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| Christ and His Church |
Ask a child to show you the Church right now, and this is the result.
The artwork above - "Christ and His Church" - was constructed by a seven year-old boy. Last Sunday. The image doesn't show it clearly, but in the warlike manner of little boys everywhere he's provided Our Lord with a sword, on His left arm. But like a true soldier of Christ he's decorated the Cross with his best weapon, a Rosary.
St Michael the Archangel has evidently just vanquished the Enemy - a black metallic spaceship. A reader of this blog who understands spaceships provides a commentary:
"Spaceships represents man's attempt to reconcile creation, technology and a post-human world. Our attempt to ascend from this world and become like God. They are artificial, harsh and unnatural."
To the right of St Michael, our little boy has placed a Purple Scapular of Benediction and Protection.
The Purple Scapular should be worn, kept on one’s self or exposed in the home for protection.
Its was given by Our Lord and Our Lady as a special protection for these times, to Marie-Julie Jahenny, Catholic stigmatist and mystic. APPROVED by her local bishop, Monseigneur Fournier of Nantes, Brittany, France in 1875.
"Protection During Tribulations
Marie-Julie Jahenny foretold (along with other approved Catholic visionaries) that a worldwide judgment-in-miniature known as the Warning is coming. The Purple Scapular promises protection from:
Sudden Death, Accidents, Calamity, Fire, Disease, Famine, Chastisements.
This little boy was baptised a Catholic but not raised in the Faith, except by his grandmother. That should be an inspiration to Catholic grandmothers - and grandfathers - everywhere.
Adoring Christ our Saviour on His Cross in this artwork is, of course, St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, patron saint of missionaries. Reminding us of little Ss Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco at Fatima, and Bernadette at Lourdes, and Melanie and Maximin at La Salette, St Thérèse is minding the sheep. That's us. Faithful Catholics, who are now all called to be missionaries for Christ and His truth in an age of apostasy not seen since the Arian crisis of the fourth century.
At this critical, unprecedented moment in the history of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church - when the faithful shepherd Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has been forced out of the sheepfold by a pack of ravening wolves - we poor little sheep need to implore St Thérèse for her powerful intercession.
Wear, or keep, a Purple Scapular. And pray the Rosary.
St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, please pray for the Church
How beautiful is the innocent and simple faith of a child! Through the power of the Holy Ghost they understand God so well.
ReplyDeleteLord Jesus Christ, establish in us the purity of a childlike faith in these troubled and confusion filled times! Help us to trust in Your plan for us and carry our crosses like victor's. Christ is King!
See this short documentary: https://endtimes.video/vigano-excommunication/
ReplyDeleteNice, kid's got it bang on, this is a war not a playground.
ReplyDelete"Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword" (Mt 10,34).
ReplyDeleteJesus is not on the cross anymore
The Council of Trent taught that the Mass is the same as Calvary, "only the manner of offering being changed" from bloody to unbloody. Similarly Vatican II said that the Mass is the renewal of the new covenant.
DeleteJesus is on the Cross in every single Sacrifice of the Mass, offering Himself for the salvation of mankind; and faithful Catholics offer themselves and all their intentions with Him.
This is a marvel beyond the comprehension of any mind, human or angelic.
Exodus 20:4-5
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4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
In Exodus 20:3-6 God forbids making graven images for the purpose of idolatry but does not forbid the making of graven images per se. Elsewhere He commands that statues and other graven images be carved for religious purposes. The Catholic Church permits statues because they remind us of unseen things, but it condemns the idolatry of statue worship.
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ReplyDeletehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=A6egXf79Lxo&si=FbkkCKzfKBBbNb-R
Nice, but there is more then catholicism.
ReplyDeleteWell New Zealand is a Protestant country by the law so it is a pity that someone is teaching him to go against his nation for a bead.
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DeleteCatelin Waterman, NZ has no state religion.
Catelin Waterman, as someone else points out, NZ is not a Protestant country. So no one is teaching this little boy to go against his nation. And he's being taught not 'for a bead' but the Catholic religion, for the sake of his eternal happiness.
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ReplyDeleteChildren are often closer to God then we adults. They understand things intuitively. It is amazing that he depicted Christ with sword because it is an ancient depiction of Christ on old Frescos and icons that you cannot find easily now. I've attached a picture of a fresco in one of the most important Serbian monasteries in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohia (currently occupied by NATO) depicting Jesus holding a sword. The fresco is in the katholikon of the Sacred Monastery of the Ascension of Christ of Visoki Dechany and dates back to the 14th century. It is here that Christ is depicted holding a large sword. The sword Christ is holding in the fresco is not one of war, but it is spiritual. The inscription on the left side of the fresco, when looking at it, indicates that it is a spiritual sword that "cuts" sin from man. The Lord had said, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword" (Mat. 10:34). The Monastery was built by the Serbian King Stefan of Dechany 1327 to 1335 and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Oh this scene not only brings me joy but also hope for our future church. Thank you.🌹🌹🌹
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful scene
Hi Julia. The post you placed on F.B might lead many to believe Christ is still on the cross. The Gospel is that He was crucified for our sins, died, and rose again in victory over death and sin. Matthew 28 v 6, and many more. In the resurrection of our Lord from the grave we have victory over sin and death, and therein lies our eternal hope. I do not know if you are aware of this, but I pray you will give it consideration. My wife loves wearing the cross, but will never wear one showing the 'dead' Christ on it. Blessings, Mike
ReplyDeletewhy do they kiss the feet of Mary statues? So much so the feet are warn away….very sad
ReplyDeleteThey kiss the feet of statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary to demonstrate their love not for the statue, but for the BVM herself. Is that hard to understand?
DeleteIt cheapens God to make graven images and putting Mary in such esteem is also in the category of worshipping Mary and not God.
ReplyDeleteYou should face the fact that God approves of graven images. It's 'biblical' as Protestants love to say, because 'biblical' is all they have.
DeleteHow much do you think Our Lord loves His Mother? Do you really think He would want to set limits on our esteem for her? Especially when She is daily degraded by such comments as yours?
Do you not realise the sadness they cause Him? Of course you don't, because non-Catholics are not contemplatives. They can't be. And non-Catholics do not have the actual, sanctifying grace of the Sacraments.
A lot of symbolism there ; the church needs to be teaching the children and the adults the importance of a relationship with christ where you seek his guidance and wisdom daily to help you cope with life's troubles trials and tribulations 🙏 🙏
ReplyDeleteRE 'Graven images'. Are you counting the flock of sheep and the spaceship as graven images too? Context. Meaning. Understanding. Worship?
ReplyDeleteOnly God is worshipped in the Catholic Faith. The beautiful artwork He inspires is to remind us of His glorious works and lead us to love Him more.
It's quite simple. We don't worship a sunrise or a picture of a loved one, they only serve to remind us of Gods love and Providence.
Idolatry is something quite different. The 'idol' is loved as 'a god', idols lead away from God not closer to Him.. It's a gratitude thing really.
Vladimir Marina Filipović
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Julia du Fresne Kids need to learn that the Church is not something abnormal or an exception in the "modern" society, it is the norm. They need to be taught basics (firstly by parents' example). When they grow up they can get involved in apologetic and dogmatic discussion about Orthodoxy vs Roman Catholicism vs Protestantism/Reformation etc. Kids are the most precious part of any society and we need to protect them.
this is all the doctrine of man. Stick to the Bible which was written by inspiration for God. The current pope even wants to embrace all religions as one, which is very much anti Christ.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about Francis. But he's not the pope. He's an antipope.
DeleteCatholics do stick to the Bible, especially the bits that say "Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" and "To thee do I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind upon earth shall be bound also in. Whatever you loose upon earth shall be loosed also in heaven." The Son of God founded the Catholic Church - the only religion founded by God - and the Apostles and their successors were given the divine task of ordering the Church according to the will of God, directed by the Holy Spirit.
that's what you have been taught, but it is not Biblical. If it were so the Bible would mention the RC church, but it's nowhere to be found. It's what's called indoctrination.
DeleteAre you denying that the verses I quoted are in the Bible? If they are in the Bible (as you know they are) doesn't that make them Biblical?
DeleteAnd do you realise that it was the Catholic Church which compiled and published all the books of the Bible?
sorry that's not true. Maybe the Catholic Bible which is different from the original. To say the RC church is the only or one true church is basically saying it is a cult.
DeleteThere's really not much point discussing this with someone who denies that "Thou are Peter" etc is not biblical, or claims that the 'Catholic Bible is different from the original'. John, the Catholic Bible IS the original. It was the bible of all Christendom (including your ancestors) until Martin Luther took exception to the books which disproved his ideology and removed seven.
DeleteAnd to describe the largest denomination of the world's largest religion as 'a cult' is plainly absurd.
Hey, Protestants: the rosary is the scriptural life of Christ, full of obviously biblical quotations.
ReplyDeleteJesus told them, "This is how you should pray ... Our Father ..." etc.
Why do Protestants take some things literally and not others lol.
The Crucifix is mostly offensive to Satan and his cohorts. Whose side are they on? Honour the Sacrifice of Our Lord (the price He paid to redeem us), or ignore it? Smacks of ingratitude. Just wanting warm fuzzy Jesus who says I love you as you are, just rock up to heaven's gate, there's no entry fee, I paid it all.. keh???
How does any Bible scholar come up with that scenario?🤔
How precious!
ReplyDeleteAnd the Purple Scapular. 😍♥️🙏
ReplyDeleteBeautiful display. God Bless