Medal Of Honor Heroes...

What makes a hero, a hero?

If you go to YouTube, you can see Medal of Honor stories of men from World War II, Korea and Vietnam ("my war").

As I sit in my chair and watch and listen to these men, and how they managed to survive the incredible combat situations that eventually led to them being nominated and awarded the Medal of Honor, -- the nation's highest military award -- my eyes tear-up.

For anyone that was in a war (or not...), it would be difficult not to have tears roll down your cheeks, if there is any sense or idea of what these men went through.  Those that were not in uniform or in a war, can only sympathize, but not empathize.

And yet, to a man, every one of these real heroes, say that they wear that honored Medal for the men that did not make it back; that made the supreme sacrifice for their G.I. buddies, their country, and for the peoples of the countries they liberated from enemy control and domination...

Many of the men that were awarded the Medal of Honor, are gone now.  Some of the men in the YouTube interviews have passed away; some are still alive, and well into their 90's...  Even some of the men from the Vietnam War are in their 80's, and yes, even in their 90's also.  Some were veterans from the Korean War that served again in the Vietnam War.  Many of my brothers from the Vietnam War are passing away, as age and debilitating diseases takes its toll, especially from the chemical used to defoliate the jungles: Agent Orange...

If there is a common thread when these men told their stories -- some, though, cannot tell all the details, as it is too much; too gut-wrenching; way too emotional to do so -- it is that they just did what had to be done; they didn't think ahead and say: "Oh, I better do this, or this will happen"... No, they just did it; they acted; they saved lives; they took out the enemy...

And when the war(s) were over, and some of the enemy surrendered, the POWs were examined for documents or personal items, it was often found that the "enemy" was much like them.  Some were of the same religion; some had families; some lost relatives in war, whether military or civilian, as "collateral damage," as there always are in war; most were tired of wars and rumors of wars...

Many of the captured enemy were surprised that they were treated decently (for the most part); had their wounds looked after; given decent food, and many repatriated to their country...

The inhumanity of war, was quickly replaced with the humanity of brotherhood...

The men who were awarded the Medal of Honor, also have another common thread: they know and hate the horrors of war, and to a man, love peace.  A real soldier prepares for war, but in his heart, hopes that he never has to fight in war, and experience the terrible consequences that come with the failure of humanity to get along...

Pray for our country, and pray for peace, please...

Gene DeLalla

"Is The Pope Catholic"?

Remember when someone would say something so obvious, so factual, that the response would go something like this: "Is The Pope Catholic"?  Or, being slightly gross: "Does A Bear Poop In The Woods"?

I think you get the idea without any further illustration...

So now, I have to ask -- again: Is The Pope Catholic?

I must say, that what is coming out of Rome, and, more specifically, what is emanating from the Chair of Peter, almost on a daily basis, is most certainly not Catholic, period!

It should be painfully obvious that the words and actions -- that's how we judge! -- have provided fodder for the anti-Catholic bigots around the world, especially from those who are deeply engrossed in those un-natural "lifestyles" that we are so bombarded with, through the media, day after day...

Where are our faithful shepherds that have the responsibility to guide their flocks to their heavenly destiny, fighting to the death, if necessary, to stomp out the heresies that seem to flood the Church like an unstoppable tsunami?

Sure, there are some bishops and cardinals, as well as some courageous priests -- some more traditional-minded priests have been forced into hiding for fear for their very lives!! -- that have bucked the trend to bend over backwards to placate Bergolio and his demonic, anti-Christ agenda.  But their response is tepid at best...

Remember what our Lord said about His "lukewarm" followers (paraphrasing): be hot or cold, but I will spit you out like vomit -- if you are lukewarm!!  Pretty strong words coming from the Lamb of love and mercy!

They must condemn -- yes, condemn -- in the strongest terms, the false "religions" of environmentalism, syncretism, idol worship, and other such blasphemies and sacrileges, including the desecration of Catholic churches polluted with wooden, pagan "gods".

It seems that the First Commandment has been consigned to the dustbin of ecclesiastical history!

This is more horrible than any violation of any other Commandment, because it practically ignores and denigrates the Creator and His DEMAND that He be first in our lives.

It is apparent that Bergolio no longer believes that he owes his very being to His Master, Jesus Christ.  He continues, afresh, to pound nails into the hands of our Lord -- as we all do when we sin!

When will this horrendous crisis in the Church of Christ end?  I don't know, but what I do know, is that we have to resist -- to the face -- any, and all, heresies that contradict Church doctrine as handed down from Our Lord to His Apostles and their successors.  There is no other choice!

The Elect, I feel, will be few and far between, as opposed to the phony "bishop" Barron who seems to think that all men will eventually be saved!!   You are wrong, "bishop", dead wrong!!   You conveniently leave out the second part of the sentence: and come to the knowledge of the Truth!

The problem is, is that there are some "Catholics" who are so ignorant of their faith, that they will follow such "bishops" over the cliff, happily following the Judas goat to their spiritual death...

Please, Lord, we need an army of faithful, traditional Catholics led by another St. Athanasius, and quickly!!

Earnestly pray for an end to this apostasy, and pray too, for our country...

Gene DeLalla

If Satan Gets The Children, He Owns The World!!!

More and more stories are appearing on a daily basis, exposing the radical Left's agenda to implement bizarre and unnatural "sex education" to kiddies from Kindergarten on up!!

This is not an exaggeration; it is the TRUTH, and the sooner parents remove their youngsters from the public indoctrination centers -- that is, the public school system -- the better.  Not only for the sake of the sanity of their children, but also for their own culpability in their responsibility in being the primary educators of their children, as well as being the guardians of their immortal souls.

Witness just one horrendous story --  there are many!! --that comes out of Austin, Texas just recently.  But keep in mind, that the once "conservative, red" state has now sunk into full-blown degeneracy.

Here is an excerpt of a story from Lifesitenews.com:  "Despite heavy turnout from parents opposed to the plan, the Austin Independent School District voted Tuesday to approve a sex education curriculum that calls for teaching children as early as third grade how to engage in sodomy and put on condoms, that gender is “non-binary,” and more."

Add to this diabolical stupidity, is the relatively new phenomenon of the so-called "drag queens" poisoning the young minds in an atmosphere that is supposed to be used for learning and research, but has now turned libraries into a witches brew of debauchery.

What is more unbelievable is the fact that "parents" are willingly taking their young charges to these bastions of filth; for what?  So they can learn to be "tolerant," or "inclusive" in their thinking?   The problem is, is that they are far too young to make the necessary decisions that will form their lives, their attitudes and values as they grow into adulthood.

Can you see the plan here?   It is as plain as day: if Satan gets the kids, he gets the world!!!

To date, he has been unbelievably successful!  

I know, I know that God is ultimately in control, but I feel that what is happening in our country, and most Western nations, is a massive chastisement for man's defection from their Creator, and succumbing to the idea that got Adam and Eve in big trouble: disobedience to God.  

In the present day, it is much more than that: it is absolutely kicking God out of the public sphere, and that includes the public school system.   This is part of the "vast left-wing conspiracy" to warp the minds and heart of our youngsters, and have them hate what is good, and praise and support what is evil.  If those demons could make the young believe that they could fit a square peg into a round hole, they would do it, and the kids will try like hell to make that work!!!

It is called brainwashing, and the parents will pay a high price for not fulfilling their obligation to protect and direct their children to their final end, the heavenly beatitude...

Pray like you have never prayed before to defeat this deadly agenda, and pray too, for our country.

Gene DeLalla

The Current Regime In Rome Is NOT Catholic!!!

Just who are those males wearing the Roman collar, not only in Rome, but also in many other parts of the Western nations?

Imposters; charlatans; homosexuals; thieves; apostates; robbers of souls, etc...

The martyrs of the nascent Church must be spinning in their graves!

What an insult to them, and, most importantly, to Christ, the One they died for...

Look at the masqueraders here in the U.S. of A., and see for yourself the putrid mix of demonic summoning, as well as the witches brew of filthy and unnatural goings-on of far too many bishops and cardinals appointed by the anti-pope, Francis.

What a disgrace!  But the scandals go far beyond the boundaries of countries, it goes to the very souls that are leaving the new-order "Church", in favor of greener pastures, or no pastures at all...

Personally, I'm completely sick and tired of the nonsense, and so should all of you be too!!

Don't put any monies into the collection plate of any new-order "mass," seek out only the Traditional Latin Mass communities, not only to make sure that any money collected will not go to any U.N. sponsored population control maniacs hell-bent on destroying God's gift of life to His creatures, but also for the good of the souls entrusted to you and I as parents.

It is time to take the gloves off, and show these phonies just Who is in charge; we will always follow Him, regardless of the consequences, up to and including dying for the Cross of Christ and His true Church.   Anything less, and we fail to fulfill our state in life, and if that happens, we will pay a high price for our spiritual slothfulness... Do not doubt me!

Remember too, that any obedience to these miscreants is a vice, not a virtue.  So don't be frightened by any threat of "excommunication" that some Francis, new-order bishop or cardinal may lob against you or I.  The time has come to show these creeps the true Catholic Faith, and reject their version of the new-world-order, one-world-religion envisioned by this "pope."

We have to fight back against the powers of hell, with the help of the Holy Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her army of fierce and determined angels... She will not abandon her faithful children!!!

Pray for the defeat of the agenda of Francis, and pray for his, and their conversion to the Catholic Faith...

Pray for out country....

Gene DeLalla

 

Can A Pro-Abortion Politician Receive Holy Communion (The Body And Blood Of Our Lord)??

NO!  Of course not.  This is Church teaching, not to mention common sense.

Recently, pro-death "Catholic" Joseph (Joe) Biden was refused the high honor of receiving Holy Communion by a courageous priest in a South Carolina Catholic church.

Why do I write that this priest -- Fr. Robert E. Morey -- is courageous?  Because now, all hell -- maybe literally -- will break loose against him for protecting the Body and Blood of his Master, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, from being received by an apostate "Catholic".

If Fr. Morey was to allow this character to receive our Lord in Holy Communion, it would further jeopardize an already blackened, rotten soul of Biden, by committing the sin of sacrilege!

Now, I realize that I cannot subjectively judge Biden, but OBJECTIVELY; judging his words and actions, he's in a state of mortal sin, because of his radical support for the killing of the pre-born, and for other lauded and supported "lifestyles" such as the LGBT and homosexual "communities."

The Catholic Church teaches that such folk are outside the Church, and lack the pre-requisite of one's soul to be in a state of grace before receiving our Lord, period!

There is no give or take on this; there is no wiggle room...

Back to Fr. Morey...

Let's see if his bishop will support, or sanction his own, brave priest.  Why am I in doubt that the bishop will support his own?  Because far too many bishops have indicated that such manly priests with the guts to do as Fr. Morey did, are using the Holy Eucharist as some type of political weapon, and that has no place in this overly politically correct society -- even in the Church!.

I hope that I am wrong in my assessment, but to date, I haven't read or heard anything from his bishop...

What some non-Catholics, as well as some Catholics, fail to realize that it is the duty of a well-formed priest to admonish a sinner, not condone their despicable, mortally sinful conduct.  To do otherwise, is to further put in jeopardy the soul that is already devoid of sanctifying grace.

We have to pray for Fr. Morey, and hope -- and pray -- that many other priests will do the same, and deny the divinity of Christ, in the form of His Body and Blood, to these miscreants.

And pray too, for our country...

Gene DeLalla

The Forces Of Anti-Life And Their Father...

It seems almost incredible that in the "land of the free, and the home of the brave," we have denied the right to live and prosper, to the tune of 62,000,000 pre-born babies, destroyed in their mother's womb.

The consequences are enormous in many ways!  Sixty-two million fewer American citizens.  Who knows, maybe some would be president, or find cures for diseases that have plagued mankind for millennium...

As the Declaration of Independence states: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, with Life being the first and foremost of the three rights guaranteed by our Republican form of government.  But it is also important to note -- very important! -- that our rights are not derived from the government, but from our Creator under the umbrella of the Natural Law.

This key law -- the Natural Law -- is engraved on the hearts of ALL humans born into the world (St. Paul), allowing us to know right from wrong; good from evil, and separates us from the animals of the jungle.

And there is also the absolute necessity to please God -- the One Who made us.

In fact, the basic catechism states our purpose in this life: to know, love, and serve God in this life, and be happy with Him in the next...

A pretty simple concept to most, but the problem is, is that far too many have rejected that simple concept, and have decided -- with free will -- to serve the Father of Lies, the devil (Satan).

When that happens, all hell breaks loose -- pun intended!

We find little justice in this life, but we can hope and pray for justice to be meted-out in the next at our Particular Judgment, and at the judgment of those who -- in this life -- denied those basic rights to life and happiness.  What a high price to pay for the ongoing scandals that we see and hear about almost on a daily basis, especially the abuse of children.

I also find it interesting that for all the moral weaknesses that President Trump had or has, he is the most pro-life, pro-family, pro-veteran, and pro-2nd Amendment president that I can remember, and I go back to the Truman presidency!  He has his finger in the massive dam of the deep-state; I hope he can hold out, and prevent that monstrous dam from collapsing and entrapping him like an unstoppable tsunami!  Pray for him, for he is fighting the forces of evil and corruption!!

Christ or chaos!  

Pray for our country...

Gene DeLalla

 

Why Wasn't The Blessed Virgin Mary Mentioned At The Amazonian Synod??

I'll repeat this very important question: Why Wasn't The Blessed Virgin Mary Mentioned At The Amazonian Synod??

Think about it: the synod was supposed to be about the Amazon and its indigenous peoples, and the Church's recognition of their religious and cultural elements of their lives.

Of course, the whole bizarre show was a setup by the globalists and modernists now firmly entrenched in the Vatican, and endorsed by pope Francis, to further confuse and weaken an already confused and weakened human element of the Church.

We saw -- and were disgusted by -- wooden statues being "worshipped" by some of those indigenous folks, as well as some clergy?!  We are told that we have to be sensitive to their concerns; that we have to "listen" and learn from them -- BUT NOT CONVERT THEM??

By the year 1539, there were nearly 8,000,000 -- that's EIGHT MILLION! -- conversions of the pagan peoples of Mexico to the Catholic Faith!!

That was a mere eight years after the 1531 apparition of Our Lady to St. Juan Diego of Guadalupe,  now known as the famous and loved, Our Lady of Guadalupe.

But there were other approved apparitions, or venerated (some miraculous) images of the Mother of God as well, such as Our Lady of Luján, Argentina; Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil (Our Lady of Aparecida or Virgen de Aparecida is a clay statue was originally found by three fishermen who miraculously caught much fish after invoking the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The statue is currently housed in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, in Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil. Her feast day is October 12.)

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Chile (was adopted as the patroness of the army in Chile during their revolutionary war. This Marian devotion has extended all over Latin American and European countries;  she is the patroness of the Army and Navy in several of them. The devotion is bound to the history and spiritual values of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and is expressed through the scapular - a Marian habit or garment that is a sign of belonging to Mary. It is a pledge of her motherly protection, not only in this life but after death. Her feast day is July 16.)

Here are several others... 

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, Colombia (Our Lady of Chiquinquirá or Virgen de Chiquinquirá is a portrait of the Virgin of the Rosary on a rustic piece of cotton cloth recovered miraculously its colors and brightness, after been left careless for years. Her feast day is celebrated on July 9.)

Our Lady of the Angels, Costa Rica (Our Lady of the Angels or Virgen de los Angeles is a small black statuette found by a woman on August 2, 1635. It was believed to be a representation of the Virgin Mary because when she tried to remove the statuette and take it with her, it reappeared twice in the original spot where it had been found. Another version of the story says that the Virgin of Angels appeared to a young girl in the form of the statue and asked the girl to build a church in her honor in the spot where she found it, in Cartago city. Her feast day is August 2 and it is considered a sacred religious holiday for the majority of the population who live in the country.)

Our Lady of Quinche, Ecuador (Our Lady of Quinche or Virgen del Quinche is credited with many miracles and graces after converted Indian venerated her. The image carved in wood. Her feast day is November 21.); Our Lady of Coromoto, Venezuela; (Our Lady of Coromoto or Virgen Coromoto story says that the Virgin Mary appeared twice to the chief of a local tribe, who refused to be baptized to the Catholicism. When he tried to grab her, she vanished, leaving behind a small painting of her. He believed and got converted. In 1942, she was declared the Patroness of Venezuela. Her feast day is September 8.)

(As an interesting aside, not long ago, the President of Brazil consecrated the country to the Immaculate Heart of Mary!!) 

This is only a short list; there are many more!!

So, I will repeat the question: Why Wasn't The Blessed Virgin Mary Mentioned At The Amazonian Synod, when entire nations of South America were converted to the Catholic faith, and share a loving devotion to Mary, the Mother of God?  

Culpable ignorance, or planned "ignorance"?

Holy Mary, Mother of God (Jesus), pray for us!!!

And pray, too, for our country...

Gene DeLalla

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