October 18, 2015 by Monsignor Patrick Perez

St Luke evangelist

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Monsignor began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary.

Because of Oktoberfest I’ll be short, but I didn’t want to let today’s feast go without a thought or two to take with you for your spiritual life and into your life in general. If you think about it, people ask questions from time to time like, Do you have a doctor that you recommend? or Do you have a favorite doctor? Continue reading →

Israel is to deploy three submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles in the Persian Gulf, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
According to the Times report, one submarine had been sent over Israeli fears that ballistic missiles developed by Iran, and in the possession of Syria and Hezbollah, could be used to hit strategic sites within Israel, such as air bases and missile launchers.
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Rome was a beacon of civilization in a dark world. In the words of one of their own, Rome was “the seat of virtue, empire, and dignity,” ruled by laws so just that they could “surpass the libraries of all the philosophers.”

The Romans, though, had a different definition of “virtue” and “dignity” than we do today. Some of the laws the Romans were so proud of were a little bit strange, and some of them were outright insane. MORE

If your savings account balance is looking sad, you’re not alone.

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Up until now, my work has always focused on credit growth in the United States. In the latest Macro Watch video, uploaded today, I broaden the analysis by incorporating credit data for China, the Euro Area, Japan and the UK – areas of the world that account for an additional 40% of global GDP. This expanded coverage allows us not only to analyze credit trends in the parts of the world that have been added, but also to estimate the level of Total Debt for the entire world. (Remember, Credit and Debt are two sides of the same coin. Total Credit equals Total Debt.) MORE

The public outcry against the unchecked growth of France’s Muslim population has prompted the country’s leadership to attempt to “demonstrate to the world that France and Islam are fully compatible”; Muslim leaders, in their turn, have suggested that turning empty or abandoned Catholic churches into mosques could be the best example. MORE

Political candidates, consultants and the media generally misunderstand the politics of abortion rights. They tend to believe either that most voters oppose abortion or that the anti-abortion base is larger than the abortion rights base. But neither is true.

A recent nationwide poll by Ann Selzer (declared “The Best Pollster in Politics” by FiveThirtyEight), commissioned by the Public Leadership Institute, proves that voters overwhelmingly support abortion rights both in general and when asked about specific reproductive rights policies. In addition, the poll shows that those who “strongly support” abortion rights substantially outnumber those who “strongly oppose” it. MORE

A clothing store in Gaza City named Hitler 2 is displaying mannequins with knives strapped to their hands as an homage to the upsurge in stabbing attacks on Israelis by Palestinians.

“We believe that the Russian response of deploying missiles in Kaliningrad is an absolutely inappropriate response to what the North Atlantic Alliance is doing,” Witold Waszczykowski said on Monday.

At a July NATO summit in Warsaw, members of the alliance announced they would deploy four multinational battalions to Poland and three Baltic countries, amid fears of potential Russian aggression following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. MORE

The Mission of Iraq, which sits on a wealthy Upper East Side block near Central Park, has a dark secret: Its basement was used as a jail equipped for torture under Saddam Hussein’s regime, The Post has learned.

When he rose to power in 1979, the despot had the terrifying “detention room” installed inside the five-story building at 14 E. 79th St. — right across from billionaire former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s home, according to two Iraqi officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. MORE

Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed. MORE