Saint Francis Xavier: A Rigid Fundamentalist Who Sought the Conversion of Infidels

A Novena in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which begins today and ends on December 11, 2024, can be found in the appendix to this reflection.

Part two of my current series should be published around this time tomorrow, Wedneday, December 4, 2024, the Feast of Saint Peter Chrysologus and the Commemoration of Saint Barbara. 

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Francis Xavier, S.J., pray for us.

Victims Only of Their Own Mendacity, part one

I had intended to have a commentary published today about the whining being done by the spendthrift Kamala Harris Emhoff during her failed presidential campaign.

However, that must wait.

The Big Guy, a whining demagogic liar and sociopath in his own right, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., has pardoned his equally venal and corrupt son, Robert Hunder Biden. 

Oh well, it is time for some sleep before I return to part two of this commentary, which will indeed be about Madame Emhoff and her inability that she looks at the reason she lost to former and future President Donald John Trump every time she sees herself in the mirror.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Bibiana, pray for us.

At the Beginning of Advent in 2024

This is a republished commentary about this holy season of Advent, which marks the beginning of a new ecclesiastical year that begins this evening, November 30, 2024, with First Vespers for the First Sunday of Advent. 

An original article, Wars and Rumors of Wars, part four, was published fifteen and one-half hours ago.

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Andew the Apostle, pray for us.

Wars and Rumors of Wars, part four

Well, it has gotten to be another late/early hour here at the headquarters of this website.

Today, November 30, 2024, is the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle and is the last day of the liturgical year. The holy season of Advent begins with First Vespers this evening. I have just republished a set of Spiritual Resources for the, Christmas Novena, the Novena for the Feast of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Novena/Miraculous Novena of Grace (which began on Sunday, November 24 2024, the Twenty-seventh and Last Sunday after Pentecost and the Commemorations of Saints John of the Cross and Chrysogonus). 

This current article concerns the tragic situation in Ukraine that began on February 24, 2024, when Vladimir Putin's forces of the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine and have been prolonged needlessly the globalist powers of the West, including, of course, the outgoing administration of Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., and Kamala Harris Emoff, as Ukrainian men have been sent to their deaths as so much cannon fodder and as many parts of its cities have been reduced to rubble. Men who are steeped in Original Sin and/or the throes of what are, objectively speaking, Mortal Sins even though they may not be aware of the fact, are prone to the use of force or to persist therein no matter what the human cost on lives lost, churches destroyed, infrastructures demolished to the point of making it difficulty to provide heat, proper santitation, and a clean water supply.

Obviously, this description applies equally to what the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continues to do with the Palestinian people and has done in recent months in Lebanon, where a supposed cease-fire will take place is the IDF gets in a few last licks in the meantime. 

As Pope Pius XI noted in Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio, December 23, 1922:

It is possible to sum up all We have said in one word, "the Kingdom of Christ." For Jesus Christ reigns over the minds of individuals by His teachings, in their hearts by His love, in each one's life by the living according to His law and the imitating of His example. Jesus reigns over the family when it, modeled after the holy ideals of the sacrament of matrimony instituted by Christ, maintains unspotted its true character of sanctuary. In such a sanctuary of love, parental authority is fashioned after the authority of God, the Father, from Whom, as a matter of fact, it originates and after which even it is named. (Ephesians iii, 15) The obedience of the children imitates that of the Divine Child of Nazareth, and the whole family life is inspired by the sacred ideals of the Holy Family. Finally, Jesus Christ reigns over society when men recognize and reverence the sovereignty of Christ, when they accept the divine origin and control over all social forces, a recognition which is the basis of the right to command for those in authority and of the duty to obey for those who are subjects, a duty which cannot but ennoble all who live up to its demands. Christ reigns where the position in society which He Himself has assigned to His Church is recognized, for He bestowed on the Church the status and the constitution of a society which, by reason of the perfect ends which it is called upon to attain, must be held to be supreme in its own sphere; He also made her the depository and interpreter of His divine teachings, and, by consequence, the teacher and guide of every other society whatsoever, not of course in the sense that she should abstract in the least from their authority, each in its own sphere supreme, but that she should really perfect their authority, just as divine grace perfects human nature, and should give to them the assistance necessary for men to attain their true final end, eternal happiness, and by that very fact make them the more deserving and certain promoters of their happiness here below.

It is, therefore, a fact which cannot be questioned that the true peace of Christ can only exist in the Kingdom of Christ -- "the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ." It is no less unquestionable that, in doing all we can to bring about the re-establishment of Christ's kingdom, we will be working most effectively toward a lasting world peace. (Pope Pius XI, Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio, December 23, 1922.)

Although I had planned on giving more attention to the aforementioned Israeli genocide against the Palestinians in my next commentary, there is some "low hanging fruit," shall we say, that is ripe for the proverbial picking, namely, news the the spendthrift named Kamala Harris Emhoff is spending more money to find out why she lost to former President Donald John Trump on November 5, 2024, after burning up over one billion dollars in her failed campaign. Thus, I am going to give this matter some attention, if ever so brief, in my next commentary before I return to the ongoing slaughter of the Palestinians and the destruction of their residences. 

Goodnight.

Good morning.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Andrew the Apostle, pray for us.

 

Spiritual Resources: Christmas Novena/Immaculate Conception Novena/Miraculous Novena of Grace

The Christmas Novena on the Feast of Saint Andrew (said fifteen times daily until Christmas Day) 

Red Vatican

It was nearly two weeks ago that members of the Red Vatican held a conference to discuss the “progress” being made by means of the recently “renewed” sellout, er, “agreement” with the Chinese Communist authorities.

This commentary discusses the meaning of that “progress.”

The next commentary will deal with the tragic Russo-Ukrainian war that has claimed so many thousands upon thousands of innocent human lives on both sides.

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, pray for us.

Saint Catherine Laboure, pray for us.

On the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, November 27, 2024

Today, November 27, 2024, is the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, although on the universal General Roman Calendar, can be celebrated if not otherwise impeded.

This is a republished reflection on the story of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal that was written originally in 2010 and revised substantially ten years ago. I offer today for those who would like to have a refresher course on the history of this feast, which, of course, centers on Our Lady as the Mediatrix of All Graces.

The next original commentary, which deals with Pietro the Red Parolin's recent contention that "dialogue" with Chicom officials are "progressing," should be published by late this afternoon. Thank you.

Finally, the fact that former and future President-elect Donald John Trump has named Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to be the director of the National Institutes of Health is very good news. Now, if he would only re-think his nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the next Surgeon-General of the United Stats of America. Oh, well. 

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, pray for us.

Saint Catherine Laboure, pray for  us.

Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose (The More Things Change. . . .)

Herewith is a new commentary about President-elect Donald John Trump's latest appointees.

It is on to Red China, followed by Ukraine, and then the Middle East in the coming days

Good night.

Good morning.

Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, pray for us.

On the Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, November 25, 2024

This is a republished reflection on the feast of the saint we celebrate today, Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

A new commentary will be published in about five minutes.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, pray for us.

On the Feast of Saint John of the Cross, O.C.D., November 24, 2024

This reflection on the life of Saint John of the Cross was written for and published in To Live in Light of Eternity, Volume 6, in 2020 and is being offered to readers of this site for the fourth time.

It had been my hope to have another original commentary completed in time for publication today. However, given the work that I have done in the last few days and the fact that yesterday's articles (On the Feast of Pope Saint Clement IThe Amorality Industrial Complex, parts two and three, The Amorality Industrial Complex, part three) were not published until after two o'clock in the morning, I have hit a wall and just have to get back to my work later today, the Twenty-seventh and Last Sunday after Pentecost. 

As today, November 24, 2024, is my seventy-third birthday, I ask prayers for the repose of the souls of my late parents, Dr. Albert Henry Martin Droleskey and Mrs. Norma Florence Red Fox Droleskey. Thank you.

Our Lady of he Rosary, pray for us.

Saint John of the Cross, pray for us.

Sant Chrysogonus, pray for us.

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