This commentary has been substantially expanded since its publication over fourteen hours ago now. I am publishing this commentary as revised and will also published the revised version on its own for those who have read it already.

I remain afflicted with the penitential condition from which I have suffered since June 27, 2026, and my recent visit to a gastroenterologist’s office was inconclusive to the point of being a waste of time as far as I am concerned. The first set of lab tests are waiting to be processed by Labcorp in Dublin, Ohio, and I am told that nothing can be done until cyclosporiasis is ruled in or out.

Thus, please understand that I am continuing with my work as circumstances permit and hope to have another commentary for you by tomorrow, the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, or on Saturday, August 1, 2026, the Feast of Saint Peter’s Chains and the Commemoration of the Holy Maccabees on the First Saturday in the month of August, the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Non-tax-deductible financial gifts are urgently needed now. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Abdon and Sennen, pray for us.

This commentary has been substantially expanded since its publication over fourteen hours ago now. I am publishing this commentary as revised and will also published the revised version on its own for those who have read it already.

I remain afflicted with the penitential condition from which I have suffered since June 27, 2026, and my recent visit to a gastroenterologist’s office was inconclusive to the point of being a waste of time as far as I am concerned. The first set of lab tests are waiting to be processed by Labcorp in Dublin, Ohio, and I am told that nothing can be done until cyclosporiasis is ruled in or out.

Thus, please understand that I am continuing with my work as circumstances permit and hope to have another commentary for you by tomorrow, the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, or on Saturday, August 1, 2026, the Feast of Saint Peter’s Chains and the Commemoration of the Holy Maccabees on the First Saturday in the month of August, the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Non-tax-deductible financial gifts are urgently needed now. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Abdon and Sennen, pray for us.

Will miracles never cease?

Yes, I have finally produced a new commentary for this website’s readership.

The title is self-explanatory.

Thank you for your patience.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Good Saint Anne, pray for us.

Saint Joachim, pray for us.

This is a brief reflection on the saint who is celebrated today, Saint James the Greater, and Saint Christopher, who is commemorated today, Saturday, July 25, 2026, and our Good Saint Anne, whose feast is celebrated tomorrow, Sunday, July 26, 2026. The Feasf of the Our Lady, Mother of Mercy is also commemorated in some places today as well, the Saturday before the last Sunday in July.

My next original article should appear later today or tomorrow, Thank you for your patience as I have been dealing with a problem for four weeks now that remains undiagnosed because a local hospital botched a specimen of mine when an employee did not follow the protocol to send the specimen to a large laboratory for analysis and, despite pleadings on my part, I won't be any to be examined by a gastroenterologist until Monday. Suffice it to say that both and sleep have been difficult during the past four weeks. Oh, I should also add that I have not eaten at Taco Bell for over forty years. That is all I can say unti a laboratory report comes back to me. Penance is better than ever in 2026!

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint James the Greater, pray for us.

Saint Christopher, pray for us. 

Saint Anne, pray for us.

I had the privilege in the Fall of 1984 of compiling a name index for an anthology of his articles that were published under the title of Women Priests and Other Fantasies, finding time for this while I was teaching three courses as an adjunct professor in the Department of Government and Politics at Saint John's University in Jamaica, Queens, New York.

The counterfeit church of conciliarism’s warfare against Catholic Faith, Worship, and Morals in now in a stage where fiends such Blase Cupich, the conciliar “archbishop” of Chicago, Illinois, having successfully cooperated with the late Jorge Mario Bergoglio and those of like mind in this country such as Joseph Tobin and Robert McElroy to normalize sodomy and other forms of deviant perversity, are now attempting to de-stigmatize the act of self-annihilation that is suicide:

This is a relatively brief relection about Saint Vincent de Paul, whose feast is commemorated today, the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2026.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.

Saint Louise de Marillac, pray for us.

Saint Catherine Laboure, pray for us.

Blessed Jean Gabriel Perboyre,pray for us.

President Donald John Trump was sold a bill of goods by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to the onset of the joint American Israeli aerial bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28, 2026. Trump bought Netanyahu’s pitch that a military strike on Iran’s top leadership would demoralize Iran’s military forces and provide the impetus for a popular rebellion.

Although I intend to work for another ninety minutes on my next original commentary in the hope that I can finish it by them, I am providing those who readers who might be interested with the late Mrs. Joanne McOsker's official biography as found at: Joanne McOsker Obituary Jul 15, 2026 - Douglas & Johnson Funeral Home.

Please continue to pray for the repose of the immortal soul of Joanne McOsker and for the consolation of her family at this time.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. 

May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Today's Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel represents what tremendous love that Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has for us by sending us His Most Blessed Mother to give us a sacramental by which we are clothed in the garment of her Brown Scapular, which serves as a particular protection at the moment of death if we have been faithful to all of the conditions of our enrollment.

Our Lord has permitted His Most Blessed Mother to give us so many aids to get home to Heaven--the Rosary, the Brown Scapular, the Miraculous Medal, the Green Scapular, devotion to her Immaculate Heart as part of her Fatima Message.

We must wear our Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel constantly as we bear witness as best we can that we have been given a loving Mother in Heaven who intercedes for us to live in such a way in this passing, mortal vale of tears that we will always be ready to die and have her pleading for us nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen."

Let us continue to pray for each other and for Holy Mother Church in this time of apostasy and betrayal as we shield ourselves in Our Lady's garment of the Mount Scapular and pray with fervor and devotion her Most Holy Rosary every day. I beg your prayers also for our daughter on the occasion of the eighteenth anniversary of her Confirmation at the hands of the late Bishop Daniel Dolan at Saint Gertrude the Great Church in West Chester, Ohio.

Given the duties of the day yesterday, I could not complete a few additional reflections on the extraordinary life of the late Mrs. Joanne McOsker, who received the Sacrament of Extreme Unction from Father Robert Letourneau before she died, for publication today. I will spend some on these reflections later today before returning to the insanity of Donald John Trump's war of choice that is being waged in complete contradiction of the promises he made on the campaign trail two years ago.

However, I will say for the moment that Vice President James David Vance is being very courageous by denouncing the Israelis for wanting to derail negoations in order the keep the war continuing indefinitely. This is very courageous of him to do so, and I will lead wtih this as I continue write and revise, revise and write part thirty-nine of my series on this whole mess.

Once again, thank you for your patience and please continue to pray the repose of the immortal soul of the late Mrs. Joanne McOsker and the consolation of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, living siblings, and many hundreds of friends.

A blessed Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to you all!

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

Saint Simon Stock, pray for us.