By Charlie Johnston
West Middlesex, Pennsylvania – Sunday would have been the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the only approved apparition site I was aware of before I was received into the Catholic Church. The only reason it was not is because the Lord’s Feast Day always takes precedence. It was also the 13th anniversary of the day I departed on my year and a half-long walking pilgrimage across America. It is also the only Marian Feast Day in which I routinely begin, rather than culminate, my Novena. Couldn’t tell you why, though it is probably because I did it to launch my pilgrimage and just continued the practice thereafter.
Ash Wednesday comes today, the 14th. It is one of the few days in the Church calendar that spooks me somewhat. One year I had a heart attack that caused me to miss – and then for several years weird things would happen which would cause me to miss Ash Wednesday. I didn’t even know it was a heart attack until much later. Apparently, in me, it generally presents as a particularly bad cold and keeps me in bed for a few days. I was shocked the first time a cardiologist asked me when I had had my heart attack. I didn’t believe I had had one until he showed me the dead tissue on the screen. Fortunately, I have a very weird heart that cardiologists say is almost athletic – and a very resilient system. It does not go ba-bump like most healthy hearts; it goes ba-da-bump. I prefer to think it was Trinitarian from the start. It also just sometimes skips beats, pauses for a few moments, then starts up again when it feels like it. I never notice. I went to the emergency room once in Belleville – and they kept me all night because of my heartbeat. Three doctors came in to see me, one who could not hide his astonishment. He exclaimed that he could feel the dysfunction even in my raw pulse and asked me how I could not feel that. Feel what, I asked. He told me that I should be lying on the floor clutching my chest in agony. I was unimpressed. He finally said since I showed no distress, abnormal as it was, it must be normal for me. Still, they would not release me until day came and they were able to confirm with my longtime doctor in the Chicago area that this was how I had always been. He sent an old EKG from when I was in my 20’s. They let me go. It amuses me to think I am just an old jalopy, spitting, missing and occasionally backfiring while still rumbling along.
In 2020, for the only time since I was received into the Church, Ash Wednesday came on my birthday, Feb. 26. Given how that year played out I hoped it would never happen again. I see, though, it is going to happen just that way in 2031. I may sleep in that year. Of course, maybe they are bookends – and while 2020 was the entry into insane level dysfunction, 2031 will mark the complete end of it. Or maybe it just is what it is and I should not try to impose patterns on it. In any case, barring any unforeseen problems, I intend to spend this Ash Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Parish in Milan, Michigan.
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I decided last Monday I was going to write a piece about mysticism in general and Luisa Piccarreta in particular. I had no idea her cause was going to be suspended when I made the decision, but I guess that makes this more timely.
Let’s talk first about mysticism generally. When I first discussed my experiences with my original spiritual director back in 1995, after he decided they were potentially authentic, he instructed me NOT to read any mystical or prophetic material without his permission. That suited me just fine, as I had instinctively avoided most of it throughout my life, anyway. My concern was that if I was exposed to much of it, it could transform me from a witness to what I was shown into an arranger of what others were shown. Beyond that, I had heard people throughout my life boldly proclaim what God had told them. Almost invariably what “God” told them amazingly reflected exactly what they already believed or wanted to believe. Beyond that, whenever what they were “told” turned out not just to be wrong, but arrant nonsense it never seemed to slow them down. They just never spoke of their errors again and continued spouting off like some crackpot Oracle at Delphi. It did not fill me with confidence at such pronouncements – and left me with a very healthy skepticism for all such talk – including my own experiences.
Fortunately, the God who I believed often spoke to me also often contradicted me. He and those He sent encouraged me to test and vet everything I heard or was shown – and then to take responsibility for whatever I said afterward, regardless from whence it came. My angel once explained that God did not have much issue with people taking credit for the good things He inspired in them, but had a BIG issue with all the crackpot nonsense they attributed to Him. So just vet thoroughly, take responsibility for all – including acknowledging when I got it wrong – and all would be well. This gave me a framework for discernment that was far better than just breathlessly exclaiming that, “God said to me…” Frankly, it is a comfort zone for me that makes it possible to consider these things without just throwing up my hands. It is brutally hard work, harder than any endeavor I engage in, but it makes it possible. If you have any serious, sustained supernatural experiences beyond childhood, you are deeply torn over whether you are just an unbalanced nut if you concede to it – or are denying an authentic call from God if you ignore it. Start with the premise that truth will stand the test of examination and then it becomes possible, if labor-intensive, to vet the things you are shown to see whether they are likely true or likely not true. If you think you can know with absolute certainty, your mental filters are too sloppy and porous to be reliable.
If you decide to follow what you believe may be an authentic call, then you have to set up a series of safeguards – just in case it turns out you are just a nut. A nut can do a lot of damage. I do not understand why so many people who are genuinely religious chafe so at any authority put over them. Having legitimate authority over me is my security blanket. It is the difference between driving on a paved road with guard rails, mile markers, and warning signs and driving in a rocky field. You will always quickly come to grief in the latter. I suppose it is a sort of egotistic vanity that chafes at guardrails, the fear that someone placed in authority over you is greater than you – a proposition the egotist (however subtle his egotism) just cannot accept. In Christianity, obedience to authority is a means of opening channels of grace, not the submission of the lesser to the greater. You need look no further than Jesus who, after the temple, went back with His parents and was obedient to them (Luke 2:51). The Scriptures do not say He pretended obedience to them, but that He WAS obedient to them. God, Himself, was obedient for a time to creatures He created. Of course, you have to discriminate between legitimate and illegitimate authority and the same in the exercise thereof, but that is a discussion for another day. The key is that obedience to legitimate authority, legitimately exercised, is a cornerstone of authentic Christian life. Anyone who rejects it, however pious they might otherwise sound, rejects Christ. You might choose to go driving merrily across the rocky field, but I will stick with the paved road and the safeguards God has put there for me.
Some silly people say that you can recognize a true prophet because he is never wrong. That would make all the Biblical prophets, save Isaiah, false prophets, for all of them missed significant details or got the timing wrong. In prophecy the difference between the real thing and the false ones is similar to that between real life and Hollywood: the real ones have all the warts and foibles of ordinary affairs while the false ones have nary a blemish. The satan knows how to impress silly people so he sends his men out to speak impressively of frivolous things. A better key to discernment is that the real ones tend to be wedded to their central, over-arching theme with ferocious fidelity. It is invariably substantive and plays out as described. They get the heart of it right while often missing details. The frauds tend to get the details right without having any central message or one with no significant meaning or depth.
When I look at any (again, including my own), I look for what the heart of the message is. Authentic mystics, in many ways, are like children in that they are describing things for which they have no experiential reference point, things beyond us all. I once heard a child describe a giraffe as a yellow horse who got his neck stretched. In the magnificent “Mr. McBeevee” episode of the old Andy Griffith show, Andy worried that his son, Opie, was getting lost in fantasy and lies. Opie described his friend, Mr. McBeevee, who he met in the woods, as a man who jingled while walking atop trees, blew smoke from his ears, had 12 extra hands on his belt and wore a shiny, silver hat. As it turned out – to Andy’s great relief – that was a great description of a utility pole lineman from a child’s perspective. Opie did his best to describe, from his limited lived experience, something that was outside of that experience. Authentic mystics are bombarded with things that are outside their experience (or any of ours, for that matter) and so, if they speak at all, are forced to speak of things too great for them – often clumsily.
Much authentic prophecy is not designed to be understood except in retrospect – and there is always the problem of that which is literal and that which is metaphorical. Let me offer two quick examples from the words of Jesus, Himself. When Christ told Jewish leaders that if they destroyed this temple He would raise it up in three days (John 2:19), He was roundly mocked by those authorities. That He would claim to be able to rebuild in three days what it had taken hundreds of men 46 years to build was an absolute absurdity. It was only after His Resurrection that the true meaning of this assertion could be understood – and then it was a greater miracle than the one the Jewish leaders had scoffed at. When Jesus told them they must eat His flesh and drink His blood to have eternal life (John 6:52-58) they practically begged Him to explain the metaphor. He would not, for He was speaking literally – but in a way no one could understand until He had both established the Eucharist and been Resurrected. One would think that, just with these two examples, would-be interpreters of prophecy would be a bit more cautious in applying the literal, lived experience template to all prophecies. But many seem never to learn.
Then there is the tension between the linear time of our universe and the eternity of the heavenly realm. Some very elementary strivers seek to understand eternity as some form of limitless time, completely missing that eternity is the absence of time, altogether. Everything is now in eternity. I sometimes ask people when satan and his followers were cast out of heaven. Almost all will give me some answer that is limited to our understanding of time. They had to have been cast out before man was created. How, otherwise, could the satan have been around to tempt Eve? Yet Revelation says they were cast out after the woman cloaked with the sun gave birth to her child. It was then that war broke out in heaven. (Rev 12). The truth is that satan and his angels were cast out of heaven, are being cast out of heaven, and will be cast out of heaven. Eternity is far more than linear time writ large. Yet would-be interpreters of Revelation constantly run aground because they insist on imposing linear timelines onto what is entirely outside of the limits of time.
When considering a mystical pronouncement I pay less attention to whether it is precise in its details and more to whether it is true at its heart. This does NOT mean whether or not it is consoling which, sadly, is the template far too many use to discern such things. Asking whether a word is comforting is such an impoverished filter for discernment! At the turn of the millennium, I believe my angel had warned me that the devil would actively be sending me false visions to test me. So I was even more on my guard than normal. Sure enough, I received several visitations that had profoundly consoling and comforting messages. Each, however, had some critical point that was contrary to Scriptural and Magisterial teaching. Sometimes it could be very subtle. I dismissed each of these from my mind. Just as I started to think I was pretty good at this, my angel appeared to me and acerbically told me that the satan, “is not trying to convince you of what is contained in the visitations; he is trying to convince you he is clumsy.” I was aghast that my own vanity had reached up to deceive me – and would have without that acerbic intervention. I weep to see how many Christians discern the authenticity of a mystical experience by how consoling it is. In my experience, the satan loves to tell you everything is going to be okay. God, on the other hand, challenges you and when you are bruised by the challenge, gruffly tells you to, “walk it off, kid.”
I am dismissive of timelines and consolation. Though some people I respect speak of a “prophetic consensus,” I am absolutely contemptuous of that idea. The prophetic consensus in Jesus’ time was that He was a fraud. A mystical revelation is intensely personal. Either the mystic sees true and tells true or he does not – and all the focus groups and polling of purported mystics does not change that. God have pity on the authentic mystic who trims his sails in order to comport with some manufactured “prophetic consensus.” My main tools of discernment when considering any mystic pronouncement (including my own. Anyone who thinks they cannot be fooled by the devil already has been.) are 1) is it consonant with Scripture and the Magisterium? 2) does it help us live our faith better in our particular time and circumstances? 3) Is it defiant of or docile to legitimate authority? There is much more involved, but these three are sufficient for an initial screen of discernment.
Now, let us apply some of what I have written here to Luisa Piccarreta. Some people I deeply respect are quite devoted to her teachings. Yet some of her most visible promoters make extravagant claims that just do not hold up.
When I first seriously paid attention to Luisa, it was at a conference where one of her most ardent promoters said she was the greatest saint in Church history, greater even than the Virgin Mary. When challenged, he doubled down. That immediately created a sense of hostility to her in me. I am glad to see that, since then, that particular promoter has backed off of that. I would be more impressed if he attributed it to a fit of over-enthusiastic hyperbole rather than denying he said what I heard him say. I take little he says seriously since then.
But I found that many people I deeply respect were very devoted to her. So I asked several, candidly describing my issues with her. My dear friend, Beckita Hesse, directed me to some more authentic descriptions of Luisa’s teachings, while describing at some length to me the abuses that some of her purported supporters committed in the ‘90s. I found a new and growing regard for Luisa’s teachings even as I developed a more deep contempt for some of her public “advocates.”
Luisa teaches that, in the era of peace, living in the Divine Will will offer us a deeper intimacy with God than has ever been previously available. That seems perfectly reasonable to me. It is not unprecedented. Christ promised He would send the Holy Spirit as our Comforter and Guide after His Ascension. That offered a more intimate relationship with God than had previously been common. He did what He promised. Now if some of Our Lord’s disciples had extravagantly said that receiving the Holy Spirit would give them perfect discernment, that they would never sin again, and they would have no need for the Church because God, Himself would direct all their ways it would have been a lie. But the lie would have been the responsibility of those who said it, not Our Lord, because He told us true and did what He promised.
Some of Luisa’s advocates have made these sorts of claims about the Divine Will. Some style it as a mandatory form of governance in the era of peace. God is NOT going to revoke our free will. Some advocates say we will never sin again. That would seem to be a revocation of free will, but it is possible no one would ever want to sin again. But if that were true, the world would never end. There would be no new heaven or new earth because it is written that there will be a mass falling away before the actual end. How could there be a falling away at all if no one was ever going to sin again? If it requires me to believe that Scripture and the Magisterium have erred badly – as this interpretation does – I can only conclude that it is false teaching, no matter how consoling it seems. But so far as I can see from what little I have read, Luisa did not make such claims. It is her over-enthusiastic advocates who do.
The fact that there has been so much controversy and strife over her work suggests to me that it is very likely her work is sound. The devil loves to discredit anything that is potentially really good. That does not mean that all her words, when translated properly, will be elegant or precise. She may describe some things clumsily that will require official interpretation by the Church. But having talked at some length with advocates who do NOT make extravagant claims about her and having done some little reading of her, I think she speaks true that the era of peace following the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart will offer a greater intimacy with God than ever before through living in the Divine Will.
I am not disturbed that her cause has been suspended. Many of the greatest saints have been suppressed – and in the case of St. Joan of Arc – even excommunicated for a time. If a mystic can be confused by what he is shown, how much more difficult is it for those who have not seen to distill its essence? God justifies those He sends, so if Luisa’s message is authentic it will be confirmed in God’s good time.
Even so, I still will not get deeply involved. I have what I believe is an assignment in the household of God. My duty is to live that assignment well. It is an honor to serve tea in the House of the Lord. If you are so honored, you respect the duties of other servants, but you don’t meddle in them unless you want to be dismissed from service. I am content to serve tea – and not deceive myself that I can capture the ocean of God’s wisdom in my little teapot.
It is well known that I believe I have had many mystical experiences. This piece is not to convince you of any of them, but to explain a little about my tools of discernment for both my own and others’ reported experiences. I believe that God has given us work to do – and a great opportunity to show Him our love by putting our shoulder to the plow of that work. It is not glamorous but very practical. I am dismayed by how many Christians are beguiled by tales of how God is going to take care of everything for us. God kept His promise of bringing the Israelites to a land flowing with milk and honey. When they got there, they still had to milk the cows and keep the bees to get it. We are given the chance to be participants in God’s work. Too many just want to be spectators.
I believe God is offering all of us who follow Him 10,000 acres of prime farmland. As for me, I want to gather those few folks who are eager to cultivate a small plot of it rather than listen to tales of how God will till the soil, water the crops and bring in the harvest while we sit watching. As the Lord said, “the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” At CORAC, our focus is on gathering and deploying the workers in service to God’s harvest.
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A few weeks ago I said I did not understand why so many on the right were getting so agitated about Taylor Swift. So what if a pretty young woman who is a talented singer has political opinions that are in conflict with mine? I got a little blowback, some from solid people who said she was involved with some satanic stuff. To my sorrow, I largely figured that was hyperbole. I was wrong. In her box at the Superbowl, Swift’s friends were largely people wearing satanic symbols and making satanic signs. Count me now among those people who want nothing to do with Ms. Swift.
I am curious, though. Did Taylor start cavorting with satanists after she became a Democrat or did she become a Democrat after she started cavorting with satanists?
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Amazingly, again, but not at all surprisingly, Charlie, you have beautifully and elegantly written about mysticism and about Luisa by taking people to the heart of the matter: the foundational importance of *entering into careful, deliberate discernment with no strings attached to the outcome, thereby seeking truth, *relying on the wisdom of those who are erudite and who instruct in ways that completely honor the Teaching Magisterium, *and, with courage and freedom, submitting to authentic Church authority. This is a path to one dimension of interior peace.
There ARE those on both sides of the discernment about Luisa. In one extreme, there are those who have read Luisa’s diary, now study in groups and have found joy in engaging in the spirituality of Living in the Divine Will, but have stepped outside of the safety net of legitimate Church authority and Magisterial teaching to promote ridiculous, preposterous, “crazy town” practices and ideas. Then, there is the other extreme of those who have been repulsed by such nonsensical, errant fervor so that, as I notice, many of these people are delighting in the pause in Luisa’s cause, ready to dismiss the whole of it and already speaking in terms of this as foreboding that her writings will not be endorsed by the Church. Time will tell. It IS true that the Church does not require us to believe in private revelation. It is also true that in cases such as St. Faustina’s, her diary was condemned before being re-evaluated and released as worthy of consideration. And what a gem those writings are.
I’m with you 100% in remaining calm, Charlie, with – as I often express – hands opened wide to the Lord, giving Him every mystical word to which I’ve ever been exposed, ready to receive whatever develops, not only in Luisa’s cause and in her writings (as the process now underway honors the Church in her own role of primacy for accurate discernment), but in every prophetic word “out there.”
Am I ever the more grateful that from its inception in CORAC, we worked on developing the Prayer Teams with the attitude that we would not promote anything but prayer, prayer in whatever ways people have been called to seek union with the Lord and, then, to intercede for the world and all peoples while yes, Charlie, never forgetting the prayer of doing. Honestly, it has been wearying to see people way overkill in their enthusiasm for ONLY praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet or ONLY practicing the Flame of Love devotions, etc. And thank God for Sr. Bear and her committee of wonderful facilitators of intercession in CORAC!!
BTW, there is a Taylor Swift quote floating around Facebook by Life News – and I just discovered it on X: “’I’m a Christian’ and people with real ‘Christian Values’ support abortion.” As to your questions posed, Charlie, about TS, I have noticed that she has come from more limited notoriety to being heavily pushed into widespread exposure. The Left has found another useful idiot. God bless and save her. Reminds me of when the powers that be put their money behind Obama during the presidential campaigning season of 2008.
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Thank you, Charlie and Beckita, for these insights on Luisa, etc. I’ve noticed in the last few months (at least in my world) more discussions along these lines than I’ve ever noticed before.
Also, Beckita, thank you for your h/t to the CORAC National Prayer Teams Committee, which you nurtured from the beginning, along with CORAC Regional Coordinators. I deeply appreciate the spiritual maturity, wisdom, balance, and gifts/skills of these wonderful colleagues.
God bless and keep you,
Sister Bear
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Dear Charlie,
This note is about your description of time, and how it may be applied to explain what is now the greatest mystery in science, an unexplainable effect in quantum physics, quantum entanglement (myself, I lack any mystical experiences, but plod along reading and reasoning about what I see and read).
In 2022, a Nobel Prize was awarded to researchers who experimentally demonstrated the bizarre prediction of particle entanglement was true. When a single particle, say a photon, is split into two (or more) members, Conservation of Energy requires that they remain in “balance.” The Schrodinger wave equation was used by Einstein to make a remarkable prediction that he was sure had to be wrong. The prediction was that when a single member of the set of particles formed together was energetically observed and had an observed feature (say its “spin” value) set, the other members of the set would be instantaneously signaled about the status of the observed particle, and the separation distance of the particles, even if light years apart, would still allow for instantaneous signaling. Einstein had argued that such instantaneous signaling would be impossible, because the signal would have to travel faster than the speed of light, and also that there was no known mechanism for any such signal. The problem in physics now is that no one has any good theory to explain what the signal is, and how it works faster than the speed of light by being instantaneous.
Charlie, you pointed out that, whereas time in our material world is linear, tick by tick, in the Heavenly realm time does not run–events happen, but they happen in a timeless NOW. My explanation for quantum entanglement is that this material world is a “shadow” of its existence in the heavenly realm. So, the particles we may observe here are the shadows of themselves as they exist in the heavenly realm where time does not run, and where events are instantaneous in the NOW. In other words, the experiments that proved quantum entanglement was real also served to offer evidence that this world is a shadow subset of the real world encompassed by Heaven.
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This is absolutely marvelous, Jack.
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Jack, thank you this is great! I wonder if this means the dark matter (greater than 90%) in our Universe is actually the real matter in the heavenly realm, and our little matter here (we can see or detect) is the “shadow” matter you mention. Thanks again!
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That is my guess, and included that possibility in a paper I published about quantum superposition being a false interpretation of the Schrodinger wave equation ( https://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/viewFile/1025/1010 ).
The R&D for quantum computers keeps failing to produce reliable computation; the problem is attributed to “decoherence, “meaning that particles which are presumed to naturally exist in the superposition state (defined to mean that they are not definite, real entities, but instead are best modeled as statistical distributions with an infinity of possible values for position and momentum), have interacted with the computer hardware and have then become ordinary real particles. Einstein long argued with Bohr about superposition; his arguments were intuitive, so Bohr’s position was adopted in physics. I discovered, without any formal search, five experiments using “weak” particle observation (weak meaning the energy used was too small to tangibly affect the particle’s natural existing state, and published a paper about this. Here is the Abstract:
On the Natural State of Subatomic Particles:
Implications for Superposition & Quantum Entanglement
Jack H. Hiller*
Abstract
Five recent experiments employed “weak” measurement of subatomic particles by “low energy”
techniques. The techniques for inferring particle status by observation were so delicate that the
particles were not affected by the energy of observation, and the particles were found to have a
definite and real existence, instead of hazy probability distributions. Such observations by weak
measurement seem to invalidate the premise of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle (HUP).
While the HUP and the Schrodinger wave equation serve to accurately model particle behavior
when energetically measured, the particles before their energetic observations had been
philosophically speculated to be in a probability distribution which is now contradicted by the
five experiments. So, it seems that the superposition principle could be in error. Further,
quantum entanglement may not require instantaneous “spooky” signaling.
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Wow, Jack!! Thank you.
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“No Eye hath seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
(1 Corinthians)
Jack, these scripture passages speak to the mystery you describe in your post about instantaneous signaling being impossible as today’s physics (and probably tomorrow’s) has no good theory to explain what the signal is, and how it works. This may indicate an “intelligence” not observable outside the spiritual realm.
The above scripture passages plainly tell that on this side of the veil, we will never know that which is only available in its “fullness” until we go to the other (spiritual) side. That fullness is Eternity, a place outside of time and space existing in the eternal Now.
If Dark Matter was created to fill an indiscernible void in physics, this was done to fix a math problem not to find what is true. This mystery may never be know by us because of the veil.
A few saints have breached the veil only to lose the understanding or ability to explain what they experienced once back from their ecstacy. There just are no words or experiences here on earth that can be used to describe it, plus the “veil” hides them from us. Jesus even used a veil to hide certain things from His apostles since they were not ready to receive them until after Pentecost.
Similarly, as we reach certain milestones in DNA research, this mystery gets deeper too.
“DNA alone does not reveal how life works”.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00327-
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hin our material world. Here is the chapter summary:
6. An Absolute Limitation to the Rational Analysis of Experience, Consciousness, and World Origin: the Principle of Interior Unknowability
After working for approximately a decade to produce a defensible theory for how the world came to be, I realized that I had made zero progress. I questioned why that effort was entirely futile, and came to an interesting conclusion — the question itself implied an observational framework external to a Creation event, but scientists could never in principle locate externally as “privileged observers” to be able to see what happened. Thus, a new postulate for the metaphysics of creation was defined. This postulate was termed the Principle of Interior Unknowability (PIU). It was argued that the PIU stands on two legs of support. The first leg is an analogy posed about fishes born in a fish tank having no opportunity ever to locate outside of their tank. From their interior location in the tank, they (or scientists in the material world) would never be able to learn where it came from or how it was made; the same argument applies if the world were instead conceptualized to be infinite with no boundaries. The second leg is a conjectured analogy with Kurt Godel’s Theorem of Undecidability, developed while he was working on his Incompleteness Theorems. This leg of the argument for the PIU reasons that postulates, axioms or assumptions based on internal observations of our world, applied to mathematically model its creation, are susceptible to creating a paradox (historically known as the Liars Paradox) by self-reference. To escape the potential for producing a valueless or misleading paradox, information would have to be gathered external to a system to be used for modeling its creation.
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Phillip, dang, having lots of trouble logging in and getting what I typed shown. In the comment below I replied that your biblical citation was perfectly correct. In my text, Space, Time, and Consciousness, I devoted a chapter to explaining why as mortals living in the material world, a subset of the heavenly realm, we cannot in principle ever get the full picture. The chapter summary has been copied here in a prior comment.
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Thank you for your thoughts and insights, I find them valuable with very few exceptions. In todays’ message, I particularly appreciated your comments regarding Luisa Piccarreta. I also value how your readily admit to any errors in initial judgments (e.g. Taylor Swift).
Perhaps it was only hyperbole, but i disagreed with your statement that: “The prophetic consensus in Jesus’ time was that He was a fraud.” If that were true they were obviously false prophets. However, I thought of the prophesy of Simeon or of Anna, or of St. Anne or John the Baptist, or the Magi, etc.
Best regards, Rick Hevia
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Thanks, rp, but it was not hyperbole that the prophetic consensus of Jesus’ time was that He was a fraud. Those you cite were little or unknown outliers (with the exception of the Magi – who were nonetheless unknown in Israel. The Jewish Sanhedrin was the religious authority of the time – and they almost unanimously condemned Jesus as a fraud.
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My pardon if this is a duplicate.
I’ve heard St Aquinas wrote that in Heaven there will be rejoicing over the damned. Not a passive acceptance, but rather an active rejoicing.
I do not know if this is correct or not, because I have never read St. Aquinas. Even if I had read him, I wouldn’t trust my interpretation.
My very limited understanding (of this difficult thought) is there is rejoicing in Heaven over God’s Justice/Mercy. His will is perfect and will be done and reach it’s fulfillment. That fulfillment must include the reality of free will and Hell, etc., etc.
To ponder/accept/understand this sobering thought as true, and it’s implications, for ourselves and our loved ones, could only lead one to increased willingness to endure any joy/sorrow/suffering that God allows for the redemption of souls. Also, to thank Him in all these things, as eternity is on the line. This is just as all our Saints and our church extorts us.
The sorrowful reports of TS reminded me of this. How impossible it all seems to navigate, this balance of stark sobriety yet hope/joy (in God for redemption of ourselves/those we pray for, etc) even as things get ever darker and even as “all are choosing,” and we can see, not choosing well.
Even as we beg for true and lasting conversion for ourselves and others, as the time for choosing is closing/closed. But yet the complete mystery of final repentance and the hopeful potential our prayers can make a difference.
TNRS. Trust, do, love. There is nothing else out there. I pray TS/others can find this. Wouldn’t that be incredible.
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Bravo Charlie!!! I agree with everything you wrote here ! I like the idea of living in the divine will but acknowledging God, taking the next right step and bring a sign of hope really works very well for me with lots and lots of blunders along the way!😂😂😂. I pray very much that Taylor Swift gets a swift kick 🦵 in the can to straighten her out asap!!! Sometimes a swift kick in the bottom can really be a nudge in the right direction! Ha! Heard that somewhere before and have had it happen to me personally many times!🤪
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Hi Charlie,
My husband, four kids ages 16-22 and I moved from Orange County, CA to Prosper, TX on 9/11/2020 after 24 years in the same house where all our kids were born. My husband and I grew up in the suburbs of NYC, spent 6 years in MD followed by a relocation to Southern California. We thought we’d never leave…until Covid. On 3/17/20, when the Orange County Health Department issued the “stay at home order”, which included not receiving friends as guests into our home, my husband and I were extremely worried about what kind of power grab this might be. We spent the next 6 weeks painting the entire interior of our 3100 square foot home. Home Depot was one of the essential businesses where we could spend our money so that’s what we did. By Mother’s Day, we contacted a realtor and asked about selling our home.
Gavin Newsom was ordering paddle boarders in the Pacific Ocean arrested, while George Floyd protestors were considered essential. I look back and wonder why so many people just went with the flow – like dead fish. My birthday was on Ash Wednesday 2021. It was Feb 17th, we were dealing with the infamous Ice-mageddon in Dallas, intermittent electricity, and to top it all off, Rush Limbaugh died. I sat on the sofa and cried as I listened to his widow announce his passing on my battery-operated radio.
Three years later almost to the day, I am more hopeful. I know we are still the target of globalists and other nefarious players. But my kids have a better understanding of why we up and left so quickly. My oldest has been working for 2 years for Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media, as a graphic designer. She moved out in her 20s rather than her 30s or 40s as the case may have been if we stayed in CA. My three boys are all college students and hopefully on a path to self-sufficiency. It was a difficult decision to up and leave our beautiful home with a 180-degree panoramic ocean view with city lights. I miss the weather and my view. But the government of California has become increasingly dangerous to the dignity of human life. There is no line they will not cross.
Today I sit in a hospital with my husband Jim, who had major surgery yesterday as a result of diverticulitis. Jim has a tough road ahead, but I’m glad my kids are here in the middle of the country with us. We have learned so much through CORAC and are now a lot more prepared for the inevitable storm, thanks to CORAC and our moving to TX. I turn 60 on Saturday and I’m hoping my husband gets sprung in time to go home for my birthday. We have lots to be thankful for, especially the trials that test our faith and bring us closer to God.
Thanks for reading my rambling thoughts. God bless and happy February birthday! Katie McCarthy
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Praying for you hubby dear Katie McCarthy!!! I know he horrible diverticulitis is!!! It’s a chore to eat!!! Pray he’s well very soon! God bless you too Katie! Loved your rambling thoughts😂. I do that too all the time
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Welcome to Texas, Katie!
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Thank-you, Charlie.
Your writing and the addition of Beckita and Jack have given me much food for thought.
Since there has been a nasty virus going around I have increased my prayers for you and for all here – and for Corac – to be strengthened and protected according to God’s will. If that includes some added antibodies then I pray we are all strong enough to accept. Praying for us all ~
God bless us, every one! Katey in Oregon ✝️🙏🏽💘💙
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The essence of the matter for me was your mention of Ash Wednesday, since I have mistakenly felt like it was Tuesday today, up to this point. Good to know. There’s still time to make the 6:30pm. Maybe there’s something in Jack’s musings on quantum entanglement to explain this phenomenon. More likely I got so engrossed in stuff today that I simply had a senior moment.
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ….. PS: 😉
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-impeachment-vote-house-representatives
I’m betting that Alejandro Maydorkass quickly resigns and takes up that prearranged Fat Do-Nothing/Soros Funded Job with innumerable spots on ABCNNBCBS-PBS proclaiming MAGA Bigotry, Persecution, White Supremacy & etc. The last thing the Demontrats want, in an election year, is a protracted trial with LOTS of Border Invasion Horror Stories, Cost (Social/$$ Figures and Criminal Political Malfeasance evidence.
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GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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Charlie, I’m allergic to hay, have a brown thumb, and don’t want to be a farmer, alas. Instead of 10,000 acres of prime farmland, can I please have 1,000 acres of prime research facilities equipped with all the latest equipment and a bunch of excellent colleagues who want to have some fun figuring things out? So much to know in this God-given gift of a Universe! 😀
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I have enjoyed your posts for a long time and will continue to do so. But one aspect in this post, “Prophetic Consensus”, was described by you a little different than what I have understood it. My understanding is that it is when basically all the approved private revelations are pointing to a common point or “prediction” of coming events or times? If I understood you correctly, you defined it as current, or recent, commentary by contemporary authorities? Did I understand you correctly? Or is my understanding flawed? Thanks again for all your efforts…I truly do appreciate them!
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Your Valentine.
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/ash-wednesday-and-st-valentine-s-day-a-providential-confluence
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Good morning Charlie!!! Hears the big question of the day…did you make it through yesterday ok ?!?!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. I had lit a 7 day candle 🕯️ for you from the Friday before yesterday 💝so I was hoping the Good Lord and Our beautiful Mother would get you through without incidence! 🙏💝🌷🥳🐶🕺🏼❤️🩹👼🌷
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It was a great, productive day!
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Music 🎶 to our ears Charlie!!!🥰👼🙏💝❤️🩹🥳🕺🏼💼
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Thank you, Charlie!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
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https://spiritdaily.org/blog/news/forums-when-malachi-martin-spoke-of-three-days-of-darkness-translated-for-discernment
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/pentin-rave-in-the-nave-canterbury
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2024/02/13/kruisers-handy-election-year-guide-to-topics-the-democrats-media-hacks-will-be-censoring-n4926367
https://babylonbee.com/news/domestic-extremists-all-helpfully-label-themselves-for-fbi
It’s ALL a Chicken Little Phony Deal to fund the the losing Proxy War and corrupt Ukraine Gubermint …. and ZIP, ZERO, NADA for the defense of OUR USA BORDERS and removal of Criminal/Foreign Agents!
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/14/house-intel-chairman-proclaims-russians-from-space-are-coming-after-usa/
https://floppingaces.net/most-wanted/saving-sovereignty-the-urgency-to-counter-democrats-covert-border-war/
https://www.declassified.live/p/examining-da-willis-financial-dealings
COVER-UP is an essential “Cog” The New Normal Machine ;-(
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2857093/jeffrey-epsteins-victims-accuse-the-fbi-of-cover-up-in-new-lawsuit/
…. speaking of Cover-Up….. Summer of Rage 2020
https://allenwest.substack.com/p/allen-west-liz-collin
https://expose-news.com/2024/02/15/biontech-and-moderna-lobby-the-eu/
Funny SloJo piece 😉
https://www.newsbusters.org/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kgflr.1z5p/9a8907f4
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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To learn what is possibly behind Swift or many famous celebrities, including the mickey mouse club children, you may want to check out project Monarch – m K ultra, etc. As you may know, the issue goes MUCH DEEPER than whether swift is dem or not. 🙂
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SRCharita Maria Lilla, are you suggesting that the CIA is controlling Swift’s mind?
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Charlie’s comments on time and eternity marvellously connect with chapter 4 of “Tenderly-Loved”.
I discovered this is wonderful booklet as a little treasure. It’s not well known, but is by now in the public domain, so I made it available via this website:
https://tiernamada.org/
I encourage you all to read it!
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https://www.ncregister.com/blog/archbishohp-delpini-freemasonry-seminar
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/letter-to-the-american-church
https://www.ncregister.com/features/benedictine-abbey-of-monte-cassino-in-italy
https://www.ncregister.com/features/finding-the-blessed-mother-in-far-flung-places
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/16/how-progressive-policies-are-designed-for-civilizational-suicide/
https://catholicvote.org/the-christian-super-bowl-ad-they-should-have-made-goes-viral/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/14/note-universities-lgbtq-glitter-does-not-mix-ash-wednesday/
Let’s see … The FBI that created Russia Hoax, Took a Knee to Geo. Floyd & Turned a Blind Eye to The Summer of Rage Criminals? The same FBI that persecuted Pro-Life Catholics, Parents attending School Boards & just can’t seem to find the Criminals that vandalize/burn Churches & Pro-Life Offices? Ya mean that same FBI that raided Trump’s/Supporters Homes with armed to the teeth Swat Teams but when it comes to JoeBama Crime Family ..??.. THAT FBI!!?? I don’t believe a &^$%#* THING from The FBI!
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/special-counsel-charges-ex-fbi-informant-lying-about-hunter-bidens
Let’s Face-It, Gang! The VERY SAME Humanoids that push Climate Change push unlimited Abortion, Sexual Perversion, Covid Hoax, Illegal “Migration”, godless BigBro Global Gubermint plus Worldwide Chaos, Confusion and Division …. It’s ALL Evil on Parade!
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/new-study-finds-co2-increasing-rate-which-globe-greening-even-under
Pshaw! More unexpected Worse Stats … New Normal! ;-(
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/02/16/its-a-scorcher-producer-price-inflation-rips-higher/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/16/tucker-carlson-visits-a-grocery-store-in-russia-and-gets-red-pilled-radicalized-against-western-leaders/#more-255711
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GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
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https://www.swindia.us/seven-churches-established-by-st-thomas-in-kerala-india/
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https://americanmind.org/salvo/they-got-us-right-where-they-want-us/
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IT IS coming to Your Town …. Run, Submit or Fight … Oh!.. there is no place to run …. “And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold”. ;-(
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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/criminals_in_black_robes.html
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https://tomluongo.me/2024/02/13/what-everyone-is-missing-about-the-putin-carlson-talk/
https://www.glennbeck.com/glenn-beck/russia-tucker-carlson-conspiracy-theory
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/02/16/speed-and-action/
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/02/16/the-september-surprise/
https://babylonbee.com/news/9-reasons-christians-should-never-vote
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https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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It appears the TDS fan base is seated in the lion’s den with the two oldest sons sent as appetizers before the main course. May the Lord rescue the trio to emerge, albeit bruised, but relatively unscathed.
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Thanks for the article.I have been given almost forceful lectures on the need to follow Luisa by a couple who love the message. I don’t know much about it as Mama Mary keeps me pointing to Fatima and prayers for mercy, so thanks for your perspective.As for Taylor Swift. I think much ‘credit’ to her direction of political and spiritual leanings are more from her music owned by Soros…hmmmmm.May God grant her glasses to see or stop claiming to be a Christian until she can see.
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https://email.revelationmedia.org/experience-the-story-of-christ-this-easter-1?hs_preview=JfuwdmCt-156833924968
https://stream.org/bad-news-and-a-great-good-god/
https://news.yahoo.com/st-patrick-holds-rare-mass-231900042.html
https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/transanity-is-taking-over-how-will-the-church-respond/
THEY & THEIR Lavender Lawfare Op forced the BSA to accept the LGBTQXXX Agenda and then THEY use THEIR Lawfare Op to destroy the BSA …same. Same Trump & Deplorables.
THEY can NOT allow anyone who believes in God, Country and a Be Prepared mindset!
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4473172-alito-pauses-boy-scouts-abuse-settlement-amid-appeal/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/16/why-who-pandemic-treaty-threatens-freedom-expression
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/what-if-the-vatican-actually-goes
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/california-university-lecturer-says-whites-are-psychopaths-sparking
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https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://newsbusters.org/
https://floppingaces.net/
https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ….. PS: 😉
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/18/first-sunday-of-lent/
Fix Bayonets!
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GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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“The architects of this war have led us to a perilous moment. Putin doesn’t have to invade Poland or Germany to defeat the West. All he and Russia have to do is survive our collective rage. Our leaders are bankrupting us, as he pointed out, trying to defeat Russia.”
I remember this was considered the reason the US defeated the USSR through the cost of the cold war proliferation. (Serious Catholics think it was Our Lady of Fatima!).
President Reagan used the “Arms Race” tactic to bankrupt Russia.
What comes around goes around, it seems.
https://tomluongo.me/2024/02/13/what-everyone-is-missing-about-the-putin-carlson-talk
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
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https://onepeterfive.com/saltem-diebus-dominicis-the-devil-temptations-and-you/
https://spiritdaily.org/blog/spiritual-warfare/exorcist-explains-angels-and-demons
http://www.terrilabonte.com/2023/03/a-lenten-miracle/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/ex-corde-ecclesiae-still-matters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/18/amid-mainstream-media-meltdown-christian-broadcast/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/18/christians-need-to-stop-playing-defense-and-go-on-/
https://www.catholicleague.org/trans-activists-defile-st-patricks-cathedral/
https://catholicvote.org/fr-james-martin-backpedals-after-praising-trans-funeral-at-st-patricks-cathedral/
https://www.frontpagemag.com/bidens-lies-on-top-of-lies-on-top-of-lies/
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/14/sources-say-u-s-intelligence-agencies-tasked-foreign-partners-with-spying-on-trumps-2016-campaign
https://donsurber.substack.com/p/another-reason-we-hate-the-press
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2024/02/19/incompetence-or-intentional-fundamental-transformation-of-america-n2635412
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/americas_open_border__intentionality_or_incompetence.html
https://www.lawofficer.com/crime-is-black-culture/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
https://dailycaller.com/
https://newsbusters.org/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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Thank You Charlie for this post on Luisa.
I was blessed to having gone to a retreat many years ago introducing us to her writings by Fr Celso, followed by retreats by Fr Iannuzzi.. Sr Catherine Ann SNND (sinced deceased) introduced me to the retreats as she needed a driver.
We were both truly impressed by the knowledge of what the “Thy Will be done, Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven” implied. Also we learned the importance of reading the Twenty-four Hours of the Passion so much so that because of her poor eyesight, Sr. would call me every night and I would read portions to her.
In a letter Luisa wrote to Saint Annibale di Francia:
…“Jesus’ Joy is so immense when someone meditates on the Hours of the Passion, that He
would like to see at least one copy of these meditations being used in every city and town.
Because then it would be as if Jesus were hearing His own Voice and His own Prayers which
He raised to His Father during the twenty-four hours of His painful Passion. And if this is
done at least by a few souls in each town and city, He Himself promises that the Divine
Justice will be appeased in part, and punishments will be lessened….”
and what the Pope tho;ught about it:
…”It happened that on one occasion, Saint Annibale di Francia went to Luisa’s house and
recounted what had taken place on one of his visits with the Pope (being an intimate friend
of Pope Saint Pius X, he was frequently received by him). While with him, he wanted to
introduce him to the book, The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which he had
been spreading. So, St. Annibale read a few pages of it to the Pope, specifically, from the
Hour of the Crucifixion. At a certain point, the Pope interrupted him, saying:
“Father, this book should be read while kneeling: It is Jesus Christ who is speaking!”
https://divinewill.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Hours_Book_Rev-12_11_10-Summer_2009_8.5-x-11_format-Rev-5_4_13use.pdf
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The Hours of the Passion are beautiful, jeslyou. While it is true that the Pope listened to St. Annibale, even the Pope follows the official guidelines, Mass rubrics, etc. established by the Church. So, here we are, taking pause… a very good pause, I think, as the wheat is separated from the chaff surrounding the writings of Luisa.
I kind of chuckle at that comment that the Pope said to kneel since it is Jesus Christ speaking. Good heavens! Think of all the Gospel readings proclaimed at Mass and paraliturgies, yet we don’t kneel every time Jesus speaks when His words are proclaimed aloud. 🙂
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“The Hours of the Passion are beautiful,…”- so true, eg.
…”Do You see, O Father? Few hours of My Life
are left; who would have the heart to leave My children
orphaned and alone? Many are their enemies—the
obscurities, the passions, the weaknesses to which they are
subject. Who will help them? O please, I supplicate You to let
Me stay in each Host, to be Life of each one, and therefore put
to flight their enemies; to be their Light, Strength and Help in
everything. Otherwise, where shall they go? Who will help
them? Our Works are Eternal, My Love is irresistible—I
cannot leave My children, nor do I want to.”
The Father is moved at the tender and affectionate voice of
the Son. He descends from Heaven; He is already on the altar,
and united with the Holy Spirit, concurs with the Son. And
Jesus, with sonorous and moving voice, pronounces the words
of the Consecration, and without leaving Himself, Creates
Himself in that bread and wine”…
Fourth Hour: From 8 to 9 PM
The Eucharistic Supper
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https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/back-to-basics-lenten-resolutions/
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/02/19/new-report-shows-89000-babies-saved-from-abortions-since-roe-v-wade-overturned/
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/02/19/donald-trump-supports-pro-life-law-to-protect-babies-from-abortions/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/against-adopting-a-medieval-peasant-mindset
https://www.laprensani.com/2024/02/19/english/3281717-nicaraguas-catholic-church-begins-lent-under-surveillance-and-interrogation
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https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/20/radical-democrats-want-the-same-fate-for-america-as-hamas-does-for-israel/
https://onepeterfive.com/the-noble-office-of-the-american-presidency/
https://catholicvote.org/statue-patron-saint-california-relocated/
https://reclaimthenet.org/russia-national-security-threat-kill-the-bill-to-reform-warrantless-surveillance
https://www.declassified.live/p/navalnys-death-demonstrates-selective
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/the-case-against-u-s-involvement-in-ukraine-in-plain-english/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
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https://www.wnd.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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Wow, Tucker telling it like it is!!! Great commentary with the parallel to the Romanov family. They supported those who turned around and murdered them! We’ve all probably heard the comment about the libs/Dems/radicals “eating their own”. When is the wake up call coming? Come Holy Spirit!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
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https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/coming-soon-to-parish-near-you-11865/
https://onepeterfive.com/through-lent-with-the-stations-of-the-cross/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/taking-grace-god-in-vain-lent-can-help/
https://www.catholicleague.org/was-lakewood-church-shooter-a-trans-person/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/arm-wrestling-the-world-for-god
https://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/texas-girl-scout-troop-robbed-while-selling-cookies-in-front-of-walmart-video/
https://donaldjeffries.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-second-amendment
Macgregor + Tucker + Beck … What’s-UP ;-(
https://adflegal.org/support/womens-sports-title-9
https://nypost.com/2024/02/19/us-news/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-urges-staffers-to-avoid-using-problematic-terms-like-manpower-and-mother-father-report/
https://www.raweggstack.com/p/essay-the-price
https://justthenews.com/government/security/tueresurgent-al-qaida-training-camps-latest-black-eye-biden-afghanistan
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-to-start-running-prebunk-ads-and-quizzing-youtube-viewers-to-fight-so-called-misinformation
https://catholicvote.org/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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Another fantastic interview with COL MacGregor! We need many, many clones of this intelligent man in our government! Is it too late for sanity? Come Holy Spirit!!a
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Worth a re-listen … 69 years ago!
https://spiritdaily.org/blog/news/if-i-were-the-devil
https://stream.org/watch-trans-activist-assaults-pro-life-students-at-virginia-march-for-life/
https://stream.org/the-brew-church-attacks-in-u-s-doubled-in-2023-as-texas-professor-fired-for-teaching-biology-in-biology-class-gets-job-back/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/21/michael-lee-accurately-summarizes-nikki-haley-and-her-kamikaze-mission/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/21/deep-state-weasel-mike-morell-supports-nikki-haley/
https://allenwest.substack.com/p/livefreetv-next-generation-second
https://reclaimthenet.org/bill-gates-partner-gavi-vaccine-alliance-targets-online-memes
https://hotair.com/dennis-prager/2024/02/21/it-takes-a-morally-confused-world-to-be-anti-israel-n3783312
My Goodness! The Red Cross is concerned about mRNA poisonous Covid Vaxx!? Ya wanna bet that The Usual Suspects will force the Red Cross to retract concerns?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/american-red-cross-faces-scrutiny-as-it-requires/
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258khren.1w2k/24be4e3e
https://patriotpost.us/digests/104623-mid-day-digest-2024-02-21
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
https://spiritdaily.org/blog/mail/mailbagangels-at-mass
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/our-unhappy-youth
https://onepeterfive.com/the-shotgun-wedding-for-the-psychologized-self/
https://www.catholicleague.org/how-the-media-covered-st-pats-fiasco/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/spiritual-warfare-bring-in-the-reserves
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256896/texas-attorney-general-targets-catholic-nonprofit-alleges-it-facilitates-illegal-immigration
Go TX AG!!!! ….. We need a TX AG @ The Vatican!
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4482053-tennessee-governor-signs-bill-allows-public-officials-refuse-perform-same-sex-marriages/
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256894/two-of-father-rupnik-s-alleged-victims-speak-publicly-for-the-first-time
Invasion & VDH – X
https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/159/351/428/playable/db2c5ec015f7512a.mp4
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/riley-gaines-hostage-ransom-assault-investigation-suspended-sfsu-police-no-charges
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/the_crime_of_donald_trump.html
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/22/the-very-unique-pragmatic-and-honest-president-trump/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/21/what-will-america-look-like-when-joe-bidens-central-bank-digital-currency-becomes-a-reality/
https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/02/21/the-putin-tucker-interview-examined/
https://catholicvote.org/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ….. PS: 😉
SHOCKING: Cardinal Defends Scandalous Funeral Mass Priest
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/02/22/googles-ultra-woke-gemini-ai-runs-amok-revising-history/
https://floppingaces.net/2024/02/21/russiagate-2-the-fbi-together-with-democrats-sets-up-the-house-oversight-committee/
https://theacru.org/2024/02/22/constitutional-rights-vs-ideological-rights
I simply cant’t understand/believe the Canada/Canadians I knew Back in the Day would allow ….. but …. THEN … I see the USA, once great, Cities I enjoyed!
https://reclaimthenet.org/trudeau-reminisces-over-legacy-media
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/02/22/jcn-times-square-billboard-n2635585
https://babylonbee.com/news/9-items-conservatives-must-stockpile-to-protect-themselves-in-case-biden-wins
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258ki1rd.20p8/41d1067e
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
https://mailchi.mp/jkmi/summer-campaign-1068674?e=b654649ef1
https://catholicexchange.com/the-passing-of-a-saintly-centenarian/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/if-peter-is-rock-where-is-pope/
https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/02/22/weekly-news-roundup-february-22-2024-sacrilege-in-st-patricks-killing-embryos-offends-god-in-alabama-state-takes-child-from-parents-for-misgendering-and-freemasons-in-the-church/
https://www.catholicleague.org/religious-rights-thrive-in-iowa/
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/02/20/video-god-heard-our-prayers-hundreds-baptized-in-florida-party-schools-fountain
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/02/22/China-bans-Praycom-app/6081708641089/
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256860/pro-life-advocates-fight-against-euthanasia-expansions-across-canada-australia
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/22/pew-surveys-find-teachers-adults-and-students-unco/
https://catholicvote.org/anti-catholic-drag-queen-arrested-for-allegations-of-child-porn-and-sexual-exploitation/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-imperiled-palestinian-christians
https://victorhanson.com/blue-laws-for-red-citizens/
https://dailyreckoning.com/the-year-of-cascading-crises/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://townhall.com/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
https://newsbusters.org/
https://justthenews.com/
https://hotair.com/
https://www.frontpagemag.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/on-chestertons-thrilling-and-accurate-account-man/
https://spiritdaily.org/blog/news/the-power-of-one-hail-mary
https://catholicvote.org/longest-running-passion-play-st-john-cincinnati/
https://catholicvote.org/archdiocese-of-cincinnati-responds-backlash-about-church-closures/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/jfks-other-assassination
How many Democrat Party BIGS are Reaching-Out to People of Faith? …. Eh!!?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/23/donald-trump-issues-call-action-christian-voters-americans-faith-soul-our-country/
https://spiritdailyblog.com/commentary/nothing-supports-the-notion-of-insanity-like-the-trans-issue
https://www.catholicleague.org/lgbt-mania-abusing-kids-and-parents/
THEY DEMAND that LGBTQXXX “Rights” be upheld at All Costs and you/yours be damned!
The godless Global Left Machine is filled with Victim Group “Cogs” who are kept in a perpetual state of Ignorance, Anger …. and Violence! Ya Ready!??
https://www.theblaze.com/news/lgbt-activists-rage-over-proposed-kentucky-bill-that-would-improve-protections-for-religious-liberty
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chattanooga-times-free-press/20240224/281767044159991
https://stream.org/the-programming-of-ai-and-the-indoctrinating-of-our-children/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/politico-reporter-msnbc-frets-that-christian-nationalists-believe/
“Gradually unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised until eventually required.”
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20414/france-skyrocketing-threat
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://newsbusters.org/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
https://catholicexchange.com/the-second-sunday-of-lent-the-mystery-of-glory-on-the-far-side-of-suffering/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/25/second-sunday-of-lent/
https://onepeterfive.com/saltem-diebus-dominicis-your-mountain-of-transfiguration/
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/amid-funeral-controversy-will-dolan
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/a-bleak-year-for-christian-unity-concludes
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2024/2/21/on-religion-most-catholics-have-stopped-worrying-about-saving-souls
Nobody going to jail! … Why!? … ’cause it’s The Greatest Criminal (& Satanic) Conspiracy in Human History! Global Left Politicians/Media, Big Pharma/Medical, Big Tech/Box Retail In-On-It & making $$$ Billions with THEIR Useful Idiots stealing elections, shredding The Constitution ….. and Business/Working Middle Class and their workers, children, ………… ;-(
https://www.wnd.com/2024/02/watch-tucker-carlson-many-people-died-covid-shot/
I fear it’d too late to restore Fiscal (Moral, Civic) Sanity through normal means ;-(
https://conservativesdaily.com/unlocking-the-key-to-federal-fiscal-sanity-a-simple-solution-revealed
https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/02/23/taking_nuclear_war_seriously_1013900.html
“First Strike” was made in 1979 to Wake-Up America to The Threat then. 1979 was when Jimah Carter/DemonRat Party Gang was doing their best to wreck The Economy and Gut/Demoralize The Military post Vietnam.
1979 was two years after I had escaped SAC/B-52s and was flying transports in MAC. I endured those awful lean years and fortunately along came Reagan who Fixed the Economy and Military. 45 Years on and we are not the USA (People, Military, Economy, Security …Wherewithal) we were then!! As Dark as it seemed in 1979, I can assure you that it’s a Far Darker USA?World NOW! ….. Get Ready!!!
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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