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 + JMJ I had to read Frankenstein in University as part of the course in Critical Reading and Writing ( link ).  In essence, the story is about man inventing something he shouldn't have and then that thing killing him and killing itself afterwards. Nuclear weapons, Computer Technologies, Artificial Intelligence. These are all the inventions of man and they herald opportunities and threats for mankind. Just like the power loom, there is opportunity, pain and suffering with each invention.  It isn't just technology. The USA and the "West" has made its own enemies several time in the past 100 years.  Afghanistan, South America, Africa, Russia - first they train them, equip them ... then they turn on their helpers. Really, the only way to break this cycle is for Russia to convert and the Muslims as well. P^3

 + JMJ For me there are two key events this month:  First, we have the publication of Pope Leo's first document - Dilexi Te.  I will have a longer post on that one later this month. Second, we have the ceasefire in the Israeli / Hamas war, which I wonder if it will last long enough for me to publish this post on the 19th. Be that as it may ... here's what I have as of Oct 17th. P^3 Popes Past Present and Future News and Views RORATE CÆLI: Leo XIV makes his first major Curial appointment: Iannone for Bishops -- a Rorate Analysis Pope Leo XIV and Polyphonic Music - Catholic Family News Pope Leo remembers Cardinal Mureșan's exemplary witness under persecution - Vatican News Pope Leo urges Catholics to pray daily Rosary for Peace in October - Vatican News Pope at Audience: Jesus redeems darkest places of human existence - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV urges European institutions to promote a 'healthy secularism' - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV's First Key Appointment to the...

 + JMJ The Messages of Fatima  Are As Important Today As They Were 108 Years Ago By Avelino de Almeia, journalist at the O Seculo dialy - Ilustração Portuguesa N.º 610, 29 October 1917, page 353, (online at hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=971353 One hundred and eight years ago today, the Blessed Virgin Mary - Our Lady of the Rosary, performed a miracle to authenticate the apparitions. Here's an account from Wikipedia: Various claims have been made regarding the events that transpired. Many witnesses reported that after a period of rain, the dark clouds parted, revealing the Sun as an opaque, spinning disc in the sky. It was described as being significantly duller than usual, casting multicolored lights across the landscape, the people, and the surrounding clouds. The Sun was then reported to have careened towards the Earth before zig-zagging back to its normal position. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]  Witnesses reported that ...