Saturday, August 15, 2015

Hilarious video about Hillary and her emails!


 Klintonerdämmerung:

How to get to heaven from Ireland

(A true story from an Irish Sunday School Teacher)

I was testing children in my Dublin Sunday school class to see
if they understood the concept of getting to heaven.


'I asked them, ' If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage
sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me
into heaven?'


'NO!' the children answered.


'If I cleaned the church every day, tended the garden, and kept
everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?'


Again, the answer was 'NO!'


'If I gave sweets to all the children, and loved my husband,
would that get me into heaven?'


Again, they all answered 'NO!'


I was just bursting with pride for them. I continued, 'Then
how can I get into heaven?'



A little boy shouted out: 'YUV GOTTA BE FOOKN' DEAD.'


It's a curious race, the Irish, but it does bring a tear to the
eye, doesn't it?

The Origin of Celtic Dancing

B​e sure to watch all the way through...the music changes. 

Absolutely TOO cute for words!​  Bet they slept well that night!


THIS SHOULD PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
Irish Twins
https://www.facebook.com/AntonioPacelliLtd/videos/10153175276137631/


Relatively Speaking

From:  ChurchMilitant.com . . .
True or False:  How many of these statements do you agree with?
The only freedom ... is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual.
Nobody is subordinate to anyone else in what he thinks, what he does with his body, and what he believes. It's all relative to oneself.
Do whatever you want as long as you don't do something to someone without his consent. 

Rape is wrong but fornication is all right because mutual consent is the only standard for judging moral actions.

A person should be free to do whatever he or she wants with his or her body.

Contraception doesn't do something to someone without his consent and is acceptable while abortion does do something to another and is not acceptable.

Everyone has a right to worship however they wish.

There are no objective truths about morality. Therefore, you decide your moral standards for yourself; it's all relative to oneself.

All religions are equally valid and will get you to heaven.

Not one religion has all the truths and all the answers.

No religion should be able to dictate that followers believe each and every doctrine of that religion.

The individual should be able to decide which doctrines and religious beliefs of their religion to follow.

Individual autonomy means you should be allowed to decide how you want to practice your faith.


Each of these statements support Moral Relativism.
Relativism comes from Enlightenment philosophers, including John Stuart Mill, the father of modern liberalism. Liberalism is the belief that people should be free to do whatever they like with as few constraints as possible. In other words, nobody is subordinate to anyone else in what he thinks, what he does with his body, and what he believes. It's all relative to you.  Mill knew very well that his philosophy wouldn't work unless people didn't care about morality. In the same work, he says, "Religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realized, except where religious indifference ... has added its weight to the scale."  Mill's principles are exactly how people today think about morality: Do whatever you want as long as you don't do something to someone without his consent. 
Sadly, many people today think that everyone has a right to worship how they wish. No, they don't.
Religion does matter because God does exist, and not all religions worship Him. Some worship false gods. Nobody has a right to spread falsehoods about God, human sexuality or any other moral issue.
A society that embraces moral relativism and religious pluralism (all religions are equally valid) has already embraced atheism.



The Big Finish

The end of the Requiem Mass with the big send-off “Lux Aeterna”

V.  Sanctus & Benedictus



Agnus Dei, qui tollis
peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis
peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis
peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem sempiternam.
 
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
grant them eternal rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
Grant them eternal rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
grant them eternal rest forever.


Lux aeterna

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,
cum sanctis tuis in aeternum,
quia pius es.
Requiem aeternum dona eis, Domine,
et Lux perpetua luceat eis,
cum Sanctus tuis in aeternum,
quia pius es.
 
Let eternal light shine on them, Lord,
as with Your saints in eternity,
because You are merciful.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them,
as with Your saints in eternity,
because You are merciful.


I Offer You the Offertory

We don’t play music like this during the presentation of the offerings during the Mass I attend, but it would be a nice improvement.

IV. Offertory of the Requiem Mass


Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,
libera animas omnium fidelium
defunctorum de poenis inferni
et de profundo lacu.
Libera eas de ore leonis,
ne absorbeat eas tartarus,
ne cadant in obscurum.
 
Sed signifer sanctus Michael
repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam.

 
Quam olim Abrahae promisisti
et semini ejus.
 
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
liberate the souls of the faithful,
departed from the pains of hell
and from the bottomless pit.
Deliver them from the lion's mouth,
lest hell swallow them up,
lest they fall into darkness.

 
Let the standard-bearer, holy Michael,
bring them into holy light.

 
Which was promised to Abraham
and his descendants.


Hostias et preces tibi, Domine,
laudis offerimus.
Tu sucipe pro animabus illis,
quaram hodie memoriam facimus.
Fac eas, Domine,
de morte transire ad vitam,
Quam olim Abrahae promisisti
et semini ejus.
 
Sacrifices and prayers of praise, Lord,
we offer to You.
Receive them in behalf of those souls
we commemorate today.
And let them, Lord,
pass from death to life,
which was promised to Abraham
and his descendants.


Music from "Amadeus"

Mozart does the Requiem Mass.   You may recognize some of these from the movie, “Amadeus.”
I like Dies Irae, Confutatis, and Lacrimosa.   Can you identify the scenes in the movie where these songs were played?
Make sure these songs are played at my Requiem Mass so we can both enjoy the music.   Thanks much!

III. Sequence of the Mass for the Deceased


Dies irae, dies illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla,
teste David cum Sibylla.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
Day of wrath, day of anger
will dissolve the world in ashes,
as foretold by David and the Sibyl.
Great trembling there will be
when the Judge descends from heaven
to examine all things closely.


Tuba mirum spargens sonum
per sepulcra regionum,
coget omnes ante thronum.
 
The trumpet will send its wondrous sound
throughout earth's sepulchres
and gather all before the throne.
 
Mors stupebit et natura,
cum resurget creatura,
judicanti responsura.
Liber scriptus proferetur,
in quo totum continetur,
unde mundus judicetur.
 
Death and nature will be astounded,
when all creation rises again,
to answer the judgement.
A book will be brought forth,
in which all will be written,
by which the world will be judged.
 
Judex ergo cum sedebit,
quidquid latet, apparebit,
nil inultum remanebit.
 
When the judge takes his place,
what is hidden will be revealed,
nothing will remain unavenged.
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
quem patronum rogaturus,
cum vix justus sit securus?
 
What shall a wretch like me say?
Who shall intercede for me,
when the just ones need mercy?

Rex tremendae majestatis,
qui salvandos savas gratis,
salve me, fons pietatis.
 
King of tremendous majesty,
who freely saves those worthy ones,
save me, source of mercy.

Recordare, Jesu pie,
quod sum causa tuae viae;
ne me perdas illa die.
 
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus,
redemisti crucem passus;
tantus labor non sit cassus.
 
Juste judex ultionis,
donum fac remissionis
ante diem rationis.
 
Ingemisco, tamquam reus:
culpa rubet vultus meus;
supplicanti parce, Deus.
Qui Mariam absolvisti,
et latronem exaudisti,
mihi quoque spem dedisti.
 
Preces meae non sunt dignae,
sed tu, bonus, fac benigne,
ne perenni cremer igne.
 
Inter oves locum praesta,
Et ab haedis me sequestra,
Statuens in parte dextra.
 
Remember, kind Jesus,
my salvation caused your suffering;
do not forsake me on that day.
 
Faint and weary you have sought me,
redeemed me, suffering on the cross;
may such great effort not be in vain.
 
Righteous judge of vengeance,
grant me the gift of absolution
before the day of retribution.
 
I moan as one who is guilty:
owning my shame with a red face;
suppliant before you, Lord.
 
You, who absolved Mary,
and listened to the thief,
give me hope also.
 
My prayers are unworthy,
but, good Lord, have mercy,
and rescue me from eternal fire.
 
Provide me a place among the sheep,
and separate me from the goats,
guiding me to Your right hand.


Confutatis maledictis,
flammis acribus addictis,
voca me cum benedictus.
 
Oro supplex et acclinis,
cor contritum quasi cinis,
gere curam mei finis.
 
When the accused are confounded,
and doomed to flames of woe,
call me among the blessed.
 
I kneel with submissive heart,
my contrition is like ashes,
help me in my final condition.


Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus,
pie Jesu Domine,
dona eis requiem. Amen.
 
That day of tears and mourning,
when from the ashes shall arise,
all humanity to be judged.
Spare us by your mercy, Lord,
gentle Lord Jesus,
grant them eternal rest. Amen.