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Donald Trump secured 56 percent of the Catholic vote in this election and appointed numerous devout Catholics to his Trump 2.0 administration. Here is a 🧵on the list of Catholics serving in his second administration:
Feeling Hopeful?
•Many young men are converting to Catholicism, disillusioned by atheism and woke ideologies, such as J.D. Vance, the soon-to-be U.S. Vice President.
•Prominent podcasters whom young men follow, such as clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, are emphasizing the importance of religion.
•The New York Times has published an article highlighting the increase in faith among young men, noting that they attend services more frequently and are more likely to identify as religious.
•Future priests in the United States are overwhelmingly identifying as orthodox in their beliefs.
Today's inbox surprise: Retired NBA player Gordon Hayward became Catholic on Tuesday.
Abp. Timothy Broglio gave Hayward his first Holy Communion and Confirmation during Mass at Rome's Basilica of St. Sebastian Outside the Walls.
Confirmation name: Sebastian
Pope Francis on the plane back from Belgium: “Let's not forget to say this: abortion is murder. A human being is killed. And doctors who engage in this are—allow me the word—hitmen. They are hitmen. This cannot be disputed. A human life is killed. And women have the right to protect life. Another matter is contraceptive methods; that's another matter. Don't confuse them. I am speaking now only about abortion. And this cannot be disputed. Forgive me, but it's the truth.”
Catholics right now could learn a few things from Venerable Fulton Sheen. Fulton Sheen was right when he talked about society, including Catholics, increasingly embracing false compassion(showing more pity for the murderer instead the child who was murdered).
Friends, as Americans, we have a very ambiguous relationship to law. On the one hand, we are a nation of independently minded people; we don’t like the law imposing itself on us. At the same time—let’s face it—we are a hyper-litigious society. We see the same ambiguity about law—both its beauty and its shadow side—in our three readings today.
You have to admit, @BishopBarron has gone from Lamb to Lion ever since the Olympic Opening Ceremony, and I am totally here for it.
Dear Christians,
Be Elijah against the 450 priests of Baal.
End of tweet.
The prayer that changed my life.
Fr Dolindo Ruotolo - Padre Pio’s spiritual director - had a vision of Jesus speaking to him. Here’s what He said:
*shortened a bit for this post*
“Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave the care of your affairs to me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you in truth that every act of true, blind, complete surrender to me produces the effect that you desire and resolves all difficult situations.
Surrender to me does not mean to fret, to be upset, or to lose hope, nor does it mean offering to me a worried prayer asking me to follow you and change your worry into prayer.
It is like the confusion that children feel when they ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try to take care of those needs for themselves so that their childlike efforts get in their mother’s way. Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the soul, to turn away from thoughts of tribulation and to put yourself in my care, so that only I act, saying, “You take care of it.”
How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and material need, turns to me, looks at me and says to me, “You take care of it,” then closes its eyes and rests. In pain you pray for me to act, but that I act in the way you want. You do not turn to me, instead, you want me to adapt your ideas. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you, but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to.
Simply say “You take care of it,” and I will intervene, and I will resolve the most difficult situations.
And when I must lead you on a path different from the one you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in my arms; I will let you find yourself, like children who have fallen asleep in their mother’s arms, on the other bank of the river.”
Jesus I surrender myself to You. You take care of it.
- The Surrender Novena
SHOCKING NEWS 🚨 Olympics allowed a biological man, Imane Khelif, to fight as a woman in Paris.
Imane allegedly broke the nose of Female Italian Boxer Angela Carini.
Entire World in SH0CK ⚡
Italian Boxer abandoned the battle within 46 seconds after receiving two huge punches from Khelif, which is uncommon in Olympic boxing.
She threw her helmet onto the floor, abandoned the clash, and yelled, ‘This is unjust.’
The irony of an electrical power outage in Paris in the wake of the blasphemous & debauched opening ceremonies of the Olympics should be noted. The evil on display mocks God’s power and then the city is left powerless. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus guide us in His powerful Light.
Friends, on Saturday I spoke with Eric Shawn about the offensive Olympics opening ceremony. Today’s apology from the Olympic committee isn’t good enough.
The cross without Christ on it is utterly meaningless to humanity --- a hopeless symbol of death and defeat. But the cross with Christ on it is the most relevant truth in our lives --- a powerful symbol of life and victory.
Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that embryos are human beings
Justice Jay Mitchell who wrote the majority opinion said, “The…view of…the People of Alabama encompasses the following: 1) God made every person in His image; 2) each person has a value that far exceeds the ability of human beings to calculate; and 3) human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy
God”
Exorcist Gabriel Amorth👇
“I have asked the demon more than once, ‘Why are you so scared of John Paul II?' And I have had two different responses, both interesting. One, ‘because he disrupted my plans.’ And, I think that he is referring to the fall of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The collapse of communism.”
“Another response that he gave me was, ‘Because he pulled so many young people from my hands.’ "There are so many young people who, thanks to John Paul II, were converted. Perhaps some were already Christian but not practicing, but then with John Paul II, they came back to the practice. ‘He pulled so many young people out of my hands.’”