Why All Believers Should Honor The "Silent" Saint: St. Joseph, Whose Feast Day Is Today, March 19th...

 I'll admit it upfront: when it comes to writing about the great St. Joseph, I'm an amateur.  Numerous great writers have composed books and articles describing the most important, key role, the foster-father of our Savior played in salvation history...

 Nevertheless, I will give my, admittedly, unworthy take on the man chosen by God -- from all eternity -- to be the protector of His divine Son, Christ our Lord.

As you can see, the reason for the title of my article: Why All Believers Should Honor The "Silent" Saint: St. Joseph..., is because the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, who came to earth to save and set us free from sin and death, needed a man to take care of Him -- in His human nature, that is.

Christ didn't have to come to earth and be incarnated through a Woman, but He wanted to elevate the dignity of His creation: man and woman, and by doing so, He sanctified the human body as temples of the Holy Ghost. 

Mary -- the Blessed Virgin Mary -- was also chosen from all eternity to be the Mother of Christ, yet she had to be married in order to fulfill the moral law and the nuptial traditions enshrined from the beginning of creation history, with Adam and Eve being the first husband and wife, and our first parents...

The role of St. Joseph cannot be overstated: as the head of the household of the Holy Family, he was tasked with the sacred duties of being the protector, defender, provider, and teacher, not only of Mary, his wife, but also of the Christ-child.  

Jesus, in His human nature, needed someone to teach and guide Him as He grew in grace and knowledge, to prepare Him for His holy ministry.

The Scriptures say little about our great St. Joseph, however, it was he who gave the holy name of Jesus to his foster-child; it was he who was referred to when the Jews and Gentiles asked who our Lord's (earthly) father was: the Son of the carpenter; the Son of Joseph...  St. Joseph is also called a "just man"; (St. Matthew 1;19, King James Version).

It was St. Joseph who cradled the Christ-child in his arms; it was St. Joseph who taught the boy, then the Man, Christ, how to use carpenter's tools; it was St. Joseph who loved and honored Mary, his wife; it was St. Joseph who, when directed by an Angel, covertly took the Holy Family to Egypt to escape the deadly King Herod; it was St. Joseph who died a most holy death: in the arms of his beloved Son and  Blessed wife...

It was -- and is -- St. Joseph who is the protector of our Lord's holy Church; it is St. Joseph who is the model of manhood and fatherhood; it is St. Joseph that the demons fear more than anyone, other than our Lord Himself, or the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Pray to St. Joseph for strength and honor, on this his feast day, March 19, 2021, and always! 

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

Gene DeLalla

Mass Confusion About The Future Of The Mass -- Of The Traditional Latin Mass, That Is, Of The Catholic Church...

 I wanted to make clear that the Mass I'm writing about is the Traditional Latin Mass in the Catholic Church, simply because there might be some non-Catholics, or novus ordo (new rite) Catholics reading this missive...

First, let me say that the Latin Rite of the Mass has its origins as far back as the 500's A.D.  That's not to say that it began during that age, but the form used from that ancient time is just about the same as we witness when we attend Mass today.  But the first Mass itself goes back to the time of the Apostles as they learned it from our Master and Savior, our Lord, Jesus.  When, at the Last Supper, His disciples were made priests and bishops, and given the power to bring down, on the altar of sacrifice, the Creator of the universe, at the consecration of the bread and wine, transubstantiating those accidents into the Body and Blood of Christ -- for our sakes; for our salvation...

Here is an excerpt from an article that appeared in USCatholic.org: When did we start celebrating Mass in Latin?

"The first language of Christian liturgy was Aramaic, the common language of the first Christians, who were Palestinian Jews. While Hebrew was the language of scripture and formal worship, Christian worship occurred in the home where Aramaic was spoken. The words Abba and maranatha are Aramaic.

"Christianity quickly spread from Palestine to the rest of the world, and the Eucharist came to be celebrated in many languages, including Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian. In most of the Mediterranean world, the common language was Greek, which became the language of liturgy in that region and remained so until the early third century.

"Eucharist itself is a Greek word, meaning thanksgiving. The phrase Kyrie eleison and the words liturgy, baptism, evangelize, martyr, and catechumen, among other familiar church words, are also Greek in origin.

"From around the third century B.C., what we call “classical” Latin was the language of the Roman aristocracy and the educated classes. Around the time Jesus was born, during the reign of Augustus Caesar, the language began to change. The Roman aristocracy was destroyed by war and political infighting; when they disappeared, their language went with them. Classical Latin was replaced by a less refined version of the language.

"In the third and fourth centuries A.D. this form of Latin began to replace Greek as the common language of the Roman world and soon became the language of the liturgy.

"Exactly how this change in the liturgy came about is uncertain. In the early church the liturgy was led extemporaneously by the bishop, according to a pattern. There were written examples of Eucharistic Prayers, but they were models, not prescribed prayers. The last such document in Greek was written around the year 215. By the sixth century, the Roman Canon (which is still in use, also called Eucharistic Prayer I) appears, completely in Latin and prescribed for use exactly as written.

"What happened during those centuries? It seems that a core of the Roman Canon was developed and used first, probably even in liturgies that were partly in Greek and partly in Latin, until the final Latin version evolved. Because Christians had not used Latin for worship prior to this, words had to be adapted or imported (often from Greek) to express Christian ideas, beginning the development of an ecclesiastical form of Latin. There is also evidence that the Roman Canon was influenced by prayers from the Eastern churches.

"Even though Latin evolved into various modern languages, Latin remained the sole language of the Roman Rite..."

End of excerpt...

If anyone follows the musings emanating from Rome these days, it is apparent that there may be some dire developments concerning the future existence of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM).  

It should be noted, that in 1970, the "official" promulgation of the novus order -- new rite of the Mass -- was fostered on the world's Catholic faithful, thereby "replacing" the ancient rite, known as the TLM, well, not quite...

As it turns out, contrary to what some misinformed Catholics said at the time, and continue to promote -- to this very day -- the lie that the TLM was, in fact, abrogated: it was not then, nor is it now...

Just the opposite is true... The attendance of the faithful has increased dramatically ever since the 2007 moto proprio of Benedict XVI, allowing all priests to say the TLM without the permission of the local ordinary (bishop)!  However, it is also a fact that there has been, and still is, opposition from far too many bishops regarding the TLM in general, and priests not having to get permission from the ordinary.  In plain language, they don't like the idea that a priest can have a TLM service without the okay from the diocese... 

This opposition to the TLM from some bishops is perplexing!  You would think that the enormous increase in attendance -- with many young, large families -- that is also bringing in a staggering infusion of money in weekly donations, would make the hierarchy quite enthused about the TLM.  But that's not the case in most instances...

Now, it seems that pope Bergoglio has sent out a survey to the world's bishops requesting information about the TLM in their dioceses; attendance, funds collected, etc.   This -- for better or worse -- is having an effect on Catholics attending the novus ordo, etc., etc...

Some Catholic writers and opinion makers, are suggesting that this, and some other hints coming out of Rome, may be the first in a series of moves to lessen the availability or outright ban the TLM completely.  This possibility has already been seen in a recent goings on in St. Peter's basilica itself, with the restricting of the TLM to certain times; to certain areas, with only "authorized" priests saying the TLM.  Cardinal Burke, for one, is calling for that restriction to be immediately rescinded.  Don't hold your breath!

But what if the TLM is eventually banned throughout the world?  What then?  If that actually happens, we'll see just who has the guts to obey God rather than men...

Pray for strength and honor for what might be coming down the Catholic road...

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

Gene DeLalla   

 

The Unreported Ongoing Rioting And Destruction In Portland, Oregon...

 Have you heard about the ongoing rioting and destruction in Portland, Oregon?

Or how about in the major metropolis of Los Angeles; or Seattle, Washington?  

I would be willing to shell out fifty-bucks to anyone who has seen or heard this mayhem reported on the evening, mainstream, 6-o'clock "news."   

As far as Portland is concerned, it remains a city under siege!  

Is the word, siege, too strong a word to use to describe what is going on -- almost nonstop -- in Portland and other cities, mostly on the coasts of our great country? 

No, not at all...

Here are three similar meanings of the word siege: a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.  That's one; here's another: an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender.  And lastly, one that is a little less traumatic: a prolonged period of misfortune.

But it's not the military nor the police that have certain sections of Portland under siege, no, it's Antifa and the self-described Communist organization known as BLM (Black Lives Matter)...  I have to say that Black Lives Matter is not only a Marxist/insurrectionist group of extremists, but use a name that is a misnomer if I ever heard one!   Can you imagine screaming a slogan of "black lives matter," while at the same time disrupting, and, in many cases, destroying the lives and businesses of their (our) black American brothers and sisters?  

A common-sense question begs to be asked: if these lunatics are "protesting" so-called police brutality targeting blacks, or racial injustice aimed at blacks, then why are they committing violence and racial injustice on their own race?

The answer: the likes of Antifa and their cronies, in treason, the BLM "movement," in reality, have nothing to do with righting a perceived wrong; rather, they are the useful idiots of the same Communist movements that have wreaked havoc all over the globe for the past 100+ years... 

The goal of these Communist insurrectionists is to dethrone the moral order of society, built, necessarily on God; to destroy the family unit as the main building block of society, and to end the ownership of private property, and to confiscate all firearms... Of course, there is a false egalitarianism that goes along with their lies and propaganda.  In reality, the few will dominate the rest of us, so, in reality, there is no "egalitarianism" at all, just outright slavery...

Over this past weekend, Portland experienced more rioting and burning, but none -- I repeat none -- of the mainstream, leftist media conglomerates (ABC, CBS, or NBC) saw fit to report this violence.  It is  more than that; it is an outright coverup of what is really happening... But why?  One answer can be that since Biden is now holding the White House hostage, it would be "embarrassing" to the administration to see what the real aim of these Communists are, and second, President Trump had nothing to do with creating the situation that continues to exist in Portland and other cities.  The ball is now in Biden's court, yet he and his "justice department" are as silent as the media are!  But not the people that are trying to live their daily lives; going to work; raising their families, etc... The cry of these folks, under siege, to Antifa and BLM, is "to get out and leave us be!" 

Where are the elected officials and law enforcement in all of this???   Why aren't these rioters stopped?  Earlier this month, 90 were arrested, but 31 cases were dismissed!  Why?  

At least there was some coverage from PBS...From an article by Geoffrey Dickens posted on Lifesitenews.com...

On January 25 PBS’s NewsHour online reported: 

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler said Monday the ongoing criminal destruction and violence occurring in his city, which has been the epicenter of protests against racial injustice for eight months, is “unacceptable.” At a news conference Monday, Wheeler also said he had filed a police report about an “incident” that happened to him, but he did not elaborate. Later, his office said in a statement that the mayor filed a police report over something that happened Sunday evening. “The mayor is cooperating with the police investigation and encourages others involved to do the same,” the statement said. Wheeler, who was reelected in November, has been targeted before by left-wing demonstrators, including some who smashed windows and set fires inside his condo building. Earlier this month, Wheeler was accosted by a group while he was dining at a restaurant outside in Northwest Portland. A member of the group started swatting at Wheeler as others yelled obscenities at him.
…
On Wednesday following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, more than 150 people gathered outside the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland’s South Waterfront. Portland police said protestors were throwing rocks and eggs and vandalizing the building. Six people were arrested and officers declared an unlawful assembly.

ABC, CBS, NBC evening news coverage: 0 seconds...

The truth is a rare commodity these days; no?  

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Cristo Rey!  The source of all Truth!  

Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla

Is The COVID "Vaccine" And Euthanasia Related?? -- A REAL STUPID QUESTION!

 The death toll continues to rise with each passing day after folks are injected with the poisonous Covid "vaccine."  

This is not a conspiracy theory, but a fact of life...

As an example, two very famous athletes -- one, a hall of fame baseball player, Hank Arron, and another, a champion boxer, Marvel Hagler, died shortly after taking the eugenics-based, Gates and Fauci promoted, untested, "vaccine," contaminated with the cell lines from aborted babies.  

Aaron was in his 80's -- so why did he have to get his arm stuck with the Covid filth if he wasn't sick in the first place?  As for Hagler, he was only 66 years old, again, why did he have to be injected with the deadly "vaccine"?   

Those who, out of ignorance, or malice, claim that the "vaccine" had nothing to do with their deaths, but how do these characters explain the many deaths or severe adverse reactions of the -- literally -- thousands -- of otherwise, normal, "healthy" people?  To add insult to injury, these data have been vastly underreported -- vastly underreported!  The real pandemic is the lack of truth!

Even the CDC is admitting that the death toll is increasing; they can't hide any longer... But it gets worse...

Whistleblowers have leaked reports that pregnant women have experienced horrible complications after taking the "vaccine."  

The elderly in nursing homes are dying like flies after being injected with the Covid "vaccine."  

Many thousands of healthcare workers are uniting to tell the various governments around the world, that patients' rights have to be respected if they refuse to submit to the tyranny of forced vaccinations...

But if the U.N., the CDC, the NIH, and other rogue agencies attempt to force vaccinations on the American populace, or if the VA (Veterans Administration) tells all vets they have to be vaccinated with the Covid filth, there will be absolute rebellion!  Already, many active-duty vets are refusing to get the tainted "vaccine."  

Those who criticize government plans, or the military big-wigs, are being attacked for simply exercising their First Amendment rights to speak freely, or assemble peacefully, or just want to go to church and worship the God who made them...

The title of my article: Is The COVID "Vaccine" And Euthanasia Related??  The answer: Yes, without a doubt!  The population control freaks have come completely out of the woodwork, just like the disgusting, little roaches come out of their dens after the room-lights are turned off...

Their plans to reduce the population at the expense of the elderly and ill, is not a new phenomenon; this has been planned for decades, but now they are emboldened by the likes of the anti-life, anti-Christ, morally and mentally compromised Biden, and the weak-kneed hierarchy of what passes for the Catholic Church these days, with Bergoglio sitting in the Chair of St. Peter.  (Bergoglio has appointed the very vocal population reduction lunatic, Jeffrey Sachs to a very prestigious advisory board in the Vatican.)

It should be relatively simple to add two and two, and get four as the result, but, as with the new math, the new morality -- or lack of same -- two and two just doesn't add up.  God-given common sense -- and truth -- have been rejected for outright malice and lies.  In effect, those who kick our Lord out of their lives, invite the evil one, Satan, to fill the void,,,

Do we really deserve God's mercy?  I'm beginning to wonder...

Pray for strength and honor!

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

Gene DeLalla 

  
 

 

Can The Red Chinese Communist Military Defeat The U.S. Military Without Firing A Shot?

 I know that sounds silly on its face, but under the illegitimate "presidency" of Biden and his cabal, almost as soon as he stole the White House, he, and his extremist Secretary of "Defense," began to eviscerate the military with looney, "diversity," gobbledygook... 

I have to admit that, this nonsense didn't start with the apostate "Catholic" Biden, no, it started back under the corrupt Clinton administration, and continued under Republican presidents as well.  But why?  That's an easy one: no guts!

Okay, I know that if there are any feminists reading this -- that is, if there are any Catholics, or mainline Protestants, or Jews, or Buddhas, or Hindus, or whatever, that are radical feminists that would read my articles -- listen up...    

If anyone hasn't noticed yet, here's what's happening to our Army (and the other services as well, save the Marines (I hope!); not only are females being given more command responsibilities, they are now allowed to be up-close and personal in combat roles, yes, even as combat pilots.

But it doesn't end there...

Just as the illicit "president" Biden promised, he has now injected the anti-Natural Law filth of "transgenderism" into the public school system, whereby those who are, in fact, males, but claim to be female -- for that day, or hour, or minute -- can now enter your daughter's bathroom and locker room at will, and no one can stop them!  

In reality, what I just wrote is not true; you fathers and mothers can stop these leftist policies by pulling your children, especially your daughters, out of the public school system and homeschool, that is, if you want to save their precious souls -- and yours too!   If we fail, we will face the wrath of our Lord at our Particular Judgment.  Not a very pleasant prospect...

Those disastrous policies are now being implemented in the military services.  This is a reversal of the positive actions taken by President Trump using God-given common sense, which seems to be severely lacking in the malfunctioning brain of Biden.  

Can it be that the actions now under way is not just a payback to the leftist feminists' who supported the stealing of the 2020 presidential election, but also a deliberate plan to weaken the military? 

I say it is.

If that is, in fact, the case, then would not that be treason?  Would it not be enough to impeach and remove from office such a miscreant, as opposed to the phony "Russian collusion" charges brought against President Trump?  

I say it is.

Presently, the Fox commentator, Tucker Carlson, is under severe attack by multiple entities in the Marxist media for his pointing out the incredible stupidity of poisoning the military with these maniacal social experiments, a la Dr. Frankenstein...

Some of those entities are the arm-chair generals ostracizing the right-leaning, pro-life Tucker because he dared to speak the truth about females in combat roles, as well as the fact that the military will now pay for sex-change surgery for their "men" who want to become "women," and for "women" who want to become "men."  

What I just wrote is not an exaggeration, but fact...  

And so, that if this lunacy continues over a substantial period of time, it just may be that the Red Chinese Communist military won't have to fire a single shot when they decide to invade the U.S. mainland; all they would have to do is to gobble-up all the supplies of feminine products, such as maxi-pads and tampons!  

Can you imagine a male machine-gunner, in a foxhole, with a female ammo feeder when that time of the month comes around and she has no female "supplies"?  Just the thought of it is enough to make a male soldier want to desert his post!

Do the idiots at the White House, or at the Pentagon ever think of the practicality of their nonsensical policies?  Obviously not...

Pray for strength and honor!

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

Gene DeLalla 

 

Why Those Who Adhere To The Truth Of God's Holy Religion Are Persecuted And Defamed By The Very Shepherds Who Are Supposed To Be The Guardians Of That Truth...

 The title of my article exudes with irony, and begs an answer.

If I had to take a "wild guess," it would be that the shepherds have compromised that revealed truth, in order to make-nice with the secular realm, but, in doing so, betray those who do not compromise our Lord's teachings through His holy church. 

That answer is bad enough, but is there something more sinister going on here?

Compromise and novelty is nothing new, and has it's roots going back to the nascent church -- even while the Apostles were still alive, preaching and baptizing those who would be saved.  In fact, St. Paul indicates that sound doctrine will be replaced with distortions of the truth and fables: I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. (2 Timothy 4:1-6, King James Version.)

St. Paul saw this happening in his own time, warning and admonishing his flock to be on-guard when the heretics would come, and they did come to confuse and scatter his new congregations...

This is exactly what has happened in the church, and continues to happen as I write this missive. 

There is an entrenched, deep conspiracy to lead, even the Elect, if that were possible, away from Christ and toward the infernal abyss, where suffering persists for all eternity.

The following is an excerpt from an article in Lewrockwell.com written by Zachary Yost: "State hostility towards religion and the religious institutions through which religion is exercised is not driven solely, or in some cases even primarily, by the current secular zeitgeist. Rather, religion and religious institutions represent a major obstacle to the exercise of state control and the centralization of social power. In the Western context, orthodox Christianity especially poses a threat to this agenda due to its adherents’ membership in a kingdom “not of this world.” It is difficult for the immanent state to compete to be the primary reference for people who, by virtue of their religion, are members of a transcendent order."

What does that have to do with the bishops (shepherds) of the American Catholic Church?  (Note: Instead of the "American Catholic Church," the institution should be described as: The Catholic American Church, that is, if the perennial teachings of the Magisterium were, in fact, preached from the housetops without compromise, but sadly, they are not!  By the way, it was Pope Leo XIII who specifically condemned the error of "Americanism".)

To find the answer to that question, one only has to use his common sense and rightly formed Catholic conscience to see, hear, and read, that the bishops, for the most part, have aligned themselves with the anti-Christ, anti-life globalist elites.  This is a charge that I do not make lightly, yet the obvious facts speak for themselves.  For instance, the ongoing capitulation to idolatry as well as supporting those who would reduce the world's population through abortion, contraception, deadly untested vaccinations, false pandemics, isolation and the like... 

Is this true?  They may not come right out and say it; no, because that would cause absolute rebellion among the faithful, but, it is by their silence that they embolden those who foster such demonic agendas.

So, when a group of faithful Catholics resist the compromisers, they have to defamed and silenced.  I seem to recall the Commandment: thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor, or am I missing something here?  Can that be "interpreted" in some other way that I'm not aware of??

Pray for strength and honor to stand up and resist -- to the face -- false shepherds!

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

Gene DeLalla

"Catholic" Senators Who Voted To Defeat The Born-Alive Amendment...

 Is the title of my article for real??  Yes!

I will name each one of these apostate "Catholic" (baby killers), who, out of ignorance or malice, voted to kill an amendment that would have required medical care to the poor, tiny souls who survived an attempt to slaughter them through the heinous act of abortion.

First, I rule out ignorance; they know exactly what was, or is, at stake here.  So, if that is the case, and it is, then the only other option is that they voted out of malice against the most defenseless of our species: the pre-born baby.

These "Catholic" politicians voted in lock-step with the rest of the Democratic Party, unwilling to buck the system and vote in a way that would have shown the world that they are Catholic, and that a Catholic cannot, under any circumstances, vote to take the life of an innocent pre-born girl or boy.  But they failed miserably to exercise a conscience supposedly formed by the teachings of Holy Mother Church!

In the meantime, we must carry out our Lord's command to pray for our enemies and their conversion, but not for their evil intentions or actions...

Second, it is time to name these thirteen, imposter "Catholics"...

    Sen. Cantwell; Sen. Cortez; Sen. Gillibrand; Sen. Murray -- all females!

Think about that for one moment... Females voted against caring for babies that survived an abortion?  Women are tasked with carrying and bringing life into the world, voted against this common-sense amendment?  Unbelievable!  

    The rest are males, some are fathers, no doubt... If they have a daughter, how do they explain their no vote to their impressionable female offspring??

    Sen. Durbin; Sen. Kaine; Sen. Kelly; Sen. Leahy; Sen. Lujan; Sen. Markey; Sen. Menendez; Sen. Padilla, and Sen. Reed... If there was ever any doubt in the minds of Democrat "Catholics," now you know the truth, and because of that, you must act accordingly: you must vote them out of office!

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

Gene DeLalla