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Thought for the Year From My Friend Chris Martenson...

“This is the year that reality intrudes.  And it’s going to hit like a freight train.”

Chris Martenson, Peak Prosperity

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Moral of the story: Prepare!

War with Iran: Natural Gas Crisis Hits Peru Businesses as Rationing Starts

War with Iran: QatarEnergy Declares...

Force Majeure” After Halting LNG (Liquid natural gas) Production

Quatar is the largest producer of liquefied natural gas in the world. All production there has halted.

ALERT: Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz

“Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed and threatened to fire at any ship passing through it. The narrow waterway is a vital chokepoint for global oil and gas, but also for other commodities such as fertiliser. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer speaks with Noam Raydan, a maritime risk expert at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the potential impact of the Strait's closure and how Iran could further escalate the situation.” 

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Iran shuts down the Strait of Hormuz. What more could it do?

Trump just lost whatever remaining respect I had for him

Trump levels political attack on Rob Reiner in inflammatory post after his killing

  • This is why kids are shooting up with fentanyl.

  • This is why we should be concerned about the future, this is why we must prepare.

  • There are no longer common values of decency.

  • We are being psy-opped into an Alice in Wonderland topsy-turvy world.

  • Children must be given norms of behavior and heroes they can believe in (let’s start with Christ).

  • I remember a time when it wasn’t a complete clown world, there was at least a veneer, a vestige, of decency and sanity.

  • I remember looking up to President Reagan.

  • We need to stop supporting people just because they throw us a few crumbs.

  • Like Leonard Cohen said, “Things are gonna slide in all directions, Won’t be nothin you can measure anymore, The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it’s overturned the order of the soul.”

  • Also like Leonard Cohen said, “Ring the bells that still can ring.” (It is implicit in this line that soon they will ring no more, if we are silent, this echoes the writings of Fr. Alfred Delp as well.)

Thought for the Day

“So, good luck Big Apple as you await the luscious caramel coating of Woke-socialism to be laid on you.”

James Howard Kunstler

The Jubilee Year: There's Still Time!

Every 25 years, Holy Church celebrates a “Jubilee Year” of special graces.  This year’s theme is “Pilgrims of Hope.”  A pilgrimage is one way to obtain the plenary indulgence of this Jubilee Year.  The Year began Christmas Eve 2024, and ends formally in Rome on the feast of Epiphany, January 6th, 2026.  However, it ends locally, outside of Rome, on the feast of the Holy Family, December 28th, 2025.  The Year began with the opening of the Holy Door at Saint Peter’s Basilica and will close in the same way.  There are several Holy Doors involved in the Jubilees, which represent a spiritual passage. 

This means we still have about 4 months left!  If you have not participated, there are still several things you can do to obtain the plenary indulgence or simply to be a part of this Jubilee Year with its unique privileges.  My family and I will be going to Rome soon to perform the pilgrimage there.  So many from all over the world have gone to Rome this year and what great blessings have been obtained!  If you cannot travel, check with your diocese to see what activities are being done there or what their stipulations/holy sites are on the plenary. 

Jubilee volunteers will be continued to be needed throughout the world.

From EWTN, here is general info, a travel app, the Papal Bull Jubilee Year document and the Jubilee prayer…

Experience the 2025 Jubilee, Becoming a Pilgrim of Hope 

From United States Conference of Catholic Bishops here is:  calendars, national shrines and US pilgrimage sites, info on the US Embassy to the Holy See in Rome and the Bishops Office for US Visitors to the Vatican and more…

USCCB:  Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope 

Here is everything you need to know about obtaining the Jubilee Plenary Indulgence… 

Decree on the Granting of Indulgence During the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 

Excerpt: 

“All the faithful, who are truly repentant and free from any affection for sin…who are moved by a spirit of charity and who, during the Holy Year, purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion, pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, will be able to obtain from the treasury of the Church a plenary indulgence, with remission and forgiveness of all their sins, which can be applied in suffrage to the souls in Purgatory in the following ways…” 

This document goes on to explain all the stipulations, including the 3 ways to obtain the plenary:  1)  Pilgrimage to Rome, the Holy Land or other sites  2)  Pious visits to sacred places  3)  Works of mercy and penance. 

From the Vatican… 

Vatican Jubilee Homepage 

Happy and blessed Jubilee-ing!

Note: We are not responsible for errors. We have done our best to provide the most accurate info.

High Infant Mortality Linked to Covid Human GMO Shots

As we close the month of the Immaculate Heart and begin the month of Our Lady of Sorrows, here is some breaking new in the US…from X…

States Begin Declaring Public Health Emergencies

Over Soaring Infant Deaths Linked to Trans-generational mRNA “Vaccine” Fatal Adverse Events

Yes, it really is this bad in the UK...

From LifeSite News:

UK pro-lifer investigated a third time for praying silently near abortion center

“Isabel Vaughan-Spruce's case will determine whether the UK can successfully prosecute thought-crimes in 21st century England.”

And this is not the only such case in the United Kingdom…

UK veteran appeals conviction for praying silently outside abortion mill for deceased son