There will be times when I lift the moratorium that I have imposed upon myself concerning writing about the absurdity of electoral politics. This is one of those times as I have found it useful to comment on Kamala Harris Emhof's selection of Nicolai Podgorny, I mean, Timothy James Walz, to be her vice-presidential running-mate.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaradgus, pray for us. 

Today is the great Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Mount Thabor in the presence of the Apostles Peter, James and John and in the company of Moses and Elias. God the Father repeated the proclamation that He had made as His Co-Equal Son made Flesh in Our Lady's Virginal and Immaculate Womb was baptized by His cousin, Saint John the Baptist in the Jordan River prior to the assumption of His Public Ministry, "This is My beloved Son, hear yet Him."

Our Lord was transfigured in the glory that He shared with the God the Father and God the Holy Ghost for all eternity in Heaven in order to show forth His Sacred Divinity to Saints Peter, the first Pope, Saint James, the first Bishop of Jerusalem and the first of the Apostles to be martyred, and Saint James's brother, Saint John, the beloved Apostle and the Apostle of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, to help console them during the events of His Passion and Death. It is our goal to be transfigured in glory for all eternity in Heaven.

The only path to the heavenly Mount Thabor, however, is by climbing atop Mount Calvary every day of our lives, willingly bearing our crosses in reparation for our sins and those of the world as we offer whatever merit we gain for the patient and joyful endurance of these crosses to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Indeed, our climb to Heaven by ascending first to Mount Calvary is signified every day a true bishop or a true priest completes the prayers at the foot of the altar and ascends the three steps (mystically symbolic of the Thee Persons of the Most Blessed Trinity and of the three stages of the interior life) to the altar itself.

If we desire to be transfigured in all glory in Heaven we must, therefore, be willing to be shamed and humiliated by the the ignominy associated with the Holy Cross. The glories of Heaven are worth such temporary shame and humiliation and ignominy, are they not?

May Our Lady, who awaits us in the heavenly Mount Thabor and intercedes for us from there, help us to ascend to Mount Calvary every day in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass so that we can keep her company at the foot of the Cross every day our lives as a a preparation for spending all eternity in the glories of Heaven with her and Saint Joseph and all of the angels and the saints.

A new article should appear within twenty-four hours of this posting.

A blessed Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to you all.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Peter, pray for us.

Saint John the Evangelist, pray for us.

Saint James the Greater, pray for us.

Pope Saint Sixtus, Saints Felicissimus and Agapitus, pray for us.

The conciliar Vatican has broken its silence about the sacriligeous display that took place during the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, on Saturday, July 27, 2024, Our Lady's Saturday and the Feast of Saint Panteleon (as well as the Feast of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, in some places).

The "communique" of the unholy see mentioned nothing about the honor and glory of God, referring only to "respect" for others, and the false "pontiff" himself continues to be silent about the sacrilege. 

This is a "big picture" commentary that reminds readers heretics such as Jorge Mario Bergoglio do not care for the honor and glory of God because they simply do not believe in the immutable God of Divine Revelation Who has revealed Himself exclusively to us through His Catholic Church.

There is a reflection on today's feast of Our Lady of the Snows near the end of this commentary.

Our Lady of the Snows, pray for us.

Today, Sunday, August 4, 2024, is the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost and the Commemorated Feast of Saint Dominic de Guzman, who had such great zeal for souls from his earliest days in seminary. As is well known, it was a conversation with an innkeeper in the Albigensian stronghold of Toulouse, France, changed the whole direction of his priesthood as he sought to win back souls from the darkness of an early forerunner of Calvinism, Albigensianism.

Our Lady, sent by her Divine Son out of the ineffable Mercy that He has in His Most Sacred Heart, which was formed out of her own Immaculate Heart, to bring back the lost sheep (and not to beat up on the sheep when their souls are sorely distressed) out of the new form of Manicheaism that had arisen in southern France, gave Saint Dominic her Most Holy Rosary to the be the weapon to crush the Albigensian heresy. Saint Dominic de Guzman used the weapon of Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary very well and taught others how to do so.

Every Catholic, of course, owes a great deal to Saint Dominic, who walked between southern France and Rome several times during his life--and who accompanied two of the first Dominicans, Saints Hyacinth and his brother, Saint Ceslaus, on the first leg of their trip in Italy back to Krakow before he, Saint Dominic, had to turn back.

Finally, as I have a bit of relapse of the illness that had laid me low two weeks ago, I was unable to complete my next original article, which focuses on the following statement issued by the conciliar Vatican about its "sadness" about the sacrilege at the Olyympics that took place eight days ago, that is, on Saturday, July 27, 2024:

The Holy See was saddened by certain scenes at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, and can only join the voices that have been raised in recent days to deplore the offence caused to many Christians and believers of other religions.

In a prestigious event where the whole world gathers around common values, there should be no allusions ridiculing the religious convictions of many people.

Freedom of expression, which of course is not in question, finds its limit in respect for others.

This weak excuse of a statement, coming a week after the travesty took place, contained not one word about the offense given to Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The plain truth of the matter is that the Vatican was shamed into making this weak statement by pressure brought on "Pope Francis" by the "Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republc of Iran," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Turkish President Recept Tayip Erdogan. Things are pretty bad when Mohammedans, who deny the Sacred Divinity of Our Blessed Lord and Jesus Christ but "revere" Him as a "prophet" (He is God, of course), issue powerful condemnations of a mockery of the Last Supper when the conciliar "pope" has to hide behind a weak statement that the Mohammedans forced Jorge Mario Bergoglio to authorize. I will have another commentary on this within the next day or so.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Dominic de Guzman, pray for us.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio never misses an opportunity to insidiously side with all that is sick and evil whenever there is the occasion arises to reaffirm that which is sick and evil after one or more of his “bishops” has called evil by its proper name.

Today is the Feast of the great Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, the Patron of Moral Theologians. It was over sixtten years ago now that I recorded each of the Sunday sermons of Saint Alphonsus for the "Save Thy Souls" section of Traditional Catholic Sermons.org. It was a very sobering experience as I recognized that Saint Alphonsus was speaking directly to me, condemning my sins and my tepidity.

Ouch.

He certainly gave me what for, and I am grateful that he did so.

This particular reflection was enlarged last year to include three complete sermons composed by Saint Alphonsus de Ligouori. Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists), was particularly emphatic in teaching us that we must avoid sins of human respect. That is, we can show no partiality or favoritism to those in power if they are doing things that put the temporal or, more important, the eternal welfare into jeopardy.

This applies to the likes of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who blasphemes God on a regular basis and considers it his duty in the name of "mercy" to enable hardened, unrepentant sinners in their lives that are leading to them eternal perdition, and to most of his "bishops," men who believe that the sheep are their enemies and that they can stonewall and intimidate the sheep into remaining silent about real and documented abuses of power and real and documented violations of the integrity of the Holy Faith:

"And when there is question of the divine honour, we should not be frightened by the dignity of the man who offends God; let us say to him openly: This is sinful; it cannot be done. Let us imitate the Baptist, who reproved King Herod for living his brother's wife and said to him: 'It is not lawful for thee to have her'--Matt., xiv. 4. Men indeed shall regard us as fools, and turn us into derision; but, on the day of judgment they shall acknowledge that they have been foolish, and we have shall have the glory of being numbered among the saints. They shall say: 'These are they whom we had some time in derision. . . . . We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour. Behold how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints'--Wis., v. 3, 4, 5. (Sixth Sunday After Easter: On Human Respect.)

Also of interest on this feast day might be Jorge Mario Bergoglio Blasphemes Saint Alphonsus de Liguori.

I will have a new commentary for you by tomorrow, Saturday, August 3, 2024, the Feast of the Finding of the Body of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr as I am just plain tuckered out from the recent spate of articles to continue working on the next commentary now. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, pray for us.

Pope Saint Stephen I, pray for us.

Two recent cases involving patients who suffered brain injuries have been in the news lately. This commentary reminds readers that no human being may be starved and dehydrated to death and that any form of euthanasia, no matter how disguised by euphemisms it may be, is forbidden as a direct, intentional violation of the Fifth Commandment.

I hope to have another original article for you in another day or so.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

The Holy Machabees, pray for us,

Ths is a short reflection on the Feast of Saint Peter's Chains and the Commemoration of the Holy Machabees.

It is not for nothing that Angelo Roncalli/John XXIII suppressed the Feast of Saint Peter's Chains sixty-four years ago as, whether he knew it or not, a way for the adverstary to hide the events recounted in the Lesson read at Holy Mass on this feast when it does not on a Sunday and thus not come to the realization that Roncalli himself had taken the papacy in chains so that the work of the new religion and its new church could commence.

Today, Tuesday, August 1, 2024, is also one of the two days in the liturgical year on which one can earn the Toties Quoties indulgence for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. This indulgence can be earned by entering into a Catholic church and then praying the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be prayers six times each for the needs of Holy Mother Church, especially for the restoration of a true pope on the Throne of Saint Peter, an intention for which we must pray fervently every day without fail. 

An original article will be published with a few moments of this posting.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Peter, pray for us.

Saint Paul, pray for us.

The Holy Machabees, pray for us. 

This commentary is about President in Name Only Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s., proposal to "reform" the Supreme Court of the United States of America in order to "save" "democracy." It is evidently the case that Biden, who had long opposed such "reforms," made a Faustian bargain with two members of "The Squad" to change course in exchange for their supporting his continued candidacy. Now. of course, he was forced to withdraw from his campaign for re-election but nevertheless felt compelled to annouce these "reforms," which are designed to place alal governmental power in the hands of the "left" in perpetuity.

Another commentary will follow in a day or two.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, S.J., pray for us.

Today is the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola was a valiant solder in the Army of Christ, a soldier who did battle with the very errors of Martin Luther that are the foundation of much of the counterfeit church of conciiarism and have been celebrated openly by that anti-Jesuit, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Saint Ignatius laid down his military armor in front of an image of Our Lady in the Benedictine monastery in Montserrat, Spain, on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1522, becoming a soldier in the army of Christ the King. Saint Ignatius of Loyola was always in the "company of Jesus," always seeking to advance the cause of the Holy Faith. Saint Ignatius of Loyola attracted men of character and determination of purpose right from the beginning, men who were serious about retarding the advances of the Protestant Revolution and seeking the conversion of pagans in far away lands.o

An original commentary will be published soon after the republication of this reflection.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. pray for us.