I along with my wife, and seven others were confirmed into full communion with the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil on Saturday evening. It was a beautiful service full of celebration and joy. We all felt truly loved and welcomed.
It sounds cliche but I really feel like I have come home.
Some people are proclaiming that Pope Francis is in Hell. Others are saying he is in Heaven. To do either is to sin. Only God knows the result of anyone’s particular judgment. Whoever makes either proclamation is putting themself in God’s place.
Only Holy Church can declare someone to be in Heaven after a lengthy and exhaustive process. She never proclaims anyone is in Hell. And it is not for us to say.
The only appropriate response to anyone’s death is to pray for them. Charity demands it.
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I wrote this a few weeks back when Pope Francis was in the hospital. It will come up a lot now that we are in the sede vacante period.
Let us first pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis, that he may see the face of God in eternity forever.
Then, let us pray for the Cardinal-electors, who will be discerning over the next 15-20 d…
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There is one God and one Christ, and one Church, and one Chair founded on Peter by the word of the Lord.
—St. Cyprian
I admire JK Rowling enormously. Why? Because having attained professional success and wealth beyond the imagination of most of us, she could have taken the easy option and kept her head down. Instead, she put herself on the frontline to defend her fellow women, knowing that she would become a hate figure in the eyes of many. That takes guts and principles. Give her the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
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Remember when Francis became pope, how enchanted the world became with someone in that position who seemed to be deeply Christian? Christian in the way of Jesus, not religion. People know what that is supposed to look like, feel like, smell like. It’s why they are so understandably cynical about the church because they know the differenc…
I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
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Now is the time to pray for Pope Francis, that God grant him a merciful judgment. It is not the time to praise or denigrate him. Nor is it time to speculate on who the next pope will be. Leave all that to worldlings and pray for his eternal salvation.
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If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And, which is more, you'll be a Man, my son!
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A very moving tribute to Pope Francis from Diana Butler Bass who died this morning.
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Of course advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
I’m a Redemptorist religious and priest. I don’t support any political party. I’m not liberal and I’m not conservative. I’m Catholic. My law is the Gospel and Christ is my King.
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I want to share an image with you—an image that I think sheds light on how the pleasures the world offers pale in comparison to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. I was about eighteen, out on the town with friends in Adelaide. We’d spent the whole night partying—too much to drink, too much noise, chasing the kind of thrill we all assumed would make us happy. As dawn approached, we wandered through the quiet streets of the city, still laughing, still buzzing from the night.
That’s when I noticed it. …
The Call to Altruistic Leadership 🙏✨
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Altruistic leadership is not self-serving, image-driven, or positional. It is others-focused, sacrificial, humble. 🤝🕊️ It lays down power for the sake of those who’ve been wounded. 🛡️💔 It protects people, not systems. 🛡️👥
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Peace isn't the absence of storms—
Jesus slept through those.
Peace isn't the absence of enemies—
Jesus broke bread with one.
Peace isn't the absence of wounds—
The risen Christ still carried His.
True peace is the presence that remains when everything else threatens to fall apart.
FYI, z28, it's the people BEHIND the Biden administration that "weird the power". Have you not read ANY of my 'comments ' over the past couple years on Dr. Malones Substack about a "NGO" - Non-Governmental Organization - known as the "COUNCIL on FOREIGN RELATIONS", of which Joe Biden, Susan Rice, Antony Blinken, John Kerry, Alejandro Mayorkas, Lisa Monaco, Mike Morrell, Janet Yellen (& Jerome Powell) are members?
Joe Biden is listed as a "Notable" member but he is small potatoes compared to the …
Biden has nor had NO "real" power. And my point is that a so-called NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION in terms of BOTH foreign and domestic POLICY de facto RUNS the USA.
Until this so-called "NGO" and the INDIVIDUALS WITHIN it are both outed and OUTLAWED from both "elected" office as wells federal government EMPLOYMENT NOTHING will change for the better for We the (supposedly) sovereign people - and America will continue the step-by-step devolution from a Constitutional Republic into a SOCIALIST "Democracy" - which looks to be about 95 % complete NOW in 2024.
WHERE in our Constitution is it written that POLICY - foreign or domestic is granted to NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS?
Correct but they do whatever they want. When this went on in the past people rebelled unless all their weapons were taken away.
In Ireland the Garda does whatever the sneaky radical left globalists tell them.
Sinn Fein (IRA) were shown to be absolute hypocrites. At least the Irish now know that their political parties lied and betrayed them. Maybe the Irish will reeally wake up.
We all already know that this globalist movement is out to destroy white Christian nations. People might want to look at their heritage once again.
More interesting information regarding the international aspects of the international Socialist 'movement'.
Unfortunately, Dennis, the most recent generations in the USA have never been taught and have NO idea of their heritage...and don't really give a shit.
WOW 🤯 SHE IS ON FIRE 🔥 and rightfully so the GOP and Democrats MUST stand together and deal with this ASAP and stop the incompetence of these clowns putting our country at risk 🤬
President Donald Trump is on a roll. Next up in the ring: Federal district court judges. Also, if you didn’t prosecute Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified documents, you shouldn’t prosecute anyone. New revelations on how the Obama Administration ordered her protected from prosecution.
