Silicon Valley “Neighborhood Masses” Fuse Eucharist and Community Organizing. Worse than Germany: One Saturday a month, Rev. Rick Rodoni, pastor of St. Lucy Parish in the heart of Silicon Valley, celebrates pop-up “Neighborhood Masses.” Posters declare that “everyone is welcome!” The Eucharist is celebrated in a parking area, with a makeshift altar and folding chairs. The liturgy is combined with “community listening sessions.” After the Liturgy of the Word, tables are available for neighbors to express their concerns “during the Mass.”
HER DIARY “Today my husband was acting strangely. We were supposed to go out for dinner. I’d been shopping with some friends and got back a little late. I thought he would notice, but he didn’t say a word. Conversation was going nowhere, so I suggested we find a quiet restaurant. He agreed, but he was still unusually withdrawn. I asked him what was wrong, but all he would say was, ‘Nothing.’ I tried to find out whether I had done something, but he insisted I hadn’t and told me not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him I loved him. He only smiled and kept his eyes fixed on the road. Why didn’t he tell me he loved me too? Back home, we watched television, but we never really talked. I could tell something was on his mind, that something was bothering him. I went to bed. About fifteen minutes later, he came in too, but he was still distant. He wasn’t affectionate and didn’t even put his arms around me. After he fell asleep, I started to cry. I just can’t understand what I’ve done …Zêde
Leo XIV Accepts Secularised Mitre as Gift: Rev. Tom McCarthy, a Chicago priest and fellow Augustinian, gave Leo XIV a Chicago White Sox “Pope Hat” at the Vatican. The mitre-shaped hat was originally produced en masse by the Chicago White Sox baseball team as a giveaway for their August 11 game. Leo XIV has been a White Sox fan since childhood and attended Game 1 of the 2005 World Series.
Argentine newspaper La Nación reports that Pope Leo XIV’s planned visit to Argentina is shaping up as a strong continuation of Pope Francis’s pastoral priorities and style, with a particular emphasis on the poor, workers, prisoners and marginalized communities. The likely agenda includes a meeting with grassroots and social movements, a visit to Villa Devoto prison, and a large gathering with young people at San Lorenzo’s football stadium in Buenos Aires. All three have strong symbolic connections to Francis. As Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, Francis maintained close relationships with poor neighborhoods, prisoners and grassroots movements. San Lorenzo was also famously his football club. The stadium is located near the Padre Ricciardelli neighborhood, where Bergoglio frequently carried out pastoral work. According to the provisional schedule, Leo XIV would arrive in Buenos Aires from Uruguay on Sunday, November 8, spend several days in Argentina, potentially travel to Córdoba on November …Zêde
Lord Bebo & Friends CLOSE TO CIVILIANS: Ammunition depots cook off and explode with secondary detonations after Russian strikes. The ammunition storage seems to have been in a civilian area around Kiev. They keep storing rockets and ammunition close to civilians. Wonder how many millions of Western taxpayer money went up in smoke. Join us | @MyLordBebo
This is what the globalist want. To kill the Russians and Ukrainians off. Russia has avoided these places until recently when the US and west started to kill many children and civilians inside of Russia. Everyday I watch as they bomb mostly children. They have taken Russia as weak because she held back for so long. But Ukraine has gotten much worse now. The debris is what causes damage to the surrounding civilians. The Russians are spot on with their attacks and their aim is perfect when they go after buildings storing the ammo and weapons.
Singapore Introduces New Family Support Measures: With the country’s fertility rate falling to a record low of just 0.87 children per woman, Singapore is introducing a major new support package for families. From 2027, the government will provide nearly S$70,000 (about US$55,000) in support for each Singaporean child from birth to age 17. The package includes cash payments, childcare credits, healthcare and education support.
The forest was on fire. Every animal was running toward the river. But the tortoise was heading the other way. The fox shouted, “You’re going to die! The river is behind you!” The tortoise kept moving. Then she said, “During wildfires, crocodiles often wait near the water. They know frightened animals will rush straight toward the river.” The fox stopped. A moment later, she heard screams coming from that direction. “Then where are you going?” she asked. The tortoise pointed toward a stretch of blackened ground ahead. “The fire already burned through there yesterday,” she said. “Flames can’t burn what has already turned to ash.” The fox followed her. They both survived. Lesson: Don’t assume the crowd always knows the safest way. Fear follows everyone else. Wisdom looks ahead.
VaticanNews.va has profiled Anna Medeossi, the first woman to serve as rector of a Catholic shrine. The Italian architect and consecrated virgin has served for nearly a year as rector of the Shrine of Notre-Dame de Santa Cruz in Oran, Algeria. She initially became involved with the shrine as an architect, working on its renovation. The shrine is visited primarily by Muslims.
[vaticannews] At the Rimini Meeting, we spoke with Anna Medeossi, who has been entrusted with the care of Notre-Dame de Santa Cruz in Oran, Algeria, about her story of encounter, faith, and listening. By Eugenio Murrali and Andrea Tornielli - Rimini Anna Medeossi has a lively and determined gaze, gentleness in her voice and gestures, and a wisdom that is both humble and profound. An architect originally from the Italian city of Gorizia, she might never have imagined what life would call her to do nearly a year ago: become the first woman in the world to serve as rector of a shrine. That distinction takes on even greater significance because of where the shrine is located: Notre-Dame de Santa Cruz in Oran, Algeria, an overwhelmingly Muslim country. Images of the shrine she oversees were seen around the world on the occasion of the beatification of the Martyrs of Algeria. From architecture to caring for the shrine Her arrival at Santa Cruz—where she now also lives as a consecrated virgin …Zêde
"Citizens Want Political Turnaround": AfD Now … ... So berichtet manin den USA über den aktuellen Erfolgskurs der AfD ... AfD liegt in ganz Ostdeutschland bei 43 Prozent "Bürger fordern politischen Wandel nach Jahren gescheiterter progressiver Experimente, die eine Masseneinwanderung aus der Dritten Welt und eine die Nation schädigende Deindustrialisierung begünstigt hätten. AfD-Co-Chefin Alice Weidel schrieb auf "X": „Laut aktueller Forsa-Umfrage liegt die AfD im gesamten Osten bei 43 Prozent, die CDU nur noch bei 13 Prozent. Die Bürger wollen die politische Wende!“ Die zentrale Aussage der Umfrage: Die AfD liegt mehr als dreimal so hoch wie die unionsgeführte CDU/CSU und höher als CDU/CSU, SPD und Grüne zusammen. (...) “Ein Grund für die besondere Frustration vieler Bürger: Europas Wirtschaftsmotor gerät ins Stocken. Betriebsräte des Volkswagen-Konzerns warnten Anfang dieser Woche, dass beim angeschlagenen Autobauer bis zu 140.000 Stellen wegfallen könnten." (...) "Citizens Want …Zêde
We get the government as well as episcopal leadership that we deserve. Because devotion to God, Our Lady, and His saints has decreased, we are losing our intimacy with the divine.
Today, Pope Leo XIV has approved the election of Sharbel Ghattas Maroun as the new Maronite Catholic archbishop of Damascus. A Lebanese-born priest, he has spent much of his ministry in the United States. Archbishop Maroun, 64, was elected by the Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church. He succeeds Archbishop Samir Nassar, 76, whose resignation was accepted by the synod. Since 2020, Maroun has served as protosyncellus, a senior position comparable to vicar general, of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles. Born January 6, 1962, in Kfarselwan, Lebanon, Maroun briefly worked for Crédit Libanais bank. Older Brother, a Lebanese Forces Fighter, Helped Maroun During Civil War In 1975, Lebnen, the father, and the eldest brother Nassif joined the Kataeb (Phalange) party and took up arms to defend their home. The family's house was confiscated and not recovered for 40 years. In 1981 Lebnen's local group formally joined the Lebanese Forces militia. In 1983, during the Mountain …Zêde
Do you think according to God or according to men? Liturgy of August 30, 2026- Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time Jesus, just as in his time invited Peter and his apostles to think according to God and not according to men, in every time and every place, He keeps on addressing the same heartfelt appeal to his disciples. Actually in every time and every place, His disciples keep on taking the risk to be no longer the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Nowadays the most dangerous threat to Christian faith is the rampant neo-paganism. This is the dangerous fate facing the once-West-Christian-World, which nowadays seems to have no other god than the ego to please in all its desires, whims, and perversions. Peter's "misstep", so to speak, and the immediate, decisive intervention of the divine Master reassure us. Jesus was, is, and always will be alive and present in His Church, and no one, not even the Pope , will ever be able to change the extraordinary plan for humanity that …Zêde
Worse than Germany: A memorial ceremony for Buddhist woman Marta Pezzati, 59, was held on August 20 in the Catholic Church of San Martino in Rebbio, Como, Italy. Pezzati was president of the volunteer association Como Accoglie and was well known locally for her work assisting migrants and refugees. The ceremony was hosted by the parish priest Giusto Della Valle, who had worked with Pezzati on initiatives involving migrants. Two Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony. One of the monks later told LaNuovaBq.it that the event was “not a Mass and not even a funeral, but a remembrance of Marta's generosity.” He said there had been no Catholic liturgy or Catholic prayer. Priest: “She Found God in Budddha” Video recordings show Father Della Valle and another Catholic priest present wearing an alb and stole. During the ceremony, the two Buddhist monks chanted a Buddhist mantra from the ambo. Father Della Valle also spoke about Pezzati's Buddhist faith. He described her as a “woman of …Zêde
Sed nolo salvus esse sine vobis.(Svätý Augustín: Sermo 17, 2) No one lives alone. No one sins alone. No one is saved alone. The lives of others continually spill over into mine: in what I think, say, do and achieve. And conversely, my life spills over into that of others: for better and for worse. So my prayer for another is not something extraneous to that person, something external, not even after death. In the interconnectedness of Being, my gratitude to the other—my prayer for him—can play a small part in his purification. And for that there is no need to convert earthly time into God's time: in the communion of souls simple terrestrial time is superseded. It is never too late to touch the heart of another, nor is it ever in vain. In this way we further clarify an important element of the Christian concept of hope. Our hope is always essentially also hope for others; only thus is it truly hope for me too[40]. As Christians we should never limit ourselves to asking: how can I …Zêde
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Townie Patriots They admitted it themselves. A CNN Technical Director was caught on hidden camera telling the world exactly what the corporate media machine has planned for you. His words: "The next pandemic will be Climate Change" and "We have to start now injecting fear with climate change and natural disasters." This is not a theory. This is a confession. Straight from the mouth of someone who helps control what millions of Americans see and believe every single day. This is the same playbook they ran with COVID. Manufacture the fear, control the narrative, keep the people scared and compliant. Now they are openly admitting they want to do it all over again with climate change. They are not reporting the news. They are engineering your emotions and deciding what reality you are allowed to believe. Every American who loves this country needs to see this video right now. Share this everywhere before it gets buried. The media does not fear criticism. They fear being exposed. Patriots …Zêde
LiveLeak A diplomatic row has erupted between the UK and China after Beijing's embassy workers in #London were accused of brandishing electroshock weapons at protesters. The UK Government has warned China that attempts by a foreign state to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or harm” individuals on UK soil will not be tolerated, The i Paper has been told. Follow main channel -> LiveLeak Follow private channel -> LiveLeak Private
It's neither a puzzle nor an egg to be reconstructed. We are here for the glory of God. He forms our culture by His grace. It is not constructed by us, it is a supernatural culture. He asks of us fitting worship, the culture follows as a fruit, in all its variety.
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AfD liegt in ganz Ostdeutschland bei 43 Prozent
Die zentrale Aussage der Umfrage: Die AfD liegt mehr als dreimal so hoch wie die unionsgeführte CDU/CSU und höher als CDU/CSU, SPD und Grüne zusammen. (...)
Sed nolo salvus esse sine vobis. (Svätý Augustín: Sermo 17, 2)
A diplomatic row has erupted between the UK and China after Beijing's embassy workers in #London were accused of brandishing electroshock weapons at protesters.