"For they did not yet understand the Scripture that He had to rise from the dead" (Easter Sunday, 3/31)

The Empty Tomb is All the Proof We Need

The Holy Sepulchre

Via Dolorosa

St Peter in Gallicantu (at the cock crow)

Field of Blood

Gethsemane

The Upper Room

Palm Sunday & Holy Week images

(sign/voice)

• On Unworthy Reception (Father Donald Calloway, MIC, 3/25/24) 

• Climate Expert Bjorn Lomborg Decries ‘Weather Porn’ from Alarmists (Thomas D. Williams, PhD, 3/25/24)

• Nigerians Need Now “more than ever before” Courage to Address Multiple Societal Evils (aciAfrica, 3/24/24)

• Conservatives Slam $1 Trillion Spending Bill, GOP-Controlled House Passes It Anyway (CatholicVote org, 3/22/24)

• ‘Her Daughter Was Given a Chest Binder by Her School’–Fighting the Liberal Agenda in the States (DailySignal, 3/20/24)

• Can We Be Frank About the Catholic School Crisis? (National Catholic Register, 3/20/24)

• Supreme Court Declines to Hear Catholic Couple’s Lawsuit Over Transgender Child Custody (National Catholic Register, 3/19/24)

• Despite Bans, Number of Abortions in the United States Increased in 2023 (Guttmacher Institute, 3/19/24; This is not even counting the abortifacient effect of some "contraceptives"!  Guttmacher is a Planned Parenthood affiliate.)

• In Vitro Fertilization: The Human Cost (USCCB, 3/11/24)
• [Dignitas Personae:] A Call to Everyone to Courageously Defend Human Life (Amazon review, 1/11/09)
• Abortifacients, Contraception, and Emergency "so called" Contraception (Catholic365, 6/5/23)
• "ANY use of contraceptives is also absolutely wrong.  They separate the unitive and procreative aspects of the marital act" (Catholic365, 6/6/23)

1.) Go to 360 Virtual Tour | Church of the Holy Sepulchre | Tomb of Jesus (p4panorama.com)

2.) Select "The Resurrection Tomb of Christ."

The easiest way to discredit Jesus would be to come up with His body and disprove His resurrection.  No one ever did, and no one ever will.  Instead, we human try in all ways of manner to change the subject.  Yet, Jesus Christ is risen today!

The World's Greatest Churches, Episode 2. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Palm Sunday (3/24) - the start of Holy Week

Palm Sunday,

the start of Holy Week

Lent in the Holy Land (Sign/Voice 1, 2) The Upper Room Gethsemane  St Peter in Gallicantu (at the cock crow) Field of Blood   Via Dolorosa The Holy Sepulchre

• "As America’s second Catholic president, Biden received considerable pushback from the U.S. bishops for his pro-abortion stance early in his presidency, but Church leaders have been curiously silent as he promises to bring back abortion-on-demand as the law of the land"(Thomas D Williams, PhD, 3/19/24).
• How Does Any Bishop, Cleric, State Catholic Conference &/or [Arch]Diocesan Respect Life Office Fail to Condemn the Championing of Abortion & Disrespect for the Family Established by a Wife, Husband, and Their Kids?  (Catholic365, 3/16/24)

• ‘For zeal for thy house has consumed me’ (Phil Lawler, 3/15/24) 

• Preach the Gospel Always, Use Insults if Necessary (Crisis Magazine, 3/15/24)

• Hundreds of Nigerian school kids abducted in broad daylight (Aletia, 3/14/24)

• Elon Musk, Matt Walsh highlight study showing transgender surgeries double risk of suicide (LifeSite, 3/14/24)
• "Rates of psychiatric emergencies are high both before and after [so called] gender affirming surgery. Although both the phalloplasty and vaginoplasty patients have similar overall rates of psychiatric encounters, suicide attempts are more common in the later. In fact, our observed rate of suicide attempts in the phalloplasty group is actually similar to the general population, while the vaginoplasty group's rate is more than double that of the general population. Patients undergoing GAS with a history of prior psychiatric emergences or feminizing transition are at higher risk and should be counseled appropriately" (Journal of Urology, 2021)

• The Custom of Suspending the Galero in Cathedral Churches (Liturgical Arts Journal, 3/12/24)

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Courage, Catholic Relief Services, Fiducia Supplicans, Nigeria,

• "priests, reinforced by the gift of celibacy, have an easier time proclaiming the truth than the laity. At the moment, priests can speak freely from the pulpit. The worst the clergy can expect is the loss of parishioners, reduced parish revenue, or the occasional rebuke of ecclesiastical authorities. Indeed, priests receive their salaries before the parish pays the utility bills. Unlike the laity smothered by corporate and government political correctness, priests and bishops have no excuse for failing to preach the Gospel" (Rev Jerry Pokorsky, 3/11/24).

• Investigation Yields Disturbing Findings on Catholic Relief Services (Catholic Insight, 3/11/24)
• Catholics should only support charities that do not cooperate with evil (Population Research Institute, 3/7/24)
• As per Michael Hichborn, send correspondence to a bishop in double envelope.  Inside envelope should be marked; "For his Excellency's eyes only." (Joe McLane radio show, 3/11/24)

• Fiducia supplicans, ecumenical collapse, and the Coptic Orthodox Church (Catholic World Report, 3/9/24)
• Should Fiducia supplicans be retracted (The Catholic Thing, 3/9/24)

(Pope Pius XI, Casti Connubii, 1930)

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3/17 - 5th Sunday of Lent

Lent in the Holy Land 

(Sign/Voice)

Saint Patrick

Saint Joseph

"With 'Joseph' closely associated with Italians
& my middle name being that of the most beloved Irish saint,
I have a powerful 1-2 patron saint 'punch' each March!"

• Irish government: Voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution (Catholic News Agency, 3/9/24) 

• We need our Holy Father and others to demonstrate an acutely improved understanding of God's gift of authentic marriage/family (Catholic365, 3/3/24)

• USCCB opposes so-called Access to Family Building Act (S. 3612). (Catholic365, 3/2/24)

• Re: "Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action calls for an immediate moratorium on the transplantation of vital organs." (2/27/24)

• EXCLUSIVE: 400th Attack on Catholic Churches Documented (DailySignal, 2/27/24)

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At this time, say NO to the CRS collection

• To Archbishop Perez & Cardinal Tobin, re: Catholic Relief Services (Catholic365, 3/8/24)

• from the IRS 990 form for Fiscal year 2022 (on a CRS web site)

  2021-form-990.pdf

4th Sunday of Lent/Lautare Sunday: "Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget You!"

Lent in the Holy Land 

Stations of the Cross

(sign/voice)

• We need our Holy Father and others to demonstrate an acutely improved understanding of God's gift of authentic marriage/family (Catholic365, 3/3/24)
• Pope Francis: ‘Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology’ (Catholic World Report, 3/1/24)
• Why is Marriage Important? How Marriage Saves Society (HLI, 2/19/24)
• A record percentage of young adults will never marry, study shows (Crux, 3/1/24)
• Raised by Two Gay Men and I think Children Deserve a Mother and a Father / Samantha's Story (Them Before Us, 2/29/24) 

• A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break... (Catholic Stand, 3/2/24)

• IVF (3/1/24)
• USCCB opposes so-called Access to Family Building Act (S. 3612). (Catholic365, 3/2/24)
• Alabama’s Court Decision Sparks Debate Over Ethics of IVF (HLI, 2/26/24)
• IVF Kills Thirty Children For Every One That Survives (Father David Nix, 2/25/24)

• The Prologue to Too Small a World: The Life of [Saint] Mother Frances Cabrini (Catholic World Report, 3/2/24)

ST. FRANCES CABRINI SHRINe

• The Man on the Train (Catholic365, 2/28/24)
• Jérôme Lejeune's legacy advances 'abundant life' for people with Down syndrome in world and church (OSV, 3/23/23) 

• Re: "Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action calls for an immediate moratorium on the transplantation of vital organs." (2/27/24)

• Jihadists in West Africa kill 15 Catholics During Mass (CatholicVote org, 2/25/24)

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IVF

Mr Failing & Mr King,

Ignorance by innumerable Catholics, other Christians, and others of goodwill on the immorality of IVF is shameful. This ignorance is even found in supposedly pro life circles! 

For wives and husbands, IVF separates the unitive and procreative aspects of marital acts.  On top of that, countless embryos are destroyed/dicarded in these Frankensteinish processes.

Catholic/Christian leadership will one day have to stand before God, to explain failures to boldly proclaim truth.  As executive directors of the Pa and NJ Catholic Conferences, you both have the privilege and moral responsibility to alert Catholics (laity, religious, & clergy) to contact their representatives on these matters.

Alert people to ask their representatives to resist Nancy Mace's support' for IVF and ALL support for IVF.

Joseph Tevington

Morrisville, PA 

House Republicans must resist Nancy Mace's resolution urging 'strong support' for IVF - LifeSite

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/house-republicans-must-resist-nancy-maces-resolution-urging-strong-support-for-ivf/