Happy Columbus Day

Started by Mr. Mysterious, October 12, 2020, 03:33:40 PM

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Mr. Mysterious

Columbus Day actually falls on October 12 in the U.S. this year. A tribute to the Admiral of the Ocean Sea:

COLUMBUS

Behind him lay the gray Azores,
Behind the Gates of Hercules;
Before him not the ghost of shores,
Before him only shoreless seas.
The good mate said: "Now must we pray,
For lo! the very stars are gone.
Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?"
"Why, say, Sail on! sail on! and on!'"

"My men grow mutinous day by day;
My men grow ghastly wan and weak."
The stout mate thought of home; a spray
Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.
"What shall I say, brave Admiral, say,
If we sight naught but seas at dawn?"
"Why, you shall say at break of day,
Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'"

They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow,
Until at last the blanched mate said:
"Why, now not even God would know
Should I and all my men fall dead.
These very winds forget their way,
For God from these dread seas is gone.
Now speak, brave Admiral, speak and say"-
He said: "Sail on! sail on! and on!"

They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate:
"This mad sea shows his teeth tonight.
He curls his lip, he lies in wait,
With lifted teeth, as if to bite!
Brave Admiral, say but one good word:
What shall we do when hope is gone?"
The words leapt like a leaping sword:
"Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!"

Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck,
And peered through darkness. Ah, that night
Of all dark nights! And then a speck-
A light! A light! A light! A light!
It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!
It grew to be Time's burst of dawn.
He gained a world; he gave that world
Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!"

Joaquin Miller

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/11/the-true-christopher-columbus-and-the-crisis-of-the-west/

http://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/The%20Life%20of%20Christopher%20Columbus.pdf

http://www.catholictradition.org/Tradition/christopher-columbus.htm

https://gloriaromanorum.blogspot.com/2019/10/who-was-christopher-columbus-hero-or.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/christopher-columbus-geography-1434429

https://humanevents.com/2010/10/11/christopher-columbus-hero/



https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2014/10/christopher-columbus-catholic-explorer.html

https://www.thecollegefix.com/howard-zinn-lied-about-christopher-columbus-heres-how/

https://wallbuilders.com/columbus-and-sex-slavery/

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/legacy-christopher-columbus-bruce-thornton/

https://tfpstudentaction.org/blog/christopher-columbus-myth-vs-fact

https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/columbia/2020/september/five-myths-about-columbus.html

https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/columbia/2017/september/christopher-columbus-fake-history.html?utm_source=Aristotle-Knightline&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Aristotle-Knightline-2020-10-12&fbclid=IwAR0DF2rfFLwA8SSUOOKA-IsJGJqVv-eZXmuxI1kajhvRN3HtFr9Yb2fUnvg

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/10/columbus-exemplar-timeless-russell-kirk.html

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/columbus-the-real-story

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/critics-of-columbus-day-get-history-wrong-scholar-says-85304

https://www.officialchristophercolumbus.com/2020/06/debunking-top-5-atrocities-committed-by.html

http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Christopher_Columbus.htm

http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Christopher_Columbus/Christopher_Columbus_003.htm

http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Christopher_Columbus/Christopher_Columbus_004.htm

http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Christopher_Columbus/Christopher_Columbus_004.htm

http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Christopher_Columbus/Christopher_Columbus_001.htm

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=232&HistoryID=aa23&gtrack=pthc

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https://www.returntoorder.org/2014/09/catholic-spirit-christopher-columbus/

https://catholicism.org/columbus.html



https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/3483-discovering-the-real-christopher-columbus

https://www.tfp.org/the-catholic-spirit-of-christopher-columbus/

https://nobility.org/2012/10/08/columbus-day/

http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/2012_06_columbus_interview.html

https://thenewamerican.com/why-the-left-hates-columbus/

https://www.italyusa.org/2020/10/setting-record-straight-on-christopher.html

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/11/the-true-christopher-columbus-and-the-crisis-of-the-west/

"Take courage! I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Lynne

Thank you for this list of resources. I work for a stupid company that calls the second Monday in October "Indigenous People's Day". This is ammo for me.
In conclusion, I can leave you with no better advice than that given after every sermon by Msgr Vincent Giammarino, who was pastor of St Michael's Church in Atlantic City in the 1950s:

    "My dear good people: Do what you have to do, When you're supposed to do it, The best way you can do it,   For the Love of God. Amen"

red solo cup

non impediti ratione cogitationis


Mr. Mysterious

Quote from: Lynne on October 09, 2021, 12:02:30 PM
Thank you for this list of resources. I work for a stupid company that calls the second Monday in October "Indigenous People's Day". This is ammo for me.

My pleasure ma'am. Here are a couple more for you:

https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2014/10/christopher-columbus-catholic-explorer.html

https://spectator.org/historical-falsification-columbus-crimes/
"Take courage! I have overcome the world." John 16:33