This commentary's title is self-explanatory about its content, which seeks, as always, to go to root causes rather than dwell inordinately on the dog and pony shows of the moment.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Pope Saint Melchiades, pray for us.

I AM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION." Those words, uttered by the Mother of God herself to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes, France, on March 25, 1858, was a Heavenly ratification of the solemn, infallible proclamation of the doctrine of her Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854, in the Bull Ineffabilis Deus.

"I AM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION."

Our Lady was conceived in the womb of her holy mother, Good Saint Anne, without any stain of Original or Actual Sin in anticipation of the merits that would be won by her Divine Son, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, on the wood of the Holy Cross. She, the Singular Vessel of Devotion, had the perfect integrity of Adam and Eve before their Fall from Grace in the Garden of Eden.

It is important, therefore, to get the doctrine of Original Sin right in order to understand the great miracle worked by God in the soul of the fairest flower of our race, Our Lady, from the very first moment of her Immaculate Conception. To get anything about the doctrine of Original Sin wrong leads to the efforts on the part of Modernists to deconstruct the doctrinal definitions of Original Sin and of the Immaculate Conception.

Alas, the Catholic Church, our Holy Mother on earth, our Mater and Magister, is as spotless as the Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary. Holy Mother Church does not deconstruct infallible dogmatic definitions. Holy Mother Church cannot do so, which is why we need to pray to Our Lady, she who is the Mediatrix of All Graces and our Immaculate Queen, to help us to make no concessions to the counterfeit church of conciliarism that has promulgated an abominable "liturgy" and whose officials feel feel to "reinterpret" dogmatic truths according to Modernist propositions that have been condemned by the authority of our spotless Mother on earth, Holy Mother Church.

Mindful of the effects of our own sins on our immortal souls and of our need to make reparation for them to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus through Our Lady's Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, may we make the Secret prayer for today's Holy Mass our own:

"Receive the saving Victim we offer to Thee, O Lord, on the solemn feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: and grant that, as we confess that by Thy prevenient grace she was kept free from every stain of sin; so, by her intercession, we may be delivered from all our offenses. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God."

A number of prayers from The Raccolta in honor of Our Lady's Immacualte Conception can be found in Appendix A. Appendix B contains material on the Immacualte Conception as found in The New English Edition of The Mystical City of God.

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

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

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

A blessed Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary to you all!

(An original commentary will be appear on Friday, December 9, 2022, or Saturday December 10, 2022.) 

An original article, Sin: More Deadly Than the Coronavirus, part nineteen, was published yesterday, Monday, December 5, 2022, the Feast of Saint Sabbas, and I hope to another new article by the end of the week.

For today, however, I offer the readers of this site a brief and revised reflection on two saints who opposed heresy, Saint Nicholas of Myra and Saint Ambrose of Milan. 

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Nicholas of Myra, pray for us.

Saint Ambrose of Milan, pray for us.

Herewith, patient, long-suffering readers, is part nineteen of "Sin: More Deadly than the Coronavirus."

This commentary details at length the causal link between the "vaccines" to prevent or mitigate the effects of a man-made virus that poses no mortal threat to anyone, especially not children, without preexisitng co-morbidities if treated properly with early intervention protocols developed by front-line physicians and the pletheora of sudden deaths. Incidents of myocarditis and other heart problems have skyrocketed with the launch of the mass vaccination campaign two years ago and sadly, so many people do not understand that it is the government, Big Pharma, and Big Tech that are disseminating genuine misinformation for profit and power, not those who oppose this diabolical agenda to subject us all to "cures" that are designed to eliminate those messy, "polluting" creatures called human beings, each of whom is made in the very image of likeness of the Most Holy Trinity.

Lots of information in this one, folks. I hope that you will give it a read sometime soon.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Peter Chrysologus, pray for  us.

Saint Barbara, pray for us.

Saint Sabbas, pray for us.

This article, which was substantially revised and enlarged reflection some years ago, on the life and the tireless apostolic work of the great Jesuit missionary and one the original members of Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s Company of Jesus, Saint Francis Xavier.

The title of the revised article reflects the disparaging term that Jorge Mario Bergoglio used to compare believing Catholics with modern-day faithful, believing Mohammedans who take the words of the blasphemous Koran seriously by committing acts of wanton murder against “infidels.” Saint Francis Xavier worked tirelessly for the conversion of those who belonged to false religions. Then again, he was a true Jesuit priest. Jorge Mario Bergoglio is a lay Jesuit revolutionary masquerading as a “pope," a man who expelled himself from the bosom of the Catholic Church in his youth as he mocked the Immemorial Mass of Tradition and taught to disparage Catholic doctrine as being in opposition to the Gospel of Christ the King.

A Novena in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which begins today and ends on December 11, 2022, can be found in the appendix to this reflection.

Work on part nineteen of "Sin: More Deadly Than the Coronavirus" is proceeding very nicely. However, I think that it may take another three full days of writing to complete. I promise, though, it will contain a lot of solid information as well my own poor efforts to place the incredible events of the moment in their proper supernatural perspective. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

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

Well, the medications I have been taking in the past few days have improved my health considerably. I have regained almost all my physical strength and got back to work in earnest immediately as day turned into night on Monday, November 28, 2022, the non-universal feast of Saint Catherine Laboure.

Although I am working on several other articles at this time, this one is a barn-burner concerning the so-called "Respect for Marriage Act" that has now received the support of twelve Senate Republicans on two test votes (November 16 and 28, 2022), meaning that this abomination will be passed later this week and sent to the desk of the First Grifter, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., for his signature later this week.

This article also deals with Jorge Mario Bergoglio's claim in yet another America agazine interview that to oppose the slaughter of the innocent preborn in the political realm is the work of "polarization," which he says is opposed to Catholicism. He is the one opposed to Catholicism. So is his false religious.

I will have another commentary much sooner than the time between which the most recent original commentary, Unable Even to Recognize That There is Nothing to Save from the Existing Ruins, two weeks ago and this one appeared. I was very sick. I am glad to be getting better. Deo gratias! Thank you for your prayers

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Andrew the Apostle, pray for us

Yesterday, November 27, 2022, was the First Sunday of Advent. The date of November 27 is also the one on which the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, although on the universal General Roman Calendar, can be celebrated if not otherwise impeded as was the case yesterday.

This is a republished reflection on the story of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal that was written originally in 2010 and revised substantially eight 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.

Although I am still sick, I made an attempt yesterday afternoon to continue work on the next article for this site. The attempt was short-lived as I fell asleep in a chair after typing for about thirty minutes. I am sorry. My spirit is very willing. However, it would appear that my body is still unwilling to cooperate. I will try again tomorrow. 

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, pray for us.

Saint Catherine Laboure, pray for  us.

This is a revised commentary about this holy season of Advent, which marks the beginning of a new ecclesiastical year that began with First Vespers for the First Sunday of Advent on Saturday evening, November 26, 2022. A new article will be published within thirty minutes of this posting.

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

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, pray for us.

This is a short reflection,about this day, the last day of the liturgical year on which the Feast of Saint Sylvester the Abbot and the Commemoration of Saint Peter of Alexandria occur. 

Another republished reflection will be posted within twenty-four hours.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Sylvester the Abbot, pray for us.

Saint Peter of Alexandria, pray for us.

This is a brief reflection for the feast day of Saint Catherine of Alexandria.