We may all agree we are in some crazy times...living out Revelations, but sometimes we just have to hold onto Our Rosaries and trust. If ever there was a time to pray, it's now. Having to know things that are going to happen and when, is God's job and my life is peaceful if I remember that.
A lot of BRICS countries are beginning to use gold and silver as reserve assets for settling trade accounts with other countries Which means gold and silver are being remonetized. The age of fiat money is slowly coming to an end -- thank God. We most certainly have been controlled by the unlimited creation of dollars within the US and also by Europe which creates Eurodollars through lending. There is huge central bank buying worldwide and also by the citizens of countries like India and China who know the value of these precious metals. From what I've heard the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) is being purposely drained of their gold and silver because their sole purpose was to suppress gold and silver prices using paper derivative contracts. Now their customers are "standing for delivery" and not just trading paper contracts. That may be why the mint is out of stock.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/j...isis/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa The "mystery of iniquity" at work.
I understand that gold has fallen 9% this week. I don’t know how to explain that drop if demand exceeds supply.
Cardinal Delivers Exorcism Prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica: Ernest Cardinal Simoni, a 97-year-old Albanian who decades ago was tortured, imprisoned, and sentenced to death by communist in Albania, at the end of Mass at St. Peter's yesterday(26.10) went to the ambo and performed an exorcism by reciting the long St. Michael Prayer in Vatican. As Fr. Z comments, St. Peter's has needed that exorcism for a long while, given Pachamama, the two desecrations of the high altar, and the recent LGBTQ+ invasion, not to mention other violations. Thanks be to God for this bold intervention from a true confessor of the Faith. On Christmas Eve 1963, Fr. Simoni was arrested after celebrating a Mass for the repose of U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s soul—a gesture deemed subversive by authorities. Sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment, then reduced to 28 years), he endured torture, hard labor in mines and factories, and psychological pressure, including offers to renounce his faith in exchange for freedom. For 18 of those years, he served as a clandestine confessor to fellow prisoners, administering sacraments in secret. Remarkably, Simoni harbored no resentment toward his captors, later stating, “Only love conquers.” He was released in 1990 following the regime’s collapse. He was raised to the cardinalate in 2016 by Pope Francis. video: https://x.com/i/status/1982587409544946149 https://wdtprs.com/2025/10/in-san-p...cXWgvY8bkEGPEydrOA_aem_4KAyd2SMHlqla-KfJtUhUg
Many parishes in Ireland do not have a mass on All Saints day this Saturday. Does the Saturday vigil cover both the Holy day obligation (or is this abrogated like the USA) and the sunday obligation?
This year, because All Saints’ Day falls on a Saturday, it is not a holy day of obligation in the US. Thus, the Saturday Vigil Mass is for the Sunday obligation.
https://x.com/JhWesten/status/1983981809907249329 This is quite amazing to hear. This is mirrored in Islam where when women are educated Islam dies. It all comes back to being pro-life or pro-death.
Today in our country we celebrate All Saints’ Day, when we honor all known and unknown saints who, through their virtuous lives, earned eternal heavenly reward. However, here in Croatia, besides being a holy day of obligation and a public holiday (which this year falls on a Saturday), it is also something like Thanksgiving in the USA in terms of people’s movement, since the entire country goes to cemeteries to visit the deceased—family, friends, relatives, godparents—bringing floral arrangements, candles, and lanterns. Masses are held in churches throughout the day, and at least one at every cemetery, after which you can invite a priest to bless individual graves. Imagine the traffic jams during rush hour, and now picture that at the cemeteries—you can hardly move. Today I visited about four or five cemeteries. Tomorrow is All Souls’ Day, which is actually when we are supposed to remember the deceased and visit cemeteries, but traditionally people do it today, the day before. Usually, these two days are treated as holidays together, especially when they fall near a weekend. I know that in Germany and Austria they do something similar, as many people travel home for these days. The Church here grants a plenary indulgence today and tomorrow for the souls of the departed, which we can dedicate to one person, provided we are not in a state of mortal sin, attend Mass, receive Communion, and pray the Our Father, the Creed, and a prayer for the Pope’s intentions. I used to think this was a custom everywhere in the world. I must admit I was always shocked by the fact that in the USA—a country I consider conservative—the custom of “Halloween” became established, which I find pagan and demonic, as I have no other word for it. The day when we actually remember the holy people close to God and our deceased has been turned into something distorted. Here we have “maškare” in February, modeled after the carnival in Brazil, when children dress up in schools. It lasts a day, and they go from house to house asking for money, sweets, and doughnuts. Personally, I never liked it and just waited for the day to be over, but even that tradition is losing popularity—it’s more a part of the school curriculum now than a living custom. A few pictures how it looks... from the air...
Beautiful customs in your country! Lovely. I hate Halloween. It has become a huge deal here in the US. A sign of how far we have fallen.
Here in Mexico St. Jude is celebrated for a week which then rolls into "El dia de los Muertos". Which celebrates all saints and all souls in one kind of celebration. Remembering the dead, especially family and friends, with happiness and love. My church will be having a special celebration of mass in the crypt tomorrow. There is also a traditional sweet bread/pastry called pan de muerto which is eaten during this time.
It’s pagan and demonic here in US. Very occult. Very occult yard decorations and movies and tv shows. I wore out the St Michael prayer.
