A good look at today’s America

I live about 20 minutes south of the Canadian border, which used to be called the longest undefended frontier in the world. People moved freely back and forth across it all day every day. But now it’s been closed for over a year. At one point my daughter asked me to drive her up there, because there was a 30-minute opportunity for people on one side to talk to their friends on the other. “Sad!” as President Trump would say. It was like Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin during the Cold War, except that both sides are now like East Berlin. MORE

Vol 14 Issue 25 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
June 19, 2021 ~ Saint Juliana Falconieri, opn!

1.      What is the Holy Eucharist
2.      Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
3.      Pope Saint Silverius
4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices
Dear Reader:

cloud of dust kicked up from the Sahara Desert traveled across the Atlantic and hit central Florida, WFTV in Orlando reported Wednesday. MORE

This business man is saying “If you pay workers peanuts you get monkeys for workers.” Great statement.

A famous French businessman named James Goldsmith was quoted for the outstanding expression: “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.”
There is a huge element of truth to that expression as it is a result of experience from the French/British businessman and politician. MORE

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana. MORE

O GLORIOUS St John the Baptist, of those born of women the greatest of prophets (Luke vii, 28); thou, though sanctified from thy mothers womb and most innocent, didst nevertheless will to retire into the desert, there to practise austerities and penance; obtain for us from our LORD the grace to be detached, at least in the affections of our hearts, from all earthly treasure, and to practise Christian mortification with interior recollection and a spirit of holy prayer. PATER, Ave, and Gloria.

“I was completely inside; it was completely black,” Packard said. “I thought to myself, ‘there’s no way I’m getting out of here. I’m done, I’m dead.’ All I could think of was my boys — they’re 12 and 15 years old.” MORE

LOS ANGELES—World-renowned Venice Beach has long been a place where visitors, residents, and business owners commingled with artists, musicians, and entertainers from all over the country. Over 10 million tourists visit the beach’s famous boardwalk each year, drawn in by the ocean view and the unconventional lifestyle of the city’s eccentric community. MORE

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Rev. James Altman calls himself “a lowly priest” serving a blue-collar city in western Wisconsin. But when his bishop demanded his resignation – after a series of divisive remarks about politics and the pandemic – Altman refused to oblige and has since raised more than $640,000 from his conservative supporters to defend himself. MORE

Vol 14 Issue 24 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
June 12, 2021 ~ Saint John of San Facundo, opn!

1.      What is the Holy Eucharist
2.      Third Sunday after Pentecost
3.      Saint Anthony of Padua
4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices
Dear Reader:

We’re praying to St. Francis that he doesn’t kill anyone. Lol.