Fr. Thomas Byles, Heroic Catholic Priest Of The Doomed Ship: Titanic...

It was reported that one of the builders of the ship made the blasphemous statement "that even God couldn't sink the Titanic".   Whether true or not, the reality was and is that it did sink -- on its maiden voyage at that.

Most readers know of the Titanic, mostly from the movie, or a study from the history books.  But how many know about the convert/turned Catholic priest, Fr. Thomas Byles who went down with the doomed ship?

Fr. Byles was on his way to New York City to officiate at the wedding of his younger brother, William, when the ship hit an iceberg on April 15, 1912.

As the ship was sinking, it was also reported that Fr. Byles was offered to get into a lifeboat and save himself, at least once, and possibly even twice, but he refused.  Instead, he stayed with trapped passengers, hearing confessions, granting absolution, and praying as the Titanic quickly sunk beneath the cold, North Atlantic waters...

The body of Fr. Byles was never found, or if it was, it was not recognizable, so he was officially listed as "missing."  

It should be noted that Pope St. Pius X called him a martyr for the faith.  Since then, there has been a move to start the process leading to sainthood for Fr. Byles...

The story of Fr. Byles came to my attention many years ago, and brings to mind an analogy of what a true priest/shepherd should be, and do, in times of tribulation, or even facing death to fulfill the mandate of Christ -- to preach and baptize all nations.

Fr. Byles didn't leave the "ark" -- the Titanic in this case, but instead stood fast in the face of certain death.  He didn't desert his flock when the savage and ravenous wolves were at the gate ready to attack the sheep.  He faced the "wolf" of death, and gave aid and comfort to the souls under his charge, all the way up to his last breath, before sinking beneath the waves.   He could have saved his earthly, physical life, but chose to win the crown of eternal, supernatural life.

I have no doubt that Fr. Byles saved some poor sinners' souls -- at the last moment of his and their lives, just at the "Good Thief" confessed his faith in Christ as he hung dying alongside his Savior...

Wouldn't it be wonderful -- inspiring -- if our Catholic bishops looked to the great example of service and commitment that Fr. Byles exhibited on that fateful day, April 15, 1912?

The bishops failed to stand up to the ungodly civil and medical "authorities" that demanded that our church doors be shut and locked for fear of a strain of the flu bug.   

Don't they see that they put all their "eggs in one basket" of capitulation, along with fear and dread because of the threat of punishment, arrest, or fines if they defied the powers that be, and allowed the faithful to receive the spiritual medicine of eternal life?

Sure, the doors of most churches are slowly beginning to reopen -- some with severe requirements at best.  But what if the "authorities" pronounce that there is a second wave of the virus heading our way?  Will the bishops tell their priests to shut the doors of our churches?   Will the bishops desert the real Ark of the Covenant a second time?

The question then begs: will the faithful stand by and accept such a mandate -- again?  

I pray that we have the guts and determination to say: "NO!  Not again; not this time!"

Pray for our country, and pray for strength for what is surely coming down the road in very short order...

Viva Cristo Rey!  Fr. Thomas Byles, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla

 

The "Silent Apostasy" Is No Longer Silent; Its Evil Has Reached Even To The Supreme Court...

There is currently in the Catholic Church a massive apostasy from the faith.  That simple statement  speaks volumes about the near-total infiltration of evil into the Mystical Body of Christ, at least in its human element.

This can readily be seen in the chaos among the hierarchy, and, as it trickles down to the those who still attend Mass on a regular basis.   

Let me make an important distinction: I am writing about those in the novus ordo, not those who attend the traditional Latin Mass in more orthodox, traditional communities of the faithful.

The difference between the two is titanic. 

As we know, the law of praying is the law of believing, and the "new order" leaves very little for the average Catholic to believe in...

But are they being taught that they must cling to the sacred Deposit of Faith -- Scripture and Tradition?  

The horrible catechesis since the satanically inspired Second Vatican Council, has devastated the beliefs, and corrupted the minds of at least two generations, leading to the denial of the necessity of the Catholic Church for the salvation of one's soul.  

So, I must question those "Catholics" who occupy the chairs of the highest court in the nation: the Supreme Court.

In a recent decision, the Court added -- that's right, added -- the rights of "transgenders" as well as "gender identity" to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  In effect, that ruling made up rights to groups that did not exist 56 years ago.  And, in reality, still don't exist today!  (See my: Judicial Tyranny)

I remember the 1964 Civil Rights Act, in fact, three-and-a-half years later, I would be serving with my black brothers in Vietnam.  I mention this, because I didn't need a civil rights act to instill in me the ultimate sacrifice that I would make for my brothers next to me in a machine-gun bunker, or on a convoy, or in an observation tower tracking the enemy as they approached the base...

But the Supreme Court saw fit to add those humans who live in a world of the unnatural, and to impose their bizarre views and "rights" on those God-fearing patriots.  

I can hear it now: wait a minute, we have separation of church and state in this country, right?

Well, in reality, we don't.  It is nowhere in the Constitution.  Shocked?  Read the First Amendment for yourself... 

Here is the entire First Amendment as enshrined in our founding document: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

But now, the Supreme Court has inserted the government into our churches, as if they no longer believe in the "separation of church and state" theory!   Which is it, then?  Does it, or does it not exist??

So now, will those "transgenders" and the "gender identity" groups push their agendas on churches as well as on those business owners who fear God rather than man?

Of course, they will.  

Who are the "Catholics" on the Court?   They include Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, Gorsuch (may have left the church), and Kavanaugh.

It was the "Catholic" Chief Justice Roberts, and Justice Gorsuch that joined the ultra-liberals on the Court to make that demonic decision that will now be touted as "settled law."   

Sadly, President Trump has already capitulated, and said that we must live by that decision!  

I don't think so, Mr. Trump; you may live with it, but practicing Catholics call it out for what it is, and can not live with it.  This is another attack on the Church from those who claim to be Catholic.  This cannot stand, and if this comes to a Catholic church near you, you -- and I -- must resist to the face of those who support Satan over Christ!

Make no mistake, this is just the hellish beginning; it will get much worse...

Pray for our country, and pray too, for the conversion of those "Catholics" on the Supreme Court to return to their faith -- and the Natural Law...

Viva Cristo Rey!  Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla

 

  

  

Judicial Tyranny On Display -- Again!

The other day, the U.S. Supreme Court came down with a decision regarding the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title VII, prohibiting employment discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin. (42 U. S. C. §2000e–2(a)(1).

This is another example of the courts legislating from the bench.  That duty is reserved to the Congress (the legislative branch), and not the judicial branch!  If that is not recognized, then our Republic will become ruled by the judicial "mob"...

The following is an excerpt from the dissenting opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito:  

“The Court attempts to pass off its decision as the inevitable product of the textualist school of statutory interpretation championed by our late colleague Justice Scalia, but no one should be fooled. The Court’s opinion is like a pirate ship. It sails under a textualist flag, but what it actually represents is a theory of statutory interpretation that Justice Scalia excoriated––the theory that courts should ‘update’ old statutes so that they better reflect the current values of society. See A. Scalia, A Matter of Interpretation 22 (1997). If the Court finds it appropriate to adopt this theory, it should own up to what it is doing.

“Many will applaud today’s decision because they agree on policy grounds with the Court’s updating of Title VII. But the question in these cases is not whether discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity should be outlawed. The question is whether Congress did that in 1964.

“It indisputably did not.”

My Comment: Some of the most un-natural, bizarre and anti-life causes have achieved another "victory" with so-called "transgenderism" and "gender identity" now being covered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act...

What this amounts to, is another nail in the coffin of the primary building block of society: the family.  The enemies of the family know this, and use the cover of "discrimination" to derail the right of those who believe that God made two sexes, not three or four or five, ad infinitum.   This decision will wipe our ability to object to, or deny serving anyone, based on our religious beliefs.

And President Trump said that we have to live with that decision?  Really?  Mr. President, tell the "supreme court": okay, you made the decision, now try to enforce it (a la Andrew Jackson)...

Has the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which specifically guarantees our right to the free exercise of religion, now been consigned to the dustbin of history?  

It would seem so...

Pray for our country...

Viva Cristo Rey!  Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla

 

  

Since "9/11," It's Been Crisis, After Crisis, After Crisis; War, After War, After War...

If truth matters, even one iota, then the beginning of the decline of our liberties and freedoms in our country, began with the "attacks" on "9/11".

I admit, that it could be argued that the erosion of those freedoms began much earlier.  For instance, when Lincoln arrested editors of some of the newspapers in the North, charging them with sedition for opposing his policies to force the South to remain in the union, ultimately leading to the war between the states. 

Lincoln also suspended the writ of habeas corpus, for all practical purposes, allowing people to rot in jail foregoing a speedy trial for any alleged crime.

In effect, Lincoln's actions violated the rights of American citizens under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

It has been downhill ever since...

And "9/11" was the icing on the cake. 

In fact, severe restrictions on our freedoms had been written before "9/11"! 

If this is the case, and it is, how did "they" know this was going to happen in the first place??

What was the result of the "9/11" "attacks"?   

Two unnecessary, long, costly wars in the tinder-box Middle East, with thousands of our troops meeting their demise, along with almost uncountable wounded, some maimed for life.  Not to mention the raid on the treasury to the tune of several trillions of dollars...   

We still have many thousands of our troops on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in many other countries including Europe, the Middle East, and the African continent...

Why?

We are told that we either fight the "terrorists" on their territory, or we will have to fight them on American soil.  The fact is, the real terrorists are already here and doing their dirty work on the streets of some of our major cities: it's called anarchy and insurrection.  Why haven't the troops of the most powerful military in the world been sent in to eradicate these monsters; these killers?     

Weakness?  Appeasement?  Political correctness?  

From an article by Mr. Robert Kraychik:

“Silence is violence” is a totalitarian slogan demanding compliance and reminiscent of political coercion within the former Soviet Union, said William Jacobson, professor of law at Cornell University and founder of Legal Insurrection. He offered his remarks on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

"Jacobson continued, “This is different than political correctness because one of the mottos of the current push is ‘silence is violence.’ It used to be that if you are in a campus or in a workplace, you just did your work, did your studying, kept your head down, [and] tried to stay out of trouble. That was okay. That’s not okay, anymore. It will be insisted that you participate in this, just like in the Soviet Union and in communist countries. If you worked in a factory, you had to go to the rally to support the leadership, and your failure to participate was considered a crime against the regime.”'

Far too many Americans have been completely indoctrinated into thinking that if you catch a cold, you're dead, so wear that filthy mask. 

Don't go to church to beg God's mercy and forgiveness for the extermination of over 61,000,000 -- MILLION --  pre-born American babies.  So it would seem that the anti-life terrorists have been incredibly successful in their war against life, after all, abortion is "settled law."

We are now told to prepare for the coming of the second wave of the "dreaded" COVID-19 "pandemic"...

What has happened to American manhood and American womanhood?   We will continue to capitulate to the civil and medical "authorities," living in constant fear, and dare not gather with family and friends, or enjoy some sunshine and fresh air?

Time is running out to turn our beloved nation around and convert our hearts and minds back to God almighty.  

In the long run, we get what we deserve, don't we?

Pray for our country...

Viva Cristo Rey!  Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla

A Message To Law-Abiding, America-Loving Patriots -- including Veterans...

If there was ever any doubt about the agenda of the radical leftists (read: Antifa anarchist/insurrectionists), that doubt has been wiped away...

Notice too, how the extreme liberals -- who support and defend the anarchists -- I refer to the establishment media and those in charge of major corporations, accuse the law-abiding, America-loving patriots of what they do.  This is especially true when it comes to the oft hurled charge of "racism".

It seems that everything under the sun is somehow racist these days...

I just don't get it.  

A case in point, from my life, exposes the lie of such nonsense... 

I remember nearly 53 years ago, I served with black Americans in Vietnam.  There were some pretty dicey nights during that incredible year.  Sometimes I wondered if I would ever see the sun rise.  Those days were usually very hot and humid, or drenched in torrents of rain during the Monsoon season so prevalent in Southeast Asia.

There was no question in anyone's mind that if push came to shove, and we were faced with a massive ground attack on the perimeter, it mattered little what the color of my G.I. buddy's skin was.   As the saying goes; there are no "atheists in fox holes," nor racism for that matter...  Stopping the enemy was job one, and until that was successfully accomplished, one's political views meant nothing.

As an example... A group of my Security Police brothers and I were assigned to protect engineers who were drilling water wells out in the boondocks, about 15 or 20 miles from the air base.  Since the operation went on for several days -- and nights, we rotated the duties of providing a secure perimeter by enlisting volunteers for each 24-hour period...

I was the NCO-in-charge of an improvised machine-gun bunker at the entry point to the newly-formed base of operations... Along with me, was my black brother ammunition feeder to the big M-60 gun...

All was quiet, until about 1:30 a.m., when a report came over our two-way radio that a regiment of North Vietnamese regular Army troops were heading in our direction from the foothills of the big Natrang Mountain...

Our small company consisted of about 25-30 cops; no match for over 1,000 bad guys making their way from the North to support and reinforce their Viet Cong comrades in the South...

Things got a just little tense...

Our "bunker" was nothing more than a dug-out mound of dirt with a few branches to help camouflage our position...

This just wouldn't do; we would be sitting ducks until air support arrived in the form of helicopter gun-ships and fighter jets...

I saw some circular corrugated metal scraps that the engineers no longer needed, so I figured I'd ask if I could take some of it and stick it around my bunker...  

With permission granted, I did just that... we built up the corrugated metal with as much dirt as possible in no-time, and waited for the inevitable attack from a vastly superior enemy force...  I wasn't so naive as to think that our new metal bunker would be able to stop heavy machine-gun fire, but it would give us a little more protection from small arms fire, that is, until help arrived...

One of the Security Police supervisors approached the entry point in his Jeep; I challenged him; then let him enter our tiny base.... He told us about what to expect if the stuff hit the fan; we were as ready as we could possibly be... I think my black bunker-mate and I said some silent prayers hoping that the NVA would turn away and head in another direction...

Around 3:30 a.m., we were notified that the hugely superior enemy force did just that!

The quiet on our little "western front," continued 'till daylight... 

We did get to see the sun rise on another day... God was, and is good...

As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once remarked: we should judge a person by their character, not by the color of his skin... 

My message to law-abiding, America-loving patriots -- including veterans: let us hope and pray that we will not have to fight another war -- here, on American soil...

This, and other articles that I write, are dedicated to the one-hundred-eleven U.S. Air Force Security Police brothers who died in the protracted Vietnam War...

Pray now more than ever, for our country...

Viva Cristo Rey!  Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla

Radical Liberalism Is Destroying Minds -- And Souls...

Any Catholic who dares to claim to practice the true faith, cannot in any way, shape or form, be a Liberal, or support Liberalism.

Liberalism is anti-Christ, pure and simple.

The following information was gleaned from the Catholic Encyclopedia, and shows  how the Church condemned Liberalism...

"By proclaiming man's absolute autonomy in the intellectual, moral and social order, Liberalism denies, at least practically, God and supernatural religion. If carried out logically, it leads even to a theoretical denial of God, by putting deified mankind in place of God. It has been censured in the condemnations of Rationalism and Naturalism. The most solemn condemnation of Naturalism and Rationalism was contained in the Constitution "De Fide" of the Vatican Council (1870); the most explicit and detailed condemnation, however, was administered to modern Liberalism by Pius IX in the Encyclical "Quanta cura" of 8 December, 1864 and the attached Syllabus. Pius X condemned it again in his allocution of 17 April, 1907, and in the Decree of the Congregation of the Inquisition of 3 July, 1907, in which the principal errors of Modernism were rejected and censured in sixty-five propositions. The older and principally political form of false Liberal Catholicism had been condemned by the Encyclical of Gregory XVI, "Mirari Vos", of 15 August, 1832 and by many briefs of Pius IX (see Ségur, "Hommage aux Catholiques Libéraux", Paris, 1875). The definition of the papal infallibility by the Vatican council was virtually a condemnation of Liberalism. Besides this many recent decisions concern the principal errors of Liberalism. Of great importance in this respect are the allocutions and encyclicals of Pius IX, Leo XIII, and Pius X. (Cf., Recueil des allocutions consistorales encycliques . . . citées dans le Syllabus", Paris, 1865) and the encyclicals of Leo XIII of 20 January, 1888, "On Human Liberty"; of 21 April, 1878, "On the Evils of Modern Society"; of 28 December, 1878, "On the Sects of the Socialists, Communists, and Nihilists"; of 4 August, 1879, "On Christian Philosophy"; of 10 February, 1880, "On Matrimony"; of 29 July, 1881, "On the Origin of Civil Power"; of 20 April, 1884, "On Freemasonry"; of 1 November, 1885, "On the Christian State"; of 25 December, 1888, "On the Christian Life"; of 10 January, 1890, "On the Chief Duties of a Christian Citizen"; of 15 May, 1891, "On the Social Question"; of 20 January, 1894, "On the Importance of Unity in Faith and Union with the Church for the Preservation of the Moral Foundations of the State"; of 19 March, 1902, "On the Persecution of the Church all over the World"'. 

If a Catholic thinks that these condemnations are "old" and "out of date," you are mistaken... Official condemnations never change, regardless of the time element involved.  The same can be said of a dogma defined by the Church: it never changes.

As we know, there are many "Catholics," especially those in politics that claim their faith is paramount in their lives, but in reality, they support those agendas that are diametrically opposed to Church teaching.  They flaunt their "faith," yet support the killing of the pre-born; homosexuality and other deadly and bizarre choices that can and do destroy minds and souls...

I repeat: Any Catholic who dares to claim to practice the true faith, cannot in any way, shape or form, be a Liberal or support Liberalism. 

I urge my Catholic friends to rescue their souls from the abyss of hell, cast off your pride, and return to the Father (and the state of grace) just like the Prodigal son; it's never too late! 

Pray for discernment...

Viva Cristo Rey!   Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us..

Gene DeLalla

What About The Holy Ghost???

Am I dreaming, or what?

I've read in the Bible that the Holy Ghost (the Paraclete) was sent by our Lord to appear to and strengthen the Apostles hiding in the upper room for fear of the Jews.

After He descended upon those very scared Apostles, they had new-found courage and zeal to preach and baptize those very same Jews they had previously feared and hid from!!

Fast forward to the present time...

Have our shepherds, our bishops, forgotten about the recently-celebrated feast of Pentecost?

Has the Holy Ghost been kicked out of the public sphere too?

It seems so.  And why not, if Christ has been kicked out of the public sphere, why not the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity?

But our shepherds should have the guts -- given to them by right of their manhood -- in the first place, and because they -- and we -- have received the sacrament of Confirmation, when we were all made soldiers of Christ, in the second place.

In the third place, our shepherds, have been given additional power and strength by the administration of the sacrament of Holy Orders as priest, then the consecration of a bishop marks the plenitude of the priesthood.

So why have 99% of the U.S. bishops been hiding in the "upper room" for fear of the civil authorities who have demanded that our churches be shut down because of a coronavirus?

And as some church doors have now been open for Mass -- under some very strict requirements -- is it possible that if there is another uptick in the so-called COVID-19 flu bug, the bishops will capitulate once again and shut the doors of our churches?

Why the eagerness to obey some dictate of these Christ-hating governors and mayors?  Are they somehow indebted to these miscreants; do they in some way support their attempt to take down the president, regardless if the economy is ruined and millions of Americans lose their jobs?

Do these Catholic bishops care if hundreds -- or is it thousands? -- of their flock have committed suicide -- the ultimate act of despair, condemning a soul to hell for all eternity?  Or do they not believe in mortal sin and hell, and that one leads to the other if not confessed before death?

Have they kicked the Holy Ghost out of their lives entirely for power and position in this life, and to hell with what they will face in the next?

Their flocks have been laid-waste; they have let the wolf attack and ravage what is left of the faithful; the souls of many have been placed in dire jeopardy, why?

My advice to all Catholic bishops: appeasement never works.  Stand your ground and protect the flock from the attacks unleashed by the so-called "pandemic," in conjunction with the Marxist powers from hell who realize that the last barrier to their complete takeover and enslavement of the human race is the authentic Catholic Church...

Please pray for our country -- and the bishops...

Viva Cristo Rey!  Fr.  Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla