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The secret side of the takas

In this short post, we examine once again the concept of takas, which is the Lithuanian word for "path". In the last months, we tried to deepen this concept and expose it as a means to find a way to not comply from those people side who are isolated and have no possibility to gather with others because they are living a situation of estrangement from the context where they live. Meeting Jesus is meeting God, meeting Maria is meeting Jesus. Jesus is the medium Christus ipse enim mediator Dei et Hominum Mary is the medium between man and Jesus Cum vidisset ergo Iesus matrem et discipulum stantem, quem diligebat, dicit matri: “ Mulier, ecce filius tuus ”. Deinde dicit discipulo: “ Ecce mater tua ”. Et ex illa hora accepit eam discipulus in sua. Taking the takas is taking one-way direction to Mary because the Waldgänger enters this direction in her name, and therefore to Jesus and therefore to God. That's the secret of the takas, a secret direction to the city of God, a real ...

The policeman

  by Math Cassidy I am a policeman. I have sworn on the constitution to serve my people and my country Am I doing this? I was young when I swore. Now I am 45. I have a family now, I have a wonderful wife and two kids. I have a loan to pay. I bought a house many years ago and I am still paying for it. But I have a house for when I am old, where I can terminate my life. I have something to leave to my children, something to be remembered for. I was young when I swore. I was an idealist, then. We lived among ideologies at that time, we lived restricted by a great many values like honour, courage. respect and even forlon words as God, Jesus, Mary, charity, love, compassion...and priests smelled like priests and the Pope was the vicarious of Christ upon this world. And now, am I truly the same person? How many cells in my body died from that day on? What am I today? No one ever told me that fear feels so like pain. Because I am afraid when they come towards us. And I am in pain because ...