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Thursday, June 18, 2026

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Smoke in This Life — June 18 The Best of Cheap Bourbon & Cigars A cheap bourbon that burns, a rough cigar that bites — good reminders that grace is costly. A soul once lifted from her body was shown Heaven’s joy, Purgatory’s flames, and the faces of those she had known. The Lord offered her Heaven now or suffering on earth to free the souls she pitied. She chose to return. She chose pain over rest, charity over comfort, salvation over self. That is the hidden strength God asks of us — to hurt a little so someone else can rise. Reflection Question: Who needs my sacrifice today so their soul can breathe again. JUNE 18 Thursday Third Week after Pentecost International Picnic Day-World Tapas Day   Sirach, Chapter 48, Verse 12 When Elijah was enveloped in the whirlwind, Elisha was filled with his spirit; He worked twice as many marvels, and every utterance of his mouth was wonderful. During his lifetime he FEARED no one, nor was anyone able to intimid...
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Monthly Novena for the 25th Day A Simple Family Devotion Honoring the Birth of Jesus

Monthly Novena for the 25th Day A Simple Family Devotion Honoring the Birth of Jesus
keep Christmas in your heart the whole year

The Iceman Story

The Iceman Story
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Why Fulton Sheen's Beatification Changes Everything!

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  🔹 Summary of the Video  Evil attacks primarily through thoughts : discouragement, accusation, fear, and distortion of truth. The battleground is interior : the mind, the imagination, the conscience. The devil’s strategy is deception : planting lies about God, self, and the world. Resistance is not dramatic but disciplined : prayer, Scripture, confession, and naming the lie. Victory is Christ’s, not ours : we fight in Him , not by self‑assertion. This aligns tightly with the Catechism’s teaching that the devil is “a liar and the father of lies” (Jn 8:44) and that spiritual warfare is fundamentally about truth, vigilance, and union with Christ. 🔹 CCC Teaching on Evil (anchored in your request) 1. Evil is real, personal, and rooted in a fallen angelic will The CCC is explicit: Satan is not a symbol but a fallen angel who opposes God’s plan. Catholic Digest 2. The devil’s power is finite and radically inferior to God He is a creature, not a rival deity. His activ...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Nativity of St. John the Baptist

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  Smoke in This Life, Not the Next June 24 — Nativity of St. John the Baptist Virtue: Voice & Witness Cigar: Prophetic Habano Bourbon: High West Double Rye Theme: Speak the truth aloud The Nativity of St. John the Baptist is a feast of fire — the only birth besides Christ and His Mother that the Church marks. John arrives as a voice, not an echo, and his day has long been kept with Johannistag bonfires: towering midsummer flames meant to test courage and expose truth. Tonight’s pairing carries that same edge. A Habano that refuses to flatter. A Double Rye that wakes the conscience. The question is simple and severe: What truth must be spoken aloud. The tradition offers a hard witness: “Behold two who have seen the torments of the other world. The incredulous are inexcusable; those who believe and still refuse penance are more to be condemned.” Silence is never neutral. To withhold the truth is to strengthen the lie. The fire burns. The prophet speaks. The...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Shortest Night of the Year

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  SMOKE — Fire Night Virtue — Purification Cigar — A rough burner Pour — Cheap bourbon Reflection Johannestag is the night of the great German fire — a blaze meant to strip a man down to what’s real. St. Christina belongs in that heat. They said she threw herself into flames, shrieked like a soul being torn open, and walked out untouched. Not spectacle — surrender. Tonight’s smoke carries both truths: the fire that judges, and the soul that endures it. The bourbon burns. The cigar cracks. A man steps into the heat that exposes him and walks out with nothing false left to burn. Purgatory Line Only the lies catch fire. Night Question What in me still fears the flame? JUNE 23 Tuesday Fourth Week of Pentecost ST. JOHN’S EVE- International Widows-Pink Flamingos   2 Chronicles, Chapter 20, Verse 13-15 All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. And the spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel, son of Ze...
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Presidents' 100 for the dinner table

Presidents' 100 for the dinner table
THE PRESIDENT’S 100 at the dinner table: A NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR STRENGTH, CLARITY & RENEWAL

St. Ignatius Universal Man Plan

St. Ignatius Universal Man Plan
You must give yourself away to begin

St. George Universal Man Plan

St. George Universal Man Plan
Fight your Dragons

St. Peter Universal Man Plan

St. Peter Universal Man Plan
Be a Fisher of Men

St. Joseph Universal Man Plan

St. Joseph Universal Man Plan
Be a Guardian