This is a relatively brief common about the absurdity of having to litigate common sense and truth in a land whose constitution admits of no higher authority than the words of its own text. That cases such as Mahmoud v. Taylor, June 27, 2025, have to be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States of America speaks volumes about the fact that the Constitution of the United States of America is defenseless against sin and the insanity it engenders in the souls of men.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Processus and Martinian, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

Today is the magnificent feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, Saint Elizabeth, and her preborn Divine Son’s preborn Precursor, Saint John the Baptist.

This date, July 2, marks the end of the period of Our Lady’s Visitation, which began on April 2, lasting until the day after the octave day of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Our Lady’s perfect Charity for her cousin and her Divine Son’s Precursor should prompt us to perform the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy at all times, making sure as well to proclaim the Holy Name of Mary, she whom all generations are duty bound to call blessed, as the Mother of God who made possible our salvation by her perfect fiat to the will of God the Father at the Annunciation and who is the Queen of Heaven and on earth, the very Immaculate Conception who prays for us now and at the hour of our deaths.

A blessed Feast of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary to you all.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

Saints Processus and Martinian, pray for us.

I was unable to complete this reflection for posting yesterday, Monday, June 30, 2025, the Commemoration of Saint Paul (with liturgical commemorations of Saint Paul, within the Octave of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and within the Octave of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist).

However, we are still within the Octave of Saints Peter and Paul, and thus this tribute, as inadequate as it may be, to the Apostle to the Gentiles remains very relevant.

Our Lady, Queen the Apostles, pray for us.

Saint Paul, pray for us.

Saint Peter, pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

The Most Precious Blood of Jesus is our laver of redemption, as our own sins, each and every single one of them, caused It to be shed during the events of Holy Thursday and Good Friday.

It was the thought of coming into contact with the horror of our sins, the very antithesis of His Sacred Divinity, that caused Our Lord to sweat droplets of His Most Precious Blood in His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.

It was our sins that caused the Most Precious Blood of Jesus to be shed so terribly during His cruel scourging at the Pillar.

It was our sins that caused the Most Precious Blood of Jesus to be shed as He was crowned with thorns to mock His Sacred Kingship over men and their nations.

It was our sins that caused the Most Precious Blood of Jesus to continue to be shed from the scourging and the crowning as He walked up the steps to be judged by the Roman procurator, Pontius Pilate. Droplets of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus are still venerated by pilgrims as proceed on their knees up the Sancta Scala in Rome right across from the Basilica di San Giovanni Laterano.

It was our sins that caused the Most Precious Blood to be shed as Our Lord’s hands and knees were crucified. It was our sins that caused the Most Precious Blood of Jesus to be shed unto Its last drop as He hung on the gibbet of the Holy Holy Cross for three hours, flowing in a torrent as Our Lord’s wounded side was pierced with the lance of Saint Longinus.

What is It that is poured out onto our souls when they are Absolved by a true priest in the Sacred Tribunal of Penance?

The Most Precious Blood of Jesus.

The Most Precious Blood of Jesus strengthens us when we receive It worthily in Holy Communion.

It was the shedding of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus on the wood of the Holy Cross that ratified the New and Eternal Covenant He inaugurated at the Last Supper, thereby obliterating forever the old sacrifices of the blood of bulls and goats and lambs in Temple worship, thus superseding he Old Covenant of the Jews.

We must celebrate this great Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, which was pumped through Our Divine Redeemer’s Sacred Body by His Most Sacred Heart, the very font of Mercy, with gratitude that we, sinners who caused It to be shed in torrents under the most unspeakably cruel conditions, are bathed unto our redemption by Its merits.

May we never take the Most Precious Blood of Jesus for granted.

A blessed Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Octave Day of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist to you all! 

A new commentary will be posted within moment's of this revised reflection's republication.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

As promised, here is part twenty of this continuing series.

The description must end here as I am in need of a few hours of sleep.

A blessed Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to you all.

Our Lady of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

This relatively brief reflection is being presented on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to remind readers of this website that a true pope can never be disobeyed or defied.

Our Lady of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

Is Fiducia Supplicans consonant with the Catholic Faith?

Robert Leo Prevost/Leo XIV must think so as he has appointed at least two members to the conciliar “Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life” who are unapologetic supporters of Fiducia Supplicans.

Boy, if only Leo knew, huh?

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Our Lady of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.

Today, Friday, June 27, 2025, is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which means the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which is the General Roman Calendar, can be offered today as it would be most other years as June 27 is a ferial day except for Sundays and feasts such as today's. 

With this in mind, therefore, I hereby offer devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help as I do most every year.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us.

On this Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have four republished reflections to offer those who still access this webiste, this fourth of which is centered around Pope Pius XI's Caritate Christi Compulsi, which was issued on May 3, 1932.

A blessed Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to you all.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.

One of the saddest developments in this time when we lack the Principle of Unity that is a true and legitimate Successor of Saint Peter is the spirit of excluding Catholics from the reception of Holy Communion because they have had a falling out with a clergyman or who have gone to an "unapproved" Mass venue. Even first-timers in some venues are viewed upon with suspicion as possible spies or infiltrators.

We must always remember, however, that no one is a stranger to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.