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I love the Petersons—bright lamps burning in a dark world.

https://www.ncregister.com/interview/tammy-peterson-conversion-story?fbclid=IwAR2SSZoE-2STOxT6he4qsMs8qk71iHTSjjKQZpeu6ZEBoEbh_3UxA--YswU_aem_AagG2afhgU-0PZAS5Ef3jR_AVrVKuUjZinNwB50eyi85vynysaCbnSfPNROzp7HnPhY

Tammy Peterson’s Conversion Story: Finding God Amid the Ordeal of Illness The wife of celebrated psychologist Jordan Peterson, soon to be received into the Catholic Church, discusses the life-changing experience that led to her conversion.

"It is up to us who are now married to witness more fully to the beauty of lifelong commitment to another person and the rearing of children. If we don’t, the next generation will be so much the worse for it."

Read here: https://bit.ly/3s95fEU

The true meaning of today is in Allhallowtide.

I realized today that in recording the eclipse yesterday, I captured an eagle flying across the sun. I had to slow the video down. The original, real life speed was too fast to appreciate. This was filmed with a 600mm lens. That eagle was cruising up there. What a gift from God to be able to capture this moment!
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Eagle Crosses 2023 Solar Eclipse

This is a supposed satellite image of North America taken during yesterday’s eclipse. If true, this just adds more credibility to the seemingly ominous foreshadowing surrounding the three major eclipses from 2017 through 2024 over North America.

Today is the anniversary of the sixth and last apparition of Our Lady of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun
On 13 October 1917 the children surrounded by a crowd of 70.000 persons under a torrential rain, Lucy asked again of the Lady:"What do you want from me?" she answered: "I am the Lady of the Rosary, I desire here a chapel in my honor to be built, that people continue to recite the Rosary every day. Will the war finish. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes." Then Lucy asked: "may I ask you for cures and conversions, will you grant them?". "Some yes, others no. It is necessary that they ask pardon for their sins, that they don't offend God our Lord,and that he is already too much offended." "Do you Want anything else from me?" Lucy asked. "I do not want anything more."
Then She opened her hands again and She launched a ray of light in the direction of the sun as Lucy shouted that they should look at the sun. At this point the promised sign happened, Lucy shouted to look at the sun, the rain stopped suddenly and there appeared an exceptionaly bright sun but not dazzling. The sun began to turn as if projecting in each direction bands of light of each color that lit and colored the clouds, the sky, the trees, and the crowd. It stayed for some moments then it went back to its normal position, it stayed still for a small while and then it happened again. Suddenly it looked as if it stood out from the sky to fall headlong on the crowd, that was looking terrorized, they fell to their knees and begged mercy. Meanwhile the children saw a Lady dressed like the white of the sun with a blue cope, St. Joseph with the Child Jesus that blessed the world.Then after this vision they saw The Lord bless the world, standing next to Our Lady of Sorrows. After these visions the Lady of Mt Carmel finished the miracle. The people then became aware that there clothes were completely dried.
One of the principal anti-clerical publications of the day was O Dia, a major Lisbon newspaper. On October 17th, O Dia reported the following: At one o'clock in the afternoon, midday by the sun, the rain stopped. The sky, pearly gray in color, illuminated the vast arid landscape with a strange light. The sun had a transparent gauzy veil so that eyes could easily be fixed upon it. The gray mother-of-pearl tone turned into a sheet of silver which broke up as the clouds were torn apart and the silver sun, enveloped in the same gauzy gray light, was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of broken clouds. A cry went up from every mouth and people fell on their knees on the muddy ground. The light turned a beautiful blue as if it had come through the stained-glass windows of a cathedral and spread itself over the people who knelt with outstretched hands. The blue faded slowly and then the light seemed to pass through yellow glass. Yellow stains fell against white handkerchiefs, against the dark skirts of women. They were reported on the trees, on the stones and on the serra. People wept and prayed with uncovered heads in the presence of the miracle they had awaited.
Francisco died on 4 April 1919 and Jacinta died on 20 Februrary 1920. Before she dies, little Jacinta revealed little-known but remarkable statements made by Our Lady. Here are just some of them: More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason. Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much. Many marriages are not good; they do not please Our Lord and are not of God. Priests must be pure, very pure. They should not busy themselves with anything except what concerns the Church and souls. The disobedience of priests to their superiors and to the Holy Father is very displeasing to Our Lord. The Blessed Mother can no longer restrain the hand of her Divine Son from striking the world with just punishment for its many crimes. Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. tell them to ask graces from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Lucy entered the Convent of the Sisters of St Dorothy to learn to read and write; then she entered in the convent of Coimbra where she is still now.
On December 10, 1925, sister Lucy received an apparition by the Child Jesus and the Virgin Mary in her convent cell. The Holy Virgin shown her a Heart surrounded by thorns, Our Lady said to her:
"See, My daughter, My heart surrounded by thorns which ungrateful men pierce at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude... Say to all those who:
for five months, on the first Saturday, confess,
receive Holy Communion,
recite the Rosary
and keep Me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, in a spirit of reparation,
I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necesary for the salvation of their souls."

Rare & Amazing Footage Reportedly of Fatima Sun Miracle & Powerful Commentary by Friar! Amazing old footage discovered showing the Fatima Sun Miracle.Presented by Brother Michael Diamond of The Most Holy Family Monastery.

Signs of the Times…
You can be certain that nothing in this world happens outside of the Lord’s knowledge and permissive will. The attack on Israel yesterday was calculated and executed with extreme efficiency. It’s seems they were able to have their way with Israel and commit great evils against them. This is unprecedented in the nation of Israel’s 75 year, generation long history. They seem to have been preserved until this time. Just as in antiquity, when the Israelites obeyed the Lord, they were in His graces and protected, blessed, and prosperous, but when they would fall into grave sin, they were handed over to their enemies. And so it shall be for the world at large. Repent, and Pray for Israel.

Christians become a target of Israel's rising far right Church officials and Christian leaders in Israel blame a minority of Jewish extremists for the attacks. They say Israel’s far-right government has fostered a culture of impunity.

Pray for Israel! Israel has declared a state of war after a MASSIVE surprise attack on a major Jewish holiday. Thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza and insurgents have invaded and fired upon many innocent civilians. This is also the Feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary - formerly Our Lady of Victory (Regarding the Battle of Lepanto). Look it up! This is all very relevant.

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Happy Michaelmas Day

Sadly, I don’t think people know exactly what this means. I see them mention staying focused on God as advice to other people—as if it’s something they themselves do, but they don’t read scripture, they don’t go to church, they don’t know their faith, they don’t or have not formed their children properly before they are out on their own, they don’t…love God. Yet, they claim Christianity. God will not be deceived. You should know the truth of Christ’s church, and live it. It should be your foundation, your rampart, your bulwark. Every decision you make should be based on the truth of this faith. Otherwise, when your particular judgement is before you, you will hear those words, “I do not know you. Be gone, you worker of iniquity.” And you will be cast eternally into the lake of fire…eternally. Wake up. Time is short.

We are this, not that.

Church is a holy liturgy, not a rock concert with a pastor who acts like a motivational speaker.

True Social Justice, as intended by God

Day 254: Social Justice — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.📖 Foll...

"God enriched her so wonderfully from the treasury of His divinity, far beyond all angels and saints with the abundance of all heavenly gifts, that she...should show forth such fullness of innocence and holiness, than which a greater under God is unthinkable and which, beside God, no one can even conceive in thought." - Pius IX

Litany of Loreto: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/litany-of-loreto-246

Now more than ever, pray the rosary every day.

“She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley. Through her birth the nature inherited from our first parents is changed.” - St. Augustine

On September 8th, show your love for our Blessed Mother by helping us to wish her a Happy Birthday!

You will never guess it, but you will rejoice at having learned it.

The Biblical Roots of the Catholic 'Parish' To learn more about this video series, The Mass Readings Explained, and the Gospel reading, Responsorial Psalm, and the Old Testament reading for this Sunday...

—from “Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith” at bit.ly/3Py4j2a

https://youtu.be/svlwFwDKFVM?si=Gd-bjQbwStA1763A

Something Big is Coming Prepare yourselves. The world will never be the same, but once it's over, it will be better than it ever has been.

The Litany for Humility:

O Jesus! meek and humble of heart,
Hear me.
Fromthe desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.

From the desire of being loved...
From the desire of being extolled...
From the desire of being honored...
From the desire of being praised...
From the desire of being preferred to others...
From the desire of being consulted...
From the desire of being approved...
From the fear of being humiliated...
Fromthe fear of being despised...
From the fear of suffering rebukes...
From the fear of being calumniated...
From the fear of being forgotten...
From the fear of being ridiculed...
From the fear of being wronged...
From the fear of being suspected...

That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I...
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease...
That others may be chosen and I set aside...
That others may be praised and I unnoticed...
That others may be preferred to me in everything...
That others may become holier than I,
provided that I may become as holy as I should...

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/litany-for-humility-391

https://youtu.be/Rz6Vihlo68w?si=Cbkr4nb88koJLU4J

Priest's Powerful Message To Discouraged Christians! Subscribe to https://youtube.com/?si=wiDlf7cmfRa_PXu6 for more!

Friends, today’s Gospel reports that Jesus came to Capernaum, entered the synagogue on a sabbath, and began to teach (Luke 4:31–37). So far, so ordinary. Any bar-mitzvahed adult had the privilege of speaking in synagogue and commenting on the Scripture.

But then it says that the people “were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority.” Once again, we’d probably pass over this rather quickly, but it meant the world to a first-century Jew. The ordinary teachers would have appealed to their own teachers and authorities, and finally to Moses and the Torah, which were unassailable.

The Sermon on the Mount gives a wonderful example of Jesus’ authoritative teaching. He appears as the new Moses. Like Moses, he goes up on a mountain, and like Moses, he brings down a kind of new law. But here the comparisons get strained, for Jesus does something that even Moses could never do: he claims authority over the Torah itself. “You have heard it said . . . but I say.”

What he means is that they have heard it said in the Torah! And this was the authority beyond which there was no appeal. That’s why the people “were astonished at his teaching.”

Psalm 91

1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the
Most High will rest in the shadow of
the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge
and my fortress, my God, in whom I.
trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find
refuge; his faithfulness will be your
shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the
darkness, nor the plague that.
destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the
wicked.
9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your
dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels
concerning you to guard you in all
your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the
cobra; you will trample the great lion
and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the
Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect
him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”

Today’s reality, but back up for a bigger perspective. How to send souls to eternal destruction…
The communist method of operation is a physical manifestation of the diabolic modus operandi.
The errors of communism have indeed spread to the western civilizations.

Quote of the Day
"If then we have angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also."
–St. John Chrysostom
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Recognizing the voice of satan
Homily by Fr. Mike at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church

https://youtu.be/RbyJ3ERVGzQ?si=Mu2_k8hgE08emikH

I have found that happiness is a fleeting emotion founded in the moment and ever-changing depending on circumstances, and therefore people go from mountain top to valley—happiness to depression. Joy, on the other hand, is present only to those whose lives are centered in Christ, abiding in Him and He in us. His peace is infused in the holy soul, no matter the circumstances.

Give the Lord His due today.

Nathan Ridge
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Read the message of Our Lady of Good Success from the year 1610, and then notice how her messages in La Salette, Fatima, Garabandal, Akita, and Medjugorje correspond and seem to point to the present day.
Photo Credit: olgsdickinson.org
http://www.divinemysteries.info/our-lady-of-good-success-madrid-spain-quito-ecuador-1610/

From August 24, 2023~
I find this very interesting...the lunar occultation of the red giant star Antares. This is probably the clearest photo I have taken of the moon. I walked outside and noticed the star at tangent with the moon and hurried to my camera.
To me, the moon represents the mother or Christ, always reflecting her Son’s light onto the world, illuminating the darkness. There are so many prophetic events happening in the world today, and the moon passing in front of the red giant Antares seems to set up the October 14th eclipse coming this fall on the Feast of Our Lady of Protection (Byzantine).
Antares translates to english as: a burden, impediment, or hindrance; a pull; strong influence. Antares is both a boy and girl name. Antares is the heart of the constellation Scorpio, which was believed by pagan cultures to be “owned” by the ruler of the underworld, Hades. Think of the societal situations of today...

“There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done”
Gordon Sumner
Invisible Sun/The Police

True…