Tuesday, August 11, 2015

cheaters

I don't watch many "reality" shows. One that I have watched in the past is called cheaters. It is on in the late night. The reason I watch is to see the state of the secular world. It is a commentary on the state of chastity or the lack of thereof.


On the show there are three main types of cheaters . One is the boyfriend and girlfriend who are living together ( cohabitation) . My thought on this group is that if you are living in sin to begin with what else would you expect? That you partner will act morally in other aspects of the relationship. C'mon GET REAL.
The same can be said of those whose relationship is living in the sin of sodomy.
The last is kind of hard for me to stomach. The married couple where one or both partners decides to commit adultery. There is always an excuse. "you're not doing enough for me" or "You're not making enough money" Or The sex is not good enough or often enough etc,etc. Do you see a common denominator? I do. It's me,me,me. Selfishness narcissistic. People who cheat are always thinking only of themselves

Saint Philomena

[Saint Philomena]Also known as
  • Filomena
  • Filumena
  • Philumena
  • Philomene
  • Thaumaturga of the Nineteenth Century
  • Wonder Worker of the Nineteenth Century
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Little is known of her life, and the information was have was received by private revelation from her. Martyred at about age 14 in the early days of the Church.
In 1802 the remains of a young woman were found in the catacomb of Saint Priscilla on the Via Salaria, RomeItaly. It was covered by stones, the symbols on which indicated that the body was a martyr namedSaint Philomena. The bones were exhumed, cataloged, and effectively forgotten since there was so little known about the person.
In 1805 Canon Francis de Lucia of Mugnano, Italy was in the Treasury of the Rare Collection of Christian Antiquity (Treasury of Relics) in the Vatican. When he reached the relics of Saint Philomena he was suddenly struck with a spiritual joy, and requested that he be allowed to enshrine them in a chapel in Mugnano. After some disagreements, settled by the cure of Canon Francis following prayers to Philomena, he was allowed to translate the relics to Mugnano. Miracles began to be reported at the shrine including cures of cancer, healing of wounds, and the Miracle of Mugnano in which Venerable Pauline Jaricot was cured a severe heart ailment overnight. Philomena became the only person recognized as a Saint solely on the basis of miraculous intercession as nothing historical was known of her except her name and the evidence of her martyrdom.
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