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In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features save for the mysterious array of black filing cabinets. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order. But these files, which stretched from floor to ceiling and seemingly endlessly in either direction, had very different headings. As I drew near the wall of files, the first to catch my attention was one that read “Girls I Have Liked.” I opened it and began flipping through the cards. I quickly shut it, shocked to...

Matthew 24:3-31, Mark 13:3-27, Luke 21:7-30,1 Thessalonians 4:13-18,1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Summary: Mark 13, Matthew 24, and Luke 21 are all dedicated to the prophetic warning given by the Lord Jesus to His disciples as to what to expect regarding the spread of the Gospel and the increasing evil of the world. Apostate Judaism has had its last chance. Jesus had finished with the Pharisees, Sadducees, and others who had challenged His authority, teachings, and miracles. He will again face them on the day of His crucifixion. He had shed tears over Jerusalem and had pronounced judgment upon it. The apostles...

There’s an evil, downright demonic ideology that is trying to take control of this planet right now. It’s the satanic cult that teaches us that men can become women, that abortion is a sacrament, that countries and borders are illegitimate, that global finance must reign supreme, that criminals should roam free, that humans need to eat bugs and live in pods for the sake of “the climate.” This is the cult of the Great Reset. It’s a cult that has total, absolute confidence in its own righteousness, no matter how many cities, countries, and lives it ruins. It’s the cult...

Influential German Lay Catholic Reveals Radical Goals, Methods of Synodal WayThomas Sternberg said it is ‘unfortunate’ that the Synodal Way has received ‘such disruptive criticism’ by Catholics opposed to women’s ordination, same-sex unions and fundamental reform of the Church’s sacramental and hierarchical nature.The outgoing head of the most influential Catholic lay group in Germany has detailed how he believes the German Synodal Way is geared toward influencing radical changes in the Church and that a well-prepared process is all-important in securing such reform.In a revealing Nov. 3 interview with a German podcaster peppered with strident statements challenging the Church’s...

Joint letter of Cardinals Koch and Grech to Bishops responsible for ecumenismIn a joint letter of 28 October 2021, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Cardinal Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, addressed the Bishops responsible for ecumenism in their Episcopal Conferences and Synods of the Oriental Catholic Churches.In the letter, the two Cardinals offer practical suggestions aimed at implementing the ecumenical dimension of the synodal process in Dioceses, Episcopal Conferences, and Synods.The Vademecum for the Synod affirms: “The dialogue between Christians of different confessions, united by one baptism, has...

Francis, Supreme Legislator? No, the Law’s GravediggerOn October 10, Francis set in motion a mammoth synod on synodality, as if wanting for the first time ever to hear from the whole people of God. But he made it known right away - from the lips of synod secretary general Cardinal Mario Grech - that when the final document comes along it may not even be voted on. The counting of votes will be used only in extreme cases, “as a last and undesired resort.” In any case, to then deliver the document to the pope, who will do what he...

[Catholic Caucus] Priest: Did They Suppress the Latin Mass for the Synod on Synodality?I am one of those “aging boomer” priests that, according to the stereotype, is supposed to cherish Saint Louis Jesuit music, liturgical dance and the like. Only I don’t and even in my exclusively Novus Ordo days never really did. I was spiritually and temperamentally prepared for my Bishop asking me to help with the celebration of the traditional Mass. It was a tough learning curve, thirty eight years ordained and just the NO but I did it. As other priests have said of their first celebration...

[Catholic Caucus] Finding Catholic Courage to Fight the Good Fight Since Francis introduced the world to his Pachamama, God has allowed us to suffer the scourge of the Great Reset, which has been principally manifested through the Covid medical tyranny. As Fr. John Echert described during the Catholic Identity Conference, it appears that the Covid virus was released in China at the 2019 World Military Games just days after Francis defiled the Church with the blasphemous idol. It is almost as though Francis participated in this blasphemy to show the globalists that he had disabled the Church’s ability to resist...

Cardinal who runs the Synod (“walking together”): “It is a grace that today Christendom is no more.”The man who runs the Synod (“walking together”), Mario Card. Grech.“It is a grace that today Christendom is no more. Because we felt we had arrived: the Church as a” perfect society “. And whoever is perfect doesn’t feel the need to seek, to improve, to convert, to set out on the path listening to the Spirit, wheras this is the Gospel.”“È una grazia, che oggi non ci sia più la cristianità. Perché ci sentivamo arrivati: la Chiesa come “società perfetta”. E chi è...

Hapless Francis Wants to Make "This Church Different”“We must make this Church different. This is the challenge, for a different Church open to new elements,” Francis said at the October 9 opening of the Synodal Synods on Synodality.Contradicting Christ (“the world hates you and hated me first”, John 15), he came up with the idea that “the Church needs more friendship with the world.” Francis paraphrased “the risks” with his usual empty buzzwords: “formalism,” “intellectualism,” “the temptation of complacency.”Luxembourg Cardinal Hollerich, the synod’s relator general, confessed that he had “no idea” what kind of work instrument he will be writing,...

<p>Priests and lay ministers protesting the Vatican ban publicly blessed same-sex couples in May at more than 100 churches across Germany, including this one in Cologne.</p><p>German Catholic bishops and lay leaders on Friday called for their church to bless same-sex relationships, challenging a Vatican ban on the practice.</p>

[Catholic Caucus]PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE RECENT IMPOSITION OF THE MANDATORY VACCINATION IN SOME AMERICAN DIOCESES We have all learned that in some Dioceses of the United States of America, and in particular in the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Ecclesiastical Authority is mandating its clerics and faithful employees to be vaccinated as a condition for attending celebrations, liturgical activities. and pastoral and even for the mere fact of being priests with a ministry. Similar despotic measures are also imposed in Italy and other countries. Priests who do not comply with the provisions of the Ordinary will be deprived of their priestly...

Pope’s biographer: Upcoming synod will transform Church in line with ‘St. Gallen mafia’ goals(LifeSiteNews) – The man who glowingly sketched Pope Francis as a “great reformer” only a year and a half into his papacy is now predicting the upcoming synod of bishops on synodality may bring a revolutionary transformation to the Catholic Church.Austen Ivereigh wrote Thursday about the objectives of the synod “For a Synodal Church,” set to begin in October, calling it a “historic shake-up” and “potentially the most transformative moment in Catholicism since the Second Vatican Council, which it seeks to embed permanently into the life of...

2023 Synod Faces a Credibility and Practicality GapCOMMENTARY: The planetary process leading up to the 2023 synod has to confront two major challenges before it begins. Six weeks before the Catholic Church-wide consultations for the 2023 synod on synodality are set to begin, the Vatican released a vademecum, or “handbook,” that will guide a process that is supposed to occupy every single diocese in the world from October 2021 to April 2022.The most massive set of meetings ever conducted in the history of the Catholic Church was announced only four months ago, between the third and fourth waves of...

Archbishop backs principle of national synodArchbishop of Liverpool Malcolm McMahon said he would encourage those who believe the Church in England and Wales should hold a national synod.Speaking at The Tablet discussion, A synodal Church: what does it mean? Archbishop McMahon, who oversaw the 2020 Liverpool synod, backed the synodal path for the Church and suggested that without it, the Church was facing “a very diminished, narrow future”.The other speaker at the webinar was Dr Myriam Wijlens, Professor of canon law at Erfurt University in Germany and a consultor to the synod of bishops’ office in Rome.She said the preparations...

In ‘rupture’ with Church’s ‘absolute opposition’ to abortion, Vatican hosting pro-aborts at pro-COVID jab conferenceThe conference, run by the Pontifical Academy for Life, features prominent directors of global medical associations, who have publicly expressed their support for abortion and LGBT issues.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life is holding a health conference promoting the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccines, and featuring speakers who support and promote abortion itself, in an event described as a “rupture” with the Catholic Church’s perennial opposition to abortion.The Pontifical Academy for Life is set to stage an online and on-site event from September 27...

Sensus infidelium: How the synodal docs could fuel conflict between laity and bishopsThe Vatican launched on Tuesday its preparatory document and handbook for the Church’s two-year synod on synodality process, which is set to begin next month. Vatican officials were well aware that plans for a two-year process of consultation and discernment have prompted skepticism among both laity and clergy. While some predicted that the release of the synod’s documents might have assuaged critics, the contents of the texts released on Tuesday seem certain to exacerbate criticism, rather than resolve it. Dr. Myriam Wijlens at the launch of the Permanent...

I made lots of people mad last year when Kanye West ‘got saved’ and proceeded to hold his Sunday Service ‘church meetings’, pointing out that the whole thing was fake, he didn’t get saved and he’s not a Christian. But what Kanye West did do was use gullible Christians to support his ‘worship’ album, making $400 million in the process. So what’s Kanye up to these days, you ask? Preparing himself for an eternity in Hell by setting himself on fire at the listening party for his upcoming album ‘Donda’ with Marilyn Manson. “Little children, it is the last time:...

In a gathering at First Unitarian Church of Dallas, faith leaders with Just Texas announced Wednesday (Aug. 25) that 25 churches had achieved the Reproductive Freedom Congregations designation since first launching the effort in 2016. Another 70 are in process.Clergy members hold hands during the blessing of a Whole Woman's Health clinic in Austin, Texas. Participants included the Rev. Jim Rigby of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, from center left in black; the Rev. Katey Zeh, CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; and the Rev. Mark Skrabacz, retired from San Gabriel UU Fellowship - Georgetown. Photo courtesy...

A dusty cardboard boxSometimes, when we are clearing out the attic, we come across a dusty cardboard box full, apparently, of junk.Out of curiosity, we go through the long forgotten items and suddenly, near the end of our search, we find a long lost treasure.This is treasure, not in the financial sense, but something that meant a lot to our personal story, something that we mislaid on the way and had in fact forgotten about.As we sift through the collection of faith experiences of a life time, we can get the same sense of surprise and wonderment.Different experiences are treasures...