Monthly Archives: August 2023

Prayers, Please

I had intended to write tonight asking for prayers for a special intention of mine and I still ask for those prayers. Please, if you read this, ask St. Rita to intercede for my intention. She knows what it’s about. And thank you.

The Gift of the Rose stained glass window, National Shrine of St. Rita, Philadelphia, PA

But before I got to writing, I got a call from a young man who is a friend of mine. He asked if I could come and sit with him. He recently got out of the Marine Corps and tonight, he received word that another of his comrades committed the sin of suicide.

He tells me the stats are at 44 a day. A DAY!

I am starting to wonder whether the US service branches are demonically oppressed. This is not the first of his friends to commit suicide.

Either way, this has to end.

Young men are going off to serve their country. Brave men. Strong and true. And something is happening to them. This particular deceased was 21 years-old.

Young men are killing themselves and it must end.

I’ve had my own experience and I’ve written about it before. My older brother took his life during the Coof lockdowns. I will never understand it but at the end of the day I just kind of miss my brother even if I want to kill him for what he did.

So, prayers all around today, please. Pray for my intention for sure. I could use it. But pray for my friend and for the repose of the soul of his friend and for an end to this demonic nonsense.

Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner!

Time’s Up

I took my kids to see a one-man production of The Screwtape Letters tonight. Having taught the book for ten years, I knew every line before it was spoken.

The takeaway (as always):

STAY CONFESSED.

New Readers, I Have This Particular Devotion…

For many years I have had a particular devotion to St. Rita of Cascia, patron saint of impossible causes. Every nine days I begin anew the novena in her honor for my own intentions and any that others ask of me. Here is the link to the novena prayers I use (from the National Shrine of St. Rita).

The Three Most Important Reasons to Homeschool

A reader in Australia, who’s acquaintance I am pleased to make and who has not (miraculously) fallen off the bottom of the earth, recently wrote me regarding homeschooling. He and his wife are committed to the idea and will be forging an incredible path forward as a family. Keep them in your prayers.

As I wrote to him earlier today, there are three things to keep in mind.

1) God gave you and your wife alone the specific Grace to do this (educate your children). 2) Even on days when it feels like no formal learning is taking place, your kids will learn more just by being with you. 3) The alternative is diabolical.

As the old song says, “See you in September!”

Fun fact: this song was written by Sherman Edwards, a high school history teacher who also composed the musical 1776. He wrote it after watching his students all leave on the last day of school.

Great Job, Bishop Olson; Now do Actual Schismatics!

I stand with the Arlington Carmel. That was easy.

We used to have a word for men like Bishop Olson. We used to have a lot of them. Oaf comes to mind. Bully is another. There’s also pharisaical, lemming, quisling, and the old standby dirtbag.

If you haven’t read up on it yet, here’s the statement from the Carmel. Here’s the statement from Archbishop Vigano in support of the nuns. And here’s the response from Olson.

Possibly not the actual bishop. We’re not sure.

Here’s the thing. The good bishop announced today that the nuns are now possibly excommunicated. I ask, “From what?” What is excommunication in a Church where the man squatting on Peter’s throne gives Communion to Lutherans? What does it mean to be outside the structure of a Church where “All are welcome”? The sisters were right to cite their consciences in that letter. The anti-Church has been telling us for decades that conscience is king.

Is it that these women aren’t queer enough? Is it that they aren’t communist enough? You let all manner of filth approach the altar. For heaven’s sake not a one of you bishops will tell that doddering old clown Biden to confess and repent! He’s still good to come on down and stick out his hands, right?

Could it be that the Carmelites pray for the Church day and night and, as Vigano says, the true Church receives incredible spiritual benefits from their vocation? Can’t have efficacious Grace flowing like a river now, can we…

Can it be he wants their land, mailing lists, and cash? Wouldn’t be the first time. Just ask Henry VIII.

Whatever the reasons, it’s obvious these nuns have pissed off the “big guy” and we know he does not like being questioned.

Sisters, if he sends you a formal decree of excommunication, treasure it! They are rare indeed. And know that you got it for clinging to what is true and right and spiritually beneficial and that others were denied that decree. But then again they only advocate for sodomy and the murder of children.

God help us all!

Death Comes for the Bishop

Howard Hubbard died this morning.

May God have mercy on his soul.

For reference, this is the same Hubbard who did his best to destroy the Church in Albany for forty years, was embroiled in multiple sodomy scandals, and then claimed to have married a woman just months ago admittedly without laicization.

Stay confessed.

Do penance in this life.

Pray.

Fast.

Give alms.

CLING TO CHRIST JESUS.

Poor Souls

Posting this novena link again since it’s always a good idea to pray for those who are where we will (hopefully?) be one day.

From the gate of hell, deliver their souls, O Lord!