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Saturday, June 20, 2026

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Smoke in this Life not the Next The Small Fire Half a glass of wine for steadiness. A cheap cigar for honesty. Maria d’Oignies for the flame that purifies. She teaches that holiness is built from small, steady offerings — the kind a man can make in the quiet of his own evening. Let the wine remind you of restraint, the cigar of simplicity, and her life of the fire God can kindle in an ordinary heart. Reflection Question: What small, steady offering is God asking me to place on the fire tonight? June 20 Satur day Third Week after Pentecost Kouign Amann 2 Chronicles, Chapter 19, Verse 9 He gave them this command: “Thus you shall act in the FEAR of the LORD, with fidelity and with an undivided heart. Via the Gospel, the Lord Jesus gives a penetrating analysis of the state of the sinner and some very sobering advice to us would-be saints on maintaining an undivided heart. Delusion, Dissipation, Death [1] We look first to the description of a sinner. Jesus said to his dis...

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Sunday, June 28, 2026

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🔥 Summary of 30 Day Retreat – Episode 28 YouTube 1. The Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Fr. Edgardo “Bing” Arellano teaches that the Two Hearts —Jesus and Mary—represent the fullness of divine love and maternal intercession. Devotion to the Sacred Heart is presented as a direct confrontation with evil , because it enthrones Christ’s kingship over the soul, home, and nation. The Heart of Mary is shown as the perfect model of purity, obedience, and spiritual warfare. 2. Countries that promote the Sacred Heart Episode 28 references nations historically consecrated to or strongly associated with the Sacred Heart, including: Ireland , whose bishops have repeatedly renewed national consecrations (152 years of tradition). catholicnewsworld.com Other Catholic nations with longstanding enthronement traditions (inferred from the episode’s theme and supported by global consecration history). 3. Confronting Evil (CCC context) While the episode does not quote the Catechism direct...

Saturday, June 27, 2026

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  June 27 — Day 4 of the Nine Days The Jordan as Surrender “He must increase; I must decrease.” John’s greatness is not in his voice or his austerity. His greatness is in his surrender. At the Jordan, he steps aside. He gives away the crowds, the attention, the authority. He decreases so that Christ may rise. This is the hinge of holiness: not achievement, but relinquishment. Not grasping, but yielding. If Day 1 is the Voice, Day 2 the Furnace, Day 3 the Test, Day 4 is the Surrender. A nation approaching its 250th year must learn this again: less ego, more service; less posturing, more humility; less self‑assertion, more room for God. Prayer Jesus, teach me the grace of decreasing. Empty me of pride, noise, and self‑importance. Do this in my nation, that You may increase. SMOKE IN THIS LIFE, NOT THE NEXT Love & Mercy Virtue — Love & Mercy Cigar — A deep, tender Maduro Pour — Stagg Jr., intense and unflinching Reflection At the edge of death, a man sees clearly. ...

Friday, June 26, 2026

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  Corvette to Work day -Another Joe Biden special June 26 — Day 3 of the Nine Days The Wilderness as Testing “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested.” The wilderness is not punishment. It is the proving ground of sons. Here, comfort is gone. Here, the appetites speak loudly. Here, the enemy whispers shortcuts and half‑truths. But the wilderness is where obedience becomes real. Where strength becomes interior. Where a man learns to prefer God’s will over his own. If Day 1 is the Voice, If Day 2 is the Furnace, Day 3 is the Test. A nation cannot mature without testing. Prosperity has softened us; abundance has distracted us. The wilderness strips us back to dependence — and dependence is the beginning of wisdom. Prayer Lord Jesus, lead me into the wilderness You choose. Test what must be tested, and make my obedience whole. Do the same for my country. SMOKE IN THIS LIFE, NOT THE NEXT Thu, June 26 — Sobriety of Soul Virtue — Sobriety of...

Thursday, June 25, 2026

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  June 25 — Day 2 of the Nine Days The Desert as Purification “The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation.” John is not formed in comfort. He is formed in the silence, the heat, the stripping‑down of the desert. The desert is where God removes the noise, the illusions, the self‑importance — until only mission remains. If Day 1 is the Voice, Day 2 is the Furnace. A nation approaching its 250th year needs this same purification: fewer slogans, more truth; fewer distractions, more repentance. Prayer: Holy Face of Jesus, burn away what is false in me and in my country. Make us strong in spirit, ready for Your manifestation. SMOKE IN THIS LIFE, NOT THE NEXT  Virtue — Sobriety of Soul Cigar — A thin, no‑name stick that burns fast and honest Pour — Half a glass of rough red, the kind that tastes like iron and earth Reflection Bellarmine never wasted words. He knew the disease of the age — men who laugh at judgment...

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

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