Wednesday, June 17, 2026
SMOKE IN THIS LIFE, NOT THE NEXT June 17 — Don Félix and the Cold River Choose a Don Félix tonight — a simple, working‑man’s smoke — the kind a man reaches for when he wants a little warmth against the truth. Hold it beside Drithelm in the freezing river. He broke the ice with his own hands, stood in the bitter water, and when men marveled he answered only: “I have seen greater cold.” One man hides in the haze. One man wakes in the cold. Better to face the small burn now than the greater cold later. Prayer O my God, we beg of Thee in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, through the merits of the Precious Blood offered in every Mass throughout the world, to grant conversion to sinners and to all who will die this day the grace of repentance and a happy death. If it be Your Will, accept this offering to console the Heart of Jesus in agony for souls who flee discomfort and delay repentance. Have mercy on the holy souls in Purgatory, especially the forgotten. Do not dela...
