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The Justice Department is seeking 8 years in prison for a Pennsylvania woman accused of directing Jan. 6 rioters into the Capitol building with a bullhorn. Federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memo Wednesday that they are seeking eight years in prison for Rachel Marie Powell, 41, who was convicted of all charges brought against her in July. Obstruction of an official proceeding, destruction of government property, entering a restricted area with a weapon and engaging in violence on Capitol grounds were among her charges. The prosecutors said that they are seeking the eight-year sentence due to “her conduct on...

Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, made her first public appearance since the start of Russia’s invasion of her country during a weekend visit with first lady Jill Biden. Fascination has surrounded Ukraine’s first family since Zelensky adamantly remained in Kyiv as his country was attacked, declaring himself and his family as Moscow’s top targets. Here’s what we know about Olena Zelenska.

By now, you might have heard about a woman named Candy. She was the “trampled lady” in Ottowa as the police rode through on horseback because of Trudeau’s authoritarian orders. In case you missed it, Candy was standing in the crowd peacefully. She is an elderly woman and a grandmother. And she also has to use a walker in order to get around. But none of that mattered when Canadian police rode through on their horses, knocked her to the ground, and trampled here. There were initial rumors that Candy had been trampled to death. Fortunately, that was not the...

A friend of mine who’s a commercial pilot just sent me this pic of a passenger on his plane. https://twitter.com/RealPhillyP/status/1475898088606814210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Incredible to see this kind of response from a black person about Biden's speech. Wow. See here: Click here for rant.

Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, You have destroyed the power of death and given the hope of eternal life for body and soul. You granted your Mother a special place in your glory, and did not allow decay to touch her body. As we rejoice in the Assumption of Mary, grant us renewed confidence in the victory of life over death. Amen.

Friday Silliness ThreadSpecial End of America editionIt’s been a great 250 years or so. Americas have sent men to the moon and probes to the far reaches of the Solar System. At the smallest scale American alchemy created new transuranic elements and some awesome bombs! Our culture dominates the landscape worldwide! American achievement is simply too vast to list even a fraction of all the great things Americans have done. Sadly if this stolen election succeeds then we all know they will steal the Senate election in Georgia.They have to become the law in order to continue to stay above...

Lady of Bietikow lived during the Neolithic period. All that is left of the woman who died more than 5,000 years ago are bones and some clothing fragments, but researchers have still managed to piece together some details about her life. By learning more about the life of Lady of Bietikow, as she has been named, we gain information about what life was like in those days. Her remains were found near a village of the same name in northeastern Germany's Uckermark region during excavation works for wind turbines. Who Was The The Mysterious Lady Of Bietikow And What Had...

Meditations for each day of the novena. Day 1 (A Plea for Reparation), Day 2 (For the Conversion of Sinners), Day 3 (Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and World Peace), Day 4 (The Holy Rosary), Day 5 ( Purity and Modesty), Day 6 (Priests, Religious and Rulers), Day 7 (The Vision of Hell), Day 8 (The Errors of Russia), Day 9 (The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)

With 309 confirmed kills, she became a heroic figure to the Soviets—but the American media didn't know what to make of her. Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko For Lyudmila Pavlichenko, killing Nazis wasn't complicated. “The only feeling I have is the great satisfaction a hunter feels who has killed a beast of prey,” she once said of her job. But Pavlichenko wasn’t just any soldier: She was the most successful female sniper in history, and one of the most successful snipers, period. As a member of the Soviet Army during World War II, she killed 309 Nazis, earning the sobriquet “Lady...

NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY’S DIVINE MATERNITY (Beginning October 2) (May be said in public or private. i. 300 Days each day. ii. Plenary, on the Feast or during the Octave. I, II, IV. See Instructions, p. I, 1910 Raccolta.) —Pius VII, Mem., August 12, 1815; Pius VIII, July 9, 1830. FROM ALL ETERNITY, GOD thought of the Virgin of Nazareth as the future Mother of His Son. At the Annunciation, the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Mother of God. This is her most exalted title, the source of all Her other privileges. On Calvary CHRIST gave His...

NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE ANNUNCIATION TO OUR LADY (Beginning September 28) May be said in public or in private.i. 300 Days, each day. ii. Plenary on the Feast or during the Octave, I, II, IV (See Instructions, p. 1., 1910 Raccolta.) 1. LITANY OF LORETO Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Christe, audi nos. Christe, exaudi nos. Pater de cælis Deus, miserere nobis. Fili Redemptor mundi Deus, Spiritus Sancte Deus, Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis. Sancta Dei Genetrix, Mater Virgo virginum, Mater Christi, Mater Ecclesiæ, Mater Divinæ gratiæ, Mater purissima, Mater castissima, Mater inviolata,...

White Greater Double THE OFFICE OF THE TIME gives us, at the close of September, the Books of Judith and Esther. These heroic women were figures of Mary, whose birthday is the honor of this month, and who comes at once to bring assistance to the world. “Adonai, Lord God, great and admirable, who hast wrought salvation by the hand of a woman:” the Church thus introduces the history of the heroine who delivered Bethulia by the sword, whereas Mardochai’s niece rescued her people from death by her winsomeness and her intercession. The Queen of heaven, in her peerless...

White Greater Double ROME, DELIVERED FROM SLAVERY by Peter on the first of this month, offers to the world a wonderful spectacle. O Wisdom, who since the glorious Pentecost, hast spread over the whole world, where could it be more true to sing of thee that thou hast trodden the proud heights under thy victorious feet? On seven hills had pagan Rome set up her pageantry and built temples to her false gods; seven churches now appear at the summits on which purified Rome rests her now truly eternal foundations. By their very site, the basilicas of St. Peter...

White Greater Double TOWERING OVER THE WAVES on the shore of the Holy Land, Mount Carmel, together with the short range of the same name, forms a connecting link to two other chains, abounding with glorious memories, namely: the mountains of Galilee on the north, and those of Judea on the south. “In the day of my love, I brought thee out of Egypt into the land of Carmel,” said the Lord to the daughter of Sion, taking the name of Carmel to represent all the blessings of the Promised Land; and when the crimes of the chosen people...

NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL(Beginning July 7) JULY 7     O BEAUTIFUL Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that you are our Mother! (Here make your intentions in silence.)     Pater, Ave, and Gloria Patri.     Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us! JULY 8     MOST HOLY Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave us the Holy Scapular...

Red Commemoration EVER SINCE OUR ENTRANCE upon the joys of the Paschal Season, scarcely a day has passed without the Calendar’s offering us some grand Mystery or Saint to honor; and all these have been radiant with the Easter sun. But of our Blessed Lady, there has not been a single Feast to gladden our hearts by telling us of some mystery or glory of this august Queen. The Feast of her Seven Dolors is sometimes kept in April—that is, when Easter Sunday falls on or after the 10th of that month; but May and June pass without any...

NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE ANNUNCIATION TO OUR LADY (Beginning March 16)(i. 300 Days each day. ii. Plenary on the Feast or during the Octave. I, II, IV.) Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of thy love. ℣. Emitte SPRITUM tuum, et creabuntur; ℣. Send forth Thy spirit, and they shall be created; ℟. Et removabis faciem terræ. ℟. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. Let us pray. Deus, qui corda...

White Greater Double “My bow shall appear in the clouds and I will remember My covenant with you.” THE LESSONS AT MATINS on February 11th, 1854 (Thursday in Sexagesima week) recalled these words, and the world soon learned that on this very day Mary had appeared, more fair than the sign of hope which typified her at the time of the deluge. Portents, the realization of which we see in these days, were being multiplied. Mankind had grown old, and seemed about to perish in a deluge more dreadful than the former one. “I am the Immaculate Conception,” said...

NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY’S PURIFICATION (Beginning January 24)from the 1910 Raccolta. i. 300 Days each day.ii. Plenary on the Feast or during the Octave. I, II, IV.(See Instructions, p. 1) Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda didelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of thy love. ℣. Emitte Spiritum Tuum, et creabuntur. ℣. Send forth thy spirit and they shall be created; ℟. Et removabis faciem terræ. ℟. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. Let us...