Prayers for our country
GOLDEN ARROW DECLARATIONS
Eternal Father,
We offer You the Adorable Face of Your Well-loved Son, for the honor and glory of your Holy Name and for the salvation of our country, the United States of America. Pg.168 Golden Arrow
Eternal Father,
I offer You the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and all the other instruments of His Holy Passion, that You may put division in the camp of Your enemies; for as Your Beloved Son said, “A kingdom divided against itself shall fall.” Pg.203 Golden Arrow
Strike O, Lord!
I long for God’s honor to be vindicated.
Strike, not as an angry judge, but as a Father. Pg.213 Golden Arrow
· May God arise and let His enemies be scattered and let all those who hate Him flee before His face.
· May the thrice Holy Name of God overthrow all their plans!
· May the Holy Name of the Living God split them up by disagreements!
· May the terrible Name of the God of Eternity stamp out all their godlessness!
· Lord, I do not desire the death of the sinner, but I want him to be converted and to live.
· Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Pg.207 Golden Arrow
A community college professor named Marty Lobdell taught the same study skills lecture for 30 years. The video quietly became one of the most watched educational recordings online, with over 10 million views.
He spent his career watching students fail not because they were lazy, but because no one had taught them how their brain actually works when learning something difficult.
The lecture, “Study Less Study Smart,” contains a powerful framework.
Your brain cannot sustain focus the way most people believe. Studies show the average learner hits a wall between 25 and 30 minutes. After that, efficiency collapses. You’re still sitting there, but almost nothing is being absorbed.
Lobdell told the story of a student who planned to study 6 hours a night, 5 nights a week. Thirty hours total. She failed every class. She was not lacking effort. She was confusing time near books with actual learning. The fix is simple: when focus drops, stop, take a 5 minute rewarding break, then return. That reset makes a massive difference.
He also destroyed the myth of highlighting and re reading. Recognition is not the same as recall. To prove it, he read 13 random letters. Almost no one remembered them. Then he turned them into “Happy Thursday.” The entire room recalled them instantly. The brain stores meaning, not repetition.
This is why elaborative encoding works so well.
Finally, he shared the most important principle: 80 percent of study time should be active recitation. Close the book and explain the material in your own words. Teach it to someone else or an empty chair. Retrieval is where real learning happens.
His closing line stuck with me: If this information does not change your
behaviour, you have not actually learned it.
The best students do not study more hours. They stop confusing the feeling of studying with the reality of learning.
I’ve called out Candace Owens for her reckless accusations, along with Ian & others
But I have to say…. this recent influencer campaign of “hate everyone who isn’t in direct lockstep with the FBI’s narrative” is making my red flags shoot up
There’s too many inconsistencies in the main stream story we’ve been told. Same with the Las Vegas Shooting, 9/11, and Thomas Crooks.
We’re not being told the truth. It’s that simple. I don’t want to ostracize everyone who doesn’t go along with what these letter agencies tell us. Because if there’s anything that I know, it’s that the government lies. All. The. Time.
That means you have to be eternally vigilant, even when “your guy” is in power. I don’t like how this first year has gone with the Trump administration. Sure feels like digital ID is right around the corner with the next crisis. Trump has become buddy buddy with Palantr.
And it’s not like we’ve toned down our involvement with the Middle East, or stopped foreign aid, or made a significant dent on deporting illegals.
What happened to the seditious 6?
What happened in Fort Knox?
What happened to codifying the doge cuts?
What happened to being fiscally responsible?
What happened to prosecuting Fauci?
Trump told us to move on from Epstein.
Now the FBI & TurningPoint is telling us to move on from the Kirk assassination. It was just some trans lover with a grudge against Kirk….
My job as a patriotic citizen is to be skeptical of what the government tells us. Trust but verify…. I’ve just been having a reeeaaaaal difficult time verifying as of late.
I don’t like how Candace runs her “investigation” in a murder drama esc way to grab attention. I don’t like slinging accusations at potential innocents off of a hunch or anonymous tips…
But I really don’t like a giant smear campaign against everyone who doesn’t toe the line. That really erks me the wrong way and makes me want to do the opposite just to see what happens
My faith is in Christ. Not MAGA, not large creators, or smear merchants online (loomer).
I’m eager for this trial because I really think it’ll prove to be a bogus story with a patsy like Robinson going to prison. & it’ll be wrapped up in a nice little bow of it being just another lone wolf. 🙄
So to answer your question Catturd… tribalism. Charlie Kirk was a good man, and it’s really hard to believe that maybe some people who you thought were good… could be in on his death. But we’ll never find the truth without asking uncomfortable questions.
You don’t end a satanic death cult by being nice.
The Battle Cry Of St Patrick | History's Greatest Prayer
This 1500 year old prayer is arguably the greatest in all church history outside of the Bible itself. As it is St Patrick's weekend and he was the one who wrote it, why not exalt the glory of God and trample on all manner of wickedness with this daily confession?
A Revolução Francesa e a decapitação das Carmelitas
17 de julho de 1794. Dezesseis religiosas carmelitas do convento de Compiègne foram acusadas e julgadas, sem processo jurídico, de fanatismo religioso e conspiração contra a República.
Quando foram presas, fizeram um voto de martírio, jurando sacrificar-se com alegria, em nome de Deus, para que a loucura da Revolução cessasse.
As freiras foram colocadas em carroças, e os revolucionários na praça vibravam com a chegada de cada uma delas. Porém, quando perceberam que eram religiosas, a multidão foi se calando até que se instaurou um silêncio absoluto.
Os revolucionários contratavam mulheres para “puxarem” os demais a gritar e comemorar as mortes na guilhotina, mas até elas se silenciaram.
O único som que se ouvia na praça era o das irmãs cantando Veni Creator Spiritus.
Nas execuções, foram as únicas, entre todos os condenados, a entrarem de corpo ereto, sem precisarem ser arrastadas de suas celas móveis. A Madre Teresa de Santo Agostinho, a mais velha de todas, pediu ao carrasco que a deixasse por último, para que assim pudesse dar seus conselhos finais às suas ovelhas.
O povo não acreditava no que estava vendo. Surge então uma voz no meio da multidão, que grita:
“Si ces femmes ne vont pas tout droit au paradis, alors il n’y a pas de paradis.” “Se essas mulheres não vão direto para o paraíso, então o paraíso não existe.”
Eram anjos, como descreveram as testemunhas oculares.
As carmelitas esboçavam um sorriso sereno no rosto diante do encontro com a morte, e o silêncio na praça só aumentava.
A Madre, mais velha, necessitou da ajuda dos carrascos para subir os degraus. Eles choravam, e ela lhes disse:
“Meus amigos, eu vos perdoo de todo o meu coração, tal como desejo que Deus me perdoe.”
A última guilhotinada silenciou o canto angelical da Madre, e a praça permaneceu em profundo silêncio.
Os frutos do martírio
Encontraram-se muitos registros do impacto que elas provocaram naqueles que presenciaram a fé dessas mártires ao se recusarem a negar Cristo. Alguns retomaram a prática na Igreja, outros se tornaram religiosos, e alguns fugiram da loucura revolucionária.
Dez dias depois, com a queda de Robespierre, encerrou-se o Reinado do Terror.
Viva Cristo Rei.
Novena to St. Joseph starts today! Who wants to say it with me?
This prayer was found in the fiftieth year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In 1505 it was sent from the Pope to Emporer Charles, when he was going into battle. Whoever shall read this prayer or hear it, or keep it about themselves, shall never die a sudden death or be drowned, nor shall poison take effect on them; neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy, or shall be burned in any fire or shall be overpowered in any battle.
Oh, St. Joseph,
whose protection is so great, so prompt, so strong, before the throne of God,
I place in you all my interests and desires.
Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most Loving of Fathers.
Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms;
I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath.
St. Joseph, Patron of departed souls – pray for me.
Amen.
Dear trad parents of young children: Shortly after the close of the Council of Trent, Charles Borromeo insisted that Cardinal Antoniano put into writing his extensive thoughts on rearing children. The result was a 700 page book for Catholic fathers. You should read it--especially book 3. Spoiler: Gentle Parenting and its variations is not traditional and is not Catholic.
I recently stumbled on this free English translation--the only translation I am aware of. @AroucaPress https://t.co/dwUpWQkMFm
Two parents. Same income. Same kid's age.
One opens a Trump Account before April 15.
One assumes it's only for newborns.
By retirement:
One has $2.7M.
One has $0.
Most parents don't know this account was built for kids already born.
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