Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can’t go along with the White House

Senate Appears To Have Votes To Reject Trump's Wall Move

Mr contrary, Rand Paul should run as a Democrat as he’s hopeless as a Republican

WASHINGTON, DC — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can’t go along with the White House. MORE

Lenten-tide

Unless the mind and will are ready to believe in God’s absolute right to teach and command, there is little likelihood that fasting and penance with extra prayer will be followed carefully.

The will must be free of self-interested desires and fears in order to bend the mind to assent to an unseen God and to His whole mysterious order of salvation. Prejudices and sinful habits easily find excuses for refusing assent to truth and to self-discipline.

Continue reading

Quinquagesima Sunday- St Paul to the Corinthians This coming Sunday

Related image

1st Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthian 13: 1-13~Douay-Rheims Bible
My Dear friends. I have and always will, make a distinction on St: Paul’s commentary on the need for the virtues of Faith Hope and Charity. With out these virtues, one will lack the ability to reason. St. Paul stresses the importance of charity above all things but one must understand that God would never give anyone the gift of prophecy or the faith to move mountains if one did not have charity in the first place. In Christ, Joseph

Charity is to be preferred before all gifts.

Continue reading

Pope Francis Offers Environmental Message for Lent 2019

Pope Francis holds the monstrance during a mass in Saint Peter square at the Vatican on September 7, 2013. Pope Francis has called for a global day of fasting and prayer on Saturday for peace in Syria and against any armed intervention. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should …

‘It’s not climate change stupid, it’s ‘SIN!’
Sadly, Bergoglio has no idea he’s primarily the cause of natural disasters by way of ‘sin,” not the environment. So much for Lent.

“When we live as children of God,” the pope states in his 1200-word message, “we also benefit creation by cooperating in its redemption. That is why Saint Paul says that creation eagerly longs for the revelation of the children of God.” MORE