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!

Update / November is the Month of the Holy Souls, Part 1

Please see our new page above,

“Recommended Resources.”

This will give you quicker and easier access to the best resources we have discovered over the past 18 years. You can still click on “Resources” to the right under “Topics” or “Resources” below the title of a post, such as this one (they won’t give you the same thing, the topics are like a search, the categories give you full posts in date order), but for fast and easy, see our new page.

Starting today, All Saints Day, we have the glorious week of Plenaries! Holy Church makes it so easy to obtain this indulgence for your loved ones among the Holy Souls. It’s one of those joyful things about being a Catholic, that you can turn into a habit each year. It is the perfect time to visit your departed at the cemetery, if you find it difficult to make time for that. This is the time to motivate you, to honor them and to contemplate mortality in general…and to get souls into Heaven, as God’s will determines!

Here’s what you need to know…

From Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary:

PLENARY INDULGENCE

An indulgence that can remove all the temporal punishment due to forgiven sin. No one but God knows for certain when a plenary indulgence is actually gained, because only He knows whether a person's dispositions are adequate. One norm for such dispositions is that "all attachment to sin, even venial sin, be absent." If these dispositions are in any way less than complete, the indulgence will only be partial. The same provision applies to the three external conditions necessary to gain a plenary indulgence: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Pope. If these conditions are not satisfied, an otherwise plenary indulgence becomes only partial. These conditions may be satisfied several days before or after the performance of the prescribed work, though preferably Communion should be received and the prayers offered for the Pope on the same day as the indulgenced work. A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a day.

From the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter’s Holy Cross Chaplaincy:

Six General Rules for Obtaining a Plenary Indulgence

1. State of grace…when performing the indulgenced act

2. Complete detachment from sin, even venial sin

3. Confession (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

4. Communion (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

5. Prayers for the Supreme Pontiff (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

6. Indulgenced Act: a special good work with…conditions of place and time

Indulgenced Acts to be Performed for Obtaining a Plenary Indulgence for the Poor Souls of Purgatory

• From November 1 to 8: visit of a cemetery with mental prayer for the poor souls

• On November 2: visit of a church or an oratory with one Our Father and one Creed being recited

Also from Fr. Hardon…

MENTAL PRAYER

The form of prayer in which the sentiments expressed are one's own and not those of another person and the expression of these sentiments is mainly, if not entirely, interior and not externalized. Mental prayer is accomplished by internal acts of the mind and affections and is either simple meditation or contemplation. As meditation, it is a loving and discursive (reflective) consideration of religious truths or some mystery of faith. As contemplation, it is a loving and intuitive (immediately perceptive) consideration and admiration of the same truths or mysteries of faith. In mental prayer the three powers of the soul are engaged: the memory, which offers the mind material for meditation or contemplation; the intellect, which ponders or directly perceives the meaning of some religious truth and its implications for practice; and the will, which freely expresses its sentiments of faith, trust, and love, and (as needed) makes good resolutions based on what the memory and intellect have made known to the will.

November 2nd is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, or All Souls Day….ending the Triduum of Death which began on All Hallow’s Eve.

Election Day in the United States is the 3rd. Let us pray for America, her leaders and her people, especially the unborn.

Looking ahead, Advent begins the 29!

Let us remember the Holy Souls in Purgatory with particular attention this coming month.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Requiescant in pace.

Amen.

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!

"The Remedy on Beads"

I couldn’t agree more with TAN Books words…

“Throughout history, when the Church has faced great trials, dark spiritual battles, or periods of widespread confusion, Heaven’s remedy has remained unchanging: Pray the Rosary every day.

While last month we stood beside Our Lady in her grief during the month of Our Lady of Sorrows, October invites us to contemplate the fullness of Christ's life, death, and resurrection through her holy eyes. The Holy Rosary is not merely a string of beads or a repetition of prayers; it is a school of contemplation, a spiritual shield, and a quiet path to profound peace.

What better way to enter into this holy month than by renewing your commitment to the Gospel through the hands of Mary?

To aid you and your family in contemplating the mysteries of Christ and strengthening your daily prayer life, TAN Books is offering up to 40% off our entire

Month of the Holy Rosary Collection

throughout October.” 

Catholic Preparedness: Stock Up on Faith Essentials!

Diesel: State of Emergency

From Jacob M. Thompson’s substack, I like this guy…

Louisiana Becomes First To Declare State Of Emergency

To Secure Diesel Supply For Farmers Amidst Skyrocketing Costs

"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!

More Links Supporting Our HIGH LEVEL ALERT

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Who Wins At $100 Oil When The Tools To Cap It Are Spent?

Houthis Signal Red Sea Shipping Tolls In Mirror Image Of Iran's Hormuz Plan

"It's Getting Worse": HSBC Warns Commodities Face Squeeze As Chokepoint Chaos Spreads

Oil Tanker Makes Red Sea U-Turn After Houthi Threats, Reroutes Around Africa In Costly Transit

The Iran War and the Manipulation of Oil Markets

US directly involved in Ukrainian strikes on Russia – Lavrov

Jim Quinn Warns "We've Already Entered This Fourth Turning's Global War..."

Note: It is impossible to really understand what is happening, without understanding the geography. I have found it very helpful to study maps and need to continually review the regions to keep it all clear in my mind.

Thought for the Day

“Digitizing everything is the plan to create the digital prison. The dark side loves to create traps, and paint them as exits, just as they provide fake heroes when the public desires real heroes. We all need to step up if we want a future where there is even a flicker of freedom.”

Abraxas Hudson

Chris Martenson's Most Recent Alert

This is an article with a 39 minute video (member access extends the video to 1 hour), posted July 22nd…

Extended ALERT: Oil Supply Collapse, Exponential Debt, and Why You Must Prepare Now

Introduction:

“With the Iran war spiraling and Russian refining capacity devastated, global oil and fuel supplies are plunging toward critical shortages. I am formally extending the ALERT: stock up now – time is running out.

…with the inability of Russia to defend its refineries and even its Wildberries warehouses (Russia’s Amazon equivalent) under devastating attacks, the economic fallout from just the loss of crude oil, natural gas, and refined oil products will range from severe to catastrophic, depending on how much longer the disruptions to supplies last.

I’ve been working on covering the Iran and Russian situations since I first issued an ALERT on February 27 – before the war with Iran had even begun [we issued an alert on this blog March 3rd, as soon as the Strait closed].  That’s 144 days straight without a break.  Lots of content, and now it’s time to take a deeper dive into the reasons I am so alarmed at the direction events are currently taking.

I am hereby formally extending my war & economic ALERT for a third time.  For subscribers, I will go into that in greater detail in the second part of this report.  For everyone else, be sure that you are as stocked up as you can be with water, a year’s worth of stored food, home energy generation and batteries, the ability to defend your family and property, plenty of ammo, medicine, and anything else your particular circumstances require.”

Dr. Martenson was recently on the Tucker Carlson Show (he comes in at 36:45) and RT’s Sanchez Effect (he comes in at 17:30), discussing related topics. He has been featured on many other prominent alternative media platforms (particularly in the past several months), along with interviewing prominent experts on his own site.

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis Has Scathing Words....

Find out the truth of what we are doing over there, 14 minute video, from 9 days ago…

The Real Problem With These Waves of Strikes Against Iran