Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church: “We elect this man because he has not his equal for learning in the Church of God.”

Today is the Feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine, and the 107th anniversary of the first appearance of the Blessed Virgin to the seers at Fatima.

– May 13, 1917. When asked by the children who she was and where she came from, the lady said she was “from heaven” and that she would reveal her identity later. She asked the children to come back to the Cova da Iria on the 13th day of the month for the next six months, and she asked them to pray the rosary every day “in order to obtain peace for the world” and the end of World War I.

Saint Robert Bellarmine battled against the Protestant Revolt of the 16th Century. His rebukes of the heretics through sermons and catechisms earned him the title Doctor of the Church.

When the great Italian Jesuit, Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), was made a cardinal, Pope Clement VIII said of him: “We elect this man because he has not his equal for learning in the Church of God.” Untiring in his powerful opposition to the Protestant enemies of the Church, St. Robert wrote masterpieces of apologetic literature, as well as two famous catechisms. He also won souls through his sermons and lectures, but above all through his ardent prayer and the example of his holy life.
 
COLLECT
“O God, You fortified Your blessed bishop and doctor Robert with remarkable learning and courage to expose the dangers of error and defend the rights of the Holy See. May we grow in love of truth, and may they who have been led astray by falsehood come back to the unity of Your Church through the intercession of Your saint.”
 
Woe to the Prelates of today, with the truth of an obvious antipapacy set before them, yet shunning “may we grow in love of truth,” instead preferring silence and error as souls are led to Perdition. Consider thy Particular Judgment, Cardinals of the Church, your salvation might just depend on it.
 

https://tridentine-mass.blogspot.com/

Brilliant takedown of lurid credentialism and the utter absurdity that results from getting the base premise wrong

(Whooo boy. Here is “Harvey Millican” laying down simple truths, as sometimes us unlettered laynothings have to do, because those tasked with the heavy lifting are crippled in their sloth and effeminacy. Cross-posted with permission. A Mothers Day gift y’all are sure to enjoy. -nvp)

Take Note, Dr. K…

By Harvey Millican

Ladies and gentlemen, this:

…is St. Catherine of Siena.

St. Catherine held no degrees. She spoke boldly to cardinals and to the pope. She proclaimed an unpopular truth in the midst of a political and ecclesiastical firestorm. She was, of course, totally right.

She is a Doctor of the Church.

Recently, Peter Kwasniewski posted something to a social media page (brought to my attention by my sister since I’m not on any of that) stating that he had received much interest from people wishing to add their signatures to a petition that he and others have begun circulating. The petition or letter or whatever it is relies on the false-base premise that Jorge Bergoglio is now or ever was the Roman Pontiff.

What is laughable is that Dr. K. states in his post that only “credentialed” individuals (and even then only those whom he will thoroughly vet) need apply to sign the document. So only those chosen elites in the “club” are smart enough to make this kind of a call…

And that document…

The amount of mental gymnastics one has to perform in order to fail to see the obvious (he’s an antipope usurper) and then bend over backwards so far as to reach the conclusion that he’s a pope but a heretic; and that laymen can force his resignation leads to a medical condition known as Colo-cranial Syndrome. This is a malady wherein one’s head is literally up one’s ass.

But should I expect anything more from someone who places such a high value on a piece of paper hanging on his wall? As a very wise man once told me, “Rectal thermometers also have lots of degrees on them and we know where they end up.”

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!

Nurse Claire sends: Distractions Abound

Posted on  by Nurse Claire

While you were looking at this…

and this

and this

The WHO was putting its finishing touches on a treaty for global health that member states will vote on at the end of this month.

https://apps.who.int/gb/inb/pdf_files/inb9/A_inb9_3-en.pdf

Notice very few, if any, mainstream media outlets are talking about this. They spent the winter distracting you with Taylor Swift’s boyfriend (who really cares?), running a giant psy op with the Hamas vs Israel narrative, and now wall-to-wall coverage of the Trump scandal involving a porn star.

But this WHO treaty is the biggest news story of the year. Why? Because the treaty on global pandemic responsiveness will affect literally every square inch of the globe, and remove all national sovereignty from member states. Remember when Sweden refused to lock down? And when parts of the U.S. remained relatively free? That’ll all get the kabosh when this treaty is ratified.

With the declaration of a global health emergency, literally ANYTHING that the WHO deems a threat, the World Health Organization will have the power to override any local government response. You can be locked down and force-vaccinated under this treaty. This is the end game for totalitarianism; the communists aren’t just coming – they’re already here.

In March 2024, the WHO launched its climate toolkit for physicians and healthcare providers – essentially what amounts to talking points that attempt to convince doctors that “climate change” is a public health crisis that they must address.

https://www.who.int/news/item/22-03-2024-who-launches-new-toolkit-empowering-health-professionals-to-tackle-climate-change#

Environmentalism and public health have now joined forces to enforce worldwide communism. And if you’ve been paying attention, this should come as no surprise.

Arise, O Lord, and let Thy Enemies be scattered. Let those that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face. Show us Thy Face, O Lord and we shall be saved.

Carrington-Class sunspot 15x larger than earth ejects massive pulse of flares

By Li Cohen / CBS News

A severe G4 geomagnetic storm could emerge on Friday, triggering a watch for a storm of this magnitude from NOAA officials for the first time in nearly 20 years. The watch comes after days of solar activity that seemingly sent several explosions of plasma and magnetic fields toward Earth.G4s are the second-strongest form of geomagnetic storms and are known to potentially cause widespread voltage control problems. According to NOAA, they can also cause some protective systems to “trip out key assets from the grid,” as well as orientation issues for spacecraft. Aurora borealis, otherwise known as the northern lights, could be seen as far south as Alabama…

Map shows the aurora borealis (northern lights) forecast for May 10-12, 2024.

“If geomagnetic storms were hurricanes, ‘severe’ would be category 4,” SpaceWeather.com says.

In a press release on Thursday, NOAA said the most recent series of solar events started on May 8, when a large cluster of sunspots produced “several moderate to strong solar flares.” Solar flares are bursts of radiation known to be the solar system’s largest explosive events, according to NASA. The area where the recent flares occurred is 16 times the diameter of Earth, NOAA said, and more solar activity is expected.

That sunspot is so big you may be able to see it with your own eyes – with your solar eclipse glasses. The spot is known as AR3664. According to Space.com, it measures about 124,000 miles across and is one of the “largest and most active sunspots seen this solar cycle.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There has also been a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields that come out of the sun’s corona, the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere. At least five CMEs appear directed toward Earth and could arrive as early as midday on Friday and persist through Sunday, the agency said.

“This is an unusual event,” NOAA said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-issued-unusual-solar-event/

“We are made and destined for a higher, larger, and nobler life than the present, of which the Ascension forcibly reminds us.”

“It is idle to speak of the expediency of the Ascension or, indeed, of the supernatural at all to such as these; nor do I, except by way of warning. We live in an age of no belief, or half belief, or make belief. But the truth, ” The word of the Lord endureth forever,” and our attitude towards it, can make no difference. God is still in the world, behind its forces, and guiding and controlling them, even though men neither see nor believe in Him. Men and women are still His creatures, the works of His hands–adorned with grace and destined for glory. We are on earth, it is true, but our eyes and heads, aye, and hearts too, point to the skies. No sophist, nor school of sophists, with all their arts of style and argument, have ever yet persuaded mankind at large that life ends at the grave, and that the happiness we crave and strive for and can never reach on earth is an empty dream, never to be realized. No! God made nothing in vain. We are made and destined for a higher, larger, and nobler life than the present, of which the Ascension forcibly reminds us. It reminds us, too, of the life of grace, the life of true, pure holiness over and above mere natural rectitude, a necessary precedent to the life of glory; and which our Lord, by withdrawing Himself visibly, enables us, if we will, to live.

“Let us therefore lift up our hearts to heaven where Christ has gone “to prepare a place for us.” We have not seen Him ascend; but we know by faith He is there. He is the head of the mystic body of which we are members, and limbs should join the head. “Ubi caput praecessit ibi spes vocatur et corporis.” Be faithful, then, to grace, lead a life not of pleasure, but of duty. Peace is only found where God placed it–in a dutiful, self-denying life. ” Therefore,” in the words of St. Paul, “if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God: Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth. . . . When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory” (Col.iii. 1,2,4).”

https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2024/05/ascension-thursday-2/

100% of J6 Defendants Have Been Convicted by Jury at Trial… DOJ Arrests Now Running Double the Rate of 2023 and 2022

By Joseph M. Hanneman

Nearly 1,425 people have been arrested on Jan. 6 charges, with 2024 arrests running at almost double the rate from 2023 and 2022, the DOJ reported in its monthly update.

Jan. 6 is the largest, most sweeping investigation in FBI history—one that DOJ leaders have pledged will continue unabated. The DOJ has until Jan. 6, 2026, to charge individuals before the statute of limitations expires.

Every defendant who opted for a jury trial has been found guilty of at least some of the charges lodged against them. Only three defendants have been acquitted of all charges. Those cases involved bench trials.

The rate of arrests picked up during the last quarter of 2023 and has continued through four months of 2024.

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