…Wrap your arms around the Cross…and hold on tight.
"When All the Lights Go Out"
I just wrote this, half asleep, at midnight. I don’t know if it’s good or not. This is the stuff I think about all the time…
When all the phones die
We speak to each other again
When all the cars break down
We’ll learn to walk again
When all the screens go black
We inherit the Earth again
When all the planes are grounded
We’ll begin to fly again
When all the lights go out
We’ll see the stars again
When all the music stops
We’ll hear the angels sing
The Joy of Weekday Mass
I attended Mass yesterday, on the feast of Saint Faustina, great seer of the Divine Mercy. It was a 12 noon Mass, celebrated just as the children at the parish school were getting out for playtime. I have always thought the most beautiful sound in the world is children playing. I don’t know how others feel about this distraction at Mass, but I welcome it. Surely there is still hope, as long as these little voices resound to the heavens.
During the consecration, I thought of all the people in their cars passing the church at that moment, as it is on a main road. Most have no idea they are passing an actual miracle. We Catholics possess so much, and yet evangelize so little. But first, we must evangelize our fellow Catholics, those who even receive Our Blessed Lord and still know not what they do.
Throughout my life, weekday Mass has given me a unique sense of peace and joy. I can’t explain it. You just have to go and experience it. It feels different than going on the obligatory Sunday. On Long Island, many are still well attended. If no one goes, they will gradually fade and become less available. Let us not take our precious faith for granted. Let us not assume all of this will be here for us always.
In our monthly theme posts, we discuss the prominent feasts of the month. Part of the purpose of this, is to remember our Catholic faith in greater fullness. Celebrating these feasts by attending Mass adds a greater dimension to our saintly devotions and the practice of our Holy Religion.
Respect Life Sunday / Usual Feast of Saint Francis
I am spending this day listening to Gregorian Chant, in a spirit of mourning for the unborn and for all those murdered and harmed by the mRNA shots.
Lord have mercy.
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.
Saint Joseph pray for us.
Saint Michael, protect the innocent.
saint francis, pray for us.
Requiem Aeternam - Gregorian Chant, Mode VI
October...
pray the rosary for life!
Today is the feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us!
“In the heart of the Church, my Mother, I will be love.”
Saint Therese, the “Little Flower”
Stay tuned for more on Catholic October!
Thought for the Day
“Simon says.”
“Who is Simon, anyway?”
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What are We Here to Do? The Three I's
Live…
Innocently
Intelligently
Intentionally
Thought for the Day
“Freedom without a backup plan is mostly just a bumper sticker.”
Exxon warns oil inventories will hit dangerously low levels in weeks...
…forcing prices to shoot higher
Excerpt from CNBC:
“We’re approaching unheard of inventory levels,” said Exxon Senior Vice President Neil Chapman at a conference hosted by Bernstein in New York.
“I mean really, really low levels,” Chapman warned. “You can debate whether that’s going to hit, those really low levels, in two weeks or three weeks. Once you get to that point, then you’ll see price shoot up.”
…The IEA [International Energy Agency] warned earlier this month that inventories are being depleted at a record pace.
Well, let’s look at that article, also from CNBC:
Oil price spike turmoil far from over
Excerpt:
“More than ten weeks after the war in the Middle East began, mounting supply losses from the Strait of Hormuz are depleting global oil inventories at a record pace,” the IEA wrote.
…“The petrochemical and aviation sectors are currently most affected, but higher prices, a weaker economic environment and demand-saving measures will increasingly impact fuel use.
…“That this is the largest oil supply disruption in the history of the oil market is neither an exaggeration nor controversial,” Martijn Rats, commodities strategist at Morgan Stanley, told clients in a Monday note.
Don’t believe the propaganda that there is no oil problem in America, you are being lied to! Continue to prepare for general inflation and supply disruption. That means: STOCK UP NOW.