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"you need a degree to build a house" Men without degrees 500 years ago:

This picture of our Lady was drawn by a mystic in Italy. Her hand was guided by Our Lady. There is a special blessing given each day to the person who carries it and another blessing given each time one looks at it with love. Important Note: The Church distinguishes between public revelation (Scripture and Apostolic Tradition, which all Catholics are bound to believe) and private revelations or devotional claims. Even when a private devotion is popular, Catholics are not required to believe claims attached to it unless the Church formally approves them. This is a devotional image that has circulated among Catholics for many years with claims that a mystic in Italy drew it under Our Lady’s inspiration.

@RaymondArroyo BTW he did the “Our Father” in Latin as was his blessing. 😊

@RaymondArroyo I was there and our God is an Awesome God. It was a sign that is personal and I won’t go into Miracles happen Raymond. We worship a living God

Is Dancing Queen an appropriate song for a General Papal Audience? Thoughts? (Lord, help me to hold my tongue…)

@SecRubio heard you are coming to Rome. Prayers for a successful visit as we are here too.

What do you think?

UNFUCKINGREAL! Spirit tried to merge with JetBlue to stay alive. Biden’s DOJ sued to kill it in 2024. Now Spirit is belly-up, axing 17,000 jobs and leftists are blaming Trump and the Iran conflict instead. You literally can’t make this shit up. 😂

@Zabayar Or it could be God freeing your people

Luego de que Irán destruyera decenas de radares de EEUU e Israel en la región, en Irán llueve y llueve. En décadas no llovía tanto. La guerra climática contra Irán según alertaba el ex presidente de Irán Ahmadinayad resultó cierta.

Every parent’s worst fear... 😭 youtube.com/shorts/DQIHv0S… via @YouTube

@MattGaspers @TaylorRMarshall I wonder how the 42,000 feel about this who died in Iran in the last 2 months from the regime

JUST WAR THEORY: DOES IRAN WAR QUALIFY AS JUST? Yours truly: “I don’t agree with everything Pope Leo says — I’ve been very critical — but he is right about this war.” @TaylorRMarshall explains Just War Theory as found in his book, Christian Patriot (2025): store.taylormarshall.com/products/chris… Full show here: youtube.com/watch?v=0xk1E5…

Awesome

42,000 dead. They did not die for a nuclear deal. They did not die fr the Strait of Hormuz. They died to win freedom from the monstrous Islamic Republic. #PrinceRezaPhalavi

God Bless her! She will be in Heaven

𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇’𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘🇻🇦 When a Catholic is near death, the Church does not leave him alone. She surrounds him with prayer, the Sacraments, and one final, powerful gift: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐍. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧? The Apostolic Pardon (also called the Apostolic Blessing at the hour of death) is a special grace given by a priest, usually during the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Through it, the Church grants a plenary indulgence at the moment of death. That means: • The complete remission of all temporal punishment due to sin • The soul, if properly disposed, is freed from the need for purification in Purgatory It is one of the most beautiful expressions of the Church’s mercy: to prepare the soul to meet God fully purified. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲? The priest prays with the authority entrusted by Christ to the Church: “𝘽𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙚, 𝙄 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩.” This is not his personal prayer. It is the voice of the Church herself, acting with the authority of Christ. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭? At the moment of death, the soul stands on the threshold of eternity. Even forgiven sins can leave behind temporal consequences, what the Church calls temporal punishment. This is what is ordinarily purified in Purgatory. The Apostolic Pardon: • Removes this entirely, if the person is rightly disposed • Strengthens the soul with peace and confidence • Helps the person die in hope, not fear It is the Church saying to her child: “Go to the Lord, cleansed and ready.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲: 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 One of the most important acts of love you can do for a dying Catholic is this: Call a priest immediately. Do not wait until the last breath. Do not assume there is still time. The Apostolic Pardon is not automatic. It is given through the ministry of the priest, and it must be requested or at least made possible by calling him. A priest can bring: • Confession (if the person is able) • Anointing of the Sick • Holy Communion (Viaticum) • And the Apostolic Pardon To delay calling a priest is to risk depriving your loved one of these final graces. This is not about fear. It is about love, responsibility, and faith. If you truly love the person, you will not hesitate. You will act. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 The Apostolic Pardon flows from the authority given by Christ to His Church: • In Gospel of Matthew 16:19, Jesus gives Peter the keys: “Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven…” • In Gospel of John 20:23, He entrusts the forgiveness of sins to the Apostles. From this authority comes the Church’s power to grant indulgences, applying the merits of Christ and the saints. The Church teaches this clearly in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1471–1479): • An indulgence is the remission of temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven • ł mmm c Pardon reveals something profound: The Church is not only concerned with how we live, but with how we die. And in that final moment, your role matters too. Do not wait. Call a priest. Ask for the Apostolic Pardon. Because love does not delay when eternity is at stake.