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ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOLY SOULS AND DEMONS; BEWARE 20 QUESTIONS
One of Adam Blai's starkest warnings is to people not to confuse demons with souls from Purgatory. Blai is an expert on the demonic, and typically assists at 2 exorcisms a week; 104 a year. There have...
View ArticleMEETING THE HERO OF UNSUNG HERO
I blame film critic Robert Brennan of the Angelus Magazine. He gave the film Unsung Hero such a witty review that even though I'm working flat out to finish my Padre Pio book, I took a night off to...
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HARSH MORTIFICATION FOR SINS OF THE TONGUE
I've had something of an ache in my soul as regards my lack of charity; it is hard to tell truths to myself and others while at the same time being charitable. I find there is a pressure to collapse...
View ArticleON THE HEALING OF THE MIND THROUGH FASTING
Much is said and, I believe, more will be said soon about the healing power of fasting to lose weight and to cure bodily ills. That which got me into fasting was Gin Stephen's book, Delay, Don't Deny...
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ONE HOT BOOK
This is a guide book to a place where I hope never to go, but am painfully aware that I could. Dan Burke and my good friend, Patrick O'Hearn have written an excellent and extraordinary book. Excellent...
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WHEN PETER DE BASTO'S GUARDIAN ANGEL WOKE HIM
Ah, here we are again, the last day of the month dedicated to the holy souls. Something of a tradition on this blog is to write on Our Lady's intercession for the holy souls on this day, as I did...
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PADRE PIO AND CHEATING HUSBANDS
A grieving widow approached Padre Pio with a burning question. She was extremely distressed as to where her husband's soul had gone; had he been saved? Her dread was informed by the fact that he had...
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ASK HER FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING FROM ILLS CAUSED BY YOUR EYES
For ages hence, St Lucy whose feast we celebrate today has been revered as an intercessor for good eyesight, even healing from total blindness. To be sure, she is depicted bearing a plate with two eyes...
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AN UNLIKELY GREAT PYRENEES
I had an auspicious meeting with a lady Great Pyrenees, a beauty of the breed with copper-gold ears. She has amber eyes, framed by blond eyelashes, and belongs to the class of live-stock guarding dogs...
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WHAT PADRE PIO GAVE ME FOR CHRISTMAS - MY BOOK!
My Beloved Readers, 8 years ago this week I started work on Padre Pio and You while I still lived in London, I remember walking up to Bayswater, the fog like sheer white veils dancing before me and...
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A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO YE ALL!
Greetings from Los Angeles! I wish ye all a blessed and joyful Christmas! My prayers go to ye, and I hope ye have a holy celebration of the Lord's birth.St Francis at Greccio was executed by Giotto
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OF ANGELS AND DEMONS: 2024 IN REVIEW
Of 44 entries, my most popular post of 2024 was the novena for healing to Archangel Raphael. I've heard that people take you at your own assessment and I truly believe in the grand intercessory powers...
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AT A DISTANCE FROM DEVASTATING INFERNOS, I AM TOTALLY FINE AND SAFE, JUST DUSTY
All during last night, the air was filled in my place with smoky air that felt like burning homes were nearby; there was a wildfire raging at its worst in Pacific Palisades, once home to actor, Matthew...
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I WAS SAVED FROM THE BLAZE BY A MISUNDERSTANDING
Another 24 hours have passed without flames licking at my door. I have red marks on my hands from praying my Rosary. A little while ago I was moving and looking for a new place. I'm a transplant from...
View ArticleTHE CELEBRITY COMPLEX OF MILLENNIALS - 50% WANT TO BE FAMOUS
My friends were buzzing about Devin Schadt's appearance on Matt Fradd's podcast, and they invited me to check it out asap so we could natter about it. Devin Schadt held forth for 3 hours on the...
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THE ANGELS: THE HIGHEST CORRUPTED TO THE LOWEST
This week there was a wonderful webinar to mark the launch of The Truth about Hell, which was engrossing but most stunningly of all it was engaging. As someone who finds treatise on Hell to be mental...
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TRUMP'S ORDER TO RELEASE FILES ON JFK MAY VINDICATE PADRE PIO'S VISION OF JKF...
I was exhilarated when I heard about President Trumps's executive order to release thousands of classified files on the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The Donald has wasted no time; God...
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POWERFUL HEALING PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO ARE POST-ABORTION
Glory be to God in the highest - tens of thousands have just marched on Washington DC - in the 52nd March for Life. My thoughts are with the courageous women from Silent No More who bore the signs; "I...
View ArticleDISCERNING IF OUR LADY OF AKITA'S WARNINGS ARE UNFURLING BEFORE OUR EYES
The tourism of terror; gaggles of visitors to L.A. have been gathering to watch the huge, looming mushroom clouds of dust that can be seen erupting over the Malibu horizon. The clouds spin across the...
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IN LOVE WITH THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST
Many congratulations to Heidi Hess Saxton for her book, Eucharistic Stories: A Family Treasury of Saints and Seekers. With tenderness and warmth she conveyed the story of the Christ Child appearing...
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OUR LORD SPOKE IN FRENCH TO REACH RUSSIAN EARS
In France of the 1840s there was a young Carmelite nun and a hot-tempered Breton with an urgent mission. Jesus was affording her intellectual visions so she could found a movement devoted to His Holy...
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TALES OF VATICAN INTRIGUE
Yvonnick Denoël is the author of a new book, Vatican Spiesthat sounds fascinating, and my understanding is that it chronicles 80 years of how Catholic priests in good standing infiltrated places like...
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NOVENA TO THE HOLY FACE: DAY 1
Please feel free to join in the Novena to the Holy Face, starting on February 24 and ending on Shrove Tuesday or "Fat Tuesday". My personal intention is for graces in giving up my vices and sins....
View ArticleBEAUTIFUL VIDEO OF A NOVENA TO THE HOLY FACE
A reader very kindly let me know about Catholic Crusade's novena to the Holy Face - there is also a video! Many times readers have asked about videos for all 9 days of a novena, so that they can...
View ArticleMY JOURNEY THROUGH LENT WITH ST. MICHAEL'S ABBEY
My friend, Father Ambrose Criste of St. Michael's Abbey in Silverado Canyon, Orange County has laid out a fine plan for Lent that I'll be doing my best to follow:
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