Patricia Pulliam

Wow Kentucky Derby winner Jose Ortiz breaks down in tears, saying he couldn’t wait to celebrate with his family, acknowledging his grandpa in heaven “I’m just blessed… I just wish my grandpa were here, but I know he’s looking down from heaven” Jose prays before every race 🙏

🚨 HOLY SMOKES: Rep. Tim Burchett just ripped the mask off Washington’s insider-trading machine. He says D.C. isn’t just a “swamp.” It’s a sewer where career politicians get rich while taxpayers get drained. And then he dropped the line that should make everyone stop: “Everybody wants to knock Pelosi; she’s not even in the TOP 10.” Read that again. If Pelosi isn’t even top 10… how deep does this go? Congress should not be a personal stock market for politicians. Ban congressional stock trading. Audit the worst offenders. Expose the whole sewer.

Following the DeVaux family has been a highlight of Twitter this week.

Golden Tempo’s yearling groom, Bryce Lee, has quite the reaction to seeing his boy win the Kentucky Derby. Golden Tempo is our 11th Kentucky Derby winner raised @claibornefarm in the last 100 years. Many thanks to a wonderful staff that takes great care of our horses!

A Christian, husband, and father of 3 The Kentucky Derby winner Jose Ortiz

An Avalanche is coming. Better scatter.

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of May is that everyone might have food. In a video released on X, the Holy Father asked the faithful: “What do you feel about 318 million people experiencing acute hunger every day?” “We need to act, but without prayer we will remain powerless,” he said. “This May, I invite you to join me in prayer that we may seriously commit to avoiding food waste and to ensuring that everyone has access to quality food every day.” In the full video shared on the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network website, Pope Leo recites an original prayer written specifically for this month’s prayer intention. Here is the pope’s full prayer: aciafrica.org/news/21547/thi…

🌹@KentuckyDerby winner Golden Tempo arriving back at @Keeneland this morning. @SalleeHorseVans

Jacksonville police officer Antonio Richardson prays for a young man who was standing on the edge of a bridge, ready to take his own life. Richardson conversed with and prayed for the man for 40 minutes. "When I got the call … I was just there to stop the traffic. And then a couple of other officers who knew my position as a pastor asked me to come over and talk with the guy," Richardson told Fox News. "I just felt within myself that God was going to spare his life, and he did." "I was praying. And God spared his life. And we connected. And as a result of that connection, he didn’t jump." Praise God.

Wow. Cherie DeVaux praises her husband after becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner. “I have to say an immense amount of gratitude to my husband, who stood behind me.” Marriage isn’t a “trap,” it’s the greatest force in the world. ❤️

This was so awesome.

BREAKING: Golden Tempo wins the Kentucky Derby after coming from dead last His rider, Jose Ortiz, is a devout Christian and shared this Bible verse before the race “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” Nothing is impossible with God. ✝️

A constituent from Venice recently brought an issue to our office that Catholic veterans are currently unable to have a crucifix on their headstone at VA cemeteries. So I led a letter to the VA urging this policy change and got 45 colleagues to sign in support! And now the House is already taking steps to direct the VA to make the change. Our veterans fought for this country. They should be laid to rest with the dignity and honor they so rightfully deserve, including the ability for Catholic veterans to have a crucifix on their headstone. Check out the letter: steube.house.gov/wp-content/upl…

Two adults, eight children, 22 miles, and one purpose — to grow closer to Jesus Christ through Mary, his mother. That about sums up what the Allex family from Barrington, Illinois, will be taking on during their 10th Walk to Mary on May 2 in Champion, Wisconsin. The Walk to Mary is an annual pilgrimage held on the first Saturday of May. The first walk took place in 2013 and over the years thousands of Catholics from around the world have participated. The 22-mile pilgrimage starts at the National Shrine of St. Joseph and ends at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, which is the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States, in which the Blessed Mother appeared to Adele Brise in 1859. For Kym Allex, a Catholic home schooling mother; her husband, Preston; and their eight children — ranging in age from 17 to 4 — the pilgrimage has become an annual tradition. The “Allex tribe” — as they’re referred to by their community — first participated in the Walk to Mary when the eldest child was only 8 years old. At the time, there were seven children in the family and they all took part in the two-mile version of the pilgrimage for their first several walks. The pilgrimage includes several “join in” points along the route that allow participants unable to walk the entire distance the ability to participate. “For that childrenʼs walk — the little two-miler — it was so great to have seven kids just tromping around, excited to walk for Mary,” Allex told EWTN News in an interview. She added: “It didnʼt seem like a very long walk to be able to have a 2-year-old in a backpack or my 5-year-old running as fast as he could because he wanted to catch up to Mary, which I donʼt think he ever did, but it was just a beautiful experience for our family for the first time and every year after.” After their first couple of years participating in the two-mile version of the walk, the Allexes began to expand on the length they completed. This year, for the first time, they plan to walk the entire 22-mile route. And it wasn’t mom and dad who made this decision — it was the two eldest children. “My 17-year-old daughter and my 16-year-old son came to my husband and [me] after last yearʼs 14-mile and they said, ‘Next year we have some big prayer intentions,’” she shared. “Theyʼre on the cusp of looking at colleges and figuring out where they want to go and where the Lord is calling them and so theyʼve stated, ‘Mom, Iʼm going to do the 22 miles if youʼre OK with it. Iʼd like for our whole family to join.’” The Allexes then sat down as a family to discern what God was calling them to do and what goals they needed to reach in order for everyone to feel comfortable doing the entire pilgrimage. With this in mind, the entire family has been preparing physically and spiritually for this event. “Even our little 4-year-old has been walking and biking in the neighborhood every day that she can to be able to get her sweet little legs ready for this beautiful opportunity,” Allex said. She added that it is her oldest children who want to make sure that taking part in the Walk to Mary is always a part of the family’s culture. “They take off of work, theyʼve told their sports coaches, ‘We wonʼt be able to go and do this race’ … because our family really wants to keep this part of our family tradition,” Allex said. “And itʼs great that itʼs my teenagers who are the ones that want to continue to pass this on. Thereʼs no fight because weʼve grown into this together.” Allex admitted that she was hesitant when her children first brought up the idea of doing the full pilgrimage. “I will tell you, this 22-miler makes me a little nervous and yet my kids are the ones who are like, ‘We can do this mom. Weʼve done 18 miles at Disney. So we can do 22 miles for Mary.’ Iʼm like, ‘That is such a beautiful thought, right? If I can do this for pleasure, I can surely do this for Mary, for my faith,’” she shared. When reflecting on how her familyʼs faith has been impacted by taking part in the Walk to Mary, Allex shared that it has reminded them that “the Blessed Mother is such an incredible spiritual mom for all of us.” She added: “Especially for me as a mom in this world today, I can get lost sometimes in the worry, the anxiety, the stress of life. And so to know that our Blessed Mother will wrap me like a swaddling blanket into her mantle and bring me to Jesus is so consoling.” “The fact that my kids have seen that I go to the Blessed Mother when Iʼm struggling and ask for her help to get closer to her son, then they see the humanness of their own mom and theyʼre like, ‘Wow, mom might not have it all together, but she knows someone who does and sheʼs going to lean in on that.’” The Catholic mother pointed out that the pilgrimage has also taught her children how to pray for others. She recalled an instance when one of her sons went up to a man during the walk and asked him if he had an intention he could lift in prayer for him. The man was from Brazil and was walking the pilgrimage asking for healing for his wife. “My hope is that they feel inspired to be those missionary disciples … and that theyʼre cultivating hearts of missionary discipleship — walking with people, being inspired to go and pray with people,” she said. Allex added that each member of the family has a prayer journal and the children have already been “collecting peopleʼs prayers and theyʼve already been wrapping them in our nightly rosary that we do every night.” When the Blessed Mother appeared to Brise in the woods of Champion, Wisconsin, one of the messages she gave the young woman was to “gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation.” This is something that has deeply impacted Allex’s faith and a message she carries daily in her vocation of motherhood. “Iʼve memorized it [the message] because that right there, that is the role for us as parents,” Allex said. “I think every one of our homes can feel like a wild country, you walk in and … for me sometimes it feels that way. It feels like a wild country. But if I can continue to gather my kids and teach them what they should know — I might not be preparing them for Harvard. Iʼm going to prepare them for heaven.” Summarizing her experiences taking part in the Walk to Mary and how it has impacted the entire family, Allex concluded that “this walk truly is this pilgrimage of graces.” ewtnnews.com/world/us/22-mi…

A record number of pilgrims are set to participate in the annual “Walk to Mary,” a 22-mile pilgrimage at the only Marian apparition site in the United States. Don Warden and Tyler Jedwabny, who are part of organizing the “Walk to Mary,” share more about the pilgrimage.

FOSTERING THE FUTURE May is National Foster Care Month To the families, educators, leaders, and advocates dedicated to securing a better future for America’s Foster Youth - I see you and thank you. America’s foster youth are not defined by their circumstances—they are defined by their potential.

Prestigious doctor leaves a crowded room stunned after asking pro-abortion politicians: "If abortion is healthcare, my question is: what disease are you treating?"

I hope you will join Christians from all across the country and be a part of “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Praise, Prayer, & Thanksgiving” May 17 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. There’s nothing our nation needs more on the 250th anniversary of our founding than Almighty God!  Find out more at Rededicate250.org. @Freedom250

“While we may have big problems with illegal immigration in this country. I have to tell you, we have an even bigger problem when it comes to the systemic indoctrination and radicalization of our own citizens.”