The Church is precise here. A plenary indulgence on Divine Mercy Sunday requires the usual conditions of confession, Communion, prayer for the Holy Father, and complete detachment from sin. In addition, one must either participate in Divine Mercy devotions or, before the Blessed Sacrament, pray the Our Father and the Creed and add a prayer of trust in Jesus. Other devotions often associated with this day are good and fruitful, but they are not required for the indulgence itself.
Hegseth: Trump 'chose mercy' on Iran By Ryan King Secretary of War Pete Hegseth underscored how the US could've taken far more brutal action against Iran, but President Trump opted for mercy instead. "They couldn't defend against it. President Trump had the power to cripple Iran's entire economy in minutes," Hegseth said, referring to energy and bridge infrastructure in Iran. "But he chose mercy." "He spared those targets because Iran accepted the cease-fire under overwhelming pressure. The new Iranian regime understood that a deal was far better than the fate that awaited them." Trump tells The Post in-person Iran talks will happen ‘very soon' — but reveals why JD Vance might not attend By Steven Nelson WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he expects peace talks with Iran to happen in Pakistan “very soon” following the Tuesday cease-fire deal — but that Vice President JD Vance may not attend due to security concerns. Anadolu via Getty Images Pakistan has proposed a …
Trump’s F-bomb post was appalling and offensive, and that was what he intended. But why? Why be ugly on purpose? Like everything Trump tweets, it was for a reason. Even the Times’s TDS-inflicted experts agree that Iran cannot win militarily. It’s just a matter of time. So the only way Iran can ‘win’ is politically. Iran’s strategy is to wait out Trump’s approval rating. That’s their whole plan. They plan to hold out until Trump’s own supporters make him stop. Treasonous corporate media is enthusiastically helping Iran. Trump’s offensive tweet was meant to convey one simple message to the mullahs: I don’t care about the politics. I’m moving forward anyway. Don’t test me.
Let’s walk through the amazing timeline. In May, 2025, Trump barnstormed the Middle East on a whirlwind 4-day tour, making economic deals, investment pledges, and bilateral agreements. In January, 2026, President Trump launched his Board of Peace with a $1 billion buy-in for extended membership. Notice who joined: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco and others; making 25+ countries total. Now notice who did not join: Iran. (“Allies” like UK, France, and Canada all dragged their feet.) The US pledged $10 billion to run it, with $1.25 billion already transferred from the State Department. The money is managed by private US interests (rumored to be managed by Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners). In other words, it’s not managed by the UN, the IMF, or the World Bank. Or by the Middle Eastern countries. Here’s what all this means: long before Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, he stitched up all of Iran’s neighbors, entangling …More
It’s always interesting to see how silent certain people get when good news breaks, yet they’re lightning-quick to point out any bad news. Their TDS has consumed them to the point of insanity. They’d rather see the world burn than admit Trump did something good.
President Trump just speed-ran a major war. As far as I can tell, the time from launch to first cease-fire is a modern record. After a dramatic weekend buildup wherein the President set a dramatic 8pmdeadline, threatened to “wipe out” Iran’s civilization standing next to a rabbit mascot, dropped an F-bomb, and after B-52s were launched and on their way, Iran came to the table at the last minute. The Wall Street Journal reported, “Iran War News Live Updates: Trump Agrees to Two-Week Cease-Fire With Iran if Hormuz Re-Opened.”
St. Catherine of Sweden* ~~~ 'If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire. Let the Truth be your delight...proclaim it...but with a certain congeniality' * Attributed to St. Catherine of Siena
What did pre-1955 Holy Week look like? I know Holy Week just ended, so this post is already a bit late, but let me share with you another version of Holy Week celebrations before the 1955 Holy Week reforms. In this post I’m going to walk you through what a pre-1955 Holy Week looked like, based directly on this 1939 schedule from Westminster Cathedral in London, and honestly once you see it laid out like this, you realize just how different things were compared to what we’re used to today. When I say pre-1955, I mean how Holy Week was celebrated before the major reforms of 1955 that completely reshaped the liturgies. So if you’re a Catholic attending the Traditional Latin Mass today, whether that’s FSSP, ICKSP, SSPX, or diocesan, the format you’re experiencing comes from the 1962 Roman Missal, and that already reflects changes. What we’re looking at here is older, and it has a totally different rhythm. PALM SUNDAY/ HOLY TUESDAY/HOLY WEDNESDAY Starting with Palm Sunday, yes, we already …More
[St. Anthony of Padua XII-XIII Century AD; Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal/Padua, Holy Roman Empire; (aged 35); powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick; canonized less than a year after his death; Doctor of the Church] 9 ~ St. Saint Anthony Consoler of persecuted Women St. Anthony always took a great interest in women in- distress, or persecuted, and they therefore look on him as their special protector. Among those who, owing to the sanctity of the Franciscans, held them in great veneration and aided them in their daily wants, was a lady who suffered much from a jealous and irritable husband. One evening, after finishing some work and making some purchases for the Brothers, finding it too late to take them to the monastery that night, she took them home with her. This so greatly roused the anger and jealousy of her husband that, not content with loading her with reproaches, he pulled almost all her hair off her head. The poor …More
I had the distinct pleasure in 2024 hearing: The keynote speaker at the 38th Annual Joint Service Academy Military Ball (also called the Joint Service Academy Military Ball for the Texas Gulf Coast) in 2024 was NASA astronaut Victor J. Glover. Event Details Date: December 26, 2024 (held annually on this date) Location: Moody Gardens Conference Center, Galveston, Texas Schedule highlights: Dinner at 7:00 PM; Glover spoke at 8:00 PM, followed by dancing at 9:00 PM Audience: Cadets, midshipmen, and attendees from U.S. service academies (West Point, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, etc.), with a focus on the Texas Gulf Coast region This matches the event you attended. Victor Glover (U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut) was explicitly listed as the speaker on the official event page hosted by myUSNA.com.46 Glover is the same Black astronaut who later became the pilot of NASA’s Artemis II mission (the first crewed Artemis flight, which orbited the Moon in 2026). He was already a prominent …More
So shocking how they persecuted this man who exposed Planned Parenthood and their sales of body parts, and continued to support Planned. Also what courage from David Dalleiden.