“Pope Trump” Has Much in Common with the Anti-Papabiles

Although President Donald John Trump has a New Yorker’s sense of humor that is misunderstood by those who are either not from New York or have no sense of humor at all (I used to comment to friends when I taught at Illinois State University during my first two years there from 1977-1979 before a one-reprise during the 1986-1987 academic year that “I use a line in the classroom that would have New Yorkers falling out of their chair. At ISU, though, I use the same lines on a Monday, and I would get blank stares, but the swifter ones would get it by Friday”), there are times when the forty-fifth and forty-seventh President of the United States of America takes thing a little far.

President Donald John Trump thinks in grandiose terms about a lot of things but perhaps none more so than himself. After all, it was just three months ago that he sent out an artificial intelligence-generated image of what Gaza would like after Israeli gets through with its current genocide and the survivors are keelhauled out of their homes and sent to wherever he, Trump, decides to send them. One of the images was that of himself lounging in a beach chair on the Mediterranean seashore next to Benjamin Netanyahu and another was of a larger-than-life golden statue of himself in Gaza.

I will not provide a link to the video on Truth Social as it is simply indecent and shows the President “dancing” with belly dancers at the Trump Gaza Hotel. Nothing other than a warped mind could even conjure up such images. However, here is an image of: King Donald John Nabuchodonosor:

(As found at: Trump shares AI video of his vision for Gaza.)

The sad part about the Trump video from two months ago is that it truly reflected his own grandiose thoughts, which have had one of their latest manifestations in his plan for his privately financed Air Force One that he can obtain faster than waiting for Boeing to complete a new plane in time before his second presidential term end on January 20, 2029:

(As found at: See inside Trump’s lavish new Air Force One complete with gold walls and opulent furnishings.)

Although he meant it as a joke, Donald John Trump, who understands nothing about Catholicism whatsoever, has said that he would like to be the next pope, and he has gone so far as to have assigned someone on his staff to waste his time asking an artificial intelligence robot to conjure up the following image of “Pope Trump”:

(As found at: Dustin Grage on X: "The loudest people who have been mad about this photo in my feed are atheists. So yeah, your opinion doesn’t really matter. Memes depicting n Trump as Christ have been and always will be called out as blasphemy. The Pope picture is actually funny. Calm down, folks. https://t.co/Zi615JURG9" / X)

By the way, the one finger salute that “Pope Donald” seems to be giving in the image can be said to represent a New Yorker’s way of saying “We’re number one” as it certainly has nothing to do with the three fingers a bishop uses to administer blessings.

I can assure one and all that no one with the first name of Donald is going to be elected as the seventh in the current line of antipopes when the conclave of conciliar “cardinals” start their balloting in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the Solemnity of Saint Joseph and the Commemoration of Saint Stanislaus.

However, this having been said, Donald John Trump has a lot in common with the current false cardinals who are said to be the top antipapabile candidates.

First, Donald John Trump is not a Catholic. Neither are the candidates to succeed the late and completely non-lamented Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a false pontiff.

Second, Donald John Trump believes that one religion is as good as enough. So do all the candidates to succeed the deceased Argentine Apostate, who himself said as much throughout the course of his career as an agent of Antichrist within counterfeit church of conciliarism.

Third, Donald John Trump, although an enabler of the Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people and total sycophant of the Christophobe named Benjamin Netanyahu, placing him at odds with the late globalist, moral relativist and dogmatic evolutionist Bergoglio (yes, even broken clocks are right twice a day, and the conciliar “popes” have been consistent in their support for Palestinian Christians, but such doth make one Catholic as to be member of Holy Mother Church one must hold to everything she teaches, which the conciliar “popes” and their “popes” have not in the past, do not now, nor ever in the future), extols Judaism as a perfectly valid religion. The forty-fifth and forty-seventh president is proud of the fact that his daughter, Ivanka Trump Kushner, converted to the Talmudism of her husband, Jared Kushner, and praises Judaism no end, and has dared to call Jerusalem as the “eternal capital” of Israel when the truth of the matter is that Jerusalem belongs to Christ the King and His true Church (see Jerusalem Belongs To Christ the King, part one, Jerusalem Belongs to Christ the King and His True Church, part two, Jerusalem Belongs to Christ the King and His True Church, part three, and Jerusalem Belongs to Christ the King and His True Church, part four). In this, you see, Trump of one mind and one heart with the conciliar apostates no matter how much they disagree about globalism, statism, open borders, and socialism.

To wit, the resist while recognize crowd at LifeSiteNews, which generally does commendable work on matters pertaining to the Fifth Commandment, have been publishing profiles about various candidates to succeed Antipapa Jorge. The most recent profile was of Jean-Marc Aveline, the conciliar “archbishop” of Paris, France, who decked himself out in a poke-a-dot chasuble during the reopening of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris on Saturday, December 7, 2025, and highlighted how the crapulous gourmand subverts the Catholic teaching about Judaism as a superseded religion (see Conclave frontrunner Cardinal Aveline's views on Judaism subvert Church teaching).

Ah, come on, folks.

Are you serious?

Are you blind to how Karol Joszef Wojtyla/John Paul II and Joseph Alois Ratzinger/Benedict XVI directly contradicted Catholic teaching by stating explicitly that the Mosaic Covenant was never revoked and that Judaism is a valid means of personal sanctity and salvation?

“The first dimension of this dialogue, that is, the meeting between the people of the Old Covenant, never revoked by God, and that of the New Covenant, is at the same time a dialogue within our Church, that is to say, between the first and second part of her Bible ... Jews and Christians, as children of Abraham, are called to be a blessing to the world. By committing themselves together for peace and justice among all men and peoples." (Cited by John Vennari in Secret of John Paul II's Success.)

The full text is available on the Vatican website in Italian and German. Here are is the relevant passages in these two languages, including a paragraph not cited by the late Mr. Vennari:

Non si tratta soltanto della correzione di una falsa visuale religiosa del popolo ebraico, che nel corso della storia fu in parte concausa di misconoscimenti e persecuzioni, ma prima di tutto del dialogo tra le due religioni, che - con l’islam - poterono donare al mondo la fede nel Dio unico e ineffabile che ci parla, e lo vogliono servire a nome di tutto ii mondo.

La prima dimensione di questo dialogo, cioè l’incontro tra il popolo di Dio del Vecchio Testamento, da Dio mai denunziato (cf. Rm 11,29), e quello del Nuovo Testamento, è allo stesso tempo un dialogo all’interno della nostra Chiesa, per così dire tra la prima e la seconda parte della sua Bibbia. In proposito dicono le direttive per l’applicazione della dichiarazione conciliare “Nostra Aetate”: “Ci si sforzerà di comprendere meglio tutto ciò che nell’Antico Testamento conserva un valore proprio e perpetuo..., poiché questo valore non è stato obliterato dall’ulteriore interpretazione del Nuovo Testamento, la quale al contrario ha dato all’Antico il suo significato più compiuto, cosicché reciprocamente il Nuovo riceve dall’Antico luce e spiegazione” (Nostra Aetate, II) (Meeting with the representatives of the Hebrew community, Mainz, Germany, 17 November 1980, Italian)

Dabei geht es nicht nur um die Berichtigung einer falschen religiösen Sicht des Judenvolkes, welche die Verkennungen und Verfolgungen im Lauf der Geschichte zum Teil mitverursachte, sondern vor allem um den Dialog zwischen den zwei Religionen, die - mit dem Islam - der Welt den Glauben an den einen, unaussprechlichen, uns ansprechenden Gott schenken durften und stellvertretend für die ganze Welt ihm dienen wollen.

Die erste Dimension dieses Dialogs, nämlich die Begegnung zwischen dem Gottesvolk des von Gott nie gekündigten Alten Bundes, ist zugleich ein Dialog innerhalb unserer Kirche, gleichsam zwischen dem ersten und zweiten Teil ihrer Bibel. Hierzu sagen die Richtlinien für die Durchführung der Konzilserklärung ”Nostra aetate“: ”Man muß bemüht sein, besser zu verstehen, was im Alten Testament von eigenem und bleibendem Wert ist..., da dies durch die spätere Interpretation im Licht des Neuen Testaments, die ihm seinen vollen Sinn gibt, nicht entwertet wird, so daß sich vielmehr eine gegenseitige Beleuchtung und Ausdeutung ergibt“. (Meeting with the representatives of the Hebrew community, Mainz, Germany, 17 November 1980,German.)

Ratzinger/Benedict has made numerous heretical statements that contradict the consistent, immutable teaching of the Catholic Church that the Old Covenant God made with Moses was superseded by the New and Eternal Covenant that Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ instituted at the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday and that he ratified by the shedding of every single drop of His Most Precious Blood on the wood of the Holy Cross on Good Friday as the earth quaked and the curtain in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom:

“It is of course possible to read the Old Testament so that it is not directed toward Christ; it does not point quite unequivocally to Christ.  And if Jews cannot see the promises as being fulfilled in him, this is not just ill will on their part, but genuinely because of the obscurity of the texts and the tension in the relationship between these texts and the figure of Jesus.  Jesus brings a new meaning to these texts – yet it is he who first gives them their proper coherence and relevance and significance.  There are perfectly good reasons, then, for denying that the Old Testament refers to Christ and for saying, No, that is not what he said.  And there are also good reasons for referring it to him – that is what the dispute between Jews and Christians is about.” (Joseph "Cardinal" Ratzinger, God and the World, p. 209.)

In its work, the Biblical Commission could not ignore the contemporary context, where the shock of the Shoah has put the whole question under a new light. Two main problems are posed: Can Christians, after all that has happened, still claim in good conscience to be the legitimate heirs of Israel's Bible? Have they the right to propose a Christian interpretation of this Bible, or should they not instead, respectfully and humbly, renounce any claim that, in the light of what has happened, must look like a usurpation? The second question follows from the first: In its presentation of the Jews and the Jewish people, has not the New Testament itself contributed to creating a hostility towards the Jewish people that provided a support for the ideology of those who wished to destroy Israel? The Commission set about addressing those two questions. It is clear that a Christian rejection of the Old Testament would not only put an end to Christianity itself as indicated above, but, in addition, would prevent the fostering of positive relations between Christians and Jews, precisely because they would lack common ground. In the light of what has happened, what ought to emerge now is a new respect for the Jewish interpretation of the Old Testament. On this subject, the Document says two things. First it declares that “the Jewish reading of the Bible is a possible one, in continuity with the Jewish Scriptures of the Second Temple period, a reading analogous to the Christian reading, which developed in parallel fashion” (no. 22). It adds that Christians can learn a great deal from a Jewish exegesis practised for more than 2000 years; in return, Christians may hope that Jews can profit from Christian exegetical research (ibid.). I think this analysis will prove useful for the pursuit of Judeo-Christian dialogue, as well as for the interior formation of Christian consciousness. (Joseph "Cardinal" Ratzinger, Preface to The Jewish People and Their Scriptures in the Christian Bible.)

“It is of course possible to read the Old Testament so that it is not directed toward Christ; it does not point quite unequivocally to Christ.  And if Jews cannot see the promises as being fulfilled in him, this is not just ill will on their part, but genuinely because of the obscurity of the texts and the tension in the relationship between these texts and the figure of Jesus.  Jesus brings a new meaning to these texts – yet it is he who first gives them their proper coherence and relevance and significance.  There are perfectly good reasons, then, for denying that the Old Testament refers to Christ and for saying, No, that is not what he said.  And there are also good reasons for referring it to him – that is what the dispute between Jews and Christians is about.” (Joseph "Cardinal" Ratzinger, God and the World, p. 209.)

To the religious leaders present this afternoon, I wish to say that the particular contribution of religions to the quest for peace lies primarily in the wholehearted, united search for God.  Ours is the task of proclaiming and witnessing that the Almighty is present and knowable even when he seems hidden from our sight, that he acts in our world for our good, and that a society’s future is marked with hope when it resonates in harmony with his divine order.  It is God’s dynamic presence that draws hearts together and ensures unity.  In fact, the ultimate foundation of unity among persons lies in the perfect oneness and universality of God, who created man and woman in his image and likeness in order to draw us into his own divine life so that all may be one. ("Pope" Benedict XVI, Courtesy visit to the President of the State of Israel at the presidential palace in Jerusalem, May 11, 2009.)

9. Christians and Jews share to a great extent a common spiritual patrimony, they pray to the same Lord, they have the same roots, and yet they often remain unknown to each other.  It is our duty, in response to God’s call, to strive to keep open the space for dialogue, for reciprocal respect, for growth in friendship, for a common witness in the face of the challenges of our time, which invite us to cooperate for the good of humanity in this world created by God, the Omnipotent and Merciful. (Ratzinger/Benedict at Rome synagogue: ‘May these wounds be healed forever!’ )  

Pope Pius XII summarized the immutable Catholic truth concerning the fact that Judaism was superseded by Catholicism on Good Friday:

29.And first of all, by the death of our Redeemer, the New Testament took the place of the Old Law which had been abolished; then the Law of Christ together with its mysteries, enactments, institutions, and sacred rites was ratified for the whole world in the blood of Jesus Christ. For, while our Divine Savior was preaching in a restricted area -- He was not sent but to the sheep that were lost of the house of Israel [30] -the Law and the Gospel were together in force; [31] but on the gibbet of his death Jesus made void the Law with its decrees, [32] fastened the handwriting of the Old Testament to the Cross, [33] establishing the New Testament in His blood shed for the whole human race. [34] "To such an extent, then," says St. Leo the Great, speaking of the Cross of our Lord, "was there effected a transfer from the Law to the Gospel, from the Synagogue to the Church, from many sacrifices to one Victim, that, as our Lord expired, that mystical veil which shut off the innermost part of the temple and its sacred secret was rent violently from top to bottom." [35]

30. On the Cross then the Old Law died, soon to be buried and to be a bearer of death, [36] in order to give way to the New Testament of which Christ had chosen the Apostles as qualified ministers; [37] and although He had been constituted the Head of the whole human family in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, it is by the power of the Cross that our Savior exercises fully the office itself of Head in His Church. "For it was through His triumph on the Cross," according to the teaching of the Angelic and Common Doctor, "that He won power and dominion over the gentiles"; [38] by that same victory He increased the immense treasure of graces, which, as He reigns in glory in heaven, He lavishes continually on His mortal members it was by His blood shed on the Cross that God's anger was averted and that all the heavenly gifts, especially the spiritual graces of the New and Eternal Testament, could then flow from the fountains of our Savior for the salvation of men, of the faithful above all; it was on the tree of the Cross, finally, that He entered into possession of His Church, that is, of all the members of His Mystical Body; for they would not have been united to this Mystical Body. (Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis, June 29, 1943.)

The perennial truths of the Catholic Faith do not change. It is blasphemous to assert that the Third Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, God the Holy Ghsot, would direct Holy Mother Church without change for nineteen hundred years before authorizing a series of "reversals" starting in 1962 and continuing thereafter to the present time.

Why should anyone be concerned about Jean-Marc Aveline when almost no one in the Gallican “resist while recognize” movement was concerned about how Wojtyla and Ratzinger subverted Catholic teaching about Judaism and all other false religions?

Incredible blindness and utter inconsistency, if not outright intellectual self-deception.

Anyhow, yes, “Pope Donald” has a great deal in common with the Talmudic friendly “popes” who have permitted themselves, putative Vicars of Christ, in positions of inferiority when visiting Talmudic synagogues.

Fourth, Donald John Trump also has a great deal in common with the leading antipapal candidates when it comes to the Sixth and Ninth Commandments as he has led a life of profligacy that has included violating his marital vows, meaning that he would have been “accompanied” in this life of immorality had he done these things during the era of the “synodal path” of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Moreover, “Pope Donald” has been fully supportive of the homosexual agenda in his personal social life and has even hosted an event at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate the Congressional passage of a “marriage equality” bill and has enabled his own children and others within his social spheres in their own lives of fornication, adultery, sodomy, and other vices against the Sixth and Ninth Commandments, making him a perfect candidate to succeed the enabler of all things perverse and indecent, the serial blasphemer named Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

The thought of encouraging his children and grandchildren to love chastity and to be modest in their words and style of dress has never entered the mind of the world, luxury-seeking and wealth-flaunting Donald John Trump. He has reaffirmed them in objectively grave sins even though neither he nor they are aware of this fact subjectively, and he sees nothing wrong with encouraging indecent behavior, meaning that, once again, he is an apt successor to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who hated the true Catholic Faith about which Trump himself is totally ignorant.

No, as I noted in an article that has been translated into Spanish on the Miles Christi website (MILES CHRISTI RESÍSTENS: DE FALSOS CARDENALES, NO ESPEREMOS PAPAS VERDADEROS), a true pope is not going to emerge from the upcoming conclave of conciliar “cardinals,” but Donald John Trump is certainly of one mind with many of them on many things and the image of whoever does get elected will be as meaningless as the one Trump posted of himself in papal regalia yesterday, Saturday, May 3, 2024, the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross and the Commemoration of Saints Pope Alexander I, Eventius, Theodulus, and Juvenal.

Today, Sunday, May 4, 2025, is the Second Sunday after Easter and the Commemoration of  Feast of Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, who caused her such grief for twenty years by living a life of utter profligacy. Unlike the likes of Donald John Trump. Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Victor Manuel Fernandez, Saint Monica did not reaffirm nor “accompany” her son as he did and said things that she knew had wounded Our Blessed Lord and Saviour once in time and wounded his own immortal soul that has been redeemed at such a high price, that of every single drop of the Divine Redeemer during His Passion and Death on the wood of the Holy Cross on Good Friday.

Guided by the Third Person of the Most Holy Trinity, Holy Mother Church chose the account found in the Gospel according to Saint Luke of Our Lord’s raising the son of a woman in Naim from the dead:

At that time, Jesus went to a town called Naim; and His disciples and a large crowd went with Him. And as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was with her, and said to her, Do not weep. And He went up and touched the stretcher; and the bearers stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise. And he who was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And He gave him to his mother. But fear seized upon all, and they began to glorify God, saying, A great prophet has risen among us, and God has visited His people. (Luke 7:11-16.)

Truly did Our Lord raise Augustine of Hippo from the death of his soul in response to the endless prayers offered and tears shed by his saintly mother, Saint Monica, who was hailed as follows by Dom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.B., in The Liturgical Year:

In the company of our Risen Lord there are two women, two mothers, of whom we have often had to speak during the last few weeks: they are Mary, mother of James the Less and Thaddeus, and Salome, mother of James the Greater and John the beloved disciple. They went, with Magdalene, to the Sepulcher, on the Resurrection morning; they carried spices to anoint the Body of Jesus; they were spoken to by Angels; and, as they returned to Jerusalem, our Lord appeared to them, greeted them, and allowed them to kiss his sacred feet. Since that Day, He has repaid their love by frequently appearing to them; and on the day of His Ascension from Mount Olivet, they will be there, together with our Blessed Lady and the Apostles, to receive His farewell blessing. Let us honour these faithful companions of Magdalene, these models of the love we should show to our Lord in His Resurrection; let us, also, venerate them as mothers who gave four Apostles to the Church.

But lo! on this fourth morning of beautiful May, there rises, near to Mary and Salome, another woman, another mother. She, too, is fervent in her love of Jesus. She, too, gives to holy Church a treasure: the child of her tears, a Doctor, a Bishop, and one of the grandest Saints of the New Law. This woman, this mother, is Monica, twice mother of Augustine. This master-piece of God's grace was produced on the desert soil of Africa. Her virtues would have been unknown till the day of Judgment, had not the pen of the great Bishop of Hippo, prompted by the holy affection of his filial heart, revealed to us the merits of this woman, whose life was humility and love, and who now, immortalized in men's esteem, is venerated as the model and patroness of Christian Mothers.

One of the great charms of the book of Confessions, is Augustine's fervent praise of Monica's virtues and devotedness. With what affectionate gratitude he speaks, throughout his whole history, of the untiring constancy of this mother, who, seeing the errors of her son, "wept over him more than other mothers weep over the dead body of their children! (Confessionum, liv. iii. cap. xi)" Our Lord, Who, from time to time, consoles, with a ray of hope, the souls He tries, had shown to Monica, in a vision, the future meeting of the son and mother; she had even heard a holy Bishop assuring her, that the child of so many tears could never be lost: still, the sad realities of the present weighed heavily on her heart; and both her maternal love and her Faith caused her to grieve over this son who kept away from her, yea, who kept away from her, because he was unfaithful to his God. The anguish of this devoted heart was an expiation, which would, at a future period, be applied to the guilty one; fervent and persevering prayer, joined with suffering, prepared Augustine's second birth; and, as he himself says, "she went through more when she gave me my spiritual, than when she gave me my corporal, birth (Ibid. lib. v. cap. ix)."

At last, after long years of anxiety, the mother found, at Milan, this son of hers, who had so cruelly deceived her, when he fled from her roof to go and risk his fortune in Rome. She found him still doubting the truth of the Christian Religion, but tired of the errors that had misled him. Augustine was not aware of it, but he had really made an advance towards the true Faith. "She found me," says he, "in extreme danger, for I despaired of ever finding the truth. But when I told her, that I was no longer a Manichean, and yet not a Catholic Christian, the announcement did not take her by surprise. She leaped for joy, at being made sure that one half of my misery was gone. As to the other, she wept over me, as dead, indeed, but to rise again; she turned to thee, O my God, and wept, and, in spirit, brought me, and laid the bier before Thee, that Thou mightest say to the widow's son: " Young man! I say to thee, arise! Then would he come to life again, and begin to speak, and Thou couldst give him back to his mother! * * * Seeing, then, that although I had not yet found the truth, I was delivered from error, she felt sure that Thou wouldst give the other half of the whole Thou hadst promised. She told me in a tone of gentlest calm, but with her heart full of hope, that she was confident, in Christ, that before leaving this world, she would see me a faithful Catholic (Confessionum, liv. vi. cap. i)."

At Milan, Monica formed acquaintance with the great Saint Ambrose, who was the instrument chosen by God for the conversion of her son. " She," says Augustine, "had a very great affection for Ambrose, "because of what he had done for my soul; and he equally loved her, because of her extraordinary piety, which led her to the performance of good works, and to fervent assiduity in frequenting the Church. Hence, when he saw me, he would frequently break out in her praise, and congratulate me on having such a mother (Ibid. liv vi. cap. ii)." The hour of grace came at last. The light of Faith dawned upon Augustine, and he began to think of enrolling himself a member of the Christian Church; but the pleasures of the world, in which he had so long indulged, held him back from receiving the holy sacrament of Baptism. Monica's prayers and tears won for him the grace to break this last tie. He yielded, and became a Christian.

But God would have this work of His divine mercy a perfect one. Augustine, once converted, was not satisfied with professing the true Faith; he aspired to the sublime virtue of continency. A soul, favored as his then was, could find no further pleasure in anything that this world could offer him. Monica, who was anxious to guard her son against the dangers of a relapse into sin, had been preparing an honorable marriage for him: but Augustine came to her, one day, accompanied by his friend Alypius, and told her that he was resolved to aim at what was most perfect.

Let us listen to the Saint's account of this interview with his mother; it was immediately after he had been admonished by the voice from heaven: "We (Augustine and Alypius,) go at once to my mother's house. We tell her what had taken place she is full of joy. We tell her all the particulars; she is overpowered with feelings of delight and exultation. She blessed thee, O my God, Who canst do beyond what we ask or understand. She saw that Thou hadst done more for me, than she had asked of thee, with her many piteous and tearful sighs. * * * Thou hadst changed her mourning into joy, even beyond her wishes, yea, into a joy far dearer and chaster than she could ever have had in seeing me a father of children (Confessionum, liv. viii. cap. xii)." A few days after this, and, in the Church of Milan, a sublime spectacle was witnessed by Angels and men: Ambrose baptizing Augustine in Monica's presence.

The saintly mother had fulfilled her mission: her son was regenerated to truth and virtue, and she had given to the Church the greatest of her Doctors. The evening of her long and tried life was approaching, and she was soon to find eternal rest in the God, for Whose love she had toiled and suffered so much. The son and mother were at Ostia, waiting for the vessel that was to take them back to Africa. "I and she were alone," says Augustine, "and were standing near a window of our lodging, which commanded a view of the garden. We were having a most charming conversation. Forgetting the past, and stretching forward to the things beyond, we were talking about the future life of the saints, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it ascended into man's heart. And whilst thus talking about it and longing for it, our hearts seemed to bound forward and reach it. We sighed, and left the first-fruits of our spirit there, and returned to the sound of our own voice. Then, my mother said to me: 'My son! as far as I am concerned, there is nothing now that can give me pleasure in this life. I know not what I can do, or why I should be here, now that I have nothing to hope for in this world. There was one thing, for which I desired to live somewhat longer, and it was to see thee a Catholic Christian before my death. My God has granted me this, and more; for I see that thou hast despised earthly pleasures and become his servant. What do I here (Confessionum, liv. ix. cap. x)?'"

She had not long to wait for the divine invitation. She breathed forth her pure soul a few days after this interview, leaving an indelible impression upon the heart of her son, to the Church a name most dear and honoured, and to Christian mothers a perfect example of the purest and holiest maternal affection. (Dom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.B., The Liturgical Year, Feast of Saint Monica, May 4.)

Saint Augustine gave up his profligate ways and aspired to continency. The conciliar revolutionaries have mocked continency and have aspired to “accompany” those who seek to live in profligate ways.

The readings for Matins for the Feast of Saint Monica contain Saint Augustine’s own words in praise of his holy mother, Saint Monica, who suffered so much to win his conversion to the true Faith:

Monica was twice over the mother of St. Augustine, for, under God, he owed to her both earth and heaven. When her husband was very old she made him a friend of Jesus Christ, and after his death she lived a widow in all purity and constantly occupied in works of mercy. Her son Augustine had fallen into the heresy of the Manichaeans, and for his conversion she earnestly pleaded with God for years, with strong crying and tears. She followed Augustine to Milan, and tenderly and constantly besought him to confer with Ambrose the Bishop. This he consented to do, and at last, through the public sermons and private conversations of Ambrose, his eyes were opened to see the truth of the Catholic Religion, and he received baptism at the Bishop's hands, at the Passover of the year 387.

The mother and son set out to return to their home in Africa, but after they had reached Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber, she was stricken down by a fever. One day as she lay sick, she came to herself after her mind had been long wandering, and said: "Where am I?” Then she saw who were standing by, and said "Let your mother lie here only, remember me at the altar of the Lord." On the ninth day this blessed lady surrendered her spirit to God. Her body was buried there at Ostia in the Church of St. Aurea, but, long after, in the papacy of Martin V, it was carried to Rome and honourably buried again in the Church of St. Augustine.

Augustine added these words after describing his mother's death: "We did not think that hers was a death which it was seemly to mark with repining, or tears, or lamentations, seeing that she died not sorrowfully, nor at all as touching her best and noblest part. This we knew, because we knew what her life had been, her faith unfeigned, her sure and certain hope. And then, nevertheless, I remembered again what thine handmaid was used to be, her walk with thee, how godly and holy it was, and with us so gentle and long-suffering and that it was all, gone away from me now. And I wept, over her and for her. And if any man will make it blame to me that I wept for a little while, when I saw lying dead before my eyes my mother, who had wept over me so many years, that she might see me live, I say, if any man will make it blame to me, I pray him not to sneer at me, but rather (if his charity be so great) himself to weep over my sins before thee, Who art a Father to all them to whom thy Christ is a Brother." (As found in Matins, The Divine Office, Feast of Saint Monica, May 4.)

Neither the conciliar revolutionaries nor Donald John Trump weep over sins, they celebrate them in the name of “tolerance” and “compassion.”

We, though, must imitate Saint Augustine’s sorrow for our sins and beg Our Lady, the Mother of Sorrows, to help us understand their horror and to strive to cooperate more and more with the graces she sends to us to climb the ladder of personal sanctity, especially as we fly unto her maternal patronage through her Most Holy Rosary in this month, her month, the month of May, and every month we are privileged to live as the consecrated slaves of her Divine Son, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, through her own Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Gabriel the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.

Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us. 

Saints Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, pray for us.

Saint Monica, pray for us.

Saint Augustine, pray for us.