See the stunning visuals on the livestream: https://youtube.com/live/AdCGP2uh7HwPlease consider thanking my VFX artist friend in the comment section for his mesmerizing illustrations.In “The Phantom Island,” Washington Irving tells the legend of Don Fernando de Ulmo, a young Portuguese nobleman who is consumed by the mythical Island of the Seven Cities—a legendary land founded by Christian bishops fleeing the Muslim conquest of Spain.
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"They Fired Rifles at Her!" Our Lady's Apparition in China
This is the story of a fanatical rebellion in China and how a group of faithful Catholics defended a Cathedral in Peking during a two month siege. It is the historical account of how a heavenly army defended Beitang cathedral in 1900 and is one of the few documented apparitions of Our Lady in China.Watch the video: https://youtu.be/giuMpSKPticBibliography:1. Favier, Alphonse, Edited by Joseph Freri. The Heart of Pekin: Bishop A. Favier‘s Diary of the Siege, May-August 1900. Boston: Marlier, 1901. Page 9 & 10.2. Mazeau, Henry The Heroine Of Pe-Tang; Helen De Jaurias, Sister Of Charity 1824-1900. Sr. Helen de Jaurias died on August 20, 1900.Note from the book: “In China the power of the devil is manifested visibly by the number of persons who are possessed of evil spirits. We often hear Satan speaking by the mouths of possessed people. A holy Missionary, who has been here for 22 years, told me that he heard him declaring through a woman who was possessed that China was his chosen Empire, and that there was not a single spot of this country where he was not worshiped!” They were told (also by the devil) not to build any buildings higher than 99 feet high.3. http://www.jesuit.org/wp-content/uploads/Studies_Autumn_09.pdf4. J-M Planchet C. M., Documents sur les martyrs de Pekin pendant la persecution des Boxeurs, Peking, Imprimerie des Lazaristes, 1920, p. 101.
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LIVE! Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Watch the live stream: https://youtube.com/live/gJziFfNAD1oIn this LIVE episode of the Catholic Men's Podcast we'll go over the Ten Commandments of Chivalry and how it applies to the chilling tale of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" which is told in the Arthurian Legends. I think the tale upholds a beautiful standard of conduct which values honor over life and is a fitting read for any Catholic gentleman who wants to learn how to be a true knight of Christ in these modern times.Here's a playlist about real medieval warriors of the Crusades: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1a68IKIffqamCCC1AWajGqnHipE0zjP700:00 Intro01:55 Stream Starts06:27 Modern Knights in 191507:39 Code of Chivalry09:22 Arthurian Legends Show Decline10:37 Why This Story is Important11:21 Continuing the Story of Sir Gawain23:23 Griffin is Fast Asleep
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Couldn’t Get This Story Out of My Head
"I Walked with Tolishus" by Ambrose Flack.Watch the video: https://youtu.be/PnzU43Y0wK4
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"I Am Condemned!" The Most Shocking Funeral in the History of Paris
THE CONVERSION OF ST. BRUNO taken from the book, “Hell: If There Is One, What is It, and How to Avoid It” by Monsignor Louis-Gaston de Ségur in 1876."In the life of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusians, there’s a story which has been studied very thoroughly by the very doctors of the Church, and which presents itself to the most formal criticism of all the historical characters of authenticity; an event that occurred in Paris in the middle of the day, in the presence of many thousands of witnesses, whose details have been collected by its contemporaries, and which has given rise to a great religious Order.A famous doctor from the University of Paris named Raymond Diocres had just died, leaving universal admiration among all his students. The year was 1082.One of the wisest doctors of that time, known throughout Europe for his science, his talent and his virtues, named Bruno, was then in Paris with four companions, and it became a duty to attend the funeral of the illustrious deceased.The body had been laid in the great hall of the Chancellery near the Church of Our Lady, and an immense crowd respectfully surrounded the bed, in which, as is the custom of that time, was exposed the deceased covered with a full face veil..."
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