The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska. I hope to help people get to Heaven by sharing prayers, meditations, the lives of the Saints, and news of Church happenings. My Pledge: Nulla dies sine linea ~ Not a day without a line.
Step inside the formidable fortresses and decadent palaces that shaped the British monarchy. This premium documentary explores the engineering, defence strategies, and daily operations of historic strongholds like William the Conqueror’s White Tower and Tintagel Castle. Discover the staggering logistics required to run Henry VIII’s industrial-scale kitchens at Hampton Court, and uncover how Robert Dudley transformed Kenilworth Castle to win the heart of Queen Elizabeth I. From the brutal realities of Dark Age warfare to the architectural rivalries of the Tudor court, we unlock the secrets embedded within these ancient stone walls.
Traditional Catholic morning prayers to help start your day in a godly way! The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. May our devotion to the mystery of the Sacred Heart of Jesus increase more and more each day. We've included the Memorare of the Sacred Heart and litany of the Sacred Heart. Begin your June with daily morning prayer. This video is a compilation of many traditional morning prayers Catholics say, and should not be considered a replacement for those who have an obligation to pray the Divine Office morning prayers.
What happens when political leaders flatter you with words but undermine your faith with actions? In this bold and eye-opening video, we uncover how policies and decisions under Donald Trump’s administration—often masked as pro-religious freedom—have targeted Catholic teachings, sacraments, and charitable missions. This isn’t about left vs. right; it’s about truth, justice, and defending the Body of Christ.
📌 Watch until the end to learn how YOU can take action to protect the seal of confession, stand up for migrants, and defend the Church’s sacred truths before it’s too late.
✨ What You’ll Learn in This Video:
📖 The Attack on the Seal of Confession and Religious Freedom
🌟 How Refugee Policies Undermined Catholic Charities
👑 The Mockery of Sacred Symbols and Papal Authority
🙏 Why Catholics Must Evaluate Leaders Beyond Single Issues
📚 Resources & Links Mentioned in This Video:
📖 Scripture References:
Matthew 25:35 – “I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.”
Acts 5:29 – “We must obey God rather than men.”
Evangelium Vitae (EV 93-101) – Pope John Paul II on life and dignity.
🔗 Additional Resources:
📖 Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1467): The Seal of Confession
📖 Canon Law 1388 §1: Penalties for Breaking the Seal
📖 USCCB Statement on Refugee Policy Changes
📖 Bishop Robert Barron’s Statement on Trump’s AI Pope Image
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The Church doesn’t need cowards—it needs saints. Here’s what you can do today:
1️⃣ Find out your state’s policy on the seal of confession. Write to your legislator and demand they protect religious liberty for all, including Catholic clergy. It takes just five minutes, but it could preserve the Sacrament for generations to come.
2️⃣ Educate others. Speak up when you see faith being twisted—not in hatred, but in charity and clarity.
3️⃣ Pray earnestly. Pray for courage among bishops, priests, laity, and even political leaders.
As Saint Catherine of Siena said: “If you are what you should be, you will set the world on fire.”
This is not a time for silence. Be watchful. Be wise. Be brave. And above all—be holy.
Juliana Falconieri left behind the life of nobility in order to serve her sisters and Our Lady of Sorrows.
Her parents were of the esteemed house of Falconieri and highly regarded. They had waited and prayed a long time for a child, and finally, in 1270, their prayers were answered. They were blessed with a daughter and named her Juliana.
Juliana displayed unusual spiritual tendencies very early in life. When just a toddler, she began speaking the names of Jesus and Mary. It was looked upon by many as a sign of the child’s future holiness.
Juliana’s uncle, Alexis Falconieri, was one of the seven founders of the Servite Order. He was her instructor and mentor and had told Juliana’s mom that she had not given birth to a mortal maiden, but an angel. Under his influence, Juliana decided at a young age to follow the consecrated life.
After her father’s death, she received the habit of the Third Order of Servites from Philip Benizi, who was Prior General of the Order. She was only 15, so she remained at home following the Rule that Prior Benizi had given her. The amended Rule stated that Juliana would stay there until her mother’s death.
In 1305, after her mom died, Juliana and several companions moved into a house of their own. It was located in the Grifoni Palace in Florence, and this was the first convent of the Sisters of the Third Order of Servites. The main devotion of the Servites was to Our Lady of Sorrows and the main activity was caring for the sick. Juliana was made Mother Superior and would serve in that position for the rest of her life.
Juliana, who suffered from chronic gastric problems, always was a servant to her Sisters. Although in pain most of the time, Juliana worked tirelessly to convert sinners, reconcile enemies, and heal the sick. She was often seen deeply caught up in ecstasy, and sometimes the rapture would last all day.
While inside the convent, she would perform the most menial tasks, such as scrubbing floors, mending clothes, and preparing food. She was a shining example to her followers, practicing the virtues of charity, chastity, mortification, and penance at all times.
Legend says she was so spiritually uplifted that she never gazed into a mirror, trembled when sin was mentioned, and frequently fainted when hearing scandalous gossip. Although very hard on herself, she was always gentle and caring to others. Other young women of Florence heard of this holy nun and began joining the community. The order grew rapidly.
Mother Juliana was so filled with faith and love, especially for Christ in the Holy Eucharist, that she let the hard wooden floor be her bed and only slept for two to three hours a night. The rest of the night was spent in prayer. She fasted every Saturday on bread and water. Two days a week, she took just a bit of water because she was going to receive Holy Communion. The other days she did take some food, but very little and only the most basic available—anything else she refused to touch.
Mother Juliana’s life-long personal fasting and sacrifice took their toll. She was so sick that while she lay on her death bed, she could not receive Holy Communion. She asked the priest if he would spread a corporal upon her chest and lay the Host on it. Soon after, the Host vanished, and Juliana died.
When the sisters came to wash her body, they discovered the imprint of the cross on her heart; it was the same as it was on the Host. The date was June 19, 1341. Her unmatched devotion to Christ in the Eucharist earned her the title of Saint of the Holy Eucharist.
She is not to be confused, however, with another Juliana, who was instrumental in promoting the feast of Corpus Christi: Juliana of Liege.
Juliana was honored as a saint immediately after her death. She was officially canonized by Pope Clement XII on June 16, 1737. Her order has houses in Europe, and England, the USA, and Canada. The sisters are involved in parish ministry, hospital and prison chaplaincies, the care of cancer patients and AIDS patients.
St. Juliana Falconieri’s feast day is June 19, and we ask her to pray for us.
They called her a heretic.
They burned her alive.
Yet nearly five centuries later, the same Church that condemned her declared her a saint.
This is the extraordinary story of Joan of Arc — the teenage peasant girl who claimed to hear heavenly voices, led armies during the Hundred Years’ War, altered the fate of France, and faced execution in one of the most controversial trials in Christian history.
But Joan's story is more than a tale of war and politics.
It is a story of faith.
A story of courage.
A story of conviction in the face of overwhelming power.
From the fields of Domrémy to the cathedral of Reims, from the courtroom in Rouen to the execution fire that shocked Europe, discover how a nineteen-year-old girl became one of Christianity's most enduring symbols.
Did Joan of Arc die as a heretic?
Or did her execution create a martyr whose legacy would outlive kings, judges, and empires?
Watch until the end as we explore the life, trial, death, and canonization of the woman whose execution changed Christianity forever.
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00:00 — INTRO — The Girl the Church Condemned
01:03 — Chapter 1: A Kingdom Abandoned
02:02 — Chapter 2: The Voices in Domrémy
03:18 — Chapter 3: The Maid Who Changed the War
04:25 — Chapter 4: The Crowning of a King
05:16 — Chapter 5: Capture
06:05 — Chapter 6: The Trial of Joan of Arc
07:23 — Chapter 7: The Fire at Rouen
08:26 — Chapter 8: The Martyr They Created
09:18 — Chapter 9: The Church Changes Its Judgment
Though short is the account of your combat, O holy Martyrs, because few are the details handed down to us concerning you, still may we cry out with Saint Ambrose when he first presented you to the populace: “That eloquence is best that springs from blood; for blood is a voice of thunder, re-echoing from earth to heaven.” (Epist. xxii.) Oh! make us to understand its potent accents! Ever must the veins of a Christian be ready to pour forth testimony to God, our Redeemer! Say, is there no blood left in our impoverished veins? Oh! cure our generation of such a hopeless state of lingering decline; what physicians may not, Jesus Christ can always do!
Up then, glorious Brethren; teach us the royal road of devotedness and suffering! Surely not in vain have our feeble eyes been granted to contemplate you in these our days even as did Ambrose; if God, after the lapse of so many ages, has once more revealed the sight of you, he must therein have intentions not unlike those he had in by gone times! Therefore, dear Saints, may he perchance vouchsafe to raise up, through your intercession, mankind and our present society from the degradation of a fatal servility; to banish error, to save the Church who cannot indeed perish, but whom he loves to deliver by means of her Saints. Doth it not behoove you, generous Martyrs, to recognize by signal favors, the protection lavished by the successor of Peter on your relics, despite his own captivity? Be Milan worthy of you and of her Ambrose! Deign lovingly to visit the various lands both near and afar, formerly enriched with the blood found near your tomb. France was especially devout to you, placing no fewer than five of her cathedrals under your glorious invocation; may she not look for particular help at your hands? Oh! rouse up once more her piety of by-gone days; free her from false sects, from traitors! Let the day soon come when she may step forth once again the soldier of God!
It's their choice, but forced by the unprecedented crisis in the Church. It's not like the SSPX just decided to consecrate Bishops out of the clear blue.
Our Lady of Sorrows, Softener of Evil Hearts, pray for us sinners.
His Holiness Pope Leo has now commented explicitly on the SSPX situation with these words, translated from the Italian by CatholicSat:
Watching the video, the Roman Pontiff maintains his calm demeanor, and there does not seem to be any indication of more details. As we said about this Sacred Heart Month, I’m going to leave the commentary on the SSPX right now to the clerics who can discuss this clerical issue in order to encourage lay people to fast and pray for our clerics. So here we’ll just break down what was said and what was not said, and leave it at that.
Pope Leo wants the SSPX to be in communion with the Church
Pope Leo experiences pain about this division
Pope Leo believes that the SSPX refuses to accept some fundamental elements of the Church
These fundamental elements begin with some points from Vatican II
Pope Leo states twice that the SSPX is making this choice.
Two sentences are not entirely clear in his statement: the sentence which begins “One must realize” and the sentence “If they make that decision.” Does the Holy Father merely mean that schism is the result of this decision on the part of the SSPX? What does it mean when he says “I’m sorry but we have to move on”?
The original statement from Cardinal Fernández back in February proposed a dialogue with the SSPX on Vatican II making the distinction between “differing degrees of adherence required by various texts of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and their interpretation.” So the original stance of the Holy See was in making distinctions about accepting Vatican II with varying degrees of assent. So it appears that the Holy Father is saying that the Holy See and the SSPX do not agree on the assent required for some specific propositions of Vatican II. What these are specifically, he does not say.
Let us fast and pray for our clerics to all be united in the truth and charity of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
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