A friend texted me this evening and asked, “Are you ready for the Global Day of Jihad?”
If by ready, you mean that I’ve got my Sacred and Immaculate Heart flags flying over my little quarter acre, I’m praying the rosary, I’ll be at early Latin Mass, and I’m cognizant of the fact that God chose me to live in these times, then yes. I am ready.
Friday October 13.
Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun.
God bless us all and Our Lady keep us close to her Immaculate Heart and under her mantle of protection!
Today we celebrated a most beautiful feast – the Feast of the Divine Maternity of the Virgin Mary. I was blessed to attend a sung Mass for the feast. Everything was perfect! I realize how blessed I am to have what I have right now. Here below, an excerpt from Pius XI’s encyclical letter Lux Veritatis in which he instituted the feast for the universal Church in 1931:
But there is another matter, Venerable Brethren, which We think We should recall in regard to Mary’s office of Maternity, something which is sweeter and more pleasing; namely that she, because she brought forth the Redeemer of mankind, is also in a manner the most tender mother of us all, whom Christ our Lord deigned to have as His brothers (Romans viii. 29). As Our predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII, says: “Such a one God has given as one to whom by the very fact that He chose her as the Mother of His only begotten Son, He clearly gave the feelings of a mother, breathing nothing but love and pardon-such did Jesus Christ show her to be, by His own action, when He spontaneously chose to be under her, and submit to her as a son to a mother; such did He declare her to be, when, from the Cross, He committed all mankind, in the person of His disciple John, to her care and protection; and as such, lastly, she gave herself, when embracing with a great heart, this heritage of immense labour from her dying Son, she began at once to fulfil all a mother’s duties to us all.” (Encyclical Letter Octobri mense adveniente. September 21, 1892.) From this it comes that we are all drawn to her by a powerful attraction, that we may confidently entrust to her all things that are ours-namely our joys, if we are gladdened; our troubles, if we are in anguish; our hopes, if we are striving to reach at length to better things. From this it comes that if more difficult times fall upon the Church; if faith fail, if charity have grown cold, if private and public morals take a turn for the worse; if any danger be hanging over the Catholic name and civil society, we all take refuge with her, imploring heavenly aid. From this it comes lastly that in the supreme crisis of death, when no other hope is given, no other help, we lift up to her our tearful eyes and our trembling hands, praying through her for pardon from her Son, and for eternal happiness in heaven.
This letter was written for the fifteenth centenary of the Council of Ephesus. But isn’t it funny how it applies to us here and now? Charity has grown cold. Faith has failed. And dangers are surely hanging over the Church.
Turn to her and do it now. Pray your rosary every day and pray it with a childlike love and trust. Love your mother for she certainly loves you.
Mater Bonii Consilii, Ora pro nobis!
I also find it odd how this feast didn’t make the cut when the post-conciliar calendar was adopted. Why on earth would anyone want to gut a feast honoring the motherhood of the Blessed Virgin? It’s almost like someone was trying to denigrate the dignity of mothers or something. Who can say?
I know this. My own dear mother, my dear mother-in-law who is like a mother to me, and of course my beautiful wife, mother of our children, are all tremendous gifts to me from God. They have all in their own way imitated the beauty of the Blessed Mother and been shining examples of the greatest of dignity. And they have inspired in me greatest devotion to them.
May God bless us and may Our Lady, His most precious Mother, recommend us to Her Divine Son.
As in that’s literally what I’m doing. We had some work done in our back yard toward the end of summer and I’ve just planted rye grass in order to keep all that expensive dirt that was trucked in to fix a drainage problem from eroding away. This stuff will probably spring up before the Texas weather takes its typical atypical Fall turn and the weather renders my sprinkler moot. Then I can move on to watching paint dry. Meanwhile here’s this:
It is October, the month of the Rosary. In fact, this post is dated October 7th, the feast of the Most Holy Rosary. This reminded me earlier this evening while praying the rosary with my kids that there is a prayer to St. Joseph we need to say after the rosary in this month. Many of you know it by heart. I include a translation below.
To thee, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of thy most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. Through that charity which bound thee to the immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which thou embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg thee to graciously regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with thy power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful Guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be propitious to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness; and, as once thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from the supreme peril of His life, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by thy constant protection, so that, supported by thy example and thy aid, we may be able to live holy lives, die happy deaths, and to obtain the joys of eternal life in heaven. Amen.
Friends, I was overjoyed when I heard that the Lady Barnhardt would be recording a new video that I had to pour out a gin and tonic. OK, a day of the week ending in “y” usually suffices. Here’s some background.
Below, I am embedding Parts I and II of her landmark video presentation on the Bergoglian Antipapacy. This is the presentation that I watched a few years ago that totally “flipped me” into this camp. I had known for some time that something was wrong with the whole “Fwancis is pope” thing but I could not figure out exactly how to square the circle. I do not consider myself an unintelligent man and this isn’t false modesty; but the whole situation is a mess from start to finish. Barnhardt laid out the case in a way that made crystal clear what exactly is going on. Passionate. Logical. To the point.
Ann promised never to do another video at the time of that production. However, recent events have prompted her to relent a bit. On Saturday October 7, the feast of the Holy Rosary, Ann will be recording Part III. Please pray for the success and widespread distribution of her effort. And if you haven’t seen the first two parts, have at it. Ann also does a phenomenal presentation on the topic of diabolical narcissism which is also worth a watch. Perhaps I’ll post that at a later date. It all kind of ties together.
Folks, I got off all that social media nonsense a while ago. Sorry but I'm not on Twitbook, Facepalm, YouHu, WingWang or any of the others. Maybe an event will happen to make me change my mind like Peter and Paul coming down with flaming swords and commanding it be so. Until then, read the blog and if you feel a comment is in order or you feel like sharing a tip or suggestion for a topic, email me at harvey@harveymillican.com.
Harvey Millican's Blog: Musings of a Trad Dad 