It was with real sadness that I learned that the monks of the Abbey of La Trappe in Normandy are considering closing down their operation. As the name suggests, this monastery is the mother house of the Trappist Order, a reform of the Cistercian movement and a particularly intense form of Benedictine life, famous for its austerity and silence. I came to know of La Trappe through Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, whom I read with great passion when I was a young man. La Trappe shaped Merton, who in turn opened so much of the spiritual life to me. Founded over nine hundred years ago, La Trappe has survived the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War, the Protestant Reformation, the French Revolution, and the world wars of the twentieth century. That this venerable monastery cannot find enough vocations to keep it alive is, in my judgment, a sign of the spiritual disaster that has befallen Europe in the last hundred years: an ideological secularism that is rotting the soul of the West. Let's redouble our prayers that the monks of La Trappe might find a way to preserve their great Abbey. It is needed especially now.
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These images are all part of the story. The empty tomb was a result of His Heart full of Love.
Take advantage of the quiet of Holy Saturday and ponder His wondrous love for you.
At yesterday’s hearing, on sanctuary cities, several questioned and attacked a statement I made at CPAC in which I said “I am going to Boston and I am bringing hell with me”. I made that statement right after I spoke about nine child rapists that ICE took off the streets of Massachusetts. So yes, we are bringing it to every illegal alien that is a public safety threat, especially those who attack our most innocent and that message was and is directed to them. Let me be clear, I said it, I meant it, and not just Boston. Everyone in that hearing room should be shoulder to shoulder with me on this issue. There is no sanctuary for child rapists. Our country becomes safer every day under President Trump’s leadership and his incredible support of ICE and Border Patrol.
~Thomas D. Homan
If you wish to be counted among the “blessed,” Jesus says you must leave behind the values and standards of this world and live the Beatitudes as proclaimed in today’s Gospel. How are you progressing? With God’s grace, keep trying and “your reward will be great in heaven.”
These words from the book of Revelation remind us of profound truths we cannot lose sight of, our salvation comes from God, it is a fools errand to think we can save ourselves by meeting and sharing our feelings. We must always be on a quest for Truth because God is Truth and God is our salvation. He has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to teach us.
Once we encounter Truth even in the initial steps of faith our hearts are drawn to worship in awe and wonder.
Revelation 7:10, 12
Salvation is from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb! Praise and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving and honor, power and might, to our God forever and ever. Amen!
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