Comes a Mighty Wind

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By Charlie Johnston

Occasionally, I have noted that our lack of understanding of the customs and mores of Roman-occupied Jerusalem have caused us to dramatically misinterpret the import of many of Jesus’ sayings. Everything He did and said was designed to enhance the dignity of the human person. For example, the Lord said that if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. It helps to know that, because of the shortage of pack animals, Roman military officials were empowered to force random civilians to carry supplies for one mile. Think about it, if you just go the one mile you are a conscript. If you go two miles, you become a volunteer. He also said if anyone sues you to take your coat, give him your cloak, as well. Again, think about it. If a man successfully gets your coat, you are a victim. If you give him your coat and cloak before the case is even heard, you become a philanthropist. Finally, He says if anyone slaps your right cheek to turn the other to him. It helps to know that anyone slapped by an official, Roman or religious, in occupied Jerusalem, was supposed to bow and beg forgiveness, preferably touching their forehead to the ground. Turning the other cheek was not an act of submission, but of passive defiance.

It occurs to me that the very Incarnation, itself, was a profound rebuke to the pagan world. In many, maybe even most, pagan cultures, child sacrifice was a major component of religious practice. Even in pagan Rome, which did not regularly engage in child sacrifice, infanticide was common, often encouraged and, at best, a matter of indifference. Smothering a child at birth or abandoning it to the elements was the Roman way of birth control. When Jesus was born the pagan world lashed out, as Herod ordered the Massacre of the Innocents. The practice only ended in the century after Christ’s Resurrection – because Christians routinely rescued those infants who were abandoned to the elements. It finally triggered a sense of shame in many Romans as they saw the children they had casually abandoned to death as real people with real personalities. It makes my heart soar to see that many committed Christians today are doing the same thing they did 2,000 years ago – saving babies that the pagan culture around them would casually dispose of. And make no mistake: it is a divine rebuke of our culture now as it was of their culture then.

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The wind, chaff, and evildoers form consistent imagery in Scripture throughout its many Books, Old and New. The wind of the Holy Spirit blows where it will. The wicked may seem to be weighty and ponderous, but they are invariably described as so much chaff to be easily blown away with the first gust of the Holy Spirit moving where it will. The 2nd Psalm derisively mocks the pretensions of secularists who believe themselves to be masters of all they survey.

It seems to me that, at critical times in world history, God acts to set things right. For a time, we know our littleness, calling on Him and giving Him thanks for sustaining and delivering us. At the moment of Incarnation, though less than a handful knew it, a mighty wind was kindled which would rise to transform the world. Those who have convinced themselves of their own primacy – secularists, materialist thinkers, relativist theologians and clerics who mimic a form of religion while denying the power of God – are so much chaff, lacking any root. Those who endeavor to do the will of God as best they can discern it are rooted in God. Even those who know little, but endeavor to do the good as best they can see it, with a rigorous conscience, are so rooted. When the Holy Spirit comes as a mighty wind, the rootless chaff are blown away, while the hearts of those rooted in God are set aflame with love, rising to a great conflagration of Godliness, cleansing the whole earth.

I think that when God sets things right, His tender heart longs for us to serve Him with fidelity out of love and gratitude. And yet, like the ten lepers Jesus healed, only one of us comes back to Him, the rest of us being seduced by the temptations of this world and our own vanity that we have cleansed ourselves. And so, continually, we break God’s heart.

For those, like the one leper, who have endeavored to keep the faith and to give thanks for His blessings, the winds of turmoil and tribulation should not be a fearful thing, but welcomed with glad Allelujahs, for the Holy Spirit is sweeping the world clean once more.

Already, a mighty wind is building force, preparing to sweep the world anew. You can feel it with the young people desperately searching for meaning in a world given over to the pagan priorities of temporal power and influence. Many search for it in sex, drugs, and mindless entertainment, desperately trying to fill the hole in each of our hearts that is reserved for God with mere things, things that can never avail. Let us enflame our hearts with love in preparation for the rising of the wind, not berating the sick for being sick, but showing the genuine joy and healing – and meaning – there is in God. Those who cannot accept that there is anything greater than themselves are the chaff. Let them be blown away. But let us reveal the joy and love that is in Christ for all who will hear it. Let the wind blow!

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A healthy movement is built with addition and multiplication, not division and subtraction. I wish more in modern life understood that. Now that the occupiers of our once-great country have made clear that they are bent on criminalizing all that is conservative, traditional, or Judeo-Christian, it is vital that we all make common cause with each other to renew the liberty and genuine tolerance that once made this the greatest, noblest nation in the history of the world.

I am very excited that at the end of next week, I will be speaking to the good folks at the Minnesota Prepper Expo at the Morrison County Fairgrounds, 15575 Hawthorn Rd., Little Falls, Minnesota 56345. I will speak at noon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 28-30. I like preppers. They concentrate on real, valuable skills; work with each other and in support of each other; and face adversity with confident aplomb. With that can-do attitude, they are my kind of people. In this great and growing crisis, we need every bit as many people with that attitude as we can get if we are to truly serve as heralds of God’s renewal of the nation and then, the world.

Many among the preppers are leery of religion. Why shouldn’t they be? For a lot of people, their experience with religion has been one of being on the receiving end of sniffy disapproval. All too often we eagerly let people know how they fall short of the glory of God because they do not do the exact, same things as we do. Shoot, I am a moderately prominent Christian evangelist, and I, too, have felt the sniffy disapproval that I don’t do enough devotions or say precisely the same prayers as various people who are preeningly proud of their ponderous piety. Too many are way too eager to bind heavy burdens and lay them on other’s shoulders without doing anything to help. Some of us have forgotten (or never paid much attention to) St. Paul’s discourse on the many parts of the one body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12). What we are called to do is live our calling as best we can while helping others live theirs without the hubris of judging them by how closely their spiritual life resembles our own – as if any of us could be God’s mini-me.

I like people who do things. I like people who share the humble little piece they put together with those around them. I like people who laugh and live life as the great horn of plenty it is. I look for the virtue in everyone I meet – and I rejoice in that virtue, for it is Godliness, whether the virtuous one realizes it yet or not. I have a few virtues and a lot of shortcomings – and so I like to surround myself with people who make up for the virtues I lack, that we might make common cause with each other.

I will share with these folks the many, earthy things and practical skills our magnificent teams at CORAC have developed and shared. I will ask them for help in building the coalition that will renew the things that made America good for all and, thus, great for all. I will share with them the joy and help that is in Christ and the great virtue and Godliness that is in their commitment to support and build each other up.

I ask for your prayers for these fine folks and for me as we work to make America good again and make America Godly again – which will truly make America great again. And if you’re near central Minnesota, come on by. Time to work on our addition and multiplication skills.

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26 thoughts on “Comes a Mighty Wind”

    1. Hey Crewdog,

      I edited the video out of this. I think the world of Doug Barry, but Fr. Michel Rodrigue and his “teachings” have long been banned from this site. There are so many red flags of disobedience, deception, and diabolical disorientation there that if the red flag factory blew up, he could continue the supply without interruption. The Bishops he has worked under give no credence to his stuff, either.

      I know people are edgy, but at this site, we are not going to get off into rabbit holes of verifiably alarmist poppycock. I am familiar with the urgent call to a Novena, supposedly from Medjugorje, but that was not a general call from Medjugorje. It was from Terry Colafrancesco, who usually calls himself “a friend of Medjugorje” and runs Caritas in Birmingham, Alabama. Caritas has been condemned by the Diocese. It was originally founded by four men, two of whom I know personally. All but Colafrancesco left as it became clear that he intended to build a profitable cult. A few years back, I spent several months completely silent on Caritas of Birmingham, as an emissary of then-Bishop Baker informed me that the Bishop had reached out to Colafrancesco, hoping to normalize relations so that it could become a legitimate Catholic Apostolate again. I did not want to upend discussions. All efforts failed. The seer, Marija, usually lends her name to Colafrancesco’s efforts, but she is compromised because some years back, in a great family crisis, Colafrancesco came to the family’s rescue – and has used that rescue as leverage ever since.

      I do NOT ban mystics or apparitions whether I consider them credible or not, so long as they do not (in my eyes) present a danger to the faithful. I am deliberate about this without being obstinate. In these times, there are many who seek to capitalize on people’s fears. Obedience is important to me. Fidelity to Magisterial teaching is important to me. My duty to those who read this site is important to me. Those who want to follow these folks can easily do so elsewhere…but I will not be a party to spreading what I believe to be pernicious nonsense.

      Friends, be deliberate. Be steady, be sober. God is with us – but He does not reveal Himself to us in things that openly contradict Magisterial teaching. If I have misunderstood anything, it will show itself in time and I will acknowledge it. But on these two cases, this is where I stand and shall remain.

      A few friends I think highly of disagree with me on one or the other of these. That is fine. God does not hold me accountable for their discernment or them for mine. But it was made very clear to me several years ago that I get no exemption for violating critical discernment to mollify friends. So that is where we are here.

      I do appreciate the opportunity you gave me, CrewDog, to reiterate a couple of the rare people I ban from this site.

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      3. Well said, Charlie. This really stands out for me:

        Friends, be deliberate. Be steady, be sober. God is with us – but He does not reveal Himself to us in things that openly contradict Magisterial teaching. If I have misunderstood anything, it will show itself in time and I will acknowledge it. But on these two cases, this is where I stand and shall remain.

        A few friends I think highly of disagree with me on one or the other of these. That is fine. God does not hold me accountable for their discernment or them for mine. But it was made very clearly to me several years ago that I get no exemption for violating critical discernment to mollify friends. So that is where we are here.

        Thank you!

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        1. By the way, Beckita, a dear friend forwarded me a link showing that the call for a Novena to Our Lady of Peace HAD come from Fr. Leon, Chaplain in Medjugorje for English speaking people, praying specifically for peace in the world. I stand corrected. It began on the 16th. So I join it today, the fifth day in progress. I note that in Fr. Leon’s call, it was a calm invitation asking for the Novena from love – not the panicked URGENT call I was getting from the sources I found. I get skittish when a get panicked, URGENT calls for anything, feeling less like I am being invited than that I am being driven and manipulated. That clearly is NOT the fault of Fr. Leon, but the fault of those who sensationalized the loving invitation he conveyed – and my fault for not digging further and deeper into it. Here is the link to the general call from Medjugorje. Do not be alarmed that you may be getting started late. Remember Jesus’ parable about the laborers – that all who served Him received their reward, no matter how late in the day they got started.

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  4. Thank-you, Charlie, for reminding me to say thank-you to all the pray-ers on this site. Thank-you all for your efficacious prayers! I was struggling with sorrow and despair and now I have hope. God is sending help and I feel better. I’m waiting on the blood test to see if my feelings are founded in truth. The injections of the EPO (Erythropoietin) have improved me considerably.
    God bless my doctors and God bless you all for your prayers.
    Katey in OR

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    1. We now know the importance of those three Hail Mary’s at the beginning of the

      rosary. May we always continue to grow in Hope, Faith and Love.

      Keep up that Hope Katey in OR.

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  5. Charlie, I’m just now re-watching Season 4, Episode 5, of The Chosen. I can’t help but notice (and appreciate) your explications of certain parables that many of us don’t fully understand. Good timing! 😉

    Sister Bear

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  6. LOVE the last beginning para…. ask for your prayers for these fine folks and for me as we work to make America good again and make America Godly again – which will truly make America great again.MAGA….Make America Godly again!!!!!!! Praying up all the way from the islands to the remaining countrymen to fulfill God’s plan for all of us, especially the keiki (children).God bless you all with aloha  

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  7. “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”
    (James 3:17)
    “I like people who do things. I like people who share the humble little piece they put together with those around them. I like people who laugh and live life as the great horn of plenty it is. I look for the virtue in everyone I meet – and I rejoice in that virtue, for it is Godliness, whether the virtuous one realizes it yet or not.”(CJ).
    One of the harder truths Jesus taught was to love our enemies but in truth, we have a hard time even loving/trusting those we mostly agree with. Even the Apostles wanted to stop those healing in Jesus’ name that were not part of their “group”.

    Saint Thomas Aquinas in his Two Precepts of Charity, reminds us of this: “Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. The things that we love tell us what we are.” Do we love power, wealth, pleasure, and material possessions, or do we love God and every person? And if we say we love humanity, do we truly “will the good of others,” including enemies, as Christ taught us to do?”

    I hope the peppers remember this too for in preparing for hard times they are called to help those around them and not just seek thier own preservation. If the “multiplication” miracle is to occur, one must will the good of others dispite the lack of sufficient resources. It may be that this be the real test of our faith, to prep ourselves only to fail in our  “sufficiencies” but then to prevail in our charity. For in the end what is it we are mostly hoping to save, our lives or our souls?

    “We are summoned to crucify the flesh through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, lest we sully or even forfeit the gift we have received. The world is a valley of tears, a realm of shadow and mourning; it will pass away. Our citizenship is in Heaven; we belong to the Jerusalem on high.” (Gal 5 ).

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    1. Preppers work in collaboration with others. It is survivalists who seek to withdraw from everyone. I make that clear in my talks, but I don’t think I have noted the distinction here enough.

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  8. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Solstice Day! 😉

    https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/father-paul-mankowski-the-sound-of-silence-karen-hall

    https://religionunplugged.com/news/2024/6/18/boston-celtics-head-coach-joe-mazzullas-catholic-faith-guided-him-to-an-nba-title

    https://www.markmallett.com/blog/the-gift

    https://marytv.tv/june-19-2024-reflection-43rd-anniversary-novena-with-marija-day-4/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/its-good-to-preach-to-the-choir

    https://catholicvote.org/catholicvote-opposes-senate-bill-requiring-women-to-register-for-the-draft/

    Maybe … but ….. These-Days we don’t have the time & energy to waste! We have spent 70 years reasoning, negotiating, compromising and singin’ Kumbaya …. where has it got US? Spend your Time/Energy on keeping The Faithful of all Denominations …. United!

    https://catholicexchange.com/is-it-possible-to-reason-a-non-believer-into-faith/

    https://denvercatholic.org/ticket-to-oblivion/

    What a great Idea! Yeah!! Let’s muddy the H2O some more whilst we tune up the Fiddles for The Big Fire ;-(

    https://www.ncregister.com/news/us-bishops-to-draft-document-on-transgender-people-in-religious-life

    https://dpyne.substack.com/p/why-the-us-and-ukraine-should-accept

    https://karenkwiatkowski.substack.com/p/the-us-empires-impending-suicide

    https://x.com/peacemaket71/status/1801462253620703535?s=46&t=cB2WzSAVojqxst7hH7Gyg

    https://afn.net/national-security/2024/06/19/waves-of-illegal-immigrants-triggered-long-list-of-terror-threats-including-the-tajiki-eight/

    Lies, damned lies and statistics!

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/06/19/they-rarely-report-the-revisions-three-months-of-2023-job-gains-wiped-out-after-updates/

    https://catholicvote.org

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  10. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ….. PS … 😉 

    I’m looking forward to The CORAC Survival Manual and hope that print editions will be available shortly…… BUT!…. It is Late in The Game for Plans/Preparation!

    How Nice!  …. chocked full of mRNA Additives produced by BigPharma?? ;-(

    https://www.beefcentral.com/news/us-cattle-producers-condemn-lab-grown-meat-plan-for-military/

    https://sciencedeception.com/2024-06-14-epa-sued-pfas-in-biosludge-contaminating-farmland.html

    DC Swamp Fraud, Waste & Abuse …. In-Action!

    https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/biden-s-phony-numbers-mask-true-economic-pain

    Do you think that THEY really want hi-speed Internet for the masses? Places where they might find The Ungarbled Truth on unapproved by THEM websites?

    https://citizenwatchreport.com/42-5-billion-wasted-not-a-single-american-has-received-bidens-high-speed-internet/

    https://reason.com/2024/05/30/7-5-billion-in-government-cash-only-built-8-e-v-chargers-in-2-5-years/

    …. but THEY say we can’t afford to give young Troops a Big Raise. That Big Raise would NOT cover the JoeBama Inflation of the past four years. Oh! …… Our International Reserve Currency Status ended this week ….. Katy! Bar the Door!!

    THEY have depleted Our Strategic Oil/Gas Reserves and Military War Reserves!

    THEIR “Policies” are destroying Our Farms and Ranches plus Our Heavy Industry has been Off-Shored over past 40 years. ….. and Rich Elites & PLA who want YOU dead are buying up the Farmland!

    Our Transportation System (Rail, Air, Water, Highway) Hubs are all Democrat Controlled ****Holes …. even in Red States…..

    THEY have allowed Our Borders to be overrun by an official 8 Million (past 4 years) that = 15 million in reality and that = 45 million Illegal Aliens total in Our USA. Only a small % of above vetted for crime, drugs, disease or Vaxx histories. Most of the above are not educated, skilled or English speaking. If 5% of the above are career criminals &/or Enemy Agents/Saboteurs =1.35 MILLION!

    Our Electric Grid and Pipelines are NOT secure from ….. See Above ;-(

    THEY have infiltrated Gubermint in ALL departments including Public “Education” and we have seen, these past four years, THEIR frantic efforts to Push the Limits on ALL of THEIR Agendas with near ZERO resistance and that mostly Hot-Air.

    THEIR Public “Educators” are/will indoctrinate the above Illegals and other unfortunates … even in Red States.

    ALL Christian “mainstream” Denominations have likewise been infiltrated ;-(

    …. & Madness Over-There (I support Israel & Trust God … Everywhere).

    https://sonar21.com/nato-and-israel-hurtling-towards-wars-of-self-destruction/

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258lau9g.1p44/f0e3b9ac

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!

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  11. My prayer today is for stubborn, obstinate hearts and for God’s grace to allow us to “forgive those who trespass against us.” Forgiveness began with Jesus and flows from His Sacred Heart to a wounded world and I often wonder how I dare to ask Jesus to change other people’s hearts when I so often refrain from working on changing my own. While it’s been true for me that some people have hurt me and others I love and we hold onto our pain as a fiery dart to hurl back at them someday, I am praying for the grace to empty my heart of that pain and allow Jesus’ forgiveness to have its effect on me and remove the dart from my hands. Today especially since it is my grandson’s 3rd birthday and he has been removed from my life for two years now. Thank you for praying for my absent family: Samuel, Anna, Daniel and little Samuel. May God grant them happiness everyday! May I be allowed to patiently wait for the moral disorder in my family to return in God’s good time to His harmony, peace and order and rejoice in my other children and husband and all the souls He will bring me this coming year. May God assist all of us in the personal struggles we face. I will dedicate my prayer to the community here. May God increase all of our prayers!

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  12. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-rosary-priest-and-the-family-rosary/

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-salvation-story-pattern/

    https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/06/20/breaking-archbishop-vigano-summoned-to-rome-for-extra-judicial-trial/

    https://onepeterfive.com/vigano-invoking-lefebvre-faces-the-vatican-summons/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/new-offensive-in-war-on-traditional-liturgy/

    https://www.catholicleague.org/the-racist-undertones-of-equity-education/

    https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2024/06/19/speaking-the-truth-with-love/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/pride-month-2024-how-did-we-get-here

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/commentary/symbols-how-the-devil-distorted-the-rainbow

    https://dio.org/catholic-times/looking-at-effective-programs-that-address-poverty/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-historical-precedent-for-trump

    https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-murky-business-of-transgender-medicine

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/06/21/making-sense-of-the-fatherland/

    https://floppingaces.net/most-wanted/buffer-zones-and-broken-promises-the-root-of-russias-aggression/

    https://alphanews.org/kansas-sues-pfizer-says-company-misled-public-on-covid-19-vaccine/

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/20/alvin-braggs-manhattan-office-drops-charges-against-majority-of-columbia-university-protesters/

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/seven-federal-agencies-pushed-tech-giants-censor-americans-media-research-center-says

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  13. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! ….. PS … 😉 

    More correct than not methinks!

    https://alt-market.us/the-woke-movement-is-actually-corporate-enslavement-the-culture-war-is-a-fight-to-stop-it/

    “Brave New World”

    https://brownstone.org/articles/can-biotechnology-control-human-behavior

    https://allenwest.substack.com/p/post-constitutional-america

    https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-gun-training-facility-replaces-paper-targets-with-copies-of-the-constitution

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3053614/biden-deficit-undercut-ballooning-national-debt/

    Is there any doubt that we are living in the times of Isaiah 5 (Woes to the Wicked) and “1984”?

    THEY are distorting, changing, subverting and demonizing much of value that was once held to be good, just and worthy. THEY have demonized our Founders and disparaged their Faith and Civic Beliefs. THEY have erased Our History and subverted Education and Weaponized Government. THEY have even distorted and demonized our vocabulary. Words like Rainbow, Gay, Man, Woman, Boy, Girl, Cervix, Militia, Patriot, Vigilante, Conservative, Traditional,…. Preppers & Survivalist ;-(

    When The Balloon Goes Up and The Grid Goes Down, EVERYone is gonna be a “Survivalist” ….Like It or No! At that point the question is ….?… Are you a Prepared Survivalist or a DumbAss Survivalist?’ If with all the “Notice” of the past 20 years plus you had the wherewithal to Plan/Prepare and did not do so ….Well! ….. You are a DumbAss!

    If you believe Angels will transport you and your I-Pad to a Nirvana Refuge or deliver Care Packages to your door every morn and guard you with a flaming sword …. Well! … You are a DumbAss!

    Now!! I do believe in Divine Assistance and Miracles and I also believe that The Divine expects us not to be a DumbAss. I also believe in “Refuges” ’cause it’s how Humans have SURVIVED these past million years. Refuges = Community of the likeminded in camps, churches, neighborhoods, towns, forts and countries. In the future, the most dangerous people you encounter may well be crazed DumbAss Survivalists!

    Sooo …. PRAY! …. Time is Short!! …. Get On It!!!!

    https://thefederalist.com/

    https://justthenews.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!

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  14. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy St Thomas More Day! 😉

    https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-thomas-more-was-the-kings-good-servant-but-gods-first/

    https://www.nationalshrine.org/blog/5-things-you-should-know-about-st-thomas-more/

    PS: The Thomas More Society is worthy of support!

    https://livingwithladyphilosophy.substack.com/p/the-light-in-greece

    https://stpaulcenter.com/why-is-john-the-baptist-such-a-big-deal/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/new-offensive-in-war-on-traditional-liturgy/

    https://greatgameindia.com/new-massachusetts-law-allows-women-to-sell-their-unborn-children-to-the-highest-bidder/

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3589/text/is

    Any Red State/County Producer Class Citizen with a Gun is what this FringeLeft Jerk, Markey from CommieWorld Massachusetts, has in mind.THEY want your Guns & your Shooting Clubs, Public Ranges, Gun Shops, NRA & Ilk Outlawed.Oh! …. but I’m sure that THEIR DOJ/FBI/DHS will turn a Blind-Eye to BLM, ANTIFA, Cartel Drug/Human Traffickers, Urban Gangs, PLA Operatives and assorted Islamic Radicals as THEY have done during the near 12 years of the JoeBama Administrations ;-(

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/06/22/20-minutes-with-neil-oliver-banned-by-google/#more-261445

    https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/21/report-dhs-group-called-being-religious-an-indicator-of-domestic-terrorism/

    https://starrs.us/at-west-point-the-honor-code-will-become-aspirational/

    THEY want the De-Humanized & Dead Option for YOU!!

    https://www.watchdognews.org/rhode-island-house-approves-human-composting-option-for-deathcare-06-19-2024/

    https://floppingaces.net/2024/06/21/the-week-in-radical-leftism-06-21-2024/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  15. Why don’t priests explain such scriptural readings (examples of which Charlie cited) in the context of the culture and the times in which they were written? Are priests not educated in this?

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    1. I have found, Judy, that priestly homilies and teachings vary depending on whether or not a particular priest continues in Scriptural and additional Church studies after ordination. I have great hope that in the Era of Peace such continued studies will be the norm.

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    2. Priests are like the rest of us. They know some things well, some things not so well. The very best of them have to divide their time between prayer, study, and pastoral care – not to mention Parish administration. I will say that I have had a lot of Priests and Deacons privately write and tell me how much my writing has meant to them. Some even apologetically tell me a homily they gave was based on something I wrote. We are all members of the same body. I am glad I have been able to help some clerics grow in their faith, for so many have helped me grow in mine. May we all continue to build each other up.

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