#Cristero

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río

1913-1928

Feast Day: February 10

Saint Jose Sanchez del Rio lived during the turbulent Catholic persecution in Mexico, by the Calles government, called the Cristero War. St. Jose had a love for Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Blessed Sacrament. He pleaded to be a Cristero at the young age of 13 and was finally allowed. During a fierce battle, the general’s horse was shot in which Jose, gave him his own horse. This cost him his life. He was captured and imprisoned. Jose’s captures ordered him to renounce his faith, but with courage he would not, yelling “Viva Cristo Rey and Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe". He died after being tortured, without a trial, at 14 years old. In 2016, Jose was canonized.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

#VivaChristoRey #SaintJoseSanchez #Cristeros #catholic saint #artist on tumblr

[tenebraetuae]

Estandartes reales del Ejército Cristero cuyo lema era ¡Viva Cristo Rey y Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!

La sola mención de dicho lema en público era motivo de detención y fusilamiento.

#ora pro nobis #cartagloria #Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe #Cristeros

[apenitentialprayer]

The Deserter, by Boardman Robinson, for the July 1916 edition of The Masses.

Fascist and Communist alike believe that only by the shedding of blood can they achieve victory. Catholics, too, believe that suffering and the shedding of blood "must needs be" as Our Lord said to the disciples at Emmaeus. But their teaching, their hard saying is, that they must be willing to shed every drop of their own blood, and not take the blood of their brothers. They are willing to die for their faith, believing that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. Our Lord said, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." And do not His words apply not only to Him as Head of His Church but to His members? How can the Head be separated from the members? The Catholic Church cannot be destroyed in Spain or Mexico. But we do not believe that force of arms can save it. We believe that if Our Lord were alive today, He would say as He said to St. Peter, "Put up thy sword." Christians when they are seeking to defend their faith by arms, by force and violence, are like those who said to our Lord, "Come down from the Cross. If You are the Son of God, save Yourself." But Christ did not come down from the Cross. He drank to the last drop the agony of His suffering and was [He] not part of the agony of the hopelessness, the unbelief of His own disciples? Christ is being crucified today, every day. Shall we ask Him with the unbelieving world to come down from the Cross? Or shall we joyfully, as His brothers, "Complete the sufferings of Christ"?

- Dorothy Day, "The Use of Force," published by The Catholic Worker in November of 1936. Bolded emphases added.

#war #pacifism #nonviolent resistance #Catholicism #Christianity #martyrdom #Dorothy Day #suffering #Spanish Civil War #Cristero War #Jesus Christ #Crucifixion #execution #sacrifice

[apesoformythoughts]

“Nobody can doubt that the Mexican Government is attacking Christian order and not merely ignoring it. It is not preaching the equality of religions, but the superiority of any religion or irreligion over that one. The very form of the catchword would in any case have betrayed it, especially in the case of Mexico. If any religion will do, it would seem that the ancient religion of Mexico has considerable claims on modern sympathy. It was nature-worship and abounded in unnatural things. Its human sacrifice was highly organised; its tortures were highly artistic […] It seems to have been modern and enlightened in every way. If the enemy wins in Mexico, it may very well be re-established.”

— “Mexico,” in G.K.'s Weekly (08/14/1926)

#mexico #gk’s weekly #cristero tag

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINTS OF THE DAY (May 21)

“Long live Christ the King and the Virgin of Guadalupe!”

This was the slogan of the "Cristero Uprising" in the 1920’s against the anti-Catholic government of Mexico, which had instituted and enforced laws against the Church.

It was an absurd attempt to eradicate the Catholic faith in Mexico, even going so far as to ban all foreign clergy and the celebration of Mass in some regions.

Christopher Magallanes, along with 21 other priests and three lay companions, were martyred between 1915 and 1937, by shooting or hanging, throughout eight Mexican states, for their membership in the Cristero movement.

Magallanes erected a seminary in Totatiche, where he and his companions secretly preached and ministered to the faithful.

The last words heard spoken by Magallanes were from his cell, when he shouted:

"I am innocent and I die innocent. I forgive with all my heart those responsible for my death, and I ask God that the shedding of my blood serve the peace of our divided Mexico."

The Cristero martyrs were beatified on 22 November 1992 and were canonized on 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

NOTE:

The Cristero War, also known as the Cristero Rebellion or La Cristiada, was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 1 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularist and anticlerical articles of the 1917 Constitution.

The rebellion was instigated as a response to an executive decree by Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles to strictly enforce Article 130 of the Constitution, a decision known as Calles Law.

Calles sought to eliminate the power of the Catholic Church in Mexico, its affiliated organizations, and to suppress popular religiosity.

#Saints of the Day #St. Christopher Magallanes #St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions #Cristero War

[chicosanchez]

El padre Rogelio Martínez Martínez realizando una misa en el cerro de El Zamorano en Querétaro, México, en recuerdo de los mexicanos muertos en uno de los eventos más cruentos de la Cristiada o Guerra Cristera. Mi nuevo libro “El Valle Sagrado. Historia de las revoluciones.” termina narrando los eventos que sucedieron en aquellos años en el cerro de El Zamorano. Si te gusta la historia te invito a obtener más información en este enlace: https://chicosanchez.com/blog/f/el-valle-sagrado-historia-de-las-revoluciones-chico-s%C3%A1nchez Gracias por compartir

#cristeros #cristiada #libros #zamorano #colón #querétaro #chicosanchez #mexico

[disgruntledexplainer]

#wikipedia #meme #ku klux klan #cristeros #mexico #war #racism

[blogdemexico]

José Sánchez del Río santo michoacano de la guerra cristera ( Sahuayo 28 de marzo de 1913 - Sahuayo 10 de febrero de 1928

#cristeros #josesanchezdelrio #sahuayo #michoacán

[talokanda-forever]

Cristeros y Federales (2011)

I tracked down another short film featuring Tenoch. He appears in the first six minutes. Looks like it was uploaded to YouTube just a few days ago and can also be found on Vimeo.

#tenoch huerta #tenoch huerta mejia #tenoch huerta short film #cristeros y federales #agua papi #namor #Youtube

[stjohncapistrano67]

The Cristiano's battle flag. Cristiano revolt against the masonic Mexican government.

#traditional catholicism #traditional catholic images #traditional catholic history #cristeros revolt #the cristeros #anti masonary #the cristiano revolt against the masonic mexican government #viva christo rey

[mikoshiba]

mexican literature about the 1910s 1920s makes me feel dried up and nostalgic for worse times and stuck in time in the middle of nowhere in some kind of way idk i just like it a lot

#the cristero war specifically its so. idk

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río 1913-1928 Feast Day: February 10

Saint Jose Sanchez del Rio lived during the turbulent Catholic persecution in Mexico, by the Calles government, called the Cristero War. St. Jose had a love for Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Blessed Sacrament. He pleaded to be a Cristero at the young age of 13 and was finally allowed. During a fierce battle, the general’s horse was shot in which Jose, gave him his own horse. This cost him his life. He was captured and imprisoned. Jose’s captures ordered him to renounce his faith, but with courage he would not, yelling “Viva Cristo Rey and Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe". He died after being tortured, without a trial, at 14 years old. In 2016, Jose was canonized. {website}

#St Jose Sanchez #Viva Cristo Rey #Saint of the Cristero war #Mexican saint #Catholic art

[tenebraetuae]

México, 1927, familia de Cristeros defendiendo la libre profesión de religión católica que para aquel entonces era brutalmente perseguida y condenada con la muerte ante la expedición de la asesina Ley Calles.

¡VIVA CRISTO REY!

#ora pro nobis #cartagloria #Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe #Cristeros

[aembarcar]

🙏🙏🙏 Domingos contrarrevolucionarios, domingos de cine.

#mendezilustracion #cinema #cristeros #cinephile #cinemetography #posters cine #peliculas #pelicula #catholics #virgen de guadalupe #our lady of guadalupe #mexico #mejico #viva cristo rey #cristiano #cristo #catolico #catolica #catolicismo #cristianos #catolicchurch

[cristianesimocattolico]

Santi martiri messicani: ¡Viva Cristo Rey!

Santi martiri messicani: ¡Viva Cristo Rey!

I 25 santi martiri commemorati ogni anno il 21 maggio vissero nel contesto storico delle persecuzioni del XX secolo in Messico, guidate da élite massoniche, in conseguenza delle quali avvenne la rivolta dei cristeros (1926-1929), uniti al grido di “Viva Cristo Re!”. (more…)

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#cristeros #cristiada #martiri #martiri messicani #martirio #messico #persecuzioni

[chicosanchez]

Os comparto imágenes del fuerte de Tunas Blancas, en Ezequiel Montes, Querétaro, México, donde se libró la guerra Cristera. En algunas de las fotos se ven las miras que usaban para disparar y defender la fortaleza. He escrito un libro sobre las revoluciones que incluye los hechos que sucedieron en el Cerro del Zamorano en Querétaro, México durante la Cristiada. Mi libro se llama El Valle Sagrado. Historia de las revoluciones y os comparto la portada y aquí el enlace para leer la reseña: https://chicosanchez.com/blog/f/el-valle-sagrado-nuevo-libro-de-chico-sanchez-ya-a-la-venta?blogcategory=Libros Gracias

#guerra cristera #cristeros #cristiada #queretaro #mexico #tunas blancas