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This woman clearly draws on supernatural grace. God is literally lifting her up, and obviously so. Sitting here the morning after the mourning, I’m still speechless. I will leave a few links below the video, from some others who managed to write down a lot of what I wanted to say. I only caught portions of the other speakers – Vance was good, Trump not so much. But this woman, may God bless her, you need to listen to her whole speech. It’s 30 minutes; find the time.

 

https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/charlie-and-erika-kirk-inspire-a

https://wdtprs.com/2025/09/i-have-thoughts-about-charlie-kirk/

https://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-inspired-millions-have-we.html

(That was his monicker… I don’t consider it blasphemous. -nvp)

Bernie Parent, whose goaltending keyed the Philadelphia Flyers’ back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in the mid-1970s and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, died Sunday. He was 80.

On a team nicknamed the “Broad Street Bullies,” Parent’s superb play was the key to the only two championships in Flyers history.

“Bernie Parent’s foreboding white mask was the last sight you wanted to see if you were an opposing shooter with a big game on the line,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “The grinning, welcoming face that mask protected was the first you wanted to see when you walked into a room. At his unbeatable, unflappable best on the ice when the stakes were highest, Bernie was a warm, gregarious bear of a man off the ice who was venerated in Philadelphia and adored throughout the hockey world.

“Having already established himself as a top NHL goaltender in seven seasons with Boston, Philadelphia and Toronto, Parent soared to rare heights upon returning to the Flyers in 1973 after a year in the WHA. In two of the finest consecutive seasons by a goalie in NHL history, Parent won back-to-back Vezina Trophies and Conn Smythe Trophies, backstopping the Flyers to Stanley Cup triumphs in 1974 and 1975. His 47 regulation victories in 1973-74 remain the League’s single-season record.

“His No. 1 having been retired by the Flyers in 1979, Parent was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984 and selected as one of the NHL’s Top 100 Players of all time in 2017. His work with Ed Snider Youth Hockey and Education was only the most visible of the many ways in which he gave back to the city of Philadelphia and served as an ambassador for hockey. The entire National Hockey League family mourns the passing of this beloved icon and sends its deepest condolences to his wife, Gini, his family, and his countless fans and friends.”

https://www.nhl.com/news/bernie-parent-hall-of-fame-goalie-dies-at-80

Catchy!

https://open.substack.com/pub/bigmodernism/p/you-must-zip-it?

(tweet continues) Much of this has to do with people coming to know LGBTQ people as family members or friends. Nothing changes a person’s attitude to LGBTQ issues faster than their child coming out to them. I’ve had many (perhaps a few dozen) experiences of people telling me that they had opposed LGBTQ ministry until their child came out to them. Suddenly they were all ears. (Also, as more and more people come out, another phenomenon is quietly changing attitudes in the church: nieces and nephews coming out to bishops, priests and brothers and sisters.) Short of that, a change in attitude can come from hearing stories about LGBTQ people from people they trust. There’s a reason why Jesus taught in stories, not in definitions. When asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus doesn’t give a PowerPoint presentation on what it means to be a neighbor. Instead, he tells the Parable of the Good Samaritan. As the Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann once said, arguments can close our minds down, while stories can open them up. (end tweet)

Paraphrasing Jeff Foxworthy, who is more of a theologian than either of these two… If you think changing attitudes can change doctrine, you might be a heretic.

“And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.” John 10:4-5

Stephen Kokx
@StephenKokx

The divisions among Traditionalists that have emerged since the conclave suggest the crisis has reached a new level.

What was once thought to be widely understood has now been shown to be grasped by only a very few. There really are only “rockets of resistance” left.

I think often about this supposed version of the Third Secret of Fatima. Learn more here https://novusordowatch.org/fatima-true-third-secret

“There will be a wicked council planned and prepared that will change the countenance of the Church. Many will lose the Faith; confusion will reign everywhere. The sheep will search for their shepherds in vain.

A schism will tear apart the holy tunic of My Son. This will be the end of times, foretold in the Holy Scriptures and recalled to memory by Me in many places. The abomination of abominations will reach its peak and it will bring the chastisement announced at La Salette. My Son’s arm, which I will not be able to hold back anymore, will punish this poor world, which must expiate its crimes.

One will only speak about wars and revolutions. The elements of nature will be unchained and will cause anguish even among the best (the most courageous). The Church will bleed from all Her wounds. Happy are they who will persevere and search for refuge in My Heart, because in the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
5:32 PM · Sep 19, 2025

https://x.com/StephenKokx/status/1969198061290172859

Leo says the quiet part out loud: Catholic doctrine on homosexuality and marriage is changeable; Trads can shut up and say the Novus Ordo in Latin.

By Chris Jackson

On September 18, 2025, Leo gave a bombshell interview to Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen, excerpts of which were published in her new biography Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the XXI Century. In the conversation, Leo laid out his vision on four flashpoints that have torn at the Church for decades: homosexuality, women’s ordination, synodality, and the liturgy.

What he said was a program. He signaled openness to revisiting women’s ordination, defended Fiducia Supplicans on LGBT blessings, suggested episcopal conferences might gain doctrinal clout, and dismissed the difference between the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo as a matter of attitude. Most chillingly, he floated the possibility that Church doctrine on marriage and sexuality could change once “attitudes” have been softened first.

Trad Inc’s “wait and see” is over. That posture is now clear complicity.

“Attitudes First, Doctrine Later” — The Heresy in Plain Sight

Here is the most chilling line of Leo’s interview, spoken in direct response to a question about changing Catholic teaching on homosexuality:

“We have to change attitudes before we even think about changing what the Church says about any given question.”

Let the weight of that sink in. When pressed about whether the Church might one day alter her moral doctrine on sodomy, fornication, and so-called same-sex “marriage,” Leo’s answer was not a clear and binding no. It was a roadmap: first shift the mindset, then shift the magisterium.

That is the precise formula condemned by Pope St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, where he explains that Modernists make dogma evolve “according to the needs of the times” and “the consciousness of the people.” Divine revelation becomes hostage to public opinion.

Leo then added:

“I find it highly unlikely, certainly in the near future, that the Church’s doctrine in terms of what the Church teaches about sexuality, what the Church teaches about marriage, [will change].”

Again, listen carefully. He did not say such a change is impossible. He said it is unlikely, at least not in the near future. That is the language of a man who believes the Church’s moral teaching could, in fact, be rewritten, once enough “attitudes” have been softened.

The result is simple, and deadly:

First you teach Catholics to smile at sodomy.

Then you change the Catechism.

First you preach “respect” for transgender choices.

Then you change the doctrine of creation itself.

This is an open heretical program, broadcast under the cover of “listening” and “synodality.” It makes doctrine subject to mood, culture, and focus groups, precisely the way every heretical sect has broken with the Catholic Church across the centuries.

Leo has told the world exactly what he intends: change attitudes now, change dogma later. That is betrayal…

Read the rest: https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/its-over-trad-inc

(Note well, any unjust persecution cooked up as righteousness during the current thing, will be used against you ten times harder when the other side comes back in power. If there even are two sides. -nvp)

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Pam Bondi vs. the First Amendment

But first: What the heck is Pam Bondi talking about?

That’s the question we ask in our latest editorial. More than once over the last few days, the Attorney General of the United States has sounded like someone totally unfamiliar with the protections offered by the First Amendment.

She went on a podcast to announce that “There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech.” She added: “We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.” She followed this up with a Fox News appearance where she insinuated that employers have “an obligation to get rid of” people who say abhorrent things about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

The awful irony of this is that Kirk was a true-blue believer in free speech and a steadfast opponent of censorship. “Hate speech does not exist legally in America,” Kirk said just last year. “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment.”

Kirk was right, and he had a much better understanding of the First Amendment than our chief law enforcement officer. While Bondi has tried to walk back her comments, President Trump’s definition of hate speech appears to include anyone in the media who criticizes him. “She’ll probably go after people like you! Because you treat me so unfairly!” he told an ABC reporter Tuesday. “It’s hate! You have a lot of hate in your heart!” …

https://www.thefp.com/p/pam-bondi-vs-the-first-amendment?

Honestly, this is so basic. “Hateful speech” is obviously allowed under 1A. After all, one man’s hate speech is another man’s truth. What is NOT allowed under 1A is falsely creating a public panic, slander/libel, inciting violence, and whatnot.

It’s my understanding we already have lawmakers advocating for criminal charges if a citizen criticizes foreign policy. Criticizes a foreign nation. Do you understand?

You really don’t want that.