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5 days ago · The shadow of the Rolling Stones, the classic role model for bands who embrace rock’s scuzzy, dangerous, vaguely satanic side, looms large over Lords of the New Church’s second album. The influence of Mick Jagger on Stiv Bators’ lippy, sneering delivery has never been more apparent.
3 days ago · Jesus revealed his Sacred Heart devotion to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in several mystical visions between 1673-1675. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French nun of the Order of the Visitation of Our Lady. Jesus appeared to her four times in Paral-le-Monial, France, revealing his love for humankind through His Sacred Heart.
3 days ago · The story behind the modern iteration of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus begins on Dec. 27, 1673, at a monastery belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines) in eastern France. There, a nun named Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque began experiencing visions of the Sacred Heart. Those visions continued for 18 months.
1 day ago · Members of the church of Christ do not conceive of themselves as a new church started near the beginning of the 19th century. Rather, the whole movement is designed to reproduce in contemporary times the church originally established on Pentecost , A.D. 33.
3 days ago · The 12 promises of Our Lord, revealed to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), for those who have devotion to His Most Sacred Heart are: (1) “I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. (2) I will establish peace in their homes. (3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
5 days ago · Chivalry is an inner temple and outer fortress.”. Here is our key to the mystical dimension of chivalry. Within knightly piety the knight sought to conform his own ‘inner temple’ evermore closely to the inner temple of Our Lord’s Sacred Heart, the source of His love. As René Guenon wrote, “The heart itself, the vase which contains ...
5 days ago · The number seven is especially prominent in the Bible, appearing over 700 times. From the seven days of Creation to the many “sevens” in Revelation, the number seven connotes such concepts as completion and perfection, exoneration and healing, and the fulfillment of promises and oaths.
