And so it begins again!

Another liturgical year is upon us. Seems like the last few months just flew by to me. Winterizing my yard, as well as doing it to about 8 others that I maintain. Anyway, we are given yet another chance to straighten out our lives, so as to get closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ. Let us hope that this time we can get it right, in order to be acceptable to God.

Isaias gets us started this year by condemning the Jewish nation, which could be all of us these days. He says: "...my people hath not known me, and my people hath not understood. Woe to this sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children. They have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards. For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad. From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein; wounds, and bruises, and swelling sores; they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil."

Our beloved Abbot Gueranger sums it up far better than I can: 'The whole world is in expectation of its Redeemer; come, dear Jesus, show Thyself to it by granting it salvation. The Church, Thy bride, is now commencing another year, and her first word is to Thee, a word which she speaks in the anxious solicitude of a mother for the safety of her children; she cries out to Thee, saying: 'Come!' No, we will go no farther in our journey through the desert of this life without Thee, O Jesus! Time is passing quickly away from us; our day is perhaps far spent, and the shades of our life's night are fast coming on; arise, O divine Sun of justice. Come! guide our steps and save us from eternal death.'

Also, remember what Our Blessed Mother said to the kids at Fatima: "Men must no longer offend our Divine Lord, Who is already offended too much", and, "Men must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins."


Come Lord Jesus!

Pray for us, Blessed Mother

Conscientious Catholic: RORATE CÆLI

I posted this last year, after I learned that Pope XII gave the United States an exemption for the Friday after Thanksgiving, allowing us to eat meat, thus, not letting turkey get nasty, and so we can keep on with Thanksgiving! At least one Pope cared about us! He was the last good one for us and the Church. Enjoy, and have a Happy Thanksgiving! CC

Conscientious Catholic: RORATE CÆLI

Conscientious Catholic: Last Sunday

Conscientious Catholic: Last Sunday
This post was first posted last year. I want to repeat it, since I can. It also will remind me what I need to do. I'd like to end with the Antiphon of the Magnificat:

'Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful; that, becoming more zealous as to the fruit of the divine work, they may receive the greater remedies of thy goodness.'

22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Today is the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost. According to Honorius of Autun, a Theologian, Philosopher, and encyclopedia writer of the 12th century, today has reference to the days of Antichrist. The Church, foreseeing the reign of the man of sin, and as though she were actually undergoing the persecution which is to surpass all others, takes her Introit of this Sunday from Psalm De profundis, from the 129th psalm.

Does anyone else think that we are in the end times as I do? Evil is everywhere, anti-Catholic thinking is everywhere, the Bilderbergers control all of the world's money, the US is tanking, and, moreover, everything seems to be in shambles. We are just ripe for the entire takeover of everything. Especially with idiots in charge.

This only makes sense, since towards the end of the liturgical year, we are to focus on the end of the world as we know it. We are to suppose to be the light of the world, not hiding under the proverbial basket. St. John Chrysostom says that the "stars shine in the night; they glitter in the dark; so far from growing dim amidst the gloom that surrounds them, they seem all the more brilliant. So will it be with thee, if thou art virtuous amidst the wicked; thy light will shine so much the more clearly." St. Augustine says: "As the stars keep on their course in the track marked out for them by God, and grow not tired of sending forth their light in the midst of darkness, neither heed they the calamities which may be happening of earth; so should do those holy ones whose conversation is truly in heaven; they should pay no more attention to what is said or done against them, than the stars do."

Therefore, in light of what is happening in the world today, no matter how difficult it is to speak the Truth, no matter the persecutions we endure in this life, we are still seeking the Kingdom of God with all of the great things attached to it!

One of the sayings that I have on my desk is this from St. Augustine:

"The True God will let not sheep be deceived that does not want to be deceived. Nor will He abandon any soul that has not first abandoned Him."

Another saying I have is this: It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds. Samuel Adams

Lord, grant us perseverence! Please?!

21st Sunday after Pentecost

Today is the 21st Sunday after Pentecost. We are encouraged to fight the good fight, and also to make good the debt we owe to our Eternal Father before our demise. If we can get to that final time, hopefully we can say, "I have fought the good fight, I have kept the Faith."

St. Paul, my patron saint when I entered into the Faith, tells us in his letter to the Ephesians, just how to fight this current and ongoing fight:

'Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of His power.Put ye on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Therefore, take unto the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace; in all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.'

We know that we will not be pushed beyond our strength. We also know, that if we know the Faith that comes to us from the Apostles, that we are stronger and can endure the harder tests.

Lord, have mercy

The Pastor's Corner: November 2011

How come we haven't heard of this miracle? It is apparent that abortionists and their supporters wouldn't want us to see this. Check out the short video under the main paragraph. Just click on 'the Pastor's Corner' below.

The Pastor's Corner: November 2011

All Souls' Day

Today we pray for all of the souls that have not met the payment of their debt, and are in purgatory. Not too many pray for them anymore, and so they are stuck. Following is a site I found, depicting what this day is about, and what to do for these souls. Pray for them! Click on the 'All Souls Day' words below, as it is a link.

All Souls' Day