(I have some thoughts that occurred to me during my contemplations at Mt. Meeker Monday. But I will let them gestate for a time. I thank all of you who stopped by – and apologize for not visiting with you. I heard and saw some of you from the grounds. I was enjoying the silent contemplation and meditation. I was aware of you, though, and I appreciate those of you who joined, for a time, in that meditation. I wrote the bulk of the piece that follows last week. I hope it is useful to you.-CJ)
By Charlie Johnston
In this Octave of Easter I find myself thinking a lot about what seemed to me to be Pontius Pilate’s plaintive question, “What is truth?” Most believe it to be entirely cynical, but given Pilate’s efforts to avoid crucifying Jesus I can’t help but feel some longing for the truth about truth in there. Regardless, it is a good question.
In the two decades before I converted to Catholicism I read the whole Bible through relentlessly, over and over. I struggled with many things, including how to reconcile the many contradictions and errors. I had relatives who, whenever confronted with an undeniable case of such, would make metaphorical excuses or just get mad and tell me I did not have spiritual eyes to understand. I’m not big on playing “let’s pretend” to justify my pious yearnings, so I muddled on, still wrestling. Of course, I never doubted Christ during this time. If I had, He probably would have given me the old Gibbs slap across the back of the head. Him I knew. It was the Bible that gave me fits.
I also hated people quoting snippets of Scripture to make their own partisan point, while studiously ignoring the parts of Scripture that completely contradicted that point. In my mind, it either all held or none of it held. Just because a system is internally coherent does not mean it is true, but if it is internally incoherent it can’t be true. I mellowed a bit on that as I realized that, for most of these people, the contradicting snippets of Scripture against what they wanted to believe just did not register with them. When I would bring them up there would usually be sincere bafflement, which would sometimes lead to deeper contemplation. Sometimes there would just be anger, as some people loathe for the edifice they have created in their mind out of their snippets to be challenged in any way – not even by Scripture, itself.
My problem with factual errors and contradictions came to an end in the summer of 1990, when reading St. Augustine’s Confessions. Finished in 400 A.D., at an early point in the work, he chided those who misuse Scripture as mere history or mere science. “It is,” he wrote, “the word of God given for your salvation.” He added that it can only be interpreted with that interpretive lens paramount.
This set off one of the biggest light bulbs in my head ever. I contemplated that Jesus IS God. Therefore, in contemplating His personality, we also saw the personality of the Father. (“He that has seen me has seen the Father.” – John 14:9). Jesus often spoke in parables to illustrate what He wanted His hearers to understand, so the Father surely does the same. I looked at my earliest problem – the story of creation in Genesis. It is not a story of creation; it is two carefully intertwined and contradictory stories of creation. A single narrative may contain differing perspectives, but it cannot contradict itself. In the first chapter of Genesis, God creates all the animals and plants first and then, as the crown of creation, man last of all. In the second chapter of Genesis God creates man first, then the animals and, in fact, had man name them as God created them. After reading St. Augustine, I abandoned my focus on the details and looked at the larger sweep – which was that all things were created by God, all things created by God are good (when properly ordered), and that man was created in God’s own image and given dominion over all things. This dominion confers both authority over all things and responsibility to God for stewardship. I kid you not: a joyful cry leapt from my throat. I spent several days looking up things that had been problematic to me – and seeing the deep, underlying message it taught for our salvation. I had no more problem with Scripture. It all held. Rather, I realized I had been like a clod who, if he had been standing before Christ as the Lord began a parable, might demand to know the man with two sons’ name and address and their ages. I was so scrupulous about the details I was missing the transcendent message. And so, I understood a little better what truth is.
As some of you know, my reading of St. Augustine’s Confessions was the catalyst that led me to seriously examine the Catholic Church, ultimately being joyfully received into the Church at the Easter Vigil in 1991. I still get annoyed with the sort of bumper sticker theology that so many spout, emphasizing one snippet while ignoring all that seemingly contradicts it. But that is a fault of the legion of vain interpreters, not of Scripture.
About a year into the faith I read the full catechism. Though I had long since read many Church Fathers, Encyclicals, and the full Documents of Vatican II, the catechism was a revelation, too. (I would advise you, if you take up the catechism directly, get an edition printed before this Papacy. For good or ill, Pope Francis has unilaterally ordered some changes to the catechism that contradict prior teaching. A Pope does NOT have that unilateral authority.) The revelation was that what I had thought was my own idiosyncratic and original interpretation of Scripture from my relentless reading and re-reading of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible was largely actually routine Catholic Doctrine, as expressed in the Catechism.
In 1980, yet a decade before my conversion, my parents came to realize that I was very far away from some of the doctrines they espoused. That separation had actually happened some eight years earlier, but my parents were good, honorable people and I had seen no reason to make a stink. But I believe what I believe. If I am to be condemned, it will be for what I believe, not for pretending to believe what someone else told me I must. I wrote my folks a long letter explaining what I actually thought. One of the things that irritated me was how their denomination so impoverished the concept of the Word of God. They believed it just referred to the Bible – and frankly, most only accepted the KJV, at that. I wrote them that, in fact, Jesus Christ is the Word – the single Word the Father ever spoke. He walked among us for a time, but ever since His Ascencion (and before His birth, for that matter) the Holy Spirit carries the Word far and wide throughout the world. I wrote that the Word is present in everything, the coffee cup with which you greet the day, the telephone wire that carries your words to others and upon which the birds rest. The Word is always right at hand to us, if we would only call on it and perceive it. Yes, I said, the Word is close at hand uniquely in the Bible – but that is just the gateway into its fulness. You can imagine the chills I felt when, in the catechism, I read Part I, Section I, Chapter Two, Article Three, Item 102: “Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely.” When seekers converge on the truth separately, they rejoice together on finding it.
This cemented one of my core, foundational convictions: Truth WILL stand the test of examination. Seek and ye shall find. Seek rigorously. To do otherwise is to doubt that God can stand the test of examination. Oh, you of little faith! Do not scorn your errors and misunderstandings: they are the branches and boulders by which you lift yourself ever nearer to truth. You only need scorn when you quit examining.
In all the RCIA classes I have taught, in all my writings, in all my talks, I both overtly encourage people to speak candidly about what troubles them and use some tricks to signal that no one is going to offend me by asking a serious question or challenging honestly what I say. Truth will stand the test of examination and we have to get to the nub of a man’s doubt, to find where the shoe pinches, to seriously begin the examination. I literally HATE it when people are silent of their real concern for fear of offending another one’s religious sensibility or, worse, triggering the ire of some religious scold. Truth will stand the test of examination – and the corollary is that if you never rigorously begin the honest examination you will never draw closer to truth.
I was now closer to the truth. In truth, though, I had mainly discerned a method for fruitfully drawing nearer to truth, anchored by the iron dictum that truth will stand the test of examination. Anyone claiming to be the final arbiter of truth or suppressing examination thereof is a liar. Thus, anyone claiming “hate” speech, suppressing “disinformation,” or otherwise censoring others is, at best, a pompous ass and, at worst, a malignant tyrant. They fear the truth – and want you to do the same.
Bearing the tools of our examination the question still remains, what is truth? It is one of the greatest questions alongside of, what is the good? In fact, truth is the most important tool in discerning what the good is.
So, what is the good? Is it the pursuit of happiness? That depends on how you define happiness. Illicit use of drugs, alcohol, sex and many other things can make you transiently happy – but at the cost of mounting misery later. Jesus tells us to “bear fruit that will last.” How, then to bear fruit that will last? Most of the great philosophers, including the greatest of all, Jesus Christ, advise us to live a well-ordered life that respects the just claims of others. Christ sums it up with what is called the golden rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
In modern times the noxious notion of “my truth” has arisen, a belief that whatever I want and I believe is true to me and that you have no right to question it. Followed to its logical end it means we can have no quarrel with Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Charlie Manson or any other murderous monster, great or small. They were just living “their truth.” It is a formula for moral and philosophical anarchy. Truth must be objective or it is just an appetite writ large. Adherents of the “my truth” nonsense (which would make a sophist blush) try to say that, well, it only applies where you do not harm another. Sorry, as John Donne said, “no man is an island, entire of itself.” All our actions affect those around us. You cannot insist on objectivity when it suits you and toss it when it constrains your appetites. Unless you are one of those monsters I spoke of.
All the definitions of truth I have ever seen, save one, fall short of the mark. I have come to believe that we can never fully grasp truth, but we can approach ever nearer to it. Jesus said that you will know a tree by the fruit it bears. All the tyrannical definitions of truth, all the poseurs who claim truth is whatever they say, all the pseudo-sophisticates who claim situational definitions of truth to justify their appetites…all these bear the toxic, rotten fruit of misery and dissipation. The Truth I seek and follow is the Truth that brings dignity and freedom to humanity, that is the seed of western civilization, which brought prosperity and liberty to hundreds of millions.
Jesus Christ is the Truth. He is not my truth. He is THE Truth.
Inquire of Him. He has promised that if you seek, you shall find. It is not an idle promise.
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Bravo! Amen.
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All the definitions of truth I have ever seen, save one, fall short of the mark. I have come to believe that we can never fully grasp truth, but we can approach ever nearer to it.
To use a mathematical analogy, there is an asymptotic relationship between Truth and time. If one takes the limit as time in this world approaches zero, one approaches closer to the Truth. With the advent of death then, one is face-to-face with Truth and the limit has been reached. At the same instant, time becomes both infinite and zero; a seemingly contradiction for this world.
Truth, Beauty and Love are then shown to be one as well.
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Wow, Ingeniero… that is truly profound and is an excellent analogy. Thank you..
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Charlie, it’s so good (with no doubt about meaning) to read your wisdom.
“My truth.” What an abomination! This is the sort of nonsense to be expected of Brandon and anyone stupid enough to vote for the DemoRats.
One sort of truth refers to the accuracy of descriptions of an object or activity achieved by the mortal sense-perception occurring in the material world we inhabit here (with the purpose of living here being the opportunities presented for spiritual development). In Kant’s philosophy, he distinguished between phenomenon (what we see of any objected separated from our own being), and noumenon (the thing in itself); thus, by being separated from the objects of our perception, we cannot in principle ever fully know them. “I have come to believe that we can never fully grasp truth, but we can approach ever nearer to it.” Indeed.
Consider that the discussion above is about the limitations of knowledge about acquiring and knowing truths in the material world in which all entities appear to be separated phenomena. My study about the nature of consciousness (also termed “soul” and “spirit”), informed from reading over 6000 NDE reports, led me to believe that in the heavenly realm the characteristic separation of phenomena, with boundaries between you, me and whatever we see, does not exist. My sense is that the Heavenly realm is characterized by what I’ve termed a Universal Field of Consciousness (UFC, which may in fact be the mind of God). In this realm, our individual consciousness is analogous to a drop of water in an ocean, an ocean which is the UFC. Thus, as an individual spirit existing in the UFC, all knowledge is instantly available, and we experience a oneness with all that exists within it.
Charlie, you also concluded, “After reading St. Augustine, I abandoned my focus on the details and looked at the larger sweep – which was that all things were created by God, all things created by God are good (when properly ordered), and that man was created in God’s own image and given dominion over all things. ” That must be true!
Consider that in the “beginning,” all that existed was God as immaterial consciousness (“consciousness” is a primitive term that cannot be defined by any reference to other terms). So, with nothing else existing except God’s own being, He would not have been able to go shopping for the stuff of the world at any cosmic Home Depot. God would have to create everything and anything from His own being. Thus, God’s very own consciousness must be invested in all that exists, whether here in the material world (which is a shadow of Heaven, for which Plato’s allegory of the cave makes perfect sense), or in Heaven.
So, while learning “the truth” is very difficult to impossible here, knowing truth is one of the virtues of existence in Heaven.
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…”In this realm, our individual consciousness is analogous to a drop of water in an ocean, an ocean which is the UFC. Thus, as an individual spirit existing in the UFC, all knowledge is instantly available, and we experience a oneness with all that exists within it” Instead of your UFC term Jack, I would use DW (Divine Will)
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Awesome, just awesome! Thank you, Charlie!
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“Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely.” (CCC)
The “What is Truth” quiry from Pilot is every man’s question.
God, by giving us free will, allows us this question so we can learn what truth truly is. But it has a down side in that like the fallen angels, creatures of PURE will and intellect, one can choose separation from Truth and not only live lies but become a father to them.
For the angels it was instant and permanent. Fortunately for humans, this only occures at death and even then a spark of grace can stay the sentence according to Divine Mercy from St Faustina. But the new “relativism” that Pope Benedict wrote so frequently about has dulled the understanding and meaning of self actualization in truth.
To judge righteous judgement requires a supernatural wisdom acquired through Grace not books (at least secular books) obtained through the fruit of the Holy Spirit the “Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding” that comes from He who is Truth itself. These gifts when used as a litmus test to discern secular teachings allows for a better understanding of creation which came directly from the mind of God Himself and therefore reflects Him perfectly and therefore shows in it it’s Creator to those who “side” with and seek this Truth sincerely. So He is there in science, math, physics, nature, etc and the Spirit directs us to see Him there by His powerful gift.
The argument the church had with Galileo was not that he was wrong but that he wasn’t right. One can be right on a point but still be wrong on the whole interpretation. It took another two centuries to prove Galileo correct on part his theory but not in it’s entirety. His argument was the sun was the center of the universe, not the earth. Presently, science says neither are. Christians know Jesus is the true Center. He claimed this to His apostles when He said: ” When I am lifted up between heaven and earth, I will draw all thing to Myself”. (John 12:32). “Through Him, with Him and in Him” are all things and through Him all things were made. He created creation for Himself. Being Omnipresent, this has always been, therefore, the earth He created for Himself is the “center” point of this “drawing” and is thus the center the universe was drawn to. The dynamic tension of the universe Charlie mentions, was disordered by the fall of the angels and man, had its center reordered in Jesus who’s “dynamic drawing” reclaimed it on the cross. That centering took place on our planet earth!
Hallelujah!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
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My Goodness! How does **** like this happen?!?
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You are safe NO WHERE in Joebama’s X-Formed America!
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Not to be a sycophant, but I think that this is one of the best pieces that you have written. There’s a lot to mull over here. God is good.
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Many a true word is spoken…by Charlie. Again.
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day!! 😉
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It pains me to say but … I’m more concerned about a FBI/CIA/Intel DC Swamp False Flag Attack more than I’m worried about Russia, RUSSIA!!
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Aho Brother Charlie!
Glad to hear you enjoyed a blessed and enlightened moment on the mountain top with our beloved Jesus. He never leaves us disappointed and always nourishes us with that which is right, true and lovely for the temple of our soul, so as to continually grow rich in mercy and eternal love. And thank you for sharing some of your delicious spiritual fruits given to you on your mountain top retreat.
In today’s gospel reading, a crowd ask Jesus, “What must we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one He sent.”
The essence of what you say goes to the heart of what Jesus ask of us and that is simply this: Believe in Jesus as the Way, The Truth and the Life to the Father. Until a soul comes to that absolute conclusion in their soul’s journey here on earth, then a soul is simply dangling like a leaf in the confusing winds from Satan and the spirit of the world. But once a soul comes to know, believe and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and truly so in his Eucharistic bread, then that soul sees all other things in life through the prism of Jesus and Jesus alone. For some souls that decisive grace in to the Catholic Church begins early in life, whereas for others it takes decades of grace to penetrate a soul, and then they cry out, as St. Thomas did, “My Lord and My God” and then they desire from their head to their toe, their toe to their head, and finger tips to finger tips, to believe fully in the fullness of Christ life in the Catholic Church.
Your journey was a long and arduous one into or Lord’s Bride here on earth. And it was for a good purpose that your journey was long and arduous. The Lord works in mysterious ways, as we well know. Have you ever thought about that? Have you ever thought about why your journey took decades to see the Catholic Church as the bosom of Jesus here on earth?
Kindly,
your bro Charlie
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ..PM 😉
https://catholicexchange.com/catholic-faith-in-action-on-the-titanic/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/happy-birthday-america
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2024/04/lent-throughout-year-david-deavel.html
https://politicalinsiders.net/pro-abortion-arsonist-gets-lighter-sentence-than-peaceful-pro-life-protestors
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/15/joe-biden-hijacks-federal-law-to-force-virtually-every-employer-in-america-to-promote-abortion/
https://onepeterfive.com/defending-monarchy-in-an-american-election-year/
https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/us-news/white-house-ripped-over-sanctions-waiver-that-critics-say-put-billions-of-dollars-in-irans-hands/
https://criticallythinking.substack.com/p/at-what-point-do-we-say-enough-iii
https://100percentfedup.com/cia-director-makes-rare-public-statement/
https://sonar21.com/israel-suffers-major-blow-as-iran-puts-west-on-notice/
https://townhall.com/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com//
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kuzk0.1nkz/e46539f9
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://catholicexchange.com/experience-the-transforming-power-of-divine-mercy/
https://www.ncregister.com/features/little-miracle-of-lille
https://catholicexchange.com/remembering-with-gratitude-pope-benedict-xvi-on-his-birthday/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/penguins-and-puzzle-palace/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-chasm-of-life-and-death
https://catholicvote.org/jesuit-university-to-host-annual-drag-show-friday/
https://www.catholicleague.org/maher-justifies-killing-innocent-kids/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/12/scotlands-new-transgender-hate-crime-law-already-showing-how-it-leads-to-tyranny/
https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2024/04/16/sydney-in-turmoil-after-stabbing-of-prominent-bishop/
The “Fuse” has been lit for quite some time & it’s Jesus, I Trust In You time!
https://www.hallindsey.com/ww-4-14-2024/
https://spiritdailyblog.com/afterlife/the-ghosts-of-a-lake
https://catholicvote.org/multiple-texas-universities-ditch-dei-in-accord-with-state-law
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4595963-supreme-court-idaho-felony-ban-gender-affirming-care/
https://catholicvote.org/gop-senator-wobbly-biden-influenced-by-hamas-wing-of-dem-party/
https://stream.org/category/us/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com//
https://newsbusters.org/
https://www.frontpagemag.com/
https://spectator.org/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ….. PS: 😉
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/16/mike-garcia-tells-fbi-director-chris-wray-his-agency-has-ideologically-inverted-and-now-represents-the-usa-equivalent-of-the-soviet-secret-police/#more-260154
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257396/ferrero-rocher-the-chocolate-inspired-by-our-lady-of-lourdes
https://thefederalist.com/
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kv9in.1i6j/6597f181
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/04/17/why-pope-francis-favorability-rating-is-tanking-in-the-u-s/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/trust-science-not-scientists/
https://catholicexchange.com/time-and-christianity/
Not to Worry! PF’s Clone replacement already “Chosen” ,,,,!!???…. ;-(
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/remaining-faithfully-catholic-near-the-end-of-the-francis-pontificate
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/16/elites-love-the-deep-state-because-they-loathe-the-american-people/
https://catholicherald.co.uk/restoring-the-catholic-grand-dame-of-new-orleans/
https://spiritdailyblog.com/prophecy/48940
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/catholicism-everywhere/
https://catholicexchange.com/an-open-letter-to-the-catholic-filmgoer/
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/04/17/emergency-ruling-conference-goes-ahead-mayor-exceeded-authority/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/17/thomas-massie-asks-speaker-johnson-to-resign-massie-announces-hell-support-mtg-effort-to-oust-johnson/
Baby Murder, Inc. = Democrat Party
https://catholicvote.org/bidens-hhs-secretary-refuses-to-answer-senators-question-on-full-term-abortions/
https://catholicvote.org/jewish-scholar-explains-why-she-is-leaving-clark-university-to-join-a-catholic-institution/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com//
https://townhall.com/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kvka8.1m1e/39f47dc3
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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Dearest Charlie and all family here…may I ask for your prayers for a special friend, Cindy, who is battling breast cancer and has chemotherapy tomorrow which make her very very ill!!! I try not to all you all too often but this girl is really struggling!!! Thank you very very much!!! 🙏🙏🙏
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Praying for Cindy, Dear Linda.
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Thank you dearest Beckita!!!🥰👼👼😘
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https://www.markmallett.com/blog/questions-on-deliverance
https://stream.org/we-dont-care-about-persecuted-christians-because-we-dont-want-to-join-them/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/17/tucker-carlson-interviews-telegram-ceo-and-founder-pavel-durov/
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/106083-american-liberty-born-again-patriots-day-then-and-now-2024-04-1
https://allenwest.substack.com/p/leftist-definition-free-speech
https://patriotpost.us/digests/106082-mid-day-digest-2024-04-17
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/18/planned-parenthood-brought-in-2-9-billion-last-year-killed-1075-babies-in-abortions-every-day/
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/congressional_spending_goes_full_weimar.html
Yep! Be Polite and say nothing without a Lawyer. No Warrant means Trespassing when YOUR Space is violated. If you live in a Red State and NO warrant Feds show up, notify your local Police and State AG, Gov and Reps. In Blue States … Get the Hell Out … ASAP!
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/legal_features/constitutional_qa_knock_and_talk_police_tactics
https://www.frontpagemag.com/
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kvtyz.1nky/d300db43
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEENSuffering and Joy
In the course of my life I have dealt with all kinds of people, with those who have been sinners and returned to the Lord and suffered much and had an indescribable joy. One of the most joyful figures I ever met in my life was a leper woman in Jamaica. She had lost her arms and half of her legs, but she was always smiling and happy and saying, ‘But there’s going to be a resurrection, and I will then have a glorified body.’ That must be our attitude.
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https://catholicexchange.com/sloth-and-the-loss-of-the-lords-day/
https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/04/18/weekly-news-roundup-april-18-2024-more-wars-and-rumors-of-war-priests-can-fall-too-conservatives-and-tlm-mass-suppressions/
https://catholicexchange.com/what-does-it-mean-to-fast-for-the-saints/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/cardinal-burke-gianna-molla-and-us
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/is-parolin-actually-papabile
https://catholicvote.org/not-a-religion-desantis-rebukes-satanists-after-signing-school-chaplain-bill/
https://catholicvote.org/school-choice-and-catholic-schools-show-promising-educational-trends-in-florida/
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/a-practical-catholic-approach-to-decluttering-for-spring/
https://onepeterfive.com/christ-the-king-vs-american-conservatism/
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/dc-knights-call-for-rupnik-art-removal
https://www.catholicexorcism.org/post/exorcist-diary-286-hope-in-the-midst-of-a-hell
https://spiritdaily.org/blog/news/the-resurrection-of-fire-ravaged-cathedral-brings-france-together-in-unexpected-ways
https://www.catholicleague.org/ny-ag-misrepresents-brooklyn-diocese/
https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/04/17/thousands-of-nyc-bodegas-just-issued-a-stunning-statement-backing-donald-trump/
https://catholicvote.org/migrations-from-communist-china-surged-by-7000-during-biden-presidency/
https://www.glennbeck.com/blog/wwiii-new-face-of-war
https://stream.org/category/us/
https://www.newsmax.com/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://catholicexchange.com/the-lord-loves-us-in-our-weaknesses/
https://catholicvote.org/group-of-house-leftists-releases-policy-agenda-to-help-turn-out-vote-for-biden/
https://catholicexchange.com/gods-love-perfect-justice-combined-with-perfect-mercy/
https://catholicvote.org/catholic-apologist-argues-liberal-catholics-are-main-source-of-division-in-the-church/
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/18/joe-biden-administration-reelection-national-climate-emergency-declaration-report-bloomberg/
https://floppingaces.net/2024/04/18/setting-the-record-straight-on-appeasement-of-our-adversaries/
https://www.steynonline.com/14210/a-biden-in-every-pot
https://spectator.org/the-lawfare-racket-against-trump/
https://reclaimthenet.org/cdc-is-sued-for-scrubbing-digital-records
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kw5nt.1p4g/5dbbcd2c
https://www.americanthinker.com/
https://patriotpost.us/digests/106149-mid-day-digest-2024-04-19
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/anti-catholic-revolution-and-catholic-revival
https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/lets-talk-about-mary/95853
https://onepeterfive.com/pope-john-xix-and-the-history-of-music/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/in-psalms-peculiar-argument-to-win-gods-favor/
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257431/cause-for-canonization-opened-for-young-polish-lay-missionary-killed-in-bolivia
https://catholicvote.org/the-first-american-cardinal/
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2024/04/rosary-college-joseph-pearce.html
https://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunda-what-jesus-said-about-the-good-shepherd
https://catholicherald.co.uk/twenty-nine-nigerian-christians-slaughtered-in-three-day-pogrom/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/19/biden-appends-gender-identity-to-title-ix-adding-b/
https://catholicvote.org/war-on-women-and-girls-critics-say-biden-admins-change-abolishes-title-ix/
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257425/michigan-priest-resigns-amid-dispute-over-school-appearance-by-openly-gay-author
https://catholicvote.org/boston-catholic-schools-foundation-features-pro-abortion-pro-lgbtq-guv-at-fundraising-gala/
Yeah! … Right!!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-catholic-fbi-memos-origin-revealed-bureau-absolved-malicious-intent
https://www.catholicleague.org/fbi-probe-of-catholics-still-unresolved/
https://www.crisisinvesting.com/p/what-would-a-new-civil-war-look-like
https://stream.org/category/us/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://townhall.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/20/the-irony-is-thick-congress-passes-fisa-702-extension-allowing-warrantless-document-searches-and-electronic-surveillance-of-americans-on-patriots-day-2024/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/20/patriots-day-the-battle-of-lexington/
Divine Intervention is Our ONLY HOPE for The Republic …. and Christendom!
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/19/democrats-just-blew-off-impeachment-of-alejandro-mayorkas-and-republicans-will-do-nothing-about-it/
https://babylonbee.com/news/10-other-things-mike-johnson-wants-to-fund-before-the-border
https://www.steynonline.com/14202/when-contempt-is-necessary
https://mrctv.org/cnsnews
https://floppingaces.net/
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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https://onepeterfive.com/diebus-saltem-dominicis-3rd-sunday-after-easter-the-lords-ever-present-absence/
https://spiritdaily.org/blog/news/thoughts-on-frailty-of-man
https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/tyranny-of-the-perverse-will/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/bishop-strickland-warns-crescendo-apostasy-vatican-forces-against/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/21/exclusive-she-survived-death-camp-facing-biden-doj-charges-shes-prepared-die-prison/
Headlines alone should convince you … It’s! …. Jesus, I Trust In You Time!!
I have NO doubt that Gregory is part of DC UniParty Swamp and is being used by insider Democrats to ease Joe (& KamalBreath) Out as Contenders before Democrat Convention.
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/biden-doesnt-understand-catholic-faith-bishop-not-angry-him-hes-just-stupid
With 1/2 of Voting Class now believing that Elections 20/22 were corrupt, no amount of lying, cheating & stealing in Election 24 will make a Biden/Harris “Win” creditable. THEIR Agendas, Policies & Narratives are failing whilst Trump/Deplorables are ascending. Get Ready for The Worst!
https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-trans-reckoning-is-here/
https://straightlinelogic.com/2024/04/18/shorting-evil-by-robert-gore/
https://revolver.news/2024/04/dems-latest-they-want-trump-jailed-and-murdered-and-have-a-plan-to-make-both-happen/
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/04/20/a-collective-common-enemy-now-stalks-mankind/
https://off-guardian.org/2024/04/20/killing-a-few-for-the-benefit-of-millions/
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/04/21/sunday-funnies-516/#more-335493
https://hotair.com/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://newsbusters.org/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://stpaulcenter.com/did-jesus-appear-to-the-disciples-in-jerusalem-or-galilee/
https://spiritdailyblog.com/commentary/wondering-aloud-3
https://www.ncregister.com/features/ewtn-s-new-shrine-show
https://catholicexchange.com/reviving-the-forgotten-art-of-sacred-music/
https://catholicvote.org/teacher-florida-catholic-schools-really-living-up-to-their-mission-and-identity/
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/living-in-the-modern-dark-ages
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/sanctifying-time
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/what-is-truth-journalist-asks-pilates-question/
https://catholicexchange.com/the-despair-of-the-philosophes/
SIGNS!
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2024/04/22/former-knoxville-bishop-richard-stika-is-threatening-priests-via-text-message/73368807007/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/biden-white-house-gates-funded-pandemic-surveillance-plan-kim-iversen
https://stream.org/the-brew-biden-rewrites-title-ix-leaving-female-athletes-at-schools-nationwide-in-the-dust/
https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise%3A-%246-Billion-for-Iran-is-%246-Billion-for-Hamas
Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics!
https://crimeresearch.org/2024/04/how-reliable-are-the-fbis-report-of-violent-crime-data-there-are-some-major-problems/
https://hotair.com/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
https://www.newsmax.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://catholicexchange.com/how-christs-resurrection-delivers-us-from-ignorance-and-sin/
https://catholicexchange.com/why-men-and-women-have-difficulty-communicating-with-each-other/
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/five-stories-eucharist-revealed
Baby Murder, INC. THEY are Election 24 running on ABORTION & Hate Trump …. & Christian Nationalists!
https://www.lifenews.com/
https://adflegal.org/campaign/emtala
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/22/the-pro-life-movement-has-a-storytelling-problem/
https://www.catholicleague.org/why-are-leftists-so-miserable/
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_world_s_leaders_including_biden_must_learn_the_lesson_of_passover.html
THEY really don’t care if Trump is connvicted! YHEY just want Trump Off the Campaign Trail, his fortune diminished and Negative Sound Bytes to Broadcast 24/7 to the Ignorant 42% BoobLanders.
https://www.declassified.live/p/another-defense-against-braggs-sham
https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/opinion/joe-bidens-sham-of-a-campaign-continues-while-donald-trump-is-on-trial/
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-slams-double-standard-of-treatment-between-pro-palestinian-protestors-and-peaceful-maga-demonstrators/
https://justthenews.com/government/security/biden-removes-1000-military-personnel-niger-country-turns-toward-russia
https://pjmedia.com/gregbyrnes/2024/04/21/the-odd-contrast-between-trump-and-bidens-riffs-n4928386
https://floppingaces.net/2024/04/22/curious-no/
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/22/is-bidens-irs-meddling-in-the-ig-investigation-of-hunter-biden-whistleblowers/
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-judiciary-opens-formal-inquiry-atf-killing-arkansas-airport-executive
https://thedailybs.com/news/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!
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https://www.markmallett.com/blog/what-have-you-done
https://expose-news.com/2024/04/21/1m-exccess-deaths-elderly-usa-covid-vaccines/
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/04/22/how_catholics_can_save_american_education_1026696.html
FBI Induced Terror False Flag Event be coming just in time to “influence” 24 Election?
https://expose-news.com/2024/04/21/1m-exccess-deaths-elderly-usa-covid-vaccines/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/23/go-deep-speaker-johnson-changed-mind-on-fisa-deep-state-after-lobbying-from-pompeo-and-intelligence-community/#more-260305
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1782486128915857520.html
https://www.newsweek.com/2024/05/03/china-caribbean-united-states-antigua-belt-road-diplomacy-debt-chinese-xi-jinping-rivalry-1891668.html
https://allenwest.substack.com/p/final-exam-democrats?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1215802&post_id=143890264&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=24fh21&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258kwxyi.1p4f/5e3661d2
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
https://freebeacon.com/
GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
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