The government's job is not to tell us what to celebrate or remember on any given day. There are more than 365 'days of' whatever nonsense and whoever pays attention to them is not paying attention. The 'National Day of' coffee cake is coming up. Yup. And does anybody ask why, who decided, what for, and why we should care? 'National All …
The government's job is not to tell us what to celebrate or remember on any given day. There are more than 365 'days of' whatever nonsense and whoever pays attention to them is not paying attention. The 'National Day of' coffee cake is coming up. Yup. And does anybody ask why, who decided, what for, and why we should care? 'National All Is Ours Day' is coming up, and what the hell does that even mean?
For Catholics, the government doesn't tell you what day it is, traditional feast days and holy days have existed for hundreds of years, and for catholics and everybody else, traditional days of remembering various things not religious usually have always had something to do with the seasons. The government should only be allowed MAYBE one day a month and that's it. Our lives our own, and once again, the government's job is not to tell us what day it is. We The People will decide which days to celebrate or remember, not the government. In fact does anybody even know who decides "NATIONAL DAYS OF" anyways? A corporation? A left wing think-tank? Who exactly? And why the hell should anyone care or accept any of them?
I assume that at some point the official Roman Catholic Church, based on the path it is on now, will slowly delete, forget, ignore or even do away with feast days of saints, but not tomorrow. Too soon. So get 'em while you can. One should probably pay more attention to those days than the National Empanada Day https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-empanada-day-april-8
And really, Visibility Day is at least as important as Empanada Day isn't it?
If you read this before tomorrow, and all commenters and readers here, howabout you ignore Empanada Day, and celebrate Saint Julie Billiart. https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-julie-billiart/ Who like our very own Sarah, "Many faithful Catholics resisted the French Revolution’s destruction of the church. But perhaps the most outstanding opponent of the Jacobins, and certainly the most unusual, was St. Julie Billiart, for she was paralyzed and conducted her defiance from her bed."
I'm sure everyone is as aware of Saint Julie as Empanadas but wait, there's more...
"In 1790 a schismatic priest who had sworn loyalty to the revolution took over the Cuvilly church. He tried to visit Julie but she refused to admit him. And singlehandedly the invalid persuaded the entire village to boycott him. She was very clear that no compromise with the state church was allowable or necessary, as she told a friend:
'You say it seems to you better to be schismatic rather than to be utterly without religion. But my dear friend, you cannot have weighed the matter. For, in conscience, we must not leave our brethren in error. If they go to the instructions of an intruder, they are automatically out of the way of salvation..."
So the choice is yours. you can listen to NPR and eat Empanadas or you could take a moment and read about Saint Julie. It is the eclipse after all, a truer symbol if there ever was one, don't give the enemy the power of the eclipse, take it back, eclipse their works with works of your own.
Those who live in China might have to mention Saint Julie in whispers....
Get well, Sarah, take time off, and just say hi to let us know you're still alive. (or if you've fled on a haywagon to go into hiding like Saint Julie).
The government's job is not to tell us what to celebrate or remember on any given day. There are more than 365 'days of' whatever nonsense and whoever pays attention to them is not paying attention. The 'National Day of' coffee cake is coming up. Yup. And does anybody ask why, who decided, what for, and why we should care? 'National All Is Ours Day' is coming up, and what the hell does that even mean?
For Catholics, the government doesn't tell you what day it is, traditional feast days and holy days have existed for hundreds of years, and for catholics and everybody else, traditional days of remembering various things not religious usually have always had something to do with the seasons. The government should only be allowed MAYBE one day a month and that's it. Our lives our own, and once again, the government's job is not to tell us what day it is. We The People will decide which days to celebrate or remember, not the government. In fact does anybody even know who decides "NATIONAL DAYS OF" anyways? A corporation? A left wing think-tank? Who exactly? And why the hell should anyone care or accept any of them?
I assume that at some point the official Roman Catholic Church, based on the path it is on now, will slowly delete, forget, ignore or even do away with feast days of saints, but not tomorrow. Too soon. So get 'em while you can. One should probably pay more attention to those days than the National Empanada Day https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-empanada-day-april-8
And really, Visibility Day is at least as important as Empanada Day isn't it?
If you read this before tomorrow, and all commenters and readers here, howabout you ignore Empanada Day, and celebrate Saint Julie Billiart. https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-julie-billiart/ Who like our very own Sarah, "Many faithful Catholics resisted the French Revolution’s destruction of the church. But perhaps the most outstanding opponent of the Jacobins, and certainly the most unusual, was St. Julie Billiart, for she was paralyzed and conducted her defiance from her bed."
I'm sure everyone is as aware of Saint Julie as Empanadas but wait, there's more...
"In 1790 a schismatic priest who had sworn loyalty to the revolution took over the Cuvilly church. He tried to visit Julie but she refused to admit him. And singlehandedly the invalid persuaded the entire village to boycott him. She was very clear that no compromise with the state church was allowable or necessary, as she told a friend:
'You say it seems to you better to be schismatic rather than to be utterly without religion. But my dear friend, you cannot have weighed the matter. For, in conscience, we must not leave our brethren in error. If they go to the instructions of an intruder, they are automatically out of the way of salvation..."
So the choice is yours. you can listen to NPR and eat Empanadas or you could take a moment and read about Saint Julie. It is the eclipse after all, a truer symbol if there ever was one, don't give the enemy the power of the eclipse, take it back, eclipse their works with works of your own.
And, just a friendly reminder: https://bitterwinter.org/catholic-churches-forced-to-the-catacombs/
Those who live in China might have to mention Saint Julie in whispers....
Get well, Sarah, take time off, and just say hi to let us know you're still alive. (or if you've fled on a haywagon to go into hiding like Saint Julie).