On the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Let Us Pray the Chaplet of Adoration and Reparation.

The Chaplet of Adoration and Reparation uses the prayers of the Angel of Peace who appeared to the three little shepherd children before the Blessed Mother's first apparition on May 13th. 

There are several different chaplets using different beads but this uses the ordinary five decade rosary. I'll be praying it often today in honor of Our Lady of Fatima and in reparation for sins against her Immaculate Heart.

On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Let Us Pray the LItany to the Sacred Heart!

We certainly need God's mercy!

Soo....Are the Pipe Bombs a False Flag Operation?

Is this a bomb or a propaganda tool?

My first thought when I heard about the bombs delivered to Democrats and CNN was, "It's a false flag operation."Cui bono?" Who benefits? 

The Democrats, of course. They love playing the victim game, attacking conservatives for being violent Meanwhile while supporters burn, loot, and attack law enforcement as pigs, beat up their opponents, etc.

This morning I read an article quoting a former bomb disposal officer, Tom Sauer, that raises plenty of red flags about the "bombs" or should I call them propaganda tools?

“1. Proper pipe bombs don't have wires connected to both ends. That's dumb.

It's First Friday, Are You Going to Mass?

The promises associated with First Friday are wonderful! Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary and revealed his Sacred Heart burning with love for mankind. The nine First Fridays make me think of the nine months of carrying a child. Think of it -- making nine First Fridays can give birth to a lifelong devotion to the heart of Jesus that can make each of us, in the words of St. Teresa of Avila, a "burning furnace of charity." Ah...how I long for that gift.

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto thine.

Sunday Meditation: Hope in the Lord

I'm reflecting today on the virtue of hope. We need it desperately in view of the collapse of moral values, the increasing hostilities around the world, the flash mobs threatening our cities and towns, natural disasters, and the growing persecution of Christians. I find myself identifying more and more with the "weeping prophet" Jeremiah. His lament was today's first reading. "All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; the word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day." Despite the persecution, being thrown in the dry cistern, being banished, etc. Jeremiah hung on until his persecutors finally killed him.

Many Christians today can identify with Jeremiah. Some have lost jobs for refusing to do or assist in abortions, others for daring to criticize the homosexual agenda. Christianity is under continuous attack from groups wanting to eliminate it from the public square. Whether it's removing the words "under God" from the pledge or nativity scenes from town squares, or crosses from everywhere, the assault on Christianity is relentless.

Praise God! We can identify, at least a little, with our brothers and sisters from the past -- the persecuted Christians of the first century and those from every century since. They rejoiced to be found worthy to suffer for the cross of Christ.

Talk about hope! They had one foot in heaven and no earthly threat could shake them. "Viva Cristo Rey!" cried the Mexican martyrs as they were shot. Let's pray to be like them not fearing those who can kill the body but not the soul.

Memorize the Act of Hope and say it often to keep your eyes firmly fixed on what's coming for those who finish the race.

O my God, relying on Your almighty power

and infinite mercy and promises,

I hope to obtainpardon for my sins,

the help of Your grace, and life everlasting,

through the merits of Jesus Christ,

my Lord and Redeemer.

 Amen.