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12/05/2025

QUOTE from POPE LEO XIV

" Brothers, sisters…
I speak to you, especially to those who no longer believe, no longer hope, no longer pray, because they think God has left.

To those who are fed up with scandals, with misused power, with the silence of a Church that sometimes seems more like a palace than a home.

I, too, was angry with God.
I, too, saw good people die, children suffer, grandparents cry without medicine.
And yes… there were days when I prayed and only felt an echo.

But then I discovered something:
God doesn't shout. God whispers.
And sometimes He whispers from the mud, from pain, from a grandmother who feeds you without having anything.

I don't come to offer you perfect faith.
I come to tell you that faith is a walk with stones, puddles, and unexpected hugs.

I'm not asking you to believe in everything.
I'm asking you not to close the door. Give a chance to the God who waits for you without judgment.

I'm just a priest who saw God in the smile of a woman who lost her son... and yet she cooked for others.

That changed me.

So if you're broken, if you don't believe, if you're tired of the lies...
come anyway. With your anger, your doubt, your dirty backpack.
No one here will ask you for a VIP card.

Because this Church, as long as I breathe, will be a home for the homeless, and a rest for the weary.

God doesn't need soldiers.
He needs brothers.

And you, yes, you...
are one of them."

-Robert Prevost (Leo XIV)

10/05/2025

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09/05/2025

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐄𝐎 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐎 𝐗𝐈𝐕: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥.

On the heels of spiritual warfare and rising secularism, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟔 after reportedly receiving a terrifying vision of demonic forces threatening the Church. He ordered the prayer to be recited after every Low Mass, invoking St. Michael as a heavenly protector against evil.

Now, in a powerful echo of history, the 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 of the apparition of 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 in Mount Gargano seems more than coincidence. It invites reflection on the enduring need for spiritual defense and the Church's trust in St. Michael’s intercession.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞.

We now pray:

𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍, 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆. 𝑩𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍; 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚; 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖, 𝑶 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒔. 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏.