I do wonder what non-Catholics think of Catholic Nativity scenes before Christmas? It is a small “t” tradition for Catholics to not place the baby Jesus in the Nativity until Christmas/Christmas Eve.
- I knew it they don’t have Jesus!
- 404 Jesus not found.
- Apparently Jesus wandered off when he was 12 and as an infant.
- You would think as rich as the Vatican is they could afford baby Jesus statues.
- Is this the Catholic version of Where’s Waldo?
What are your suggestions?
Photo Credit: USSCB
Apparently when you have Poltergeist activity it is not the Ghostbusters, but the Catholic Church.
Police contact Catholic Church after baffling ‘poltergeist’ report
Police officers in Scotland have called in representatives from the Catholic Church after investigating reports of “disturbing incidents” of a “poltergeist” at a family home.
A mother and her teenage son were said to be “extremely distressed” after experiencing what the Daily Record describes as “violent and unexplained circumstances”.
The family, who live in South Lanarkshire, called police on Monday and Tuesday.
“The officers attended expecting it to be a mental health issue but they witnessed the lights going off, clothes flying across the room and the dog [the family’s pet Chihuahua] sitting on top of a hedge,” a police source said.
“The officers called their superiors, who also attended, thinking the cops were perhaps being a bit silly. But it’s being taken very seriously.”
A priest is understood to have blessed the house in Rutherglen after officers got in touch with the Catholic Church.
The mother and son have left their home and are now staying with relatives.
“One problem we’ve got is where we go from here, as no crime has been established, so what else can we do but deal with any reports of disturbances,” the police source said.
No doubt one the Church’s tests for the preternatural is a Chihuahua sitting on top of a hedge.
Still it does remind me of other cases where the Church was brought in over something explicable. Such as in the case the book the Exorcist was based on where the family’s Lutheran priest recommended they go to the Catholic Church for help.
If your city is being besieged by criminals and you need to protect your city the best way is with the Magnifcat.
This is kind of an antithesis of the story in the Old Testament of the fall of Jericho. For seven days they marched around the city, with seven priests at the head, and marched around the city seven times.
To protect your city you do something similar by saying the Magnifcat seven times.
My soul glorifies the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.
He looks on his servant in her lowliness;
henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels for me.
Holy his name!
His mercy is from age to age,
on those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in strength
and scatters the proud-hearted.
He casts the mighty from their thrones
and raises the lowly.
He fills the starving with good things,
sends the rich away empty.
He protects Israel, his servant,
remembering his mercy,
the mercy promised to our fathers,
to Abraham and his sons for ever.
Because everybody knows to protect your city from outlaws you need the Magnifcat 7.
These Dominican nuns still rib the Cardinal about the time he mixed his zucchetto in their laundry.
Well actually these are Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries based in the Archdiocese of Cebu in the Philippines, along with Cardinal Ricardo Vidal.
You can read about them here along with the source of this photo.
