When I was in public office, I read scripture and prayed the Rosary every morning before going to work. I ended my morning devotions each day by praying the prayer I am going to post here. It was written by St Pope John Paul II for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The moment I first heard it, I believed that it was a prayer for all people in these last days. I want to urge... Read more
Father Frank Pavone has resigned from his official position on Trump’s re-election team. He says he is doing this as an act of obedience to his superiors in the Church. The way his statement is worded, with the careful use of the phrasing “official title/position on the advisory boards,” I think it is likely that Fr Frank will continue in these positions in an “unofficial” capacity. What I mean is that I think, based on how he worded his statement,... Read more
Getting old is not for sissies. Read more
Donald Trump has proposed to only count each illegal immigrant as 3/5 of a person. The practice of counting a human being as 3/5 of a person is exactly the formula that was used to compute how slaves were once counted for reapportionment. There are simple, practical considerations involved in this computation, and those considerations affect everyone in a state. As a personal, Okie, example, reducing the representation here in Oklahoma leaves us with fewer people to fight for our interests... Read more
Comet Neowise is still visible for a few days. Better look now. You won’t get another chance for 6,800 years! Neowise is a “new” comet that was just discovered last March. I don’t suppose there’s any surprise in that since the lasts time it came around humans were just beginning to get the hang of what we call “civilization,” at least in a few places. Ancient people were astute star gazers so it’s entirely possible they took not of Neowise... Read more
Christian persecution goes on in the world today at an alarming rate. Upwards of 70,000 Christians have been killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria during the last 20 years. Christians are persecuted ruthlessly in many countries that are majority Muslim. Then, there’s China, North Korea’s persecution of Christianity by totalitarian atheist regimes. In India, the Christians are persecuted by Hindus. When I say “persecution” I mean deadly violence: beheadings, rapes, beatings, hangings. I mean armed soldiers killing every man in... Read more
Catholics are going to go back to mass when the pandemic is over. I gather that there are evidently a few priests who fear that now that Catholics have experienced the ease and convenience of tuning into their parish mass on the internet, they won’t be willing to return to the sitting/standing/kneeling/coughing-when-incense-is-used for-real Mass with an actual Eucharist. Some of the solutions the priestly caste are advancing for what they fear will be a forthcoming mass apostasy that reduces the... Read more
This song conveys such truth. If you give away the things you believe, if you compromise on your core values, nothing you gain by doing it is adequate compensation. The say Jesus put it was What does it profit you, if you gan the whole world, but lose your own soul? Your soul is you. It the only you that is. Your body is just a shell. When you die, you step out it like taking off a coat. Nothing that... Read more
These past few years have exposed a lot of things we never wanted to see, and many of us didn’t think were true. We’ve seen the sheer stupidity of a lot of people, how easily they are duped. People we love, people we’ve looked up to and trusted, have demonstrated that they are at best easily deluded fools, and at worst, hypocritical phonies. They either don’t believe a lot of the things they have said they believe, or their discernment... Read more
In Christ alone is our hope. There is no other. Read more
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