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  JUNE 22 Monday Fourth Week after Pentecost St. Thomas More- Religious Freedom Week   Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 32 Do not be AFRAID any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.   Are we living in the Kingdom?   Copilot’s Take   St. Thomas More stands at the doorway of Religious Freedom Week as a man who lived Luke 12:32 with unflinching clarity. He refused to let fear dictate the boundaries of his conscience, and in doing so he revealed what it means to belong to a Kingdom not built on political favor or cultural approval. Christ’s words to the “little flock” are not sentimental; they are a declaration of sovereignty. The Father is pleased to give the Kingdom, and More received it even as the world stripped everything else away. The Catechism teaches that the Kingdom is already present in Christ and mysteriously growing in those who belong to Him (CCC 2816–2819 ). It is not seized by force or secured by earthly g...

Smoke in This Life — June 21 Solstice • Father’s Day • Eleventh Sunday A mild Connecticut Shade, a steady pour of Knob Creek 12, and the long light of the solstice remind a man what fatherhood truly is — strength that shelters, and shelter that strengthens. Butler’s Lives tells of a woman shown Purgatory and Hell, recognizing faces she had known, and choosing to return to earth so others might reach Heaven first. That is the heart of a father — the refusal to rest while his children are still in danger. And today we remember the old promise of the two lost drops of Christ’s Blood — held in reserve for the most endangered souls, proof that no child is beyond the reach of the Father’s mercy. Reflection Question: Whose soul has God placed in my care, and what strength must I offer so they reach home. JUNE 21 Fourth Sunday After Pentecost Saint Aloysius Gonzaga -Father’s Day-Summer Solstice-Yoga   Matthew, Chapter 10, verse 28 And do not be AFRAID of ...