How about the machete-wielding former Hunter College professor, Shellyne Rodriguez? She was so out of control, she chased this reporter and his colleague out of the building and down the street. I hope charges are brought. Take a good look at her. This is the face of hate!
It was also the month of weddings and Father's Day as Robert Knight points out in his column yesterday. What does it stand for now in this age of secular wokism?
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| As members of the Communion of Saints, we all have stories to tell of God's grace working in our lives! |
"Be gentle in your actions; speak with a peaceful mind and in a calm tone, and you will succeed better."
Read Part 1 of Aqua's conversion story here.
How did our new Catholic Faith *CHANGE* anything for us, physically, specifically in our actions and behaviors? I have picked one obvious and lasting example. Everyone *should* have their own examples to tell, because everyone *should* be changed after conversion to the religion of Heaven itself in meaningful, practical ways here on earth.
For me, it was Life issues.
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| 16th century painting of St. Paul on the road to Dmamascus |
NEW: FBI agents Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown showed up at the childhood home
Elise Ketch: Next FBI target?
of pro-life activist Elise Ketch. The agents asked to speak with Ketch, who is a member of @PAAUNOW.
Here's the Ring security camera footage, first obtained by @Dailysignal: pic.twitter.com/QoY2HL9ytA— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) May 17, 2023
Would you talk to them? My answer? Hell no! This is what I would say to Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown:
There's an interesting article at OnePeterFive today by a mom of six children. She grew up with the underground Traditional Latin Mass and describes her grandmother as a staunch defender of the TLM, but one who never ran from a fight or stopped trying to influence the culture and community she lived in.
Kevin O'Leary explains how the Bud Light brand has been decimated! "Bud Light has become the poster boy for brand mismanagement."
Do you remember who asked, "What is truth?" A cynical politician who, above all else, was concerned about keeping his position by not rocking the boat and upsetting his tyrant emperor.
We’re on our way to a get together with a group of aging square dancers some of whom we’ve known since our children were babies. This morning during my prayer time I went through my rosary box filled with funeral cards, ordination and anniversary mementoes, and handwritten prayer requests. The box is almost full. Soon the cover will hardly close. So many friends one collects over the years!
Are you able to pass this test? (It depends on which media you listen to.)
1 Which of the following is the most conservative?
The other day, I had a recurring thought that kept buzzing around me:
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| Southern Poverty Law Center's 2021 "Hate Map" |
The radical leftists at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have a record of vilifying Christians. If you dare to even imply that sodomy is wrong.....well.....obviously you are a hate-filled homophobe. If you demur over drag queen story hours and cutting off the genitals of little children or keeping pornography out of the library -- you are a book-burning, violent fascist.
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| Nine-year-old Tanner Donaldson is being denied a transplant because he and his dad (the donor match) are unvaccinated for COVID |
Now here's the question I have!
I took a pretty significant fall on Monday while I was weeding in my Mary garden. I'm still not sure how I did it. I was turning to put some clover in the bucket and lost my balance. I came down on my right arm scraping it up against the top of the wall. Then I hit my left leg on the wall as I went over and landed flat on my back on the brick pool deck. Quite a thud!
...and that everything we're fed by the secular world is a poisonous lie!
In the 1984 world of 2023 everything is upside down and inside out. When you hear something described as a "conspiracy theory" by the mainstream media, you can pretty much know it's probably true. Look at all the evidence coming out about the Kennedy assassination. The powers that be told us it was a one man hit job by Lee Harvey Oswald. Then Oswald's assassination by Jack Ruby, the man with links to the mob, was also a one man hit job. Not so says Robert Kennedy, Jr. whose describing details about the Dallas shooting and his father's belief that the CIA was involved. They claim not, but the evidence is still under wraps. Why? What are they hiding? As more information leaks out, combined with the evidence of government involvement in January 6th....well....draw your own conclusions.
The pope's statement reminds me of the pro-abortion people who called pregnancy a disease. They hated the babies. Pope Francis appears to hate what the Church celebrated for over 1500 years! It's like a person who repudiates his family and all his ancestors because he's embarrassed by their language and customs. So sad!
Pope Francis again gives his reasons for #TraditionisCustodes in a meeting with Jesuits in Hungary, April 29, saying it was to stop “indietrismo” — going backwards “in an ideological way.” The contents of the meeting were published today by @civcatt https://t.co/wlTMmXGvy1 pic.twitter.com/ZrfE2wYtMS
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) May 9, 2023
NEW – Chelsea Clinton Announces 'The Big Catch-Up' Initiative Which Will Be 'The Largest Childhood Immunization Effort Ever'
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) May 8, 2023
"We need the public sector to hopefully stop doing things like stripping away public health emergency powers from state public health agencies...We're… pic.twitter.com/pGbgWAJRNP
You no doubt remember the famous scientist who saved so many lives during COVID and taught so much true science to us poor benighted idiots and science deniers.
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| My new neighbor |
1) An old racing friend called aghast about the 7 horses that died at Churchill Downs "during the Kentucky Derby". I had to calm her down with the actual facts of the situation. Seven horses did not die during the Derby. No horses died during the Derby, but 2 horses did die on Derby Day in races before the Derby. The other five horses died in the week following up to the Derby, two of which were suspicious deaths reported by a single trainer (trying to collect insurance money?) who has since been suspended. One other horse's death happened during training, not in a race. Misinformation spreads from erroneous MSM headlines and intentionally confusing articles bent on misleading the public with innuendo and lies. PETA will be on the warpath (actually they have been for years) trying to shut down horse racing merely from believing MSM headlines intentionally written to obfuscate facts.
I got another book-length comment from a troll yesterday which pushed me over the edge on suffering fools, an expression my dad sometimes used which I never liked. I take seriously the biblical admonition not to call your brother "raca." But, really, there are so many out there trolling the internet and enjoying the power of anonymous insults!
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| Beach buddy! |
It's been a busy few weeks. I spent five days in April with my blogging partner, Susan, who lives in Florida. We met in North Carolina at her daughter's cabin in the woods, a great spot to appreciate the glory of God in His creation and revel in our friendship. We always laugh a lot when we're together. How can one not laugh at the insanity of the world?As one Catholic blogger says, "We laugh because we believe." The long drive back to northern Virginia was grueling for this old lady, but the weather was beautiful, the woods and fields fresh and green. While the redbud and daffodils were finished, the dogwood put on a full bloom show all the way home.
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| Will the real insurrectionists please stand up! |
Let's talk about insurrection. We're in the middle of it that's for sure. And the leaders of the insurrection are in the White House and on Capitol Hill. They also build their empires in the federal bureaucracies robbing the taxpayers while they accept bribes and kickbacks and insider trading tips from their supporters.
 Fox Tucker Carlson speaks in Washington, on March 29, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) |
If you've ever been in a barn where the farmer hangs sticky fly paper to trap the flies, you can see the image in your mind and realize the irony of the statement. The lieutenant knows that the people at headquarters are lying about the state of the war. The defeated people have not welcomed the invaders, but have developed a cold, uncooperative resolution to fight in their own subtle ways. They will never give in. And gradually, like the flypaper, they are taking their toll on the invading army.
“For our canons and our forms were not given to the Churches at the present day, but were wisely and safely transmitted to us from our forefathers. Neither had our faith its beginning at this time, but it came down to us from the Lord through His disciples.”
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| Mao's Cultural Revolution reflects wokeism better than Marx! |
One of my favorite magazines is Chronicles. The latest issue focused on the question, "Is Wokeism Marxist?" All of the writers came to the conclusion that it isn't. Marxism warred against capitalism and the inequality between workers and owners. It's target was economic inequality and the downfall of capitalism. That is not what's running the engine of wokeism. One writer made a compelling case that Mao's cultural revolution offers a more accurate portrayal of our current crisis.
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| Prayer warriors gather at St. John the Evangelist to make reparation for the sacrilege of promoting a sin that cries out to God for vengeance. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us. |
Ever since I saw Nefarious, the movie about the criminal possessed by the devil, I've been thinking about poor sinners. Jacinta, the little seer of Fatima, constantly reminded her brother and cousin, "We need to pray for poor sinners!" Horrified at the vision of souls falling into hell like snowflakes, she became a little victim soul trying to save all she could from the fires of hell. She accepted sufferings that would make an adult squirm.
