Each Holy Week since 2010 Fr Gordon MacRae has composed a special post based on the Scriptural events of the Way of the Cross. They now comprise a Holy Week retreat.
Israeli police prevented two of the most senior Catholic leaders in the Holy Land - Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem, and Father Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land - from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. Lpj.org announced that they were stopped while traveling to the church, where they were scheduled to celebrate the Eucharist on Palm Sunday. They were required to turn back, despite not participating in any public gathering. As a result, the church leaders were unable to preside over the Palm Sunday liturgy. This is unprecedented in modern times. The Latin Patriarchate added they had complied with all restrictions imposed since the outbreak of the ongoing conflict, including canceling public gatherings and arranging for services to be broadcast to the faithful worldwide. They characterized the decision to block access as “unreasonable” and “disproportionate”. #newsTjnhyvbccs
The WM Review 03. March, 2026. Fr Maciej Sieniatycki, recently cited by Mgr Pierre Roy, described a 'church' built on modernist principles. These principles are those of 'synodality', their 'church' the Conciliar/Synodal Church. Fr Maciej Sieniatycki, recently cited by Mgr Pierre Roy, described a ‘church’ built on modernist principles. These principles are those of ‘synodality’, their ‘church’ the Conciliar/Synodal Church. Editor’s Notes At the time of publishing his Open Letter to the SSPX on the announced episcopal consecrations (dated 12 February, 2026), Mgr Pierre Roy’s website presented a text from one Father Maciej Sieniatycki, professor of Dogmatic Theology, taken from Przegląd Powszechny (1916). This intriguing text read as follows: “A Church that came into being according to modernist principles—if indeed such principles could create a true religious community, which is highly doubtful—would no longer be the Church of Christ but a 20th-century creation, based on principles …More
Mar 29 Bishop Joseph Strickland defends Carrie Prejean Boller We all know at this point that Carrie Prejean Boller was kicked out of the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission. And for what? For expressing Catholic thinking out loud. Bishop Joseph Strickland has come to her rescue in an X post. He reminds us that any “opposition to political Zionism is inherently antisemitic” isn't true nor anti-Catholic. She questioned the meaning of antisemitism and if it included criticism of political Zionism and what has happened in Gaza. Isn't the Commission about religious liberty? We wonder if Bishop Barron and former Archbishop Timothy Dolan are paying attention. The two are on the Commission but have chosen to remain silent when Boller was abruptly ousted for her remarks. Here's Bishop Strickland's instructive statement regarding Mrs. Mar 28 Canada has become a post-nation state based on lies Recall when PM Justin Trudeau stated that Canada was a post-nation state with no core values? Yes …
Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, has defended his decisions to restrict the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass to only one location and to prohibit the use any tools for kneeling at Communion. In an interview with AmericaMagazine.org on 26 March, he began with a thinly veiled dismissal of Catholics attached to the Roman rite: "I don't want to say that they're some sort of lunatic fringe. They're not. These are people who feel strongly about the liturgy, and there's goodness and holiness in that." Leo XIV Would Not Change what Francis Has Done Monsignor Martin referred to his responsibility as a bishop to maintain fidelity to the Church’s "norms". He framed his cruel decisions, especially those relating to the Traditional Latin Mass, as an act of obedience: "All I did was implement Traditionis Custodes in the Diocese of Charlotte." The bishop rejected the idea of extending the existing Masses indefinitely without a clear pastoral plan to end them: "If we need …More
29. March 2026 29. March 2026 03/29/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. Clinging desperately to the myth of the United States as a former superpower will no longer change anything. A whole series of faded dreams has come to naught—who still believes today in a “made in the USA” shield? Virtually all American military bases in the Persian Gulf, which were intended to act as a deterrent by their mere presence, now instill fear in the soldiers fleeing from them. In Iraq, the U.S. Embassy has ordered all its citizens to leave this country, which has been occupied for 23 years, and warned them not to approach the military bases, the embassy building (the largest U.S. embassy in the world), or the consulate under any circumstances. The U.S. Embassy in the fortified “Green Zone” in Baghdad following the drone attack on March 14, 2026. According to estimates, the U.S. provided Iraq with between $12 billion and $40 billion after 2003. Of course, this was primarily to exploit Iraq’s oil …
Austrian-born emeritus Amazon bishop Erwin Kräutler told Kath.ch on March 27 that Pope Francis may have refrained from abolishing celibacy due to external pressure. He believes Francis was open to the idea at the 2019 Amazon Synod but ultimately did not adopt it in the 2020 document Querida Amazonia: "That makes me wonder: who is responsible for this rift?" Kräutler said, suggesting outside influence. The Amazon Bishop reveals that Francis "was put under such pressure that he could no longer do otherwise psychologically and personally, and didn’t dare allow the ordination of married men as priests," despite previously encouraging "bold proposals". Monsignor Kräutler added that the Amazon bishops had hoped for female priests, too. Many communities in the Amazon are "already" led by women. In his religion, the ordination of women is a matter of church law that could be changed with a single signature. Kräutler served as Prelate of Xingu in Brazil from 1981 to 2015 and helped prepare the …More
@unzensiert_infoseite #netzfund #update Noelia Castillo - Eine traurige Geschichte, die berührt! → Cappuccino_mit_Mike → In diesem Video beleuchten wir Noelias verzweifelten Kampf um ein würdevolles Ende, den juristischen Widerstand gegen ihren Wunsch und die bittere Bilanz einer Politik, die Opfer oft im Stich lässt. Warum wurde die Tat von 2022 nie vollständig aufgeklärt? Und warum scheint Täterschutz in Europa oft vor Opferschutz zu gehen? Wir ziehen zudem Parallelen zu aktuellen Fällen in Deutschland, die ein erschütterndes Muster von Vertuschung und Ideologie offenbaren. @unzensiert / @unzensiertV2
Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, was killed on March 26 at the Catholic-owned Residència Sant Camil hospital in Sant Pere de Ribes. She was taken into state custody at age 13, separated from her parents, and became the victim of a gang rape by immigrants. In 2022, she jumped from a fifth-floor window. She survived, but was left paraplegic. In 2024, she requested assisted suicide. Her father opposed the decision in court, but ultimately lost. Following her death, he released videos showing that she had begun to stand up again and rediscover hope (video below). The lawyer has alleged that the hospital expedited her death because her organs had already been allocated to other patients. The killing procedure – ultimately done by organ harvesting - was carried out in her hospital room at Sant Camil. Sant Camil Hospital was founded by the Camillian religious order. It is currently publicly managed within Catalonia’s healthcare system. However, it remains under religious ownership and continues to …More
Isaiah 42:1-7 “formed you, and set you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations.” This text foreshadows the presence of Jesus in the world. It can also challenge us. The covenant God makes with us is to fill us with his grace. Let us share his grace by helping people discover joy in their lives. John 12:1-11 “Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus.” When a person welcomes God’s love, their heart overflows with the sweet fragrance of love. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
“There will be no post-presidential peace for Donald Trump,”boomedThe New Republic last week. In a lengthy piece on why the president should not expect to enjoy a restful retirement, Matt Ford laid out Donald Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors—mostly high crimes—and accused him of having “excited domestic insurrections against us,” in the grave words of the Founding Fathers. The shuttering of the Kennedy Center may be the least of Trump’s second-term sins. In the first year since returning to power, Trump and his subordinates have pushed the country toward fascism and oligarchy. He has turned Washington into an orgy of corruption and self-dealing beyond even the most cynical observer’s imagination. He has transformed Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol into a lawless paramilitary force that has besieged American cities and killed at least five U.S. citizens and 22 foreign nationals. He has abused Americans and their immigrant neighbors alike simply because …
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[Saint Elisabeth of the Trinity/Elizabeth Catez – XIX-XX Century; Avord, France/Dijon, France; (aged 26); Mystic; Spiritual Writer; Gifted Pianist] “First prayer 19. “To approach God we must believe.” (Heb 11:6) Thus speaks St. Paul. He also says, “Faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Heb 11:1) That is “faith makes so present and so certain future goods, that by it, they take on existence in our soul and subsist there before we have fruition of them.” St. John of the Cross says that it serves as “feet” to go “to God,” and that it is “possession in an obscure manner.” “It alone can give us true light” concerning Him whom we love, and our soul must “choose it as the means to reach blessed union.” (Saint John of the Cross) “It pours out in torrents in the depths of our being all spiritual goods. Christ, speaking to the Samaritan woman, indicated faith when He promised to all those who would believe in Him that He would give them ‘a …More
"19. “To approach God we must believe.” (Heb 11:6) Thus speaks St. Paul. He also says, “Faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Heb 11:1) That is “faith makes so present and so certain future goods, that by it, they take on existence in our soul and subsist there before we have fruition of them.” St. John of the Cross says that it serves as “feet” to go “to God,” and that it is “possession in an obscure manner.” “It alone can give us true light” concerning Him whom we love, and our soul must “choose it as the means to reach blessed union.” (Saint John of the Cross)"
"21. “If your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light.” (Mt 6:22) What is this single eye of which the Master speaks but this “simplicity of intention” which “gathers into unity all the scattered forces of the soul and unites the spirit itself to God. It is simplicity which gives God honor and praise; it is simplicity which presents and offers the virtues to Him."
JMJ Very interesting talk on Garabandal many many revelations we didn’t know. Thomas got the year wrong and has since gone to his eternal reward, still most worthy on a sound preparation for these events prophesied. Ave Maria youtube.com/watch?v=OHaNN4Zr_vk