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  1 Timothy 1:19 Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked. Somewhere in the Vatican an apple has been offered. The promise, by accepting the apple, is to allow the October synod to be as God is. That is, to undermine nearly 2,000 years of Christ’s Deposit of Faith. I never thought I’d see such boldness by the leaders of the Church. We are witnessing a repeat of the events in the Garden of Eden.  We, my faithful friends, are in turbulent times. At a time where the world has gone mad, it appears Holy Mother Church is being attacked from within. When the Vatican is more focused on polygamy (allowing communion to divorced couples), blessings of same-sex unions and other sinful ways, while disregarding 1,990 years of Christ’s teachings, it creates the adversity we are now in. The Deposit of Faith is the truth of God's Revelation as expressed in  Sacred Script

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  Matthew 12:24 “You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness  of  the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 23:33 “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment  of  Gehenna?” The 2nd. annual conference for the Coalition of Canceled Priests was held the last weekend in June, 2023. The  riveting keynote  was delivered by Father James Altman: a holy and wise man. Unfortunately he is sidelined. If you aren’t familiar with Father Altman, or some of the other clergy of the coalition, you should understand that they are sidelined by taking up their crosses and speaking out FOR the Word of God. (If not familiar with Father Altman in particular, he gave a speech, in November 2020, that  You can’t be both a Catholic and Democrat .) Recently, Father Gerald Murray of EWTN and the co-author of “ Calming the Storm ”, visited our parish and spent a good deal of time speaking about the Synod of Synodality. If you’ve read the book and/or

  Proverbs 3:1-7 My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying. Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation. Trust in the Lord with all your heart;  do not depend on your own understanding . Seek his will in all you do , and he will show you which path to take. Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom . Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.  ( my emphasis ) My wife and I meet Catholic friends of ours for breakfast each week. The gentleman, Bill, and I discuss many things, but primarily the current state of Mother Church. When breakfast is finished, and we say our goodbyes… jokingly admit that we have failed, once again, to save the world and the Church. Then I come home. There is little doubt that our belo

  Genesis 19:23-26 Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon. Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt. Like many wholesome Catholics, I have been confounded by the actions of Pope Francis. Each day I cautiously open my laptop to see what is new in today’s Catholic world. (Politics is of no consequence to me because I feel, as I wrote in my last blog post, politics is not going to clean our mess… we must, somehow, get God back into the public arena. Only God can help us.) The latest bad news was reported in  The National Catholic Register  on July 1.  Pope Francis, on July 1, appointed Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández to head the Vatican's doctrinal office, tasking his longtime fe

 What is love and how do we know if we love?  Love is a word that is often used and for just about everything. We know that God is love, and that we can love each other. Our Lord also told us to "love our enemies." I have often said that love is a choice, but as a mom I know that the love I have for my kids has been there since before they were born. I remember looking at them and thinking "there you are" as if they had been there all along.  As parents we also love our kids unconditionally, and we all believe that is how God loves us too. Unconditional love is that love we have no matter what the person has done. This is NOT acceptance of sinful behavior, and not a golden ticket to heaven just because, but the love of the good, or potential good of the person and what God has Willed for them.  So, without getting to complex I just want to look at God's Word to get our understanding of love. And then we can decide what love truly is! What I am quoting below is f