[heartwood]

I am a convert. And I am so close to walking out, in sorrow and fear.

[BlessedBeGod]

He's temporary, just like Obama.

You didn't leave the US when Obama was in charge. So, you just need to stick around and be patient and wait until Francis is gone.

[j.havenfarm]

The good news is he looked and sounded tired and old at the Holy Thursday Mass despite the lack of the usual Holy Week schedule.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Do not be surprised by the temptation. It is ubiquitous, and it is a strategic goal of Satan. He has certainly adopted as his own, the Biblical disaster scenario: "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter."

It's in his playbook. Don't fall for it.

Remember Jesus on the Cross, having endured what He knew would happen. That most of the enthusiastic "believers" who shouted Hosanna on Sunday, would be shouting "Crucify him" come Friday.

That, even of His hand-picked, select men, the three of His inner circle who saw with their own eyes Him glorified on Mt. Tabor, Peter, James and John, would be asleep in His hour of crisis. Then one would betray Him for money, one would deny even knowing Him, and the rest (save John) would turn tail and run.

(Think of it: the first "collegial" act of the bishops: abandoning Jesus.)

(The first Bishop to accept a government subsidy: Judas Iscariot.)

This Apostasy at the Top we're seeing now, should grieve us, but not surprise us.

Stay at the foot of the Cross with John and Mary. Be a Beloved Disciple. Be the Church. Behold, your Mother.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Do not be surprised by the temptation. It is ubiquitous, and it is a strategic goal of Satan. He has certainly adopted as his own, the Biblical disaster scenario: "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter."

It's in his playbook. Don't fall for it.

Remember Jesus on the Cross, having endured what He knew would happen. That most of the enthusiastic "believers" who shouted Hosanna on Sunday, would be shouting "Crucify him" come Friday.

That, even of His hand-picked, select men, the three of His inner circle who saw with their own eyes Him glorified on Mt. Tabor, Peter, James and John, would be asleep in His hour of crisis. Then one would betray Him for money, one would deny even knowing Him, and the rest (save John) would turn tail and run.

(Think of it: the first "collegial" act of the bishops: abandoning Jesus.)

(The first Bishop to accept a government subsidy: Judas Iscariot.)

This Apostasy at the Top we're seeing now, should grieve us, but not surprise us.

Stay at the foot of the Cross with John and Mary. Be a Beloved Disciple. Be the Church. Behold, your Mother.

[Salvation]

Welcome and please stay. The truth is with the people like you.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Also -— and I have to remind myself of this daily -— preoccupation with the sins of others, is a trap. It leads us straight into the snare set for us by the Dark Powers.