Saint Damasus I, (born c. 304, Rome—died Dec. 11, 384, Rome; feast day December 11), pope from Oct. 1, 366, to Dec. 11, 384. During his rule the primacy of the Roman see was asserted. MORE

California’s economy doesn’t feel cool when it comes to tax collections.

Surging income and sales tax collections pushed California’s government revenues to $44.97 billion in the current fiscal year through November, up $2.29 billion in a year, according to the State Controller’s Office. MORE

Excessive employment-related lawsuits and ubiquitous PAGA claims in particular continue to plague both large and small employers in California  — the Los Angeles Times published a piece on this shortly after California was crowned top “Judicial Hellhole.” Read the full report here.

MOSCOW — A court in Ukraine has ruled that officials in the country violated the law by revealing, during the 2016 presidential election in the United States, details of suspected illegal payments to Paul Manafort. MORE

St. Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia, (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily; feast day December 13), virgin and martyr who was one of the earliest Christian saints to achieve popularity, having a widespread following before the 5th century. She is the patron saint of the city of Syracuse (Sicily) and of virgins. Because of various traditions associating her name with light, she came to be thought of as the patron of sight and was depicted by medieval artists carrying a dish containing her eyes. MORE

GOD NEVER ABANDONS US. WE ABANDON HIM. 

The pontiff observed that the phrase, “lead us not into temptation,” is problematic, and is calling to replace those words with “abandon us not when in temptation.” MORE

The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story.

A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a 57-year-old widower, and lived in a small village near Mexico City. On Saturday morning December 9, 1531, he was on his way to a nearby barrio to attend Mass in honor of Our Lady. MORE & AUDIO

Stephanie Clifford, the adult-movie star professionally known as Stormy Daniels, was ordered to pay $292,000 in attorney fees and $1,000 in sanctions to Donald Trump after she unsuccessfully sued the president for defamation. MORE

My thanks to Traditio Fathers for giving CMRI the credibility they deserve.

Bishop Mark Pivarunis of the Congregation of Mary, Immaculate Queen, Suffers a Heart Attack, but Is “Doing Well.”

From: The TRADITIO Fathers

Nearly 200,000 customers remained without power Monday after Winter Storm Diego unleashed its wrath on the Southeast over the weekend, killing at least three people in North Carolina, another in Tennessee and stranding drivers for hours on a Virginia interstate. MORE

What a difference eight years makes.

Today, Zuckerberg is seen by many as a wincing megalomaniacal multibillionaire, and the personal data-mining company he created is viewed by some as an existential threat to democracy itself. MORE

I happened to reminisce on some of the highlights of my Apostolate 50 plus years service in the Lord.

Many of you should be aware that I publicly announced the second coming of Christ in March 1970 by having it published in a traditional Catholic newsletter called, Veritas. Later I made up an ad exposing the Beast of the Apocalypse along with the second coming and entitled it, “Christ’s return and the Beast of the Apocalypse.” By then, I had already made two banners depicting Apocalypse 12. Our Lady clothed with the Sun, standing on the Moon. Only I used a Red Full Moon and put Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Guadalupe in the center of the moon with twelve crosses around the edges of the Moon as on or like the back of the miraculous medal. St Catherine’s visions helped me with the design. This passage of the Apocalypse alludes to the Church going into the wilderness which I found appropriate inline with what was transpiring as a result of the Vatican II council.