
By A. G. Sertillanges, Catholic Exchange – The darkness was shed over the soul of Jesus. He drew His dear ones closer to Himself and took them, as it were, into His confidence. Oh, what gentleness, what patience He showed! He spoke to them for the last time on the eve of His death, after they had eaten the Pasch with Him… The lights were low, and the shadows gathered around; an air of mystery and coming danger pervaded the little company. Jesus told them of the terrible prophecies about to be fulfilled, and then He consoled them with words of such tenderness that only the beloved disciple dared record them.
By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Recently, the U.S. bishop issued a thoughtful and profound statement on the issue of transgenderism. The statement gets at the very root of transgender ideology and offers some practical steps to resist the harm it is causing. One thing that the statement clarifies is that no Catholic hospital can ever be involved in body-mutilating gender surgeries or other such so-called “treatments.”… “The Hippocratic tradition in medicine calls upon all healthcare providers first and foremost to ‘do no harm’ [primum non nocere],” note the bishops.
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – John 11:45-56 – Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him; but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.” …
NEWS
Trump Attorney: ‘Today, the Rule of Law in the United States of America Died’, by Susan Jones
By Susan Jones, CNSNews – “This will backfire,” Tacopina said. “Because we’re going to win this case. We will humiliate them and they will pay the price. They will pay the price for bending the rule of law. Justice will prevail in this case.”… Tacopina said he was “shocked” and “angry” to learn about Trump’s indictment on charges that remain sealed by the Manhattan DA’s Office. Even Tacopina and Trump have not yet seen the details… “I’ve never been more angry about a charge, because today the rule of law in the United States of America died. It’s dead,” Tacopina said.
A New Theological Concept: Temporary Infallibility, by Phil Lawler
By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – I want to look more carefully at (Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich’s) comments on the ordination of women, and his statement that when Pope John Paul II said it could never happen, that was “a true teaching for its time.”… Pope John Paul II did not merely say that the Church would not ordain women; he said that the Church could not ordain women. The Catechism of the Catholic Church confirms this teaching (1577): “Only a baptized man validly receives sacred ordination… For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.”
WATCH! Glenn Beck Issues Grave Warning to America on Trump Indictment, by Steve Jalsevac
By Steve Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews – The indictment, of Donald Trump on unprecedented charges against a former US president, who millions believe is still the real president, has rightly led to an explosion of reactions. Glenn Beck made some astonishing comments to Tucker Carlson yesterday on what is behind the indictment and related grave threats to the nation… Among other things, Beck believes the legal action is the left “trying to inflame this country…. The most important point Beck makes is this, Please turn to God. Repent. Pray for our country. Pray for peace. Put on the full armour of God.
Founder’s Quote
Patriot Post – “The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: Father Hans Zollner’s Resignation Exposes Crisis at Vatican’s Sexual-Abuse-Prevention Commission
By Father Raymond J. de Souza, EWTN News – That the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, established in 2014 and one of the flagship reform efforts of Pope Francis, is in deep crisis was manifest this week in how its two most prominent figures clashed… German Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, an original member of the commission and its most prominent one, resigned on Wednesday. Initially, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston, president of the commission, released a statement saying that Father Zollner had new duties, and thus was resigning, and thanking him for superlative service.
Christ: Powerhouse of Creativity, by Malcom Muggeridge
By Malcom Muggeridge, The Catholic Thing – It arises simply out of the circumstances that by identifying ourselves with Christ, by absorbing ourselves in his teaching, by living out the drama of his life with him, including especially the Passion – that powerhouse of love and creativity; by living with, by and in him we can be reborn to become new men and women in a new world.
Real Men Are Irreplaceable, by Elizabeth A. Mitchell
By Elizabeth A. Mitchell, The Catholic Thing – Today, we are in a different kind of battle. We are in a battle for the soul of humanity itself, and the battle is taking place one household at a time, one neighborhood at a time, one human being at a time. We are in a fight to retain truth, objective reality, selflessness, and the enduring human spirit… And, in this battle, acts of greatness must be noticed, affirmed, and encouraged. Why? Because the younger generation is watching us. They are watching us to understand how they should define themselves. They will be as great as the example we give to them. …
Louisiana Pro-Life Congressman Slams Biden Defense Dept. for Making Americans Fund Abortion Travel, by Micaiah Bilger
By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews – Congressman Mike Johnson joined U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville this week in demanding the Biden administration repeal an “unlawful” new policy that forces taxpayers to help pay for military members to abort their unborn babies in elective abortions… On Tuesday, Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, accused Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin of trying to find a “crafty workaround” to skirt laws that ban funding for abortions, NTD News reports.
Saint of the Day for April 1: Hugh of Grenoble
By Franciscan Media – Today’s saint could be a patron for those of us who feel so overwhelmed by all the problems in the world that we don’t know where to begin… Hugh, who served as a bishop in France for 52 years, had his work cut out for him from the start. Corruption seemed to loom in every direction: the buying and selling of Church offices …
Opinion: Are There Degrees of Communion? by Aaron Debusschere
By Aaron Debusschere, Crisis Magazine – Kennedy Hall’s claim is that an understanding of communion susceptible to degrees is absurd and logically leads to further absurdity. He seeks to show this absurdity by suggesting that communion must be akin to pregnancy (either you are or you aren’t), to gender theory that allows for a spectrum, or to critical race theory that requires an unconscious bias. …
This Is Your Sign To Catechize Your Kids — And Yourself, by Kylee Griswold
By Kylee Griswold, The Federalist – Never underestimate the magnitude of forces ‘seeking to devour’ your children. They will be catechized. Make sure it’s in truth… Lots of people are catechizing your child. Are you one of them?… The tragic death of six believers, including three children and three brave adults, at the hands of an evil mass shooter at a Christian elementary school in Nashville this week was a stark and painful reminder that the battle raging around us is ultimately a spiritual one.
The Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: I Am the Son of God
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – John 10:31-42 – The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, `I said, you are gods’? …
Left-Wing Violence Chic, by Victor Davis Hanson
By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness – A transgendered Tennessee mass shooter this week executed three adults and three nine-year-old children at a Nashville private Christian school… Yet in about a nano-second after the news was disclosed, the left-wing activist machine kicked in, led by politicians, entertainers, and the media… Three predictable themes surfaced… The first was led by none other than Joe Biden. He lectured that guns were the cause of the mass deaths, not the free will of a psychopathic killer.
Military Bases Hosting Drag Queen Story Hours? ‘I Think Those Shouldn’t Be Happening,’ Gen. Milley Says, by Susan Jones
By Susan Jones, CNSNews – “How much taxpayer money should go to fund drag queen story hours on military bases?” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley on Wednesday at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee… “Listen, drag shows are not something that the Department of Defense supports or funds,” Austin said, giving a similar answer several times as Gaetz put up a slide advertising a drag queen story hour at Ramstein Air Force Base, bearing “DoD insignia,” he pointed out.
U.S. Military Runs COVID Vaccines, Former Pharma Exec Tells RFK Jr., by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., Children’s Health Defense – “People misunderstand that this is just another instance of Big Pharma corruption,” Alexandra Latypova told Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. … “It’s much, much bigger than that.”… Latypova said we have government reports describing the COVID-19 vaccines as a biological weapon. “I have a question to our government,” she said. “What is it that they’re exactly forcing on us?”… The DOD is “fully in charge” of the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials and the vaccine’s manufacturing and distribution, and it owns the vaccine “until it is injected into a person”…
Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: They Took Counsel How to Put Him to Death
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – John 11:45-56 – Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him; but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.” …
Founder’s Quote
Patriot Post – “The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
Saint of the Day for April 1: Hugh of Grenoble
By Franciscan Media – Today’s saint could be a patron for those of us who feel so overwhelmed by all the problems in the world that we don’t know where to begin… Hugh, who served as a bishop in France for 52 years, had his work cut out for him from the start. Corruption seemed to loom in every direction: the buying and selling of Church offices …