Well, Donald John Trump has felt the heat, as the saying goes, and has seen the light.

That is, after making conflicting statements about how plans to vote on an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida that would overturn the state’s “heartbeat law," the former president, who probably "heard it” from various United States Senators, Representatives and pro-life leaders, now says that he will vote against the amendment.

In the process of making this announcement, however, former President Trump said that there must be something “in between” banning surgical baby-butchery in his first trimester and killing a baby before birth. There is nothing “in between.” All innocent human life is inviolable at all times without exception.

Part five of “Benedictus Qui Venit in Nomine Domini, Hosanna in Excelsis” has been delayed by the work of the last two days and it probably will not be posted until Tuesday, September 4, 2024.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, pray for us.

There are two reports concerning Donald John Trump's position on an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida repealing the Sunshine State's "heartbeat law," which forbids most baby-butchery after a baby's sixth week in the sanctuary of his mother's womb with the "exception" of when it is alleged that his mother's life is "endangered."

Trump suggested to NBC News that he would vote in favor of the amendment while he told The Daily Mail of London that he will come to a decision about the matter soon. In any event, despite this inconsistency, which reflects his desire to please everyone about baby-butchery, he was absolutely consistent in both interview on saying that six weeks is "too short."

No, it is too long as innocent human life is inviolable at all stages after conception until death without exception.

This is a very brief commentary, but I have stayed up to complete it because of the late-breaking news of Trump's most recent dumbing down of what it means to be "pro-life" after having scolded pro-life "extremists" who oppose "exceptions" to the binding precepts of the Fifth Commandment and after openly supporting the baby-killing practice of in vitro fertilization as well as "birth control."

Ah, yes, the "lesser of two evils."

I forgot.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.P., pray for us.

Saints Felix and Adauctus, pray for us.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, whose stage name is “Pope Francis,” used his general audience address of Wednesday, August 28, 2024, to say that anyone opposes mass migration is committing a “grave sin.” This is another instance of his epic election interference.

Another new—and very brief—commentary will be published within a few moments of this posting.

A republished reflection about Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.P., was posted a few moments ago.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Rose of Lima, pray for us.

Saints Felix and Adauctus, pray for us.

This is a revised and enlarged version of my reflection on the life of Saint Rose of Lima, a member of the Third Order of Penance of the Order of Preachers of Saint Dominic de Guzman.

Among many other works in her devout life of prayer and austere penances, Saint Rose, who lived among a cluster of saints in Lima, Peru, exhorted the people of Lima to gather in their churches and pray their Rosaries to turn back a pending invasion of their city by a fleet of those virulent anti-Catholics, the Dutch Calvinists. Those hideous people with their diabolical beliefs that have nothing at all to do with Christianity turned back as a result of the Rosaries that were prayed to repel them in their designs to invade Lima and to sack Catholic churches and to desecrated the Most Blessed Sacrament images of the Mother of God.

May we pray to Saint Rose of Lima so that we will remain faithful to the daily recitation of Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary as the powerful weapon, after Holy Mass itself, to turn back the enemies of Christ the King in the world and in the counterfeit church of conciliarism.

Two new commentaries will be published within a few moments. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Rose of Lima, pray for us.

Saints Felix and Adauctus, pray for us.

Today is the Feast of the Decollation of Saint John the Baptist and the Commemoration of Saint Sabina. I am republishing a revised reflection on this feast.  

The next original article on this site will be part five of the occasional series, "Benedictus Qui Venit in Nomine Domini," about the continuing, indiscriminate barbarism being practiced by the Zionist Israelis upon all Palestinians.  

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

Saint Sabina, pray for us..

This is a brief reflection on the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo.

An original article is being written.

Our Lady of the Rosary,  pray for us.

Saint Augustine of Hippo, pray for us.

Saint Hermes, pray for us.

Thank you.

So, former President Donald John Trump has, in his own patented manner of narcissitic self-promotion, boasted that "my administration will be great for women and their reproductive freedom."

There is no such thing as "reproductive freedom," which is simply a euphemism to justify an outright rebellion against Holy Purity and the fulfillment of the ends for which Our Lord instituted Holy Matrimony for the bringing forth as many (or as few) children as He sees fit to bestow upon parents so that their children can give Him honor and glory in this life and be prepared to die in a state of Sanctifying Grace as members of His Holy Catholic Church and thus enjoy the citizenship of Heaven in the glory of His Beatific Vision for all eternity. 

Trump's increasingly bold attempts to appeal to those who will never accept him no matter how many times he speaks their language is precisely where "the lesser of two evils" must lead, and I hate to say I told you so, but I have been saying this for decades dating back at least forty years when I still a college professor and a candidate for public office. 

Then again, who wants to listen to me? 

Now, after having composed a few commentaries on this farce even after my self-imposed moratorium five weeks ago, I turn my attention to other subjects as Christ the King will lose on Tuesday, November 3, 2024, no matter who winds up winning the presidential election.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Louis IX, King of France, pray for us.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus, pray for us.

Today, Sunday Friday, August 25, 2024, is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the Commemoration of the Feast of Saint Louis IX, King of France, that great exemplar of the Social Reign of Christ the King. Saint Louis was taught by his holy mother, Blessed Blanche of Castile, to prefer death rather to commit a deliberate Mortal Sin. He heard two Masses a day and was a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, whose patron saint he remains to this day.

Saint Louis strove to rule according to the Mind of Christ the King as He had deposited It exclusively in the Catholic Church, recognizing that he, Louis IX, would have to answer to Christ the King at the moment of his own Particular Judgment for how he ruled his subjects. His letter to his son Philip is a succinct summary of the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. It is a model for how everyone in public life should conduct himself in order to please Christ the King as the devoted client of Our Lady, she who is our Immaculate Queen.

Finally, I can report to you that the next original article for this site is being written and should be completed by late this afternoon, at which point it will be posted.

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Vivat Christus Rex!

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Louis IX, pray for us.

The hour is late. I am tired. The title is self-explanatory.

I am sorry that it took so long to complete this commentary, but the next one will be posted in only a day or two. 

Finally, I have not given any updates on the need to raise another $1000 as I had made a private appeal. As of this writing, though, the funds have not materialized. Thus, the need remains urgent to to raise the money from those who read these articles and have the means to make even a small non-tax-deductible financial gift. Thank you.

Our Lady, Health of the Sick, pray for us.

Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to which the month of August is devoted, that heart that was pierced with Seven Swords of Sorrow during the Life of her Divine Son, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was formed out of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. These twin hearts of matchless love suffered as one and they beat as one while on earth and they have beat as one in Heaven since Our Lady was Assumed into Heaven body and soul after her death.

Our Lady's Immaculate Heart was unstained by Original Sin or Actual Sins. The Immaculate Heart of the Mother of God, therefore, was capable of a purity of love of God and of her fellow men that is almost indescribable. Our Lady's Most Pure, Most Holy Heart despises the sins that caused her Divine Son to suffer in His Sacred Humanity during His Passion and Death but at the same time is full of a perfect and completely pure maternal compassion for erring sinners such as you and me.

Our Lord, showing us His infinite compassion for us erring sinners, has sent us His Most Blessed Mother to provide us with her maternal assistance to get home to Heaven as members of His true Church founded upon the Rock of Peter, the Pope.

We have been given the Rosary, the Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel, the Miraculous Medal, and the Green Scapular through her loving hands, through which flow the graces won for us by the shedding of Our Lord's Most Precious Blood on the wood of the Holy Cross.

Her apparition to Juan Diego and the miraculous image of herself she left on his tilma helped to convert millions of Indians to the true Faith in the Americas.

Our Lady ratified Pope Pius IX's solemn proclamation of her Immaculate Conception by proclaiming herself to Saint Bernadette Soubirous to be the Immaculate Conception on March 25, 1858. And Our Lady's appearance in the Cova da Iria from May 13, 1917, to October 13, 1917, gave us Heaven's Peace Plan, one that runs through her Immaculate Heart.

We must endeavor at all times to fulfill, as far as we are able in this time of apostasy and betrayal, Our Lady's Fatima Message in our own lives, especially by praying as many Rosaries each day as our states-in-life permit and by living penitentially as the consecrated slaves of her Divine Son through her own Immaculate Heart.

The era of apostasy and betrayal will end when the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is made manifest. We can play our roles, small though they may be, in helping to bring about this triumph.

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The next original commentary on this site should be posted by the Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Saturday, August 24, 2024. I am sorry for the delay. However, I work according to the demands on my time and the ability to type, which is sometimes impeded by rheumatoid arthritis. Thank you for your patience.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Saints Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, pray for us.