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Nel Deuteronomio Rabbah 11 si cita testualmente:

"Dio ordinò a Michele e a Gabriele di prendere l'anima di Mosè e portarla in cielo, ma entrambi si rifiutarono. Dopo ciò, Dio ordinò a Samael il maledetto: "Va' e prendi l'anima di Mosé."

Quando vide l'anima di Mosé seduta a trascrivere l'Ineffabile Nome, che lo splendore del suo aspetto era pari a quello del Sole e che somigliava ad uno degli angeli del Signore degli eserciti, Samael ebbe paura di Mosé, e pensò: sicuramente nessun angelo riuscirà mai a cogliere l'anima di Mosé.

Immediatamente Samael tornò da Dio, e riportò quello che era successo innanzi a Lui.

Dio rispose a Samael: "Va' di nuovo e riporta l'anima di Mosè".

Subito (Samael) estrasse la spada dal fodero e si innalzò innanzi a Mosè.

Mosè divenne immediatamente furioso con lui, prese gli oggetti che erano a portata di mano e su cui il Nome Ineffabile era stato inciso, e cominciò ad usarli per percuotere Samael con tutte le sue forze.

Quando Samael fuggì, lo perseguitò grazie al Nome Ineffabile.

(Mosè) gli tolse il raggio della Gloria dalla fronte ed accecò i suoi occhi, che fino ad allora lo fissavano."

- Dalla pagina Wikipedia italiana su Samael, spirito.

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Nell'ebraico biblico, "ishim" è una forma plurale insolita di "uomo" ("ish"), mentre "ish" normalmente assume la forma plurale "anashim". Questo termine è usato per riferirsi ad alcuni uomini "speciali" nelle Scritture, come i Tre che visitarono Abramo alla quercia di Mamre, ovvero il Verbo, in seguito interpretati come angeli.

In alcuni casi, questi testi si riferiscono agli stessi episodi, sviluppandoli con la tecnica del midrash. Ad esempio, il Testamento di Abramo, un libro apocrifo dell'Antico Testamento, interpreta la scena di Mamre identificando San Michele Arcangelo come uno dei tre uomini accolti da Abramo, e in seguito sarà proprio lui ad accompagnare l'anziano Patriarca nel suo viaggio prima attraverso i cieli del mondo e poi fino alle porte del Paradiso. Un altro personaggio di questo tipo è "uno simile a un figlio d'uomo" del libro di Daniele, che nella tradizione apocalittica viene reinterpretato in vari modi. "Ish" è anche usato per riferirsi a quel misterioso personaggio che lottò con Giacobbe mentre quest'ultimo cercava di attraversare il fiume Jabbok. Secondo la tecnica della Gematria, Ish corrisponde al numero 311. Questo numero è lo stesso dell'Arcangelo San Raffaele. Dato ciò, è ragionevole supporre che si tratti della stessa entità, considerando che, essendo un angelo di alto rango e santità, all'alba avrebbe dovuto necessariamente tornare in Paradiso per cantare le lodi mattutine a YHWH. In più, il fatto che sia il guaritore celeste per eccellenza giustificherebbe, a mio avviso, l'esitazione di questo Spirito Celeste a liberarsi di Giacobbe con la forza. Tornando alle Lodi, un episodio simile con protagonista l'Arcangelo Michele, compare anche nel già citato libro apocrifo, il Testamento di Abramo. Le lodi mattutine devono essere estremamente importanti per i Santi Angeli. Inoltre, un trattato cabalistico del 1340 di Bahya ben Asher afferma che Naamah è una delle compagne dell'arcangelo caduto Samael, insieme a Lilith, Agrat bat Mahlat ed Eisheth. Si afferma anche che Esaù prese quattro mogli per imitarlo. Ed ecco perché si crede che Samael, prima di essere assimilato da alcuni alla figura di Satana stesso, fosse la versione caduta di Samajaza, il Guardiano caduto a causa della sua passione lussuriosa per le donne umane. "Sama-el", sebbene sempre tradotto come "veleno di Dio", con una grafia leggermente diversa può anche significare "colui che è stato accecato da Dio", il che si potrebbe riferire anche a quell'episodio, riportato sempre da fonti ebraiche, con Mosè. Tuttavia, già soltanto con quanto approfondito poc'anzi, qui tornerebbe tutto, visto che San Raffaele è stato spesso raffigurato come un angelo "punitore" per Samajaza, Azazel e Asmodeo (tutti spiriti ribelli guidati da una lussuria sfrenata).

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La Profezia di Cazotte:

La Conversione di J.F. De La Harpe:

Le protégé de Voltaire s’enflamme pour la révolution... mis en prison, il se met à prier Dieu, qui l’exauce. Libéré il se convertit et défen

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Jean-François de la HARPE (1739-1803)

Siècle : 18e

Point de départ : Lieutenant de Voltaire (« philosophie » des « lumières »).

Préoccupation : Arrestation en avril 1794 ; prison ; ombre menaçante de la guillotine.

Porte d’entrée dans la vraie religion : Psaumes, Évangile, Imitation de Jésus-Christ.

Le protégé de Voltaire Né le 20 novembre 1739 à Paris (dans la paroisse de Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet), Jean-François de La Harpe a 20 ans lorsqu’il publie ses premiers vers antireligieux (Les Héroïdes, 1759), qui attirent aussitôt l’attention de Voltaire. Le jeune La Harpe devient alors, comme dit Sainte-Beuve, ‘le premier lieutenant de Voltaire’. Ce dernier fait couronner les discours et les poèmes de son poulain par l’Académie française. En 1776, malgré l’opposition de la Sorbonne et de l’archevêque de Paris, Voltaire et d’Alembert réussissent même à faire élire La Harpe académicien. La Harpe continue de flatter son vieux protecteur, qui meurt deux ans plus tard (1778). Il compose en son honneur un Éloge de Voltaire qui reçoit le prix d’éloquence de l’Académie.

Le parvenu La Harpe est désormais un personnage : directeur du Mercure de France, qui règne sur les lettres françaises. C’est un correspondant régulier du tsar Paul Ier (qui l’invite plusieurs fois à sa table lors de sa visite en France). En 1789, il s’enthousiasme pour la Révolution. Il applaudit particulièrement les mesures antireligieuses. Fidèle à son maître à penser, Voltaire, il désigne constamment l’Église catholique par les termes fanatisme et superstition. Il dénonce les prêtres comme « les charlatans à étole » complice des « charlatans à couronne » (Mercure François, 23 novembre 1793). Il affirme que c’est de la messe que sont venus tous nos malheurs (Mercure François, 1er mars 1794). Pourtant, il déplaît à Robespierre, qui l’inscrit sur la liste des suspects. Le 26 Ventôse de l'an II (16 Mars 1794), La Harpe est arrêté. Emprisonné pendant quatre mois, il n’échappe à la mort que grâce à la chute de Robespierre. Mais Quelqu’un l’attend dans sa prison.

Conversion en prison (mars 1794) La Harpe a raconté sa conversion dans une lettre à un ami. C’est d’abord l’arrivée en prison : « Il était déjà nuit ; on me fit traverser trois longs corridors, où je vis épars ça et là des hommes, ou plutôt des spectres, pâles, silencieux, rêveurs, abattus. J’arrive enfin à la cellule qui m’était destinée ; le conducteur me dit d’une voix rauque et forte : ‟Il ne vous faut rien ? – Rienˮ, lui dis-je. À ces mots, il tourne une grosse clef, et m’enferme dans mon cachot. « Je m’approche à tâtons d’un lit, ou plutôt d’un vieux grabat, où je croyais pouvoir trouver quelque repos. La première idée qui s’offrit à mon esprit, ce fut de songer au malheureux qui, la veille, avait couché dans ce même lit, et qui n’était déjà plus. Aussitôt mes yeux se couvrent d’un nuage ; à travers ce nuage, mon imagination effrayée me représente tout à la fois l’échafaud, la mort, l’enfer… l’enfer pour toute l’éternité ! Je me prosterne et m’écrie : ‟Mon Dieu, aie pitié de moi ! Aie pitié de moi, mon Dieu ! Je sais combien je suis coupable ; mais je connais aussi toute l’étendue de ta miséricorde. Tu vois mes larmes, mon repentir sincère ; ne dédaigne point un cœur contrit et humilié. Si ma dernière heure est venue, rends-moi digne de me présenter au tribunal de ta suprême justice ; que si ta bonté veut encore prolonger mes jours, affermis-moi dans la résolution de ne vivre désormais que pour te servir, que pour expier mes fautes. Je jure, dans toute la sincérité de mon âme, d’abjurer tous les faux systèmes que j’ai professés jusqu’ici ; de faire aimer, de propager ton culte, autant qu’il me sera possible, et de réparer, tant par ma conduite que par mes écrits, le scandale que j’ai pu donner à l’Église et à notre sainte foi catholique, apostolique et romaine. ˮ « A peine eus-je prononcé cette prière, souvent interrompue par mes sanglots, que je sentis comme un baume vivifiant couler dans mon âme ; il me parut entendre ces mots consolants : ‟Dieu vient d’exaucer ta prière, il accepte la promesse que tu lui fais ; tiens ta parole, et songe bien qu’on ne le trompe jamais impunément.ˮ « Je regarde autour de moi, je porte mes pas du côté d’où j’avais cru entendre partir la voix ; je ne trouve personne. Je ne doutai pas que ce ne fût un de ces messagers de l’Éternel qui portent ses ordres sur la terre. Je me préparais à lui témoigner ma reconnaissance, lorsqu’un doux sommeil vint fermer mes paupières et me donner un repos que j’avais perdu depuis longtemps. « Le lendemain, je me réveillai à la pointe du jour, l’âme enivrée des prémices d’une béatitude que je ne saurais décrire. En ce moment, les souvenirs de la Révolution, les agents et les instruments de la mort, l’image de ma captivité, ma prison même, tout disparut devant moi ; je ne vis que Dieu seul. » Après cette première grâce, La Harpe emploie son temps à la lecture des Évangiles et des psaumes. Mais l’inquiétude le reprend. Sa conscience est chargée de nombreuses fautes. Il voudrait les confesser à un prêtre et recevoir l’absolution, pour être sûr du pardon de Dieu. Mais aucun prêtre n’est disponible.

La réponse de Dieu À ses inquiétudes, La Harpe reçoit la réponse en ouvrant le célèbre ouvrage L’Imitation de Jésus-Christ : « J’étais dans ma prison, seul, dans une petite chambre et profondément triste. Depuis quelques jours j’avais lu les Psaumes, l’Évangile et quelques bons livres. Leur effet avait été rapide, quoique gradué. Déjà j’étais rendu à la foi ; j’y voyais une lumière nouvelle ; mais elle m’épouvantait et me consternait en me montrant un abîme, celui de quarante années d’égarement. Je voyais tout le mal, et aucun remède. Rien autour de moi qui m’offrît les secours de la religion. D’un côté, ma vie était devant mes yeux, telle que je la voyais au flambeau de la vérité céleste, et de l’autre, la mort, la mort que j’attendais tous les jours, telle qu’on la recevait alors. Le prêtre ne paraissait plus sur l’échafaud pour consoler celui qui allait mourir ; il n’y montait que pour mourir lui-même. Plein de ces désolantes idées, mon cœur était abattu, et s’adressait tout bas à Dieu, que je venais de retrouver et qu’à peine je connaissais encore. Je lui disais : « Que dois-je faire ? Que dois-je devenir ? » J’avais sur une table l’Imitation, et l’on m’avait dit que dans cet excellent livre je trouverais souvent la réponse à mes pensées. Je l’ouvre au hasard, et je tombe en l’ouvrant, sur ces paroles : ‘Me voici, mon fils (c’est Jésus-Christ qui parle) : « Je viens à vous, parce que vous m’avez invoqué. » Je n’en lus pas davantage : l’impression subite que j’éprouvais est au-dessus de toute expression, il n’est pas plus possible de la rendre que de l’oublier. Je tombai la face contre terre, baigné de larmes, étouffé de sanglots, jetant des cris et des paroles entrecoupées. Je sentais mon cœur soulagé et dilaté. Assailli d’une foule d’idées et de sentiments, je pleurai longtemps, sans qu’il me reste d’ailleurs d’autres souvenirs de cette situation, si ce n’est que c’est, sans aucune comparaison, ce que mon cœur a jamais senti de plus violent et de plus délicieux : Me voici, mon fils ! » Libéré après le 9 Thermidor (chute de Robespierre), La Harpe persévère dans ses résolutions. Il pratique publiquement la religion catholique et la défend courageusement contre ses persécuteurs.

Contre la manipulation du langage (1797) En 1797, La Harpe publie un ouvrage important : Du Fanatisme dans la langue révolutionnaire. Réfléchissant sur les causes de la Révolution, il est le premier à dénoncer un mécanisme essentiel de la Terreur : la manipulation du langage. Il montre comment les révolutionnaires ont donné un sens nouveau à des mots porteurs d’une forte charge émotive, afin de manipuler les foules. Ils ont établi un véritable contre-langage (une « langue inverse ») qui permet d’asservir au nom de la liberté, de tyranniser au nom de l’égalité, de massacrer au nom de la fraternité, de persécuter au nom de la tolérance, etc. La Harpe montre comment cette inversion du langage – qui a mené à la guillotine et au génocide vendéen – a été mise en place par les prétendus philosophes des Lumières, notamment Voltaire lorsqu’il employait systématiquement le mot fanatisme pour désigner la religion catholique. (La Harpe désigne cette inversion de langage par l’expression langue inverse ; on a inventé, depuis, le mot novlangue).

Rétractation définitive la veille de sa mort (1803) La Harpe a clairement désavoué les blasphèmes et les mensonges de Voltaire, mais il tient à le redire une dernière fois la veille sa mort. Après avoir reçu les derniers sacrements, le 10 février 1803, il ajoute à son testament le codicille suivant : « … Je déclare que je crois fermement tout ce que croit et enseigne l’Église romaine, seule Église fondée par Jésus-Christ ; que je condamne d’esprit et de cœur tout ce qu’elle condamne ; que j’approuve de même tout ce qu’elle approuve. En conséquence, je rétracte tout ce que j’ai écrit et qui a été imprimé sous mon nom, de contraire à la foi catholique ou aux bonnes mœurs ; le désavouant, et, autant que je puis, en condamnant et dissuadant la promulgation, la réimpression et la représentation sur les théâtres. Je rétracte également et condamne toute proposition erronée qui aurait pu m’échapper dans ces différents écrits. J’exhorte tous mes compatriotes à entretenir des sentiments de paix et de concorde. Je demande pardon à ceux qui ont cru avoir à se plaindre de moi, comme je pardonne bien sincèrement à ceux dont j’ai eu à me plaindre. »

Il faut lire les Évangiles ! Dans ses papiers, on trouva une Apologie de la religion inachevée. Il insiste sur la nécessité de lire les Évangiles et les psaumes. Il cite le récit de la guérison miraculeuse de l’aveugle né (Jn 9) et s’écrie : « Et moi aussi je crois, et je vous adore, adorable auteur et du récit et du miracle, qui, l’un et l’autre, sont de Dieu. Et moi aussi j’étais aveugle, non pas de naissance, mais d’orgueil, ce qui est bien pis ; et vous avez eu pitié de moi, et vous m’avez ouvert les yeux ; ne permettez pas, je vous en conjure, qu’ils se referment jamais après avoir vu votre lumière, ni que les malédictions de l’impiété ferment jamais ma bouche, après que vous lui avez permis de vous confesser, tout indigne qu’elle en fut toujours. » Et il insiste : « Tout est dans ces livres divins, et le malheur le plus commun et le plus grand est de ne pas les lire. Il y a, entre autres, un sermon de la Cène, qui me parut contenir toute notre religion, et où chaque parole est un oracle du ciel. Je ne l’ai jamais lu sans une émotion singulière ; que de fois je me suis dit ce que disait aux pharisiens cet agent de la synagogue, en s’excusant de n’avoir pas fait arrêter Jésus-Christ : ‟Que voulez-vous ? Jamais homme n’a parlé comme cet homme.ˮ Et c’est un juif qui disait cela ! Quel terrible arrêt contre les chrétiens infidèles ! Il m’est impossible à chaque verset de ce sermon, de ne pas entendre un Dieu, j’en suis aussi sûr que si je l’avais entendu en personne. C’est alors que je m’écrie : que la religion est belle ! Elle est belle comme le Ciel dont elle est descendue ; elle est grande comme le Dieu dont elle est émanée ; elle est douce comme le Cœur de Jésus-Christ qui nous l’a apportée. »

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Dio Altissimo e Pazientissimo, dai modi affabili e dolci (mai smielosi) quanto severi e forti dove necessario, ma sempre votato alla comprensione, all'ascolto e alla calma, abbi pietà di me, misero peccatore quale sono.

Padre Pio once encountered a soul whose story serves as a powerful warning, a man who lived convinced he was safe, righteous, and destined f

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Dio abilissimo, Dio combattente, Dio capace e risoluto, Dio sorprendente, Dio che mai si accontenta di lavori banali o incompiuti, donaci la fede e i talenti necessari a compiere le Tue opere. Amen

W Maria, Vergine Santa e Madre dell'umanità!

W Gesù, il Salvatore di tutti e Figlio di Dio!

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Fratelli, un'altra /illuminazione / non richiesta a tema biblico è giunta a me. L’ho buttata giù in inglese, tentando goffamente di scimmiottare la metrica della celeberrima “The Plagues”, da Il Principe d’Egitto.

Qui c'è Caifa, come nuovo Faraone. Stavolta il despota non proviene dall'esterno, non è un Cesare qualunque, ma dall'interno del proprio Popolo.

E poi, ovviamente, c'è Gesù a far eco a Mosè.

Perciò, basta indugi! Ecco a voi...

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THE PLAGUES OF THE SANHEDRIN

*CAIAPHAS *

Thus says Caiaphas, High Priest of the land:

With his signs he will ruin our nation!

If we let him go on, Rome will descend,

And destroy both our Temple and domain!

*JESUS * _bound, before him_

Thus says the Lord, the God of your fathers:

Let my people go. So let them free.

I am the Shepherd, and these are my sheep.

If you seek me, then let these men go.

*CHORUS OF PRIESTS *

We have no king but Caesar!

Who is this man to call himself King?

Better that one man should die for the people

Than that the whole of our nation should perish!

*JESUS *

I send the first, if you will not release them:

I send the first: the blood.

This is my blood, poured out for many.

The cup that cannot pass, drink it all: new covenant.

*CHORUS OF THE SANHEDRIN * _mocking_

Blood? He’s only a man!

Scourge him! Crown him with thorns!

*JESUS *

I send the second, if you will not release them:

I send the second: the frogs.

Unclean tongues croaking with lies.

“Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?”

And spit and blows on the face of the King.

*CAIAPHAS *

Blasphemy! He deserves death!

What further need have we of witnesses?

*JESUS *

I send the third, if you will not release them:

I send the third: the gnats.

Tiny torments, a thousand charges.

“He said he’d destroy the Temple.”

“He makes himself Son of God.” They buzz, they sting.

*JESUS *

I send the fourth, if you will not release them:

I send the fourth: the flies.

Swarms of soldiers fill the courtyard.

They robe me in purple for mockery,

A reed for a scepter: Behold your King!

*CHORUS OF SOLDIERS * _jeering_

Hail, King of the Jews!

Io! Io! The Sanhedrin triumphs!

*JESUS *

I send the fifth, if you will not release them:

I send the fifth: the plague.

Strike the Shepherd, the sheep will scatter.

“I will strike the shepherd,” it is written.

And Peter runs, and the rooster crows.

*JESUS * _looking at Caiaphas_

I send the sixth, if you will not release them:

I send the sixth: the boils.

Sores on the body that you condemn.

Ecce Homo. Behold the Man.

Is this the king of creation?

Pecus es!

*CAIAPHAS * _covering his eyes_

Take him away! To Pilate!

It is not lawful for us to kill!

*JESUS *

I send the seventh, if you will not release them:

I send the seventh: the hail.

Stones and fire from the Temple sky.

The veil is torn from top to bottom,

And thunder shakes the earth.

*JESUS *

I send the eighth, if you will not release them:

I send the eighth: the locusts.

They devour the glory of Moses.

The Law you clutch, Caiaphas,

I fulfill it upon this wood.

*JESUS *

I send the ninth, if you will not release them:

I send the ninth: the darkness.

From the sixth hour to the ninth hour.

The sun is blotted out on Golgotha,

And your priesthood ends in night.

*CAIAPHAS * _trembling as the Temple quakes_

What have we done?

The place… the nation…

*JESUS * _last breath_

I send the tenth, if you will not release them:

I send the tenth: death of the firstborn.

Not yours, Caiaphas. Mine.

The Lamb is slain outside the camp,

So my people may pass over.

“It is finished.”

Let my people go.

*CHORUS OF DEMONS * _distant_

Pecus! Pecus!

But the King will rise.

*CHORUS OF ANGELS * _overwhelming all_

Let them go! Let them go!

The gate of Eden stands open.

Pharaoh has lost.

The people are free.

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The phrase “Pecus es!” is not attributed to Jesus in Scripture. It is used here as a dramatic inversion from Hugo Grotius’ Adam Exul, where Satan mocks Adam. In this lyric, Jesus quotes Satan’s accusation against fallen man and takes it upon Himself, fulfilling Isaiah 53:7 “He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.” This is poetic license to show Christ bearing the full weight of humanity’s shame, not an endorsement of the insult. The intent is theological, not literal.

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*Disclaimer IT*

L’espressione “Pecus es!” non è pronunciata da Gesù nei Vangeli. È una citazione drammatica da Adam Exul di Grotius, dove Satana insulta Adamo. In questo testo, Gesù si addossa volontariamente l’accusa che spetta all’uomo decaduto.

Fondamento biblico:

1. Lui chiama “vipere” i suoi accusatori - Mt 23:33 “Serpenti, razza di vipere”. Quindi è Lui il giudice, non l’imputato.

2. Ma Lui stesso si identifica con il “verme” - Sal 22:6 “Io sono un verme e non un uomo” e Is 41:14 “Non temere, verme Giacobbe”. Il Messia prende su di sé l’umiliazione estrema profetizzata.

3. Isaia 53:7 - “Come agnello condotto al macello”. Pecus = bestiame da sacrificio. Cristo accetta l’insulto che Satana lanciò ad Adamo in Genesi, per rovesciarlo con la Risurrezione.

Uso poetico: non è letterale. Serve a mostrare che sulla Croce il Re si fa “Pecus” per liberare il Suo popolo, mentre i veri “serpenti” restano quelli del Sinedrio.

*Disclaimer EN*

The phrase “Pecus es!” is not spoken by Jesus in the Gospels. It is a dramatic line from Grotius’ Adam Exul, where Satan insults Adam. In this lyric, Jesus willingly takes upon Himself the accusation meant for fallen man.

Biblical basis:

1. He calls His accusers “vipers” - Mt 23:33 “You snakes, you brood of vipers.” He is the judge, not the defendant.

2. Yet He identifies Himself as the “worm” - Ps 22:6 “I am a worm and not a man” and Isa 41:14 “Fear not, you worm Jacob.” The Messiah embraces the ultimate humiliation foretold in prophecy.

3. Isaiah 53:7 - “Like a lamb led to the slaughter.” Pecus = livestock for sacrifice. Christ accepts the insult Satan hurled at Adam in Genesis, to overturn it through the Resurrection.

Poetic license: not literal. It shows the King becoming “Pecus” on the Cross to free His people, while the true “serpents” remain those of the Sanhedrin.

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In due parole: Lui può dire “Pecus es!” a Sé stesso perché ha già detto “razza di vipere” a loro nelle Sacre Scritture. È il Re che si fa agnello Pecus, mentre i lupi travestiti da pastori restano vipere.

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“After Adam's expulsion from Paradise, he prayed to God in these words: "O God, Lord of the world! Thou didst create the whole world unto the honor and glory of the Mighty One, and Thou didst as was pleasing unto Thee. Thy kingdom is unto all eternity, and Thy reign unto all generations. Naught is hidden from Thee, and naught is concealed from Thine eyes. Thou didst create me as Thy handiwork, and didst make me the ruler over Thy creatures, that I might be the chief of Thy works. But the cunning, accursed serpent seduced me with the tree of desire and lusts, yea, he seduced the wife of my bosom. But Thou didst not make known unto me what shall befall my children and the generations after me. I know well that no human being can be righteous in Thine eyes, and what is my strength that I should step before Thee with an impudent face? I have no mouth wherewith to speak and no eye wherewith to see, for I did sin and commit a trespass, and, by reason of my sins, I was driven forth from Paradise. I must plough the earth whence I was taken, and the other inhabitants of the earth, the beasts, no longer, as once, stand in awe and fear of me. From the time I ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, wisdom departed from me, and I am a fool that knoweth naught, an ignorant man that understandeth not. Now, O merciful and gracious God, I pray to Thee to turn again Thy compassion to the head of Thy works, to the spirit which Thou didst instil into him and the soul Thou didst breathe into him. Meet me with Thy grace, for Thou art gracious, slow to anger, and full of love. O that my prayer would reach unto the throne of Thy glory, and my supplication unto the throne of Thy mercy, and Thou wouldst incline to me with lovingkindness. May the words of my mouth be acceptable, that Thou turn not away from my petition. Thou wert from everlasting, and Thou wilt be unto everlasting; Thou wert king, and Thou wilt ever be king. Now, have Thou mercy upon the work of Thy hands. Grant me knowledge and understanding, that I may know what shall befall me, and my posterity, and all the generations that come after me, and what shall befall me on every day and in every month, and mayest Thou not withhold from me the help of Thy servants and of Thy angels." ”

- La Preghiera di Adamo -

- Legends of the Jews, 1:2:92

After Adam's expulsion from Paradise, he prayed to God in these words: "O God, Lord of the world! Thou didst create the whole world unto the

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Dettaglio, Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo a Monte Sant'Angelo (FG), sul Gargano, Puglia, Italia.

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Dettaglio, altare maggiore e altare secondario; Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto (AN), Marche, Italia.

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CHAP. LVII.

"Therefore did I fall. . ."

[...] But when Adam came out and saw his hideous figure, he was afraid of him, and said unto him, "Who art thou?"

2 Then Satan answered and said unto him, "It is I, who hid myself within the serpent, and who talked to Eve, and beguiled her until she hearkened to my command. I am he who sent her, through the wiles of my speech, to deceive thee, until thou and she ate of the fruit of the tree, and ye came away from under the command of God."

3 But when Adam heard these words from him, he said unto him, "Canst thou make me a garden as God made for me? Or canst thou clothe me in the same bright nature in which God had clothed me?

4 "Where is the divine nature thou didst promise to give me? Where is that fair speech of thine, thou didst hold with us at first, when we were in the garden?"

5 Then Satan said unto Adam, "Thinkest thou, that when I have spoken to one about anything, I shall ever bring it to him or fulfil my word? Not so. For I myself have never even thought of obtaining what I asked.

6 "Therefore did I fall, and did I make you fall by that for which I myself fell; and with you also, whosoever accepts my counsel, falls thereby.

7 "But now, O Adam, by reason of thy fall thou art under my rule, and I am king over thee; because thou hast hearkened to me, and hast transgressed against thy God. Neither will there be any deliverance from my hands until the day promised thee by thy God."

8 Again he said, "Inasmuch as we do not know the day agreed upon with thee by thy God, nor the hour in which thou shalt be delivered, for that reason will we multiply war and murder upon thee and thy seed after thee.

9 "This is our will and our good pleasure, that we may not leave one of the sons of men to inherit our orders in heaven.

10 "For as to our abode, O Adam, it is in burning fire; and we will not cease our evil doing no, not one day nor one hour. And I, O Adam, shall sow fire upon thee when thou comest into the cave to dwell there."

11 When Adam heard these words he wept and mourned, and said unto Eve, "Hear what he said; that he will not fulfil aught of what he told thee in the garden. Did he really then become king over us?

12 "But we will ask God, who created us, to deliver us out of his hands."

> The Forgotten Books of Eden: The First Book of Adam and Eve <

The Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr., [1926]

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ST CHARBEL LEAVES FINGERPRINTS ON RAYMOND NADERS ARM

Raymond Nader is a Lebanese Catholic Maronite citizen born in Ghineh, Mount Lebanon on the 10th of November 1961 and is married with three children. He graduated from the Jesuit University in Lebanon with a degree in Electro-mechanical engineering. He then left Lebanon to work in the United Kingdom where he specialised in Nuclear physics.

One day Raymond began to search through science and technology for answers concerning creation, the universe and God’s mystery. The mystery of the Eucharistic Sacrament has always perplexed Raymond since his childhood. His grandfather being a priest has encouraged him to search for the truth and to find answers revolving around the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

The questions Raymond kept asking himself were “Does God truly exist? Where is He? Is Christ really the Son of God? Was He truly crucified? Did he die and rise from the dead? Why does God become incarnate? How does the bread that we bake become the Holy Body of Christ when the priest prays on it? And why people after receiving it, are supposed to love each other and God?

In 1985, Raymond started searching for answers for his questions, persevered in his prayers and attended regular spiritual retreats in hermitages in particular the St Peter and St Paul hermitage of Annaya, Mount Lebanon. This hermitage in Annaya was the place where St Charbel used to pray, meditate, fast, work and sleep.

On the eve of November 9th, 1994, Raymond arrived at St Peter and St Paul hermitage in Annaya, Mount Lebanon carrying the Holy Bible and five candles in a bag. He lit the candles and began his prayers and meditations. Suddenly, he started to feel changes in his surroundings. The wind grew stronger, the temperature began to rise and the flames of the 5 candles stopped flickering but continued to burn with no motion.

Raymond said “I tried to reason scientifically, but I thought I might be dreaming or hallucinating. Suddenly I lost my five senses. There was no more warmth, wind or flames. I was in a different world, a world bathed in light. Not the usual light we know, not white, but transparent like crystal water. The light didn’t come from a specific direction, but from everywhere. It was a billion times brighter than the light of the Sun…In that light I felt a Presence, I couldn’t see it, but I was aware of it”.

Then a voice replied, “No, you are not dreaming, you are more awake than ever”.

Raymond continued, “The Voice came from nowhere and yet from everywhere. I heard it in every part of me, not with my physical ears. It expressed itself to me with no words, no sounds. The Presence presented itself to me as a “feeling” of deep peace, and joy and love. At a certain moment I felt that this experience had come to an end. I wanted this joy and peace to last for ever, and if the Presence couldn’t stay, I wished at least it would take me with it; but He made me understand that He is always here.”

Gradually Raymond returned to normal consciousness and said, “I looked at the candles with astonishment, they were totally consumed. My watch indicated that four hours had passed in a blink of an eye. I left the hermitage and on the way to my car I felt heat in my arm. I thought it might be a scratch or an animal’s sting. But the heat grew stronger. I took off my pullover and in the light of my car saw five fingerprints on my arm, showing every detail of human fingers including the wrinkles and the nails. It was very hot but there was no pain at all only itching. For five days it oozed blood and water.” Dr Nabil Hokayem, a plastic surgeon and one of the most famous surgeons in Lebanon, confirmed that it was a second degree burn.

On the occasion of the Feast Day of St Charbel on 15 July in 1995, Raymond had a second extraordinary experience while visiting the Monastery of St Maroun in Annaya, Mount Lebanon. This monastery is only a few hundred metres away from the hermitage of St Peter and St Paul in Annaya, Mount Lebanon where Raymond had his first extraordinary experience with St Charbel which he burnt his finger prints on Raymond’s arm.

Raymond said, “On my way to St Charbel’s hermitage, I saw a procession ahead of me. I recognised the monks of the monastery but at the end of the procession was a very old priest. I approached him to ask a few questions. As I came closer to him, everything around me changed. All sounds disappeared, but the old priest’s voice resounded inside my head”. It was then that Raymond heard one of six messages which he attributes to St Charbel and with each message the fingerprints on his arm were renewed.

The following are quotations from these messages which Raymond heard from the voice:

“The Lord has created each human being to shine, to enlighten the world; you are the light of the world. Each man is a lantern meant to shine; the Lord has provided a clear and transparent glass to the lantern, to enable that light to shine and illuminate the world; but they are taking care of the glass and forgetting about the light; they are caring about the glass shape, coloring and decorating it, until it becomes thick, opaque, preventing light from shining forth, and thus is the world drowned in darkness. The Lord insists on illuminating the world. Your glass must become transparent again. You should realize the purpose for which you are born in this world”.

“Christ knows what is in your hearts, and it is your hearts that he wants. Don’t seek for the truth outside the Christ; when you know the Christ, you will know the Truth and you will be free. The Christ wants you to be free. Fear not, and be sure that the Christ has defeated the world”.

“The Church of the Christ is a rock upon which are being shattered the waves of evil. Christ is the way. Crosses of light will flood the Earth”.

[Fonte: saintcharbel.net.au

http://saintcharbel.net.au › miracles ]

[Immagine: Saint Charbel Leaves Fingerprints On Raymond Naders Arm]

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He jumped from the sink to my shoulders to the top of the fridge. I wish I had this kind of energy at 6 pm

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Giordano Bruno.

Ugh.

He was involved in the murder of another monk when he was still young. He sold magic tricks all over Europe, ending up swindling a lot of people, and collaborated with the English crown for years, flushing out Catholics who trusted him when he was still living in England. He swore to the Pope three times to recant, with Inquisitors spending 7 years (7 years!) trying to help him and commutate his sentence to a life of seclusion... oh, he also believed he could invoke Isis and become an esoteric pope. Ah, his true "scientific" ideas are wrong in light of new science. And, despite his questionable actions, he's somehow been mythologized as a martyr of science.

Especially that part about becoming an esoteric pope 😬😂

Seriously though we should pray for him, from what you said the man's done a lot of messed up things and if there's any chance he's in purgatory we should help him

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What. It. Was. At all?

In fact, such wonderful personalities arouse an unbearable, burning desire not to get involved with official religions at all, to buy the full version of the Soviet "Atheist Library to help an Agitator" of the 1920s and 30s (so far I have only Zuzmer's book in my collection, "Science of Nature and Religion" is called), because even to discuss with such uncluttered minds (the word "mind" here is covered with layers of meta-irony and is not subject to literal reading) make no more sense than explaining Appendix by Bolyai to a cat (the cat stupidly pisses on your slippers in response, and it will be good if it does not piss on the book).