CORAC Gears Up For a Big Year

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By Charlie Johnston

Today begins our CORAC fundraising drive that will carry through February 11 – both the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes and the beginning of my walking pilgrimage some 11 years ago now.

I spent some of last week going through the archives from this site over the last year and a half. It is quite astonishing how far we have come at CORAC in the past 12 months. A year ago at this time, we were still getting our feet on the ground, getting technical and administrative things in place. Of course, we were only five months old at the time. In the year since then, hundreds of people have taken our free homeopathy classes. I have put in a small cache of critical medical  supplies, which we have distributed on an emergency basis when the need is identified. Shoot, on Christmas Eve I got an emergency call from a small religious order in crisis and we got the needed supplies out to them the next day. We have put together a national ham radio network – and do a simple broadcast each week to prepare the system if needed. We focus on ham radios because the government cannot shut them down as it can the internet and cellular service. Our prayer teams have expanded to include acting as ambassadors for CORAC. Our sustainability committee focuses on home and frontier skills to help people both survive and thrive where they are at should a crisis arise, up to and including a complete breakdown.

We have several critical priorities for the coming year. One of the things I am looking at is to get an economic clearing house in place to help people connect with companies and small businesses that are committed to faith, family and freedom along with us. There are several entities that are busy mounting “alternative economies.” I am not looking to compete with them, rather to ally with them and serve as a clearing house where people can easily go to find such companies to buy from or work for. Frankly, I suspect that huge dislocations are liable to be coming before the end of the year. Already, some food markets in the northeast have started posting signs encouraging shoppers not to buy more than they normally would, even though many critical items are not there to begin with because of the increasing damage to the supply chain. We need to get people able to fend for themselves – and that is always much easier when they are working collaboratively with others who are doing the same.

I also want to get people to start thinking in an analog fashion again in our digital world. Even in the area of communications, while digital technologies are very precise and clear, they are something of a hothouse plant – much more vulnerable to the elements than the much hardier (but less precise) analog technologies. You need to have some paper maps and know how to read them, to be able to communicate in cursive writing, to have hard copies of critical documents and information rather than mere digital access, to have a woodburning backup to your heating and cooking systems. If, miraculously, everything smoothed out and all was okay again, these types of preparation would do no harm to anyone and just serve as a redundancy. If, on the other hand, things continue on the road to collapse, these types of skills and preparations could well be the key to survival. Again, as I have since I started writing, I strongly discourage you from going full “survivalist;” rather I want you to make prudent preparations that you can afford. Regaining “analog” skills that have atrophied in our modern digital society costs little – and will be useful whatever happens. For me, learning new skills and keeping my loaded backpack close at hand will remain the only preparations I make.

For all the legal, technical, administrative and web costs, we manage on about $11,000 per month. We need to keep it going even as we expand the services we work together to provide. Won’t you join us in making the most generous donation you can? I know, I know, like every other institution, we depend on our donors to keep going – and so have to make a new push every few months. Hey, you guys are smart. If you know you are supportive of CORAC, you might figure out how much you can give for the year and divide it up into parcels to be spread throughout the year – on a quarterly basis, say, or, heaven love you, on a monthly basis.

I regret that our last appeal got a bit muddled because of my rather serious bout with Covid. Though I still have some minor challenges on that front, I also now have super-duper-califragilistic immunity, so I do not expect such an interruption again. Meantime, for all you wonderful monthly donors, I will make arrangements to get the CORAC Rosaries into the mail to you over the next month. Thank you for your patience.

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As I perused the archives of the last year and a half, several things jumped out at me. On the issue of Covid and the Covid shots, if you were reading this site regularly, you got information that has held up over time. That is because here, we actually follow the science and the data, rather than following anyone’s cheap or panicked narrative. Last week, a fellow who has known me for decades told me that I was the most “scientific” person he ever knew – and that he knew it decades ago. As science is not my strong suit and something I have to work at to get right, I was rather startled and told him so. He replied that what he meant was that, in everything, I never just chose a narrative to follow and then cherry-pick data to support it, but always amass data and evidence – then follow where that leads boldly and candidly. It was a nice compliment – and his explanation describes well what I have tried to make my method throughout my life. Read through the archives of the last year and a half to see that I was very accurately describing where we were heading both with Covid and politically all along. That is important to give you confidence as we go forward that here, at least, you are getting factual information – and analysis that plays out well historically.

A couple of other rules I use in developing analysis. If an “expert” seeks to counter contrary arguments against him by silencing his opponent, he is not an expert at all, but a mere propagandist. Truth will stand the test of examination; propaganda will not. So I dismiss out of hand ANYONE whose primary tactic is to silence opposing views. That is pretty much our whole government and media complex now. It is utterly bizarre to me that a cohort of 20-somethings who have little training in anything (what the great Rush Limbaugh used to call “young skulls full of mush”) have suddenly become the arbiters of what is accurate and what is misinformation in our society. My friends, truth will stand the test of examination – and if you are not willing to undergo that test, you are not interested in truth, only seizing power on the cheap.

It was on December 23, 2020 when I first publicly said I thought it likely the Covid shots would become the greatest medical disaster in history. Right now, athletes in their prime who have taken the shot are dropping dead at the rate of two or three a week – and public health officials are saying it is just a coincidence. In heavily vaccinated Scotland, scientists are disturbed to find data suggesting that the more shots people have had, the more likely they are to get Covid. The heavily vaccinated country of Israel is one of the worst Covid hotspots in the world right now. Fortunately, despite the panic porn so beloved by the media and public officials, Covid is not the Black Plague. I certainly encourage you to check and double-check every piece of information you get, for the biggest purveyors of misinformation have been our media and public health officials. A method I have used a lot over my lifetime is to look at the historical record of entities that present information for accuracy. Those who have taken pains to get it right usually will continue to do so. (That is part of why I encourage you to read the archives of this site from the past year and a half). Even in those cases, though, you need to spot check to make sure the standards remain high.

Last year, a few days after the protest rally in D.C. on Jan. 6, I caught a whole lot of flack (including from more than a few conservatives) for this piece I wrote. It has held up quite well, I think. It is utterly bizarre to me that what was a genuinely “mostly peaceful” protest – in which a tiny sliver of the crowd got way too rowdy is being condemned as an “insurrection” while the violent riots of the 20’s are still being treated as righteous protests. Wayne Allyn Root has gotten to the heart of the political battle in America right now. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Sunday that members of the fraudulent House J-6 Committee could go to jail for their flagrant abuses of basic civil rights. We have a lot of wood to chop.

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While perusing the archives I came upon this piece, entitled “Living Springs,” that I published on Dec. 15, 2020. I like it and think it a good way to spiritually gird your loins. I abhor the misinformation and gaslighting that is constantly coming from the dying establishment as it frantically tries to hold on to power, but I deeply dislike the actual misinformation that comes from people who, if they were dedicated to truth and accuracy, would be my allies. If I hear one more person say that there is no such thing as Covid, I may scream. (Of course, I have done that frequently from the privacy of my own room). A child often tells tales that, while false, do reflect his actual fears. Put away childish things. An adult should not glom onto every cockamamie thing they hear that attacks something they really know to be bad or evil: that does not serve to further discredit the evil, but only to discredit the person making false claims. “Test all things; hold fast to what is good.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:21. I reprint Living Springs below, in hopes it may help us all to gird our loins for the trials ahead:

 

By Charlie Johnston

For many years I puzzled over the enigma of Judas Iscariot. Why would he betray Christ and then hang himself when Christ was given up to the power of corrupted men? None of the forced pious explanations satisfied me. When I am contemplating a story from the Bible, I like to immerse myself in the story, to try to see it as the people there saw it, to find the internal logic that motivates the participants in each drama. When I was a kid, I liked to follow mountain streams up to their source. Contemplating the Bible in this manner is similar. For every tale, there is a coherent, internal logic that brings the lesson into crisper relief. Sometimes the point is not what we initially think it is. Of course, Scripture is like a precious stone with many facets. I don’t think we ever see them all, and so when someone says they know what a particular passage means, they actually have grasped a single facet of it. Scripture is rich, dense and deep. But there is always a fundamental internal logic to a story if we look at the characters as real people and contemplate it.

Finally, just after I was received into the Church, I contemplated an explanation that satisfied my objections – and brightly illuminated the story for me in a way I had not previously thought of. I think Judas firmly believed that Jesus was the Messiah. All of Israel had expected the Messiah to be a warrior king, including Judas. After traipsing around the desert for three years, I think Judas lost patience and decided to force Jesus’ hand. He thought that if he put Jesus in a desperate situation, it would force Him to reveal His mighty power. Things did not go the way Judas expected. When he saw Jesus handed over to the authorities to face the judgment of men, Judas despaired over two things. First, he had betrayed innocent blood – and since Jesus did not reveal His mighty power immediately, Judas stopped believing He was the Messiah. I don’t think Judas’ great sin was the betrayal of Jesus. Rather, I think it was threefold. First, he sought to supplant whatever Jesus’ plan was with his own. Second, He could not conceive of Jesus having a fundamentally different plan than his own. Finally, he despaired when his plan did not come to fruition as he had intended it. The fundamental sin was that Judas never had any real faith in Jesus except to be the strong instrument to carry out Judas’ plan – which he thought was the only possible plan. He didn’t wait long enough to see that Christ’s power extended even over death.

For over 40 years, my method of analysis has not been dependent on a particular scenario, whether dealing with temporal or spiritual things. I long ago lost the illusion that I can ever know what, precisely, is going to happen. Rather, I deal in contingencies. After getting intimately familiar with the lay of the land, I come up with potential scenarios and go into an “if-then” sequence for each of them. On critical matters, I usually come up with about a dozen potential scenarios in my mind. When dealing with a specific client, I will give two or three main potential scenarios and how to address them. In addressing them, I generally give the probable benefits and shortfalls of each approach, along with my recommended approach (and I candidly address the probable benefits and shortfalls of that one, too). Even with this method, a good 30-40 percent of the time the reality is significantly different from what I expected. Yet the effort in putting it together this way both prepares me better for the unexpected and prevents me from becoming wedded to a particular scenario. I am occasionally wrong in my expectations, but I am rarely ambushed by the unexpected. A big part of what my clients have most valued about me is that, whatever happens, I almost always have a ready approach. Sounds like a know-it-all, doesn’t it? But the reality is that a know-it-all could never do this, for they are too vested in believing in their own superior knowledge to plan for contingencies. They already know what is going to happen, so why bother with so much labor to prepare for things they know are not going to happen. One of the best things that ever happened to me was my candid abandonment of the illusion that I already knew what was actually contingent and, thus, could only be known by God. It doesn’t stop me from devising strategy and tactics, but keeps me from getting vested in any. It is a way to develop strong muscles that are also supple. And it helps prevent me from committing the sin of Judas.

People ask me sometimes if I am still receiving messages – and if so, why I do not reveal them. Even when I was speaking openly about such things, I said that it was only until the heavy sequence of events began, for when that happened, it was no longer time for me to tickle the ears with messages, but time to act – to humbly acknowledge God, take the next right step, and be a sign of hope to those around us. What we think we know will avail us little; it is what we do under God that will be decisive. The fact is I have never seen my mission as propounding messages, though for a time it was necessary. I have always believed my mission is to help hearten people that we can make our stand under God, no matter how difficult things seemed, and become heralds of the great renewal to come with the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart. To defend the faith, hearten the faithful, and defend the faithful. I actually hated speaking of prophetic things. I much preferred giving good, but very fallible, counsel. Wisdom is its own justification – and if the counsel I gave was wise, it would find fertile ground because of that. I did not want to become one of the chorus of those who compel people by claiming a special pipeline to God. My message has always been that God is close to YOU – and accessible to you when you devote yourselves to acknowledging Him, taking the next right step and being a sign of hope. I can offer counsel, but I cannot be anyone’s guru – and too many seekers who put emphasis on such things are looking for a way to escape their humble moral responsibility for the choices they make before God. The primary (actually the only) reason that I spoke publicly about such spiritual things was that, by telling you true of what was to come and what it would look like, it would build credibility for when I told you that this was not the end – a message that would be critical when all the institutions we counted on had collapsed and all was in chaos and confusion. Even that, I did fumblingly. Oh, I got the landscape right – a global civil war fought on cultural lines and a collapse marked by the complete loss of confidence in our vital mediating institutions. But I fumbled on the timing and the details of how it would come about. That, too, was a blessing, for it helped prepare each of you who, like me, will be wrong about many things, to accept your errors, take responsibility for them, and forge ahead anyway. I have had both public and private direction from my Archbishop – and that, too, has been a blessing. On occasion, I have chafed a bit, but his occasional direction has been wise and well-considered. I am thankful for the fidelity and charity of Archbishop Aquila.

Knowing that I am going to be wrong about some things, but not knowing which, I am largely open to competing theories on what must come. If someone offers wise words and good counsel, whether they are the same as mine or not, I generally leave them here without comment. There are only a few things I get prickly about. I strongly reject any notion that this is the end. I get very sensitive to anything that would beguile people into thinking that they will not have to make their stand and both publicly and boldly declare themselves. I fear that is the sort of false hope that could lead many to despair or destruction. The fundamental things I live by are: “Be not afraid. God calls all men to salvation,” and “Acknowledge God, take the next right step, and be a sign of hope to those around you.” I know people want more, but that is sufficient – the things I have developed over decades. Contemplate those deeply in light of the Lord and you have all you need to find your path forward – and I don’t see why you should have it any easier than I have all these years. But no, my interior life has not changed in any significant way.

It is not just in what I have said and written that I have tried to keep faith and prepare. In the late 90’s I told my Priests that my understanding was that if I accepted my mission, I would be quickly plunged into a prolonged period of intense suffering to prepare me for the vicissitudes that would come later. Whether it was imagination or not, just a few months after accepting it fully, I was plunged into five years of intense strife and struggle. I do not like to discuss it, but perhaps someday I will have to. (I would prefer that, on that, in the end one of the three witnesses who were there for the duration describe it). It took me once to the brink of despair. Sometimes, when things seemed too tough to bear, I would ask for relief and then catch myself, asking rather that God give me strength to bear it and more. It ended with my life-threatening neurological injury. I have not had a minute without significant pain since 9:03 a.m. Central Time on Good Friday in 2003. That was when something broke in me – and I could feel it when it happened. It was two months before I was able to receive the surgery that restored fluid to my spinal cord – and by that time, I was told that the best-case scenario would be that I would be, at least, partially paralyzed on my right side. Months after the surgery, wondering how long it would be until the pain subsided, my neurologist told me it might never subside – that his tests showed I should not be able to walk at all, so my system had unusual resilience but the pain might be a constant feature. So it has been. One of my Priests prayed intensely that I be healed of the pain. I asked him to stop. I noted I could still walk and do things – and the pain served as a sort of integrated hair shirt that I could always offer up for others and in penance for my own sins. The only thing I really hate about it is how easily I am fatigued. I don’t like to speak of the details of it, but it may come in handy sometime. If many are suffering, I may be able to hearten them with my own sufferings and how one can endure and even find joy in the midst of them – and I chose it.

There were many blessings from my pilgrimage, walking across the country. I left with $50 in my pocket and a laptop in my backpack on which I could write little pieces for a content studio at libraries on my way and get paid $15 a piece for them on a cash card. That and the generosity of the people I met along the way was mainly how I financed my walk. It occurred to me during that pilgrimage that, if the time came when some people were displaced from their homes, I could speak comfort to them as a fellow traveler who chose extended homelessness when it was not necessary – and that they, too, can both survive and thrive.

For a full  decade I have lived poverty – and often like to joke that I got fat in the process. When people lose much of the material things they have, I can assure them as a fellow traveler that the only reliable wealth any of us have is God, our family, and our friends.

If times get hard enough that I have to offer these reassurances, I will not be speaking as one who has lived great comfort to the poor and benighted. Rather, I will be talking as a brother who has long walked in the shoes they are in – and assure them all the more that they can endure and thrive under God.

If you come to me to find the detailed plan on how everything will unfold, I am not your guy. If you come to me in hopes that I will tell you that the scenario you have devised in your mind is the only possible one, I am not your guy. If you come to me in hopes that I can fortify you in your search for what God wants from you and for credible assurance that God has not and will never abandon His people, I may have something for you.

For almost all of my life, I have imagined my path as similar to a spring bursting forth at the top of a mountain, determined to find its way to the bottom and form a clear pool of refreshing water. Along my path, I will encounter many obstacles – sticks, rocks, dirt and dead leaves. I can go through all of them. Occasionally I will encounter an obstacle so big and solid that I can’t go through it. On those, I will well up against it and go around it. But I WILL find my way to the bottom to form that clear pool. And when I get there, I know I will realize that all those obstacles actually purified me on my way, filtering out the impurities and dirt that clung to me at the beginning. I may die a complete failure, but if I do, I won’t know it in this world, for I will press on to the end of my way. I pray – and I have been encouraging all of you these last eight years – that you do the same.

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113 thoughts on “CORAC Gears Up For a Big Year”

  1. What a great piece, Charlie! I especially appreciate the reminders on ways to take great care – in these days of much propaganda and confusion – when analyzing and discerning while reading and viewing the glut of information and opinions at our disposal. I, also, love to review the archives. 🙂

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  3. The good thing about a bad memory is that everything is a fresh story! Thank you for this post and for the suggestion to read the archives! So much wisdom in what you say, Charlie!

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  4. The Church is just a mere shadow of what it once was… We cannot expect miracles in this evil generation, as Jesus said “an evil generation will be given the sign of Jonah”.

    How events will play out from here? There’s nothing from any prophecy (public nor private) that could of prepared us for current events nor what’s to come. A roadmap doesn’t teach survival skills. We’re literally living “easier said than done.”

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    1. No-one has promised that it will be easy, Al. In my opinion, we’re in a period of increasingly severe trials. The disciples asked Jesus about the time of His return, and what signs would precede it;

      “Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

      And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

      “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
      https://biblehub.com/nkjv/matthew/24.htm

      This is a time like never before. When in the past has there been worldwide control over the media? When before have our lives been effectively controlled by global corporations as they are now, Pharmaceutical companies, Banks and the IMF, Google, Apple, Facebook and the like? Jesus tells us that we Christians will be hated by ALL nations. For the unvaccinated Christian, is that not starting to occur as we speak?

      Keep your eyes upon Jesus, Al. We’re not supposed to live the Christian life without His strength within us. Pray to Him for forgiveness and mercy, for we are all sinners saved by His compassion and love for each of us.

      “𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬.”
      https://biblehub.com/nkjv/matthew/11.htm

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      1. DocDave, this is very good. Thank-you for this timely reminder. Once more we recall that the only way out is through and that He asks us, encourages us to be faithful to the end.
        Thanks so much, katey in OR

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  7. Well, CJ, Sen Johnson just hosted on Capitol Hill a 5 hour conference with the frontline doctors and nurses aka FLCCC. Talked about the data you have reported on associated vaccine injuries, lack of early interventions that worked and more. They discussed how harmful complications are caused when the alternated virus reacts with other biological pathways to trigger reemergence of cancers, miscarriages, heart damage and in particularity what it will do to immature reproductive organs in children. The hearing was on OAN news when I viewed it. Seems that doctors & nurses in big hospital organizations are being told how to apply medicine based on $$$(more for a Covid diagnosis) and lawyers. These doctors are multi credentialed and spoke with an urgency. Anyway OAN often repeated its programming. Hopefully more viewing will be possible. Maybe someone can find a video link of it. It’s a must see.

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    1. Joanne1950 I don’t know if this will go through because it’s longer than an hour but here it is😩

      (This nearly six hour vid can be found at You Tube with the search words: “COVID 19: A Second Opinion Panel” ~ Beckita)

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    2. Don’t forget that for over a year, while I have said I believed this would be the greatest medical disaster in history, I have also said consistently that I believe God has a plan to rescue us from the consequences of our actions WHEN we turn to Him.

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      1. From Charlie’s piece published about a year ago on February 23, 2021, An Expensive But Fruitful Breakdown:

        “Yes, I do think this experimental gene therapy being called the Covid vaccine will be the greatest medical disaster in history. Yet God is always responsive to the call of those who truly wish to come back to Him. He does not will the destruction of even the rebellious and is ever glad to take them back. When the Israelites in the desert began to grumble and speak vile things about Moses and God, God sent them a plague of poisonous snakes to punish them. Yet when the people cried out and repented, God told Moses to make a fiery snake and mount it on a pole – and when the repentant people bitten looked upon it, they would not die from their snakebites (Numbers 21). That serpent on a pole became the symbol, even in these times, of true medicine. So, yes, I think a lot of people are going to be bitten badly by this gene therapy “vaccine,” but I also think that all who took it in good faith and suffered serious adverse reactions before we knew how bad it would be will become martyrs to the Lord and will intercede for us both here and in heaven. Once it is clear how bad it is, everyone who repents and calls on the name of the Lord will be healed. And then we will know once again where our only true source of security lies and will once more turn to true medicine rather than the shifting kaleidoscope of politicized medicine that stalks the land, changing only to augment the power and influence of the few rather than the good of all. Some will NEVER call on God and, so, be lost.”

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        1. I just learned something new i.e. the medical symbol of the serpent on a pole and its link to the Bible. The message is so helpful and reminds me of the Surrender Novena. Thanks, CJ and Beckita for the reinforcement and reminder of our dependence and faith in the Lord. So much nonsense and human conceit has been exposed in the past 10 years or so.

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          1. I love how there’s a joyful balance in relying completely on the Lord while being willing to take every next right step and partner with Him, Joanne. There’s SO much Hope in the current darkness.

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      2. Great piece Charle! I remember you telling us all that gathered at our house for your Norwalk talk about this last February on ur birthday 🥳!!! Lol. Boy a lot has happened since then! Holy smokes!

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  8. Thank-you so much, Charlie, for this thoughtful and thought-provoking piece. I appreciate your encouragement to continue to take the next right step and don’t give up.
    My notes are still not connecting with my WordPress site so I cannot “like” anyone’s notes although I do try to read them all. I appreciate every person’s view.
    Always daily prayers and rosary for us all ~ God bless us, everyone, katey in OR

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    1. If you’re using the Brave browser, Katie, then you will need to turn off your “Shields” on this site. On the 2nd line on your screen, you should see “https:asignofhope379.com …. etc.” At the end of that line you’ll see a little Lion icon. It’s immediately before a red triangle. Just click on that Lion and a window will appear that offers you the option to turn off your Shields.

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    1. That made me cry. Reminds me this is how it’s gonna be with all our tragedies (given to The Lord) on the other side, maybe even sooner. Ahh. Ty.

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    2. What a heartwarming story of charity. Thank you for sharing it, Sister Bear. ❤

      Last Sunday after Mass, in 18 degree weather, my new used car would not start. I had a mild panic moment when I could not get out of my car because the power locks were inoperable. It took seconds too long for me to determine that I can manually unlock it! To further add to my vulnerable state of mind, I did not have a phone with me and the hood of the car was frozen shut. I was stranded. By the grace of God and at my seeking, I was met with the selfless response of Mr. Patrick Ryan, an usher at Holy Family Church, whom I had never formerly met before at the parish I was visiting that day.
      First, he offered me his cell phone to call home. I was rummaging through my wallet to find my husband's phone number that I had written down in case of an emergency. As I apologized for this added delay, Pat said he understood and he does not even know his own children's phone numbers by-heart either! The call went to voicemail. ***Note to self as a future reference – send a short S.O.S. text first followed by the call. Most of us, myself included, generally do not answer calls from strange numbers.
      Next he followed me out to the icy parking lot and grabbed his car and pulled up to mine. After using his strength to force open the frozen shut hood, he got back into his vehicle and turn the car around to a better vantage point for the job. The struts on the hood were slipping and so I held it open while he assessed the situation. In all of the mayhem I lost my gloves and was bare handed. He shared with me that his lovely wife made sure that he had an extra pair of gloves for the road that day. He grabbed them from the back seat and gave them to me for my hands. Out of humility, I kept apologizing for the domino effect of hurdles before us, to which Pat repeatedly and patiently assured me was unnecessary.
      It turned out that the red terminal on the battery slipped off. Away went the cables which were just assembled and out came the socket set. The nut was covered in rust, however we were able to secure it enough to start the car and get me safely home. I was promptly back on the road, also free of charge. (I do however see a homemade spice bread in Mr. Ryan's future personally delivered along with a note of gratitude.)

      Once home, my husband took over, did a quick run to the local auto part store, secured the terminals with caps and reset the codes to reactivate the cars electronic functions.

      Back to basics with trust in God at all times to provide for us in His way and in His time. Glimpses of God's Kingdom here on earth from Sisters, Oregon to Shorewood, Illinois and every region/town in between when we answer His call to serve Him and one another for the greater glory!

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      2. Beautiful stories (both)! Thank you for sharing them! Truly, there is more goodness than we realize in this upsidedown world! (Being taken care of angels in human form!)

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      4. Beautiful Jen, glad you received help. There are so many good, kind people in this world. It’s too bad we don’t see more stories like these in the news.

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    3. romans 8:28
      And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose

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      1. Indeed. ❤

        Our Lady of Medjugorje's short and sweet message of maternal love:

        January 25, 2022 – Monthly Message to Marija

        "Dear children! Today I am calling you to return to personal prayer. Little children, do not forget that Satan is strong and that he wants to attract all the more souls to himself. That is why, you be vigilant in prayer and resolute in the good. I am with you and am blessing all of you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

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  10. Hi to everyone! I have seldom read the blog and never commented of lately.
    So I hope this prayer request will not be unwelcome.
    I could use some prayers for a catholic priest here in Italy, who did not get the vaccine and has urgently been summoned by his bishop today (Jan. 25).
    Some bishops in Italy are suspending unvaccinated priests from their religious service, because taking the vaccine is considered a “moral duty”.
    This priest, Father R., is ministering to his flock and also to many unvaccinated people from other parishes, who in Italy are currently greatly discriminated and deprived of their jobs.
    He also helped me when my husband risked losing his job.
    We talked a lot on the phone and exchanged messages and he was always very encouraging.
    Please pray for him, pray that his bishop will not take disciplinary measures against him for his unvaccinated status and pray for the very few other priests who resisted vaccination so far.
    Thanks a lot!!
    Lilia from Italy

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      2. Hi Beckita, I’d like to tell you that, at the moment, Father R. has not been reprimanded by his bishop. The urgent summon he received concerned another matter unrelated to vaccination. He says he remains on the alert and trusts God and thanks people who pray for him.

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      1. Thanks for your prayers and kindness! Father R. is safe. My country though needs many prayers because our politicians are not relenting on covid restrictions and many are losing their jobs. Thanks again!

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    4. Lilia: I certainly do remember you commenting here – your username is beautiful. Forza Firenze! I’ve offered a prayer to Our Lady, as Mother of the Clergy, for that Priest you’ve mentioned, Her faithful son.

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      1. Thanks for your prayers an for remembering me.
        For now Father R. is safe! May God always protect his faithful servants! Prayers for you as well.

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        1. Thank you, Joanne! This is a very good article about difficult to fix matters. I’ve looked into Medical cost sharing programs but haven’t found anything that will cover folks over 65 on Medicare. If someone know of one, please pass it on to the rest of us. 🙂

          The author’s comments on the use of aborted fetal tissue is pretty expansive in terms of how often it’s used in the Pharma industry. I suspect that there is a concerted and deliberate attempt by the Evils to infiltrate human tissues, including fetal tissues, into other sectors as well. After all, why not? Human DNA has been found in fast food burgers, and I gather that fetal tissue has been used in cosmetics. I suspect many things we eat or put on or in our bodies have been deliberately contaminated. After all, if a deliberate decision was made to create such products in the Pharma sector, why would they stop there? How the satan must laugh at us as we avoid a vaxxxine where we know that aborted fetal tissue was used and then go out and have a contaminated fast food entree or drink a liquid with an additive developed using fetal tissue.

          But perhaps I’m just paranoid. I won’t even lick stamps or postal envelopes, because I have no idea what’s in the glue, LOL. 😀 What about you folks who are reading this comment? How many times a day do you put something in your mouth or on your body (or into your children) without paying attention to its ingredients? Did you know that many batches of Covid tests in the early part of 2020 were contaminated with the Covid virus and had to be destroyed (and how many got through and were used?), or that many current Covid test swabs have toxic ethylene oxide on the swabs? How often do you even read the ingredient list on jars or boxes of foods or drinks, and even if you do, do you understand or trust what you are reading? I think this problem is much deeper than we can know at this point. Perhaps another massive red pill waiting in the wings for us all to discover. I hope I’m wrong. I don’t think I am.

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          1. Great questions, SteveBC! Several of which I have asked and answered myself by researching. I have changed some habits and have set aside allegiances to many *products and services* as a result of the findings! Awakening has it’s privileges.

            On a recent SM thread, a video was posted of a young man taking an at-home CV test and he demonstrated how tap water tested positive for CV. The comments that ensued were along the lines of how the test obviously cannot be trusted.

            I chimed in by posting only – “P.S.A. – Boil your tap water.” That stopped the endless echoed replies championing his notion right in their tracks. Food for thought.

            There is no better time than now (and it is always now) to reflect and dig a little deeper, pray and discern before speaking and acting. There are too many cliques vying for our misguided attentions that we too frequently mindlessly entertain, imho and my own experiences. ❤

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      2. Thanks so much, Steve!
        Father R. is safe for now, but thanks for your continuing prayers.
        My husband got Covid. Thanks for your spiritual support.
        Our parliament re-elected the same President of the Republic and in doing so it confirmed our premier Draghi (Dragons) till the next elections. All the parties voted as one.

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    6. LiliaF: Why not supply the reports that are being exposed here in the USA of the harm the vaccines are doing to the population. The vaccine is not a vaccine at all but a gene therapy including the fact that with the emergence and dominance of Omicron variant the “vaccine” is not working. Even the doctor who invented the mRNA gene therapy, Dr. Robert Malone is telling us NOT to give it to children. One of the adverse effects is on their developing ovaries and testes. Doctors here are starting to push back on the politicalization of medicine by the government and getting good results. See https://covid19criticalcare.com for the FLCCC Alliance. My son’s primary doctor in Texas saved his life after he developed severe covid 19 and was turned away from the emergency room at his local hospital as he struggled to breathing. His primary doctor couldn’t believe the hospital did this and prescribed Dexamethasone (a protocol on FLCCC) and overnight his breathing improved and within days he recovered. This was in January 2021. It turns out the last thing you would want was to be placed in a hospital and on a ventilator. I was praying with my Rosary group for him for a path to his recovery. My other son caught Omicron (December 2021, Rosary group again) and his doctor (once again in TX) prescribed Azithromycin and after the first day of it he started on the mends. Conclusion: Omicron is different than Covid19. He was never as sick as his brother. Also connect to Senator Johnson’s panel with the Frontline doctors and nurses https://rumble.com/vt62y6-covid-19-a-second-opinion.html

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      1. Thanks Joanne for your information and suggestions. Covid 19 in my country is not anymore a health issue. It has become a political one. We also have doctors and scientists who have a dissident opinion, but they are silenced and the most part of he population relies on TV news.

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  11. Thank you, Charlie. I especially love the image of the spring and this: “But I WILL find my way to the bottom to form that clear pool. And when I get there, I know I will realize that all those obstacles actually purified me on my way, filtering out the impurities and dirt that clung to me at the beginning”.

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  12. JESUS = GOOD NEWS! … 😉

    https://parishableitems.wordpress.com/2022/01/22/on-having-christian-joy/

    https://blog.adw.org/2022/01/on-the-wonder-of-the-word-of-god-a-homily-for-the-third-sunday-of-the-year-2/

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/01/pope-francis-wolf-shepherds-clothing-frontpagemagcom/

    https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/25/finnish-government-puts-christianity-on-trial-calls-the-bible-hate-speech/

    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/591062-virginias-new-republican-ag-urges-supreme-court-to-overturn-roe-v

    https://www.lifenews.com/2022/01/24/watch-pro-abortion-rioters-attack-pro-life-conference-feminist-throws-bombs-at-pro-life-students/

    https://www.glennbeck.com/glenn-beck/11-things-you-can-do-to-help-stop-the-great-reset

    https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/jp-sears-16-reasons-the-narrative-is-crumbling/
    https://www.wnd.com/2022/01/government-data-show-vax-free-less-likely-get-covid/

    THEY are desperate to come up with a plan to Out ChinaJoe and Willie Brown’s Girl Friend and DISTRACT US from the Domestic/Foreign CHAOS THEY created …. plus the ChinaBioWeapon Conspiracy s crumbling! All the above = DANGER AHEAD!!
    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/by_crudely_insulting_a_fox_reporter_biden_again_showed_his_coarse_nastiness.html
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-biden-competent-effective-nbc-chuck-todd

    https://patriotpost.us/humor/85750-different-joe-same-quote-2022-01-24

    https://www.crisismagazine.com/
    https://stream.org/category/us/
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
    https://amgreatness.com/
    https://spectator.org/
    https://www.americanthinker.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!

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  14. Captain Charlie, a new appreciation for always leaving your readers with hope interspersed throughout your warnings of ominous challenges ahead. There’s an interesting interview Greg Hunter has with Clif
    H. about some foreboding times that could be overwhelming without some light at the end of the tunnel.
    Excerpt: “We are going to have a ‘red pill’ moment that’s coming soon. It’s going to take a short period of time, and many of them are going to go ballistic. So, I expect frequent, irregular, episodic, periods of chaos.”
    Not linking since over the 30min limit, but can be found on usawatchdog. He’s supposedly a ‘data mining specialist’; which I think we could ascribe to Charlie as well 🙂 who fortunately adds more than a sprinkle of spirituality/religion to his assessments. In the interview C.H. also mentions some alternatives to Iver if that’s unavailable.

    Today’s feast day is a good time to enlist the intercession of St. Paul for our fallen-away loved ones to return to the fold.
    (link removed ~ Beckita)

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    1. Sorry, Maggie, I just couldn’t link to Fr. James Martin’s Twitter feed. I know he’s simply sharing the gorgeous images you always share so well. I clicked on the second to upload and found a different angle on the first image from another source. Here they are…
      The fresco by Michelangelo in the Pauline Chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City:

      A whole chapel view:

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    2. Maggie, I’m watching it now on Rumble and it’s really amazing. I agree with you there are “foreboding times” ahead, but yes light at the end of the tunnel. I find what Clif H. says to be good news that people will wake up, even though they may react violently against the elitists who have harmed them. That’s the “go ballistic” part.

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  16. I was thinking about your hike across the country, Charlie. It always reminds me of my trip to Mexico in 1999 where I hiked up a mountain to 10,000 feet with a group of biologist looking for a very rare Thamnophis. The long treck and your discovery of proper boots to wear weighs heavy on my mind while remembering my own sojourn and the army boots I wore up that hill. Mine were rather yucky on my feet! Adding that I had sprained my ankle shortly before the trip made for a most miserable hike.
    This was the same year I first heard the “red pill” anology as we stopped in Monterey and watch the movie The Matrix. The leader of or expedition was Allen de Quiroz and he was an Ass. Prof at the University in Bolder, CO at the time and seeking tenure.
    He got “red pilled” soon after when he published an article questioning Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. As a geneticist, his findings lead him to this but for having the audacity to actually publish these findings it soon lead to his loss of tenure and subsequent dismissal from Boulder.
    The most interesting thing for me about this was the beffudlement he felt by his dismissal. He was a good leftist in his worldview and had swallowed everything he was fed on his way up the ladder of higher education. Being a purist who was just seeking verifiable truth by his research, he did not think it would be a problem if his studies findings did not agree with the narrative.
    Wrong answer.
    I don’t know if he ever quite digested that red pill for he drifted about in a fog for several years trying to understand what had gone wrong. After all, he had followed the correct protocols for research and had meticulously rendered an accurate account of his findings. He had been the quintessential student trained on how to think and seek what was true and had acquired a PhD and was hired as a professor. What was missing?
    The reality was he never quite understood that for the powers that be the litmus test for truth is the AGENDA. And if something does NOT agree with their agenda it is not true.
    I pray that the truth he was willing to seek out eventually leads him to real Truth.

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      1. Allen’s study showed that the earth is apparently not as old as the “science” is saying.
        He used Hawaii in one example as the genetic evidence from these islands shows a more recent relationship with mainland species than the accepted age of the islands emergence. Other evidence showed tree species on 3 different continents with near identical DNA and a monkey from Africa and South America with the same DNA. His question was that this evidence may be showing a much more recent split of the continents which accounts for the species remarkably similar DNA in species separated by thousands of miles.
        Apparently his questioning evidence was outside of the acceptable narrative as it was bringing doubt to the billions of years theory.
        Bad boy, you teach here no more…..

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  17. JESUS = GOOD NEWS! … 😉

    https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-conversion-of-st-paul

    … & Churches, Schools & Missions continue to close ;-(
    https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/20-years-after-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal-erupted-reparation-and-rectification-continues

    https://www.catholicleague.org/media-blackout-of-anti-catholic-attacks/

    https://www.ncregister.com/news/us-seminaries-grapple-with-the-issue-of-transgender-applicants
    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/grindr-blackmail-and-confession-the-life-of-a-gay-seminarian-1.3808475

    https://catholicvote.org/leftist-activists-target-conservative-charitable-giving/

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-pressing-fauci-answers-nih-gain-function-funding

    Far-Out Fake News!???
    https://newstarget.com/2022-01-25-did-cdc-stage-escaping-monkeys-as-cover.html
    https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/senator-ron-johnson-vaccine-hearing-cancer-numbers-are-exploding/
    https://brandnewtube.com/watch/dr-robert-malone-quot-it-seems-like-dod-throwing-fauci-under-the-bus-quot_29s5t33lusnBKLf.html
    https://thetruedefender.com/uk-investigation-the-deadliest-batches-of-the-covid-deadly-shots-were-somehow-sent-to-all-the-red-republican-states-across-the-usa/

    There is a massive Drop in Trust of all Feral Gubermint Alphabet Agencies as the 3rd Term of Obama and his Radical Democrats unfolds ;-(
    https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/01/24/drop-in-public-trust-in-us-military-officers-portends-danger/
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/irs-facial-recognition-scans-tax-returns
    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/01/25/latest-durham-filing-indicates-doj-office-of-inspector-general-is-part-of-dc-coverup-operation/#more-226026

    FOX On-This too. Democrat Party Human Trafficking Op … On Your Dime!! ;-(
    https://www.wnd.com/2022/01/report-reveals-mass-release-single-adult-male-aliens/
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/25/angel-families-dhs-chief-mayorkas-biden-criminally-aiding-illegal-aliens/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/victor-davis-hanson-what-are-republicans-2022

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!

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  18. And then there’s the Freedom Convoy in Canada, currently driving toward Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

    For one on-the-ground ongoing report, Duck-duck-go “Freedom Convoy: What Mainstream Media Won’t Show You!!” (Salty language alert ~ but of course!) It’s produced by a young man who calls his operation “Tireroaster’s Garage.”

    They’re getting an amazing turnout of truckers, with many people lining the roadway to cheer ’em on. Since it costs money (fuel, etc.) and most aren’t hauling payloads, they have set up a GFM page, which is drawing much support.

    “The Ballad of the Ordinary Man,” indeed.

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      1. I’ve been following this for days. It’s so powerful and fills me with tears everytime I watch the videos. It’s everything Charlie talks about, taking the next right step and being a sign of hope ❤️

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        1. Wow, it was awesome! A lot of people (and trucks!)
          When we arrived at about 9h30 EST, I would say there were several thousand just in front of the Houses of Parliament and the street in front of them in -21 C (-6 F) cold. But by 11h00, it was in the tens of thousands (and fortunately it warmed up to about -12 C or 10 F by noon). It was a very jovial and friendly atmosphere. Some truckers had attached cords to their horns that hung down to pedestrian level, and they were letting anyone come up to toot their horns (what a rush!).
          You got a sense that people realized, wow, this is big, there are much more people opposed to these mandates than the MSM is saying, we are not a fringe group. People of all ages, colours and provinces were there. And not just there in Ottawa, so many overpasses had people cheering the cars and trucks going underneath during the 2 hour approach from Montréal (and even on the way back).
          We had to go into the Rideau Centre (a mall complex near the Parliament) to warm up and use the bathroom a couple of times (apparently they closed the Centre in the afternoon because of too many mask-less rebels). We had dressed for cold but the breeze had a bite to it. In spite of that, it was awesome.
          When we headed home around 14h00, there was still a convoy (back to back cars and trucks) from the east direction for a stretch of about 40kms (25 miles) still driving into Ottawa! (and all kinds of stragglers coming up behind them almost to the Québec border). I’ll try to add some photos but they don’t do justice to the size and scope of the thing (Rebel News has some good drone footage that gives a much better sense of the crowd size).
          What else can I say,…. there were bagpipes of course, horns honking, dancing, countless Canada flags with hockey sticks as flag poles, some great and very creative signs (and lots f-words pointed at Trudeau and Québec’s own beloved Premier Legault).
          Tomorrow there will be a ecumenical prayer service for unity at 11h00.
          Don’t know what else is next but it feels like a watershed moment in the making.
          Thanks be to God!

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    4. I listened on Gab to a pointed cafe style fireside chat with an online alternative reporter, Amazing Polly alongside Mr. St George, from her home in Canada. Polly just announced she was taking a leave from her work online that speaks volumes about the wear and tear and toll the current events of the world are taking on us, that most of us may be able to relate to. “I’ve put up a post explaining why I’ve not made a video in a while.”
      https://amazingpolly.net/page-15.php
      She came out from her much needed and short-lived hiatus to share with the world her joy from an alt media and home-team advantage in this trucker rally that moved her to tears. I expressed my pleasure in seeing her back on the scene and she responded that she appreciates the mutual show of support and love of God and freedom from us here in the states. They included a few lovely videos of the crowds, a heartwarming montage from the mouths of babes and lovely expressed sentiments from the convoy along the way. It’s just over 30 minutes long at 31:14 minutes. I retired for the evening last night listening to their raw and heartfelt perspectives with interest. It was a treat. ❤
      https://gab.com/AmazingPolly/posts/107708511703016972

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  19. At our MMP Prayer Cenacle last night, the priest moderator asked us to consider the difference between “authority” and “power.” Alas, in these days of societal upheaval, the Church is giving a poor example to the world. IMHO, it seems as if we abandoned the Church in China to the wolves and now the wolves are stalking freely among the halls of our churches, shedding their sheep’s clothing and baring their fangs. For me, the unraveling of the Authority of the papal office began and the exercise of power (in the form of intimidation and bullying) took its place. It seems we are in the times that Our Lady predicted, when the foundations of the Church would be shaken, and sad it is to hear those keys of Peter clattering against the heads of faithful Bishops and priests.
    I am thankful and hopeful that this Remnant flock remains steadfast. As I read all your posts, I am happy to take refuge here among you. Pax et bonum.

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    1. I love that, Sean. ❤

      Old school maps and atlases are a lot of words, symbols and pretty colors to me. I am really good at a few things and getting lost is one of them.

      Charlie and Sister Bear's guidance and motivation has caused me to challenge myself to a routine map quest! Starting this Sunday my DH will plot out a mapped adventure and will ride shotgun with me on this daring feat, within a five mile radius of home (baby steps).

      I even volunteered to learn to drive stick shift in our old pickup truck. Dear Lord, what has gotten into me? St. Christopher, pray for us! 😉

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    3. I just remembered another part of my trip to Mexico was that we first stopped at a map store in Monterey to buy several top maps of the areas we were going to. We had one of the first publically available GPS but in those days but they just gave you your coordinance and took forever to triangulate your position so we used the map for navigating and then took GPS readings at collecting spots to be used for the location of anything we collected and this was logged in with the data of each specimen.
      With Topo maps, accuracy and the newest maps are crucial, especially in the mountains as the terrain can change over time from major weather events, new roads, etc.

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  21. Thanks for this Charlie. Covid has now hit our household full force. Been wanting to take a vacation, but not like this! Here’s hoping for that super-duper-califragilistic immunity!

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      1. Thanks Jen! We are getting there. I appreciate all the Heaven-Stormers here. My daughter needs the prayers now. We almost had to call 911 this morning. She is sleeping now and I am hoping she will have more energy when she wakes up. God Bless!

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  22. JESUS = GOOD NEWS! … PM 😉

    Would it be beyond the realm of possibility for Re-Set/Covid Conspirators to resort to “Unknown Agent” Cyber Attacks to provide cover?
    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/preparation/reset-founder-predicts-massive-cyberattack
    https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/50000-trucks-heading-toward-ottawa-to-demand-an-end-to-covid-mandates/
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/whistleblowers-reveal-dod-medical-data-showing-military-cancer-diagnoses-tripled-since-rollout-experimental-vaccines-along-10x-increase-neurological-disorders-near-5x/

    I’m beginning to think that this entire Ukraine “Situation” is more than a distraction from DC/EU Failures?
    If I see big movements of US Forces from the Far East to the Russian Front, I’ll be thinking that “Ukraine” is cover for China to grab Taiwan 😉
    We have just learned that China has “invested” $31 MILLION in the Biden Crime Family! I’m betting that China/PLA have funneled countless $$ Millions into Democrat Party USA since the 90’s Billary Days …. especially Blue States with Three Wise Monkey “Justice” Systems …. California in particular …. SanFran Nan, Pencil Neck Schiff, DiFi, Eric FangFang, Newsom …… Anyone!?
    https://www.floppingaces.net/2022/01/25/the-president-who-wont-defend-his-own-borders-is-russian-to-defend-ukraines-borders/
    …. Really, ChinaJoe? Your PuppetMaster is more ignorant of History than you were in your “prime”!!
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/25/joe-biden-warns-of-largest-invasion-since-world-war-ii-as-he-prepares-to-send-troops-to-europe/

    https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2022/01/24/pinkerton-biden-by-the-numbers-the-data-of-failure/

    Well, WELL ….. Willie Brown’s eminently qualified ex-main squeeze goin’ to SCOTUS? … New VP needed just before ChinaJoe decides he “needs to spend more time with Family!” Ya think RINO DC Swamp Creatures won’t buy It?
    https://nypost.com/2022/01/26/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-to-retire/

    https://patriotpost.us/opinion/85765-why-the-masked-and-the-unmasked-have-disdain-for-each-other-2022-01-25

    USA Urban Areas are quite simply NOT SAFE!!
    https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/tuedoj-crime-reduction-grantees-tied-soros-anti-police-changes-linked-urban
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-council-member-demands-racist-nypd-closed
    https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2022/01/24/bodies-are-stacking-up-as-progressive-politicans-blame-everything-but-themselves-n1552401
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blm-dc-complains-shot-police-officers-treated-heroes
    https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-violence-weekend-police/11504066/
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-tiffany-cross-war

    https://www.glennbeck.com/radio/these-steps-will-lead-to-a-digital-dollar-loss-of-financial-control

    https://www.powerlineblog.com/
    https://stream.org/category/us/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!

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  23. JESUS = GOOD NEWS! … 😉

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jerusalems-holy-sites-west-bank-carpeted-rare-snow-2022-01-27/

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/26/oregon-appeals-court-orders-state-agency-reconside/

    Celebrity Priest!!??… That’s ALL THEY got?
    THEY can’t argue facts so THEY resort to name calling and “celebrate” any Agenda Driven Pervert Priest THEY can find! ;-(
    https://catholicvote.org/celebrity-priest-suggests-pro-lifers-are-white-nationalist/

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/01/presbyterian_church_usa_joins_the_hamasamerican_bund.html

    https://flagandcross.com/marine-who-was-denied-religious-exemption-speaks-out-vax-mandate-a-detriment-to-national-security/

    Since when did The Constitution matter to The Radical Fringe Left?
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/26/turley-bidens-black-female-supreme-court-requirement-unconstitutional-in-other-contexts/

    Just who IS the actual Biden Ventriloquist … precisely?
    https://libertyonenews.com/ric-grenell-reveals-who-is-acting-as-shadow-president-for-weak-biden-2/

    Double Standards & False Flags @ Department of Just-Us ;-(
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/reminder-merrick-garlands-doj-quietly-dismissed-charges-31-violent-antifa-terrorists-40-j-6ers-rot-prison-year-now-no-rights/
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/exclusive-many-ignored-crimes-committed-members-patriot-front-provide-evidence-government-sponsored-group/
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/latest-actions-durham-indicate-broken-investigation-broken-department-doj/
    ..&.. Tens of thousands of unchecked for criminal records & unvaxxed Illegals “released” and scattered throughout the USA @ YOUR expense!
    https://www.judicialwatch.org/increased-immigration-flows-under-biden-cause-record-breaking-court-backlog/?


    https://rairfoundation.com/exposed-klaus-schwabs-school-for-covid-dictators-plan-for-great-reset-videos/

    https://aaronsiri.substack.com/p/fda-asks-the-court-to-delay-first

    https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2022/01/27/joes-gaffes-now-matter-n2602397

    https://reclaimthenet.org/walmart-vaccine-passports-quebec/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!

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    1. Yes you do currently need a license to operate a ham radio, Judith. If/when we are in a state of emergency due to collapse, there will be a lot more on people’s plates than checking who’s licensed or not.

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    2. Technically, you don’t need a license, unless you are transmitting. 😏 I want to get a ham radio just to have and learn and listen in, but my husband said I would need to have a substantial antenna (probably with a tower) in order to do even that. It’s only when you are actually transmitting that you need the license.

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        1. Antenna length depends on the frequency you’re using. Lower frequency = longer wavelength = longer antenna, as a general rule. Different configurations of antenna can be more compact for tight spaces, but still work on lower frequencies. It’s a fascinating subject! (I am a licensed ham).

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        2. For folks wishing to receive High Frequency Ham radio signals (from across the country) they can use the small Air Spy receiver. This can be hooked to a computer on one end and to an antenna on the other. The best antenna would be a dipole of at least 60 feet but if there is not room for that, a small loop antenna from Air Spy ( I have discovered they have their own loop) should work.

          Air spy HF+ Discovery SDR – Airspy.US

          The Air Spy loop will be the one I will recommend as it appears to be all inclusive. I think this will be the cat’s meow on HF receivers. And, I can’ believe the price. Just $29.95!

          You Loop HF loop antenna – Airspy.US

          If anyone decides to the Air Spy, you will need software to capture the frequency and panorama on the computer. Air Spy recommends a free software called SDR Sharpe. I have downloaded this (somewhat difficult on the download) but it works well.

          sdrsharp (rtl-sdr.com)

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          1. The thing about ham radios is that you still need an electrical supply. So what do you do if there is no electricity? Perhaps some areas could use solar, but up north that is not likely. And, if there is not electricity, one cannot pump gas (as far as I know).

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  26. JESUS = GOOD NEWS! … 😉

    https://clingingtoonions.blogspot.com/2022/01/ignoring-womens-health-pro-life-response.html

    https://www.catholicleague.org/reimagining-pelosis-re-election-speech/

    https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/ecclesiastical-newspeak-and-the-hatred-of-catholic-tradition/

    https://spiritdailyblog.com/prophecy/is-this-when-society-will-collapse

    I’d like to find fault with the below ….. but …. Jesus, I Trust in You!
    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/is_the_second_american_civil_war_nearing_its_conclusion.html

    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/u-haul-literally-ran-out-of-trucks-leaving-california/

    https://www.lawofficer.com/policing-is-in-free-fall/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/bidens-doj-says-arsonist-killed-someone-blm-riots-get-lesser-sentence-protesting/

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/26/new-york-4-in-10-criminal-suspects-freed-by-bail-reform-are-rearrested/

    https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/01/26/seattle-target-store-picked-clean-by-shoplifters-plus-michael-rappaport-witnesses-shoplifting-in-ny-n444255

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/01/26/florida-governor-ron-desantis-and-state-health-officials-directly-call-the-white-house-and-fda-liars-during-monoclonal-treatment-fight/

    https://nypost.com/2022/01/26/leaked-video-reveals-joe-bidens-hush-hush-migrant-invasion/

    https://cnsnews.com/blog/emily-robertson/ingraham-unvaxxed-illegals-can-go-anywhere-taxpayers-dime-unvaxxed-truckers

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/video-biden-secret-migrant-flights-new-york-tenney-impeachment

    https://www.crisismagazine.com/
    https://newstarget.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!

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  27. “Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound.”
    ~St. Thomas Aquinas , please pray for us.
    (Beckita, did he compose the melody also, or solely the lyrics? ty)

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Charlie Johnston is a former newspaper editor, radio talk show host and political consultant. From Feb. 11, 2011 to Aug. 21, 2012, he walked 3,200 miles across the country, sleeping in the woods, meeting people and praying as he went. He writes on cultural, global and political issues from an orthodox Catholic perspective. He emphasizes that we find God most surely through the ordinary, doing the little things we should with faith and fidelity. His constant refrain is that, to live real joy, we must acknowledge God, take the next right step, and be a sign of hope to those around us. He lives in the Archdiocese of Denver in the United States.