𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶

@Globe32048 So fake. You should mislead readers into thinking it really looks like this. It doesn’t! It’s also a considerable drive for many only to be disappointed. There is no Superbloom 2026.

Superbloom Wildflowers Carrizo Plain National Monument California, USA 🇺🇲

Who can imagine such hell on earth? Consider praying a rosary or having a mass offered for Leah and her family. “Knowing that there are others around the world that have not forgotten her daughter, that have not forgotten over this period of eight years, that her daughter has likely experienced a hell on earth, and to know that there are others who remember and that are continuing to lift [her] up in prayer, there is just such incredible encouragement.”

@elonmusk Try living in Santa Barbara; dogs rule, everywhere!

This has been going on for a long time

@CaitlinPacific Caitlin let me know if you want my never fail delish pea soup, easy-peasy recipe. I make it often. It takes about 7 minutes to put together. Truth be told, I never liked Andersen’s pea soup-too thick.

“A tragedy in a world of tragedies” A friend talking to me about the closing of Pea Soup Anderson’s in Buellton 100%

"He brought the long line of patriarchs and prophets to its fulfillment, holding in his arms the very promise God had given them."— St. Bernardine of Siena St. Bernardine compresses the whole sweep of salvation history into Joseph’s quiet, hidden vocation. In Joseph, the patriarchs’ longing becomes touchable; the prophets’ hope becomes a Child he can carry. It’s one of the most beautiful theological summaries of Joseph’s place in the economy of salvation. Happy St. Joseph's Day!

"With the exception of our Loving Mother, Saint Joseph stands above all the Saints." -- 𝑺𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑲𝒐𝒍𝒃𝒆

One of our greatest saints, obtained by simple obedience, humility, and silence. St. Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary, earthly father of Jesus, pray for us. Today, St. Joseph’s Day, is a solemnity (consider going to Mass).

It’s amazing it took a YouTuber to discover all this California fraud. No professional journalists or even DOGE figured this out. Also, since there has been HUGE spike in autism, one wonders if these fake care facilities are responsible for this “spike” in reported autism.

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity St. Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Guardian of the Redeemer, and Patron of the Universal Church. St. Joseph was an ordinary manual laborer although descended from the royal house of David. In the designs of Providence he was destined to become the spouse of the Mother of God. His high privilege is expressed in a single phrase, "Foster-father of Jesus." About him Sacred Scripture has little more to say than that he was a just man—an expression which indicates how faithfully he fulfilled his high trust of protecting and guarding God's greatest treasures upon earth, Jesus and Mary. The darkest hours of his life may well have been those when he first learned of Mary's pregnancy; but precisely in this time of trial Joseph showed himself great. His suffering, which likewise formed a part of the work of the redemption, was not without great providential import: Joseph was to be, for all times, the trustworthy witness of the Messiah's virgin birth. After this, he modestly retires into the background of holy Scripture. Of St. Joseph's death the Bible tells us nothing. There are indications, however, that he died before the beginning of Christ's public life. His was the most beautiful death that one could have, in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Humbly and unknown, he passed his years at Nazareth, silent and almost forgotten he remained in the background through centuries of Church history. Only in more recent times has he been accorded greater honor. Liturgical veneration of St. Joseph began in the fifteenth century, fostered by Sts. Brigid of Sweden and Bernadine of Siena. St. Teresa, too, did much to further his cult. At present there are two major feasts in his honor. On March 19 our veneration is directed to him personally and to his part in the work of redemption, while on May 1 we honor him as the patron of workmen throughout the world and as our guide in the difficult matter of establishing equitable norms regarding obligations and rights in the social order. (Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch)

𝗣𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗨𝗭 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo — a man who spent years in the room where these decisions are made — just said something that deserves to be heard clearly: the Strait of Hormuz hasn't truly been open for thirty years. Iran has been holding it over the world's head for decades — using the threat of closure as a permanent economic weapon against every nation that depends on Gulf oil. That's a fifth of the world's energy supply held hostage by a terrorist regime. That ends now. Not temporarily. Not for a few weeks until the next crisis. 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. The military is doing the preparation — clearing the mine-laying capability, degrading the missile systems that threaten commercial shipping, building the conditions for a sustained reopening rather than a temporary one. Think weeks, not days. It's conditions-based, not calendar-based. But Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs are doing the work, and the goal isn't a press release — it's permanent structural change to the threat environment. Think about what that means economically. Every risk premium baked into global energy prices for the last fifty years has included an "Iran factor" — the cost of doing business in a world where one murderous theocracy could choke off global oil supply on a whim. That premium affects every airline ticket, every grocery delivery, every manufacturing cost on the planet. Removing it isn't just a military victory. It's an economic one felt by every person on earth who heats a home or fills a tank. Seven presidents promised Iran would never get a nuclear weapon. None of them dealt with the underlying regime. Trump isn't just hitting the nuclear program — he's removing the hand on the spigot entirely. This is what the media is calling a stalemate.

wow

California schools are selling diplomas to kids in China so they could get into top US Universities California might be the most corrupt state in the country

Israel has closed the church of the holy sepulchre forbidding holy week and Easter Masses.

Here it is: Joe Rogan goes into a state of shock: “The Social Security number in the United States is used as a de facto national ID number—to get paid and to vote.” Elon Musk exposes the real reason Democrats never removed the dead from the Social Security rolls: those identities were being used to send fraudulent payments to illegal aliens. Eliminating those names would cut off payments across every other benefit programs they’re funneling to illegal aliens. @elonmusk “What they forgot to mention is they're getting fraudulent payments from every other government program. And that's why the Dems were so opposed to turning off, to declaring someone dead who was dead, because it would stop all the other fraud from happening.” “Widespread fraud — hundreds of billions of dollars — it's mind-blowing” —————— Illegal aliens were issued Social Security numbers by the Biden–Harris terrorist administration. • 270,425 in 2021 • 590,193 in 2022 • 964,163 in 2023 • 2,095,247 in 2024 — on their way out the door 📝 And by the way — yes, they’re also linking ballots to the dead. If you were around in 2020, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

I’m so thankful to have St. Patrick as my patron saint.

The "snakes" of #StPatrick patheos.com/blogs/standing… #StPatricksDay

St Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, you banished every serpent from this Emerald Isle, while simultaneously driving paganism straight into retirement !! Protect us once more 🇮🇪☘️🕊️

What St. Padre Pio Actually Saw When He Looked Into Heaven?🇻🇦🕊️ Did you know that we actually possess exact, verified records of St. Padre Pio visions & reflections on Heaven! Because he was bound by the vow of obedience, his spiritual directors (Father Agostino and Father Benedetto) ordered him to write down all of his mystical experiences. Through his preserved letters in his Epistolary, we can read exactly how he described Paradise in his very own words. ✨ The Nightly Lifting of the Veil Padre Pio frequently experienced visions of Heaven right as he was falling asleep. In a profoundly beautiful letter written to Father Agostino in October 1912, he described how the barrier between Earth & Heaven would literally vanish: "At night, when I close my eyes, the veil is removed & Paradise opens in front of me; & gladdened by this vision I sleep with a smile of sweet beatitude on my lips, & in a perfect calm I wait for the little companion of my infancy [his guardian angel] to wake me up." 🧠 It Cannot Be Understood by the Human Mind Whenever spiritual children & fellow friars pressed him for specific visual details about the geography of Heaven, Padre Pio insisted that the human brain simply lacks the capacity to process it. He taught that earthly wonders are only the faintest shadows of heavenly reality. He said: "Heaven is total joy, continuous joy. We will be constantly thanking God. It is useless to try to figure out exactly what Heaven is like, because we can't understand it. But when the veil of this life is taken off, we will understand things in a different way." 🌸 The Seasons of Heaven Even though he said human words fail to describe the visual reality of Heaven, he once offered a stunning metaphor to explain its perfection. He compared it to an eternal cycle of the absolute best earthly seasons: "In Heaven, everything will be spring as far as beauty is concerned, autumn as far as enjoyment is concerned, summer as far as love is concerned. There will be no winter; but here on earth winter is necessary to exercise self denial & a thousand other little but beautiful virtues." ☀️ A Realm of Blinding, Growing Light Rather than physical mansions or landscapes, Padre Pio described Heaven primarily as an encounter with uncreated light. For him, Heaven looked like the overwhelming radiance of God, which he perceived even while still living on Earth: "As the days pass, I see ever more clearly the greatness of God, and in this light, which grows brighter and brighter, my soul burns with the desire to be united to Him by indissoluble bonds." 🕊️ Visions of Souls Entering Paradise Padre Pio did not just see the environment of Heaven. He frequently saw the specific souls who resided there. He had an intimate knowledge of the afterlife & often comforted grieving families by confirming their loved ones had reached Paradise. For example, on October 9, 1958, the very day Pope Pius XII died, Padre Pio told a fellow friar with absolute certainty: "Pius XII is in heaven. I saw him during Mass." He also frequently saw the souls of the dead. He once told a friar that more souls of the dead from Purgatory than of the living climb his mountain to attend his Masses and seek his prayers. He noted that he often spoke to souls who stopped to thank him for his prayers on their direct way up to Paradise! ⚔️ Earth is a Battlefield, Heaven is the Homeland Because Padre Pio was allowed to see the staggering beauty of Paradise, he viewed Earth strictly as a temporary testing ground. He constantly reminded his spiritual children to keep their eyes fixed upward: "Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that here on earth we are on a battlefield & that in paradise we shall receive the crown of victory...we are now in a land of exile while our true homeland is Heaven to which we must continually aspire."

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@VictorLegg Then you obviously know nothing about the Catholic Mass. Everything circled in red changes significantly from Mass to Mass:

The Mass is SO MUCH more than Pastor Bill’s Bible study. And the Traditional Catholic missal has FULL readings from both the Old & New Testaments for EVERY MASS, read in their entirety—not cherry-picked. But if you want to see the Bible in a Catholic Mass, try paying attention: