This is a brief reflection, written originally in 2009 and revised over the years, to honor our great Wonder Worker, Saint Philomena and also the commemoration of the feast of Saints Tiburtius and Susanna.

Although our Wonder Worker is not on the universal calendar of the Roman Rite, her cultus was confirmed by none other than Pope Saint Pius X. That's good enough for me! Jansenists and rationalists will have to find some other website to surf as this one makes no room for any skepticism about Saint Philomena and the honor and power with which she has been crowned by Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

This reflection includes text from a 1945 book, Wonder Worker: Saint Philomena, Virgin Martyr, which was written by Cathy Hallack and published with ecclesiastical approbation of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland, in 1945, which takes note of Saint Philomena's vow of virginity, which she made at eleven years of age, and mentions the fact that Diocletian was married to Prisca from 286 A.D. to the time he resigned as Roman emperor in 305 A.D. This means that Diocletian's proposal of marriage was indeed adulterous and bigamous, analogous to that of Herod the Tetrarch himself.

It was thus very touching for us to receive Mass propers for the Wonder worker's feast from an 1898 Missal that included an entire Mass in her holy honor. This gift was sent to us by a friend of ours, one who does not agree with us concerning the true state of the Church Militant in this time of apostasy and betrayal but has not cast us out into the wilderness and down the Orwellian memory hole as lunatics These Mass propers are a tremendous treasure, one that our friend wanted us to share with true priests so that they can offer her Mass, perhaps as a votive Mass on a ferial day, in honor of our Wonder Worker, Saint Philomena. We thank our friend very much for making these propers available for those true priests who may not have had them prior to now. The link to the Mass text can be found within the body of the republished reflection: Feast of Saint Philomena Mass Propers. A Latin-English translation of these propers completed by Mr. Michael Creighton can be found by clicking here--Latin-English Mass Propers for the Feast of Saint Philomena.)

We are very devoted to Saint Philomena and pray the chaplet in her honor as a family every Saturday evening after Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary. I pray her chaplet every day. 

Finally,  I am finishing up the editing and proofreading work on my next book, which is anthology of commentaries dealing with "brain death"/human vivisection, the starvation and dehydration of innocent human beings, contraception, abortion, and "natural family planning," but will try to find time to day to write a commentary about the "looting as reparations" insanity that took place in Chicago, Illinois, a few days ago. 

We are very devoted to Saint Philomena and pray the chaplet in her honor as a family every Saturday evening after Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary. I pray her chaplet every day. 

Our Lady of the Universal Living Rosary Association, pray for us.

Saint Philomena, pray for us.

Saints Tiburtius and Susanna, pray for us.

This is a woefully inadequate reflection on Saint Lawrence the Martyr that does not even begin to do justice to his virtues, heroism and humor, especially as he was being roasted alive. However, as I am working on the next book project, this is all that I can provide you with today. 

The next original article on this site should appear by the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saturday, August 15, 2020, although there is a slight chance it might appear on the Vigil of the Assumption.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Lawrence the Martyr, pray for us.

Today is the great Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Mount Thabor in the presence of the Apostles Peter, James and John and in the company of Moses and Elias. God the Father repeated the proclamation that He had made as His Co-Equal Son made Flesh in Our Lady's Virginal and Immaculate Womb was baptized by His cousin, Saint John the Baptist in the Jordan River prior to the assumption of His Public Ministry, "This is My beloved Son, hear yet Him."

Our Lord was transfigured in the glory that He shared with the God the Father and God the Holy Ghost for all eternity in Heaven in order to show forth His Sacred Divinity to Saints Peter, the first Pope, Saint James, the first Bishop of Jerusalem and the first of the Apostles to be martyred, and Saint James's brother, Saint John, the beloved Apostle and the Apostle of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, to help console them during the events of His Passion and Death. It is our goal to be transfigured in glory for all eternity in Heaven.

The only path to the heavenly Mount Thabor, however, is by climbing atop Mount Calvary every day of our lives, willingly bearing our crosses in reparation for our sins and those of the world as we offer whatever merit we gain for the patient and joyful endurance of these crosses to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Indeed, our climb to Heaven by ascending first to Mount Calvary is signified every day a true bishop or a true priest completes the prayers at the foot of the altar and ascends the three steps (mystically symbolic of the Thee Persons of the Most Blessed Trinity and of the three stages of the interior life) to the altar itself.

If we desire to be transfigured in all glory in Heaven we must, therefore, be willing to be shamed and humiliated by the the ignominy associated with the Holy Cross. The glories of Heaven are worth such temporary shame and humiliation and ignominy, are they not?

May Our Lady, who awaits us in the heavenly Mount Thabor and intercedes for us from there, help us to ascend to Mount Calvary every day in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass so that we can keep her company at the foot of the Cross every day our lives as a a preparation for spending all eternity in the glories of Heaven with her and Saint Joseph and all of the angels and the saints.

A blessed Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to you all. 

Work has commenced on the next original article to be posted on this site.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Peter, pray for us.

Saint John the Evangelist, pray for us.

Saint James the Greater, pray for us.

Pope Saint Sixtus, Saints Felicissimus and Agapitus, pray for us.

Remember, Volume 4 of To Live in Light of Eternity has been published.

Finally, I am busy on two different book projects as well as trying to promote The Battle Over the Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge: Defeating Nelson Rockefeller and Preserving Long Island Sound. The next original article on this site should appear in one week. Thank you.

The conciliar revolutionaries are the most prolific desecrators that the world has ever known, and we will only learn in eternity just how extensive the damage these wicked men have done to souls after having wrecked the Faith and invalid liturgical rites that have brought the wrath of our merciful but ever just Judge, Christ the King, down on us all.

The next original article on this site may not appear for another six or seven days as I must attend to another book project first. The next commentary will the long-delayed “Naturally Absurd,” part two.

Prior to this article’s completion, however, and realizing full well that I stand to be wrong yet again, it is my belief that the ever-demagogic Joseph Robinette Biden’s “search” for a vice presidential running mate is a smokescreen that permits him some time before he announce his selection: Michelle Robinson Obama. Then again, what do I know?

Finally, here is a link to my reflection about Saint Dominic de Guzman, Saint Dominic de Guzman: Favored by Our Lady with Her Most Holy Rosary, and I remind the readers of this site that Volume 4 of To Live in the Light of Eternity is for sale.  

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Dominic de Guzman, O.P., pray for us.

While work progresses on the next original article and is likely to be concluded late this evening, I am presenting a short reflection on the Feast of Saint Peter's Chains and the Commemoration of the Holy Machabees.

It is not for nothing that Angelo Roncalli/John XXIII suppressed the Feast of Saint Peter's Chains sixty years ago as, whether he knew it or not, a way for the adverstary to hide the events recounted in the Lesson read at Holy Mass today and thus not come to the realization that Roncalli himself had taken the papacy in chains so that the work of the new religion and its new church could commence.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Peter, pray for us.

Saint Paul, pray for us.

The Holy Machabees, pray for us. 

One of the purposes of this website is to provide readers with access to sources that they may not have in their own possession or, if they do, may not be able access particular references readily.

It is with this in mind that I present some reflections about Saint James the Greater/Moorslayer, Saint Christopher and Good Saint Anne.
Most of today will be spent trying to finalize the text for Volume 4 of “To Live in Light of Etenrity.” Upon completion of this work and its expected uploading late tomorrow, Monday, July 27, 2020, the Feast of Saint Pantaleon, that I will return to the work of the next commentary for this site.

Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint James the Greater, pray for us.

Saint Christopher, pray for us.

Good Saint Anne, pray for us.

[Saturday morning, July 25, 2020, update on the Feast of Saint James the Greater and the Commemoration of Saint Christopher: This article was updated late Friday, July 24, 2020, the Vigil of Saint James the Greater and the Commemoration of Saint Christina (and, in some places, the Commemoration of Saint Francis Solano). It was updated to include additional support to the evidence provided five days ago when it was published  first and to provide a fuller account to those people who might read the text only after all six parts of this series are published in a book in a month or two.

[Speaking of books, most of my time this week has been spent preparing volume four of "To Live in Light of Eternity" for publication next week. Part of that work has been to write several new commentaries that have not been published on this site. Volume Four covers many,  although not all, of the feasts in the month of August, and Volume Five has been "built" but is in need of the sort of work that will require some attention before it can be published in the latter part of August. 

[A reflection on today's Feast of Saint James the Greater and of tomorrow's Feast of Saint Anne will be published late this afternoon, and the commentary on the destruction of statues on the burning of Catholic church buildings in conciliar captivity will follow shortly after Volume Four of "To Live in Light of Eternity" has been uploaded for publication. Thank you.]

"Sin: More Powerful Than the Coronavirus, part six," was published about fourteen hours ago and has been updated and revised. It is long, but not as long as at least two other installments. I do hope some of the regular readers of this site will take the time to read the commentary.

A commentary on the defacing, beheading, destruction and removal of the statues of Our Lord, Our Lady and other saints will follow in a few days. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.

Saint Jerome Emiliani, pray for us.

Saint Margaret, pray for us.

Although it has become very difficult to complete articles such as this one given the limited number of hours available for writing most days, I do hope that those who actually read these commentaries find them useful.

This commentary focuses principally on the way in which the conciliar agenda has been shaped in large measure by Communist infiltrators in the decades prior to the “Second” Vatican Council and by their Jacobin/Bolshevik successors in the counterfeit church of conciliarism thereafter.

The commentary itself runs around thirty pages, and has appendices totaling around twenty-five more.

Work will commence on the next commentary, which might appear a week from today, while I continue to promote “The Battle Over the Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge: Defeating Nelson Rockefeller and Preserving Long Island Sound” and format Volume Four of “To Live in Light of Eternity” for publication late this month.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

Pope Saint Anacletus, pray for us.

While I am aware that the Supreme Court of the United States of America will be rendering decisions in five important cases this week, this commentary on the decision of the Court in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, will be the last “stand alone” commentary the Court’s decisions for a while. Commentary about these forthcoming decisions will be folded into Naturally Absurd, part two,” which I will start writing after completing part two of “Counterfeit Church, Counterfeit Sacraments, Counterfeit Teaching, Counterfeit Everything” in a few days.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.