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I had to smile today at the Collect for the Feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino in the 1962MR.

Deus, qui ad unigenitum Filium tuum exaltatum a terra omnia trahere disposuisti: perfice propitius; ut meritis et exemplo seraphici Confessoris tui Iosephi supra terrenas omnes cupiditates elevati, ad eum pervenire mereamur:….

Fun.

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In churchy news,

Cardinal Burke has scored a new director for the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.   Don’t forget the NOVENA he invited us to make.  He did a video about it for me.  HERE  Also, it seems that the cardinal prefect in charge of appointing bishops has some problems.  HERE  Meanwhile the persecution continues.  The Arlington Latin Mass Society announced that they’ve been informed of another step in the pogrom.  The bishop has at three of the locations remaining cancelled one Sunday TLM per month to force them to attend the Novus Ordo in Latin… because the higher-ups think that’s the same.  A group of Carmelites in Texas has affiliated with the SSPX HERE.  There is a billboard campaign from a Catholic group which has invoked St. Michael to protect us along with a patriotic background and the iconic image of Pres. Trump with hand raised after he was shot in July.

“DEFEND US IN BATTLE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN” goes National with almost 30 locations across swing states.

The billboards, show a recreation of the iconic picture of former President Donald Trump, bloodied after an attempted assassination, accompanied by words from the Prayer to Saint… pic.twitter.com/NzoMD8h35W

— Catholics for Catholics ?? (@CforCatholics) September 17, 2024

Nice people! Great service!

UPDATE: The company CANCELLED the billboards!

I saw an interesting tweet the other day stating that the 1st attempt in the now-candidate Trump was on the anniversary of the 3rd Apparition at Fatima.  Also, there was a Catholic parish nearby with a statuary group of the Fatima apparition in line with the shooters position and the podium.  Then, on 8 Sept he made a comment about it being the Nativity of Mary. “Happy Birthday Mary!” the presidential candidate posted on his social media platform, alongside a photo of “Our Lady of Guadalupe.”  HERE The second thwarted attempt was on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.   Whatever this all means, it is interesting!  I pray for his conversion.

In lighter fare, there’s this.

After Reading Headlines, Pope Sentences Babylon Bee Writers To 7 Trillion Years In Purgatory https://t.co/7qntxwLzR8 pic.twitter.com/4HwNGC5T74

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 17, 2024

Okay, Popes can’t sentence people to Purgatory, but it is still funny.

In chessy news… HERE