Our Lady of Częstochowa Posted on 07/09/2018 7:51:21 PM PDT by ebb tide
CZĘSTOCHOWA, Poland (ChurchMilitant.com) - Polish Catholics have turned back a gay march on one of the country's holiest sites, Jasna Góra Monastery.
In a deliberate act of provocation, gay activists recently announced that on July 8 they would rally at the shrine — home to the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa, the "Black Madonna" — and "greet" the monks who live there.
But a coalition
of Catholic apostolates pushed back. Blasting the march as a sacrilege, they rallied Catholics to come together for a counter-demonstration and a Rosary of reparation for "public promotions of the sin of homosexuality."
Groups like the Youth Crusade, the Pro-Right to Life Foundation, the National-Radical Camp of Częstochowa, the Right of the Polish Republic and the Catholic Families Association of the Archdiocese of Częstochowa urged Catholics to band together to defend the Faith and their families against what they call homo-propaganda and the Culture of Death.
They warned that the activist provocateurs represent "a civilization of death whose sole purpose is to destroy the world as we know it."
Faithful Catholics barred the activists from reaching the monastery by sitting down in the road and praying a Rosary of reparation. Tweet
Several hundred gay activists began the trek to Jasna Góra at 11 a.m. local time, but by noon, their march ground to a halt.
Faithful Catholics barred the activists from reaching the monastery by sitting down in the road and praying a Rosary of reparation. Owing to the strength of the counter-protests, police moved in and disbanded the gay activists.
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Though celebrating their victory, counter-demonstrators remain wary, recognizing the activists are likely to return at some point in the future.
Meanwhile, another controversy has erupted in the wake of the march. Planners sparked a backlash by desecrating the nation's symbols — splashing the Polish coat of arms with various forms of the rainbow flag.
Prosecutions may follow for the rally. After social media erupted in protest over the desecrations, Joachim Brudzinski
, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, announced, "Police officers have reacted and in your case will be a notification to the prosecutor's office for insulting and desecration of national symbols."
Poland's coat of arms desecrated
a painting depicting the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus. Tradition holds
that it was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist, and the wood he painted on came from the Holy Family's home in Nazareth.
The image has been kept for centuries at Jasna Góra, a monastery outside the town of Częstochowa in Poland. It is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the universal Church, attracting faithful from around the world.
Pope Clement XI bestowed a canonical coronation for Our Lady of Częstochowa on Sept. 8, 1717. To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the coronation, Poland's government declared 2017 a Jubilee Year
in honor of the sacred image
of Our Lady of Częstochowa.
God Bless Poland and faithful Polish Catholics.
The icon of the Mother of God {Theotokos) of Czestochowa is sacred for Orthodox Christians, too!
https://oca.org/saints/lives/2012/03/06/103919-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-czestochowa
Although the majority of Poles are Roman Catholic, there is also an autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church of Poland.
https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Poland
So the “gay” attack on Yasna Gora is an attack on both Churches!!!!
How many of those “Poles” are really German infiltrators?
Thanks for that info.
All Orthodox are welcome on this thread.
Why is Poland the center of saving the universe?
Remember the gates of Vienna?
Most Holy Theotokos save us!
JP2: STILL MY POPE.
Yep ... leftism is a death cult that worships sodomy.
If you're Polish, it's what you do.
Went there a few years ago, they actually were conducting a Mass when all the tourists were going through the Church and viewing the Black Madonna.
There’s nothing like a Polish Mass.
Several times I’ve visited Europe, and one thing I noticed is that if you go to any Catholic Church, regardless of the country, and they are conducting Mass, odds are the Mass is being conducted in Polish.
Little D located in Poland.
And mine too.
How many are locals indeed? In fact group of radicals (including foreigners) travel from town to town to spread their propaganda. We need to work for our families, they are paid from Soros aid. The question arise, how to solve the problem with Soros and others like him?
Orban is trying.
Latin mass is much better. In fact Polish nationalist circles recently started to promote this liturgy. Organizers wanted traditional mass before annual march of independence, just in last minute bishops torpedoed the idea.
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