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❤️Saint Peter, pray for me.

@SkepticalHusky I see that Casey Jones had Alan Hale from Gilligan’s Island. I never knew about that show. Champion the Wonder Horse - I figured it was British because I never heard of it before either. Fascinating!

@SkepticalHusky 👍🏻Lassie, that’s great! I loved that show. I’ll have to look those others up.

It's difficult to believe that when this film was released in 1961, Tony Hancock was only 37.

In 1937, Rupert Mayer stood in his pulpit at St. Michael's Church in Munich and preached against Hitler. By then, Germany had been a Nazi dictatorship for four years. Most priests remained silent. Most bishops tried to negotiate with the regime. Most Germans cheered. Mayer preached the opposite. He was 61 years old—a Jesuit priest in a black cassock, standing on a wooden prosthetic leg. He had lost his original leg 21 years earlier. Here is how he got there. Rupert Mayer was born in Stuttgart on January 23, 1876, the son of a prosperous merchant. He wanted to be a Jesuit from his teens, but at his father’s request, he became a diocesan priest first. He was ordained in 1899 at age 23, and a year later, he finally entered the Jesuit novitiate. By 1912, he had settled in Munich, the city he would serve for the rest of his life. After World War I, Munich was a broken place—full of jobless veterans, hungry families, and people drifting in from the countryside with no housing or hope. Mayer went to work. He collected food and clothing, found jobs, and walked the streets at night to visit the poor. He walked, then hobbled, then walked again on that wooden leg. He had lost his leg during the Great War. Having volunteered as a military chaplain, he served in field hospitals and the trenches across France, Poland, and Romania. On December 30, 1916, a grenade exploded near him, destroying his left leg. He was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class—the first priest to receive one of Germany’s highest military honors. Back in Munich, he never stopped. By 1921, he was preaching at St. Michael's and celebrating Mass at the train station at 3:10 AM so workers could attend before their early shifts. The city began calling him "the Apostle of Munich." Then came 1933. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor, and the Nazi Party began closing Catholic schools and trying to replace Christian identity with Nazi ideology. While much of the clergy stayed quiet to protect what they had, Mayer went straight to the pulpit. He preached against the Nazis by name, stating that a Catholic could not be a National Socialist and that Hitler’s racial theories contradicted the Gospel. The Gestapo began sending informants to his sermons. In 1937, they ordered him to stop speaking in public altogether. He obeyed the letter of the law by avoiding rallies, but he returned to his pulpit and preached harder than ever. He was arrested on June 5, 1937. At his trial, he told the judge: "Despite the ban imposed on me, I shall preach further, even if the state deems it a punishable act." He was given a suspended sentence, but he didn't stop. He was arrested a second time in 1938, then a third time in 1939. This time, the Gestapo tried to force him to break the seal of confession to reveal the names of Nazi opponents. Mayer refused. At age 63, the one-legged priest was sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and placed in solitary confinement. His health collapsed quickly. Fearing that his death in the camp would create a martyr, the Nazis moved him to Ettal Abbey under house arrest in 1940. For five years, he was forbidden to preach, leave, or receive visitors. He waited and prayed while his country destroyed itself. On May 11, 1945, American soldiers liberated the Abbey. A U.S. officer personally drove Mayer back to the ruins of Munich. He climbed back into his damaged pulpit at St. Michael's and told the congregation: "Even a one-legged Jesuit, if it is God's will, can live longer than a 'thousand-year' dictatorship." He spent his final months preaching reconciliation and forgiveness, refusing to call for revenge. On November 1, 1945, while preaching during Mass on All Saints' Day, he suffered a stroke and collapsed. He died within minutes, still in his vestments, still in his pulpit. Mayer’s story matters because when most chose survival over witness, he chose the truth. He could have stayed quiet, but as he told a Gestapo interrogator, ....

@SkepticalHusky I think of myself as a late 60s/70s kid. I’m a year and a half older than you. I grew up with 50s TV reruns, so I relate to the 50s, too. ⬇️ Leave it to Beaver Father Knows Best Did you have 50s reruns to watch growing up?

@kemp1936 I'm a 70s early 80s kid really.

@GiroFrankMusic Meant to tell you that after I posted my comment, by chance I looked at the sky at dusk and began pondering outer space afresh and saw the poetry of it. Too often the Universe isn’t appreciated in a poetic way. Thanks for getting me to do this. 👍🏻🪐🔭

@GiroFrankMusic I think history is more fascinating than what’s going on in outer space.

I was looking for Eccles on the Doomsday Book 1066 map and it seems to be nothing at all from the river Irwell to Burnley apart from Salford, Manchester, Radcliffe and Rochdale. Was south Lancashire an uninhabited forest or swamp or something? Why is there nothing there in 1066?

“Number please!” “What exchange is this?” “Number please!” “I want to make a call to –” “Local calls only. What is your number, Sir?” “Haven’t got a number.” “No number, no call.” Less than five minutes into Arrival, P discovering that life in the Village is numbered.

Seapinks (Armeria maritima) fringing the Cliffs under gathering rain clouds. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

@SkepticalHusky The early 60s had a lot of cultural satire. The clash of culture between the more traditional and the hippie/liberal. The clash is still happening with each side getting the upper hand at times. Were you aware of it as a youngster?

@kemp1936 It's very good natured. Tony Hancock was a British institution.

@SkepticalHusky It looks like a humorous social commentary movie. I appreciate when it’s done in a good-natured way. We really need movies like that today!

@kemp1936 It's very British early 1960s

@Gav_Griffiths Actually, I’ll pray especially for the person who dropped it that they take it as a sign, an encouragement to do without it and have positive changes in their life. 👍🏻🙏🏻

@Gav_Griffiths Throw it in the trash and pray for people to stop using it.

You take your dog for a walk across the local fields. Just inside the gate you see that someone has dropped a ziplock bag on the ground containing two reefers. What do you do next?

Good Morning All! Happy Sunday! A cloudy day generally, mostly with showers or rain. Chance of thunderstorms in the SW. Sunny spells in the SE and Midlands, wet there at times too. Brighter across the South later. Light breeze, high, 19°C London. Have a good'un! Coffee Anyone?☕️

Into The Wood. 11°C and rain. Wild garlic.

@margatesunsets @dancludlow @margatesunsets My couple comment was about Dan and Anna! Sorry that I didn’t make that clearer. I wasn’t thinking how you could interpret it that way! You’re a good sport. 👍🏻

@kemp1936 @dancludlow Hahaha. We've never actually met each other. Just online chats about nothing in particular 😂

Good Morning All! Happy Thursday! A Bright and Sunny Dry day ahead for almost everyone. The exception being the SW, which will see some overcast and possibly some rain. A breezy day everywhere, highs up to 22°C inland, cooler near coasts. Have a lovely day. Coffee Anyone? ☕️😎

@ChrisChapm50046 @CatholicPods “render to God what is owed to Him.” Thank you for that profound reminder.

@CatholicPods Excellent and true. The atheist is a fundamentally unjust person because he or she does not render to God what is owed to Him. Perhaps some are not culpable but they are unjust.

Maybe it's a humanistic bias even among Christians, but I've noticed that when people argue about whether you need religion to be a good person, they usually focus on whether, e.g., you need religion to know not to murder or steal. There should be more focus on religion itself being a moral virtue, and the highest of the moral virtues. Is an ungrateful person a good person? No. Then if you live a life ignoring the being to whom you most owe gratitude, you are the worst of men, regardless of how many old ladies you help across the street.

@dancludlow @margatesunsets You’re a lovely couple. 💍

@kemp1936 @margatesunsets Thank you, Much appreciated.

It's a beautiful day out there. Seize it.

@ebeth360 That’s a memorable dessert. 🇺🇸

The real dessert served at the state dinner with King Charles. A chocolate beehive gâteau with honey, vanilla custard, and almond sponge. A true celebration of honey. Thank you Bret Baier for snapping the pic.

@dancludlow @margatesunsets Wishing Anna well, with a speedy recovery. ✅ 🙏🏻

@margatesunsets Change of Routine here as Anna diagnosed with Shingles this morning. We are staying in for a few days isolation as she was told this was sensible as others could get Chicken Pox by Contact. I've had Chicken Pox and Shingrix Vaccine so I'm fireproof. In days suit me too! 😊☕️