Klintonerdämmerung:
Saturday, August 15, 2015
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?
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
Be sure to watch all the way through...the music changes.
Absolutely TOO cute for words! Bet they slept well
that night!
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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
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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. |
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VII. Communion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O6mgPdzzEE
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Lux aeterna
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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.
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IV. Offertory of the Requiem Mass
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Domine Jesu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAFWHHstbJI
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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. |
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2. Hostias - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcIRhWVhri0
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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!
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III. Sequence of the Mass for the Deceased
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Dies irae - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_HErMwHag
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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. |
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2. Tuba mirum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AGJYmSkz0
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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3. Rex tremendae - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPyUU9jNIJ0
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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. |
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4. Recordare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcKW8qAPxd0
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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. |
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5. Confutatis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyznWgDqIuA
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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. |
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6. Lacrimosa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wGLDVEXK5M
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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. |
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