"UPON this occasion Paul also withdrew himself to a remote country-house, designing to lie concealed there till the storm blew over: but his sister's husband, who was acquainted with the place of his retreat, conceived a resolution to betray him to the persecutors in hopes of possessing himself of his estate. The Saint being informed of his wicked resolution, quitted his country-house, and fled into the wilderness, where he purposed to pass his time till the danger was over. Here, as he advanced still further and further into the remoter parts of the desert, he came at last to a rocky mountain, at the foot of which he found a large den or cave; and going in, he there discovered a kind of a spacious porch, open at the top to the heavens, but protected by an old palm-tree, which covered it with its spreading branches: near which there was a spring of clear water: and in a hollow part of the mountain, several cells or rooms, which, by the instruments he found there, appeared to have been formerly occupied by coiners. This place the Saint judged to be very proper for his abode; and embraced it as a dwelling assigned him by divine Providence for the remainder of his life. And thus he who thought only at first to hide himself for a while in the wilderness from the fury of the persecutors, was by the design of God…

O GENTE FELIX HOSPITA

O House of Nazareth the blest,
fair hostess of the Lord,
the Church was nurtured at thy breast
and shared thy scanty hoard.

In all the spreading lands of earth
the wandering sun may see
no dearer spot, no ampler worth
than erst was found in thee!

We know thy humble tenement
was heaven’s hermitage:
Celestial heralds came and went
in endless embassage. (more…)

“BUT know this, that in the last days dangerous times will come. Men will be lovers of self, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, criminal, heartless, faithless, slanderous, incontinent, merciless, unkind, treacherous, stubborn, puffed up with pride, loving pleasure more than God, having a semblance indeed of piety but disowning its power. ” --- (II Tim. 3, 1-5)  

IF YOU wanted to destroy a major part of LA in order to ‘build back better,’ it would make sense to target the houses of those who so support your agenda they couldn’t even conceive of revolting against you.

You’ll get the government to reimburse them.

And, hey, they’ll be glad with the results. (more…)

KATHY G. writes:

The level of Elite Gender Inversion (EGI) among the political and ruling classes is much higher than most people realize. Many of the supposedly female “feminists” and politicians, actresses and celebrities are actually male, and have been for years. EGI is common among satanists because of the androgyny of Baphomet. They consider  a human that is both male and female to be more perfect than the male and female of God’s Creation. It is a tribute, a sacrament of sorts, to invert the sex of children born into these families. They consider themselves “special” and above the masses of only one sex per individual. They have carefully kept this pretty quiet, with a few exceptions, like the masculine “Princess Stephanie” of Monaco. This Amber Rudd in the UK has a wide male skull and square jaw, deep set eyes, brow ridge, and an Adam’s Apple (airbrushed out in most pics).

She appears to be male. They put biological men posing as women in positions of power, and they do not condemn the rape of white women and children. This silences actual white males, cowed by years of the “feminists” abuse of the “patriarchy”. If you take a close look at the American “feminist” icons, most appear to be male. Take a close look at Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Margaret Mead, and Susan Sontag. You don’t even have to look close at White hater Susan Sontag.

These rapes of Western women and children by Muslims are being orchestrated and approved by men posing as women. Most are very probably actually homosexual as well, homosexuals who hate and envy biological women, and delight in their torment and suffering. Actual leftist women see this and follow their lead.

 The world is not what it seems at all. (more…)

“HAPPY me, could I thus have fought with men, who professed themselves to be the enemies of thy name; every one would have said, that they who had recourse to tortures, and sword, and fire, to compel a Christian to deny Thee, were persecutors; and my death would have been sufficient testimony to Thy truth, O God! The battle would have been an open one, and no one would have hesitated to call, by the honest name, these men that denied Thee, and racked and murdered us; and Thy people, seeing that it was an evident persecution, would have followed their Pastors in the confession of their faith.

“But, now-a-days, we have to do with a disguised persecutor, a smooth-tongued enemy, a Constantius who has put on Antichrist; who scourges us, not with lashes, but with caresses; who instead of robbing us, which would give us spiritual life, bribes us with riches, that he may lead us to eternal death; who thrusts us, not into the liberty of a prison, but into the honours of his palace, that he may enslave us; who tears, not our flesh, but our hearts; who beheads not with a sword, but kills the soul with his gold; who sentences not by a herald that we are to be burnt, but covertly enkindles the fire of hell against us. He does not dispute with us, that he may conquer; but he flatters us, that so he may lord it over our souls.”

— St. Hilary of Poitiers

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FROM Rev. James L. Meagher, D.D.’s How Christ Said the First Mass: Of the Rites and Ceremonies of Jesus and the Apostles, Foretold in the Hebrew Passover (Christian Press Publishing, 1908), p. 94-95:

Noe, the second Adam, father of mankind, high priest and image of Jesus Christ, planted a vineyard, pressed the grapes and made wine. Not knowing its effect he took too much, lay naked in his tent, an image of our High Priest stripped of his garments, crucified, dead on the cross. Ham, Noe’s second son mocked his father as the Jews mocked the dying Christ. His two other sons, Sem and Japheth with a cloak, covered their father’s nakedness. (more…)

A DESPISED celebrity who stood her ground, never hating anyone and speaking the truth with kindness, Anita Bryant has died at the age of 84. For more about Bryant, see Alan's 2024 post, "Anita Bryant and the Liars."   .

WHAT kind of fire melts cars and leaves trees, as well as other cars nearby, untouched? What kind of fire “explodes” into existence in several places at once? What kind of fire is whipped into such intensity by wind in January that it quickly reduces the contents of an entire supermarket to dust? What kind of fire moves so ferociously, but kills very few people? What kind of fires just happen to occur when fire hydrants are undersupplied and the mayor’s out of town?

What kind of fire prepares an entire neighborhood in a desirable area for future development?

What fires are these?

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A READER writes:

Just a quick note to tell you that I lived in California for 33 years from age 21 to 54 and never in those years did we experience a fire in January.  Fire season was in late summer, usually September, the only time temperatures would reach 100 degrees.  And then the Santa Ana winds would come in — but never heard of them in January — ever!!!

It’s all weather manipulation and land grabbing just like Maui. It makes me sick.

My heart aches for those very poor people who lost their homes. Not all homes were Hollywood/elitist homes.

My two cents. (more…)

BRITISH feminists have for years betrayed the powerless women of their country, standing by while the latter were brutalized by Muslim rapists. Their complaints focus exclusively on the white man. If it means some women suffer, so be it.  

“THERE are too many, too large, and too hot.” Peggy Hall has some thoughts from California on the latest fires in Los Angeles.

If these fires are caused by climate change then why in the non-spinning world aren’t the fire departments more prepared? Why aren’t there more personnel and more trucks and more technology and drones and the much-touted all-knowing “A.I.”?? Where is the water to put out the fires? The dropping of fire retardants by supertankers? You’re telling me that in this day and age of public serpents spewing their fear-mongering about the climate that these states have not taken steps to be prepared for the very climate change they rail against? I don’t believe in climate change, but even by their own standards, this is stupid.

Also here are some interesting facts about Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Bass reminds me of Wilson Good, the former mayor of Philadelphia who presided over a devastating fire after a confrontation by police with the cult group MOVE. I blame not these incompetent mayors so much as the dangerous egalitarians who put them in shoes they could not fill.

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