Never Forget God During Life's Trials The gospel reading emphasizes God’s care for us, highlighting that we are of greater value than sparrows. The true question is not whether God remembers us, but whether we remember Him, especially during difficult times. We should strive to acknowledge and glorify God in all circumstances, recognizing His will and trusting in His providence. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s homilies and talks on: catholicparents.org: Daily Homilies | Catholic Parents Online Rumble: rumble.com/user/CatholicParentsOnLine Twitter: Catholic Parents Online (@CatholicPa42753) on X For access to a library of talks by Fr. Robert Altier, go to: podia.com To order Fr. Altier's book, God's Plan for Your Marriage, go to the website: God's Plan For Your Marriage Book – God's Plan … An Exploration of Holy Matrimony from Genesis to the Wedding of the Lamb by Father Robert Altier.
The Antilles Episcopal Conference published a Pastoral Letter on Sexual and Gender Identity on 26 July (full text below). Main quotes. - We must resist narratives that suggest the human person is a self-made project, detached from biological reality or moral order. - The human body is not an accessory to identity. - The confusion of our times - driven by ideologies that detach the body from identity, treat desire as destiny, and blur sexual difference - compels us to offer the light of the Gospel and the wisdom of Christian anthropology. - The body is not a barrier to identity but a revelation of it. It is through our male or female embodiment that our unique personhood and our capacity for relationship are revealed. - It is a scientific fact, not a social construct, that human beings are sexually dimorphic. - Sex, then, is not arbitrarily 'assigned' at birth; it is determined at conception through the presence or absence of the SRY gene. If activated, the gene initiates the development …More
Spanischer Premier Sánchez greift Giorgia Meloni wegen Wiedereinführung von Grenzkontrollen an "Der spanische Premierminister Pedro Sánchez hat die Reaktion europäischer Kollegen auf den Ansturm von Zehntausenden Migranten aus Marokko an die spanische Grenze scharf kritisiert und dabei offenbar insbesondere die italienische Premierministerin Giorgia Meloni angegriffen, die nach dem Vorfall europäische Grenzkontrollen wieder eingeführt hat. (...) „Im gegenwärtigen internationalen Kontext kann sich die Europäische Union diese Art von egoistischer, polarisierender und rechtswidriger Reaktion nicht leisten“, schrieb Sánchez in einem Brief, der der Nachrichtenagentur Agence France-Presse (AFP) vorliegt. (...) Sánchez forderte in dem Brief, der an EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen, den Präsidenten des Europäischen Rates António Costa und den irischen Premierminister Micheál Martin gerichtet war, zudem ein formelles Treffen der Innenminister aller 27 EU-Staaten. (...) „Die …More
Geopolitical analyst Ben Norton discusses Trump and Israel's preparations for a massive strike on Iran and breaks down why the US is choosing escalation now despite retreating on multiple fronts in the war. Oil Reserves (with diagram as seen below) Iran, trump, Israel and so on. A post with Scott Ritter warning us about the same things are confirmed. As well as warned by Larry Johnson, Col Macgregor and many others. Also our depleted stock piles and how it will take 3 + years to replenish and so on. Also how the strikes in Gaza against the children and women are continuing. Once the oil gets to a certain level the tank will be destroyed. The oil will be filled with salt and other properties it is made of. Then we can no longer use them. Which has been posted and previously described in another post. Trump Order s MASSIVE Attack on Tehran, US Troops FLEEING Iran's Strikes | Ben Norton
Thousands Gather in Medjugorje for Mladifest 2026: "Ad Fontem – To the Source" | SG News The 37th International Youth Prayer Festival (Mladifest 2026) is underway in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, welcoming tens of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world. Running from August 1–6, this year's gathering is centered on the theme "Ad Fontem – To the Source," inviting participants to deepen their relationship with Christ through prayer, the Eucharist, catechesis, and the sacraments. The festival features an inspiring program that includes multilingual Rosaries, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, testimonies, praise and worship, processions, and early-morning pilgrimages to Apparition Hill (Podbrdo) and Mount Križevac. Hundreds of priests from many nations are also participating, highlighting the universal nature of the Church. Despite recent security concerns in the area, pilgrims continue to gather peacefully, offering a powerful witness of faith, hope, and unity. Stay Updated …More
Pope encourages youth in Medjugorje to rediscover beauty of encountering the Lord In a message signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin for the opening of the Youth Festival (Mladifest), held at the shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pope Leo XIV urges young people not to be seduced by the illusions of "fleeting happiness." By following Jesus, even the deepest questions and anxieties of the heart can become "an opportunity for discernment and growth in faith." Pope encourages youth in Medjugorje to …
Weiterer US-Bundesstaat leitet Untersuchung gegen Fauci ein "Die Generalstaatsanwältin von Louisiana, Liz Murrill, erklärte am Samstag, dass ihre Behörde Dr. Anthony Fauci untersuchen werde – wenige Tage nachdem der ehemalige führende Gesundheitsbeamte bei einer kontroversen Senatsanhörung 111 Mal sein Recht auf den Fünften Verfassungszusatz, sich selbst nich zu belasten, geltend gemacht hatte. (...) Murrill (...) wies darauf hin, dass Fauci trotz einer bundesstaatlichen Begnadigung durch den früheren Präsidenten Joe Biden potenziell weiterhin nach Landesrecht strafrechtlich verfolgt werden könne. „Fauci hat gelogen“, schrieb Murrill. (...) Louisiana ist der neueste Bundesstaat, der eine Untersuchung gegen Fauci ankündigt. Floridas Generalstaatsanwalt James Uthmeier hatte am Donnerstag mitgeteilt, dass seine Behörde Fauci nach der Senatsanhörung untersuchen werde. (...) Senator Tommy Tuberville, der als Gouverneur von Alabama kandidiert, erklärte, dass er im Falle seiner Wahl …More
MAGNIFICAT: The cover of the month / A Place of Visitation Among Us A Place of Visitation Among Us A Place of Visitation Among Us - Magnificat USA Here and now, confronted with the Maestà, we are not in the Louvre admiring art, but doing exactly what Cimabue (c. 1240–1302) meant his viewers to do: contemplating a mystery and praying. This is the first thing to grasp: this image is not primarily a “representation” in the modern sense, but a presence made visible. It does not simply tell a story; it establishes a living relationship. For a moment, then, we need to set aside our instinctive aesthetic admiration and contemplate it in light of its proper purpose. We can see it as a work poised between the traditional language of the icon and a purely naturalistic style. The gold ground, the frontal pose, the sacred hierarchy are all fully present here. Yet in the construction of the throne, in the modeling of the draperies, in the animation of the faces and the way the gazes are arranged, …More
The Prisoner Who Returned to Celebrate the Eucharist On 31 July 2026, Cardinal Ernest Simoni celebrated the Eucharist at the former communist prison camp of Spaç in Albania. There, he spent years imprisoned and subjected to forced labor after his arrest (1963). He remained imprisoned until 1981. In a message for the occasion, Pope Leo XIV wrote that "no prison can separate a person from the love of Christ."
Albanian Cardinal Simoni returns to former prison camp, Spaç, to celebrate a Eucharist there.
Schade, dass sie es nicht mal als Novizin schafft in der Verborgenheit zu bleiben; hoffentlich schadet es ihr nicht. Das "Geheimnsi des Königs" sollte man nicht preisgeben.
Großbritannien: Gericht verbietet Hissen der Landesflaggen "Ein von den Liberaldemokraten geführter Rat hat eine High-Court-Verfügung erwirkt, die das unautorisierte Anbringen des St.-Georgs-Kreuzes und der Union Flag an Laternenmasten und öffentlichen Straßen in einer gesamten englischen Grafschaft faktisch verbietet. Was als Graswurzelkampagne begann, die Farben der Nation zu hissen, wurde zu einer Bedrohung der Gemeinschaftssicherheit erklärt – und nun mit der vollen Kraft der Gerichte bekämpft. (...) Ein Verstoß droht mit Freiheitsstrafe, unbegrenzten Geldstrafen oder Vermögensbeschlagnahme. Ratsvorsitzender Tim Bearder feierte das Ergebnis und erklärte: (...) „Das schafft einen rechtlichen Präzedenzfall und wird hoffentlich Menschen nicht nur in Oxfordshire, sondern im ganzen Land davon abhalten, an dieser kriminellen Aktivität teilzunehmen.“ (...) Englische Räte haben die Nationalflagge wiederholt als Problem behandelt, das man managen müsse, statt als Symbol, das man feiern …More
Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper nytimes.com/2026/08/01/opinion/poverty-america-ok… By Nicholas Kristof Opinion columnist, reporting from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky Aug. 1, 2026 After a 1,000-mile road trip across a swath of America, I can’t get one person out of my mind: Trinity Goodman, a cheerful, chatty woman in Oklahoma City who had a bandage on her arm. The reason for the bandage? Goodman, 44, survives by selling blood plasma twice a week. She had $3.78 in her checking account, one cent in her savings account to keep it open, and six pennies in her piggy bank. “That’s my full assets,” she said, smiling in mockery of her own poverty. “Barely making it,” she added. “It’s really hard and it’s miserable.” She dwells in an America that many of us might have trouble imagining. For five years she staved off homelessness only by staying in the home of a man who was not a romantic partner but who took advantage of her vulnerability, she said, …More
All of us should take care of ourselves by bathing and other essential cleanings, but to try and interrupt the results of original sin is never wise or God fearing.
Beach Mass During Jesuits' Retreat Worse than Germany: A photograph published by Avvenire, the newspaper of the Italian Bishops' Conference, shows a Mass celebrated on the beach during "100 Pinne – Mare e Bibbia," a Jesuit summer retreat founded in 2010. The programme offers a week-long holiday including daily Eucharists, Bible study, prayer, community life, excursions, time at the beach. The 2026 edition is taking place in Ragusa (Sicily), Briatico (Calabria), Cagliari (Sardinia), and Vlorë (Albania).
Messa celebrata sulla spiaggia nell'ambito di "100 Pinne – Mare e Bibbia", il programma estivo dei gesuiti nato nel 2010, che propone a giovani e adulti una settimana di ritiro spirituale, con studio quotidiano della Bibbia, preghiera, vita comunitaria, escursioni e tempo trascorso al mare.
High Altar for Church of FSSP: In September 2025, the stately church of the Immaculate Conception in Lobith, the Netherlands, was already closed. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) acquired the church with the consent of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. Since November, the Mass in the Roman rite has been celebrated there. Dutch priest Paolo D'Angona reports that in recent days, the church received this magnificent high altar from another church that had to be closed.
Fr. Paolo D'Angona: "In recent days, the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Lobith (NL), which was entrusted by the Archdiocese of Utrecht to the FSSP, received this magnificent high altar from another church that had to be closed"
Darshak Rana @thedarshakrana A houseplant just changed everything we thought we knew about consciousness. In 1966, Cleve Backster, a CIA interrogation specialist with a polygraph machine, was looking for ways to time how long it took different substances to travel up through plant tissue. So, he attached electrodes to a dracaena plant in his office and watered it, expecting to see the electrical conductivity change as water moved up the stem. Instead, the polygraph needle started tracing the exact pattern it makes when a human experiences an emotional response. Backster stared at the readout. Plants don't have nervous systems. They don't have brains. The signal made no biological sense. So he decided to test something that made even less sense. He walked across the room, looked at the plant, and thought about burning one of its leaves with a match. The instant the thought formed in his mind, before he moved toward the plant, before he struck a match, before he did anything physical, the …More
I saw a few experiments on plants. There were three of them in one video. Another had two. Everyone who passed by the plants the plants remained beautiful. The last person tore up the first plant and walked passed the second one. Later on they had the same people pass by the plant he didn't tear up. When it was his turn to pass the beautiful plant it started to shrivel up. And it showed fear! I once gave flowers to someone. and someone else passed by them as the person was holding them. The flowers started to die and wilt before our eyes. Once this person passed by them. Then they started to look beautiful again. I have a better experience that happened personally to me. It was very scary then. But now I learned from it. Which I had done then instead of waiting so long.