(Originally posted August 15, 2021)
Happy Feast of the glorious Assumption!
“The Lord hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies. Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honour of our people.” Lesson, Feast of the Assumption, Judith 13:22-25; 15:10
The Assumption is the Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Most Holy Rosary. Fruit of the mystery is a well-provided death. You really need to start praying for that. We are sprinting toward all manner of persecution, and as we learned last year, the sacraments are not guaranteed. Get your house in order and be prepared. Do it right now, today.
The Fifth Glorious Mystery is Mary’s Coronation. Fruit of the mystery is trust in Mary’s intercession. It means really trusting her with your needs, in a spirit of holy hope and NOT in a spirit of desperation or helplessness. Get out of your own way and hand it over to her. She has been directed to cut off the head of the prince of our enemies. She’s got this.
Pray the Rosary, every day. It is life changing. Fly to her and trust in her.
Also, have I mentioned practicing Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at least once a week? Schedule it on your calendar the way you would a super important work meeting, because it is even more important than that. You need to spend time with your Creator, and He really wants you there. You don’t need structured prayers; just converse with Him. You cannot hear His voice without silence and stillness. Listen to Him. If you don’t think you can do an hour, try fifteen minutes to start. He doesn’t need much to work with.
God is in charge, and His Mother is directing traffic. Go to them.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Queen of the Universe, pray for us.
Virgin Most Powerful, pray for us.
Happy feast, everyone!
Let’s pray something constructive comes from the US/Russia talks today, but this saga won’t be over until the Consecration is done.
Also, there is now an acceptable compromise over at LifeSiteNews where a separate entirely new uncompromisingCatholic website will be run by the same crew while LifeSiteNews sticks to pro-life stuff.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/a-major-announcement-from-lifesite-ceo-john-henry-westen/
The consecration won’t matter. Because Jesus told Sister Lucia unless it was done by 1960, it would be too late.
Also from any objective point of view, Russia is in the right. If you’re argument is that Russia would be protected under a consecration and be Catholic, you’d have a point. But it’s too late.
The “errors of Russia” was communism/modernism/post modernism. And they’ve taken root .
The Consecration must be done. In the end, her Immaculate Heart will triumph.
I never said it wouldn’t triumph. We know it won’t.
I guess we can assume that was a typo Mike?
A typo when you said, “I never said [Her Immaculate Heart] wouldn’t triumph”, followed instantly by you saying, “We know [Her Immaculate Heart] won’t [triumph].”
People make typos, and only God would know, really, when they are “freudian slip” typos.
Our Lord Himself still strongly implied we’d have a period as lengthy as that given to the Kings of France – 100 years.
In essence, there is still time to mitigate the worst of it, begin the reversal, and avoid what hasn’t happened yet – The Annihilation of Nations.
The action alone would also publicly signal to the world the identity of a true Pope, and all those bishops aligned with him, which would also serve as an acknowledgment and repudiation of the entire aggiornamento which now is on the path of synodalism and reducing the Papacy to a merely symbolic figurehead.
“The consecration won’t matter.” – WOW that is some bad theology, Mike.
Even if the consecration is done centuries late after a nuclear war as chastisement to get it to happen: OF COURSE it will matter & make a HUGE beneficial difference, to whatever world exists then.
“In the end, her Immaculate Heart will triumph” – Exactly, Mark. Yes. That.
I just read Leo’s comments on the Assumption today. I don’t know what to say. It is clearly the most uncomfortable day of the year for the secular.
Blessed Day of Holy Fraternity and Solidarity to you, Komrad.
Ha. Yes. Tutti fruti.
Seems that Our Lady has obtained for us a small positive – no ceasefire, but an acknowledgment of Russia’s position to seek a permanent peace agreement instead. This by itself indicates America backing down.
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/08/16/the-putin-trump-meeting/
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/history-making-summit-alaska-trump-en-route-meet-putin-everything-you-need-know
China has apparently also said they won’t take any action over Taiwan during Trump’s term, assuming you believe Trump.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-xi-assured-him-china-will-not-invade-taiwan-during-his-presidency
Anyway, while the news sounds positive, it ain’t over, and Trump’s term ends close to the Lord’s implied deadline.