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I noticed something unpleasant this morning. I typically rely on a little notification “badge” to tell me I have email pertaining to this blog. For some reason I had not noticed any such badge in about two weeks. I don’t get a ton of email but usually something more than one or two every so often.

Finally figuring something might be wrong with the app, I actually opened it and discovered a whole bunch of email I had missed – many containing prayer requests for St. Rita.

So, first, I’m going to effort fixing that problem.

Second, I’m going to simply add these intentions in right now and keep going with them.

My most sincere apologies. please pray for my intentions as well.

God bless!

Lest you think this blog is turning into a feeder for the Soldiers of the Immaculate Podcast… I know, you already saw Ann Barnhardt and Nurse Claire post about this; but it really and truly is well worth your time to listen.

In his most recent episode, Fr. discusses Guardian Angels and hospice care. In the former, I don’t think I could ever hear enough about this topic. It is strange that for another being who is so immediately intimate to us and concurrently in the Beatific Vision, more priests don’t preach about them. In fact, it’s downright mystifying. But listen to Fr.’s words and pray to your guardian angel. He is one of God’s most beautiful gifts to you and a great sign of His love for you. Just don’t name him.

On the topic of hospice, I can say I’ve had my experiences and they are not pleasant. Here again, Fr. Gives a straightforward presentation on what Catholics must do for the dying and it isn’t to starve them to death. Folks, what the hospice people do is very often criminal in the sight of God. Know what you are up against when a loved one nears his end and make known your desire to die a holy and provided death to your loved ones now.

And that Supernerd… James Brown’s got nothin’ on him. Hardest working man in show biz to be sure. Thank God for men like him, priests like Fr. Isaac Mary, and the angelic being who watches over you at every moment of your life.

Here we are again, friends. Barely a month post-Christmas and it’s already Septuagesima Sunday! Where did the time go?

Start preparing now. God will give you the grace the give up all for him (especially a few meals).

To help in that endeavor, here’s a link to Fr. Isaac Mary’s Mission in the Four Last Things. Listen and take heed.

Those words form the beginning of the pledge of allegiance… to Texas! Yes, it’s a thing. This Jersey transplant has lived here for almost 13 years now and it’s one of the first things I learned about my adopted home state.

Strange goings on these days. Mark Docherty sums it up nicely so I’ll let him do the talking.

And as he says often, STAY CONFESSED.

Almost two years ago I was moved to pick up writing my blog again. It had lain dormant for a few months and I had lost my direction and motivation. The very evening I hit publish on my first post in who-knows-how-long, Frank Walker read it and headlined it on Canon212. I was most appreciative and I honestly thought the whole thing was “neat” but wasn’t sure I could sustain writing a daily blog again.

Don’t get me wrong. I love writing. I write every day because it is a happy hobby of mine. But I was not sure that the new direction I had taken my blog in could last for more than a few weeks. Sure, I didn’t have to write every day. But I tend to demand a lot of myself, and I knew that if I didn’t keep myself committed to the goal of writing daily, then I would have no goal at all. Also, my style of writing lends itself to a daily conversation with my readers.

Barely two months after I began, I received an email from one of these readers. I want to state here and now that knowing that people read what I have to write, and even look forward to my posts, is not only gratifying but extraordinarily humbling. This man suggested to me that he had more or less figured out that we were attending the same Trad parish. And he was right. Through our coded messages back and forth we came to conclude that, although we must be going to different masses, we were indeed worshiping at the same place and we agreed to meet up at a parish function.

I am happy to say that this man and I have formed a friendship. We text each other almost every day. We make each other laugh and perhaps most importantly, I would like to believe that we strengthen each other in the daily battle against the evil facing the Church.

This evening I attended a wake for his mother. And now I have the joy of asking all of you who are reading to pray for her soul. Don’t worry about the name. As Supernerd once said, “God knows the forwarding address.”

I suppose what I’m saying is that, if God moved me to write that one post two years ago simply to bring me to this point where I can solicit prayers for the soul of his servant – a woman I never knew in this life – and for the consolation of her son – a man I had not yet met; then, blessed be God! And if this is how He wishes to use me, then God be praised!

What does He have in store for you?

The late Fr. Buckley (may he rest in peace) used to say at the end of all of my confessions, “Ask yourself every day like St. Ignatius: ‘Christ died for me. What have I ever done for Christ?’”

Did you visit the sick? Did you comfort those who mourn? Did you pray for the living and the dead? Did you greet your children with kindness and strive for patience when teaching them the Base Angles theorem? Did you wake up and realize every morning, as I have come to, that “There is a Man on the cross dying for love of me“ and then rush off to the foot of the altar to cast yourself at His feet?

This life as His follower is not easy but neither is it too hard. Simple acts done with love for God are all it takes. Will you also be spat upon and reviled? If you’re doing it right you will.

And if you’re really doing it right, you just never know what He will have in store for you.

St. Paul, pray for us!

Saw this on NonVeniPacem today:

You know what to do.

So Pornandez is a superfreak. We knew that already. I guess we didn’t know the extent of his depravity and we probably still don’t.

No, I’m wondering right now if anyone else is missing a certain podcast I haven’t heard in over a month.

Don’t get me wrong, the Soldiers of the Immaculate podcast is one of the best I’ve ever heard. I adore how Fr. Isaac Mary preaches and I am definitely experiencing spiritual growth from this one. And his co-host/producer has a soothing presence as well. Nice balance. Excellent content. 10 out of 10. Highly recommend.

But there’s a certain ex-cattle broker whom I haven’t heard in a while.

So…

Miss B. – Ann – if you happen to glance at this, please find your mic again! Based on an informal survey, 30 Trads* agree – You’re overdue for a new episode.

*Those 30 are just my immediate family.