09.11.2025

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Morning Offering
• given for the repose of souls lost in 9.1.1. may they rest in peace

Village quiet

Coffee good

St John Gabriel Perboyre, Martyr, helped abandoned children in China, reminding us that Christian actions speak louder than words.

Today, remember and pray for the repose of Cora Jones’ soul. She had been abducted, and her body was found in 1994. May she rest in peace.

Read Daniel 1
RIAY Day 254: The Joyful Mysteries
Meditations for Each Day pg. 363 “The Incarnation”

My response to the editorial…

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I’m confused…

What do President Trump’s and President Zelinski’s physical characteristics have to do with their presidencies?

“Working clothes”… President Trump’s working attire is a suit and tie; President Zelinski’s is military wear.  Both are acceptable and functioning attire.

“The Constitution was written by men who knew what it meant to live in a dictatorship.”…  I’m uncertain about your meaning of dictatorship regarding the men who wrote the Constitution.  Great Britain was and is now a Constitutional Monarchy.

I wholeheartedly agree that the Senate and the House have their heads in the sand, regardless of party affiliation.  I further state that “career politicians” need to be replaced by individuals who are subject to term limits, fixed salaries, and retirement benefits (they have no say over), mirroring those of the majority of Americans.  

I also want future generations to enjoy life where they are allowed to exercise their right to vote as a “legal US Citizen” for the person they personally believe to be the one best suited for the position, based on truthful information they have gathered and formed their own opinion over.  

It is time to do away with hateful innuendos, half-truthed advertising, and turn back to candidates who talk about their qualifications, their experience, their beliefs, and their government plans;  With “NO” follow-up by either party or the news media giving their rendition of what was said.  Americans are intelligent enough to understand what is being said without different factions gaslighting them.

Interestingly, you quote Pablo Casals, who was from Spain and had an affection for the republic until Franco took over.  He then championed “the National Military Tribunal,” which wanted restoration of the monarchy to replace the republic.  Casals believed in fighting injustices, which he believed to be part of “the capacity to care”.

We are all broken in different ways.  We cannot even pretend to know someone else’s intent.  We can mutually find space and agree that the government is broken.  It needs to be repaired.  Let us begin by recognizing things we can accomplish in our area of the world, reaching out with respect to someone else (although personally not enamored with them), who may very well be the beginning of the change we all long for.
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May we all stop and take a moment to pray for the soul of Charlie Kirk, for his wife and children, and yes, even for the perpetrator. May we continue to pray for the two school children in MN, those who were injured, the families of all involved, and yes, the perpetrator.

Take the time to reflect on your life and assess the way you are choosing to live it. Remember your soul purpose is to “Love & Serve God, in this world and the next.” Perhaps now is the time to make the adjustments needed to work towards that purpose.

Know you are prayed for.