Lucianne.com has this story up on her Must Reads section for today. I'm going to copy/paste several comments that I found insightful below:
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Reply 5 - Posted by: ZurichMike, 5/11/2014 3:56:45 AM (No. 9844212)
And then there´s this prayer from the late 19th century:
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle;
be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray:
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen
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Reply 13 - Posted by: jofel, 5/11/2014 8:12:32 AM (No. 9844302)
Father Jonathon Morris..
Bad reporting by many: "Pope Francis did not ask nations to "redistribute wealth". He asked them to create opportunity for all, avoiding "economic policies of exclusion". This, he says, requires "legitimate redistribution of economic benefits", meaning, specifically avoiding all "injustices" (corruption, for example, "policies of exclusion", and a "throwaway culture" which amounts to a "culture of death". This doesn´t sound Marxist to me."
I do not recall where I picked up the quote below...
"So, of course, the first Associated Press story that hits the wires makes no mention of anything Pope Francis had to say about the “culture of death” but runs the headline “Pope urges ‘legitimate redistribution’ of wealth by the state to poor in spirit of generosity.”
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Reply 20 - Posted by: mitzi, 5/11/2014 10:01:32 AM (No. 9844421)
You´d think that the WaPo (and everyone else) would have gotten a clue from something that occurred early in Pope Francis´ pontificate: consecrating Vatican City to St. Michael the Archangel.
The secular media have no background to understand / interpret the Church. They don´t even know where to do basic research online.
It takes a couple of seconds to google and find at the Vatican website. This is just a partial quote. It´s too long to include it here in one reply. I´ll continue the remainder in another reply.
"In the Vatican Gardens there are several works of art. But this, which has now been added, takes on particular importance, in its location as well as the meaning it expresses. In fact it is not just celebratory work but an invitation to reflection and prayer, that fits well into the Year of Faith. Michael - which means "Who is like God" - is the champion of the primacy of God, of His transcendence and power. Michael struggles to restore divine justice and defends the People of God from his enemies, above all by the enemy par excellence, the devil.
Reply 21 - Posted by: mitzi, 5/11/2014 10:02:23 AM (No. 9844422)
Continued:
And St. Michael wins because in him, there is He God who acts. This sculpture reminds us then that evil is overcome, the accuser is unmasked, his head crushed, because salvation was accomplished once and for all in the blood of Christ. Though the devil always tries to disfigure the face of the Archangel and that of humanity, God is stronger, it is His victory and His salvation that is offered to all men. We are not alone on the journey or in the trials of life, we are accompanied and supported by the Angels of God, who offer, so to speak, their wings to help us overcome so many dangers, in order to fly high compared to those realities that can weigh down our lives or drag us down. In consecrating Vatican City State to St. Michael the Archangel, I ask him to defend us from the evil one and banish him. "
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