“I cannot refuse what you ask in Christ’s name. I grant you your life, and I give you my friendship. Pray that God may forgive me my sin.” Said by Saint John Gaulbert to his brother’s murderer, a man whom the Saint had pledged to kill, and who was now pleading for mercy.
Eighth of December 1941 People went crazy Right here in Guam. Oh, Mr. Sam, Sam My dear Uncle Sam, Won’t you please Come back to Guam. Resistance song sung by the people of Guam during World War II Acquired by the US pursuant to the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War in 1898, by the […]
“Since the realm of England was first a realm was there never in it so great a robber and pillager of the Commonwealth read of nor heard of as is our king” (Thomas Hale, Priest executed in the reign of Henry VIII) The Reformation greatly enhanced the power of Caesar turning him into a […]
‘Through thy prayers, Holy Father, may I be preserved from the crafts and assaults of the devil!’ Saint by Saint Olga of Kiev upon her conversion to Christianity
Some people work an entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world. But the Marines don’t have that problem. Ronald Reagan Something for the weekend. The oldest of the official songs of a branch of the US military, the composer of the Marines’ Hymn is unknown, but is thought to have […]
Past time to end this squalid war against the Traditional Mass begun by the evil whim of one or our worst popes.
(Originally published in 2011. One of my more popular posts.) Some men become legends after their deaths and others become legends while they are alive. Lewis Burwell Puller, forever known as “Chesty”, was in the latter category. Enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1918 he would serve until 1955, rising in rank from private to […]
Leftists rely on the foolishness and greed of most of its adherents.
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: BUENOS AIRES — American politician Graham Platner suspended his race for the U.S. Senate this week amid allegations of sexual assault and Nazism, and reportedly fled to Argentina. According to federal agents, Platner was believed to be hiding out in a small house in Vicente López, […]
I promise you, my children and brethren: although I leave you in body, I will always be with you in spirit. When one of you dies in our monastery or even outside the monastery (but with the blessing of the abbot) I will answer for his sins before God. Saint Theodosius Pechersky
Most of the seventies are half a century in the past now, and Catholics are still subjected to endless repetition of banal hymns from that decade and the sixties.
I pray God, not to save the martyrs, but to fortify them. Said by Saint Amandina of Schakkebroek during the Boxer Rebellion in China in which she and her seven fellow sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary would be martyred.
(This post is from 2012. I will be reposting it each July 9.) When July 9 rolls around each year I am always reminded of my personal belief that before our end, perhaps especially for those of us sunk deep in sin, God gives us an opportunity to atone and turn aside from […]
The greatest of acceptance speeches for president was doubtless the Cross of Gold speech delivered on July 9, 1896. Strictly speaking it was not an acceptance speech, but it might as well have been. It catapulted dark horse candidate Bryan, the youngest nominee of any major party at age 36, into the Democratic nomination […]
“That bastard brat of a Scottish peddler! His ambition, his restlessness and all his grandiose schemes come, I’m convinced, from a superabundance of secretions, which he couldn’t find enough whores to absorb!” John Adams on Alexander Hamilton One of the more brilliant of the Founding Fathers, and imagine what it meant to stand out […]
She and her fellow sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary sang the Te Deum before they were beheaded during the Boxer Rebellion on July 9, 1900.
Plenty of raccoons in Central Illinois, always very bold thieves. My daughter when she was in high school would often hear them climbing up the side of our house from her second story bedroom. She rejoiced when one of them would lose footing and careen screaming to the ground, doubtless unhurt, worse the luck. […]
Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, was an American original. An ill-educated frontiersman, Morgan was also a natural leader of men, made easier by his height, well over six-foot, and his robust sense of humor, along with his willingness to use his fists to enforce discipline if necessary. He served in the French and Indian War, […]
The grief over losing one son I found almost too much to bear. How Mary Todd Lincoln continued to function with the crosses she had to carry is beyond me.
To remain at peace it is necessary to love while suffering, and to suffer while loving. Blessed Maria Romero Meneses
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: U.S. — In the wake of sexual assault allegations being leveled at Senate nominee Graham Platner, Democrats were left wishing there had been some sort of warning sign that he was a bad person. Platner handily won the Democratic primary in Maine, with liberal voters […]
“The American commander, with a small force, and in a short space of time, has done more for the cause of Christianity than the most powerful nations of Christendom have done for ages”. The above comment of Pius VII was in regard to Commodore Edward Preble, commander of the American naval squadron that humbled the power of the Barbary […]
Importing enemies of the Faith into the West in their millions is nuts and too few people say so. This is insanity on stilts, and no Catholic is required to support this madness simply due to our last two popes having lost their senses on this issue.
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Judging from his comments, Platner knows he is done. Imagine getting into a high profile political race, while knowing this was hanging over your head. The Democrats will replace him, but after this fiasco, I think it will be a worthless nomination. Susan Collins has the essential attribute for any politician: luck.
I forgive him and want him to be in paradise with me some day. Saint Maria Goretti
