Catherine of Siena, a laywoman associated with the Dominican Order, was a mystic, activist, and author who had a great influence on Italian literature and the Catholic Church. Canonized in 1461, she is also a Doctor of the Church. Wikipedia

While homelessness caused by anti-LGBT rejection is not new, the context within this pandemic is, and so too is abuse from children directed at their own LGBT parents.

Teenagers who have never said such things before are now “lashing out” with hateful and abusive comments, Rachel Ellis from the LGBT Foundation told BuzzFeed News. “They’re trapped in the house, cooped up, and haven’t got anyone to let their frustrations out on except their parents,” she said. MORE

The Holy Cross – Fr. Desposito of the Most Holy Trinity Seminary AUDIO

The looming prospect of expanded use of unmanned aerial vehicles, colloquially known as drones, has raised understandable concerns for lawmakers. MORE

Many of the products people use in the U.S. are manufactured abroad, so the coronavirus-related factory shutdowns in China, India and elsewhere could have ripple effects on the availability of these items here soon — if they haven’t already. Even some products that are manufactured domestically are in short supply as manufacturing facilities struggle to keep up with unexpectedly high demands. Amid these supply chain issues, empty store shelves and out-of-stock items on major retailers’ websites have become the new normal. VIDEO

“O Saint Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most Loving of Fathers.”

April 24th was my Mom’s birthday and she’s buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City about 12 miles away. I decided to go visit on Sunday the 26th because of a heavy workload.

Generally I go to a special market where they have nice flowers at a good price but because I got up a little late I decided to get something to eat in Culver City near this market where I could get the Flowers. So, after lunch, I went into the market and started looking over the flowers and had a difficult time picking out what I liked. One of the employees noticed I was going around and around at the display of flowers asking if she could help me. I told her I was having a difficult time choosing, where she inquired, “Is it for a birthday, a friend?” and I immediately said it’s for a cemetery, where she asked, “Holy Cross?” 
“Yes, that’s right,” I said.
“Oh they’re closed.”
In a shocking turn of events, she clarified, “Over this virus thing.”

Well, I thanked her for saving me time and money, but the next day I had second thoughts. Maybe I should have gone there to make sure, so I decided to call, and sure as hell they told me it was closed. How a cemetery could be a threat to anyone in those open spaces, is beyond me. In Christ, Joseph

April 19, 2020 ~ Low Sunday
In the Name of the Father, and of the Sun, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Father began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary

“Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory, which, overcometh the world, our faith”. My dear faithful, we are still in the midst of this strange situation and without getting into the particulars of it, because people are looking for certain answers in this situation. They are looking for causes and they’re looking for cures. Well, we do that in different ways; as for the causes there are immediate causes, there are more distant causes, approximate causes, remote causes, whatever you want to say, to whatever extent you believe that this virus is in itself the cause of our troubles, fine. But the problem is, it isn’t exactly itself the cause of our current situation. It is the reason for our current situation. You can’t deny that.

Francis-Bergoglio Has Now Started the Official Process of Review
From: Petrus Romanus, the TRADITIO Network’s Roman Correspondent

More Signs that the New Latin Mess of 1962 Sometimes Erroneously Termed the “Extraordinary Mess” Will Soon Be Abolished Francis-Bergoglio Has Started the Official Process of Review By Newchurch Bishops, Most of Whom Are Opposed To the Use of This Half Novus Ordo Vatican II Mess They Want only the Full-blown New Mess of 1970

My friend Jan – who was reared in the Conciliar Church – did not know that the Wednesday in Holy Week was always called “Spy Wednesday” or “Wednesday of the Betrayal” in Catholic countries. “Spy” refers to Judas, who on that day betrayed Our Lord and delivered Him to the Jews for 30 coins of silver. That is, a traitor was in the midst of the disciples on that Wednesday of Holy Week. MORE

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Vol 13 Issue 17 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
April 25, 2020 ~ Saint Mark, opn!

1.      What is the Holy Eucharist
2.      Good Shepherd Sunday
3.      Saints Cletus and Marcellinus
4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices
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