Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BBufAdiXjMyWpSFy8?g_st=am
The guy in the POWER SUIT at mass every day at the MP monastery seems to be making the mistake of thinking he can be justified with God by perfect attendance at Mass.
A lot of people go thru such a phase & then they (hopefully ) eventually realize this is not going to ultimately help them be justified with God- just by perfect attendance and being exceptionally well dressed, WITHOUT a change of heart ❤️ and service to God.
And a change of heart will lead to wanting to deliver others from sin by being an evangelist of the gospel the good news of Jesus ✝️Christ. This will lead to HARDSHIP, because you will need to become an evangelist in one way or another and that usually DOESN'T mean financial success and the praise of others, especially in Silicon Valley💰.
It's about the heart ❤️ young man, not externalities. As Jesus said to the Rich Young Man "Are you willing to sell everything and follow me ⁉️". Unfortunately the rich young man walked away sadly. He wasn't willing.
-Matthew 19:21-22
Saturday, May 10, 2025
"Pope Leo XIV's oldest brother reacts to his brother being named Pope. 🙌 "He was always the holy one... We used to tease him, 'you're gonna be Pope someday.'" https://t.co/LH5yYNTt5L" / X
https://x.com/CatholicVote/status/1920693521834533024
"Pope Leo XIV's oldest brother reacts to his brother being named Pope. 🙌 "He was always the holy one... We used to tease him, 'you're gonna be Pope someday.'" https://t.co/LH5yYNTt5L" / X
Friday, May 9, 2025
"Bishop [Strickland ] removed by Pope Francis reacts live to announcement of Pope Leo XIV |"
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/glenn-beck-podcast/bishop-removed-by-pope-francis-reacts-live-to-announcement-of-leo-xiv
Will Bishop Strickland be reinstated by the new pope ?
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Fwd: a few images from the moment the pope announcement was made (white smoke !)
i took these screenshots from youtube
they blow black smoke until the decision is made, and then it turns to white.
quick decision in Rome, wow! first-ever AMERICAN POPE ! They said it would never happen
some of you Protestants and CRCers are saying "Who cares, I'm not catholic" . Well, you should care. We're all part of the same Body of Christ ! Stay informed. PRay he's a good one. The Catholic church effects EVERYBODY ! #PrayTheNews
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14194998/cardinal-new-pope/
"HISTORY has been made as the First American Pope will lead the Catholic church with outsider Robert Prevost taking up name of Leo XIV after less than 24 hours of secret voting in the Sistine Chapel.
The new Pope - known to many as "Father Bob" - stepped out onto the balcony in the Vatican to cheering crowds as he greeted them by saying "peace be with you".
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
"MAGA Catholics make $1 billion pilgrimage to Vatican to sway conclave after Trump said he'd 'like to be pope' |" Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14685977/maga-catholics-vatican-trump-pope.html
"
Trump appeared to back New York's Dolan for the role, saying: 'I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who's very good, so we'll see what happens.'
The Catholic Church has historically avoided choosing a pope from any superpower nation - including the United States - to avoid politicizing the role.
Another MAGA-friendly Catholic network known as the Napa Institute also made the pilgrimage to Rome this year, which happened to coincide with the Pope's death.."
Sunday, May 4, 2025
re "An Act of Spiritual Communion -" Holy Spirit Parish
https://holyspiritchurch.us/an-act-of-spiritual-communion/
For Protestants,
In plain English: we can talk directly to God with simple earnestness
"When we cannot attend Mass [or church, for Protestants] we can still make an Act of Spiritual Communion. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a spiritual communion is "an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Holy Sacrament and a loving embrace as though we had already received Him." One good time to make a spiritual communion is while we are adoring Our Lord ✝️ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, but we can make them at any time of the day or night, even multiple times a day..."
re "An Act of Spiritual Communion -" Holy Spirit Parish
https://holyspiritchurch.us/an-act-of-spiritual-communion/
For Protestants,
In plain English: we can talk directly to God with simple earnestness
"When we cannot attend Mass [or church, for Protestants] we can still make an Act of Spiritual Communion. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a spiritual communion is "an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Holy Sacrament and a loving embrace as though we had already received Him." One good time to make a spiritual communion is while we are adoring Our Lord ✝️ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, but we can make them at any time of the day or night, even multiple times a day..."
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
"The Maga Catholics trying to take back control of the church"
https://archive.vn/rQcA7
"
Trump himself has worked hard to align Maga with the church. In February he created a task force to "eradicate anti-Christian bias". He also appointed Brian Burch as US ambassador to the Vatican, an outspoken critic of Francis and head of a group that mobilised Catholic voters for the Republicans last year.
But if anything, the movement is broader than Trump and Vance and is the result of long-term trends in a church that is shifting right..."
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
"Bergoglio's Legacy: Pope Francis Appointed 109 of the 135 Cardinal Electors for the Next Pope – It Is Likely an Even More Radical Pope than Francis will Follow | "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/bergoglios-legacy-pope-francis-appointed-109-135-cardinal/
"
He repeatedly used his platform to push the Catholic Church further into the realm of globalist politics and social justice activism..."
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
re Pope meeting with Leonardo: Does DiCaprio have any Christian convictions at all ⁉️
Does Leonardo have any Christian convictions at all (I've never heard anything) or was this just a Hollywood photo-op for him and an opportunity to evangelize bogus climate change BS 💩⁉️👎
Monday, April 21, 2025
Rest-in-Peace , Pope Francis 🕊️, 1936-2025 ✝️🙏♥️
https://youtube.com/shorts/oVMZZuzs63Q?si=xlGcoFpxa4xxcRo5
Rest-in-Peace
Pope Francis 🕊️
1936-2025
✝️🙏♥️
Condolences ✝️♥️🙏''Pope Francis, first pontiff from the Americas, dead at 88 after respiratory crisis"
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/world-news/pope-francis-first-pontiff-from-the-americas-dead-at-88-after-respiratory-crisis/
"Pope Francis, who became the first South American and first Jesuit to ascend to the most powerful position in the Catholic Church, has died at age 88 — just one day after Easter Sunday"
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Happy ✝️ Easter . He's Arisen ☝️
The next morning 🌅
the women came to the
tomb & found it empty,
&the angel said to the women,
"Do not be afraid,
for I know that you are
looking for Jesus,
who was crucified.
He is not here;
HE HAS RISEN,
just as He said"
Matt 28:5-8
Happy😊
#Easter2025 🕊️🌅
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Watch "Heaven, How I Got Here; The Story of the Thief on the Cross" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/QeSPL5iaorU?si=cDLIXg7b8GydAoD_
Excellent little skit by
Stephen Baldwin about the
thief on the cross.
#GoodFriday
#Easter
#JesusSaves ✝️🙏☝️
Friday, April 18, 2025
Good Friday 4.18.25
Is 53: "He has borne our griefs & carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, & afflicted.
He was pierced for our transgressions;
crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, & with His wounds WE ARE HEALED"
#GoodFriday
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
"Did Obama officials force Pope Benedict's resignation? Open letter calls for Trump investigation - "LifeSite
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/did-obama-officials-force-pope-benedicts-resignation-open-letter-calls-for-trump-investigation/?utm_source=featured-news&utm_campaign=usa
"
International monetary transactions with the Vatican were suspended during the last few days prior to the resignation of Pope Benedict. Were any U.S. Government agencies involved in this?
Why were international monetary transactions resumed on February 12, 2013, the day after Benedict XVI announced his resignation? Was this pure coincidence? "
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Now deceased "Retired New Orleans priest gets life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape | New Orleans clergy abuse | "
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/new-orleans-catholic-priest-sentenced-lawrence-hecker
"
Hecker initially denied those accusations. But in 1999, he did admit in writing to Catholic church leaders in New Orleans that he had molested or sexually harassed several other children whom he met through his ministry.
New Orleans's Catholic archdiocese nonetheless allowed Hecker to return to work before he retired a few years later..."
Saturday, February 15, 2025
"Priests face trial over pro-life rescue at New Jersey abortion business"
https://www.liveaction.org/news/priests-face-trial-pro-life-new-jersey/
"Just weeks after being pardoned by President Trump for convictions of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act for pro-life rescue work, Father Fidelis Moscinski, Will Goodman, Father Dave Nix, and an anonymous fourth pro-lifer are preparing for another trial regarding their pro-life activism..."
Thursday, February 6, 2025
"Pope Francis Condemns the “Murderous Practice of Abortion” - LifeNews.com
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/04/pope-francis-condemns-the-murderous-practice-of-abortion/
"At the first International Summit on Children's Rights in Rome Feb. 3, Pope Francis decried abortion, child trafficking, and child labor, telling those present: "Nothing is worth more than the life of a child."
Friday, January 31, 2025
" 💰2.9 BILLION💰 Reasons Catholic Bishops Loved Biden But Hate Trump
https://www.complicitclergy.com/2025/01/24/bought-and-paid-for-2-9-billion-reasons-bishops-hate-trump-but-loved-biden/
"
People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case, its worth BILLIONS. The Biden administration granted Catholic NGOs nearly $2.9 billion in immigration-related funding over the past four years. That's more than TRIPLE the level of funding under Trump's first administration and nearly DOUBLE the amount awarded under the Obama administration over the course of EIGHT YEARS!"
Sunday, January 26, 2025
"Can Joe Biden Be Excommunicated From the Catholic Church for Joining a Freemason Lodge on His Last Day in Office? | "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/can-joe-biden-be-excommunicated-catholic-church-joining/
"Cafeteria Catholic Biden joined a historically black Freemason lodge just one day before he left the presidency..."
Friday, January 24, 2025
google: Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY)
"Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY) is a Catholic medical system that uses natural methods to treat women's reproductive health. It's a pro-life alternative to in vitro fertilization (IVF). "
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Really? ,"Vatican on the Brink of Bankruptcy Due to Dramatic Decline in Global Donations Under Pope Francis' Leadership: "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/vatican-brink-bankruptcy-due-dramatic-decline-global-donations/
"
The pontiff's controversial stance on issues like climate change, immigration, transgender agenda, and the redefinition of family values has alienated many devout Catholics...'
Monday, December 16, 2024
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Some Catholic priests have a HIDDEN AGENDA when they say
Some Catholic priests
have a HIDDEN AGENDA
when they say
"pray for the
unemployed or
underemployed ".
Can you figure out
what it is ?
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Saturday, November 23, 2024
"Report Recognizes 10 Persecuted Catholic Bishops in China - "
https://www.persecution.org/2024/11/22/report-recognizes-10-persecuted-catholic-bishops-in-china/
"Chinese government continues to target Vatican-approved bishops who resist Communist Party control. The 10 bishops identified in the report have faced detention, surveillance, and other forms of repression, including indefinite imprisonment without due process, forced disappearances, and reeducation. The bishops are primarily opposed to joining the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), which requires its members to pledge independence from the Holy See. ..''
Friday, November 22, 2024
Biden is SO. GROSS.👎😡☠️"Catholic Group Wants Biden Excommunicated After He Honors Abortion Biz CEO"
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/11/21/catholic-group-calls-wants-joe-biden-excommunicated-after-he-honors-abortion-biz-ceo/
"As LifeNews reported, in a secret ceremony, Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, the former head of the nation's biggest abortion business. As C. J. Doyle, of the Catholic Action League notes, that means Biden is such a pro-abortion extremist he literally honored someone whose job was to oversee killing babies.."
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
"3 things Catholics should remember about baptism -" U.S. Catholic
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202211/3-things-catholics-should-remember-about-baptism/
"In baptism, we share in the death and resurrection of Jesus. We recall this reality when we pray the mystery of faith at Mass. Baptism is the entry point of our participation in the paschal mystery..."
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
"Kenya: Archbishop of Nairobi - 'We Will Return the Donations to the President' -'' allAfrica.com
https://allafrica.com/stories/202411190495.html
"
In line with the recent stance of the Kenya Bishops' Conference (KCCB) against the President's policies (see Fides, 15/11/2024), Bishop Anyolo decided yesterday, November 19, to reject these donations, arguing that the Catholic Church is bound by principles set out in the Public Fundraising Appeals Bill 2024, which prohibits donations that could cross the line between politics and religion. The law prohibits any acceptance of donations from politicians to ensure that churches remain free from political influence..."
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
"In an Open Letter, Archbishop Viganò Strongly Urges Catholics to Vote for President Trump |"
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/open-letter-archbishop-vigano-strongly-urges-catholics-vote/
" In an Open Letter, Archbishop Viganò Strongly Urges Catholics to VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
by Jerome Corsi "
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Good job 👍 "Pro-Life Advocates Rally Against Gretchen Whitmer After She Mocked Christians " - LifeNews.com
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/10/15/pro-life-advocates-rally-against-gretchen-whitmer-after-she-mocked-christians/
Good job 👍
"About 100 people braved rainy conditions on Sunday to participate in a massive Rosary rally outside of the home of Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer."
Thursday, October 17, 2024
"Vatican sent children born out of wedlock to America as orphans for adoption | " 60 Minutes - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/vatican-sent-italian-children-born-out-of-wedlock-to-america-as-orphans-60-minutes-transcript/
"From 1950 to 1970, the Vatican sent 3,500 Italian children to America on something called an orphan visa. The trouble was most were not orphans. Like their Belgian counterparts, they too were the children of unwed mothers. Many mothers later went searching for their children, only to discover they had been sent across an ocean ..."
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Despicable Xi Jinping 😡👎"China removes church crosses and replaces Christ’s images with Xi Jinping’s - "
https://gatewayhispanic.com/2024/10/china-removes-church-crosses-and-replaces-christs-images-with-xi-jinpings/
"
According to the report, Chinese authorities have ordered the removal of crosses from churches and replaced images of Christ and the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping. They have also censored religious texts, forced clergy members to preach CCP ideology, and mandated that slogans promoting the Party be displayed in churches .."
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Re St Ignatius San Francisco
https://goo.gl/maps/G7ttymqh3TiBNpNB6
I came in for daily Mass recently & also used the restroom. Upon entering the restroom suddenly a Latino person followed me in. It made me feel uncomfortable so I quickly returned to mass. Later I saw him using a key 🗝️ on a church door. Not surprising, He's an employee of some sort. We all know who's really in charge at almost everywhere in CA.
Turns out he had presumably followed me into the restroom - treating me as a
" suspicious person" ( ie he assumed wrongly I was just another homeless person trying to use the restroom. Fact is I grew up here but am now just visiting for a few days. Not homeless 🚫).
But here's the thing: the next day I came back to daily Mass & the restroom was locked, so me & one other person couldn't use it, despite the sign saying "This area to remain open when..." mass is in session (inferred) . I suspect this same employee intentionally locked 🔒 the restroom because of me. Shame on you.
Church administration please take notice of this. DON'T allow the church maintenance workers to LOCK US OUT 🚫👎
Monday, September 16, 2024
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Re St Ignatius Church, San Francisco
https://maps.app.goo.gl/a5naV4bvsS4RLgBt7
I am wondering if they should discontinue asking the people "What else should we pray for?" at daily Mass given it seems like the radical lefties have discovered it's their opportunity to POLITICIZE to everybody. For example, recently a guy said "Pray for the Haitians to not be persecuted" .
This is shortly after the national media controversy about Haitian immigrants allegedly eating people's pets in a small town in Ohio ( as well as local ducks & Canadian geese) . The lefties want to say this is a myth but it doesn't take much research to find out there's some actual truth to it.
For a lefty parishioner to make this into a prayer request is political propaganda. What about the people who are losing their pets? And seeing their way of life being degraded by excessive uncontrolled immigration not out of actual concern for immigrants but with hopes of skewing the election⁉️
Furthermore, in general the Bible promotes obeying the laws & local authority & we should be helping the Haitians become properly integrated into American society by learning American customs & laws, not by excusing their irregular behavior & marginalizing the people who live here. Shame on this parishioner for using prayer time for his lefty political agenda. 👎☹️
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
Re Corpus Christi monastery
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FT1CSh2BsPWPbiqg7
The heavyweight has a new tactic: he comes in at the very last moment. But I still leave when he comes in. There's something UNNATURAL about him. Something OFF. I would actually like to see a rule made that people CAN'T attend Mass every single day. Because for some HABITUAL ATTENDEES it's no longer a HEART ❤️ habit. it's a ritual : nothing is changing in the person.
They're just GOING THRU THE MOTIONS and the mass lacks meaning (for them) (& drives some others away, like me). It's too legalistic which is a major turnoff to me. I come to mass for a genuine authentic experience, not a ritual. Nor a perfect attendance certificate.
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It's good but there's one "heavyweight" wearing a full suit (the same suit) and always arrives late and never takes the Eucharist/host/communion. He clearly has an agenda but is it in accord with the communion and body of Christ⁉️How long do you give a perpetual visitor/observer to "come around" ⁉️Is he trying to dominate us? Assert superiority?
I'm wondering if he comes from a different religion and is just using the monastery for self -serving purposes? Anyways, when he comes in, I go out. I'll be back in a year to see if he's still doing his daily ritual at the monastery.
And there's nothing anybody can do: he's perfect, at least on the outside. makes no noise, seems to be kneeling in prayer etc. But what about inside? What will Jesus say ⁉️ what about Pride ? What about Evangelism outside the church walls? What about legalistic Ritualism ? What about a " White Washed Wall" ?
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Sunday, August 18, 2024
✝️💜🙏"Nigeria: Muslims murder 50 people in jihad raid on village, storm Catholic church during mass and murder 20 more"
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/08/nigeria-muslims-murder-50-people-in-jihad-raid-on-village-storm-catholic-church-during-mass-and-murder-20-more
"I counted up to 15 gunmen shooting indiscriminately into huts and at people running for their lives. They shot point-blank at anyone they saw, ensuring those shots were killed with a bullet to the head."
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Elizabeth Ann Seton church, Irvine CA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VRvR7jWwpSGq7Jdv8
Just thought maybe the administrator could ASK the ubiquitous Latinos with their gas-powered leaf blowers to do their incessant 🌿 blowing at ANY TIME on Any Weekday EXCEPT at the exact time people are arriving for mass ( & leaving) (ie 8-9 am). I tried to nicely ask the fellow and as soon as he realized what I was asking, he put his earbuds back in and ignored me as just another "intolerant el stupido gringo white guy."
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Sicko 👎😡"A priest sues Grindr after he was outed, his lawsuit says"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-BB1qK9jH
"Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill
After all, Burrill's position as the top administrator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) required him to take a vow of celibacy, and Catholic teaching opposes sexual activity outside heterosexual marriage."
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Friday, July 5, 2024
"Jerome Corsi on Theories Surrounding Archbishop Viganò’s Excommunication | "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/jerome-corsi-theories-surrounding-archbishop-viganos-excommunication/
"Archbishop Viganò statement made clear his conviction that Vatican II and Bergolio are the forces of the "Deep Church," intentionally causing a schism in the Catholic Church by implementing the agenda of the globalist elite. In "J'Accuse," Archbishop Viganò wrote: ."
Monday, July 1, 2024
"Cardinal Burke Condemns Joe Biden’s Reception of Holy Communion, Calls it a ‘Sacrilege’ "
"Burke shared, "There has to be a deepening of faith, and that's what's lost for instance, that we have people like President Biden, who claims to be a devout Catholic, and yet is in favor of aborting babies even in the birth canal. Or is in favor of this whole transgender agenda, which is a complete rebellion against God's plan for us."
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Saturday, June 8, 2024
"1500+ Catholics call on Notre Dame to rescind award given to pro-abortion Joe Biden"
Time after time
Notre Dame
( administration ) has
proven itself to be
Catholic In Name Only (CINO) 😡👎
"1500+ Catholics call on
Notre Dame to rescind
award given to
pro-abortion Joe Biden"
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Monday, May 27, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024
Catholic in Name Only👎 "Rabidly Pro-Abortion Nun Will Give Commencement Speech at This Catholic University - "
Seems like there should be a law against calling yourself Catholic if you violate the most basic fundamental tenets of the religion. Just like there's a law against calling yourself a veteran if you're not: it's called "stolen valor."
Catholic in Name Only
"Rabidly Pro-Abortion Nun
Will Give Commencement Speech at This Catholic University - "
SHAME on Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS & Sacred Heart University
Biden is as Catholic as Hitler was a Christian 🚫👎" Bishop Slams Biden for Making Sign of Cross at Abortion Rally - "
Biden is as Catholic
as Hitler was a Christian 🚫👎
"To use the sign of the Cross as Biden did, however, is to invoke the Cross in a SACRILEGIOUS manner," Paprocki pointed out. "I fully support Bishop Munilla and agree with what he said."
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
"5-alarm fire engulfs Brooklyn Catholic church on Easter Sunday: FDNY - Gothamist"
Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii at 225 Seigel St.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
The “Is this what you mean?” campaign
"The "Is this what you mean?" campaign relies on the words of abortionists themselves, obtained from medical textbooks and court testimony by practicing abortionists. The goal of this project is to reveal the nature of the abortion procedure to the pubic and challenge public officials, candidates, and others who support the legality of abortion to admit what abortion is..."
Friday, March 8, 2024
Correction: Memorial Church at Stanford
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yx7rMo7iHfxrvyaSA
I attend the Catholic mass every Sunday which is usually decent. The one thing I don't like is when they do the "peace" thing- and everybody is supposed to say hello to one another. The problem is when opportunistic attendees use it for "othering" people (ie marginalizing). Most people come to church with their loved ones whom they are with all the time.
Which makes it strange to me that when they do the peace, the 1st person(s) they turn to are the people they live with and love & see every day. Then they turn to others and give a little nod or wave. Or sometimes not even that.
Since I come alone, it's awkward waiting for a nod of approval from some family after they remind one another how much they love each other and then turn to others. I don't like being "othered". So now I just kneel and pray during "the peace" and talk to my best friend, God .
This is the way it is that almost every Catholic Church by the way not just at the Stanford Memorial Catholic Church Catholic service. And it is something of a problem for the Catholic Church they have not yet addressed, although some Catholic churches skip over the " passing of the peace" which I think is a good idea, because it's too often used wrongly for self-serving reasons rather than making everybody feel included.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Robert Barron is not a robber baron😆 👍"Catholic Bishop ✝️Prays Outside Planned Parenthood to Save Babies From Abortion "
"Bishop Barron prayed in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion business to save babies from abortion. He posted pictures today and encouraged pro-life Americans who are also fighting for life..."
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Saturday, February 10, 2024
This was the father of one of the Stanford Catholic priests "Cookie Lavagetto "- Wikipedia
"Lavagetto is best-known for his performance in game four of the 1947 World Series, when he drove home the winning run with a double while New York Yankees pitcher Bill Bevens was one out away from throwing what would have been the first no-hitter in World Series history.[2]..."
Thursday, February 8, 2024
I remember him from St Ann L.A., RIP 🙏✝️💜"Father Hugh Crowe" 2015
He was always friendly and kind at 8am daily mass at this small church near Dodgers ⚾ Stadium 🏟️.
I didn't know he was from UK.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
I know him from St Basil "Finding inner peace, strength, and a unique ministry: Rev. Francis J. Hicks ’63 leaves career, alcohol behind "– PC News
I know him from St Basil "Finding inner peace, strength, and a unique ministry: Rev. Francis J. Hicks '63 leaves career, alcohol behind "– PC News
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
"Retired Catholic priest, his sister among 4 killed in Florida shooting that injured 2 officers "
"Palm Bay Police said the suspect, Brandon Kapas, 24, shot his grandfather to death. While responding to the scene, officers also located the bodies of Father Bob and his sister..."
Saturday, January 20, 2024
👍✝️💜"Catholic Bishop Joseph Strickland Will Receive National Pro-Life Award -" LifeNews.com
"Strickland is the Catholic bishop who lost his diocese when after Pope Francis removed him in a controversial decision. One of the most popular Catholic bishops in America, who is also one of the most outspokenly pro-life bishops,
Catholic bishop who called Joe Biden a "fake Catholic" for supporting abortion and who denied communion to Nancy Pelosi for endorsing abortion will receive an award from a national pro-life group..."
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
👍"Judge rules against pro-choice Notre Dame professor who filed lawsuit against conservative student paper"
Um. If you're going to sue
somebody for defamation
make sure
what they said is false.
"Judge rules against pro-choice Notre Dame professor who filed lawsuit against conservative student paper...St. Joseph County Judge Steven David ruled against Kay on Monday and wrote that the alleged defamatory statements were in fact true and not made with actual malice and did not contain "a defamatory inference,"
Friday, December 1, 2023
Memo to the Vatican: You're a Pope, Franny, NOT a king. NOT a totalitarian dictator. 👎😡
Memo to the Vatican:
You're a Pope, Franny,
NOT a king.
NOT a totalitarian
dictator. 👎😡
Pope Francis vs
conservative
American Catholics
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Pope removed American bishop for being TOO GOOD⁉️
Pope removed American
bishop for being TOO GOOD⁉️
"Strickland's more public positions on moral and doctrinal issues include urging Francis to deny Holy Communion to former U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over her support of legal abortion, accusing the pope of a "program of undermining the Deposit of Faith," and condemning the prominent pro-LGBT "blasphemy" of Father James Martin, S..."
Sunday, October 29, 2023
That we may be Partakers of the DIVINE NATURE,
"By which have been
given to us Exceedingly
great & Precious Promises,
that thru these we
may be Partakers of the
DIVINE NATURE,
having escaped the
corruption that
is in the World 🌎 .."
-2 Peter 1:4
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Bearing with one another, & Forgiving one another,
Bearing with one another,
& Forgiving one another,
if anyone has a complaint
against another;
even as Christ Forgave you,
so you Also Must Do.
-Colossians 3:13
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Arrogance at St. Thomas Aquinas Church ,Palo Alto 👎
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gsh8NqYCDGN3iPTQ9
It's 10/22/23 & the priest still wears a mask ⁉️ that's too superstitious for me. Then the Asian- American guy comes down in the middle of homily counting HOW MANY BODIES are in the pew, pausing deliberately & arrogantly with his little pencil and paper 📜. He could easily count every single person just standing from the back. & He looks like a supremacist .
Now the priest is making a political homily saying a country shouldn't try to have revenge against their enemies . Obvious anti-israel message. Self-defense is NOT revenge.
Unfortunately the far- lefty or just simply low-information congregation sits there passively as I walk out shaking my head. This church seems to have gone ROGUE- maybe the diocese Bishop needs to step in and take a look. Shake things up a little bit. It's bad. Really bad 👎.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
👍✝️"Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa offers himself to Hamas in swap for child hostages''
👍✝️"Cardinal Pierbattista
Pizzaballa, 58, representing
Pope Francis offers
himself to Hamas
in swap for child hostages''
https://nypost.com/2023/10/16/cardinal-offers-himself-to-hamas-in-swap-for-child-hostages/
Friday, October 13, 2023
Peace🕊️ I leave with you, My ✝️ PEACE I give to you; NOT as the world 🌎gives.
Peace🕊️ I leave with you,
My ✝️ PEACE I give to you;
NOT as the world 🌎gives.
Let not your heart ❤️
be troubled,
Nor afraid.
-John 14:27
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park CA
Church of the Nativity
(650) 323-7914
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UJ8oRJc1V9p7TjCB9
(650) 323-7914
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UJ8oRJc1V9p7TjCB9
Good but like most Catholic churches, there's always a few "stiff corpses" sitting on the same seat every single day, day after day, year after year, never allowing a fresh influx of the Spirit to flow 🕊️. The resident corpse here sits in the back of course so he can see everybody and everything and seems to have a sense of superiority. Such that I won't go in if he's there 👎. And there's nothing anybody can do: he's perfect, at least on the outside. He arrives in time, makes no noise, does all the appropriate body motions etc. But what about inside? What will Jesus say ⁉️ what about pride ? What about evangelism outside the church walls? What about legalistic ritualism ? What about a " white washed wall" ?
Monday, October 9, 2023
Prayers4 🙏✝️"Nicaragua’s Anti-Christian Ortega Regime Sentenced Faithful Bishop Rolando ÁlvarezTo 26 Years Behind Bars"
Prayers4 🙏✝️"Nicaragua's Anti-Christian Ortega Regime Sentenced Faithful Bishop Rolando ÁlvarezTo 26 Years Behind Bars"
Sunday, October 1, 2023
By this All will Know that you are My followers:
By this All will Know
that you are My followers:
if you Love (agape)
One Another.
.. -John 13:35
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
with All your heart, 💜
You shall LOVE 💜
the Lord
your God
with All your heart,
with ALL your soul,
with All your strength,
& with All your mind,'
& 'your neighbor as yourself.' "
-Luke 10:27
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Friday, August 11, 2023
JESUS said unto them:
JESUS said unto them:
'Whosoever will come
after Me,
let him deny himself,
& take up his cross,
& follow Me.
- Mark 8:34
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
MTG: " his disgusting and corrupt friends have made him rich with the donations from ordinary churchgoing Catholics,” Greene wrote.
"I refuse to use kinder, gentler language as Bill Donohue might prefer when I talk about his disgusting and corrupt friends, who have made him rich with the donations from ordinary churchgoing Catholics," Greene wrote.
Monday, July 24, 2023
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Saint Augustin's Catholic Church, Des Moines Iowa 6/7/23
Saint Augustin's Catholic Church
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fqgu8zv8bGfMdoANA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fqgu8zv8bGfMdoANA
6/7/23 So I had never been here before and I pulled in for the 8 a.m mass. I went to the big parking lot and there were no cars at 750 , only another omnipresent obsessive compulsive lawnmower service who stared at me like I was an ET Martian (undoubtedly having noticed my CA plate). (but born in Iowa).
I was wondering did I get the time wrong? so I pulled around to the front oval where there were a few cars & some people going in, & parked behind a car & left my car running ( because sometimes it has trouble restarting if I'm starting and stopping too much) - I just wanted to make sure I'd be there for a while before I turned my car off)
A few seconds later a lady stepped out of the car in front of me- she was dark-haired kind of a mid-eastern complexion - and stared at me suspiciously, a white Iowa- born boy with Dutch heritage.
Not only did she stare at me suspiciously, I realized a few minutes later that she was HIDING behind her car SPYING on me . It was now around 8:01 am and it was looking like this mass is a little bit too small for my comfort.
I've been a visitor at small chapel -style masses before and when you're not part of the neighborhood you feel too conspicuous, like a stranger sitting in somebody's family room . So I decided to keep going on since I was passing through to Iowa City.
So I started pulling out and the mid-eastern lady jumped out from behind her car and was either taking a picture of me or writing down my license plate or both. It was very disturbing. I tried to smile and wave but she had already made a negative judgment about me .
There would be no convincing her of anything otherwise. So I just kept driving and I hope somebody reads this maybe this lady herself.
This is not how you treat people in America. Especially at church. And when you come to church you DON'T want to be treated suspiciously. Church is about the LOVE of Christ.❤️✝️🙏🙂
Not negative suspicion
SHAME ON YOU LADY 👎😡
John Evangelist
BA BA M.Div
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Monday, June 5, 2023
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Saturday, May 27, 2023
"Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles blasts Dodgers for honoring group that mocks nuns
"archdiocese said that the decision to reinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence "mocks the Catholic faith and makes light of the sincere and holy vocations" of Catholic nuns and "has caused disappointment, concern, anger, and dismay from our Catholic community."
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
This is a gigantic FU SLAP IN THE FACE by Dodgers to the mostly Latino Catholic
This is a gigantic FU SLAP IN THE FACE by dodgers to the mostly Latino Catholic faithful dodger fans
"LA Dodgers Apologize, & Re-invite Anti-Catholic Hate Group to LGBT Bash "
Friday, May 19, 2023
St. Thomas Aquinas Church Palo Alto CA
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
(650) 494-2496
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aGXrEv1C7moEZqB68
(650) 494-2496
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aGXrEv1C7moEZqB68
Sometimes the priest is a little late for daily mass at 12:15 and sometimes he's so slow and deliberate in reading the words it almost gets to the level of being retarded . Please increase the tempo . It should be more like a pep talk than a funeral .
Also, unless you're a good singer, the priest shouldn't try to sing those parts of the Gospel that the congregation is supposed to mimic in response leading from an off-tune priest to an off-tune congregation and it's just awkward, and almost like somebody scratching their nails on a chalkboard.
As far as I know it's not a rule that the priest has to sing those parts. I've been to many Catholic churches where they just say it in normal speaking tone ,& the congregation responds in a normal speaking tone.
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