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Fides et Ratio / Grand Canyon: Monument to the ...

Last post by Geremia - Today at 09:36:12 AM

cf. Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe

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Philosophy / Endogamy vs. Exogamy

Last post by Geremia - May 19, 2025, 04:36:11 PM

Summa Theologiæ II-II q. 154 a. 9 co.:

it is natural that a man should have a liking for a woman of his kindred

cf. St. Thomas on Aristotle, 2 Polit. iii., pp. 92-95 of this transl.

Interracial marriage is not common sense. It's not a sin, it's not an offence against God, necessarily, but it may often be an offence against common sense. Because there is too much difference between people of different races for their marriage to probably last. You're going to say that many interracial marriages do last. Fine. Undoubtedly. But it is still not a good idea [...] it's pretty deep, the differences between the races are pretty serious. Blacks should normally marry blacks, whites should normally marry whites. Chinese should normally marry Chinese [...] If you're in upper class in society you should marry upper class, if you're lower class you should marry lower class. It's common sense.

source: this Telegram post. Does anyone have the original source of this? It it from a sermon?

[Come [back to Rome]]

#3

General Discussion / Re: felix festum Seraphicæ Vir...

Last post by Geremia - April 30, 2025, 12:24:01 PM

May the Seraphic Virgin obtain for us, by her heavenly intercession, a pope who returns to Eternal Rome! Happy feast! 🥳

One of her 1376 letters to then-Avignon-abiding Pope Gregory XI (from Saint Catherine of Siena as Seen in Her Letters; Italian original):

Come [back to Rome] in security: trust you in Christ sweet Jesus: for, doing what you ought, God will be above you, and there will be no one who shall be against you. Up, father, like a man! For I tell you that you have no need to fear. You ought to come; come, then. Come gently, without any fear.

(source)

[LITANIES DE SAINTE CATHERINE DE SIENNE]

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General Discussion / Litany of St. Catherine of Sie...

Last post by Geremia - April 26, 2025, 08:33:06 PM

In preparation for her feast:

LITANIES DE SAINTE CATHERINE DE SIENNE Seigneur, avez pitié de nous. Jésus-Christ, ayez pitié de nous. Seigneur, ayez pitié de nous. Jésus-Christ, écoutez-nous. Jésus-Christ, exaucez-nous. Père céleste, qui êtes Dieu, ayez pitié de nous. Fils Rédempteur du monde, qui êtes Dieu, ayez pitié de nous. Esprit-Saint, qui êtes Dieu, ayez pitié de nous. Trinité sainte, qui êtes un seul Dieu, ayez pitié de nous. sainte Marie, priez pour nous. Sainte Catherine de Sienne, Chère fille de Dieu, Enfant privilégiée de Marie, Digne fille de saint Dominique, Fleur d'innocence, Fruit précoce des vertus, Image de simplicité, Parfait modèle d'humilité, Trésor de pureté, Ange de douceur, Défense de la foi, Bouclier d'espérance, Incendie d'amour, Vierge admirable, Épouse du Christ, O vous qui êtes l'épouse et l'amour du Seigneur Jésus, O vous qui avez été privée de votre cœur, O vous qui avez reçu le cœur de Jésus, O vierge, émule des plus saints pénitents, O vous qu1 avez senti un très vif amour pour la croix de Jésus, Vous qui avez toujours marché en la présence de Dieu en suivant la voie de la perfection, Vous dont l'âme fut entièrement détachée des choses terrestres et des sens, Vous qui avez été fréquemment ravie en Dieu, Vous qui avez toujours goûté la manne de l'oraison, Vierge illustre par le don du plus parfait recueillement, Vous qui avez été inviolablement liée à Dieu par une union très étroite, Vous qui avez été transformée dans le Christ, Vierge enrichie du don de prophétie, Chasseresse mystique des âmes que vous vouliez gagner à Dieu, Médiatrice puissante des âmes endurcies dans le mal, Auxiliatrice des pécheurs, Soutien des âmes fidèles, Colombe de grâce, Ange pacificateur des peuples, Colonne brillante de l'Église, Conseil des Pontifes, Terreur de l'hérésie, Gloire de l'Église, Gloire du Tiers-Ordre de Saint Dominique, Modèle de la parfaite obéissance, Modèle d'invincible patience, O vierge qui languissiez pour le ciel, O vierge riche de grâce et de vertus, O vierge couronnée de la persévérance, O vierge jouissant dans le ciel de l'éternel embrassement de votre époux. Agneau de Dieu, qui effacez les péchés du monde, pardonnez-nous, Seigneur. Agneau de Dieu, qui effacez les péchés du monde, exaucez-nous, Seigneur. Agneau de Dieu, qui effacez les péchés du monde, ayez pitié de nous, Seigneur. ℣. Seigneur, exaucez ma prière ℟. Et que mon cri parvienne jusqu'à vous. Prions. O Dieu, qui avez accordé à la bienheureuse Catherine, ornée du privilège spécial de la virginité et de la patience, de vaincre les efforts des esprits malfaisants et de demeurer inébranlable dans l'amour de votre nom, accordez, nous vous en supplions, qu'à son exemple, foulant aux pieds les méchancetés du monde et surmontant les attaques de tous les ennemis, nous arrivions en sécurité à votre gloire. Par Jésus-Christ Notre-Seigneur. Ainsi-soit-il.

LITANY OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus Christ, hear us. Jesus Christ, graciously hear us. Heavenly Father, who art God, have mercy on us. Redeemer Son of the world, who art God, have mercy on us. Holy Spirit, who art God, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, who are one God, have mercy on us. Holy Mary, pray for us. Saint Catherine of Siena, Dear daughter of God, Privileged child of Mary, Worthy daughter of Saint Dominic, Flower of innocence, Early fruit of virtues, Image of simplicity, Perfect model of humility, Treasure of purity, Angel of gentleness, Defense of the faith, Shield of hope, Fire of love, Admirable virgin, Spouse of Christ, O you who are the bride and love of the Lord Jesus, O you who have been deprived of your heart, O you who received the heart of Jesus, O virgin, emulator of the holiest penitents, O you who have felt a deep love for the cross of Jesus, You who have always walked in God's presence, following the path of perfection, You whose soul was entirely detached from earthly things and the senses, You who have frequently been ravished in God, You who have always tasted the manna of prayer, Virgin illustrious for the gift of perfect recollection, You who were inviolably linked to God by a very close union, You who were transformed in Christ, Virgin enriched with the gift of prophecy, Mystical huntress of souls you wanted to win for God, Powerful mediatrix of souls hardened in evil, Helper of sinners, Support of faithful souls, Dove of grace, Angel peacemaker of peoples, Shining column of the Church, Council of Pontiffs, Terror of heresy, Glory of the Church, Glory of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, Model of perfect obedience, Model of invincible patience, O virgin who longed for heaven, O virgin rich in grace and virtue, O virgin crowned with perseverance, O virgin enjoying in heaven the eternal embrace of your spouse. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, forgive us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, Lord. ℣. Lord, answer my prayer. ℟. And let my cry come unto you. Let us pray. O God, who granted Blessed Catherine, adorned with the special privilege of virginity and patience, to overcome the efforts of evil spirits and remain steadfast in the love of your name, grant, we beseech you, that following her example, trampling underfoot the wickedness of the world and overcoming the attacks of all enemies, we may arrive safely at your glory. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

🎩-tip: Avrillé Dominicans's Litanies sainte Catherine de Sienne.pdf
🇫🇷→🇬🇧 transl. 🎩-tip: DeepL

#5

General Discussion / Re: Copyright?

Last post by cathgrl - April 09, 2025, 08:48:35 AM

With the recent executive order eliminating federal funding for libraries and museums, this has ramifications for interlibrary loan services. My school library website will have limited issues as far as I am concerned. Intastate interlibrary loan availability will be affected, according to my school library personnel (I live out of state) and my state library personnel. Thank goodness there are books available at isidore.co and other locations that are downloadable. Archive.org had issues with hackers in fall 2024 that had the website unavailable for weeks.

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Forum-Related / Re: Suggestions & Problems

Last post by Geremia - April 05, 2025, 01:46:52 PM

I use Calibre for my home library as well and it has an option to search the internet for books via an icon labeled "get books". It has a variety of sources that can be searched, such as Amazon, Kobo, Project Gutenberg & numerous others. Unfortunately, Isidore.co is not one of those options.

Oh, you want to add a store to Calibre for the Isidore.co library?
There is an OPDS feed: https://isidore.co/calibre/opds/navcatalog/4f6e6577657374
And the OPDS Client plugin that allows importing books from OPDS feeds.

But I think you'd like an "Isidore.co Store" made. They're basically plugins.

[added via edit:]

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Forum-Related / Re: Suggestions & Problems

Last post by justjeff - April 05, 2025, 10:16:16 AM

Their search engine has a selection of sites that they peruse, but Isidore.co is not one of them.

LibGen already has most of the books from the Isidore.co library. Isidore.co is 6,192 books. It's tiny compared to shadow libraries' collections like Anna's Archive's 43,206,948 books.

Sorry, I should have spelled my question out better. It started on the subject line, so it was unclear. I have added the following edit in blue: to that original post to hopefully clear things up a bit:

Their search engine has a selection of sites that they peruse, but Isidore.co is not one of them. I suppose that is hardwired in, but I am no power user of Calibre. Perhaps there is an option to add your site to their list, or maybe there is a plug in or extension that would do so?

added via edit: I use Calibre for my home library as well and it has an option to search the internet for books via an icon labeled "get books". It has a variety of sources that can be searched, such as Amazon, Kobo, Project Gutenberg & numerous others. Unfortunately, Isidore.co is not one of those options. I am wondering, if there is a way to add Isidore.co to those options so that if I come across a reference to a book I could do the search across multiple online platforms at once, including Isidore? Ideally, there is some way to manually add websites to their search engine database, but if not, perhaps there is already an extension that someone is aware of that could add St. Isidore &/or other sites?

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Catholic Resources / Happy feast of St. Isidore of ...

Last post by Geremia - April 04, 2025, 08:40:04 PM

St. Isidore, --  , Saint of the Day, as told by St. Louis meteorologist Mike Roberts on Covenant ...

Happy feast of St. Isidore of Seville today, encyclopedist, patron of this forum, author of the Etymologies, and brother of St. Leander!

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Catholic Resources / April 4 Saint Isidore Of Sevil...

Last post by justjeff - April 04, 2025, 08:16:48 PM

St. Isidore, --  , Saint of the Day, as told by St. Louis meteorologist Mike Roberts on Covenant ...

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Forum-Related / Re: Suggestions & Problems

Last post by Geremia - April 04, 2025, 08:08:21 PM

Their search engine has a selection of sites that they peruse, but Isidore.co is not one of them.

LibGen already has most of the books from the Isidore.co library. Isidore.co is 6,192 books. It's tiny compared to shadow libraries' collections like Anna's Archive's 43,206,948 books.