As noted in my three-part series on the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in the case of Thomas E. Dobbs. Mississippi State Health Officer v. Jackson Women’s Organization, June 24, 2022 (Roe v. Wade is Gone, Baby-Killing Will Continue, part one, Roe v. Wade is Gone, Baby-Killing Will Continue, part two|, and Roe v. Wade is Gone, BabyRoe v. Wade is Gone, Baby-Killing Will Continue, part threeh-Killing Will Continue, part three), the execution of the innocent preborn, both by chemical and surgical means, continues despite the Supreme Court’s overturning of its Monday, January 22, 1973, abominable 7-2 decision in the case of Roe v. Wade. While it is true that most, although not all, surgical killings of the preborn have been stopped in states such as Texas, it is also true that so-called “exceptions” to the binding precepts of the Fifth Commandment exist throughout most of  the “red states” in the United States of America and that the killing of children by chemical means.

Indeed, more babies are being killed today by mifepristone, the abortion pill, than were being killed annually when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land, and this is not even counting the hundreds of millions of babies who have been killed by contracetive abortifacient pills, devices, and injections.

Yes, Roe v. Wade is gone, but baby-killing continues.

May God have mercy on us all.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Raymond of Pennafort, pray for us.

Saint Ildefonsus, pray for us.

Although my work is still being impeded by the injury I suffered eight days ago, I have completed an overview of President Donald John Trump’s recent comments about Greenland.

I hope to have another related commentary (dealing with the hypocrisy of “Cardinals” Joseph Tobin, Blase Cupich, and Robert McElroy) for you by tomorrow, the Feast of Saint Raymond of Pennafort, and the Commemorations of Saint Emeriatiana, and, in some places, of the Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Vincent and Anastasius, pray for us.

As promised, this is a refutation of Robert Francis Prevost’s efforts to make Pope Leo XIII’s calls for Christianity seem like an endorsement of contemporary ecumenism, which they were certainly not as Pope Leo XIII called repeatedly for the return of Protestants and the Orthodox to the Catholic Church. [This article was tweaked in a few places about fourteen hours after its posting.[

The hour is late. I will try to complete my commentary on the Greenland situation later today for posting around this time tomorrow.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saints Fabian and Sebastian, pray for us.

Although a day late, I am hereby making a copy of the prayers for the Chair of Unity Octave that were distributed by Father Francis Miller, O.F.M., several days ago. Father Francis was kind enough to send me the prayers in a Word document three years ago, which permits me to post them so that those who access this website.

These prayers are always important, but perhaps even more so now as Robert Francis Prevost/Leo XIV said in his Angelus address yesterday, Sunday, January 18, 2026, the Second Sunday after the Epiphany and the Commemorations of the Chair of Saint Peter in Rome, of Saint Paul the Apostle, and of Saint Prisca, that Pope Leo XIII was an early champion of ecumenism! 

Although I will be writing a commentary about to be posted by later this evening, Monday, January 19, 2026, the Feast of Saint Marius, Martha. Aubucham, and Audifax, and the Commemoration of Saint Canute, King of Demark, here is just a brief reminder of how Pope Leo XIII urged the return of all non-Catholics to the true Church without conditition, qualification, or reservation:

Weigh carefully in your minds and before God the nature of Our request.  It is not for any human motive, but impelled by Divine Charity and a desire for the salvation of all, that We advise the reconciliation and union with the Church of Rome; and We mean a perfect and complete union, such as could not subsist in any way if nothing else was brought about but a certain kind of agreement in the Tenets of Belief and an intercourse of Fraternal love.  The True Union between Christians is that which Jesus Christ, the Author of the Church, instituted and desired, and which consists in a Unity of Faith and Unity of Government. (Pope Leo XIII, referring to the Orthodox in Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae, June 20, 1884.)

More to follow in a few hours.

I will also be continuing the composition of my commentary about Donald John Trump's unhinged demands for Greenland, claiming most recently that, having been denied the Nobel Prize for Peace last year, he no longer is bound to pursue peace. There is a case to be made for Greenland's strategic importance, but the United States of America doees not need to "possess" Greenland, especially against the will of the Greenlanders themselves, and the means by which Donald John Trump is ranting and raving about the "need" to possess Greenland plays right into the hands of his political enemies at home and is alientating even his strongest European allies such as Viktor Orban in Hungary and Giorgia Melloni in Italy.

Our Lady, Queen of Peace, pray for us.

Saint Marius, Martha, Aubocham, and Audifax, pray for us.

Saint Canute, King of Denmark, pray for us.

My next article on a secular subject will concern the madness of President Donald John Trump’s attempting to wrest Greenland from Denmark and against the determined will of but a small percentage of the Greenlanders themselves. That commentary should be published on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, the Feast of Saints Fabian and Sebastian.

For the moment, though, I have put together reflections on this Second Sunday after the Epiphany on which is the read the account of the third great epiphany of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as he manifested to the Apostles His Sacred Divinity by the miracle of transforming water in wine at the wedding feast in Cana, which was a foreshadowing of the Holy Eucharist, of course, and a miracle that He performed at the behest of His Most Blessed Mother.

An important part of my reflection with the denials of the doctrine of Transubstantiation by various conciliar officials, including by the late Joseph Alois Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and his equally late successor, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who repeated the old Eucharistic heresy that “God is in the bread.”

There is also a reflection on the commemorated feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in this commentary as well are also reflections on Saint Prisca, who, after Saint Paul, is commemorated lastly today at Holy Mass, and on the saints we celebrate tomorrow, Monday, January 19, 2026, Saints Marius, Martha, Abucham, and Audifax, and Saint Canute, King of Denmark.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray fr us.

Saint Peter, pray for us.

Saint Paul, pray for us.

Saint Prisca, pray for us.

Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abucham, pray for us.

Sant Canute, King of Denmark, pray for us.

Saint Wulstan, pray for us.

Making a long story short, I saw a chiropractor on Thursday, January 15, 2026, the Feast of Saint Paul the First Hermit and the Commemorations of Saint Maurus the Abbot and of Our Lady of Prompt Succor here in some places in the United States of America. Two X-Rays were taken and they showed no signs of a fracture in left clavicle. The doctor examined me manually and felt swelling, saying that said the pain is caused by strained ligaments in the clavicle, a problem that resolves between four and six weeks. Deo gratias! Thank you for your prayers.

I was feeling slightly better yesterday, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Feast of Pope Saint Marcellus I, to finish the commentary that I started a week ago today. I am sorry that it took so long to complete but the circumstances were unavoidable as penance is better than ever in 2026!

There are reflections about Saint Antony of the Desert found at the conclusion of this commentary

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Antony of the Desert, pray for us.

I have been writing a commentary about Robert Francis Prevost/Leo XIV’s address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See in its conciliar captivity. However, I fell down yesterday morning while getting out of a chair after losing my balance, landing with a thud on the floor. Something in my left clavicle snapped, making my left arm pretty unusable for most activities, including extensive typing.

Wanting to avoid the penances associated with going to an emergency room, I tried to get in contact with a physician’s office to get a referral for an X-Ray, but the Verizon Wireless outage made that impossible during the work hours.

Thus, it appears as though I must accept the penances of an emergency room visit later today, which means that I may not be able to complete my next commentary for posting by tomorrow, although I might record one of my infamous low-tech video presentations instead.

As is ever the case, the discomfort, which is a native New Yorker’s understatement of the situation, is excellent penance in and of itself and is yet another sign that God is not through purifying me, that I have not been reprobated, and that there is still time yet for me as the consecrated slave of His Co-Equal, Co-Eternal Divine Son, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary to do penance for my many sins. Deo gratias!

In the meantime, please accept this brief reflection upon Saint Paul the Hermit and of Saint Maurus.

I will include a brief reflection about Our Lady of Prompt Succor, whose feast is celebrated in some places within the United States of America today, especially within the Archdiocese of New Orleans, of course, at the end of the commentary I was unable to complete yesterday. Thank you.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor, pray for us.

Saint Paul the First Hermit, pray for us.

Saint Maurus, pray for us. 

This is a brief reflection on the Octave of the Epiphany of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, which celebrates the second of His three great epiphanies, that of the beginning of His Public Ministry at the Jordan River as He is baptized symbolically by His own cousin, Saint John the Baptist, the last of the Old Testament Prophets. 

A blessed Octave of the Epiphany [Baptism of Our Lord] to you all.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

Just a little tired from the last few days of work, all I have the strength to write is that this commentary’s title speaks for itself as a review the beginning of Robert Francis Prevost/Leo XIV’s catechesis on the “Second” Vatican Council during his general audience address of Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

Finally, another $836 was raised yesterday, the Feast of the Holy Family, towards the amount that I need to have on hand by Thursday, January 15, 2025, the Feast of Saint Paul the First Monk and the Commemoration in the United Staes of America of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Only $664 more to go. Please consider making a non-tax-deductible financial gift today. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Although I am not unmindful of the fact that Robert Francis Prevost/Leo XIV has called the “Second” Vatican Council the “guiding star” for what he thinks is the Catholic Church, a subject that I will get to in a few days, events in this topsy-turvy world of Judeo-Masonic naturalism have many people in the United States of America and around the world in constant states of agitation and division.

This commentary is an effort to discuss the tragic events that took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, and then to remind readers that such events are but the consequences of the overthrow of the Social Reign of Christ the King by the Protestant Revolution, which give rise over time to the triumph, albeit temporary, of Judeo-Masonic naturalism.

May God have mercy on us all.

A republished reflection on the Feast of the Holy Family can be found by scrolling below. 

A reminder: Having raised $1200 in the past few days, I still need to raise an additional $1500 in the next four days. Please do make a non-tax-deductible financial gift now if this it at all possible. Thank you.

A blessed Feast of the Holy Family to you all.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you. Save souls.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless us now and in death’s holy agony.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace to you.

Pope Saint Hyginus, pray for us.