The world is a more dangerous place than it was in the nuclear-nervous Cold War era. This imperiled condition is not because of strength and knowledge but because of weakness and delusion. The current crisis in the Ukraine-Crimea region and the attendant interactions (they are hardly confrontations) between President Obama and President Putin reveal this. LINK
Author Archives: Joseph Saraceno
Santorum: Republicans Need to Be More Like Pope Francis
Republicans should learn from Pope Francis how to better communicate their message, Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, argued Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. LINK
Daily Breeze prints my Letter on “Crisis to Reduce Traffic Flow”
Imperative for the state to continue SoCal ROC funds: Letters
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Use lessons from ’70s gas crisis to reduce traffic now Continue reading
2 dozen injured as California school stage falls
Investigators combed through a collapsed theater stage at a Southern California high school Sunday, trying to determine why it buckled during a performance and sent 25 students to the hospital, some with broken bones but most with minor injuries like bruises and scrapes. LINK
Novena to St. Joseph starts Today
O glorious descendant of the kings of Judah, Inheritor of the virtues of all the Patriarchs, Just and happy St. Joseph, listen to my prayer. Thou art my glorious protector, and shall ever be, after Jesus and Mary, the object of my most profound veneration and confidence. Thou art the most hidden, though the greatest Saint, and art particularly the patron of those who serve God with purity and fervor. In union with all those who have ever been most devoted to thee, I now dedicate myself to thy service; beseeching thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Who vouchsafed to love and obey thee as a son, to become a father to me, and obtain a filial respect, confidence and love of a child towards thee. Continue reading
(Pope) wants church to study gay marriage – Woe, woe, woe
Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to study same-sex unions, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday. According to Dolan, Francis wants church leaders to “look into it and see the reasons that have driven them.” “It wasn’t as if he came out and approved them,” Dolan said. “He said, ‘Rather than quickly condemn them, let’s just ask the questions as to why that has appealed to certain people.” LINK
Annulments in the Conciliar Church
Dearly Beloved in Christ,
In recent months the news media has focused its attention on the extremely high number of marriage annulments which are annually granted by the modern “Catholic” Church, especially in the United States. An annulments is an official declaration by the Catholic Church that a marriage is invalid — that is, not a true marriage — from its very inception. LINK
Pope Francis: Church could support civil unions
Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to gay marriage on Wednesday, but suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support some types of civil unions. The Pope reiterated the church’s longstanding teaching that “marriage is between a man and a woman.” However, he said, “We have to look at different cases and evaluate them in their variety.”LINK
A highly recommended suggestion for Lent
A good way to get the feel and have your hand on our Lord’s pulse would be to read the Readings and Gospel for each day in lent if daily Mass is not available.
Most of the main events that take place in Scriptures take place, from Lent to Pentecost Sunday, Creation of the World, Adam & Eve, The Passover, Ten Commandments, The Flood? The Annunciation, The Crucifixion, Resuurection, Opening of Heaven on Ascension Thursday, The Birthday of the Church & Christ’s Return on Pentecost Sunday. And I might add so should the Great Chastisement which precedes the Second Coming of Christ.
Grace be with you, In Christ, Joseph
The Vatican II Apostate church is now going to use Archbishop Fulton Sheen to justify and cover for the AntiChrists they have on the list for Sainthood.
If you’re old enough to remember Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the telegenic Catholic evangelist from the 1930s to the 1960s, you may be interested that a Vatican panel of medical experts has OK’d a miracle that could inch Sheen along the path to sainthood. A family prayed to Sheen for help after their son was born and his heart didn’t start beating until an hour later.VIDEO: What In “Hell” Is Going On? Terrifying Events Shaking the World, and It IS Happening RIGHT NOW!
Patmos is the Island in which the greatest vision of God’s ultimate divine wrath and anger being poured out in ways never before seen or experienced on the entire earth takes place. The terrible day when all of humanity is faced with extreme tragedy, from unprecedented natural disasters to the horrendous and corrupt acts caused by human beings, devils, and Satan himself. LINK
Dalai Lama to Lead Opening Prayer in US Senate
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will lead the traditional opening prayer Thursday morning in the U.S. Senate. This is the first time the Dalai Lama has led the prayer, even though he has visited the Capitol many times. The Dalai Lama has been touring the United States and met with President Barack Obama in the White House last month despite China’s objections. LINK
Don’t be obsessed by possessions, Francis
85 % of Catholics are possessed with the Vatican Council II Apostate church and have accepted the Mark of the Beast. What’s worse?. Apocalypse 18:4-5 – LINK
VIDEO: Apocalyptic warning Icons of Ukraine and Russia are crying!
“God warns us against a giant cataclysm that could begin in Russia and Ukraine?” this news commentary ponders. “It is not excluded.” And so it is something for us all to consider, whether or not the crisis immediately becomes a full-blown one. LINK
POPE REVEALS HE TOOK HIS LATE CONFESSOR’S CROSS
Pope Francis confessed Thursday that he took the rosary cross of his late confessor from his casket and wears it to this day in a fabric pouch under his cassock. He said he did so telling the late priest, “Give me half your mercy.” LINK