I Could Cry, But I Won't Despair!

 As the new year begins, I see a continuation of the mess of a year that we just left behind: wars and rumors of wars, depravity, immorality and corruption in civil and ecclesiastical society, stolen elections and a treasonous, apostate "Catholic" holding the White House -- and the American public -- hostage!  I could list dozens of other sins afflicting our fallen human nature, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I would like to switch my train of thought somewhat and say that there may be some hope for the new year of 2023, albeit I proclaim a good deal of caution in doing so...

Unfortunately, far too large a segment of the American populace is still easily led down the primrose lane of unquestioned compliance with governmental dictates that directly contradict our God-given rights -- and responsibilities to resist, to the face -- and literally force a surrender to the Marxist elites attempting to impose their satanic wills on a once-free peoples of the U.S. of A.

One way to change a perception of imminent doom -- if you don't get a particular jab, or wear a face diaper -- is to stop watching the 6 o'clock "news"!  

Does that sound a wee bit too simplistic?  Perhaps, but why are people still scared to death that if they don't comply with the tyrannical "authorities" and their un-natural mandates and keep themselves jabbed and faces covered -- and what's worse -- deprive their kiddie's ability to breathe normally or see their classmate's faces as they should see them? 

Let's face it -- no pun intended! -- the average Joe has been so brainwashed, that they have lost, for all practical purposes, the ability to think for themselves.  I'm sad to say, I don't think that is a too pessimistic analysis of the current state of affairs in our beloved country.

Ben Franklin once quipped (paraphrasing): those who sacrifice their rights for "security," deserve neither... Couple this with a wide open, southern border and an invasion of not only illegal aliens, but also a massive influx of the deadly drug, fentanyl, and you have a recipe of a moral and physical disaster in the making.  In fact, as of this writing, and looking back on 2022, there have been well over 100,000 drug overdoses in the U.S.  Sadly, that is a very low estimate...

On the ecclesiastical -- and spiritual side -- the traditional Latin Mass communities are growing leaps and bounds, with many new conservative seminarians longing to enter the priesthood, this, despite the attacks from the Christ-haters emanating from the novus ordo hierarchy, especially from the bishop of Rome, Bergoglio, restricting and threatening those TLM institutes and cancelling those good priests who attempt to preach -- from the housetops -- the real good news of the perennial teachings of the authentic Catholic Church: the primary function of the Church in the first place -- the salvation of souls -- and not the phony "dialogue" and "accompaniment" of the one-world religion being fostered by the traitors wearing the Roman collar...

But hope does spring eternal!  And we know that our Lord is in command, though at the present time, it can be discouraging even to the most ardent of believers -- a dark night of the soul, if you will, but this is where perseverance comes in, and, as St. Paul relates, it is those who stay in and finish the race that the crown of eternal life will be won!  

In the meantime, what are we to do, and how should we fight the forces of evil so prevalent, so ubiquitous threatening the life of grace in our souls?  

First, and foremost, is to achieve personal sanctification!  It isn't easy, but then again, nothing worthwhile is, right?  

Second, attend the Traditional Latin Mass and stay away from -- abhor! -- the novus ordo concoction created by a Freemason infiltrator, the supposed "archbishop" Bugnini and his Protestant friends...

Third, protect -- at all costs -- the spiritual well-being of our family and friends.  In the long run, nothing else matters than to secure our mansion in the Heavenly Beatitude!

And of course, worthily receive the Holy Eucharist, without which there is no life in us!  (See St. John, Chapter Six, King James or Douay Rheims version of the Bible.) 

Will 2023 be any different than 2022?  I think so, but we may have to fight, figuratively -- and physically...  So be it...

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

The MEN Who Did Their Duty...

  Please watch this short video (less than 4 minutes) and see and hear about the MEN that sacrificed and fought for us, that we may be free...

(2303) Maj. Dick Winters on Adjusting to Civilian Life after WWII (Band of Brothers) - YouTube.

As for me, there is not a day that goes by that I don't think about what I experienced in Vietnam.  And I remember and pray for my fellow Air Force Security Police brothers who died in the Vietnam War -- all 111 of them!

I also remember when my folks picked me up at Newark (NJ) airport terminal, after I arrived back from Southeast Asia on December 17, 1968, we got in the car for the drive back to our home in northwest NJ, I didn't say a single word for the entire trip (about 40 miles)... 

Obviously, my parents knew that I was a changed man...

How can any rational person (soldier) that has been in a war be the same as before he entered a war zone, especially those who have seen and experienced combat or have come so close to it as to make one sweat with fear?

Please, always remember our veterans because they did their duty... 

As we are directed to hate sin, but love the sinner, so too, hate wars, but not those who serve in those wars, whether a war is "popular" or not...

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

  

 

The Grievous Sin And Madness Of Liberalism -- In Society AND In What Passes For The "Modern" Catholic Church...

  (The following information is gleaned from newadvent.org (the Catholic Encyclopedia))...

Those Catholics in the traditional movement -- including adhering to the Mass of the ages and the perennial teachings of the authentic Magisterium -- know the craziness and madness of the gangrenous infection that has infiltrated the novus ordo sect, especially the concoction of Bugnini in creating the new "mass," after he and his Protestant buddies agreed on a rite that even they could use in their services!

Let that sink in: our Catholic Mass became something unrecognizable to the faithful, and through compromise and appeasement, the new thing was nearly completely devoid of the sacrificial nature of the Mass.  The demonic arch-heretic -- and Freemason -- Bugnini, actually bragged about that massive destruction...

His "victory" was the epitome of a successful, classic act of sabotage that was finally endorsed by the weak-willed, Paul VI, and officially promulgated in 1970 to the horror of those raised on the Traditional Latin Mass of the ages -- the very same Mass that produced uncountable Saints and Martyrs over the last 2,000 years...

So, when did this infiltration and attack on the faithful flock of Christ begin?  And what are some of the ramifications that we see in society today?   

First, as you will see, this insertion of liberalism began long before Vat. II.  Second, we also see the fruits of this evil and mad ideology as well as a corrupted theology, a theology that is intent in re-making and re-shaping the true Catholic Church into something that the world will accept and praise...

Isn't that what we see under the "pontificate" Bergoglio? 

I always thought the role of the Church was the salvation of souls??  Am I wrong in thinking this???

Here are some excerpts from the article under the heading: Liberalism...

"(1) The prevailing political form of modern Liberal Catholicism, is that which would regulate the relations of the Church to the State and modern society in accordance with the Liberal principles as expounded by Benjamin Constant. It had its predecessors and patterns in Gallicanism, Febronianism, and Josephinism. Founded 1828 by Lamennais, the system was later defended in some respects by Lacordaire, Montalembert, Parisis, Dupanloup, and Falloux.

(2) The more theological and religious form of Liberal Catholicism had its predecessors in Jansenism and Josephinism; it aims at certain reforms in ecclesiastical doctrine and discipline in accordance with the anti-ecclesiastical liberal Protestant theory and atheistical "science and enlightenment" prevailing at the time. The newest phases of this Liberalism were condemned by Pius X as Modernism. In general it advocates latitude in interpreting dogma, oversight or disregard of the disciplinary and doctrinal decrees of the Roman Congregations, sympathy with the State even in its enactments against the liberty of the Church, in the action of her bishops, clergy, religious orders and congregations, and a disposition to regard as clericalism the efforts of the Church to protect the rights of the family and of individuals to the free exercise of religion."

"...sympathy with the State even in its enactments against the liberty of the Church..."

Pure madness! 

And this: "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". 

How much worse have things gotten since these condemnations of the pre-conciliar popes??

Read the entire article here: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Liberalism (newadvent.org).

As we enter a new year, faithful Catholics will be faced with fresh attacks from the likes of the novus ordo hierarchy (including Bergoglio and his evil agenda) that hate Tradition -- especially the Traditional Latin Mass.

Pray for strength and honor -- we will need it now more than ever!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

Ann DiLalla: R.I.P. -- My Mom Passed Away On December 26, 2007, On The Feast Of St. Stephen -- The Protomartyr Of The Catholic Church...

  First, note the spelling of "DiLalla"... My dad's last name was spelled DiLalla, but on my birth certificate my last name is listed -- as -- DeLalla!

I might add that my Uncle Vince's (my father's brother!) last name was also spelled, DeLalla!  

In any event, rest assured that I am of the DeLalla clan, in fact I am second in line, so to speak, of being the Patriarch of what is remaining of the DeLalla family, with my cousin, Richard, being about one year older than I (his 76 to my 75...).

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At the time of my mom's passing, our James was 15 years old, and now, he is 30 years old with his own -- growing -- family!

Knowing that love never dies, I'm sure that my dear mother is still watching over our family, especially James'... And, I hope, that when I leave this earth, our good God will allow me to see my mom again, as well as watch over and protect my family here on earth... 

I could write a book about my mom, and what a mother is: the life-bearer and the heart of the family.  But I'll admit, that if I did attempt to write a book about my mom, it would fall way short of what love, talents and teachings she handed down to me and my (now-deceased) brother.  

One incident that I vividly remember, is when my brother joined the Navy in 1960 at the tender age of 18... Considered an adult, that still didn't matter to my mom as she cried because she knew that she had to let him go to serve his country and probably figured that she couldn't do anything about his joining anyway!

On the other hand, when I wanted to join the Air Force (my first choice was the Army, but I changed my mind shortly after the Air Force recruiter came to our school; he was a good salesman!) right out of high school, I was technically still not considered an adult and had to have my parent's consent to join.  Three days after I started basic training, I turned 18... But again, my mom shed some tears because she had to let her "baby" go and serve his country, too.   

I think my mom was very concerned about my brother's moral and spiritual state, knowing that before he joined the Navy, he already had gotten in with some local, somewhat shady characters from "around the block."  I knew some of those guys, and yes, they were "shady"... But one did become a New York City cop and served for many years.   I also remember that some of those very same guys would sing doo-wop oldies "on the corner," as well as have some explosive firework displays, every year, on the Fourth...

When the Cuban Missile Crises reared its ugly head, my mom was on pins and needles, knowing that the aircraft carrier he was stationed on was in the waters around Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...

This was not the only arrow to pierce her gentle, caring heart... When I got my orders for Vietnam, her heart sunk, as events were plastered on the 6 o'clock "news" every day of the week, and that I was going headlong into that war-torn country.  And although I was not physically wounded at the time I came back to "the world," I was a changed man, and they knew it. 

The agony and tribulations my brother and I put my mom through, I can only imagine, but the worst for her was yet to come...

She had to witness her offspring slowly slipping away from the faith, and sliding into a potential eternal abyss, not living good and decent lives, but succumbing to the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil...

Like the Prodigal son, I returned; my brother on the other hand "half-returned," but then fell into a deadly relationship -- another painful arrow.  If only my brother had realized...

Those are only some of the numerous events that she had to put up with... As you can imagine, there were many others, such as the death of her husband (my dad), and my brother... Revealing the news of their passing were the toughest things I have ever had to do in my life...

Another factoid: My mom could have been an incredible, professional chef if she had decided to go that route!  There is little doubt in my mind that she was the best, most talented cook in all the clan -- and I mean among all our other relatives and friends combined!

That's the primary reason I became a little "chunky" and had to shed some weight before I entered the military -- and I did, 50 pounds worth! 

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Kathy, James and I, visited my mom on Christmas, 2007... We had a great time; I remember we had my mom laughing and filled with joy at having her James nearby... We played games and ate chocolate... 

But before our next visit, the hospital nurse called our home at about 10:30pm, on the 26th, and informed us of my dear mom's passing...

(She always wore her Brown Scapula, and her Rosary was on her little movable table -- she was a child of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and that is why I am supremely confident that she is in, or soon will be, in the Heavenly Beatitude.) 

This was the most trying and sad time of our lives, but as Catholics, we have the hope -- and promise -- that those who love Him and keep His Commandments, will have eternal life.  What more can we ask for??   I can also say with certainty, that she stayed the course and finished the race (St. Paul)...

Please say an Ave Maria for my mom...

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Christo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

Fifty-Five Years Ago On December 16, 1967, I Started My Tour Of Duty In Vietnam...

  That was my "Christmas present" back in '67...

A lot has transpired since then, spiritually, physically and mentally, including a long journey back to my precious Catholic faith... 

Don't get me wrong, I was not a "typical" G.I. gone crazy while away from home, doing things most unpleasing to God and rejecting His divine grace for the sake of a moment's pleasure... 

But I did "go crazy" after my return to "the world" (home) on December 16, 1968...

One thing I vividly remember as I was walking through the airport terminal on my way to meet my parents and be driven back to our home located in northwest New Jersey, was an Army brother G.I. still in his jungle fatigues, alone, waiting for who or what I would never know...

This is how it worked, sometimes: a G.I. out in the field would get his orders to exit Vietnam when his tour was up and be pulled out from the field, gather his possessions and orders and be taken to one of the many commercial airliners that were contracted to take us back to the U.S.

One of the really sad parts of the whole Vietnam experience, especially for those brothers that had life and death combat encounters, is that the G.I. would be back home in about 14 or 15 hours, in some cases, right after a firefight!  There was no time to relax, rewind, talk and heal, unlike the G.I.s of previous wars that were on troop ships for days or even weeks, and if wounded, on a hospital ship.  Nope, not us.  We boarded a jet: goodbye and good luck, see you later pal...

For some G.I.s, that's when the real battle began...

The now-common acronym, PTSD, hadn't become part of the lexicon at that time, yet that's what many Vietnam Vets experienced, some to this very day... 

I guess you could say that I was one of the "lucky" ones... In that I was not -- physically -- wounded by enemy fire, but psychologically and spiritually, yes, very much so.  

My spiritual journey was a whole different ball game, nearly losing my faith for almost two decades, but by the constant prayers of my mother and my dear aunt (Sister, Angela Spinelli, of the Religious Teachers Filippini) I was saved from almost certain, eternal destruction!  

Later, much later, I would suffer physically with what is called a spindle cell sarcoma caused by the chemical defoliant, Agent Orange, used extensively in Vietnam to uncover the enemies' hiding places, caches and infiltration trails into the South.  That hellish chemical was the cause of many cancers and birth defects of the children of the troops who were exposed to it out in the field, but also on air force flightlines as the deadly chemical drifted unseen through the air as A.O. was loaded onto C-130 aircraft to be sprayed on the jungle forests. 

(For many years, the Veterans Administration (VA) absolutely denied any connection between A.O. and the cancers that it produced, but that changed, as many ailments have now been added to the "presumptive list" allowing Vietnam Vets to get treatment and disability compensation!)

I could write a book here, (in fact I have; several: The Battle For Oscar Six is still available on Amazon), but all I ask is for anyone reading this missive to pray for me -- and all Vietnam Vets, for their physical and spiritual needs -- and conversion, or to come back to the faith, as the Prodigal son returned to the arms of his jubilant Father...

One more thing... I was no hero during my Vietnam tour, I just did my job as so many others did.  

I still do love my country, very much so...

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

"Blessed Are Ye, When Men...Persecute You...For My Sake" (St. Matthew 5:11-12)... (King James Version).

 Powerful letter from Archbishop Vigano in defense of Fr. Frank Pavone... Watch and listen what the good Archbishop says in his letter on the Dr. Taylor Marshall podcast, here: (2079) Viganò DEFENDS Fr. Frank Pavone against Pope Francis - YouTube.

There is little need to add anything to the devastating facts that are revealed in the video.

What I will say, is that the current cabal of new-world-order Marxists and deviants that are in control of the Vatican, are hell-bent on eviscerating the Catholic priesthood, and destroy any priest that preaches the truth from the pulpit -- shouting from the housetops! -- the perennial teachings of the authentic Catholic Church, including the tenets of the Natural Law...

As the novus ordo "church" goes, so goes society -- at least that's what the world sees as the Catholic Church, but, in reality, what they see has nothing to do with the one, true Church that our Lord and Savior founded on the rock of St. Peter!

This massive apostacy is the result of those infiltrators into the Body of Christ by the successful recruitment of communists -- by the communist, Bella Dodd, and her comrades -- to corrupt and destroy the church from within...  

Judge for yourself!  And pray for the defeat of these diabolical monsters!

Pray, too, for strength and honor!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla 

The Outrageous Spiritual Attack And Dismissal Of Father Frank Pavone (Of Priests For Life) From The Priesthood!

  If anyone needs any more evidence of the demonic forces that have infiltrated Holy Mother Church in order to destroy Her from within, then look no further...

The objective of the Soviet communists, such as Bella Dodd and her comrades, to recruit fellow communists and perverts to enter the Catholic seminaries and to become "priests" has been overwhelmingly successful!   In fact, we are now seeing the fourth and fifth generation of such evil males wearing the Roman collar, from "priests," "bishops," "cardinals," and even "popes," implementing the Masonic/Communist plot to scatter and devour the flock of Christ! 

See this article from lifesitenews.com...

You won't believe how many Communists infiltrated the Catholic Church in 1930s America - LifeSite (lifesitenews.com)

Remember what President Truman said many years ago: the buck stops here at my desk!  Indicating, that, as leader of the U.S. and the free world at the time, he accepted responsibility for his actions and the actions of his subordinates.

This is in stark contrast to the bishop of Rome, Bergoglio, who blames "rigid," traditional Catholics for everything gone wrong under heaven, while, at the same time, ignoring -- and even encouraging -- openly homosexual perverts and Marxist lunatics sitting in high places within the novus ordo "church," appointing and promoting such miscreants to "advisory boards" to fight for "social justice" causes and "climate change"!  

But if that weren't bad enough, Bergoglio has taken part in, and promoted worship of false gods thereby violating the First Commandment!  But this too is nothing new from the adherent to the Marxism of so-called "liberation theology" that influenced Bergoglio while he was in his formative years in South America...

I know that I have digressed a wee bit here... See this interview of Fr. Frank Pavone by Dr. Taylor Marshall and hear what is next for the good Father...

(2012) Father Frank Pavone talks with Dr. Taylor Marshall about Vatican decree - YouTube.

You will see -- and hear -- that Fr. Pavone is sure that the next uncanonical, illicit step is to be ex-communicated by the apostate rogues now occupying very powerful offices in the Vatican.  

If this actually takes place, it will automatically be null and void, but to the poorly catechized novus ordo Catholics, it will be "gospel"!

And here: (2012) Father Pavone Responds to Pope Francis - YouTube.

In addition, here is an excellent article written by Leo Higgins and posted on Lewrockwell.com:  Fr. Pavone’s 'Laicization' - LewRockwell.

Here is the first paragraph of this informative article: "Fr. Frank Pavone, who has dedicated his life and priesthood to the cause of the defense of life, from the womb to natural death, has been “laicizedy” by Jorge Bergoglio, aka “Francis.”  This holy and dedicated priest gets shanked, while the execrable James Martin get feted by Bergoglio and other fanboys at Vatican events orchestrated to advocate – under “papal” auspices – the entire LGBTQ/transgender agenda."

And this: 

"We have reached Kafka-esque levels of weirdness in the Church, these days. Bergoglio gets away with all of these crazy things because no one wants to risk a cushy sinecure to oppose him.  Not even Burke or Schneider will really push very hard.  The large group of conservative and traditional “professional Catholics” out there in the clergy and Catholic media and punditry, known these days as Trad Inc., have too much invested in staying within the bounds of mainstream “respectability” to rock the boat.  The same conservatives and traditionalists in the Church are a major component of the Recognize and Resist movement, saying that they see “Francis” as pope but resist his errors.  They “recognize” Bergoglio as pope to avoid being in “schism” by still recognizing Benedict due to his non-resignation resignation, so they just say they will “resist” Bergoglio’s heresies and idolatries as much as possible.  But resisting papal authority (from their point of view) is a form of schism itself!  In effect, they openly are in virtual schism in order to avoid being schismatic!  They think more about their paychecks and access to Vaticanistas than they do about truth."

End of excerpts...

I ask: when will novus ordo Catholics wake up and shake off the hypnotic state they have been under for nearly 60 years since the demonic Second Vatican Council????

When will this anti-Christ cabal of communists and homosexuals be amputated from the gangrenous infection that continues to spread in the novus ordo "church" in order to save the body and bring it back to orthodoxy, Tradition and the Catholic Faith????

Lord have mercy on us!!

Pray for strength and honor for Fr. Frank Pavone -- and for JUSTICE -- and for all of us!

Viva Christo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Gene DeLalla