Thanks for your prayers, so far the East Coast has gotten away with a warning. Irma shifted to the West. Hopefully it’ll shift out to the Gulf.
Close to three hundred miles away, 9 AM on Sat., Irma is still in Cuba – and already we’re feeling the winds. If it hit us direct, WOW. Poor people in Naples. Keep them in your prayers. We’re all praying here for them and in thanksgiving.
So far still have power. I’ll keep you posted as long as I can.
MEXICO CITY, Sept 7 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing at least six people and triggering small tsunami waves but no major destruction. MORE
Help us, O God, our Savior; and for the glory of Thy Name deliver us: and forgive us our sins for Thy Name’s sake.
V. For the glory of Thy holy
Name deliver us,
R. And forgive us our sins
for Thy Name’s sake.
Let us pray:
Mercifully hear the prayers of Thy people, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we who are justly afflicted for our sins, may be mercifully delivered from the same for the glory of Thy holy Name. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
Defend, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this house from all evil powers and from every injury of tempests. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen
Give us, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, by the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God, the holy angels, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, widows, and all Thy saints, Thy continual protection; grant us favorable winds, shed upon us from heaven, unworthy though we are, Thy shelter against lightning and temptest; protect from henceforth all mankind and turn aside by the power of Thy might, all evil influences of wind and weather.
O God, who controllest all nature from them who serve Thee, and by the force of Thy tempests causest them to do homage to Thy Majesty, remove all storms from us, and by Thy continual grace grant us favorable weather, that we may obtain mercy from Him whose anger we fear. Through our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen
Here we give you Fr. Paul Kramer’s own argument in which he address the issues that caused him to be disinvited from the upcoming California Fatima Conference this month. The following has been provided to us personally by Fr. Kramer and he has given his consent for us to post in on this blog. Cornelia Ferrara and the American branch of the Fatima Center are also preparing statements on some of the issues mentioned by Fr. Kramer below. These will be posted on this blog as soon as they are available — this weekend! Now for Fr. Kramer’s argument: Continue reading →
Yesterday, a kind reader sent me a brief note saying that Christopher Ferrara had posted a direct response to some of the criticism leveled on these pages against the Fatima Center’s recent behavior. MORE
REMNANT COMMENT: So, let’s review: For one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-five years the Catholic Church had been developing the most magnificent cathedrals, altars and religious art the world has ever seen. Our Church was the uncontested greatest sponsor of the arts ever known to man. To this day, Catholic cathedrals are the glory of Europe, a millennium after they were built by artists and craftsmen who didn’t even sign their names to the work they did for God. MORE
I received the following text from Fr. Emilio Fattore:
Let us unify all in a daily decade of the holy rosary every day at NOON, so God will have mercy on us and protect us in FL (1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Gloria) offered to the Most Holy Sacrament, Our Lady, St. Barbara and St Anthony. Fr. Zarate Pena and seminarians and myself will unite to all of you in this daily prayer. Even if you are at work just stop it and it will only take you 5 minutes. Pass this to anyone you love the most so they can help us.
I read a report that a shell company of Bishop Richard Williamson, formerly of the SSPX, then of the Neo-SSPX, and now of “The Resistance” has coughed up 1,375,000 million U.S. dollars to purchase a 700 square-metre property in eastern New York State for the now-Bishop Gerardo Zendegas, consecrated for “The Resistance” by Williamson on May 11, 2017. What is going on?
On Aug. 31, the eve of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent holiday greetings through social media to Israel’s Druze population, which practices a monotheist Abrahamic religion based on teachings of major Muslim figures and therefore observes some Islamic holy days: MORE
The cancellation of the DACA program is reprehensible. It causes unnecessary fear for DACA youth and their families. These youth entered the U.S. as minors and often know America as their only home. The Catholic Church has long watched with pride and admiration as DACA youth live out their daily lives with hope and a determination to flourish and contribute to society … This decision is unacceptable and does not reflect who we are as Americans. …
As people of faith, we say to DACA youth – regardless of your immigration status, you are children of God and welcome in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church supports you and will advocate for you. MORE
Thousands of people across the far-flung northern Leeward Islands battened down for the worst on Tuesday evening as Hurricane Irma approached. Irma surged in strength on Tuesday to become the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded north of the Caribbean and east of the Gulf of Mexico. As of 2 pm EDT Tuesday, Irma’s top sustained winds were an incredible 185 mph. The only hurricane anywhere in the Atlantic ever known to have stronger winds was Allen (1980), at 190 mph. Allen weakened to Category 3 before striking the Texas/Mexico border. MORE