FROM AN excellent essay by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira at Tradition in Action: There are men who correspond to grace and fulfill their vocations dragging whole historical eras with them or there are others whose sins have analogous consequences. They unleash dynamisms, they bring together charges of energy that were dispersed, make them surge forward. [...] We can also see this dynamism in the roles God assigns to peoples in History. It is very beautiful to see when a dynamism enters a people and illuminates it from within; henceforth everything that people does takes on a special brilliance. This can be a natural, supernatural or preternatural phenomenon. As a consequence of that dynamism, a people become splendorous. In the Old Testament, this happened with the Chosen People in the golden phase of its history, that is, during the kingships of David and Solomon. The episode of the Queen of Sheba traveling from afar to see King Solomon was a repercussion of the brilliance of the vocation God had given to the whole people that shone especially in him. In the history of the New Testament, the French people received a similar grace of predilection at the baptism of Clovis, when France became the first-born daughter of the Church. The history of a people is in many ways the history of this splendor that dwells in it. At a certain point, however, that splendor begins to diminish, as it did in…

WHAT is the world's most famous false shepherd up to now? Ah, yes. He's come out with another whopper: God needs man and cannot possibly get along without him. Now don't go telling me that we can ignore or defy the teachings of a real pope and only on rare occasions listen up when he makes a solemn pronouncement. No, sir-ee. Catholics cannot be anti-papists. We are obliged to approach with a spirit of submission and obedience the ordinary teachings of the Pope and this is but one of many examples of the outrageous errors of this arch-blasphemer and fake.  

LYDIA SHERMAN writes:

A year ago I began a correspondence with one of my grandchildren, who is now ten years old and home-schooled. We both created little hand drawn catalogs of goods and services for each other, including ordering forms, for things like handmade books, paintings, wildflower seeds, newsletter subscriptions, home baked goods and anything that could be sent by post or used for bed and breakfast service in each other’s homes. (more…)

  MARK CATESBY (1682-1749) spent four years exploring and documenting the wildlife of the Carolinas, Florida, and the Bahamas. His extraordinary watercolors are the result.

FROM an article by Anthony Migchels at Real Currencies:

The Banking System is One. It is controlled top down. Those that control it are the Money Power. It’s global and it rules finance. It dominates every Government on the planet through it.

Its basic operations are simple: maintain monopolistic control of the money supply. Provide credit at interest. Create a boom/bust cycle by inflation and deflation. Finance those under control or to be brought under control and starve the rest. Translate this financial omnipotence to Global Despotism.

The implementation of these basic policies have become more complex during the last century. But for the controllers little has changed. (more…)

  London Bridge pants are falling down, Falling down, falling down. London Bridge pants are falling down, My fair lady.

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THERESA MAY says the Internet must be regulated -- internationally -- after London Bridge attack. Mission accomplished.

"THE GIFT of Wisdom is an illumination of the Holy Ghost, thanks to which our intellect is able to look at revealed truths in their more sublime light, to the greater joy of our souls." --- Rev. M. Meschler, S.J. "The Gift of Wisdom: Meditations on the Holy Ghost" O Blessed Light of Life Thou art, Fill with Thy Light the inmost hearts Of those that hope in Thee. Without thy Godhead nothing can Have any price or worth in man, Nothing can harmless be.

  THE BLESSED VIRGIN ON PENTECOST MORNING Maid and Mother, pure and kind, ’Tis the Whitsun morning; June hath wearied sun and wind For the world’s adorning,— Earth is blossomed like a bride For the blessed Whitsuntide. Thrice the mighty Spirit wrought For thy soul’s completing: First, thy stainless self He brought To the world’s entreating; Next, to work thy “Fiat” came; Last, He crowns thy brow with flame. ’Tis Elijah’s olden rite, Slow the sign preparing: First, God built thee, altar bright,— Christ, the Victim, bearing; Last, from Heaven, at thy desire Flashed the Lord’s consuming fire. - Edward F. Garesché, S.J  

DAVID R. writes:

I have appreciated your blogs for about a year now. I am not sure I understand your distaste for pizza fully, as you have written several times about it. The photo of “the sleeping woman in subway with pizza sliding to its zero-mechanical state” made my day and I am glad you mentioned it in your blog.

I post this link about a high school senior admitted to Yale after writing an essay on pizza. Imagine getting into Yale based upon a Papa John’s (no less) pizza!

So much for the Ivies. (more…)

LYDIA SHERMAN writes: The Russian exclusive interview you posted recently was perfect. There must be other "sleepers" who have adopted the American way of life and are undermining truth, justice and the American way! We used to have an eccentric Auntie who regularly warned us of foreign invaders coming to our coasts. I always thought the invasions would be foiled by the pizza and the music (noise-ick). The invaders would soon be acclimatized, in debt, distracted and done-in by the culture, though I am not sure what they would do with their weapons. It's hilarious how the author poses beside Putin, and posts his photo as a girl.

ANDREW writes:

In a recent post, a commenter from Tradition in Action mentions how it seems the only decent modern classical music is made for film scores, such as by John Williams for Star Wars or Harry Potter.

Maybe you’ve noticed that since the 80’s, more and more films are scored with recycled music; often the soundtracks are a collection of pop songs from a certain era, with little if any “new” scoring specifically written for the film. (more…)

    “Through the ages, I have disclosed in various ways My love for men and My burning desire for their salvation. I have allowed them to know My Heart.” --- Revelation of Jesus to Sr Josefa Menendez, 11 June 1923 Devotion to the Sacred Heart is "an aristocratic devotion aiming for the restoration of Christendom." 

THINK ABOUT IT: If you were the devil -- I know it's hard, but try to imagine it -- wouldn't you seek to convince people that you are only a symbol? -- Comments -- Paul A. writes: Your comment is obviously true. But perhaps more to the point, if you were an unrepentant sinner, would you not try to convince yourself that the Devil is merely a symbol?

"What a stroke of utterly malevolent genius, to portray opposition to your group's agenda as a form of psychiatric illness." --- Andrew Joyce