Website News, and a Protecting Presence

<p>Dear readers,</p><p>As you may have noticed, over the last two weeks our website was under the attack of malefic invisible forces—technically speaking, a cyberattack. This unfortunate episode has had as final outcome that our site is now more secure, resilient and also faster, for which we are grateful. We hope that the repeated outages did not cause much of an inconvenience, and that you can now continue to benefit from our library without interruptions.</p><p>The cyberattack also brought to mind the fascinating, perennial, and sobering relation between religion, spirituality and warfare, in all its manifestations. You can find some pieces on this theme <a href="https://www.themathesontrust.org/subject/war">in our library</a>, or in <a href="https://www.theeasternchurch.com/saints/warrior-saints-catholic-orthodox">this very informative article</a> on Christian “Warrior Saints”. In particular, we were reminded of the image of the Holy Virgin Mary, Sayyidatna Maryam, as warrior and champion, as conqueror and leader, and we bring you today <a href="https://www.themathesontrust.org/library/mirror-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary" title="Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary">St Bonaventure’s (or Conrad Holzinger’s) <em>Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary</em></a>.</p><blockquote><p>Happy is the Blessed Mary; unhappy is every accursed soul to whom it shall be said: “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire!” Cursed without doubt is every sinful soul, but blessed art thou, O virtuous Mary. The world incurred malediction by the seven capital vices; but Mary obtained blessing by the contrary virtues. Blessed, therefore, art thou among women, O Mary. Blessed by humility against pride, by charity against envy, by meekness against anger, by diligence against sloth, by temperance against gluttony, by chastity against lust.<br> <img src="https://www.themathesontrust.org/images/Oranta-Platytera-Virgin-of-the-Sign-Tretiakov.jpg" style="min-width:330px;" alt="Russian icon of the virgin mary platytera"><br><small>13th-century icon of Our Lady of the Sign (<em>Panagia Platytera</em>), Yaroslavl, Russia. This configuration is one of the most talismanic and apotropaic of the representations of Mary.</small></p></blockquote><hr><p>• We also wanted to alert our readers to a change in the frequency of our newsletters, which from now on will appear on a quarterly basis. Given that there is hardly any item in our library which is not worth re-reading, and that we already have almost one thousand library items, we are confident that the slower pace shall not leave even our most devoted readers unsatisfied.</p><hr><p>A friendly reminder: We depend on donations to pursue our objectives, and we are in real need of funds to continue our activities, which are very regular and low-cost. Being a registered charity (No. 284155), our donors are entitled to tax relief on their donations throughout the EU. Check out <a href="https://www.themathesontrust.org/donate">our Donate page</a>, or reach out <a href="mailto:themathesontrust@gmail.com">via email</a> if you are interested in sponsoring our work.</p><p><a href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themathesontrust.org%2Fwebsite-news-and-a-protecting-presence&amp;linkname=Website%20News%2C%20and%20a%20Protecting%20Presence" title="Facebook"></a><a href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themathesontrust.org%2Fwebsite-news-and-a-protecting-presence&amp;linkname=Website%20News%2C%20and%20a%20Protecting%20Presence" title="WhatsApp"></a><a href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themathesontrust.org%2Fwebsite-news-and-a-protecting-presence&amp;linkname=Website%20News%2C%20and%20a%20Protecting%20Presence" title="LinkedIn"></a><a href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/bluesky?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themathesontrust.org%2Fwebsite-news-and-a-protecting-presence&amp;linkname=Website%20News%2C%20and%20a%20Protecting%20Presence" title="Bluesky"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.themathesontrust.org/website-news-and-a-protecting-presence">Website News, and a Protecting Presence</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.themathesontrust.org">The Matheson Trust</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.themathesontrust.org/website-news-and-a-protecting-presence" target="_blank">- Enlace a artículo -</a></p> <p>Más info en https://ift.tt/3rHWM7d / Tfno. & WA 607725547 Centro MENADEL (Frasco Martín) Psicología Clínica y Tradicional en Mijas. #Menadel #Psicología #Clínica #Tradicional #MijasPueblo</p> <p>*No suscribimos necesariamente las opiniones o artículos aquí compartidos. No todo es lo que parece.</p>