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1. Joshua Charles – Eternal Christendom

• • CHURCH FATHER: BEFORE ANTICHRIST, THE CHURCH WILL GROW WEAKER, AND HER VISIBLE SIGNS WILL DARKEN 

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• SCOTUS Closes Its Term Today — Birthright Citizenship and Transgender Sports Still on the Docket
• ‘Turn Back!’ — Pope Leo’s Final Plea on the Eve of the SSPX Consecrations at Écône
• SSPX response to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Saint of the Day:

• Saint Paul the Apostle

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 8:23-27

As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?” 

1. Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
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   • EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Burke on the Consistory and SSPX consecrations

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The News:

• On Sts. Peter & Paul, Pope Leo XIV Imposes the Pallium on 32 New Metropolitan Archbishops — Four of Them American
• Pope Leo Closes His Second Consistory, Asks the Cardinals to Meet Every Year
• NASA to Launch Robotic Mission to Save Falling Telescope Tuesday

Saint of the Day:

• Sts. Peter and Paul

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 8:1-4

When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I will do it. Be made clean.” His leprosy was cleansed immediately. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.”

1. Michael Haynes – X – Substack
   • Leo urges unity, obedience opening a consistory stripped of key issues
   • Profession of Catholic Faith of the Society of Saint Pius X to Enlighten Souls in the Face of Modern Errors 
2. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
   • EXCLUSIVE: Something Is Rotten in the Church in Sweden 
   • What’s cooking in Rome? Three meetings with ‘Tucho‘ in the same week 

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The News:

• Cardinals Zen, Erdő, Eijk Will Not Attend Pope Leo’s Extraordinary Consistory
• Israel: No Troop Withdrawal Timeframe From Lebanon, Gaza
• Pro-Life Charity Heartbeat International Stands Trial as California Targets Abortion Pill Reversal

Saint of the Day:

• St. Vigilius of Trent

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 12:1–8

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. For what you have said in darkness will be said in the light; and what you have whispered in the inner chambers will be preached on the housetops. But I say to you, My friends: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will show you Whom you shall be afraid of: be afraid of Him Who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, be afraid of Him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? And yet not one of them is forgotten before God. Yes, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not be afraid, you are of more value than many sparrows. And I say to you, everyone who acknowledges Me before men, him will the Son of Man also acknowledge before the angels of God.” 

1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
   • Islamic group raising money to buy historic Catholic church in Chicago
   • Study Reveals Only 15% of Children Raised Catholic Remain Practicing as Adults
2. Dr. Ralph Martin – Renewal Ministries
   • The Coming Judgment: Are We Ready?

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The News:

• At Least 164 Killed After Twin Quakes Hit Venezuela
• Italy and Chile Lead International Declaration Calling for a Global Moratorium on Surrogacy
• Gallup: Support for Same-Sex Marriage and Gender Ideology Slips From Early-2020s Peaks

Saint of the Day:

• St. William of Vercelli

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 7:21-29

Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’ Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

1. Thomas Storck
   • Recent Discussions of Religious Liberty
   • Foundations of a Catholic Political Order
   • BREAKING: SSPX Issues Open Letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals
   • SSPX and Rome – Toward a Marian Hermeneutic for Modernity (and Vatican II) to Preserve Church Unity

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The News:

• SSPX Issues Profession of Faith to Pope Leo and the Cardinals Ahead of Consecrations
• Trump Strips $70 Million From Explicit Biden-Era Sex Ed
• Pope Leo Says Medicine Must ‘Never Become the Servant of Programmed Death’

Saint of the Day:

• St. John the Baptist

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 1:57-68

Elizabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified His mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him by his father’s name, Zachary. And his mother answered and said, “Not so, but he shall be called John.” And they said to her, “There is none of your kindred that is called by this name.” And they kept inquiring by signs of his father what he would have him called. And asking for a writing-tablet he wrote the words, “John is his name.” And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors; and all these things were spoken abroad in all the hill country of Judea… And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and wrought redemption for His people.”

• Austin Ruse – Center for Family and Human Rights
  • Cdl. McElroy praises Vatican downplaying of homosexual sin during James Martin’s conference
  • Cardinal McElroy says Church has “frequently wounded” LGBT Catholics through “judgmentalism and exclusion”

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The News:

• Islamic Group Raising Money to Buy Historic Catholic Church in Chicago
• Stung by SCOTUS, Appeals Court Blocks California Law That Hides Gender Confusion From Parents
• Cardinal Pizzaballa Visits Christians in Gaza: ‘You’ll Never Be Abandoned’

Saint of the Day:

• St. Giuseppe Cafasso

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 7:6, 12-14

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the Law and the Prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.”