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- THE HOLY ROSARY IN LATIN RECITED WITH POPE BENEDICT XVI
- A Crux Ave- LUZ DE MARIA IN ECSTASY
- FATHER ALAR - THE HIDDEN LIFE OF THE HOLY FAMILY
- PROFESSOR’S PROPHETIC DREAM
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Unearthed 1990 prophecy
- Pope Leo and Trump, War and immigration-what Catholics need to know
- “ Francis is in heaven” Pope Leo’s shocking statement breaks 2000 years of tradition
- Pope Leo “We do not agree with the formalized blessings of homosexual couples.”
- Catholic Prophecy-GLOBAL CONFLICT
-  THE HIDDEN BATTLE
- Good Friday Stigmata
- “STAY THE COURSE”
- VIGANO ISSUES BLISTERING RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP VERSUS LEO FEUD
- GLOBALIST PLOT THAT REMOVED POPE BENEDICT-  SWIFT, NSA SPYING, AND US INTEL EXPOSED BY LIZ YORE
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THE WARNING, COMMUNISM, AND THE ANTICHRIST
- Seven Habits for Spiritual Protection
- Mother Miriam, with John Henry Weston, speaking of the silence of Bishops in the face of “synodality“
- TIMELINE OF TRUMP VS. POPE LEO – TAYLOR MARSHALL
-  FATIMA AND THE FINAL BATTLE
- FR. PEREIRA’S MEDJUGORJE HOMILY ON UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MAKE YOUR CONFESSION
- IS TRUMP LOSING CONTROL?
- More Evidence
- THE BLOOD AND WATER FROM THE SIDE OF CHRIST –BRANT PITRE
- PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
- BRANT PITRE:  CHRIST AS PRIEST, PROPHET, AND KING
- Opinion and teaching by Fr. Joseph Gates
“Brothers and sisters, As pastor, I have heard a great deal of conversation in recent weeks, and I have spoken with a number of individuals about how deeply the events in our country have weighed on their hearts. Many are anxious, many are troubled, and many are searching for clarity. So I thought I would offer a few thoughts of my own:
The Church teaches that lawful authority has a rightful place in society. Holy Scripture calls us to pray for rulers and to honor just laws, because a peaceful and ordered society protects the vulnerable and allows charity to flourish. Authority is not an evil thing. Saint Paul reminds us that society cannot function without order, and that just laws serve the common good.
Saint Thomas Aquinas offers a wise and balanced perspective that remains very relevant today. Aquinas taught that every nation has the right and responsibility to regulate immigration prudently for the sake of justice and security. Reflecting on the Old Testament, he noted that Israel did not treat all foreigners in the same way. Some peoples were welcomed more easily because they could integrate peacefully, while others who were hostile were not admitted at all. Aquinas saw this not as hatred, but as responsible governance.
He also distinguished between different kinds of foreigners: travelers passing through, residents living in the land, and those seeking full membership in the community. Even then, Aquinas emphasized that full integration takes time and must happen in an orderly way – a three-year probationary period of formation and discernment before full membership.
His reasoning was simple: if newcomers are immediately given full influence before they understand the culture, language, and common good of the nation, real dangers can arise. Charity, therefore, must always be guided by prudence.
Welcoming the stranger is a Christian duty, but it must be done in a way that preserves peace, justice, and the common good. Mercy does not mean lawlessness, and compassion cannot be separated from responsibility.
At the same time, we know that in our world today there are real and heartbreaking conflicts at the edges of society, where protest meets law enforcement. Some demonstrations are peaceful and legitimate, but others can turn chaotic. When that happens, people—both protesters and officers—can be put in grave danger.
Many in our community serve in law enforcement, and I want to say plainly: to protect the public, to uphold the law, and to preserve peace is a noble duty. It is not something to be mocked or demonized.
Now, people may have the right to express concerns, but we must also speak honestly: when protests become violent, chaotic, or lawless, they stop being acts of justice and become acts of disorder. Disorder always harms the innocent.
No cause, however just, excuses violent unrest. When people choose reckless confrontation, when they provoke violence or inflame chaos, they bear responsibility for what follows. Tragedy is never something to celebrate, but neither can we pretend that irresponsible actions have no consequences. That is not martyrdom—it is disorder.
The Christian way is not chaos.
The Christian way is peace.
So we pray: for migrants and the vulnerable, for just and humane laws, and for those entrusted with enforcing the law, who often serve quietly, courageously, and at great personal cost.
Mercy does not mean mobs.
Charity does not mean disorder.
Justice does not mean lawlessness.
God calls us to compassion, yes—but also to truth, peace, and responsibility.”
- Padre Joseph Gates- opinion piece
- SING WITH ALL THE SONS OF GLORY SUNG BY REBECCA HINCKE
Sing with all the sons of glory,
Sing the resurrection song!
Death and sorrow, earth’s dark story,
To the former days belong.
All around the clouds are breaking,
Soon the storms of time shall cease;
In God’s likeness, man awaking,
Knows the everlasting peace.O what glory, far exceeding
All that eye has yet perceived!
Holiest hearts for ages pleading,
Never that full joy conceived.
God has promised, Christ prepares it,
There on high our welcome waits;
Every humble spirit shares it,
Christ has passed th’eternal gates.Life eternal! heav’n rejoices:
Jesus lives who once was dead;
Join, O man, the deathless voices;
Child of God, lift up thy head!
Patriarchs from the distant ages,
Saints all longing for their heaven.
Prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages,
All await the glory given.Life eternal! O what wonders
Crowd on faith; what joy unknown,
When, amidst earth’s closing thunders,
Saints shall stand before the throne!
O to enter that bright portal,
See that glowing firmament,
Know, with thee, O God immortal,
“Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent!” - MEDJUGORJE MESSAGE
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Be Holy! 