December 22, 2024

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The Forgotten Feast of Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd

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The Saturday before Good Shepherd Sunday is a special day to honor Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd, and was a popular feast in certain parts of the world. The Sundays following Easter Sunday have various themes, such as Divine Mercy Sunday and Good Shepherd Sunday. The readings for Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter, this year falling on April 21) have always included a passage from the Gospel according to St. John in which Jesus refers to himself as the Good Shepherd: I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:11 Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd Historically, the Saturday preceding Good Shepherd Sunday was dedicated to Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd. This devotion comes to us from Capuchin Franciscans in Spain in the 18th century.   The Capuchins of Central Canada have an extensive history of this devotion on their website (their providence is called Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd). It all began with a particular friar who depicted Mary in this way: In the year 1703, Br. Isidore of Sevilla, a great popular preacher, was inspired to be accompanied in his mission by a banner with a particular representation of the Virgin Mary: dressed with the humble clothes of a shepherdess, sitting on a rock, under a tree, wearing an ordinary wide-brimmed hat (sombrero), and with some lambs portrayed around her. A pious devotion developed around this portrayal of Mary and spread first in Spain and later in Latin America: [T[he devotion to the “Shepherdess of souls,” which popularly became known as the “Divine Shepherdess,” expanded rapidly with the creation of many groups of the faithful linked to her throughout Spain. They became known as Mary’s Flock. Eventually there were even liturgical texts developed for this special feast, used by Capuchins at Mass and in the Liturgy of the Hours. To this day all Capuchin missions around the world are entrusted to Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd: We entrust this great undertaking to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd, who gave birth to Christ, the light and salvation of all nations, and who, on the morning of Pentecost, overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, presided in prayer at the dawn of evangelization. Read more…

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Urgent Message from Manuela Strack

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“Behold, in the love of God I come to you to strengthen you. Have courage, have no fear. Remain faithful to the Holy Church! Know that you live in the time of tribulation. But you are marked and protected by the Precious Blood of my Lord Jesus Christ. Deus Semper Vincit” words of Saint Archangel Michael from September 19, 2023The King of Mercy always says it. The Mother of God, Mary the Immaculate, told me so many times. TheHoly Archangel Michael says it. The angels and saints say so. They always say the same thing. Do you know what heaven tells us?Stay loyal to the church!!!!Did we listen correctly? Can this be the case at this time? Yes!!!! We are in the time of trouble and our beloved church has also fallen into the time of trouble. This time should be endured with prayer and sacrifice. It is the time of the passion of our beloved Church, following her Lord. Our church is purified through suffering. Unfortunately, this means that the entire decay becomes apparent to the outside world. This is the turn towards the spirit of the times that has so far remained dormant in the church. We, on the other hand, are called to steadfastness in our faith in the unadulterated Catholic teaching, the teaching of our fathers of faith. Let’s not listen to all the agitators in the media. Let us look at our own soul, not at the soul of other people. Let us see our mistakes, not those of other people. We are not allowed to accept a false teaching or a wrong path and can reject any sin. Because making a sin a commandment is not Catholic teaching. Here the Holy Scripture is always our standard. With the Holy Scripture our soul can grow because the Holy Scripture is the Word of God.The other day I said to a young man who was complaining about the Pope:”Oh, please tell me if everything you have told me about the Pope prevents you personally from repentance and living a holy life yourself? Please tell me how the Pope in Rome prevents you from doing that? You will one day Stand alone before God and give an account, then there is no one else there. It is your life.Sure, we complain sometimes. It’s human. But is it really holy and Christian? Forget all YouTubers! Walk the path of your holiness!” A recommendation for us: Away with all ideological things. Pray! Live in the sacraments and love God! Padre Pio did that before you. He gave himself away to God. Oh, he loved the church. But What did she do to him? He initially received bans and conditions. He could have rebelled, gone public, made a fuss about injustice and so on. What did he do, our padre? He humbly followed his instructions Holy Church. This is the way of holiness! This is the way of grace! Well, this way is the way of the Lord. No rebellion. Prayer, penance, sacrifice, these are the paving stones that lead us to the sacraments of our beloved church. We are not a remnant church. There is no church of the pure and self-righteous. The Cathars spread this heresy even back then. We are called to repent because we are all sinners. Without exception. It’s about saving souls for the Lord. Let’s stay loyal! Serviam!

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St. Bernadette’s Last Words

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The final hours of St. Bernadette’s life on earth were agonizing, as she united her suffering with that of Christ and prayed to the Virgin Mary for strength. As the miraculous waters at Lourdes became widely known, St. Bernadette chose to live a life of prayer and solitude. She joined the Sisters of Charity and spent the rest of her life in the convent at Nevers, France. For many years she suffered various ailments and eventually died at the young age of 35. She died on April 16, 1879, which was Easter Wednesday, the Wednesday during the Octave of Easter. French writer Paul Joseph Henri Lasserre de Monzie wrote about the final day of her death in his pious biography, Bernadette.   He begins the chapter on her death recalling the words the priest would have said at Mass on that day: On the Wednesday in Easter Week, the sun rose brightly as befitted a festival and all the priests of the Christian world, as they mounted the steps of the altar, began in these divine words the Introit of the Mass: “Come ye blessed of My Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!“ It was a fitting day for St. Bernadette as those words summarized what God was calling St. Bernadette to enjoy. Her most tortuous hours were between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. These corresponded with Jesus’ last agony as well: [S]he appeared to be seized by intolerable sufferings and being doubtless aware that the last thread of life was about to break, she wished to unite herself by indissoluble love to the divine agony of Him who died for us all. With her failing hand she took the crucifix which lay upon her heart and raising it to her lips, kissed twice over tenderly and slowly the Five most Sacred Wounds of our Savior Jesus. After the 3:00 hour, she entered into her final agony: The Mother of Sorrows present on Golgotha was present also although invisibly at the agony of this child, whom she loved and to whom she had promised happiness, not in this world but in the world to come. And Bernadette spoke to her. In a clear voice she repeated with emphasis, Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for me, a poor sinner. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for me a poor sinner. Shortly after this, “All was not yet over. With an expressive gesture, for her breath was so far gone that her voice could no longer be heard, she said, ‘I am athirst‘…She drank a few drops, they wiped her lips and then bending her head, she breathed forth her soul to God.” Read more…

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Pray to St Charbel of Lebanon for Peace in Middle East! Urgent

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Words from ManuelaSt. Charbel is the saint of the Middle East with a burning heart for God! Those who do not know the essence of St. Charbel may look at the picture of the Eucharist. He didn’t do many words, lived a life of submission to God. He prays in Askese, Ecstasy. Holy fire of God lived in him.St. Charbel is a great help in need and sickness.Today we can ask him especially for peace in the Middle East.St. Charbel’s homeland is Lebanon. Let’s ask for his intercession !Saint Charbel appeared already at the time of the apparitions of Mary in Sievernich. A priest of the diocese of cologne who visited us at the time of the Apparitions of Mary, wrote a novena of Saint Charbel for us. Fervently praying, giving himself in prostration, but without having spoken a word, he appeared in Sievernich. I get to see him every now and then. In Lebanon there is a seer that meets him. One of these encounters was so intense that St. Charbel burned his hand on the body of the seer from Lebanon. So he became the living sign of St. Charbel. I’m glad that this intimate saint didn’t come so close to me.But God knows what HE is doing through His saints and Lebanon needed this sign of God through Saint Charbel for repentance. Don’t we need it too? Served! PRAYER ONE O Lord Jesus, you inspired the Saint, Monk and Hermit Charbel to live and die in your path and you gave him the strength to detach himself from the world in order to make triumph, in his hermitage, the monastic virtues. We implore Thee to bestow upon us the grace to love Thee and serve Thee following his example. God Almighty, who has manifested the power of Saint Charbel’s intercession, by the numerous miracles and favours, grant us our petition(s) by his intercession. Amen PRAYER TWO Dear Lord, You, who taught Saint Charbel how to be rooted in monastic vows which he lived in absolute silence and neutrality, conforming his life to Yours, help us to commemorate him and meditate his heroic and extraordinary life by telling him: Blessed are you Saint Charbel, for you were passionate in prayer, virtue and piety when you were still a child in your far away village in Lebanon amongst your serene family and decent relatives. Blessed are you, for entering the monastic life, accepting the call of God with full liberty and freedom. Thus, you left your humble and quiet village of Bekaa Kafra, North Lebanon and you never returned again. Blessed are you for you dedicated your life to monastic vows and to the priesthood, participating daily in mass and looking continuously and tirelessly for the face of God. Blessed are you for you shined over all the other hermits due to your absolute asceticism and your unnatural silence which astonished all those who knew you even after your death. And now, my Lord, we ask you through the intercession of Saint Charbel, to keep your Church enriched with all those who have a similar life and who follow the path of our holy priests, hermits and monks who sacrifice themselves for the salvation of the whole world. Amen PRAYER THREE O Jesus, You who invited the righteous Saint Charbel to join the monastic life rooting his faith among his Christian family in his village of Bekaa kafra, North Lebanon, give us through his intercession, families reanimated by the firm faith, the domestic virtues and the parental example so that they become source of real Christian vocations. Amen. More Prayers here

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What are Gregorian Masses? How Do They Help the Souls in Purgatory?

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The Reality of Purgatory Almost all of us will have to pass through Purgatory to “purge” ourselves from the stains of faults committed during life. If we go to Heaven, we cannot have the slightest shadow of sin. Even dying in the grace of God and piously receiving the last sacraments does not guarantee that we will go straight to Heaven. Such favors only happen with great saints. Based on our merits and demerits, we will all pass through a more or less long period in this place of atonement, helped by the prayers of the Church and relatives and friends. The blessed souls of Purgatory can no longer gain merits on their own to expiate for their sins but must depend entirely on aid from those on earth. According to the teachings of Holy Mother Church, Purgatory is the place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing from this life in the grace of God, are not entirely free from venial faults or have not fully expiated for them before death. Holy Mass, a Most Effective Means to Help Our Deceased One of the most effective means we have in our hands to help our deceased is to have Masses celebrated for the souls of our relatives, friends and benefactors suffering in that place of atonement. Until recently, it was a very common practice to have masses said one week, month or year after death. This custom is sadly disappearing in our increasingly pagan world. As the Council of Florence says, “If those truly penitent have departed in the love of God, before they have made satisfaction by worthy fruits of penance for sins of commission and omission, the souls of these are cleansed after death by purgatorial punishments; and so that they may be released from punishments of this kind, the suffrages of the living faithful are of advantage to them, namely, the sacrifices of Masses, prayers, and almsgiving, and other works of piety, which are customarily performed by the faithful for other faithful according to the institutions of the Church.”1 (Denzinger 1304). Gregorian Masses One ancient tradition in this sense is the so-called Gregorian Masses. It consists in having thirty Masses celebrated on consecutive days without interruption. Attached to this practice is the Gregorian Indulgence. The origin of Gregorian Masses comes from an event at the monastery of Saint Andrew in Rome, of which Pope Saint Gregory the Great had been abbot. The saint himself narrates this episode in his Fourth Book of Dialogues. One monk named Justus had gathered three gold coins and kept them carefully hidden. He revealed this fault on his deathbed. What he had done was a grave violation of the community’s rule, which prescribed the spirit of poverty. To punish him in an exemplary way, the saint, who was already Pope, forbade the community to visit him and pray around him as is ordinarily done. He also ordered Justus to be buried under a dung heap with the three pieces of gold. However, since Justus had repented, the Pope did not want to deprive him of the Church’s prayers and ordered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to be offered for him for thirty consecutive days. After the thirtieth Mass, Justus appeared to a brother in the convent, declaring that he had just entered Heaven. Following the example of this great Doctor of the Church, Catholics throughout the ages kept the pious custom of having thirty Masses celebrated for deceased relatives and friends. This custom is inspired by the Old Testament, when the Israelites mourned Moses for thirty days in the meadows of Moab (Deuteronomy 34: 8). Unfortunately, this wholesome practice declined during the Protestant pseudo-Reformation and later persecutions of the Church—especially the diabolical French and Communist Revolutions, when many religious orders were expelled and persecuted. However, when order was re-established, the love of Catholics for their deceased gradually led them to resume this holy practice. Some Norms for Gregorian Masses The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences issued two statements on this practice, one in March 1884 and the other in August 1888. Among other things, that Sacred Congregation declared that: “The offering of Gregorian Masses is especially effective to obtain from God the speedy deliverance of a suffering soul, and that this is a pious and reasonable belief of the faithful.” According to Church Law, Gregorian Masses can only be offered for a deceased person and not the living. They cannot be offered for several deceased souls at the same time, nor the souls of Purgatory in general. That is why priests request the deceased person’s name for the Mass intention. However, it is permissible and even praiseworthy to order more than one Gregorian Mass sets for the same deceased person. Ordering Gregorian Masses for After our Death As Gregorian Masses cannot be said for the living, the faithful should arrange to have them said as soon as possible after their own deaths. In ancient times of much faith, people commonly left some money to have Masses said for their souls over a long period. Some Catholic sovereigns, such as Philip II, King of Spain, arranged for some 500 Masses to be said for his soul over the years. Others even arranged for them to be celebrated in perpetuity. Secular priests loaded with parish responsibilities generally find it difficult to fulfill all the conditions for accepting Gregorian Masses. Thus, it is usually easier to order them from convents, monasteries or residences of retired priests who have relatively fewer pastoral obligations and can celebrate the 30 Masses without any major problems. If they get sick, they can find confreres to replace them more easily. We often see religious orders or missionaries with qualified personnel place Mass offers on the Internet. They can distribute those Masses among their members scattered throughout the world. Read more…

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NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS

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Before Jesus ascended into heaven, he commanded his apostles to “wait for the promise of the Father” in Jerusalem. Nine days later the apostles celebrated the Jewish feast of Pentecost, and God fulfilled his promise by sending the Holy Spirit. It was the first “novena.” In a unique way, we can imitate their example and join them in the Upper Room, waiting for the Advocate to come. We can prepare our hearts for the coming of the Holy Spirit and kindle a fire within us that God can set ablaze. How can we do that? The most basic action we can do to prepare for Pentecost is pray the “Novena to the Holy Spirit,” meditating on the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit each day. It is a beautiful practice that puts us there with the apostles and Mary, experiencing the graces of Pentecost as if it was our first. Here are the prayers to pray each day: ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRITTo be recited daily during the Novena On my knees I before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light, and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion, to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds, and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, “Speak, Lord, for Your servant heareth.” Amen. PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT To be recited daily during the Novena O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit on Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You  and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence toward God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen. The Novena begins on the day after the Solemnity of the Ascension, Friday of the 6th Week of Easter, even if the Solemnity of the Ascension is transferred to the 7th Sunday. FIRST DAY (Friday after Ascension or Friday of 6th Week of Easter) Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give! The Holy Spirit Only one thing is important — eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared — sin? Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God. To ensure our salvation we ought to invoke the Divine Spirit daily, for “The Spirit helpeth our infirmity. We know not what we should pray for as we ought. But the Spirit Himself asketh for us.” Prayer Almighty and eternal God, Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Spirit, and hast given us forgiveness all sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us your sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen. Our Father and Hail Mary ONCE. Glory be to the Father SEVEN TIMES.  SECOND DAY (Saturday of 6th Week of Easter) Come. Father of the poor. Come, treasures which endure; Come, Light of all that live! The Gift of Fear The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a fear that arises, not from the thought of hell, but from sentiments of reverence and filial submission to our heavenly Father. It is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God. “They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and in His sight will sanctify their souls.” Prayer Come, O blessed Spirit of Holy Fear, penetrate my inmost heart, that I may set you, my Lord and God, before my face forever, help me to shun all things that can offend You, and make me worthy to…

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Fr Ripperger’s Consecration Prayer | Demons Can’t Attack You if You Consecrate

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The prayer composed by Fr Chad Ripperger (based on St Louis de Monfort’s consecration prayer);   Consecration Of Exterior Goods To The Blessed Virgin Mary “I, (Name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before. In the presence of all the heavenly court, I choose thee, O Mary, this day for my Mother and Mistress. Knowing that I have received rights over all my exterior goods, past, present and future; I relinquish into thy hands, my Heavenly Mother, all rights over my exterior goods, including my health, finances, relationships, possessions, property, my job and my earthly success, and I retain for myself no right of disposing the goods that come to me but leave to thee the entire and full right of disposing of all that belongs to me, without exception, according to thy good pleasure, for the greater glory of God in time and in eternity. As I now interiorly relinquish what belongs to me exteriorly into thy hands, I entrust to thee the protection of those exterior goods against the evil one, so that, knowing that they now belong to thee, he cannot touch them. Receive, O good and pious Virgin, this little offering of what little is, in honor of, and in union with, that subjection which the Eternal Wisdom deigned to have to thy maternity; in homage to the power which both of you have over this poor sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with which the Holy Trinity has favored thee. Trusting in the providential care of God the Father and thy maternal care, I have full confidence that thou whilst take care of me as to the necessities of this life and will not leave me forsaken. God the Father, increase my trust in Thy Son’s Mother; Our Lady of Fair Love, give me perfect confidence in the providence of Thy Son. Amen

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2 crosses at the center of Eclipse in the USA!

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Where the paths of the 2017 and 2024 eclipse of the USA meet; there are two crosses in an area known as ‘Little Egypt’ Is this a prophetic warning of plagues / chastisements / fire from Heaven (eg: God warned Egypt they would face plagues if they didn’t obey His commands through Moses).  So the Ninevah eclipse pinpoints ‘Little Egypt,’  Luz de Maria was told by Heaven of the eclipse; ‘This is a Warning for the world’.  The seer Jennifer was told recently; ‘God will soon remove the veil of protection from the USA,’ Will some world chastisements of ‘Egyptian Biblical level chastisements’ begin in 40 days time after the Ninevah warning? Something truly extraordinary is going to happen as the Great American Eclipse of 2024 passes over the United States, and hardly anyone is talking about it.  Those that follow my work on a regular basis have already heard much of what I am about to share with you in this article, and I apologize to them in advance.  But I feel compelled to write about this again, because the information that I am about to share with you is incredibly explosive and so few people know about it.  My hope is that if I make enough noise about all of this, it will inspire others to make videos and write articles about these giant crosses.  A 111 foot tall cross stands where the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will intersect with the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2017 on April 8th. And a cross that is 77 feet and 7 inches tall stands where the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will intersect with the path of the “ring of fire” solar eclipse of 2023 on April 8th. Is it just a coincidence that 2 giant crosses stand at the intersections of these eclipses? I don’t think so. I believe that only God could have orchestrated this. On April 8th, an area in southern Illinois known as “Little Egypt” that was plunged into darkness by the Great American Eclipse of 2017 will also be plunged into darkness by the Great American Eclipse of 2024. This particular area of southern Illinois has been known as “Little Egypt” since the very early days of our country… In 1799, Baptist minister John Badgley dubbed the fertile highlands and bottoms near Edwardsville the “Land of Goshen“. Early Edwardsville was known as Goshen. This was a biblical reference to Ancient Egypt. Geographic features such as the Mississippi and its flood plains were like the fertile Nile valley. The Indian mounds of the area were large at the time and seemed like the pyramids of Egypt. The nickname stuck, and it was reinforced by other events. In the 1830s, poor harvests in the north of the state drove people to Southern Illinois to buy grain.[16] Others say it was because the land of the great Mississippi and Ohio River valleys were like that of Egypt’s Nile Delta. According to Hubbs,[citation needed] the nickname dates back to 1818, when a huge tract of land was purchased at the confluence of the rivers and its developers named it Cairo /ˈkɛəroʊ/. Today, the town of Cairo still stands on the peninsula where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi. Other settlements in the area were also given names with Egyptian, Greek, or Middle Eastern origins: The Southern Illinois University Salukis sports teams and towns such as Metropolis, Thebes, Dongola, Palestine, Lebanon, New Athens, Sparta, and Karnak show the influence of classical culture. In the heart of “Little Egypt”, there is a gigantic white cross. It is known as “The Bald Knob Cross of Peace”, and it is 111 feet high… Bald Knob Cross, officially known as the Bald Knob Cross of Peace, is a large white cross located in Alto Pass, Illinois, United States.[1] The structure is 111 feet (34 m) tall. The base of the cross is 1,034 feet above sea level and overlooks the Shawnee National Forest. Originally completed in 1963, the cross itself stands 111 feet tall, is 22 feet square at the base, 16 feet square at the top and its arms extend 63 feet horizontally. The exterior white panels covering the cross are 4-inch architectural flat insulated metal panels while the base portion is covered in granite approximately 4-inches thick. The structure sits on a foundation of 730 tons of reinforced concrete that goes down 20 feet to bedrock. The steel framework weighs approximately 170 tons. Each of the four sides of the cross have a word inscribed into the granite: Peace, Hope, Faith, Charity.[2] As the Great American Eclipse of 2024 completes the gigantic “cross” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started, a gigantic cross that is 111 feet tall will be standing at the intersection of those two eclipses. If you aren’t amazed by that, I honestly don’t know what to say. But that isn’t the end of the story, because there is more. As the Great American Eclipse of 2024 completes the gigantic “cross” over America that the “ring of fire” solar eclipse of 2023 started, a gigantic cross that is 77 feet and 7 inches tall will be standing at the intersection of those two eclipses. It is known as “The Empty Cross”, and it is in the Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas… The 77′ 7″ hollow cross sculpture at this site has been seen by millions of people traveling on Interstate 10, connecting California and Florida. Countless others have learned about this unique spiritual art garden through various media channels. Remarkably, the paths of the Oct. 14, 2023, Annular Solar Eclipse and the April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse converge deliberately. Many believe this convergence, forming a colossal cross in the sky directly above “The Empty Cross,” is not a random occurrence but a divine sign—a message from the Creator Himself. Read more…

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