He also presents our prayers to God (Incensation at High Mass), conquers demons (Prayers after low Mass) and pleads for us sinners (Confiteor)

The glorious Archangel Michael appears today at the head of the heavenly army—There was a great battle in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought with his angels (Apoc. 12: 7). This festival has been kept with great solemnity on the 29th of September ever since the fifth century, and was certainly celebrated in Apulia in 493, MORE

Will this bring Peace in the Family?

Former President George W. Bush is standing by his earlier support of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amid the sexual assault allegations raised against him last week. VIDEO

The Nikkei index of 225 leading Japanese shares reached its highest level for 26 years at the end of trading on Tuesday.

It added 0.6% to its value to end at 23,849.99 when the markets reopened following a public holiday on Monday – its highest level since November 1991. MORE

Former NBA player Chris Dudley refuted claims made by fellow classmates about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, saying he “never, ever saw him blacked out” while they were at parties during their Yale days. VIDEO

What about Anti-Catholicism. The faith has gone down in  Lithuania. 

Pope Francis warned against any rebirth of the “pernicious” anti-Semitic attitudes that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual remembrance for Lithuania’s centuries-old Jewish community that was nearly wiped out during World War II. MORE

Wow! One of our Catholic States. Higher than Chicago.

Baltimore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback – or no apparent reason at all.

A surge of homicides in the starkly divided city resulted in 343 killings in 2017, bringing the annual homicide rate to its highest ever – roughly 56 killings per 100,000 people. Baltimore, which has shrunk over decades, currently has about 615,000 inhabitants. MORE

Remember when Americans objected to President Trumps ban on Terrorist Counrty’s. Where is the protest over this?

A German Court Tuesday rejected an appeal against Kuwait Airways’ policy of barring Israelis from flying on its planes. MORE

This article was printed last year. Jim is a spiritual person but grew up with the new Catholic changes and lacks theological knowledge of the past Catholic Church and today’s Apostate Rome.

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How far can California go to impose our policy choices on other states, or other countries?

A bill that recently passed the California Legislature would require publicly traded corporations with their principal executive offices in California to have at least one woman on their corporate board by the end of next year. By the end of 2021, if such a company has a six-member board, three must be women. Gov. Jerry Brown is contemplating signing the bill. MORE