Fire From Above – Candid Self-Assessment

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By Charlie Johnston

I fretted a LOT before I published my last piece, Training for Trust. I could feel the desperate, crying need from so very many people who were dealing with agonizing personal and family issues. Many of those suffering are people I, personally, like and admire. I often use examples from my own life – both positive and negative – to illustrate a point; to give people a frame of reference they can relate to or that hits home viscerally. I am pretty candid in both the positive and the negative because I think that, though people have not had the exact experiences I have had, they have had to struggle with the same types of issues in deciding what to do and how to live.

I worried that this piece, though, was just too expansively and intimately personal. I fretted that, when all was said and done, it might just be a bunch of self-absorbed navel-gazing on my part – when so many people desperately needed some fortification to carry on, themselves. By your response in the comments, private emails, and private calls I got I can see it helped a bunch of people. I am grateful for that.

We do such terrible damage to our souls when we aspire to demonstrate to others that we are a superior specimen of mankind. It is one of the devil’s more subtle – and effective – means of culling people from the herd – by means of that deadliest of sins, vanity. For those who aspire to show everyone else how superior they are to the common herd, their reward inevitably ends in a desperate loneliness that they foolishly self-imposed. To believe we are unique in our sufferings is a particularly subtle form of vanity. “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen!” It’s true, but irrelevant if you are just trying to show how special you are. While the details vary, each of us has suffered deeply at times. If we are wise, it can give us a largeness of spirit by seeing real solidarity with our fellows. I think a lot of how, even as He carried the cross, Jesus spent much of that physically agonizing time comforting and consoling the women who were weeping on His way of the Via Dolorosa. He was showing us that we are all walking a via dolorosa – and how we should act to others as we do. My son once told me that one of the most valuable lessons I taught him was how to hearten and encourage others without letting it be eclipsed by the cross we are carrying, ourselves. I was and am grateful for that.

Each of us is a unique blend of strengths and weaknesses, of frailty and prowess. How cursed the man who allows himself to be convinced that his particular strengths make him a superior specimen of humanity! I have known a lot of people with Down’s Syndrome. Many pity or look down on them. Sorrowfully, our sadly shallow temporal society has treated them with such casual revulsion that the abortion culture made so many of them victims of a genuine, progressive genocide. Yet who exceeds them in candid love for others and wonder at God’s creation? None that I know of – and every family I know who has raised a Down’s Syndrome child or is caring for such an adult tells me candidly how hard it was, but how very much that person taught them about love for others. Frankly, I think that Down’s Syndrome children are a gift to humanity, a way for God to bring to mind all of our diverse gifts and what, even so, is the purpose and actual meaning of this life: solidarity.

This is not to say we should go on a bender of false modesty to correct our false bombast. It was either St. Therese of Lisieux or St. Teresa of Avila who wrote a brief passage on false modesty, saying it would be foolish and pitiable for one of God’s gorgeous flowers to say its colors were wrong or its leaves were droopy when it knew full well it was otherwise. Rather, what God wants – and what we need – is candor about ourselves. I don’t try much to pretend I am not a very smart fellow, at least as far as my head is concerned. (Okay, I may have pulled the old, “I’m just an old country lawyer” routine on occasion. One woman I was dating some years back was furiously mad at me about something. Before I could begin defending myself, she angrily finished by saying, “And don’t you, ‘Shucks, ma’am’ me, either!” But when I have done it, people generally know I am just, “Shucks, ma’am”ing them.) My hands, though, are dumb as a stump (except, when I was much younger, for when I had a baseball bat in them. They were pretty smart at that). It’s a bit of an embarrassment, because almost all of the rest of the family has the gift of turning a wrench to excellent avail. My Dad was gifted at DIY home remodeling in all aspects. While he was putting in a tile floor once, meticulously measuring, cutting and re-cutting to get it just right, I lamented that I just did not have the patience, the talent, or the knack for it. He looked at me sharply and demanded, “How many times have I seen you spend three hours on a single paragraph to get it just right? We all have patience for the things we ARE talented at. Knock it off.” (Dad and I both loved rebukes and insults that carried a compliment in them in getting to the candid truth – a trait I am glad to have passed on to my children.)

The point, of course, is that we did not give ourselves our own strengths. God did – and for His purposes and to build up His Kingdom from this world. We have the responsibility to hone and refine our strengths, but we are not author of them. The actual Author of them intends for us to use them to live solidarity with those around us to help bring more to His Kingdom. A candid examination of what strengths God has endowed us with – and what strengths He has not – is not what sets us apart from our fellows, but is both an invitation by God and a clue from Him to see what He intends for us. He has a mission for each of us. When you assess yourself from that standpoint, it draws you closer in solidarity with the rest of mankind, rather than setting you apart. You are a member of a community – and you are called to build it up, just as God, Himself, is a Community; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – with the love that processes between the three persons of the Trinity creating the fruit of abundant creation. But the satan uses these gifts to confuse us…and once we succumb, we begin attributing to ourselves gifts we do not have – because we are a superior order of being, don’t you know.

If I don’t pretend to not be smart in temporal terms, I also understand how little it means in eternal terms. The sum total of all intelligence in history is equivalent in Heaven to so much Monopoly money here. So the question clearly is, since we cannot deposit any of the strengths we have been given to a Heavenly account, what is their purpose? Surely, it is that they are the tools God has uniquely given us to accomplish His will and hearten our fellows during this, our brief sojourn on the mortal plane. Using them for that purpose is like using a hammer and saw to build a dwelling that will provide warmth and shelter. Using them to aggrandize ourselves is like using that hammer and saw to dismember our victims.

I know many of you are wondering when I am going to weigh in on the news of the day, the dramatic shift in trajectory in world events – and even in the Church – in the last year. I will, soon enough. It is just vital to approach the year with a mindset that brings honest life instead of quiet desperation. So I am holding up a prism that you may see the vivid colors actually contained in the full light of your life. Neither waste talent by mere preening nor suffering without offering it up for your fellows. Live that well and you will be on the path God intends for you – and you will be extraordinarily happy even in the greatest of trials. The peace He gives us is a palpable thing that brings warmth and light. It is not like the mere absence of open conflict the world calls, “peace.”

Peace be with you, now and always.

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29 thoughts on “Fire From Above – Candid Self-Assessment”

  1. Perfect timing, Charlie. We can get a head start on the Lenten season by taking time, even now, to contemplate the development of the mindset you have set before us. Such a beautiful piece with its gentle and profound invitation to embrace the wisdom of the spiritual sages throughout the ages: Know thyself.

    St. Teresa of Avila used garden images to encourage spiritual growth in her book, “Way of Perfection.” It seems her spiritual daughter, St. Therese of Lisieux, used that inspiration to express – with flowers as the metaphor – what she taught about the value of the virtue, humility.

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    1. I particularly loved St. Therese of Lisieux’s use of flowers when she wrote (paraphrasing) the dainty little flowers and the big showy ones are all reaching for the same sun.

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  2. Charlie what another beautiful piece!!! I was so happy to see it when we got home from Mass!!! I def got your last one too and found it quite helpful! I printed it out and put it in a safe spot because I’m sure I’ll need it someday soon to remember if and when things get super hard so I wanted a hard copy just in case the cyber world drowns out! 😩

    What really hit me in this piece is how you said Jesus, even in His passion, tried to comfort all the women he met on the way!!! It never occurred to me that He did that until you said so but you are right!!! He did do so!!! That’s HUGE!!! So often when I get a little bug or I stub my toe or whatever and I feel suffering I tend to think of Christ and His Passion and it quite frankly overwhelms me that He suffered all that He did for all of our sakes!!! Now that’s a love that just sort of blows your mind!!! Mike and I just got done babysitting our grandson Jaxy poo for a period of 72 hours straight🤣🤣🤣. He’s 4 1/2 and like an energizer bunny 🐰 so it’s really exhausting for me and Mike and yet it’s so fun to be around him! I told him this round that when you feel love, generosity and goodness, that’s Jesus! And that when you feel hatred, meanness or selfishness that’s the devil ! 😈 😬. Doesn’t that just sum it up? I had never thought of that before so I think the Holy Spirit revealed that to me to help him discern his emotions but it really sort of helped me to discern mine too! We humans are so full of both good and evil tendencies sometimes even simultaneously! It’s so bothersome and so tricky! lol 😂

    I will never forget what you wrote here about how Jesus tried to comfort others even in His great suffering and Passion of the cross! Thank you!

    I’m going to print this out and the next time we have Jax I’m going to tell him what you revealed to us today too! It’s HUGE!!!

    Thank you, Charlie!!! God bless you and protect you always!

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  3. Enjoying your transparency, humanness and sanity Charlie.  I think it is disarming which opens doors to have good conversation with folks who are searching.  I hope you have plans to visit the North East this year.—- Sent from Doug’s Back Pack

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  5. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

    -John 13:34

    I read this reflection this morning and thought, “Yes, if I do nothing else today, let me love.”

    Thank you, Charlie, for just affirming that for me, whether you knew it or not! 😉

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  6. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://onepeterfive.com/in-illo-tempore-2nd-sunday-after-epiphany/

    https://catholicexchange.com/behold-the-lamb-of-god-second-sunday-in-ordinary-time/

    https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/perfect-offering-scott-hahn-reflects-on-the-second-sunday-in-ordinary-time

    https://onepeterfive.com/octave-of-christian-unity-union-of-all-christians-with-the-catholic-church/

    https://www.osvnews.com/kyrie-eleison-lord-anoint-the-festering-wounds-we-show/

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/79826-2/

    https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4362789/posts

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/satan-in-minnesota/  ..  https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/anti-ice-civil-disobedience-is-not-catholic-civil-disobedience/  ..  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/18/minnesota-governor-activates-national-guard/  ..   https://spiritdaily.org/blog/anti-ice-demonstrations-take-another-violent-turn/  ..   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/18/sunday-talks-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-vs-margaret-brennan-discussing-minneapolis-violence/

    THEY want a Civil War II  ..  https://justthenews.com/government/congress/progressive-activist-calls-prosecution-trump-and-his-allies-if-dems-take  ..  https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/resurgence-black-panthers-armed-resistance-against-ice/  .. 

    Oh!! … and just what are, the corrupt, bankrupt and overrun by Islamic Jihadists, EU Lilliputians gonna do when WE Pull-Out and take our Treasure, Troops and Trade Deals with US … Eh???!  ..  https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/europe-united-face-trumps-greenland-threats-tariffs-eu/story?id=129324420  ..  Europe has not done **** for US since France gave US the Statue of Liberty … Yes! .. I will always have a warm spot in my heart for France! We could not have won The Revolution without them!

    https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/18/sunday-funnies-881/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://floppingaces.net/

    https://thedailybs.com/news

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/

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  7. “I worried that this piece, though, was just too expansively and intimately personal. I fretted that, when all was said and done, it might just be a bunch of self-absorbed navel-gazing on my part – when so many people desperately needed some fortification to carry on, themselves. By your response in the comments, private emails, and private calls I got I can see it helped a bunch of people. I am grateful for that.”(CJ)

    “Consulting about my doubts with the holy princes and angels, whom the Most High had appointed to direct this work of writing the history of our Queen, and manifesting to them how great was my disturbance and affliction of heart and how stuttering and mute was my tongue for such an arduous task, they replied over and over again that it was the will of the Most High that I write the life of his most pure Mother and our Mistress. On one day especially, when I made many objections and declared to them my difficulties, and my incapability and great fears, they spoke to me these words: “With good reason thou fearest and art disturbed, a soul, doubtest and hesitatest in a matter, where we angels ourselves would do the same, as considering ourselves unable worthily to describe the high and magnificent doings of the Omnipotent in the Mother of Piety and our own Queen. But remember, dearest soul, that the firmament, the whole machinery of the world and all things created will sooner fail, than the words of the Most High Many times He has promised to his creatures, and in the holy Scriptures it is recorded, that the obedient man’ shall speak of victories over his enemies and shall not be reprehensible in obeying (Prov. 21, 28).” (City of God).

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  8. CREWDOG, I was just looking through the news articles that you post. I looked at the one re Walz. I see that he has a plaque in the state capitol building from that state’s satanists. It thanks him for allowing satanists to expand their worship in the State Capitol Building….It may have something to do with the satanic display put up around Christmas of 2024.

    Walz said that the state had to allow plurality of religious displays and that is why the 2024 Christmas display was allowed. However, I am not sure that one has to display a plaque given to Walz in thanks for the 2024 display (if that is the point of reference for the giving of thanks).

    The last words on the plaque are “Satan has a special place for you.”

    I have come to the point where I did not think I could be shocked anymore. But I am.

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  9. Charlie, I think that it must have been very difficult for you to reveal so much personal information in your last post re trust. I think that we all thank you for sharing your deeply personal trials. I also think that we all knew what you were trying to do.

    May God bless you for all your efforts to shore us up. Yes, we need it. You knew that. And you reached deep down and just did it. For all of us.

    You are a generous and loving soul.

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

    https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/liberalism-vs-progressivism-thoughts-on-mlk-day/

    I’d suggest that WE PRAY Hard for the USA, Trump & Good Guys this week!! Going to the Game tonite in Miami …. a hotbed of DemonRats, Latin/Haitian Gangs & assorted international undesirables …. then on to Davos/WEF where 80% of the People their hate Trump and despise the USA & …!!???!!

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-false-god-dies-the-true-one-is-born/

    https://modernity.news/2026/01/16/americans-report-surging-spirituality-43-say-faith-has-grown-amid-national-revival/

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-understood-commandments-and-discerning-gods-non-explicit-will/

    https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey/embracing-the-catholic-gospel-part-ix-episode-186/

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-pious-scientists-of-the-late-middle-ages/

    https://substack.com/inbox/post/185068943

    Naughty Word Guy sums it up  ..  https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/01/19/monsters-of-the-deep/#more-391268

    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/18/schweizer-foreign-adversaries-are-using-mass-migration-as-a-political-weapon/

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/emails-show-fauci-collins-plotting-circumvent-impressive-data-covid

    https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-1-17-suppressing-climate-dissent-cannot-prevent-reality-from-asserting-itself

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/about-face-monday-january-19-2026

    https://www.americanthinker.com/

    https://townhall.com/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258pyotc.xu6/d6270f86

    https://hotair.com/

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  13. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://catholicexchange.com/on-the-power-and-necessity-of-lay-evangelism/

    https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/ethiopia-epiphany-orthodox-christians-photos-0abeff91d7cdd912659a11f841625d97  ..  https://spiritdailyblog.com/apparitions/alleged-virgin-mary-apparition-in-northern-rwanda-draws-crowds-reignites-church-debate

    https://www.markmallett.com/blog/searching-for-god

    https://catholicexchange.com/how-to-use-the-catechism-a-simple-guide-for-finding-what-you-need/

    https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/01/19/keith-ellison-provides-top-cover-for-anti-ice-radicals-who-ambushed-church-n2198311  ..  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/01/20/theres-an-eerie-silence-from-frey-and-walz-over-don-lemons-church-storming-n2669711  ..  https://www.foxnews.com/media/minnesota-ag-keith-ellison-denies-don-lemon-anti-ice-protesters-violated-face-act-doj-mulls-charges

    https://harbingersdaily.com/working-overtime-to-squelch-the-church-christian-persecution-reports-reach-all-time-high/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/externals-mass/

    https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/landry-the-unity-for-which-jesus-prayed  ..  https://onepeterfive.com/octave-of-christian-unity-the-end-of-the-anglican-schism/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/two-anniversaries-of-2026-and-the-war-on-history

    https://onepeterfive.com/what-are-the-non-negotiables-of-the-trad-movement-trad-godfathers-pt-ii/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/20/treasury-secretary-bessent-delivers-remarks-from-davos/#more-279890

    https://jonathanturley.org/2026/01/16/democrats-fight-to-keep-the-insurrection-myth-alive-in-the-new-j6-committee/

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/19/pillar-of-jihad-jihadist-leaders-view-immigration-as-key-component-to-subvert-the-u-s/

    https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trump-has-a-real-insurrection-on-his-hands-in-minnesota/

    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/somali-fraud-scandal-republicans-congress-unmask-blueprint-blue

    https://www.newoxfordreview.org/

    https://thedailybs.com/news

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  14. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS:

    https://www.christianpost.com/news/archaeologists-find-early-christian-fresco-depicting-jesus-turkey.html

    https://catholicexchange.com/caring-for-your-health-is-not-selfish-its-holy/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-holy-sacrifice-of-the-mass-is-catechesis

    https://www.aleteia.org/2017/06/05/the-surprisingly-deep-spiritual-meaning-behind-ordinary-time/

    https://raheemkassam.substack.com/p/you-still-cant-trust-anything-coming

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/washed-up-tuesday-january-20-2026

    https://thefederalist.com/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258pz6df.vis/fa587c65

    https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/

    https://justthenews.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!

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  15. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://onepeterfive.com/octave-of-christian-unity-european-protestants-reconciled/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/is-a-leonine-unity-even-possible

    https://catholicexchange.com/christ-gave-everything-what-do-we-give-him/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/three-cardinals-dont-speak-for-church/

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-two-saint-agneses-why-the-church-still-needs-lambs/

    https://knowingisdoing.org/blog/st-francis-de-sales-and-purification-soul

    https://www.catholicleague.org/behind-the-church-busting-in-minneapolis/

    https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/sheets-of-ice

    https://onepeterfive.com/the-past-future-of-the-traditional-movement-the-truth-always-rises-to-the-surface/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/when-does-the-orate-fratres-go-away

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/21/president-trump-delivers-highly-anticipated-speech-at-davos-assembly-830am-et-livestreams/

    https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4363232/posts

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/21/ahead-of-trumps-arrival-to-davos-secretary-bessent-holds-a-press-conference/#more-279927

    https://theacru.org/2026/01/20/the-fall-of-islam/

    https://www.declassified.live/p/how-republicans-should-push-back

    https://catholicvote.org/read

    https://www.westernjournal.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://redstate.com/

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258pzkcq.12gs/696e61d5

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  16. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://catholicexchange.com/happy-prospective-birthday/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/will-pro-life-marchers-boo-trump-and-vance/

    https://www.catholicleague.org/emilys-list-is-not-a-pro-womens-group/

    https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/middle-east/reports-of-christian-casualties-and-arrests-are-emerging-as-mass-protests-continue-in-iran

    http://blog.newadvent.org/2026/01/christians-stop-saying-this-about-jesus.html

    https://catholicexchange.com/when-and-how-to-withdraw-in-prayer/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/what-can-we-expect-from-artificial-intelligence/

    https://www.steynonline.com/15910/insurrection-and-acts

    If  Arnold had been killed at Saratoga instead of wounded, he would have gone down in US History as one of our greatest heroes but, alas, Ego, $$ and the Love of a Woman…;-(  ..  https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4384626/painting-of-benedict-arnold-as-battle-of-saratoga-hero-to-be-restored-for-displ/

    https://theacru.org/2026/01/21/breaking-the-law/

    https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/20/when-justice-jackson-dug-up-racist-laws-to-justify-restricting-rights/

    https://revolver.news/2026/01/shocking-new-evidence-shows-just-how-deep-and-dark-the-mn-church-ambush-goes/

    Very Interesting!  .. GoodGuys In-Action?  ..  https://x.com/bluelivesmtr/status/2013771912552554994?s=20  ..  https://x.com/bluelivesmtr/status/2014133848150523987?s=20

    https://www.newoxfordreview.org/

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/media-malpractice-thursday-january

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q08uy.rnv/4c914797

    https://townhall.com/

    https://patriotpost.us/digests/124507-mid-day-digest-2026-01-22

    https://thedailybs.com/news

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://redstate.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  17. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/same-enemy-same-tactics-nothing-ever-happens

    https://catholicexchange.com/exegesis-of-the-word-on-christ-the-light-of-the-world-now-and-to-come/

    https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-01/pope-leo-xiv-decrees-blesseds-guatemala-italy-brazil.html

    https://notthebee.com/article/blm-activist-who-led-anti-ice-riot-at-minnesota-church-tells-cnn-they-were-just-attending-the-service  ..  https://notthebee.com/article/old-minnesota-flag-displayed-instead-of-new-somali-looking-flag-during-jd-vance-visit-to-minneapolis  ..  This Jerk looks like Rasputin!  ..  https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2014400940523069618?s=20

    https://www.declassified.live/p/video-summary-mr-smith-goes-back

    https://gettr.com/post/p3wjbyw0e82

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/hit-by-the-peace-board-friday-january

    https://newsbusters.org/

    https://patriotpost.us/digests/124539-mid-day-digest-2026-01-23

    https://www.americanthinker.com/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

    https://townhall.com/

    https://townhall.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q0nh5.waj/4efb50ec

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  18. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS: Calm the Storms, O Lord!

    https://www.markmallett.com/blog/can-mary-speak-to-us/

    https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/22/trump-needs-to-emulate-one-of-his-favorite-presidents-to-crush-the-blatant-insurrection-in-minnesota/

    https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/21/braveheart-circa-2026-this-time-in-the-united-states-congress/

    https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/23/the-week-in-radical-leftism-01-23-2026-more-from-the-nation/

    https://thefederalist.com/

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!

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  19. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://onepeterfive.com/the-revival-of-beauty-is-possible/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-being-rather-than-nothingness-part-iv

    https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/live-updates-march-for-life-2026  ..”LifeNews”- 66 Million Abortions since 1973! That # is equal to the entire population of the USA in 1900!! ;-(  ..  https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/23/vance-promises-attention-to-pro-life-concerns-you-have-an-ally-in-the-white-house/

    https://www.aleteia.org/2026/01/24/fulton-sheens-warning-is-uncannily-prophetic/

    https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/live-updates-march-for-life-2026

    https://www.catholicleague.org/the-fall-of-margaret-sangers-clinic/

    https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/to-be-loved-a-seat-at-the-table-and

    https://onepeterfive.com/octave-of-christian-unity-the-jews-and-their-king/

    Jan 6 Patriots were kept in the DC Gulag for MONTHS and STILL NO JUSTICE!!??!!  ..  https://americanwirenews.com/two-tiered-justice-activist-judges-order-release-of-3-anti-ice-agitators-who-stormed-church/

    https://notthebee.com/article/a-bald-eagle-landed-in-front-of-a-minnesota-traffic-cam-and-the-online-replies-are-treating-it-as-an-omen

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/world-runners-saturday-january-24

    https://catholicvote.org/read

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/

    https://townhall.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

    https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/

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  20. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray & Prepare!!

    https://onepeterfive.com/in-illo-tempore-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany/

    https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/history-redeemed-scott-hahn-reflects-on-the-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-light-in-the-land-of-darkness-third-sunday-in-ordinary- time/

    https://onepeterfive.com/octave-day-of-christian-unity-missionary-expansion/

    https://catholicexchange.com/all-things-are-oriented-toward-something-the-reason-for-ad-orientem/

    https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/01/24/sacerdotal-storytellers/

    Distractios & Confusion  ..   https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/middle-east/condemnation-of-christian-zionism-by-heads-of-churches-in-jerusalem-stirs-controversy

    https://spiritdailyblog.com/news/storms-and-civil-unrest-as-beginning-of-events

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/ap_nigeria_killings_71889jpg/

    https://billwhittle.com/we-are-all-amelias-now/

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/democrat_insurrection_arrives_on_schedule.html

    https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/25/sunday-funnies-882/

    https://www.newsmax.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://floppingaces.net/most-wanted-archive/

    https://hotair.com/

    https://www.westernjournal.com/

    https://www.whatfinger.com/

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  21. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray for The USA & Prepare!!

    https://spiritdailyblog.com/news/storms-and-civil-unrest-as-beginning-of-events

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/23/evil-raging-anti-christian-slaughter-explodes-across-globe/

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2015520247898427874.html#google_vignette

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/liturgical-terrorism

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-forgotten-wisdom-of-john-scotus-eriugena/

    https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/01/21/catholicism-has-declined-in-latin-america-over-the-past-decade/

    https://catholicexchange.com/ai-and-necessary-discernment/

    https://spiritdailyblog.com/inspiration/looking-to-god

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-novel-that-predicted-much-of-the-modern-papacy

    https://life-craft.org/what-are-we-working-for/

    https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-dangers-of-undermining-u-s-civil-military-relations/

    I’m sure I’ve said it here before? THEY are EVIL, RICH & POWERFUL and will “Bring the Temple Down” to avoid Judgement & Justice!  ..  https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2015260124932448533

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/25/president-donald-trump-releases-a-statement-on-minnesota-chaos/  ..  https://xcancel.com/DataRepublican  ..  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-network-helped-put-alex-pretti-harms-way-made-him-martyr  .. https://discernreport.com/democrat-insurrection-arrives-on-schedule/  ..  Naughty Word Guy  ..  https://www.kunstler.com/p/had-enough-9ec?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2076970

    https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/01/22/welcome-to-the-old-world-order-n2669840

    https://dpyne.substack.com/p/trumps-national-security-strategy

    https://www.newoxfordreview.org/daily-news/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

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  22. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS:

    I fear Vince may be right ;-(  ..  https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/minnesota_shows_why_the_left_will_win_america_s_2026_civil_war.html

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/26/a-domestic-insurgency-has-erupted-president-trump-sending-tom-homan-to-minneapolis/  ..  https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/26/minnesotas-proxy-warriors-walz-flanagan-and-the-signal-network-sending-civilians-to-die-confronting-feds/

    https://notthebee.com/article/the-nation-now-has-two-terrifying-ice-queen-governors-which-one-will-triumph

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/justified-monday-january-26-2026

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q1dik.t7e/d627bdcf

    https://patriotpost.us/digests/124589-mid-day-digest-2026-01-26

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!

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  23. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray for The USA & Prepare!!

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-outsourcing-of-catholic-immigration-policy-to-progressive-catholic-institutions

    https://spiritdailyblog.com/news/55172

    https://catholicexchange.com/3-ways-to-become-childlike-to-enter-heaven/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-miraculous-story-of-answered-prayers

    https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/middle-east/st-charbel-two-new-miracles-reported-in-2026

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-surfer-sage-what-a-90s-sitcom-taught-us-about-goodness/

    https://wng.org/articles/the-lure-of-rome-1767834305

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/did-angels-save-her/

    https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/the-news-you-may-have-missed-december-2025/

    https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/who-funds-the-groups-harassing-ice-agents-in-minnesota-the-lefts-premier-foundations-and-dark-money-networks-have-given-millions-records-show/

    https://gettr.com/post/p3wo7ca1ca6

    https://raheemkassam.substack.com/p/america-you-voted-for-what-not-how

    https://patriotpost.us/humor/124590-same-chief-2026-01-26

    https://townhall.com/

    https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/the-gold-plan-tuesday-january-27

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q2190.tz5/1f7466b3

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://hotair.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  24. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray for The USA & Prepare!!

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-ugly-history-behind-planned-parenthood/

    https://catholicexchange.com/holy-guidance-for-writers-preachers-teachers/

    https://www.catholicleague.org/treating-blacks-as-inferior/

    https://knowingisdoing.org/blog/st-john-bosco-and-joy-teaching-soul

    https://catholicexchange.com/10-ways-assisted-suicide-kills-societys-soul/

    https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/01/27/catholicvote-launches-new-media-platform-geared-gen-z/

    Sorry, Adam but “The Train” called Turn the Other Cheek and Sing Kumbaya left the station c. Jan 2009. We are dealing with Manifest Evil on Plantet Earth … Fix Bayonets!  ..  https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-dangerous-paganism-of-fafo

    When Ya got Docs-n-Nurses threatening  ICE Agents and MAGA People … ;-( … The Medical Industrial Complex tends Left to FarLeft and has THEIR own High Crimes to Cover-Up … Covid/Vaxx Hoax, $$ Billions of Fraud … & GENOCIDE!??  ..  https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2015941489516245223

    https://notthebee.com/article/lets-talk-about-everything-we-know-about-the-concealed-carrier-who-got-shot-by-ice-and-his-sig-p320

    https://theacru.org/2026/01/27/why-are-there-black-marxist-leftists/

    It’s probably time to de-escalate.. for a time .. and concentrate ALL Federal LEOs on exposing, arresting and jailing ALL the corrupt politicians, judges & $$$ Launderers plus THEIR enablers  ..  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15503005/Trump-teeters-brink-biggest-betrayal-Bush-amid-deescalate-migrant-crackdown.html

    https://floppingaces.net/2026/01/28/russian-roulette-2026-how-principled-gop-senators-are-betraying-trump-maga-and-america/

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/just-ribbing-wednesday-january-28

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q2g02.10×5/5f53905c

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/the-gold-plan-tuesday-january-27

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q2190.tz5/1f7466b3

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://hotair.com/

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  25. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … PS:

    https://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/210816

    https://x.com/Bannons_WarRoom/status/2016663824732938629

    First THEY came for The Saturday People, then The Sunday People and then The Useful Idiots who enabled THEM  ..  https://gab.com/Mrgunsngear/posts/115973094963179533

    https://www.themidwesterner.news/2026/01/whitmers-mdhhs-declares-wayne-county-partially-rural-so-federal-rural-healthcare-funds-can-be-diverted-there/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

    https://patriotpost.us/digests/124668-mid-day-digest-2026-01-28

    https://hotair.com/

    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!

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  26. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray for The USA & Prepare!!

    https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/us-news/retired-nypd-sergeant-roger-mcgovern-good-samaritan-dead-after-heart-attack-shoveling-long-island-church-during-winter-storm-fern

    https://catholicexchange.com/st-francis-de-saless-guide-to-starting-your-day-right/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/assisted-suicide-violates-unalienable-rights/

    https://catholicexchange.com/silence-heals/

    https://www.catholicleague.org/the-wall-of-separation-myth/

    https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/europe/german-cardinal-for-me-the-synodal-way-is-over

    https://www.ncregister.com/features/notre-dame-sees-record-number-of-converts

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-system-perfectly-designed-to-produce-a-priestly-crisis

    https://spiritdaily.org/blog/many-americans-are-pulling-back-as-they-sense-an-economic-storm-brewing/

    https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/01/28/this-could-be-huge-trump-appoints-new-federal-fraud-czar-n2198621

    https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/29/slouching-towards-fort-sumter/

    https://www.newoxfordreview.org/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

    https://www.wnd.com/category/front-page/

    https://thefederalist.com/

    https://www.westernjournal.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q359v.wah/c035440a

    https://notthebee.com/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

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  27. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray for The USA & Prepare!!

    https://catholicexchange.com/forgiveness-for-our-freedom/

    https://www.lifenews.com/2026/01/29/va-stops-killing-babies-in-abortions-after-trump-issues-new-policy

    https://www.catholicleague.org/trumps-religious-freedom-day-freaks-atheists/

    https://catholicexchange.com/feeling-overwhelmed-by-daily-prayer/

    https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/chapp-john-lennon-imagine

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/who-in-end-is-lord-world/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/meet-the-new-porn-even-worse-than-the-old-porn

    https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/01/29/holocaust-80-n2670293

    https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/learning-from-minnesotas-somali-fraud-scandal

    https://catholicexchange.com/the-last-shall-be-first-at-compostela/

    https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-ghost-of-paul-weyrich-in-the-halls-of-heritage

    https://x.com/Rep_Clyde/status/2016951680437280983

    https://defendingtherepublic.substack.com/p/good-news-friday-ca8

    https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/next-generation-ai-swarms-will-invade-social-media-by-mimicking-human-behavior-and-harassing-real-users-researchers-warn

    https://www.therightreasons.net/topic/119206-todays-toons-13026

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/annus-operum-friday-january-30-2026

    https://www.americanthinker.com/

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://links.glennbeck.com/view/55d278157d0973635efe6258q3kxw.uqx/caf89233

    https://newsbusters.org/

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/

    https://www.westernjournal.com/

    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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  28. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! .. Happy Day! 😉 ..  Pray for The USA & Prepare!!

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/cardinal-mcelroy-fans-flames/

    https://onepeterfive.com/what-is-tradition-fidelity-and-treason/

    https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/happy-word-god-sunday-2026/

    https://catholicexchange.com/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-beatitudes-as-a-spiritual-portrait/

    https://onepeterfive.com/what-i-saw-at-the-counter-revolution-traditionalism-at-sixty/

    https://onepeterfive.com/pelican-plus-social-a-new-catholic-social-media-platform/

    https://onepeterfive.com/the-spanish-bridge-restoration-and-the-sacred-order/

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/30/senate-intelligence-committee-demand-answers-about-dni-tulsi-gabbards-ongoing-reviews-of-govt-activity/

    https://reclaimthenet.org/wyoming-introduces-first-ever-foreign-censorship-shield-bill-granite-act

    https://www.declassified.live/p/lemon-indictment-underscores-need

    YEP!  ..  https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/stinchfield-trump-is-greater-danger-than-ever-before/

    https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/29/trump-is-reading-leftist-desperation-as-strength/

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ccp-connected-millionaire-allegedly-bankrolls-minneapolis-agitator-groups-through-dark-money-network

    https://notthebee.com/article/reformed-bros-excited-to-be-called-out-by-hillary-clinton

    https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/01/31/latest-epstein-emails-reveal-bill-gates-slipped-wife-antibiotics-for-std-he-got-from-russian-hookers/

    https://www.newoxfordreview.org/daily-news/

    https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/awkwardness-saturday-january-31-2026

    https://patriotpost.us/digests/124727-mid-day-digest-2026-01-30

    https://thedailybs.com/news/

    https://www.zerohedge.com

    https://justthenews.com/

    https://newsbusters.org/

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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.