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Because extremists are strong in the Swedish paradise? Because it's not a paradise
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Of Rodolfo Casadei
Because extremists are strong in the Swedish paradise? Because it's not a paradise
Source: Times
It is the industrialized country that has recovered best from the consequences of the global financial crisis 2008, the second best in the entire European Union for unemployment rate (5,9 percent) and the first for employment rate (82 percent of the workforce); its GDP is growing at the rate of 3 percent per year thanks also to investments in development and research, the highest in all of Europe (3,3 percent of GDP) and is positioned first in the world rankings of sustainable development, entrepreneurial opportunities and economic competitiveness. Yet in the elections scheduled for Sunday 9 September its main governing party risks recording its worst result of the last few 100 years, while the two opposition parties of the far left and especially the far right are credited with the best result in their young history.

How is this possible? It is possible if you are in Sweden, and if the best socio-economic data in the world or in Europe are accompanied by disturbing statistics like those that have recently hit the headlines: in a country of 10 million inhabitants where up to 10 years ago shootings were almost unheard of, some have been well recorded 320 last year, together with 110 murders and 7.226 reported rapes, il 10 percent more than 2016. Il 36 percent of women say they feel in danger at nightfall, and the police reports prove them right: Reports of sexual violence tripled between 2012 and the 2016, thus affecting the 4,1 percent of all women, against 1.4 percent six years ago. Read More

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FROM A HOMILY OF SAINT JOHN VIANNEY, curate of Ars – 1820 –
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Image results for Saint John Mary VianneyA VERY USEFUL READING ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXCHANGED GOD FOR THE DO-FOR-THE-HAPPY OR GOOD-MOUNT WHO WANTS TO SEND THE CONCILIAR CHURCH OUT.
Reporting of Father Maria Romualdo Lafitte

Saint John Mary Vianney was a farmer. With much difficulty, he managed to become a priest. Confessava 22 hours a day, with terrible penances and fasts; he read in souls, he performed many miracles, and people came from all over the world to confess to him. He preached to his farmers in a very simple way, but clear and essential.
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There are many Christians, my children, who absolutely don't know why they are in the world...”My God, because you brought me into the world?” – “To save you”.
“And why do you want to save me?” – “Because I love you”.
How nice it is to know, love and serve God ! we have nothing else to do in this life. Anything we do outside of this is a waste of time! We must act only for God, placing our works in His hands… Waking up in the morning, it must be said:
“Today I want to work for you, my God! I will accept everything you want to send me as your gift. I offer myself as a sacrifice. However, my God, I can't do anything without you: Help me!”
Oh! How we will regret it, on the verge of death, all the time we will have dedicated to pleasures, to useless conversations, to rest, rather than dedicating it to mortification, to prayer, to good works, to think about our misery, to cry over our sins! Then we would realize that we had done nothing for Heaven. How sad, my children!
Most Christians do nothing but work to satisfy this corpse that will soon rot in the ground, without any regard for the poor soul, who is destined to be happy or unhappy for Eternity. Their lack of spirit and common sense makes one's skin crawl!
You see, my children, we must not forget that we have a soul to save and an Eternity that awaits us. The world, the riches, the pleasures, the honors will pass: Heaven and Hell will never pass away.
So let's be careful! The Saints didn't all start well, but they all finished well. We started badly: let's finish well and we will one day be able to join them in Heaven. Read More

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