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Leftist operatives with the support of Democrats are burning and pillaging cities across the country. Stores are looted and government buildings are attacked on a weekly basis by far left terrorists. This past week Leftist operatives announced a 50 siege on the White House. They plan on starting the siege on September 17th and plan for it to continue for 50 days until the election on November 3. Leftists hope this will get them more votes for Biden. It’s time again for dramatic, decisive action. Which is why, on September 17th, in the original and enduring spirit of Occupy, we...

The Time Of Easter or Eastertide Eastertide is the time of new life. Our Savior's in the first place, living for ever a life which belongs no more to the earth and which one day we shall share with Him in heaven. And then our own lives — from Christ to us — for we have more than the assurance of rejoining Him; snatched by Him from the power of the devil we belong to Him as His by right of conquest and we share His life. DIRECTIONSEaster week is the week of the baptized. They have passed from...

"Through the Holy Spirit we are restored to paradise, led back to the Kingdom of heaven, and adopted as children, given confidence to call God "Father" and to share in Christ's grace, called children of light and given a share in eternal glory." - St. Basil, De Spiritu Sancto The Holy Spirit Questions & Answers The Gifts of the Holy Spirit (General) The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit The Charismatic Gifts Saint Ambrose Saint Basil Saint Augustine Dom Marmion Come, Holy SpiritLitany of the Holy Spirit Novena to the Holy Spirit Novena to the Holy Spirit for the...

Easter Reflections -- 50 Days of the Easter Season “Let everyone fast for the 40 days of Lent,” the early Church writers urge, “but let no one fast during the 50 days of Easter.” The Easter Season is the Church’s most ancient and beautiful season. For the next 50 days until Pentecost, in the Sunday Gospels, we’ll find the Risen Christ by a lakeshore…on a mountain top…coming through closed doors. The Paschal Candle will burn brightly in our church as we, like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, feel our hearts burning within us and experience the fire...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Fifty days out from the US presidential election, the rhetoric is becoming nastier between George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites), as the US president's lead appears to be solidifying. Kerry slammed Bush's campaign tactics, saying he "will say anything and do anything to get elected and hold on to power" in an interview in the Monday edition of Time magazine. Kerry was especially angered over a barrage of television ads aimed at discrediting his Vietnam War service, which are widely credited with the downward slide in his polling numbers. "I think...