Dan 2:31-45 King Nebuchadnezzar's dream reminds us to take our time, to build slowly, little by little each day, to reach our goal. And half of the way through, we don't worry if we find it's not fast or effective enough. We continue to move forward one day at a time, one step at a time. Lk 21:5-11 "While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus says, “All that you see here—the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.'" Of course, we saw the destruction of the Temple in 60 AD. But here Jesus goes beyond the earthly sense. What is earthly will pass away, what is of God remains: Love, peace, joy, life. Let us live in this moment and not in the past nor the future, nor for what will be destroyed anyway. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
They only wanted relief. Pregnant women everywhere were searching for a medicine gentle enough to calm their nausea… something to help them rest in a world that never stopped moving. Then came the “miracle”: Thalidomide. A white, elegant pill. Prescribed freely. Marketed boldly. Sold without hesitation. Doctors were told it was perfectly safe. So safe, they claimed, “even children can take it.” No one mentioned that it had never been properly tested. No one questioned the confidence of the smiling pharmaceutical ads. And so the dream began… A woman in London finally sleeps after nights of vomiting. Another in Munich feels peace for the first time in months. Thousands of pregnant women worldwide swallow the little white pill— unaware that something unthinkable is unfolding inside them. Then the due dates came. But instead of the first cry of life… there was silence. A baby born without arms. Another without legs. A tiny girl with fingers like unfinished buds. Dozens. Hundreds. Thousands. …More
Since 1 September 2025, the Greek Catholic Church in Hungary has omitted the 'Filioque' from the Creed during the Divine Liturgy. This decision to abandon a Catholic tenet in order to appease the schismatic Orthodox was announced on Hd.gorogkatolikus.hu. The article argues that, in recent decades, Pope John Paul II prayed with Orthodox patriarchs, omitting the 'Filioque'. It claims that this change is not an innovation, but a return to a text prayed by ancestors. The current version states that the "Holy Spirit [...] proceeds from the Father", which can easily be misunderstood. According to the Western tradition, the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father and the Son". The Eastern fathers said, what is also legitimately formulated, that he proceeds "from the Father through the Son". However, the Holy Spirit does not proceed from the Father alone. #newsBihsfdbpvh
Father Sean Kopczynki has a wonderful sermon on the Marriage of Cana and how Mary's intercessory role began Her Divine Son's active public ministry! Mary is truly the "Sphere of God's Omnipotence" and She was created to be just that!
[Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort – XVII-XVIII Century AD; Montfort-sur-Meu, France/Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France; Total consecration to Jesus through Mary] “Introduction 1. Here is a secret, chosen soul, which the most High God taught me and which I have not found in any book, ancient or modern. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, I am confiding it to you, with these conditions: a) That you share it only with people who deserve to know it because they are prayerful, give alms to the poor, do penance, suffer persecution, are unworldly, and work seriously for the salvation of souls. b) That you use this secret to become holy and worthy of heaven, for the more you make use of it the more benefit you will derive from it. Under no circumstances must you let this secret make you idle and inactive. It would then become harmful and lead to your ruin. c) That you thank God every day of your life for the grace he has given you in letting you into a secret that you do not deserve to know. As …More
"2. Before you read any further, in an understandable impatience to learn this truth, kneel down and say devoutly the Ave Maris Stella (“Hail, thou star of ocean”), and the “Come, Holy Spirit”, to ask God to help you understand and appreciate this secret given by him."
On 8 November, as part of the celebrations of the 75th birthday of Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, Slovakia, the Portuguese priest and DJ Padre Guilherme performed an electronic music set outside St Elisabeth's Cathedral in Košice. The event featured lasers, club-style lighting and other party effects. A video of Pope Leo XIV giving a blessing was projected onto the cathedral walls.
Leo looked like he learned a lesson by finally saying "No Comment" to reporters questions on secular issues. He NOW needs to start declining invitations to scandalous events whether it be "climate change" conferences, ecumenical "prayer services", youth Zoom appearances, celebrity PR meetings, laser shows, dinners with trans activists, receiving wicked politicians, etc. Of course, it seems to me, this is exactly what Leo thinks the job of Pope entails!
This short video is when Putin and Bush met in Washington I think during his first term. Putin will read from declassified documents which was marked top secret. I could barely listen while Bush laughed that evil laugh.
Pope Leo XIV has issued a new Apostolic Letter titled In unitate fidei (“In the Unity of Faith”), calling Christians to renewed "dialogue" and "unity". Released on Sunday to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the document contains the usual word salad about "shared foundations" of the Christian faith. Next Friday, Leo XIV and the controversial Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Nicaea, near today’s Iznik in Turkey. Credo in pluralitatem Ecclesiarum In the new letter, Leo XIV writes that Christian unity is not about “returning” to the past, but about “an ecumenism that looks to the future, that seeks reconciliation through dialogue.” He even speaks - contrary to the Faith in the ONE Church founded by Christ - of a “current status quo of the diversity of Churches and ecclesial communities.” Leo XIV continues: “We must therefore leave behind theological controversies that have lost their raison d’être in order to develop a common understanding and, even …More
en-denzingerbergoglio.com/who-judges- … Proof of the filioque: The Son proceeds from the Father as His Word, and the Holy Ghost as Love: love must proceed from a word, for we do not love anything unless we apprehend it by a mental conception Now there cannot be in God any relations opposed to each other, except relations of origin, as proved above (q.28, a.44). And opposite relations of origin are to be understood as of a ‘principle’ and of what is ‘from the principle.’ Therefore we must conclude that it is necessary to say that either the Son is from the Holy Ghost; which no one says; or that the Holy Ghost is from the Son, as we confess. Furthermore, the order of the procession of each one agrees with this conclusion. For it was said above (a.27, a.2,4; q.28, a.4), that the Son proceeds by the way of the intellect as Word, and the Holy Ghost by way of the will as Love. Now love must proceed from a word. For we do not love anything unless we apprehend it by a mental conception. …More