Try going over to your nearby Ukrainian Catholic parish -- you talk to the priest before a daily Mass and say "Spovid." And he says, "You want Confession?" He later says, "Like tell God sorry?" Ans you do, And then for penance he says, "Take one rosary." No line, nothing. Nobody commits sins in this, my parish (and a half mile walk away) except the stray Latin Rites. And then you "take" the rosary walking home, and you thank Our Lord for having placed you so close to this gem of a parish in today's crazy Church.
Photograph showing Joseph Ratzinger and Fulton Sheen together at the Second Vatican Council. Sede Bishop Ngo-dinh-Thuc is in the photo as well (bottom row, second from left).
Really intelligent people tend to make this really stupid mistake. This is Otto von Bismarck, former Chancellor of Germany. Despite almost universal acclaim for his diplomacy, even he made a really stupid mistake. Between 1871 and 1878, Bismarck’s goal was to subordinate the Catholic Church to the newly unified German Empire, fearing that Catholics (who looked to the Pope in Rome) were a "threat" to national unity. This time became known as the "Kulturkampf" (Cultural Struggle). By 1878, Bismarck realized the Kulturkampf was failing. Instead of breaking the Catholic Church, the persecution had unified Catholics and strengthened the Zentrum (Center) Party. Needing Catholic support to fight his new political enemy—the Socialists—Bismarck began a slow "retreat" from these policies, eventually repealing or modifying most of the laws by 1887. The lesson: Don't be like Otto. Stay in your lane. Hire help.
Because of the Kulturkampf, my uncle was a Catholic, and his sister, my aunt, was a Protestant. With mixed marriages, the boys followed the father's religion, while the girls followed that of their mother.
A big company decided to send three employees to a professional development program. The first one to go was a data analyst. He came back three days later and reported: “The course was fascinating. They taught us how to build a full analytical model. The model doesn’t actually work yet, but hey — the architecture is gorgeous.” The second one was a sales manager. He returned after two days and announced: “Fantastic training. They taught us how to sell anything. If you want, I can sell you my completion certificate — it’s still warm.” The third was a logistics specialist. He didn’t return after three days. Not after five. Two weeks went by before he finally walked back into the office — tanned, relaxed, and looking extremely pleased with himself. Everyone rushed him: “Where have you been?!” He shrugged: “Well… did anyone book me a return date? Did anyone put down the office address? Did anyone list a contact person in case I got lost? No? Thought so. So I applied what they taught …More
I said it in one of the dreams I shared that the Lord showed me 17 years ago, and confirmed last year with the sign of the cross drawn with the clouds in the sky outside my house that WW 3 will start during the presidency of Donald Trump when a solar eclipse and a blood moon eclipse happen. I mentioned the main nations involved in the beginning of this war. The world is now entering the judgement to all nations, the GREAT TRIBULATION WHICH STARTED LAST YEAR, AND THE PAINS WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY AS A WOMAN READY TO GIVE BIRTH. OFFER ANY ILLNESS, PAIN, SUFFERINGS YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH TO OUR LADY TO OFFER TO OUR LORD FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS, AND THANK THE LORD DAILY ALL DAY FOR ALL HIS BLESSINGS, BECAUSE EVEN EATING AND DOING YOUR BODILY NEEDS ARE HUGE BLESSINGS AND WE NEVER GIVE THANKS FOR THAT. I skipped many details in my 3 dreams, because in all 3 I say over and over again that we must pray unceasingly, this can not be avoided, it will happen but we need to pray for the salvation …More
The Army, "Chinese brains" and Russian "Murmansk BN": Iran has neutralized Starlink and is on its way to suppressing the wave of unrest. ----- Tehran has found an answer to the instigators of unrest. The Iranian army has announced that it is ready to participate in suppressing the unrest and has declared that it intends to "resolutely defend national interests, strategic infrastructure, and state property." The army blamed Israel and "terrorist groups" for the escalation, according to the Wall Street Journal. Until now, street rioters have been dispersed by the police and militarized formations, primarily structures associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The "Israeli footprint" in the events in Iran is becoming increasingly apparent. Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi said Tehran has evidence of Washington and Tel Aviv's involvement in the unrest. Arakchi also accused the US and Israel of "terrorist acts." In response, Israel publicly expressed its support for the protesters …More
Pope Leo has named Rev. Don Stefano Cascio as Vice Director of the Laudato Si’ Center for Advanced Training, an initiative established by Pope Francis to promote integral ecology by addressing climate change, sustainability, and social justice. The appointment underscores both continuity and a renewed strengthening of the Vatican’s commitment to the principles of Laudato si’.
A time will come when the decisive battle between the kingdom of Christ and that of Satan will be over marriage and the family. And those who work for the good of the family will experience persecution and tribulation. But there is no need to be afraid, for Our Lady has already crushed their heads! Venerable Lucia Dos Santos (Fatima visionary)
Saint Pio and Saint Pope John Paul II’s friendship dated back to 1947 when the young Father Karol Wojtyla was engaged in doctoral studies at Rome’s Pontifical International Athenaeum Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
As they say, 'It takes one to know one.' Inasmuch as I might fault Pope JP II on what he could have done to prevent our current malaise in the Church (not limited to some of his dubious appointments of turncoat ecclesiastics) I believe he aspired to be saintly in his own priestly life.
ĐⱤØ₲Ø @KAGdrogo First time Trump spoke at Davos, he told them to their face he rejects their totalitarian ‘climate change’ agenda “to dominate, transform and control every aspect of our lives.” He’s going again to tell the WEF their dream of a global government is OVER.
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When he was thirty, someone once told him a strange line: “At fifty, you’ll finally meet the most important woman of your life.” He laughed it off at the time. His name was Alex. Twenty years passed, swallowed by work, responsibility, and achievement. He built a business, spent half his life on planes, provided well, checked every box that society hands to grown men. He and his wife, Irene, lived quietly. No fights, no drama — but not much closeness either. Two people sharing a roof, not a life. There was no time for feelings. Only duties. Then came the heart attack. Not a major one, but loud enough to shake him awake. Recovery forced him to slow down. One day he caught his reflection in the mirror — a tired man with graying hair staring back. It took him a moment to realize that man was him. The emptiness arrived quietly. The kids were grown and gone, the marriage held together mostly by habit, the business still running yet suddenly pointless. There was no “next mountain” to …More