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11/24/2025

𝐀𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚!
𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬
𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲

𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔, 𝑹𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆; 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.
𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖; 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒔, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖. 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.
𝑩𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑶 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖; 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓.
𝑩𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒇, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒅.
𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝑶 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎; 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒚: 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏; 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏.

11/24/2025

Happy Solemnity of Christ the King!

Art: Ambrosius Benson, Salvator Mundi (1520-1550)

10/14/2025

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10/13/2025

08/24/2025

Yes!

-CJ

07/28/2025

The 9th Circuit ruled that Oregon can't block parents from adopting children because they reject gender ideology propaganda efforts.