I unite myself with every Mass which at this time is being offered throughout the world. I place them in the hands of Mary, the Mediatrix of all grace, that she may obtain by this presentation of the Blood of Christ to the most Holy Trinity, the deliverance of souls from purgatory, relief tor the sick and dying, the conversion of infidels and sinners, and the perseverance of all the faithful.
Amen
JD Vance Fun Facts:
- He has legally changed his name more than once
- He was born James Donald Bowman
- After his stepfather adopted him he became James David Hamel. His Marine and Ohio State records used that name
- In 2013, before Yale Law graduation, he legally changed it again to James David Vance, his grandmotherβs surname
- He now styles his name as JD Vance with no periods
- He is a former Democrat
- He served in the Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq
- He went to Ohio State and Yale Law
- He wrote Hillbilly Elegy, then converted to Catholicism
- His second son is named Vivek, the same name as his former class mate Vivek Ramaswamy
- He and Vivek Ramaswamy were Yale Law classmates and fellow Ohioans. They watched Bengals games together. Ramaswamy has called Vance's wife, Usha, a family friend
- Vanceβs firm Narya invested in Ramaswamyβs Strive
- After 2024, Vance endorsed him for Ohio governor and lent him political staff
- He was formerly a "Never Trumper" who called Trump βHitlerβ
- He called hearing Peter Thiel speak at Yale the most significant moment of law school
- Thiel hired him at Mithril Capital, then put money into Vanceβs own fund, Narya Capital, alongside Marc Andreessen and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
- Thiel arranged the Mar-a-Lago meeting that reconciled Vance with Trump and Don Jr.
- David Sacks, Jacob Helberg, and Thiel then lobbied Trump to put Vance on the ticket
- Tracked pro-Israel PACs and donors put about $167,000 to $182,000 into his Senate race
- Thiel put about $15 million into a super PAC for that same 2022 race, at the time this was the largest donation to a single Senate candidate
- Trump later said donors were pushing him to pick Vance as VP and that he did not know why
- After that pick he became the Palantir-tied VP. Palantirβs federal contracts nearly doubled, including an Army deal worth up to $10 billion
- His fund is Narya. Thielβs firms are Mithril and Palantir. The weapons company in that circle is Anduril. They all took the names from Lord of the Rings
- Through that same network he had a stake tied to Anduril, Palmer Luckeyβs AI weapons firm, backed by Thielβs Founders Fund
- Narya also invested in Rumble, the YouTube rival Thiel backed
- Palantir software moved into IRS, DHS, ICE, State, VA, and DOGE data projects, including work to stitch federal databases together
- Anduril later landed a separate Army deal worth up to $20 billion
- In the Senate race he attacked Facebook and Google while Thiel was an early Facebook investor and longtime board member
- The same week they took office, the administration launched Stargate, a planned $500 billion AI buildout with OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and MGX. Vance is the Thiel-network VP sitting over that stack
- He discussed mass amnesty on podcasts with Trump while the ticket still sold deportations
- He admitted donors want cheap labor
- He calls himself a βreasonable moderateβ on Israel and says treat Israel like France or the UK
- He then said people inside the Israeli government are trying to block Iran talks and keep the war going
- He has flipped several times on the Epstein files. First he says to release them, then he agreed it was a Democratic hoax, now he says they have ties to Israel
- On the Joe Rogan Podcast, he said the administration mishandled the Epstein release and that Epstein had ties to the top of American and Israeli intelligence
- He is sold as the guy who βhates Israelβ by Pro-Israel influencers, while Peter Thiel and Palantir sit behind his career
- He told voters to give them another chance while showing no change now
- Trump told GOP donors they needed to elect JD for 2028
- Thielβs Founders Fund invested in Flock Safety, the controversial mass surveillance being installed all across the United States by the tens-of-thousands
And never forget. It's always Never Vance.
Novena to St. Michael Day 1
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Saint Michael the Archangel, loyal champion of God and His Catholic people, I turn to thee with confidence and seek thy powerful intercession. For the love of God, Who hast made thee so glorious in grace and power, and for the love of the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of the Angels, be pleased to hear my prayer.
Thou knowest the value of my soul in the eyes of God. May no stain of evil ever disfigure its beauty. Help me to conquer the evil spirit who tempts me. I desire to imitate thy loyalty to God and Holy Mother Church and thy great love for God and men. And since thou art Godβs messenger for the care of His people, I entrust to thee this special request:
(mention request hereβ¦)
Saint Michael, since thou art, by the will of the Creator, the powerful intercessor of Christians, I have great confidence in thy prayers. I earnestly trust that if it is Godβs holy will, my petition will be granted.
Pray for me, Saint Michael, and also for those I love. Protect us in all dangers of body and soul. Help us in our daily needs.
Through thy powerful intercession, may we live a holy life, die a happy death and reach Heaven where we may praise and love God with thee forever. Amen.
St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray.
And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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βThere can be no doubt that our Savior Jesus Christ could and wished that his Church should govern by that plan and mode that would be the best and most useful. There are three forms of government: monarchy, that is, of one prince, the contrary vice to which is tyranny: aristocracy, that is the rule of the best men, to which is opposed an oligarchy; and democracy. that is, the rule by the whole people, which does not rarely fall into sedition.
. . .
Now John Calvin, in order to altogether block every way in which one usually arrives by disputation to constitute ecclesiastical monarchy, places aristocracy and democracy before all other forms; an aristocracy from single forms, though in fact it is a mixed form, a government tempered according to his own mind. Most of all, he wished monarchy to be regarded as the worst of all, especially if it were constituted throughout the world or in the Church. His words from the Institutes are these:
"Should it be as they would have it, that it is good and also useful that the whole world be comprised by one monarchy, which is still very absurd, but should it be so, still I will never concede that it should flourish in the governance of the Church."
And again:
βIf in itself those three forms of government are considered which the philosophers posit, I myseif can hardly deny either aristocracy, or a form combined with popular government, by far excels every other form of the state." Thereafter he showed two arguments; one brought out from experience, the second from divine authority: "It was always sanctioned by experience itself. not only because the Lord confirmed it by his authority but even more, in that aristocracy is nearest to the form of government he established among the Israelites."
We, on the other hand, follow St. Thomas and other Catholic theoiogians in that, from the three simple forms of government we place monarchy before the rest, although on account of the corruption of human nature we reckon monarchy blended with aristocracy and democracy to be more useful for men in this time than a simple monarchy; provided the first parts should be of monarchy, it should have the second aristocracy, and in the last place should be democracy.β
Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J.
Confessor
Archbishop of Capua
Doctor of Holy Mother Church