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Counter revolutionary symbols - The Sacred Heart and the Holy Mandylion

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  The Sacred Heart  In 1675, Our Lord appeared to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque demanding that King Louis XIV consecrate the Kingdom of France to his Sacred Heart and that his heart be imprinted on the fleur-de-lis flag. However, Louis XIV and his successor, Louis XV declined, as a result of their worldliness. King Louis XVI privately consecrated France to the Sacred Heart during the French Revolution but was too late. Louis XVI would later be guillotined. During the French Revolution, peasants from the Vendee, who were loyal to the French monarchy, took up arms against the French Revolution, with a badge of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the words, Dieu Le Roi, God is King. They were ultimately defeated, and the Bourbon monarchy would be restored after the fall of Napoleon. The last king of France was King Charles X until he was removed by pseudo-king liberal Louis Philippe. The fame of the Sacred Heart spread. In 1809, the people of Tyrol under Andreas Hofer used the Sacred H...
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Alejandro and Catalina

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  Alejandro Santos, right, drawn by the author, Antonio Jose Rubi, right, Catalina Santos (nee Gomez) drawn by Michael Francisco, based on ''Ophelia'' by Aaron Blaise. At last, I am finished with my story, Alejandro and Catalina, which will serve as an alternative for traditionalist families who grew up with Disney Princesses. Not only is the couple an alternative for Disney Princesses who are immorally woke, this is also a way to tell our historical and Catholic heritage. To be fair, here is the plot: In the late 1660s, Alejandro Santos, a Cebuano nobleman related to precolonial nobility serves as an employee in the Jesuit Colegio de San Ildefonso (closed 1769, original building destroyed in WW2, and now the University of San Carlos) and Father Ignacio Sanchez, a Spanish Jesuit priest serves as his confessor and advisor. Meanwhile in the town of Mandawi, (now Mandaue), Catalina Gomez, a noble Cebuano girl donates money for the Jesuit missions in the Ladrones Islands su...
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Alejandro and Catalina's standard

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                                                       Alejandro and Catalina's personal standard To all my dear readers: As part of my story called Alejandro and Catalina, which is a Disney princess like story set in 17th century Cebu during the Spanish era, here is the flag associated with them: A Cross of Burgundy flag (Spanish flag at the time) with the words In Hoc Signo Vinces meaning In This Sign You Shall Conquer, which appeared to Emperor Constantine. According to my story, it is Alejandro, the future husband of Catalina in my story that personally designs the flag, meaning that it will bring victory against the Moro Pirate Ali Pagtuga. Eventually, Alejandro and Catalina defeat the Moro Ali Pagtuga, Zebu is free, and Alejandro and Catalina get married. From then on, this is the symbol associated with them. According to the story, the origin...
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Martyrs of the Holy Mass

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  Lower left, Father Andre de Soveral in chasuble holding a chalice, lower right, in black cassock, Father Ambrosio Francisco Ferro, middle, Mateus Moreira, upper, the church in Cunhau Martyrs of the Holy Mass - The story of the Brazilian martyrs of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte  A. Rubi In the 17th century, Brazil, a colony of Portugal was invaded by anti-Catholic Dutch Protestants. The Dutch committed atrocities towards the Catholic civilians, especially in what is now Pernambuco. Meanwhile in Natal, Rio Grande Do Norte, there was a Brazilian priest named Father Andre de Soveral, who was a former Jesuit priest turned diocesan priest. In Dutch occupied Natal, in a church in the town of Cunhau (cun-ha-woo), as he was celebrating the Tridentine Latin Mass with civilians on July 16, 1645, a Dutch general named Jacob Rabe and his Indian allies stormed the church and killed everyone, including a layman named Domingos Carvalho. Father de Soveral was only 74 years old. The second massa...
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New artwork of Catalina Santos

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 Just a few days ago, I managed to draw Catalina, the Catholic princess on my own, praise God, and without the help of anyone, just tracing the lines. Just like the previous portrait (which was not drawn by me but an artist drew it for me), it is also based on the ''Ophelia Ponytail'' by Aaron Blaise. The three portraits of her, two close up and one full body are based on her appearance in Part 1 of my story. The close up are based on Aaron Blaise, while the full body is based on Father Alcina's description of Visayans during her time. The three portraits I recently drew of her are when she is 15 years old in 1670, around the events of the first story (She was born November 25, 1655 and named in honor of Catherine of Alexandria, a martyr). The first portrait I commissioned of her and the most popular is of her at 21 years old in 1676. By the time, she would had been a mother to four children. Catalina at 15 years old in 1670 Catalina at 15 years old, 1670 A full bod...
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Plot of Alejandro and Catalina

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Catalina Santos y Gomez (Originally a character demo by Aaron Blaise) To all my traditionalist friends and supporters. Slowly I am  writing my Alejandro and Catalina story. The story was conceived in late 2024 to early 2025 (to be exact) originally about a Cebuano man who fights off the Moro pirates in 17th century Cebu. As part of my Catholic ''Disney Princess'' story, I consulted historically accurate sources about 17th century Cebu like Father Alcina's History of the Bisayan People published in 1668. One of the scenes in my stories is that of Catalina meeting Pedro Kalungsod, a famous Catholic Cebuano catechist because the story is set around the time of San Pedro Kalungsod. So without further ado, here is the story: In the late 1660s, Alejandro Santos, a Cebuano nobleman related to precolonial nobility serves as an employee in the Jesuit Colegio de San Ildefonso (closed 1769, original building destroyed in WW2, and now the University of San Carlos) and Father Ig...
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Who remembers beatifications at the Vatican?

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  The beatification of Pedro Kalungsod,  March 5, 2000 From the days of Pre-Vatican II up to John Paul II, Beatifications, one step towards Canonizations as saints were always held at the Vatican, with some exceptions outside the Vatican, notably, the first beatification outside the Vatican was Saint Lorenzo Ruiz in Manila. The last official beatification by a pope in Rome was on October 3, 2004 with the beatification of Emperor Charles of Austria and Anne Catherine Emmerich. From then on, beatifications would be celebrated by a papal legate, notably the prefect for the Causes of Saints, starting with Cardinal Saraiva Martins, then Cardinal Angelo Amato, then the controversial Cardinal Becciu, and now, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, outside Rome, in the diocese of the person beatified. From then on, saints beatified in the Vatican were only reserved to the popes, notably the recent one bein John Paul I in 2022. Canonizations were only in Rome, while beatifications were in the hom...
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