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Gregorian Chant vs Contemporary Christian Music

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  Left, Medieval monks singing Gregorian chant, the proper way to praise God, right, modernist so-called ''Christian songs'' that Protestants and Novus Ordoites love to listen.                                                       Antonio Jose Rubi From the days of the early Christian church, Christians has always worshipped God through music. Even in the Old Testament, there were songs praising God, as in the case of King David and his Psalms. The current form of Catholic music is the Gregorian chant, which was formed and named in honor of Pope Saint Gregory, and also Greek and Slavonic chants for the Eastern Rites, as well as non-Latin Catholic hymns sung at mass. However, following the Protestant Reformation, Christian music slowly became slowly modern. Protestant music from the 16 th to the early 20 th century, were so very conservative and so...

Culture Conflicts?

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  You may have heard about the anti-Disney campaign I started called ''Inkonfidensiya Kartonista'' (a parody of an 18th century Brazilian revolt) to fight back Disney, which was inspired by the Disney-DeSantis feud in which many conservative Christians fought against Disney for spreading woke ideology.  The idea for an anti-Disney campaign was conceived in late 2024, as I matured into an adult. Originally, my anti-Disney propaganda was about Disney characters brainwashing original cartoon characters with LGBT woke ideology, but after Trump's reelection in which he purged DEI and wokeness, the idea was changed into foreign imperialism reminiscent of the 1899 Philippine-American war. Further, it would have been out of context if it was Disney characters brainwashing children with woke ideology. At first, I had no idea for an original traditional Catholic character until Aaron Blaise came into the scene. I adapted his character model ''Ophelia'' into a ...

Bag-ong Kusog issue 3

 My dear friends. Here is the third issue of Bag-ong Kusog, my daily newsletter https://docs.google.com/document/d/14M213l5HABexaZjctGGhMeuN17iSouJo/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=100922584600514145148&rtpof=true&sd=true

The Philippine Monarchy

  Antonio Jose Rubi Why the Philippines should be a monarchy? As you know, the Philippines had been a monarchy in its history, ranging from pre-colonial monarchies, various Sultanates in Mindanao, and was ruled by the Spanish monarchy from 1565 to 1898 (excluding the First Spanish Republic period from 1873 to 1874). In 1899, the Yankee imperialists took over our country, and introduced anti-Catholic Masonic ideas to the Filipinos. That is why you see some Filipinos protest against the ‘’Padre Damaso’’ (an evil priest from Jose Rizal’s novel Touch Me Not), which is not only commonly shared by Protestants, but by liberal bigots on the internet. Especially with the Flood control projects controversy going on in our country right now, I feel there should be a regime change in my opinion. I believe that someday, Philippines should be a Catholic monarchy to end the dispute. The monarchy will be led by an Emperor, with the state religion being Roman Catholicism. I believe that thi...

The Sin of Regicide

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  Note that I am not endorsing an Eastern Orthodox schismatic bishop, this article by John of Shanghai talks about the murder of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II, but this also can be applicable to King Louis XVI, the martyr King of France: https://orthochristian.com/154873.html          Innocently shed blood will revive Russia and France and cover it with new glory!

The Black Nazarene of Quiapo, Manila

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  Antonio Jose Rubi The Black Nazarene (Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno) is a life-sized image of Jesus carrying the cross during his passion. The image was made in Acapulco, Mexico (where Bishop Carmona would later serve) and brought to Manila, Philippines. It is enshrined in the Quiapo Church in Manila, Philippines. Contrary to popular belief, the image you see in Quiapo Church is not the original Black Nazarene, the original one was enshrined in the Augustinian Recollect Church of Manila and both image and church were destroyed during World War II. The image in Quiapo is actually a replica of the original destroyed one. The dark color of the image also is said because it allegedly when on voyage to Manila, the ship carrying the image caught fire, but because of allegedly votive candles surrounding the image, as well as the mesquite wood used to carve the image. The image has a reputation of being miraculous, allegedly healing devotees. The feast day is January 9, the anniversary of...

My first online newsletter

 To all my readers: I would gladly announce the publication of my first online newsletter. This is the second issue, as the first issue, released during Christmas was a test issue. The PDF Newsletter can be read here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1isfD6gZfFq37qVELqiHC4JEZswvl3v7d/view?usp=drive_link