Santa Gertrudis la Grande [1256-1301(2)]† y su Oración

Santa Gertrudis la Grande [1256-1301(2)]†

Mística Benedictina; su nombre Gertrudis significa Defensora Fiel. Es la patrona de las personas místicas, nacida en Eisleben, Alemania, conocida también como Santa Gertrudis de Eisleben. Tenía el Don de la Revelación, considerada en ser la primera en propagar la devoción al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y el culto a San José. La fiesta solemne en su honor se celebró inicialmente el día 17 de Noviembre, actualmente la festividad en muchos países es el día 16 del mismo mes.

Oración de Santa Gertrudis la Grande †

“Padre Eterno, yo te ofrezco la más preciosa sangre de tu Divino Hijo, Jesús, en unión con las Misas de hoy dichas en todo el mundo, por las Santas Almas del Purgatorio, por los pecadores en todas partes, por los pecadores en la iglesia universal, y aquellos que están en mi propia casa y en mi familia. Amén.”

Nuestro Señor le dijo a Santa Gertrudis la Grande que por cada Oración que se rece se liberan 1000 almas del Purgatorio.

Cortesía: Tópicos Culturales A.R.C.D. Editor ©

Some Pitiful Behavior Deviations, By Roger Behra

SHORT COMMUNICATION 91

Some Pitiful Behavior Deviations

By

Roger Behra

Behavior is defined as the way that a person or animal does or says thins; to act as well and politely as one can. Pitiful is defined as being very bad in quality or condition. The following three examples are justifiable examples of pitiful behavior. And there are no excuses for them. They are simply examples of very of very bad human behavior.

An unmarried woman who is 33 years old from Bellflower, California, gave birth on January 26, 2009, to 8 babies and 2 girls through invitro-fertilization. What makes this unbelievable behavior deviation is the fact that she already, as an unmarried mother, gave birth to 6 babies through the same method. Her mother said she has been obsessed with babies since she was a teenager. Her deviated behavior cost 200, 000 dollars, and it brings into question the doctor´s ethics. The whole situation is quite unbelievable. So were the hate calls she received from the general public.

An elementary female school teacher took a liking to one of her 11 year old students. The teacher also gained the liking of his parents. She even became the godmother of her male student. What came to light after four years was the fact that eleven year old student and the teacher were having a sexual relationship in secret over the four year period. Now, the boy and his family and the teacher face extreme embarrassment, and the teacher faces a serious child abuse matter. The fact that the abuse remained secret for four years is an unbelievable behavior deviation for more than one reason.

In this situation, a mother and her four children were directly involved. What went on was the fact that the mother taught her children to shoplift, and one day the mother and her children were caught in the act. However, the mother ran away only to be caught later and arrested. The children told the story of haw their mother taught them how to shoplift. The officials were at such deviated behavior. The mother faced serious charges and lost custody of her four children. All deviate behavior is inexcusable. But when adults teach children to be deviates, that adult behavior deserves to be publicly scorned.

The American culture is living through unbelievable behavior deviation. It is seen in a personal appearance and other forms of personal behavior. And it is becoming more and more noticeable each day. One cannot help noticing how girls and women dress, how young people talk in public, and what they do in their spare time. But only no deviates notice.

R.B.

7-4-09

Counterculture Achievements, By Roger Behra

SHORT COMMUNICATION 90

Counterculture Achievements

By

Roger Behra

The counterculture population includes the leading edge (now 62 years old), children and grandchildren, (It is far to say that not all of the leading edge´s generation subscribed to the counterculture´s philosophy that was started in 1964.) But a very large part of this generation did wholeheartedly. And today we glaringly have their achievements staring at us in modern American culture.

To refresh our memories an achievement is something important that some or group succeeds in doing by their own efforts. And the counterculture population has many achievements. Some of their more obvious and effective ones will be mentioned in this communication.

The irreligious living the counterculture movement started caught on quickly and is their first achievement. God was quickly pushed aside, and the two great Commandments and the 1o Commandments became very much less relevant. As a result the American culture is riddled with irreligious living (59%) and an incredible and varied amount of crime. Irreligious living is at the root of so many other counterculture achievements (widespread evil in general) that includes the great evil of abortion (over 30, 000, 000), a high divorce rate (51%), and the most overcrowded prisons in the history of America. And has the list of achievements goes on we must mention the high rates of infidelity, adultery, co-habitation, pornography addiction, drug addiction, pedophile priests, alcoholism, identity theft, computer crimes, failing students and the school systems, and the highest obesity rate in the whole world. Wow! What a list of achievements! And the very hot item of achievement is the clamor for legalized recognition of homosexual marriages. Satan must be reveling in unbelievable joy at the counterculture list of achievements. And the list could go on.

Now it is time for the leading edge of the movement to think about retiring. But they cannot easily do that, mainly, because of the high cost of living and health care. They are stuck in the world of their achievements. A great many of them cannot retire and move to some inexpensive paradise out of the country and away from the culture they helped achieve here in America. They are stuck in a culture of the results of their irreligious living, greed, cluelessness, and the making up of life´s rules as they went along. No tears should be shed, except only for the leading edge people who did not subscribe to the counterculture movement when it first began. Yes, there were some of them, and unfortunately they have to live in a culture they did not help to create.

The counterculture achievements are sad enough. But the saddest part of it all is realization that no reversal is in sight. The only way the American culture can return to pre-1964 days, when irreligious living was the order of the day and the fear and acceptance of God and His laws a great motive to keep moral compasses headed in the right direction, is if God intervenes. And that is not going to be very pleasant at all, folks. His intervention is called the Chastisement. And the few (compared to today’s billons) who will remain will enjoy a world and life free from evil and uncertainty. And only God knows who they will be.

R.B.

7-2-09

Horrendous American Crimes, By Roger Behra

SHORT COMMUNICATION 89

Horrendous American Crimes

By

Roger Behra

Recently, at a Tarzana, California nightclub one night, a most horrific crime took place. Near closing time a couple asked to speak to the woman exotic dancer. The message was relayed to her, and the dancer came outside. The waiting couple quickly doused her with an inflammable liquid and set her on fire. She was immediately hospitalized barely clinging to life, as she was burned over 60% of her body.

On the evening of February 5, 2009, two suspects, whose faces covered with bandanas, began shooting wildly inside a nice peaceful restaurant in San Gabriel, California. When the gunfire and smoke and bullets stopped, there was death, wounded, and destruction everywhere. The incident was totally unexpected and happened very, very quickly. No robbery took place, and the shooters just as quickly escaped.

On December 26, 2008, a homeless man from Costa Mesa, California, was attacked and became a victim of at least three dozen paintballs fired at him. The paintballs burned Gregory Dahlgren´s skin and damaged his right eye so badly that his right eyeball popped out of the socket. There were no witnesses, and nobody has stepped forward. Six teenagers were seen with the paintball guns earlier roaming the park. They later attacked the homeless man as he slept in the park. As Dahlgren started to run away, he was tackled and ended up with cracked ribs. He was again attacked and peppered with more paintballs. As he was being treated later by doctor, he was told that he lost the sight in his right eye.

In Hollywood, California, recently a homeless man who known by many to be a nice and peaceful man was set on fire by two young men after he was doused with gasoline. The man was burned alive in public view. The crime was categorized as random and outrages murder. The suspects fled by car. It happened so fast that people were stunningly spellbound.

In the state of Pennsylvania more than 50 homes were burned to the ground during 2008. That number of burned homes greatly exceeds the mathematical odds of that ever happening. The fires happened in the middle of the night, and arson is suspected.

Modern day crimes can be credited to the counterculture movement and the philosophy that was introduced and later became part of descendant´s upbringing. When the counterculture people of the 1964 started their movement, they did not look down the road to see what their movement would eventually hatch. During the past 44 years it has hatched some of the most unbelievable and horrendous crimes imaginable, and they are responsible because of their movement and the way they brought up their children. The types and abundance of crimes that plague the American culture of modern times are a large and definitive part of the counterculture´s very sad and atrocious legacy. It cannot be otherwise.

R. B.

6-30-09

Some Modern Day Evil, By Roger Behra

SHORT COMMUNICATION 88

Some Modern Day Evil

By

Roger Behra

In communication 87 it was mentioned that the readers would be Reading about some horrific modern day evil. It is all around us in the daily papers and on the television news. But the mass media does not call it evil. They call it “events”. In this communication it is going to be called “evil”.

Evil and it´s results have always been plaguing the world. But never has evil been so abundant and taken such horrific forms as we witness in our modern world. The varied forms is also quite unbelievable.

Evil can be individual in one´s personal life, or it can take place as a group form. And one of the most evil groups in existence is the Hell´s Angels. The name of the group speaks for itself. You see them on loud motorcycles. They wear leather jackets with bare arms all tattooed. On their helmets, you´ll see varies designs. On the back of their jackets you´ll see the skull and crossbones insignia. And their personal appearances are ugly and leave and liable very much to be desired when they are in groups and active.

Recently, a large group of sixty-five to seventy-five Hall´s Angels were arrested in on of the southwestern states. Their headquarters is Bullhead City, in Arizona. It is a desolate and nature forgotten piece of the state. Only the Hell´s Angels group would pick a piece of territory such as Bullhead City.

Membership in the Hell´s Angels group includes all types of people. The list includes a lawyer, an airline pilot, and some professional people among others. If a person proves to be qualified according to the rules of membership, the person becomes a member.

When the members are together for group activity, they can and certainly do all kinds of evil, criminal activity, and that includes murder, drug dealing, gun running, illicit sex, and intimidation to name a few kinds. They are masters of intimidation. They are ruthless and very evil oriented. Their respect for human life and dignity is simply awful.

At one of the Hell´s Angels events a member´s girlfriend laughed at appearances of the members. As a result, they took her into the desert and punched her. When she fell to the ground, they kicked and stomped her to death and buried her there. At another event they organized the sale of automatic guns to Mexico for a large quantity of drugs. Guns went south, and drugs went north.

Some years ago station wagon on the highway was traveling with some young children faced backward looking out the rear windshield. As a convoy of Hell´s Angels came into view, the children were pointing and laughing at them. Immediately they surrounded the station wagon and forced it to stop. The occupants were ordered out, and the Hell´s Angels overturned the station wagon, leaving the occupants stranded as the Hell´s Angels rode off. Their evil orientation is unrivaled. Their wicked crimes are varied and numerous. At the places where they work there is no suspicion that they are Hell´s Angels.

Hell´s Angel groups are found in different parts of the world. Mostly they are in the U.S. and Europe. Wherever they are doing their club activities, it is very certain that evil is the order of the day. Thankfully, they are gathered up as often as possible and dealt with according to the laws of the decent society.

R.B.

6-28-09

Satan´s 100 Years, By Roger Behra

SHORT COMMUNICATION 87

Satan´s 100 Years

By

Roger Behra

There is no doubt about it. The twentieth Century was ruled by Satan, the Prince of Darkness. If you have been wondering why there is so much evil in our modern world, you now know the answer. Satan´s goals are exactly the opposite of God´s goals. A large percentage of the world´s population does not know God or His goals. And to make matters worse, that same percentage underestimates the awesome power and dedication of Satan. They do not know the awesome and wonderful power of God. If the large percentage knew those two powers, the world be much better place, indeed.

Although the power that God and Satan posses is great, the power of God is far greater than Satan´s. As many have read in the Bible, Jesus has the power to expel a demon when Satan or a lessor demon is possessing someone. And Jesus does just that during a properly performed Catholic exorcism. At any given time Jesus can take Satan´s power completely away. As Satan´s 100 years near an end, that will increasing happen.

In the very interesting book, The Thunder of Justice, by Ted and Maureen Flynn, it is mentioned and discussed that Satan was given by God 100 years to try to destroy God´s Catholic Church and spread as much evil throughout the world as his allotted time would permit. That was Satan´s ultimate goal. Satan has not destroyed God´s church, but the smoke of Satan has entered it, as evil has increased and multiplied throughout the world´s cultures and especially in the United States.

As a result of Satan´s work and activity during the past 100 years the world has had:

1. World War 1, World War 2, Japanese invasion of China, Korean War, Vietnam War, and many smaller wars in many parts of the world.

2. Very evil leaders Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Adolph Hitler, Hirohito, Mussolini, Mao Tse Tung, and Ho Chi Minh to name the more famous ones.

3. Millions of people were killed. During World War 2 alone at least 60, 000, 000 million people were killed, and millions more were injured, especially innocent civilian women and children.

4. Vatican Council 2 changed the dynamics of the Catholic Church, and as a result the smoke of Satan has entered.

Satan has been very productive during his allotted time, and he still is. Much evil activity that Satan and his demon helpers have started still rages on with them at the controls. Their evil has carried over full time into the new century, with no end in sight. That is very evident as we witness each day the great amount of horrific evil going on everywhere. You will be reading very soon about some of the horrific evil of very modern times.

R.B.6-27-09

Exégesis y Hermenéutica Bíblica, Por Angel Cepeda D.

Exégesis y Hermenéutica Bíblica

Por

Angel R. Cepeda Dovala

Las dos Ciencias que ayudan a entender mejor el estudio de la Biblia, son la Exégesis (Enseña) y la Hermenéutica (Interpreta). Dichas Ciencias están íntimamente interrelacionadas.

Exégesis. Es la ciencia que nos ayuda en la enseñanza y comprensión del Libro Sagrado: la Biblia, pues nos permite comprender, que quiso decir el escritor sagrado (hagiógrafo) con su escrito, en un momento histórico determinado y para quien fue destinado ese mensaje inspirado de la Palabra de Dios. La Exégesis, entonces recurre a los géneros literarios (Etiología) y los idiomas (Arameo, Hebreo, Griego, Latín, y otras).

Ejemplo de exégesis. El nombre de Isaac del Antiguo Testamento (AT) de la Biblia, su nombre procede del Hebreo y significa: “Sonrisa de Dios”, “Que Dios Sonría” y en el Nuevo Testamento (NT), es mencionado en los evangelios de Mateo, Lucas y en las Cartas de San Pablo a los Romanos, Gálatas y a los Hebreos, por mencionar algunas referencias bíblicas. [1]

Hermenéutica. Es la ciencia que estudia la interpretación de un hecho Bíblico en el tiempo histórico de la cultura actual. ¿Qué quiere decir este mensaje Bíblico en el presente que estoy viviendo? La Hermenéutica es como un nuevo volver a re-empezar, un volver a re-estudiar y un volver a re-comprender, para ser más enfático.

Ejemplo de hermenéutica. Ver el Acróstico a Santa Elena [2], y el Sermón de la Montaña. [3]

Estas dos Ciencias (Exégesis y Hermenéutica) consideran, a parte de la Sagrada Escritura: la Biblia, la Tradición Apostólica; los Concilios de la Iglesia, comenzando por las reuniones conciliares mencionada por Lucas en el Libro de Hechos de los Apóstoles hasta el Concilio Vaticano II; a los Doctores de la Iglesia, por ejemplo San Agustín o San Jerónimo [4] ; y distintos documentos, por mencionar: la Constitución Dogmatica sobre la Divina Revelación (Dei Verbum) y el Catecismo de la de la Iglesia Católica.

A.R.C.D.

Notas

[1] Ver significado de Isaac, en Apostolado de la Sonrisa, en el sitio web: http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2008/03/pensamiento-del-apostolado-de-la.html

[2] Ver Acróstico a Santa Elena, en:
http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2008/03/acrstico-santa-elena.html

[3]Ver el Sermón de la Montaña en:
http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2008/03/la-carta-magna-de-los-cristianos.html

[4] Ver San Jerónimo: Padre de las Ciencias Bíblicas, en:
http://topicosculturales.blogspot.com/2009/07/ocho-frases-de-san-jeronimo-por-angel-r.html