National Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 To take place today throughout the United States

                  PRAYER OF CONSECRATION 

 

O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:
You know the longings of our hearts,
and you desire that we enjoy friendship with you.
 

From your pierced side, 
you have poured out the wellspring of
life, for which we thirst.
Your heart burns with a love for all people to return to a right
relationship with you.
 

We celebrate the abundant gifts you have given this nation,
founded on the self-evident truths
that our Creator has endowed all people
with the right to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
 

We make reparation for the offenses against you
and against human dignity
that have taken place in this nation.
 

May our hearts be united to yours,
so that our families and communities
enjoy peace and happiness;
may broken relationships be reconciled,
injustices repaired,
and the wounds of our land be healed.
 

May your holy Catholic Church serve as a sign,
pointing all people to your infinite love.
 

O Desire of Nations and Center of History,
we ask you to bless these United States of America.
Who live and reign with God the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
 

Amen.

BREAKING: Man arrested for threatening Catholic church and school: ‘I’m sending all you to h–’

“The incident on Tuesday is the latest in a wave of anti-Catholic attacks across the United States in recent years, including more than 500 reported attacks on Catholic churches since 2022.

“On May 22, police arrested a man who broke into and burned a Catholic school in Missouri, damaged a statue of Our Lady, and kicked an image that depicted Jesus.

“The arsonist said that he “hoped the fire would burn the whole school down,” according to Ozarks First, and that he believed that the Bible was being “pushed down people’s throats.”

“Earlier this year, attackers devastated a Catholic church and school in California, knocking down the tabernacle, ransacking classrooms, and again damaging Marian statues.

“Last year, a gender-confused shooter killed two children and injured other people at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis; a man with 200 explosives targeted a Mass with Catholic Supreme Court justices at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C.; another man with lethal weapons threatened the Norbertine St. Michael’s Abbey in California; satanists attacked a Catholic church in Kansas and attempted to desecrate the Eucharist at the state capitol; and a vandal set off dynamite in the adoration chapel of another Pennsylvania church, among numerous other anti-Catholic incidents.”

Breaking story:

Christopher Henderson targeted St. Pius X Church in Pennsylvania and told police ‘You never know when someone is going to randomly come shoot up the place.’

Police car using its flashing lights and siren in PhiladelphiaShutterstock

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Raymond Wolfe

Wed Jun 10, 2026 - 2:41 pm EDT

BROOMALL, Pennsylvania (LifeSiteNews) — Police arrested a man on Tuesday for threatening to kill people at a Catholic church and school in Pennsylvania.

Cristopher Henderson, 37, was charged with felony terroristic threats after targeting St. Pius X Parish, which consists of more than 3,300 families, according to its Facebook page.

The deranged man claimed that he was driving to the church and school in Broomall, Pennsylvania, and wrote on Facebook, “I’m sending all you [expletive] to h–.”

Community members reported the post to police, who secured the parish and arrested Henderson while he was driving, according to Daily Voice.

More: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/man-arrested-for-threatening-catholic-church-and-school-im-sending-all-you-to-h/

Synodality: “The Tedium is the Message”

The 'synodal process' goes on and on. To what end?

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The Tedium is the Message

The 'synodal process' goes on and on. To what end?

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The Synod on Synodality, which Pope Francis loosed on the world back in 2021, is still going strong— even if, after five prolix years, only a handful of Catholics outside the ecclesiastical bureaucracy know what the word “synodality” means.

If you’re a member of that ignorant majority, don’t feel bad. You’ll have many more opportunities to catch the drift of the conversation, which is fated to continue at least through October 2028. This week the Vatican’s Synod office released a document outlining the latest plans for the 3-year review process following the 5-year process that culminated in the 2-year process of general meetings of the Synod of Bishops.

Did I say “outlining” the plans? That “outline” runs to 18 pages and about six thousand words; the organizers of the synodal process are nothing if not wordy. And did I say “process”? That particular word occurs more than 35 times in the new Vatican document. (I cannot provide a definitive count because when I try to concentrate on the text, my eyes lose vertical hold.)

Synodality is a process; that much has become evident. In theory this process brings together Catholics— and others; everyone is welcome— to talk about the process. These conversations begin at the parish level, then extend to dioceses, to countries, to continents, and finally culminate in the grand finale in Rome.

You might think that we’ve already been through this process, and you’d be right. Except that the “finale” was not final. After the first meeting of the Synod bishops (and others; see above) in Rome, Pope Francis called for a second plenary meeting. And after that meeting, the Synod office announced that the Pope had authorized the aforementioned 3-year review of the process...

More:

https://open.substack.com/pub/pflawler/p/the-tedium-is-the-message?r=2x82t4&utm_medium=ios

Spanish Priest Turns WhatsApp Matchmaker, Claims Record of 340 Marriages, Zero Divorces

340 marriages. ZERO divorces. 💍❌

Meet, a priest from who has become famous for helping Catholics find lifelong spouses using nothing more than simple WhatsApp messages. 🇪🇸📱

Nicknamed the “Tinder Priest,” Father Fernando rejects modern dating apps and algorithm-driven matchmaking. Instead, he relies on detailed questionnaires exploring a person’s virtues, flaws, values, and most importantly, the role God holds in their life.

His matchmaking principles are surprisingly strict:

📍 Strong faith compatibility

📍 No long-distance relationships

📍 Shared life goals and vocation

📍 Even practical compatibility, including height preferences

Once both individuals approve the profiles, he simply shares their phone numbers and steps aside completely.

Decades into this unusual ministry, Father Fernando claims that none of the couples he matched have separated, an extraordinary record that has drawn attention across the Catholic world. ❤️

For many, his success points to something deeper: relationships rooted in shared faith, commitment, sacrifice, and spiritual purpose may offer a stronger foundation than surface-level attraction alone.

Andrea Grillo agrees with me

@M_P_Hazell;

“Well, well, well: Andrea Grillo, described as the "mind behind TC", has come up with what he calls "a different, but realistic proposal" for liturgical peace: just make the Novus Ordo look as much like the TLM as possible. Only a few decades late to the party...! 😅”

N.B. Grillo here describes exactly what a certain Sunday Mass I know well looks like every week:

We were made well aware from the very beginning of formation that the novus Ordo was a Mass of “options”. Some of us opted all along for a TLM look-alike. It isn’t more complicated than that. And we certainly don’t need an intellectual to tell us that. End of story.

Pope Leo refuses to visit chapel desecrated by Rupnik mosaics in Almudena Cathedral

Josh Mansfield:

“This has VERY much flown under the radar.  While visiting the Almudena Cathedral today, Pope Leo refused to visit the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, which is covered in Rupnik mosaics. During his address, while discussing the miracle of Our Lady, he also quietly addressed the issues.”

N.B. Perhaps the bishop will take the cue and soon tear out the overpriced offensive tesserae glorifying a monster and sacrilegious (allegedly) rapist predator.

Pope Leo in Spain: “If life ceases to be recognized as a fundamental value, what future can our societies have?”

Leo XIV in address to the Spanish Cortes Generales (Parliament) and in front of abortion-obsessed Prime Minister Sánchez: “If life ceases to be recognized as a fundamental value, what future can our societies have? Can a community that leaves in the shadows the child not yet born, the elderly person, the sick, those who suffer in silence, or those who depend entirely on the care of others truly be called fully just? The defense of human life is not a matter of particular or confessional interest: it is a goal of civilization. Every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception until its natural sunset, in every circumstance of its existence. When this certainty grows dim, the most vulnerable are the first victims, and the law loses its deepest meaning: to serve and protect every person. For this reason, the moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its ability to accompany, protect, and love those lives marked by greater fragility."

His remarks were met with a standing ovation.