Homily Monday, September 14, 2026 Glorious Cross Numbers 21:4b-9 “The person looked at the bronze serpent and recovered!” God commanded that a bronze serpent be made for the healing of those bitten by fiery serpents in the desert. The images that are a praise to God are from God. Philippians 2:6-11 Saint Paul says: “He humbled himself; therefore God exalted him.” God has walked in our history and is with us eternally. John 3:13-17 Jesus says: “God loves the world.” Jesus tenderly leads us to the Heart of God so that we may receive Love, peace, and joy. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
European bishops sidestep ‘Traditionis Custodes’, continuing traditional Latin Masses in parish churches without Vatican cispensations. Last week, the Dicastery for Divine Worship published all its decrees from 2025, including permissions for the 1962 Roman Missal in parish churches. The list shows permissions for 55 parishes in 33 dioceses. 41 of the parish-church locations in the 2025 decrees are in the United States - about 75%. France is conspicuously absent from the 2025 index despite its importance among traditional Catholics. No parish church in Paris appears among the Dicastery’s published dispensations in 2023, 2024 or 2025. Obviously, there are Masses. In the Paris parish of Saint-Eugène–Sainte-Cécile, the old Mass has been celebrated since the 1980s and remains part of the daily and Sunday schedule. Sainte-Odile also lists a Sunday Mass in the 1962 rite. Another example is London, England. No dispensation for a London parish church appears in the Dicastery’s published indexes …More
Cardinal Müller has once again spoken out strongly against bishops taking sides in party politics. He said that taking a clear stance against the AfD constitutes “a clear abuse of office.”
"Clear abuse of office" - Cardinal Müller criticises German bishops for their anti-AfD stance. After the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller accused German bishops of interfering in party politics in an interview with Kontrafunk.radio on 11 September. When asked about the [Berlin Archbishop Heiner Koch's] idea that the Church could do without Catholics who vote the 'wrong' way, Müller responded: "In my view, this is quite simply a clear abuse of office." The Church, he added, is "not a trade union". "When it comes to party-political preferences, bishops have no right to call into question the civil rights of Catholics." Müller also dismissed comparisons between the AfD and National Socialism as "far-fetched". Nazism was an ideology that was incompatible with Christianity. By contrast, the AfD has "a political programme that every individual citizen can judge for themselves". His message to Germany’s bishops: "Bishops …More
Marko Rupnik’s new monumental mosaic façade was inaugurated (!) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Yesterday evening, the shrine unveiled the basilica’s 4,000-square-metre west façade. The project began in 2019 and continued after allegations of sexual and psychological abuse against Rupnik became public. The north façade was inaugurated in 2022, the south in 2024 and the east in 2025. Meanwhile, the sanctuary of Lourdes in France has already covered Rupnik’s mosaics, citing consideration for victims of abuse.
Last night in Aparecida, Brazil, the final monumental mosaic façade created by the Centro Aletti — founded by Marko Rupnik — was officially inaugurated. While Rupnik’s mosaics are being covered in Lourdes, his artistic legacy is being unveiled on a monumental scale in Brazil.
On September 12, 1683, the Ottoman besiegers of Vienna were defeated at Kahlenberg by the united Christian armies under King Jan III Sobieski. In gratitude, Pope Innocent XI subsequently introduced the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary for the entire Church, as the victory was attributed to the special protection of the Mother of God. Originally, the feast was celebrated on the Sunday after the Nativity of Mary (September 8); Pope Pius X later moved it to the actual day of the victory, September 12.
Peru tributes Leo XIV with the largest statue in the world. Standing 14 meters tall, the monument will rise in a seafront park in Callao overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The statue depicts Leo XIV with his arms open and is being built around a steel structure with a marble-like exterior finish. The privately funded monument is expected to be installed ahead of the pope’s November visit to Peru. #newsMmvrjnktky
Modern OCIA & Conversion: Mike Gormley on Ascension’s "Invited" & True Community "Your spouse’s faith might get you to the classroom door, but only your own faith will carry you across the threshold." Evangelist and author Mike "Gomer" Gormley joins CatholicTV to break down the reality of modern Catholic conversions. Why are young men and digital seekers suddenly flooding parish doors asking to become Catholic? Mike Gormley (Every Knee Shall Bow, Catching Foxes) steps onto the set of This Is the Day to unpack the state of adult faith formation (OCIA/RCIA) and introduce Ascension’s new program, Invited. Mike explores how the digital continent—podcasts, YouTube, and self-directed study—is leading people to the steps of the Church, but explains why information alone can never replace authentic relationship. In an age of algorithms and artificial intelligence, the Church’s secret strength remains unchanged: intentional accompaniment, personal discipleship, and lived community. Mike shares …More
Chiara Corbella war eine der sechzehn italienischen Frauen, die Giorgia Meloni in ihrer Antrittsrede vom 25. Oktober 2022 erwähnte, neben Nilde Iotti, Tina Anselmi, Grazia Deledda, Rita Levi Montalcini oder Oriana Fallaci. Petrillo antwortet, dass er es nicht erwartet habe, dass er sich geehrt fühle, dass er nie mit Meloni gesprochen habe noch sie kenne, und dass man sich daran erinnern solle, dass seine Frau ein ganz normales Mädchen war.
The evil spirit of Jezebel will do all she can to infiltrate My Church on earth The evil spirit of Jezebel will do all she can to infiltrate My Church on earth” Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 @ 18:20 My dearly beloved daughter, the evil spirit of Jezebel has planned a great assault against My Mission to salvage souls. This traitor and destroyer of God’s prophets, has established herself on earth as God’s teacher, and manifested amongst My people, to seduce them and lead them away from My Church, in what will be the greatest apostasy of all time. She will be responsible for My Church committing adultery with the princes of a secular world, that will bring about a union, which is abhorrent to God and an abomination in His Eyes. Present, both in the hearts of men and women alike, Jezebel is one of the most evil, intelligent and cunning demons in Satan’s hierarchy, and works in many ways to mislead My people. She works through a group, who claim to be of Me, but who are involved with a satanic …More
Saturday, September 13th, 1913: Classmate Of Leo Frank Writes Warm Defense, The Atlanta Constitution. Classmate Of Leo Frank Writes Warm Defense New York Physician Declares Leo Frank Was Noted in College For His Clean Morals. Dr. Morris J. Clurman, A. B., graduate of Cornell university with Leo M. Frank and now a resident of New York, writes the following letter to The Constitution in reference to the case of his classmate: Editor, Constitution: I trust you will honor a New Yorker with a little space in your newspaper and thereby yield me an opportunity to express candidly and in an absolutely unbiased manner what I know concerning the character and past life of Leo M. Frank, who is now convicted to die for a horrible crime that was committed in your city. As a classmate of Leo M. Frank at Cornell and as one who for four years while at college and for some years thereafter came into intimate contact with him. I feel particularly and peculiarly qualified to speak with authority concerning …More
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Marko Rupnik’s new monumental mosaic façade was inaugurated (!) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Yesterday evening, the shrine unveiled the basilica’s 4,000-square-metre west façade. The project began in 2019 and continued after allegations of sexual and psychological abuse against Rupnik became public. The north façade was inaugurated in 2022, the south in 2024 and the east in 2025. Meanwhile, the sanctuary of Lourdes in France has already covered Rupnik’s mosaics, citing consideration for victims of abuse.