15 Points Preparedness Worksheet: New & Improved!

Please see our revised prepping worksheet, which is below, but also always on the Home page. We’ve got 15 points that are elaborated on, with space to make your own notes (though you will probably want to use a separate sheet of paper)…and your own personalized preparedness plan…you won’t find this anywhere else! It is Nomen Christi Apostolate’s unique Catholic and holistic approach, encompassing the spiritual, mental, physical and communal aspects of preparedness and a more authentic, self-reliant life. It’s pretty thorough, based on many years of research and experience, and will definitely make you think. We make it very easy to get started, if you don’t know where to start or find the whole idea daunting.

We’ve also got our new “Recommended Resources” page to help you further (which we are continuing to work on). So, print out the 5 pages, take this first step and GET STARTED TODAY! (And share with your friends and family, makes a great Christmas gift:)

BTW, my husband and I are filling this revised version out ourselves, so let’s all do it together!

15 Points Preparedness Worksheet

Excerpt:

#6: Incorporate general preparedness into your life.  Am I willing to adopt a lifestyle of preparedness (this includes being very organized)?  What are some dangerous scenarios that could happen in my area?  Can I start a garden or raise animals?  Is there a local fresh water source?  Have I addressed my power needs?  Could I function without any electricity?  Do I have a “go bag”?  Are my important documents all together (be able to prove all your assets with hard copies)?  Am I on good terms with my neighbors?  What about communication and information options in a crisis?  Am I always seeking to learn more?

Note: For those who are local to the New York area, I am available to give a talk based on this program. Please contact us above. This message needs to get out!

Huge US Military Preparedness Shift: The Warnings Are Real...

What Governments Are Preparing For

And Why 30 Days Is Not Enough

This article is by well-known preparedness expert Mike Adams. The article covers…What Governments Are Preparing For, The 90-Day Signal from Military Bases, The Cyberattack Pretext for a Financial Reset, Grid Down: Cities Empty-Country Under Siege, War-Energy Shock and the Decade of Darkness and Conclusion: Prepare for Scenarios-Not Panic. Here’s an excerpt:

“The Pentagon telling military installations to plan for ninety days without normal civilian infrastructure is a scenario warning.

…Cities are artificial constructs. They do not grow food; they import it from rural areas on trucks that run on fuel that comes through pipelines and refineries that depend on the grid.

…Preparedness is not gadgets. It is assessing real gaps, building local community, and abandoning the fantasy that government will rescue everyone…buying extra supplies when supply chains are visibly cracking is not hoarding mania -- it is strategic self-reliance. The person who waits for the emergency broadcast to tell them what to do will be competing with millions of others for the last case of bottled water.

…Texas, North Dakota, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, and Nebraska have declared fuel emergencies as the war pushes global energy supplies into catastrophic shortage.

…When diesel and fertilizer become scarce, the food system does not gradually adjust; it stops.

…I do not trust the government, the banks, the water utilities, the medical system, or the food delivery networks to function smoothly in a real crisis. That is not cynicism; it is a conclusion drawn from watching institutions fail in plain sight.

…The responsible response is not panic but preparation: assess your gaps, store clean food and water, plan for sanitation and power, and build self-defense and local resilience. Thirty days is not enough. Ninety days is the number the military is planning around, and the honest household should plan for more than the institution does, not less. Whether the trigger is a cyberattack, a currency reset, a grid failure, or a war, the people who prepare now will be the ones who can help themselves and their neighbors.”

Our Lady of the Times, Pray for Us!

*** HIGH LEVEL PREPAREDNESS ALERT STILL IN EFFECT ***

Roughly 3 months ago, we issued a serious alert for the first time in almost 18 years. Nothing has changed. Things have in fact, gotten worse globally. It’s game on. Here’s the alert we issued in July, which still applies. Add to this the growing social unrest in Europe and increasing war drums…

Due to the escalation of the wars with Iran and Russia and the resulting affects on energy supply, product supply and the economy….

WE ARE ISSUING A HIGH LEVEL ALERT!

…One of the most important things right now is to stock up on supplies while they are still available and affordable. See our “15 Points” on the Home page and make your plan now!

Pray to the Holy Ghost for guidance always.

Thought for the Day

The coming chastisement will be equal to our sins.

We must go into it very strong. Spiritually, mentally, physically and logistically.

It’s time to get very serious about authentic Catholic community.

"History Repeats. We're at the Dangerous Part."

This is a pretty good 10-minute video synopsis of The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy,* the well-regarded book by Neil Howe and William Strauss. My only criticism of the video is the parroting of official historical narrative, which is always going to be somewhat inaccurate. To really get to historical truth, one must dig through the layers and be willing to think outside the box we have all been placed into.

From the publisher’s notes on the book:

“First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history.

William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next.

Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or "turnings"—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.”

Fraser Allan Best YouTube

Neil Howe wrote a new book 3 years ago:

The Fourth Turning is Here

If this is the case, we all need to be paying attention.

*Don’t be afraid to support Christianbook, they sell Catholic stuff!

*** HIGH LEVEL PREPAREDNESS ALERT ***

Due to the escalation of the wars with Iran and Russia and the resulting affects on energy supply, product supply and the economy….

WE ARE ISSUING A HIGH LEVEL ALERT!

This alert will remain in effect until such time as the situation abates and the concerns are alleviated. I will be posting supporting evidence later today and in the coming week, but do not wait to up your preps in whatever ways you can. One of the most important things right now is to stock up on supplies while they are still available and affordable. See our “15 Points” on the Home page and make your plan now!

Pray to the Holy Ghost for guidance always.

(If you have followed me for the past 17 years, you know I have never issued an alert like this and I do so with much prayer, and not lightly.)

July is the Month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus

July begins with a celebration of the Most Precious Blood on the 1st, in the trad calendar.  We give thanks for this great Gift of Our Lord at the Last Supper, which becomes present to us at each Holy Mass.  We must not forget the wine which transforms into the Precious Blood, began as grapes in a vineyard…so connected to the land is the practice of our Holy Faith, in accord with God’s will, in accord with an Authentic Life.

So what did we pick out of the plastic cup this time?  The Catholic Encyclopedia.  That means for the Precious Blood of Jesus, we will look at what this famous volume has to say.  The Catholic Encyclopedia was completed in 1914 and has been added to, numerous times since then.  It remains widely used, despite its out-of-date language.  It is at times a tedious read (and quite exhaustive)…but in the case of this month’s theme, the content is brief, though does get into the theological weeds, as is to be expected.  Please see the link above at New Advent, for more info and also for the complete, updated content.  This site is also a great resource for Catholic news and other offerings.

The entry on the “Precious Blood” draws on the writings of Pope Benedict XIV and other well-known theologians.  The first sentence states simply:

“The Blood of Our Divine Saviour.”

That does not leave much to misunderstand, does it?  Here are some excerpts, broken down into readable segments for meditation:

1)      “Jesus, at the Last Supper, ascribes to [His Blood] the same life-giving power that belongs to His flesh.”

2)      “The Apostles, St. Peter…St. John…and above all St. Paul regard it as synonymous with Jesus's Passion and Death, the source of redemption. The Precious Blood is therefore a part of the Sacred Humanity and hypostatically united to the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.” 

3)      “Viewed as a part of the Sacred Humanity hypostatically united to the Word, the Precious Blood deserves latreutical [of or pertaining to latria, the highest form of worship*]…adoration. It may also like the Heart or the Wounds from which it flowed, be singled out for special honour, in a way that special honour was rendered it from the beginning by St. Paul and the Fathers who so eloquently praised its redeeming virtue and rested on it the Christian spirit of self-sacrifice.”

4)      “…the lives of the saints are replete with devotion to the Precious Blood. In due course of time the Church gave shape and sanction to the devotion by approving societies like the Missionaries of the Precious Blood; enriching confraternities like that of St. Nicholas…attaching indulgences to prayers and scapulars in honour of the Precious Blood; and establishing commemorative feasts of the Precious Blood…”

The Catholic Encyclopedia gives us food for thought during this month when we give praise to the Most Precious Blood.  May we also seek to make reparation for the sins against this extraordinary Gift.

We pray especially on the 4th for the United States of America…for peace, liberty, restoration of the sanctity of life and the triumph of Holy Church through our Patroness, the Immaculate Conception.

Notable feasts in July, from both calendars…

2nd-VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

3rd-Saint Thomas, Apostle

6th-Saint Maria Goretti, Martyr of Purity

11th-Saint Benedict, Founder of Western Monasticism

14th-Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks (USA)

16th-OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

22nd-Saint Mary Magdelan

25th-Saint James, Apostle

26th-Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin

29th-Saints Martha, Mary & Lazarus

31st-Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits

****** Prepper Challenge for Summer ******

What is My Contribution?  What is My Special Gift?

Your community and the Church are going to need you in the coming days.  What will you specialize in that will be a significant contribution?  Every prepper tends to develop a skill or two that is specialized.  What interests you?  What is a “sustainable” skill that will have value even in a grid-down (no electricity) situation?  Do you already have a skill?  Can you improve it?  Can you learn a new one?  Think and pray about it!

Noah was the Original Prepper ~ Build Your Ark!

*From Wiktionary

Fabulous Prepper Advice for Right Now!

Have a watch, 12 minutes…

Everything Gets Harder If You Wait Too Long

(The Warning Signs are Here)

Cutting Through the Propaganda...

Mario Nawfal Interviews Chris Martenson

Here is a 13 minute video that explains the polycrises unfolding globally at this time. The USA is not immune to the results of it’s own actions in a war which probably does not meet the criteria for defensive attack taught by Holy Church. Furthermore, the USA and Israel had no right to visit such chaos and very potentially, famine, upon the world, due to lack of critical supply. Even furthermore, it is arguable that crimes against humanity/war crimes have been committed by America and Israel in Iran and Lebanon.

I am very impressed by this young man, Mario Nawfal, who has made a name for himself in alternative media. This is part of a longer interview with my friend Chris Martenson. Chris has been all over the alt media recently giving his expertise in economy and energy, which are precisely the issues before us.

The time is short. Act now to prepare, stocking up on supplies is most important right now…while things are still available and affordable…and while you still have the gas to get to the stores. A perfect storm is brewing of many things exploding at once. Do the math yourself, this isn’t rocket science. All the experts across the board are now saying the same things. The person on the street though, hasn’t seemed to have gotten the memo, BUT YOU HAVE!

…And don’t forget about our Preparedness Worksheet on the Home page:)

PS We are showing all the signs of a dying empire, we are at the end of a great historical cycle…

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”

“Pride cometh before a fall.”

So Much Urgent News, So Little Time ~ Prepare!

From Natural News (recommended source for news, health info, prepping and globalist agenda):

Transformer Shortage Threatens U.S. Grid Expansion as AI Boom Drives Electricity Demand Higher

America’s largest grid operator warns of power rationing as data center demand spirals

From Zero Hedge (recommended alternative news source), one more suspicious refinery fire:

Fire Erupts At HF Sinclair Refinery In Tulsa OK

Excerpt:

There has been a notable uptick in "refinery fire" news stories, according to Bloomberg data, whether those stories are from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, or the U.S. [also Australia and India, not to mention the targeted attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure, fertilizer plants seem also to be getting targeted].

From Bull Theory:

THE WORLD WILL RUN OUT OF OIL RESERVES IN JUNE 2026

From The Economic Collapse:

Megadrought: We Just Experienced The Driest First Three Months Of A Year In U.S. History

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