VERITAS - AEQUITAS
A few words I picked up in Latin watching the movie "The Boondock Saints" this weekend.
Veritas - Aequitas
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Verity and Equity or Truth and Justice
As for the movie it self was released in 2006. The story of two Irish brothers, Connor and Murphy, who believe themselves ordained by God to rid the world of evil men. Their first killing is in self-defense; but after that, they start killing with devotion, gunning down a summit of the Russian mafia. Willem Dafoe plays a gay FBI agent (he listens to opera while examining crime scenes) who knows what the boys are doing but feels that their vigilante tactics are necessary....he is very good in this movie.
Boondock Saints Family Prayer
And shepherds we shall be,
For Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.
The family prayer, is a prayer to illustrate an oath/oration to God, that they will do all in their power to shepherd the weak through the evils brought forth by evil men and the dissatisfaction with those who would do harm to the innocents, and giving thanks to God to be able to do something about it. (See: Ezekiel 25:17) That the souls of the wicked shall be purified by blood, and sent back to their maker, if it is in their power.
The final part:
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."
Means "In the name of the father, of the son, and the Holy Spirit" roughly.
Veritas - Aequitas
=
Verity and Equity or Truth and Justice
As for the movie it self was released in 2006. The story of two Irish brothers, Connor and Murphy, who believe themselves ordained by God to rid the world of evil men. Their first killing is in self-defense; but after that, they start killing with devotion, gunning down a summit of the Russian mafia. Willem Dafoe plays a gay FBI agent (he listens to opera while examining crime scenes) who knows what the boys are doing but feels that their vigilante tactics are necessary....he is very good in this movie.
Boondock Saints Family Prayer
And shepherds we shall be,
For Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.
The family prayer, is a prayer to illustrate an oath/oration to God, that they will do all in their power to shepherd the weak through the evils brought forth by evil men and the dissatisfaction with those who would do harm to the innocents, and giving thanks to God to be able to do something about it. (See: Ezekiel 25:17) That the souls of the wicked shall be purified by blood, and sent back to their maker, if it is in their power.
The final part:
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."
Means "In the name of the father, of the son, and the Holy Spirit" roughly.