the middle class in these countries is getting poorer while the rich get richer. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25013810 Express Route to Poverty U.S. policy already gives foreign competitors almost every advantage in trade, yet our government is working hard to make shipping foreign imports cheaper than ever before. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25013807 Exporting American Jobs & Industry http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25108546 Trading Away Jobs and Liberty Though billed as a boon to the U.S., the General Agreement on Trade in Services will, in reality, wreak havoc on our economy, sovereignty, and way of life. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_13_19/ai_n25070122 Your Job May Be Next! Millions of U.S. jobs, as well as thousands of independent businesses, face extinction under policies that favor importing cheap labor and exporting production. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_5_19/ai_n25064050 Why the Race to the Bottom? http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25064052 Engineered Extinction Government policies threaten our jobs, economy and national security by destroying America's basic resource industries - mining, forestry, farming and ranching. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_24_19/ai_n25079660 Foreign Nations Target U.S. Steel Steel is the backbone and sinews of modern society. Without a robust domestic steel industry, we will not prosper in peace—or survive in war http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25100971 Global Motors Decades of corrupt collusion with the foreign-aid industry have left General Motors, once the colossus of the auto industry, facing extinction. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25109889 Signs of Hope There are significant signs that an aroused and knowledgeable populace can defeat efforts to merge the United States with Canada and Mexico. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_/ai_n25013811 * * * * * COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Video uploaded for nonprofit, educational purposes only under the "fair use" provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

RED, YELLOW, BROWN, BLACK AND WHITE UNITE !! AGAINST NWO !!!

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St. Romuald ABBOT AND FOUNDER Feast: June 19 Born at Ravenna, probably about 950; died at Val-di-Castro, 19 June, 1027. St. Peter Damian, his first biographer, and almost all the Camaldolese writers assert that St. Romuald's age at his death was one hundred and twenty, and that therefore he was born about 907. This is disputed by most modern writers. Such a date not only results in a series of improbabilities with regard to events in the saint's life, but is also irreconcilable with known dates, and probably was determined from some mistaken inference by St. Peter Damian. In his youth Romuald indulged in the usual thoughtless and even vicious life of the tenth-century noble, yet felt greatly drawn to the eremetical life. At the age of twenty, struck with horror because his father had killed an enemy in a duel, he fled to the Abbey of San Apollinare-in-Classe and after some hesitation entered religion. San Apollinare had recently been reformed by St. Maieul of Cluny, but still was not strict enough in its observance to satisfy Romuald. His injudicious correction of the less zealous aroused such enmity against him that he applied for, and was readily granted, permission to retire to Venice, where he placed himself under the direction of a hermit named Marinus and lived a life of extraordinary severity. About 978, Pietro Orseolo I, Doge of Venice, who had obtained his office by acquiescence in the murder of his predecessor, began to suffer remorse for his crime. On the advice of Guarinus, Abbot of San Miguel-de-Cuxa, in Catalonia, and of Marinus and Romuald, he abandoned his office and relations, and fled to Cuxa, where he took the habit of St. Benedict, while Romuald and Marinus erected a hermitage close to the monastery. For five years the saint lived a life of great austerity, gathering round him a band of disciples. Then, hearing that his father, Sergius, who had become a monk, was tormented with doubts as to his vocation, he returned in haste to Italy, subjected Sergius to severe discipline, and so resolved his doubts. For the next thirty years St. Romuald seems to have wandered about Italy, founding many monasteries and hermitages. For some time he made Pereum his favourite resting place. In 1005 he went to Val-di- Castro for about two years, and left it, prophesying that he would return to die there alone and unaided. Again he wandered about Italy; then attempted to go to Hungary, but was prevented by persistent illness. In 1012 he appeared at Vallombrosa, whence he moved into the Diocese of Arezzo. Here, according to the legend, a certain Maldolus, who had seen a vision of monks in white garments ascending into Heaven, gave him some land, afterwards known as the Campus Maldoli, or Camaldoli. St. Romuald built on this land five cells for hermits, which, with the monastery at Fontebuono, built two years later, became the famous mother-house of the Camaldolese Order. In 1013 he retired to Monte-Sitria. In 1021 he went to Bifolco. Five years later he returned to Val-di-Castro where he died, as he had prophesied, alone in his cell. Many miracles were wrought at his tomb, over which an altar was allowed to be erected in 1032. In 1466 his body was found still incorrupt; it was translated to Fabriano in 1481. In 1595 Clement VIII fixed his feast on 7 Feb., the day of the translation of his relics, and extended its celebration to the whole Church. He is represented in art pointing to a ladder on which are monks ascending to Heaven. Feast Day: June 19 Born: 950 at Ravenna, Italy Died: 19 June 1027 at Val-di-Castro, Italy Canonized: 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII

DEMOCRACY SUSPENDED !! US & CANADA FASCIST STATES !!

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St. Denis BISHOP Feast: October 9 Bishop of Paris, and martyr. Born in Italy, nothing is definitely known of the time or place, or of his early life. His feast is kept on 9 October. He is usually represented with his head in his hands because, according to the legend, after his execution the corpse rose again and carried the head for some distance. That, however, while still very young he was distinguished for hisvirtuous life, knowledge of sacred things, and firm faith, is proved by the fact that Pope Fabian (236-250) sent him with some other missionary bishops to Gaul on a difficult mission. The Church of Gaul had suffered terribly under the persecution of the Emperor Decius and the new messengers of Faith were to endeavour to restore it to its former flourishing condition. Denis with his inseparable companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, arrived in the neighbourhood of the present city of Paris and settled on the island in the Seine. The earliest document giving an account of his labours and of his martyrdom (Passio SS. Dionsyii, Rustici et Eleutherii), dating from the end of the sixth or the beginning of the seventh century and wrongly attributed to the poet Venantius Fortunatus, is interwoven with much legend, from which, however, the following facts can be gleaned. On the island in the Seine Denis built a church and provided for a regular solemnization of the Divine service. His fearless and indefatigable preaching of the Gospel led to countless conversions. This aroused the envy, anger and hatred of the heathen priests. They incited the populace against the strangers and importuned the governor Fescenninus Sisinnius to put a stop by force to the new teaching. Denis with his two companions were seized and as they persevered in their faith were beheaded (about 275) after many tortures. Later accounts give a detailed description of the confessors' sufferings. They were scourged, imprisoned, racked, thrown to wild beasts, burnt at the stake, and finally beheaded. Gregory of Tours simply states: "Beatus Dionysius Parisiorum episcopus diversis pro Christi nomine adfectus poenis praesentem vitam gladio immente finivit" (Hist. Franc. I, 30). The bodies of the three holy martyrs received an honourable burial through the efforts of a pious matron named Catulla and a small shrine was erected over their graves. This was later on replaced by a beautiful basilica (egregium templum) which Venantius celebrated in verse (Carm. I, ii). From the reign of King Dagobert (622-638) the church and the Benedictine monastery attached to it were more and more beautifully adorned; the veneration of St. Denis became by degrees a national devotion, rulers and princes vying with one another to promote it. This development is due in no small degree to an error prevailing throughout the Middle Ages, which identified St. Denis of Paris with St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and with the Pseudo-Dionysius, the composer of the Areopagitic writings. The combining of these three persons in one was doubtless effected as early as the eighth or perhaps the seventh century, but it was only through the "Areopagitica" written in 836 byHilduin, Abbot of Saint-Denis, at the request of Louis the Pious, that this serious error took deep root. The investigations of Launoy first threw doubt on the story and the Bollandist de Bye entirely rejected it. Hilduin was probably deceived by the same apocryphal Latin and Greek fictions. The possession of the Areopagitic writings (since 827 in Saint-Denis) strengthened his conviction of this truth. Historiographers of the present day do not dispute this point. All attempts of Darras, Vidieu, C. Schneider, and others to throw some light on the subject have proved fruitless.

DEVILS POLICE STATE IS COME !!!

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St. Raymond Nonnatus CARDINAL AND MERCEDARIAN Feast: August 31 Born 1200 or 1204 at Portello in the Diocese of Urgel in Catalonia; died at Cardona, 31 August, 1240. His feast is celebrated on 31 August. He is pictured in the habit of his order surrounded by ransomed slaves, with a padlock on his lips. He was taken from the womb of his mother after her death, hence his name. Of noble but poor family, he showed early traits of piety and great talent. His father ordered him to tend a farm, but later gave him permission to take the habit with the Mercedarians at Barcelona, at the hands of the founder, St. Peter Nolasco. Raymond made such progress in the religious life that he was soon considered worthy to succeed his master in the office of ransomer. He was sent to Algiers and liberated many captives. When money failed he gave himself as a hostage. He was zealous in teaching the Christian religion and made many converts, which embittered the Mohammedan authorities. Raymond was subjected to all kinds of indignities and cruelty, was made to run the gauntlet, and was at last sentenced to impalement. The hope of a greater sum of money as ransom caused the governor to commute the sentence into imprisonment. To prevent him from preaching for Christ, his lips were pierced with a red-hot iron and closed with a padlock. After his arrival in Spain, in 1239, he was made a cardinal by Gregory IX. In the next year he was called to Rome by the pope, but came only as far as Cardona, about six miles from Barcelona, where he died. His body was brought to the chapel of St. Nicholas near his old farm. In 1657 his name was placed in the Roman martyrology by Alexander VII. He is invoked by women in labour and by persons falsely accused. The appendix to the Roman ritual gives a formula for the blessing of water, in his honour, to be used by the sick, and another of candles.