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9 August: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Stein (Not observed in 2026)
August 9
SAINT TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS STEIN
Virgin and MartyrMemorial
In houses in Europe: Patroness of Europe, FeastPastoral Note: In the year 2026, this Optional Memorial gives way to the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family at Breslau on October 12, 1891. Through her passionate study of philosophy, she searched after truth and found it in reading the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus. In 1922 she was baptized a Catholic and in 1933 she entered the Carmel of Cologne, where she took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was gassed and cremated at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942, during the Nazi persecution, and died a martyr for the Christian faith after having offered her holocaust for the people of Israel. A woman of singular intelligence and learning, she left behind a body of writing notable for its doctrinal richness and profound spirituality. She was beatified by Saint John Paul II at Cologne on May 1, 1987 and canonized in Rome on October 11, 1998. On October 1, 1999 Saint John Paul II proclaimed Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross a Co-Patroness of Europe.
From the common of martyrs or of virgins
THE SECOND READING
(Edith Stein Werke (Freiburg, 1987), 11:124-126)
From the spiritual writings of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Ave Crux, spes unica!
We greet you, Holy Cross, our only hope! The church puts these words on our lips during the time of the passion, which is dedicated to the contemplation of the bitter sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world is in flames. The struggle between Christ and antichrist rages openly, and so if you decide for Christ you can even be asked to sacrifice your life.
Contemplate the Lord who hangs before you on the wood, because he was obedient even to the death of the cross. He came into the world not to do his own will but that of the Father. And if you wish to be the spouse of the Crucified, you must renounce completely your own will and have no other aspiration than to do the will of God.
Before you, the Redeemer hangs on the cross stripped and naked, because he chose poverty. Those who would follow him must renounce every earthly possession.
Stand before the Lord who hangs from the cross with his heart torn open. He poured out the blood of his heart in order to win your heart. In order to follow him in holy chastity, your heart must be free from every earthly aspiration. Jesus Crucified must be the object of your every longing, of your every desire, of your every thought.
The world is in flames: the fire can spread even to our house, but above all the flames the cross stands on high, and it cannot be burnt. The cross is the way which leads from earth to heaven. Those who embrace it with faith, love, and hope are taken up, right into the heart of the Trinity.
The world is in flames: do you wish to put them out? Contemplate the cross: from his open heart, the blood of the Redeemer pours, blood which can put out even the flames of hell. Through the faithful observance of the vows, you make your heart open; and then the floods of that divine love will be able to flow into it, making it overflow and bear fruit to the furthest reaches of the earth.
Through the power of the cross, you can be present wherever there is pain, carried there by your compassionate charity, by that very charity which you draw from the divine heart. That charity enables you to spread everywhere the most precious blood in order to ease pain, save and redeem.
The eyes of the Crucified gaze upon you. They question you and appeal to you. Do you wish seriously to renew your alliance with him? What will your response be? Lord, where shall I go? You alone have the words of life. Ave Crux, spes unica!
RESPONSORY
℟ We preach Christ Crucified, a scandal to the Jews and foolishness to the pagans, * but for those who are called, whether they be Jews or Greeks, we preach Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
℣ The desire of my heart and my prayer rises to God for their salvation; * but for those who are called, whether they be Jews or Greeks, we preach Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.PRAYER
Lord, God of our fathers,
you brought Saint Teresa Benedicta
to the fullness of the science of the cross
at the hour of her martyrdom.
Fill us with that same knowledge;
and, through her intercession,
allow us always to seek after you, the supreme truth,
and to remain faithful until death
to the covenant of love ratified in the blood of your Son
for the salvation of all men and women.Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
On Friday 29 July 2016, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło welcomed Pope Francis at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. The Prime Minister and the Pope commemorated the victims of the Holocaust with joint prayers and the lighting of candles.
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, forever and ever.
In the book of remembrance, Pope Francis wrote:
“Lord, have mercy on your people!
Lord, forgiveness for so much cruelty!“
Image credit: Kancelaria Premiera / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Catholic Church 1993, Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Rev. and augm.), Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome.
#Carmelite #CoPatronessOfEurope #LiturgyOfTheHours #martyr #Memorial #StEdithStein #StTeresaBenedictaOfTheCross #virgin -
“Israeli” Drone Strikes Martyr 2 Palestinians Amid Continued Gaza Ceasefire Violations
Islam Times – “Israeli” drone strikes have martyred at least two …
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #2 #Amid #And #at #Aviv #between #brokered #ceasefire #continued #despite #drone #Gaza #geopolitics #Hamas #have #in #Islam #israeli #least #martyr #martyred #Movement #negotiations #ongoing #Palestinian #palestinians #Résistance #Strikes #strip #Tel #the #Times #Two #US #violations
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27 July: Saint Titus Brandsma
July 27
SAINT TITUS BRANDSMA
Priest and MartyrOptional Memorial
Born in Bolsward (The Netherlands) in 1881, Saint Titus Brandsma joined the Carmelite Order as a young man. Ordained a priest in 1905, he earned a doctorate in philosophy in Rome. He then taught in various schools in Holland and was named professor of philosophy as Rector Magnificus. He was noted for his constant availability to everyone. He was a professional journalist, and in 1935 he was appointed the ecclesiastical advisor to Catholic journalists. Both before and during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands he fought, faithful to the Gospel, against the spread of Nazi ideology and for the freedom of Catholic education and of the Catholic press. For this, he was arrested and sent to a succession of prisons and concentration camps where he brought comfort and peace to his fellow prisoners and did good even to his tormentors. In 1942, after much suffering and humiliation, he was killed at Dachau. He was beatified in 1985 and canonized by Pope Francis on 15 May 2022.
From the Common of One Martyr, except the following:
Office of Readings
The Second Reading (Alternative 1)
Introduction to Het lijden vergoddelijkt
From the writings of Saint Titus Brandsma
The mysticism of the Passion
Jesus called Himself the head of the Mystical Body, of which we are the members. He is the vine, we are the branches. He laid Himself in the winepress and Himself trod it. He handed us the wine so that, drinking it, we might lead His life, might share His suffering. Whoever wishes to do My Will, let him daily take up his cross. Whoever follows me has the light of life. I am the way, He said. I have given you an example, so that as I have done so you may do also. And when His disciples did not understand that His way would be a way of suffering, He explained this to them and said, “Should not the Christ so suffer, in order to enter into His glory?”
Then the hearts of the disciples burned within them. God’s word had set them on fire. And when the Holy Spirit had descended on them to fan that divine fire into flame, then they were glad to suffer scorn and persecution, whereby they resembled Him Who had preceded them on the way of suffering.
The prophets had already marked His way of suffering; the disciples now understood that He had not avoided that way. From the crib to the cross, suffering, poverty and lack of appreciation were His lot. He had directed His whole life to teaching people how different is God’s view of suffering, poverty and lack of human appreciation from the foolish wisdom of the world. After sin, suffering had to follow so that, through the cross, man’s lost glory and life with God might be regained. Suffering is the way to heaven. In the cross is salvation, in the cross is victory. God willed it so. He Himself assumed the obligation of suffering in view of the glory of redemption. St. Paul makes it clear to us how all the disasters of this earthly life are insignificant, how they must be considered as nothing and passing, in comparison with the glory that will be revealed to us when the time of suffering is past, and we come to share in God’s glory.
Mary, who kept all God’s words in her heart, in the fullness of grace granted her, understood the great value of suffering. While the apostles fled, she went out to meet the Savior on the way to Calvary and stood beneath the cross, in order to share His grief and shame to the end. And she carried Him to the grave, firmly trusting that He would rise.
We object when He hands us the chalice of His suffering. It is so difficult for us to resign ourselves to suffering. To rejoice in it strikes us as heroic. What is the value of our offering of self if we unite ourselves each morning only in word and gesture, rather than in thought and will, to that offering which we, together with the Church, make of Him with whom we are in the one body?
Jesus once wept over Jerusalem.
Oh, that this day you had known the gift of God!
Oh, that day we might realize the value God has placed on the suffering He sends: He, the All-Good.
Responsory
R/. God forbid that I glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, * by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
V/. We preach Christ crucified, to others a stumbling block and a folly, but to us the power and the wisdom of God, * by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.Prayer
Lord our God, source and giver of life,
you gave to Saint Titus the Spirit of courage
to proclaim human dignity and the freedom of the Church,
even in the throes of degrading persecution and death.
Grant us that same Spirit
so that in the coming of your kingdom of justice and peace
we might never be ashamed of the Gospel
but be enabled to recognize your loving-kindness
in all the events of our lives.We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Wichita Catholic Advance,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
11 September 1942Catholic Church 1993, Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Rev. and augm.), Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome.
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https://www.europesays.com/be-nl/108460/ Moshpits, riffs en gezelligheid op Tilburg Metal Fest 2026 #Amusement #bands #BE #België #Belgium #Entertainment #Festival #kanine #martyr #metal #metalfest #Music #Muziek #obscura #SunEater #tilburg #TilburgMetalfest #trojan
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https://www.europesays.com/nl/269677/ Moshpits, riffs en gezelligheid op Tilburg Metal Fest 2026 #Amusement #Bands #Dutch #Entertainment #festival #kanine #martyr #metal #metalfest #Music #Muziek #Nederland #Nederlanden #Nederlands #Netherlands #NL #obscura #SunEater #Tilburg #TilburgMetalfest #trojan
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Sacred Words Of A Nomad Soul @davidjosephwriteshere.wordpress.com@davidjosephwriteshere.wordpress.com ·The Martyr
I have to let it all out;All the knots inside my veins,Passed to me by my mother.I must not be a martyr. I have always seen myself,In third person perspective,Watching myself cry and wail,Talking to no one at all. Growing up under my gaze,Like a snake in the desert.My barren head longs for thoughts,That are pure and blessed, but no. I plot my revenge you see,Against my greatest foe, Me!And the knots shall be undone,And then my veins shall flow free.https://davidjosephwriteshere.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/the-martyr/
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Here we are dear friend @SrRochardBunson
#fascism & #capitalism have made me a #martyr and the most innocent victim is a 73 yr old #indigenous woman who taught me to never forget who I am
For her I fight on tooth & nail
791 short, 2 hrs...https://paypal.me/SabiLewSounds
#DirectAid saves lives but not in #DisabilityPrideMonth I guess?
I bit the enablers too hard & they abandoned me
Not enough ego stroking, how dare I not performOnly a few offed un poquito de paz & I will tell of you in the stars
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Here we are dear friend @SrRochardBunson
#fascism & #capitalism have made me a #martyr and the most innocent victim is a 73 yr old #indigenous woman who taught me to never forget who I am
For her I fight on tooth & nail
791 short, 2 hrs...https://paypal.me/SabiLewSounds
#DirectAid saves lives but not in #DisabilityPrideMonth I guess?
I bit the enablers too hard & they abandoned me
Not enough ego stroking, how dare I not performOnly a few offed un poquito de paz & I will tell of you in the stars
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Here we are dear friend @SrRochardBunson
#fascism & #capitalism have made me a #martyr and the most innocent victim is a 73 yr old #indigenous woman who taught me to never forget who I am
For her I fight on tooth & nail
791 short, 2 hrs...https://paypal.me/SabiLewSounds
#DirectAid saves lives but not in #DisabilityPrideMonth I guess?
I bit the enablers too hard & they abandoned me
Not enough ego stroking, how dare I not performOnly a few offed un poquito de paz & I will tell of you in the stars
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Here we are dear friend @SrRochardBunson
#fascism & #capitalism have made me a #martyr and the most innocent victim is a 73 yr old #indigenous woman who taught me to never forget who I am
For her I fight on tooth & nail
791 short, 2 hrs...https://paypal.me/SabiLewSounds
#DirectAid saves lives but not in #DisabilityPrideMonth I guess?
I bit the enablers too hard & they abandoned me
Not enough ego stroking, how dare I not performOnly a few offed un poquito de paz & I will tell of you in the stars
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Here we are dear friend @SrRochardBunson
#fascism & #capitalism have made me a #martyr and the most innocent victim is a 73 yr old #indigenous woman who taught me to never forget who I am
For her I fight on tooth & nail
791 short, 2 hrs...https://paypal.me/SabiLewSounds
#DirectAid saves lives but not in #DisabilityPrideMonth I guess?
I bit the enablers too hard & they abandoned me
Not enough ego stroking, how dare I not performOnly a few offed un poquito de paz & I will tell of you in the stars
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/201276/ “Israeli” Drone Strikes on S Lebanon Martyr One Civilian, Injure Others #a #across #agreement #and #as #attacks #aviv #Beirut #between #civilian #continued #despite #drone #for #Framework #have #hit #implementation #Injure #Islam #Israeli #Lebanon #martyr #martyring #mediated #of #on #one #Ongoing #others #person #preparations #region #s #Series #several #southern #strikes #tel #the #Times #US #wounding
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Je ne vais pas bien (Alaa al-Qatraoui)
Illustration Je ne vais pas bien Je ne vais pas bien je marche sur les aiguilles de la fierté en faisant le tour des martyrs sujette à la fièvre des condoléances Je m'accrois davantage qu'un arbre millénaire que la mer de la séparation ! Je ne vais pas bien Et comment le pourrais-je alors que j'ai vu un père chenu une photo entre les mains s'adresser à un enfant qui lui ressemble et lui dire chaque matin : Mon chéri ! Maintenant que la photo est accrochée […]https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/je-ne-vais-pas-bien-alaa-al-qatraoui/
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Je ne vais pas bien (Alaa al-Qatraoui)
Illustration Je ne vais pas bien Je ne vais pas bien je marche sur les aiguilles de la fierté en faisant le tour des martyrs sujette à la fièvre des condoléances Je m'accrois davantage qu'un arbre millénaire que la mer de la séparation ! Je ne vais pas bien Et comment le pourrais-je alors que j'ai vu un père chenu une photo entre les mains s'adresser à un enfant qui lui ressemble et lui dire chaque matin : Mon chéri ! Maintenant que la photo est accrochée […]https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/je-ne-vais-pas-bien-alaa-al-qatraoui/
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Je ne vais pas bien (Alaa al-Qatraoui)
Illustration Je ne vais pas bien Je ne vais pas bien je marche sur les aiguilles de la fierté en faisant le tour des martyrs sujette à la fièvre des condoléances Je m'accrois davantage qu'un arbre millénaire que la mer de la séparation ! Je ne vais pas bien Et comment le pourrais-je alors que j'ai vu un père chenu une photo entre les mains s'adresser à un enfant qui lui ressemble et lui dire chaque matin : Mon chéri ! Maintenant que la photo est accrochée […]https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/je-ne-vais-pas-bien-alaa-al-qatraoui/
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Je ne vais pas bien (Alaa al-Qatraoui)
Illustration Je ne vais pas bien Je ne vais pas bien je marche sur les aiguilles de la fierté en faisant le tour des martyrs sujette à la fièvre des condoléances Je m'accrois davantage qu'un arbre millénaire que la mer de la séparation ! Je ne vais pas bien Et comment le pourrais-je alors que j'ai vu un père chenu une photo entre les mains s'adresser à un enfant qui lui ressemble et lui dire chaque matin : Mon chéri ! Maintenant que la photo est accrochée […]https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/je-ne-vais-pas-bien-alaa-al-qatraoui/
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Je ne vais pas bien (Alaa al-Qatraoui)
Illustration Je ne vais pas bien Je ne vais pas bien je marche sur les aiguilles de la fierté en faisant le tour des martyrs sujette à la fièvre des condoléances Je m'accrois davantage qu'un arbre millénaire que la mer de la séparation ! Je ne vais pas bien Et comment le pourrais-je alors que j'ai vu un père chenu une photo entre les mains s'adresser à un enfant qui lui ressemble et lui dire chaque matin : Mon chéri ! Maintenant que la photo est accrochée […]https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/je-ne-vais-pas-bien-alaa-al-qatraoui/
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/197954/ Araghchi Hails Iraq’s Hosting of Imam Khamenei Funeral Procession #Abbas #Ali #and #Araghchi #authorities #body #ceremonies #for #Foreign #funeral #government #Hails #held #his #honor #hosting #Imam #in #iranian #Iraq #Iraq’s #Islam #its #khamenei #khamenei’s #martyr #Minister #of #people #procession #reception #religious #Sayyed #solemn #thanked #the #their #Times
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IRAN HAS WON! 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #iran #iranwar #usiranwar #iranuswar #usiranconflict #iranusconflict #stopwar #stopconflict #endwar #endconflict #war #wars #conflict #conflicts #iranwillwin #iranhaswon #ayatollah #ayatollahkhamenei #ayatollahalikhamenei #khamenei #alikhamenei #martyr #martyrs #martyred #martyrdom
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IRAN HAS WON! 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #iran #iranwar #usiranwar #iranuswar #usiranconflict #iranusconflict #stopwar #stopconflict #endwar #endconflict #war #wars #conflict #conflicts #iranwillwin #iranhaswon #ayatollah #ayatollahkhamenei #ayatollahalikhamenei #khamenei #alikhamenei #martyr #martyrs #martyred #martyrdom
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IRAN HAS WON! 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #iran #iranwar #usiranwar #iranuswar #usiranconflict #iranusconflict #stopwar #stopconflict #endwar #endconflict #war #wars #conflict #conflicts #iranwillwin #iranhaswon #ayatollah #ayatollahkhamenei #ayatollahalikhamenei #khamenei #alikhamenei #martyr #martyrs #martyred #martyrdom
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/184671/ Iraq prepares for funeral procession of Martyr Ayatollah Khamenei #Ali #and #are #ayatollah #Cities #for #funeral #holy #Iraq #iraqi #Islamic #Karbala #khamenei #leader #martyr #martyred #Najaf #of #prepares #preparing #procession #Revolution #Seyyed #the
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Mohamed Lamine Benredouane a donné sa vie pour le Québec
🔸Derrière l’uniforme se trouvait un immigrant qui avait choisi de contribuer à sa société d’adoption
Par Hadj Zitouni, président du Mouvement Action Justice (MAJ)
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/990995/mohamed-lamine-benredouane-donne-vie-quebec
#Montréal #Québec #Canada #Algérie #MAJ #SPVM #police #immigrant #politique #société #média #CIQ #islam #martyr -
Mohamed Lamine Benredouane a donné sa vie pour le Québec
🔸Derrière l’uniforme se trouvait un immigrant qui avait choisi de contribuer à sa société d’adoption
Par Hadj Zitouni, président du Mouvement Action Justice (MAJ)
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/990995/mohamed-lamine-benredouane-donne-vie-quebec
#Montréal #Québec #Canada #Algérie #MAJ #SPVM #police #immigrant #politique #société #média #CIQ #islam #martyr -
Mohamed Lamine Benredouane a donné sa vie pour le Québec
🔸Derrière l’uniforme se trouvait un immigrant qui avait choisi de contribuer à sa société d’adoption
Par Hadj Zitouni, président du Mouvement Action Justice (MAJ)
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/990995/mohamed-lamine-benredouane-donne-vie-quebec
#Montréal #Québec #Canada #Algérie #MAJ #SPVM #police #immigrant #politique #société #média #CIQ #islam #martyr -
Mohamed Lamine Benredouane a donné sa vie pour le Québec
🔸Derrière l’uniforme se trouvait un immigrant qui avait choisi de contribuer à sa société d’adoption
Par Hadj Zitouni, président du Mouvement Action Justice (MAJ)
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/990995/mohamed-lamine-benredouane-donne-vie-quebec
#Montréal #Québec #Canada #Algérie #MAJ #SPVM #police #immigrant #politique #société #média #CIQ #islam #martyr -
https://www.europesays.com/iran/181059/ Ceremony Planned in Tehran to Bid Farewell to Martyred Leader #AyatollahKhamenei #FuneralProcession #Iran #LeaderOfIslamicRevolution #martyr #Tehran
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#VladTheInvader #Putin didn’t like the caricatures of him that were painted by #Russian dissident artist #SimonSkrepetski. So he sent thugs from #Belarus to make him a #martyr for #antifa. You know what to do!
https://youtu.be/j8m-NqggA_U#Resist hilariously and artfully.
RIP 🪦 #СемёнСкрепецкий -
#VladTheInvader #Putin didn’t like the caricatures of him that were painted by #Russian dissident artist #SimonSkrepetski. So he sent thugs from #Belarus to make him a #martyr for #antifa. You know what to do!
https://youtu.be/j8m-NqggA_U#Resist hilariously and artfully.
RIP 🪦 #СемёнСкрепецкий -
#VladTheInvader #Putin didn’t like the caricatures of him that were painted by #Russian dissident artist #SimonSkrepetski. So he sent thugs from #Belarus to make him a #martyr for #antifa. You know what to do!
https://youtu.be/j8m-NqggA_U#Resist hilariously and artfully.
RIP 🪦 #СемёнСкрепецкий -
#VladTheInvader #Putin didn’t like the caricatures of him that were painted by #Russian dissident artist #SimonSkrepetski. So he sent thugs from #Belarus to make him a #martyr for #antifa. You know what to do!
https://youtu.be/j8m-NqggA_U#Resist hilariously and artfully.
RIP 🪦 #СемёнСкрепецкий -
#VladTheInvader #Putin didn’t like the caricatures of him that were painted by #Russian dissident artist #SimonSkrepetski. So he sent thugs from #Belarus to make him a #martyr for #antifa. You know what to do!
https://youtu.be/j8m-NqggA_U#Resist hilariously and artfully.
RIP 🪦 #СемёнСкрепецкий -
A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, — never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New YorkMore about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #zeal #belief #correctness #devotion #earnestness #martyr #martyrdom #opinion #reality #sacrifice #sincerity #truth
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, — never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New YorkMore about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #zeal #belief #correctness #devotion #earnestness #martyr #martyrdom #opinion #reality #sacrifice #sincerity #truth
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, — never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New YorkMore about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #zeal #belief #correctness #devotion #earnestness #martyr #martyrdom #opinion #reality #sacrifice #sincerity #truth
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, — never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New YorkMore about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
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12 June: Blessed Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek and Companions (Not observed in 2026)
June 12
BLESSED ALPHONSUS MARY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MAZUREK,
Priest,
AND COMPANIONS, MartyrsOptional Memorial
In the houses in Poland: MemorialHe was born in 1891 at Baranowka, near Lubartow, Poland. He entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites in 1908, taking the religious name Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit. He was ordained a priest and appointed as a professor while dedicating himself to the education of youth. Afterward, he served in his Order as prior and bursar. In 1944, after having been arrested by the troops that had invaded his country, he was shot on 28 August at Nawojowa Gora, near Krzeszowice. He was beatified by John Paul II on 13 June 1999, together with many other Polish martyrs.
From the common of several martyrs; psalms from the current weekday
Office of Readings
Second Reading
From the addresses of Pope John Paul II
(OR 7-8 June 1999 p. 11; 18/6/1999, p. 4)Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness
Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs. In a particular way, this beatitude places the events of Good Friday before our eyes. Christ was condemned to death as a criminal and then crucified. On Calvary, it seemed he had been abandoned by God and left at the mercy of people’s derision.
The Gospel proclaimed by Christ was put to a radical test: those who were present at the event cried out, He is the king of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. Christ does not descend from the cross since he is faithful to his Gospel. He suffers human injustice. Only in this way, in fact, is he able to accomplish the justification of mankind.
Above all, he wanted the words of the sermon on the mount to be verified in himself: Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you. To whom do these words still apply? To many, many people throughout humanity’s history, to whom it was given to suffer persecution for the sake of justice. We know that the first three centuries after Christ were marked by persecutions, at times terrible, particularly under some Roman emperors from Nero to Diocletian. Even though these ceased from the time of the Edict of Milan, nevertheless they broke out again in various historical eras, in numerous places throughout the world.
Even our century has written a great martyrology. I myself, over the twenty years of my pontificate, have elevated to the glory of the altar numerous groups of martyrs: Japanese, French, Vietnamese, Spanish, Mexican. How many there were during the period of the Second World War and under the communist totalitarian system! They suffered and gave their lives in the Hitlerian or Soviet extermination camps.
The time has now come to remember all these victims and to render due honor to them. These are often Nameless, “unknown soldiers” as it were, of God’s great cause, as I wrote in the Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente. It is also good to speak of them on Polish land since here there was a particular sharing in this contemporary martyrology. They are an example for us to follow. From their blood, we should draw strength for the sacrifice of our life, which we ought to offer to God every day. They are an example for us to give a courageous witness of fidelity to the Cross of Christ, as they did.
I am happy that I was able to beatify, among the one hundred and eight martyrs, Blessed Father Alphonsus Mary Mazurek, a pupil, and much later, a well-deserving educator in the minor seminary connected to the Discalced Carmelite monastery. I had an occasion of meeting personally with this witness to Christ, who in 1944, as Prior of the Czerna monastery, sealed his faithfulness to God with death through martyrdom. I kneel in veneration before his relics which rest in the church of Saint Joseph and I thank God for the gift of the life, the martyrdom, and sanctity of this great religious.
Responsory
Cf Mt 5:11-12; Jn 15:20R/. Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account. * Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven (alleluia).
R/. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. * Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven (alleluia).Prayer
May the prayers of your martyrs
Blessed Alphonsus Mary and companions,
prevail with you, Lord, on our behalf:
Let them strengthen us in our witness to your truth.We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Detail of a portrait of Blessed Alphonsus Mary Mazurek displayed in the Basilica of St. Anne in Lubartów, Poland, where Blessed Alphonsus Mary was born.
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, forever and ever.Catholic Church 1993, Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Rev. and augm.), Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome.
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Bowyer Bible print 4286 Saint Peter Carravacci. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst's collection of photos. #apostle #martyr #saint #SaintPeter #primate #keysofheaven #papacy -
Bowyer Bible print 4282 Saint Peter Bolswert. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst's collection of photos. #bible #JesusChrist #apostle #martyr #saint #primate #cephas #pope -
https://www.europesays.com/iran/100470/ All the times Trump said the war in Iran was over – and how the markets reacted #allegiance #banners #Beirut #cemetery #ceremony #commemoration #condolences #Crowds #flags #funeral #gathering #Hezbollah #Horizontal #Iran #Islamic #leader #Lebanon #legacy #martyr #MiddleEast #Military #mourners #movement #political #prayers #procession #religious #resistance #security #Shia #speech #symbolism #tribute
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/94875/ Martyred Leaders Strategic Words on Persian Gulf #‘superpower #1987 #Americas #become #decades #Four #gulf #have #his #in #Iran #Iran’s #Islam #later #leader #majestic #martyr #martyred #on #Persian #PersianGulf #predicted #reality #s #shatter #strategic #the #Times #Words #would
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
An unconscious, easy, selfish person shocks less, and is more easily loved, than one who is laboriously and egotistically unselfish. There is at least no fuss about the first; but the other parades his sacrifices, and so sells his favours too dear.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 5 “Selfishness and Egoism”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
An unconscious, easy, selfish person shocks less, and is more easily loved, than one who is laboriously and egotistically unselfish. There is at least no fuss about the first; but the other parades his sacrifices, and so sells his favours too dear.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 5 “Selfishness and Egoism”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #ego #egotism #fuss #martyr #ostentation #pride #sacrifice #saint #selfcenteredness #selfishness #unselfishness
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
An unconscious, easy, selfish person shocks less, and is more easily loved, than one who is laboriously and egotistically unselfish. There is at least no fuss about the first; but the other parades his sacrifices, and so sells his favours too dear.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 5 “Selfishness and Egoism”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #ego #egotism #fuss #martyr #ostentation #pride #sacrifice #saint #selfcenteredness #selfishness #unselfishness
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
An unconscious, easy, selfish person shocks less, and is more easily loved, than one who is laboriously and egotistically unselfish. There is at least no fuss about the first; but the other parades his sacrifices, and so sells his favours too dear.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 5 “Selfishness and Egoism”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #ego #egotism #fuss #martyr #ostentation #pride #sacrifice #saint #selfcenteredness #selfishness #unselfishness
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
An unconscious, easy, selfish person shocks less, and is more easily loved, than one who is laboriously and egotistically unselfish. There is at least no fuss about the first; but the other parades his sacrifices, and so sells his favours too dear.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 5 “Selfishness and Egoism”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #ego #egotism #fuss #martyr #ostentation #pride #sacrifice #saint #selfcenteredness #selfishness #unselfishness
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Law and Order: Season 25, Episode 19: Accidentally Like a Martyr TV Show Trailer
#Accidentally #DavidAjala #Episode #HughDancy #Law #LawandOrder #Martyr #MauraTierney #NBC #OdelyaHalevi #Order #Peacock #ReidScott #Season #Show #TonyGoldwyn #trailer #TVShowTrailer
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Law and Order: Season 25, Episode 19: Accidentally Like a Martyr TV Show Trailer
#Accidentally #DavidAjala #Episode #HughDancy #Law #LawandOrder #Martyr #MauraTierney #NBC #OdelyaHalevi #Order #Peacock #ReidScott #Season #Show #TonyGoldwyn #trailer #TVShowTrailer
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Law and Order: Season 25, Episode 19: Accidentally Like a Martyr TV Show Trailer
#Accidentally #DavidAjala #Episode #HughDancy #Law #LawandOrder #Martyr #MauraTierney #NBC #OdelyaHalevi #Order #Peacock #ReidScott #Season #Show #TonyGoldwyn #trailer #TVShowTrailer
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Law and Order: Season 25, Episode 19: Accidentally Like a Martyr TV Show Trailer
#Accidentally #DavidAjala #Episode #HughDancy #Law #LawandOrder #Martyr #MauraTierney #NBC #OdelyaHalevi #Order #Peacock #ReidScott #Season #Show #TonyGoldwyn #trailer #TVShowTrailer
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Law and Order: Season 25, Episode 19: Accidentally Like a Martyr TV Show Trailer
#Accidentally #DavidAjala #Episode #HughDancy #Law #LawandOrder #Martyr #MauraTierney #NBC #OdelyaHalevi #Order #Peacock #ReidScott #Season #Show #TonyGoldwyn #trailer #TVShowTrailer
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I finished #Martyr! today, it made me cry on the plane 😬 (positive)
Also they should make a movie of it
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I finished #Martyr! today, it made me cry on the plane 😬 (positive)
Also they should make a movie of it
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I finished #Martyr! today, it made me cry on the plane 😬 (positive)
Also they should make a movie of it
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I finished #Martyr! today, it made me cry on the plane 😬 (positive)
Also they should make a movie of it
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I finished #Martyr! today, it made me cry on the plane 😬 (positive)
Also they should make a movie of it
