The Miracle of the Sun, October 13, 1917 in Fátima, Portugal 🙏
Witnesses reported seeing the sun "dance," zig-zag across the sky, emit radiant colors, and appear to plunge toward the Earth. The phenomenon lasted around 10 minutes and was covered by local newspapers.
Through His cross, Jesus revealed to us the true face of God, His infinite compassion for humanity. He took upon Himself the hatred and violence of the world, to share the lot of all those who are humiliated and oppressed.
Dios te salve María, llena eres de gracia el Señor es contigo (Lc 1.28), bendita tu eres entre todas las mujeres (Lc 1.41-42; Lc 1.48), y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre, Jesús (Lc 1.42). Santa María Madre de Dios (Lc 1.43), ruega por nosotros pecadores (Ro 5.12; 1Jn 1.8-10), ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte (1Ti 2.1-4; 2Co 5.8-9; Lc 2.35; Jn 2.3-5). Amén.
“The liturgy today commemorates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast, very important to popular piety, leads us to admire in Mary the Child, the purest dawn of the Redemption.” —Pope Saint John Paul II
Today we celebrate the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception, when she was conceived without original sin.
For more about the Nativity of Mary - https://t.co/66zZ2iEAFk
With these words of the Formula of Canonization, Pope Leo XIV officially proclaimed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis saints of the Catholic Church.
I am writing as someone who has watched the hiring landscape shift dramatically over the past decade — and not necessarily for the better.
I’ve observed a concerning pattern across multiple industries and sectors: highly qualified, well-educated American workers — especially new graduates — are struggling to secure interviews, internships, and meaningful employment in the very fields they trained for. These are talented, disciplined, and technically skilled individuals who followed the guidance we all gave them: “Work hard. Get your degree. Apply yourself. The jobs will come.”
But the jobs haven’t come. And it’s not because these workers lack talent. It’s because they’re increasingly being screened out — not on merit, but through automated systems and ideologically driven filtering.
Far too often, the gatekeepers in recruiting and HR lean heavily on progressive social and political criteria, rather than on core competencies, experience, or professional fit. This isn’t inclusion. It’s exclusion by design. And the result is that hiring managers — the people actually accountable for results — aren’t seeing the full talent pool available to them, especially among American workers.
It’s time we admit the problem:
•Resume algorithms are filtering out perfectly capable candidates based on arbitrary keyword matching or perceived identity categories.
•Early-career candidates are being judged by cultural assumptions rather than technical potential.
•And companies continue to claim there’s a shortage of skilled American workers while quietly locking those very workers out of the pipeline.
The solution begins in the C-suite. This is where culture is shaped and accountability begins.
If you are a senior executive or board member, I urge you to:
•Audit your hiring funnel, not just for diversity, but for fairness.
•Empower your hiring managers to regain control from political gatekeeping and opaque screening systems.
•And refocus your talent strategy on what matters most: excellence, capability, and commitment — regardless of background.
American talent is not missing. It’s waiting. Often right outside your filtered results.
Let’s stop pretending we don’t have the skills here. Let’s start rebuilding a workforce pipeline rooted in merit, opportunity, and national investment — not social politics and appearance.
@elonmusk@POTUS
Please help get this out to anyone you know that needs to hear this. Our sons and daughters are being locked out of the hiring process. When you see it happening to two people and then a third it’s a pattern that needs attention.