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@UcheMaryOkoli I truly enjoy your posts. Thank you. 🙏🏻

✝️ THE EPICLESIS: THE MOMENT HEAVEN TOUCHES THE ALTAR The Eucharistic Prayer begins. The priest speaks. The Church listens. Then comes a sacred moment. The priest stretches his hands over the bread and wine and prays: “Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall…” This moment is called the Epiclesis. The word comes from the Greek epiklesis, meaning “invocation” or “calling down.” It is the prayer in which the Church asks the Father to send the Holy Spirit upon the gifts so they may become the Body and Blood of Christ. It is one of the deepest moments of the Mass. ✝️ WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? Because the Epiclesis marks the shift from human offering to divine action. Before it, bread and wine are placed on the altar by human hands. After it, the priest speaks in the Person of Christ: “This is My Body… This is My Blood.” The Holy Spirit is invoked to accomplish what human beings cannot. The Catechism teaches: “The Epiclesis is the prayer that asks the Father to send the Holy Spirit so that the offerings may become the Body and Blood of Christ.” (CCC 1353) ✝️ THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE EUCHARIST The Epiclesis echoes the mystery of the Incarnation. At the Annunciation, the angel told Mary: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” (Luke 1:35) Just as the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary and Christ became present in her womb, the Spirit now overshadows the altar so Christ becomes sacramentally present in the Eucharist. The same Spirit. The same Christ. A different mystery of presence. ✝️ THE EPICLESIS ALSO TRANSFORMS US The Holy Spirit is not invoked only upon the bread and wine, but also upon the faithful. The Spirit who changes the gifts is meant to change our hearts too. At Mass, we do not simply watch a miracle. We are drawn into it. The bread becomes the Body of Christ — and we are called to become the Body of Christ in the world. ✝️ EAST AND WEST In the Eastern Churches, the Epiclesis is especially emphasized, often with deep bows and repeated invocations of the Holy Spirit. The Latin Church teaches that the consecration occurs through the Words of Institution, but always in union with the Holy Spirit invoked in the Epiclesis. The Spirit and the Words of Christ are never separated. ✝️ WHAT SHOULD YOU DO DURING THE EPICLESIS? When the priest extends his hands over the gifts, do not let your mind wander. This is the moment the Church calls upon heaven. Silently pray: “Come, Holy Spirit. Transform these gifts. Transform me too.” Because the same Spirit who overshadowed Mary is still descending upon the altar today. And that changes everything. Go to Mass as often as you can.

@HawleyMO @sbaprolife Amen. There is no more important or rewarding job than being a Dad.

With my boy Blaise - straight from school to the ⁦@sbaprolife⁩ gala. He tells me: “Dad, a pro never smiles for the camera.”

Communism is essentially a convoluted, pseudoscientific way for people to justify stealing from others and murdering them if they resist.

Hello Julia, sans aucune ironie, c'est top que tu prennes le temps de te renseigner. Mais le problème quand on lit Marx aujourd'hui, c'est qu'on prend pour acquis sa prémisse de départ, alors qu'elle a été démontée scientifiquement il y a plus de 150 ans. Toute la pensée de Marx repose sur la théorie de la valeur-travail. L'idée que la valeur d'un bien vient de la quantité de travail nécessaire pour le produire. Si tu acceptes cette prémisse, alors oui, tout son raisonnement tient. Le capitaliste "vole" la plus-value du travailleur, l'exploitation est mathématique, la révolution est inévitable. Sauf qu'en 1871, trois économistes (Menger en Autriche, Jevons en Angleterre, Walras en Suisse) découvrent indépendamment la même chose : la valeur n'est pas objective, elle est subjective et marginale. Un verre d'eau dans le désert vaut une fortune. Le même verre à côté d'une rivière ne vaut rien. Le travail incorporé est identique. Donc le travail ne détermine pas la valeur. C'est le consommateur qui valorise un bien selon son utilité marginale dans un contexte donné. Exemple concret : tu peux passer 1000 heures à tricoter un pull moche que personne ne veut. Selon Marx, ce pull a énormément de valeur (beaucoup de travail incorporé). Selon la réalité, il ne vaut rien. Parce que personne n'en veut. À l'inverse, Bernard Arnault crée des milliards de valeur non pas parce qu'il "exploite" mais parce qu'il a su anticiper et organiser des désirs humains à grande échelle. La valeur est créée par la coordination, pas extraite par le vol. Cette découverte (la révolution marginaliste) a invalidé tout l'édifice marxiste. Pas pour des raisons idéologiques, pour des raisons scientifiques. C'est pour ça que plus aucun département d'économie sérieux au monde n'enseigne Marx comme un cadre d'analyse valide. On l'enseigne en histoire de la pensée. Maintenant, le truc important. Si ton intention en lisant Marx c'est d'aider les pauvres (c'est une intention noble), alors tu vas être surprise par ce qui suit. Regarde les chiffres de la Banque mondiale. En 1820, 90% de l'humanité vivait dans l'extrême pauvreté. Aujourd'hui, moins de 9%. Cette chute historique ne s'est PAS produite dans les pays qui ont appliqué Marx. Elle s'est produite dans les pays qui ont libéralisé leur économie. Chine post-1978, Vietnam post-1986, Inde post-1991, Pologne post-1989. À chaque fois qu'un pays libéralise, des centaines de millions de gens sortent de la pauvreté en une génération. À chaque fois qu'un pays applique Marx (URSS, Cambodge, Corée du Nord, Venezuela), c'est la famine et les goulags. Ce n'est pas une opinion, c'est l'expérience la plus massive jamais menée en sciences sociales. Plusieurs milliards de cobayes humains, sur un siècle. Donc paradoxalement, si tu aimes vraiment les pauvres, la position la plus cohérente n'est pas d'être marxiste. C'est d'être pour la liberté économique. Parce que c'est empiriquement la seule chose qui a jamais sorti massivement les gens de la misère. Pour creuser, je te recommande trois lectures qui vont changer ta vision : "La Loi" de Frédéric Bastiat (court, lumineux, gratuit en ligne) "La Route de la Servitude" de Hayek "Économie en une leçon" de Henry Hazlitt Bonne lecture, et vraiment chapeau de chercher à comprendre plutôt que de rester dans tes certitudes. C'est rare.

Nick Shirley tries to LOOK FOR a 100-year old Woman that "lives" in a UPS Store but is still voting in California.. 🧐 @nickshirleyy

🚨 HEGSETH SHUTS DOWN THE CLUELESS REPORTER: TMZ’s Charlie Cotton asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if he’d change the Department of Defense to the “Department of Peace.” Hegseth’s perfect response: “We changed it to the Department of War because we want to be proactive about peace through strength. When you fight a war the right way, you bring about real peace on the other side.” He added: The U.S. military should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year — because they’re the greatest guarantor of safety and security in the world.

@getcloserhome @ScottPresler @LeaderJohnThune you reap what you sow

Cornyn's ouster is just the beginning... Cassidy next... Graham next... @ScottPresler

Wow

RINO John Cornyn’s Team “Forgot” To Delete YouTube Video Promoting “Amnesty” For Illegal Aliens – Left Up For The World To See As Texas Runoff Looms READ: thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/rino-j…

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Scott Presler is going SCORCHED EARTH on John Thune ally John Cornyn in the TX Senate primary He’s dropping unearthed videos of Cornyn, including advocating for amnesty and more This is clearly the consequence of no SAVE America Act!

In 2017, 20-year-old James Alex Fields attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. As he tried to leave the event, a mob of violent Antifa degenerates swarmed his car on Fourth Street. The street closed in around him. In fear for his life, instinct overtook hesitation. He accelerated and struck an obese rioter, killing her. The ADL and SPLC vilified him relentlessly, pressing for the death penalty and going so far as to speciously link the incident to “terror attacks on Israel.” His trial was a mockery, a political lynching; he was condemned to two life sentences without the possibility of parole, and an additional 419 years! What was clearly self-defense was transformed into a Stalinist show trial. James’s punishment was dictated by politics and symbolism rather than “justice.” It was intended as a warning to Whites, especially young White men, that any assertion of their group’s distinct collective interests will not be tolerated by the state. That this young man remains in prison today is a national disgrace and a travesty of justice. Pardon James Alex Fields.

@MattRinaldiTX Found a video Cornyn’s team forgot to delete from YouTube about supporting amnesty for illegal aliens.

The rise of white supremacy was a media generated narrative. This is observable:

I think we should find out how that $100 million was spent for Cornyn’s Texas primary & which consultants benefited from that massive amount of wasted cash which could have built voter registration operations in every swing state.

Triggered Democrats FREAK OUT when I tell them these IRAN quotes were said by Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, & Joe Biden, and NOT Donald Trump 🤣

All forms of Marxism oppress It’s tyranny

After folks laughed at AOC for not knowing vaquero history, I knew Wikipedia would alter their meaning to fit hers, so I took a screenshot, and they finally did rewrite it. Wiki removed vaquero from 'The origins of the vaquero tradition come from Spain...'

Six years before @LGJustinFairfax murdered his own wife with multiple gunshots, Justin scolded Virginians for gun violence, promised more gun control (delivered it), & praised the UK 🇬🇧 after visiting, for banning its citizens from owning guns … spotlighted violence in Virginia

“A lot of what is called ‘public service’ consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.” — Thomas Sowell