Thanks for reading this year! Merry Christmas!!
Steve Skojec is the Founding Publisher of OnePeterFive.com. He received his BA in Communications and Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2001. His commentary has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Crisis Magazine, EWTN, Huffington Post Live, The Fox News Channel, Foreign Policy, and the BBC. Steve and his wife Jamie have eight children. You can find more of his writing at his Substack, The Skojec File.
Merry Christmas!
New shortest OnePeterFive post!
Merry Christmas Steve!
May you have a great and blessed Christmas Steve and ALL the staff!
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From a sermon by Saint Augustine
Truth has arisen from the earth and justice has looked down from heaven
Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake, God became man.
You would have suffered eternal death, had he not been born in time. Never would you have been freed from sinful flesh, had he not taken on himself the likeness of sinful flesh. You would have suffered everlasting unhappiness, had it not been for this mercy. You would never have returned to life, had he not shared your death. You would have been lost if he had not hastened to your aid. You would have perished, had he not come.
Let us then joyfully celebrate the coming of our salvation and redemption. Let us celebrate the festive day on which he who is the great and eternal day came from the great and endless day of eternity into our own short day of time.
He has become our justice, our sanctification, our redemption, so that, as it is written: Let him who glories glory in the Lord.
Truth, then, has arisen from the earth: Christ who said, I am the Truth, was born of the Virgin. And justice looked down from heaven: because believing in this new-born child, man is justified not by himself but by God.
Truth has arisen from the earth: because the Word was made flesh. And justice looked down from heaven: because every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.
Truth has arisen from the earth: flesh from Mary. And justice looked down from heaven: for man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
Justified by faith, let us be at peace with God: for justice and peace have embraced one another. Through our Lord Jesus Christ: for Truth has arisen from the earth. Through whom we have access to that grace in which we stand, and our boast is in our hope of God’s glory. He does not say: “of our glory,” but of God’s glory: for justice has not come out of us but has looked down from heaven. Therefore he who glories, let him glory, not in himself, but in the Lord.
For this reason, when our Lord was born of the Virgin, the message of the angelic voices was: Glory to God in the highest, and peace to men of good will.
For how could there be peace on earth unless Truth has arisen from the earth, that is, unless Christ were born of our flesh? And he is our peace who made the two into one: that we might be men of good will, sweetly linked by the bond of unity.
Let us then rejoice in this grace, so that our glorying may bear witness to our good conscience by which we glory, not in ourselves, but in the Lord. That is why Scripture says: He is my glory, the one who lifts up my head. For what greater grace could God have made to dawn on us than to make his only Son become the son of man, so that a son of man might in his turn become son of God?
Ask if this were merited; ask for its reason, for its justification, and see whether you will find any other answer but sheer grace.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for everything, Steve, Maike, et al. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your families (especially Dr. Hickson). Our Lady and St. Joseph, pray for us.
This newspaper classic is reprinted from the Wall Street Journal, where Vermont Royster’s Christmas editorial has run every year since 1949
When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage. There was one state, and it was Rome. There was one master for it all, and he was Tiberius Caesar.
Everywhere there was civil order, for the arm of the Roman law was long. Everywhere there was stability, in government and in society, for the centurions saw that it was so.
But everywhere there was something else, too. There was oppression — for those who were not the friends of Tiberius Caesar. There was the tax gatherer to take the grain from the fields and the flax from the spindle to feed the legions or to fill the hungry treasury from which divine Caesar gave largess to the people. There was the impressor to find recruits for the circuses. There were executioners to quiet those whom the Emperor proscribed. What was a man for but to serve Caesar?
There was the persecution of men who dared think differently, who heard strange voices or read strange manuscripts. There was enslavement of men whose tribes came not from Rome, disdain for those who did not have the familiar visage. And most of all, there was everywhere a contempt for human life. What, to the strong, was one man more or less in a crowded world?
Then, of a sudden, there was a light in the world, and a man from Galilee saying, Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.
And the voice from Galilee, which would defy Caesar, offered a new Kingdom in which each man could walk upright and bow to none but his God. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. And he sent this gospel of the Kingdom of Man into the uttermost ends of the earth.
So the light came into the world and the men who lived in darkness were afraid, and they tried to lower a curtain so that man would still believe salvation lay with the leaders.
But it came to pass for a while in divers places that the truth did set man free, although the men of darkness were offended and they tried to put out the light. The voice said, Haste ye. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you, for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Along the road to Damascus the light shone brightly. But afterward Paul of Tarsus, too, was sore afraid. He feared that other Caesars, other prophets, might one day persuade men that man was nothing save a servant unto them, that men might yield up their birthright from God for pottage and walk no more in freedom.
Then might it come to pass that darkness would settle again over the lands and there would be a burning of books and men would think only of what they should eat and what they should wear, and would give heed only to new Caesars and to false prophets. Then might it come to pass that men would not look upward to see even a winter’s star in the East, and once more, there would be no light at all in the darkness.
And so Paul, the apostle of the Son of Man, spoke to his brethren, the Galatians, the words he would have us remember afterward in each of the years of his Lord:
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
— The Wall Street Journal
This Cardinal from Honduras is retiring next Fri.
He turns 75 on dec.29
I say he’s innocent
Do I take it that you’re being facetious? Rodriguez Maradiaga is a marxism-enamoured, liberation theology espousing, Oh -so-typical member of Bergoglio’s inner circle.
The pope has name
It’s Francis
Pope Francis not bergolio
Nobody ever said to say “Pope Benedict” instead of “Ratzinger.” Many of us who loved him as a Cardinal went on calling him by his surname out of fond habit. And yet, Pope Francis is only to be called “Pope Francis” these days. In this bizarre cult of personality, a whole new set of rules applies, according to which all kinds of things–even fidelity to the teachings of Jesus Christ–qualify as rank disrespect. I for one am going to continue using “Bergoglio” or “Bergoglian,” with nothing intrinsically negative intended. If the people who want him scrupulously called “Pope Francis” are convinced that the man’s last name is some kind of bad word, I suppose they are entitled to their opinion.
Maridiaga has a first name
It’s Oscar
and what that modernist has to say is
Bologna.
He may, indeed, be innocent of the crimes he seems to be accused of, in the current volley.
He is not innocent in his support of and loyalty to the man who occupies the See of Peter, who is a reprobate, so bad that he gives abject evil, a bad name.
agreed
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Has the Wall Street Journal ever reprinted that piece? It’s lovely.
Have a peaceful and grace-filled Christmas time Margaret
God bless you!
Christ is Born!
Thank you! We had Great Compline with Litiya (special blessing of wheat, wine & oil), Divine Liturgy and after Liturgy, Myrovania (Festal anointing).
Excerpt from Great Compline:
God is with us! Understand all you nations, and submit yourselves: For God is with us!
Wishing you and yours a blessed Nativity and Holy New Year.
Margaret
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That’s beautiful! Thank you!
it is ther every Christmas eve since1949
When I was but a youngster Christmas meant one thing
That I’d be getting lots of toys that day
I learned a whole lot different when mother set me down
And taught me to spell Christmas this way.
C is for the Christ Child born upon this day
H is for Herald Angels in the night
R means our redeemer
I means Israel
S is for the star that shone so bright
T is for three wise men they who travelled far
M is for the manger where he lay
A’s for all he stands for
S means shepherds came
And that’s why there’s a Christmas Day.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of OnePeterFive gang!! God Bless you every one!!
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Merry Christmas Steve to you and your family and to your staff. In spite of myself this site has helped me in so many ways. Thank you so much
Good grief, Steve – you’re even younger than I thought! LOL Enjoy your time off and have some fun. Merry Christmas and may God bless you and your loved ones.
He’s a baby! 😉
God Bless you Steve and thanks for the hard work and reporting. Rejoice in the gift of Christ at Mass and Christmas with the wife and kids.
I was hoping to write a Christmas post for the 1P5 community but decided to get super sick instead. This is the first day in a week that I don’t feel absolutely awful. So, I should be up an about just in time for the up coming Festival of Masses.
May God Bless all of you and keep you throughout the Christmas Season and unto Eternity. Amen.
Prayers going out four your health! God bless you !!
“Sweet Little Jesus Boy” is a Christmas song composed by Robert MacGimsey and published in 1934. Its style is similar to African-American spirituals, and has been recorded by many choirs and solo artists, such as Andy Williams.
Lyrics
Sweet little Jesus boy
They made you be born in a manger
Sweet little holy child
We didn’t know who you were
Didn’t know you’d come to save us Lord
To take our sins away
Our eyes were blind, we could not see
We didn’t know who you were
You have told us how
We are trying
Master you have shown us how
Even when you were dying
Just seems like we can’t do right
Look how we treated you
But please Sir forgive us Lord
We didn’t know it was you
Sweet little Jesus boy
Born a long time ago
Sweet little holy child
We didn’t know who you were
++++++++++++++++++
Little altar boy, I wonder could you pray for me?
Little altar boy, for I have gone astray
What must I do to be holy like you?
Little altar boy, oh, let me hear you pray
Little altar boy, I wonder could you ask your lord
Ask him, altar boy, to take my sins away
What must I do to be holy like you?
Little altar boy, oh, let me hear you pray
Lift up your voice and send a prayer above
Help me rejoice and fill that prayer with love
Now I know my life has been all wrong
Lift my your voice and help a sinner be strong
Little altar boy, I wonder could you pray for me?
Could you tell our lord I’m gonna change my ways today?
What must I do to be holy like you?
Little altar boy, oh, let me hear you pray
Little altar boy please let me hear you pray
sung by Vic Dana (1961)
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Mr. Skojec,
Wishing you and your family a Blessed Christmas, and all the very best of God’s blessings in the New Year.
Merry Christmas, y’all! Have a good break.
(Franciscan Roman Liturgy of Hours)
A sermon of Pope St Leo the Great
Christian, remember your dignity
Dearly beloved, today our Saviour is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness.
No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, victor over sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came to free us all. Let the saint rejoice as he sees the palm of victory at hand. Let the sinner be glad as he receives the offer of forgiveness. Let the pagan take courage as he is summoned to life.
In the fullness of time, chosen in the unfathomable depths of God’s wisdom, the Son of God took for himself our common humanity in order to reconcile it with its creator. He came to overthrow the devil, the origin of death, in that very nature by which he had overthrown mankind.
And so at the birth of our Lord the angels sing in joy: Glory to God in the highest, and they proclaim peace to men of good will as they see the heavenly Jerusalem being built from all the nations of the world. When the angels on high are so exultant at this marvellous work of God’s goodness, what joy should it not bring to the lowly hearts of men?
Beloved, let us give thanks to God the Father, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit, because in his great love for us he took pity on us, and when we were dead in our sins he brought us to life with Christ, so that in him we might be a new creation. Let us throw off our old nature and all its ways and, as we have come to birth in Christ, let us renounce the works of the flesh.
Christian, remember your dignity, and now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return by sin to your former base condition. Bear in mind who is your head and of whose body you are a member. Do not forget that you have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the light of God’s kingdom.
Through the sacrament of baptism you have become a temple of the Holy Spirit. Do not drive away so great a guest by evil conduct and become again a slave to the devil, for your liberty was bought by the blood of Christ.
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Bless you! Merry Christmas!
A blessed Christmas to you all .
“…and on earth peace to men of good will.”
There MUST be good will otherwise there will be
no
peace!
THE
MANGER’S
FEAT
“O come, O come”
The waiting said
Where pink turns green
And purple red.
Where fasting turns
To festive feasts
And midnight whispers
Come from beasts.
Where slate-gray skies,
Tint-brown clouds glow
Full and fraught
To burst with snow
And burdened mules
Who trod the roads
Can finally rest
Take off their loads.
Where families cut
Down Balsam fir
To scent their homes
Like incensed myrrh.
And men once dark
Living in danger…
Shed tears and kneel
At the feat of the manger!
“And joy comes in the morning” … at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. God bless you Steve and your whole family! Merry Christmas!!!
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Merry Christmas, Steve. You are the hardest blogger in Tradition. Have a wonderful holiday, be thankful,, for all the Catholics you have taught, for this year, and forever. You are an inspiration to me. I never miss your posts.
The Church is fortunate to have you Steve. I am fortunate to have found this site, by the grace of God.
You take what you need Steve, you deserve, your staff and writers deserve. Enjoy and be ready next year…..I have a feeling ……..
God bless you and your family and have a beautiful Christmas morning……..He is with us.
oops I posted twice here. That ought to say something say.
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May 2018 be the year that the whole world learns the truth about Bergoglio and Gustavo Vera.
Who and what is Gustavo Vera?
Go and look it up on Ann Barnhardt’s site. There are a lot of specific details. It will clarify everything you wanted to know, or maybe didn’t want to know, about the “naked man” Vatican Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square this year.
Until an unpleasant bit of news surfaced, he was a very close friend of Bergoglio’s. He was able to afford to fly from South America to Rome to visit Bergoglio every month, and they spent a lot of time together, either in person, or on the phone.
At the time when the Protestant Reformation began, the Medici pope then reigning had an extremely close male friend with whom he went everywhere. As it has been said, history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
When I was a kid, Jesuits were always warned about “particular friendships.” This went back to the instructions of St. Ignatius Loyola.
This seems to have been a very particular particular friendship. See Ann Barnhardt…
https://periodicotribuna.com.ar/17771-gustavo-vera-fue-expulsado-del-vaticano.html
Merry Christmas Steve!!!
Thanks Steve for all you have done to bring us the often unholy and depressing truth about the Church. Thank you because the Truth will set us free. Free of the falsehood that has been going on so long in the Church. So believing the Truth will set us free let look forward to 2018 where, with open eyes and a generous heart, knowing that God will give us exactly what we need, be it either good or bad. For we remember, it is often the seemingly bad things that are our best medicine.
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The
LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the
LORD.”
—Job 1:21
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Thank you for sharing your wise words Steve, in your video post.
Yes, Steve, I have no doubt that constantly having to face up to the unprecedented problems and scandals in the Church can, and does have a very fatiguing effect. We all feel ourselves to be flagging at times. Oh indeed, we know what the future holds for the Church and the world, but we fear that we, ourselves, will not be so blessed as to see it from the perspective of this earthly life. Then, so be it! It is given to us to be here at this time to do our utmost to bring in the ‘New Times’ for the next generation. The invaluable contribution you make gives an ‘octane boost’ to our meager efforts.
Thank you, Steve. And may the newborn Saviour bestow upon you and your family the love, the peace peace and the tranquility of spirit which He alone can give.
Thank you for your hard work Steve. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas to you all.
I am relatively new to the site and would like to say, that I am grateful to the owners of the site, in permitting me to post
here also to all those who responded to my posts.
Innocence lay on bed of hay
Is this what his gentle eyes do say?
All wise men play their part
When searching for His light within the dark
Gold frankincense and myrrh
Within the righteous heart do stir
Truth is Love this must be understood
No manmade decree
It is the action of Truth that sets mankind free
Deception and deceit are trod upon
By His holy feet
Humble heart, placid moon, twinkling Star
All mankind shall know who you are
May light of the new born Jesus dwell within our hearts
This Christmas time, now and always
May Its radiance embellish itself within us
And the gift of his joy (Peace) be ours.
kevin your brother
In Christ
Same to you, Steve. God bless you and your family.
A peaceful and Holy Christmas to all especially Steve and his family. Steve have a long rest and build up your reserves for the battle ahead.
2017 has indeed been a bad year for our Church. It seems I will be mulling over the scandal of the day and getting upset, when a new scandal comes along to make me temporarily forget the previous one. The fast and furious Francis, along with his major players, provides too much material for journalists, bloggers, and readers to keep up with. Everyone needs a break from Francis at Christmas. Thank you Steve, and your writers and staff, for your dedication and hard work. I believe the Lord has put you in this time and place, with your writing and communication talent, to help us keep the faith, and not despair. I don’t even want to imagine how bleak the present situation would be without the internet and its few traditional Catholic websites. Wishing a Merry Christmas and a (better) Happy New Year to you and your family.
Merry Christmas!
P.S. – It is sad to see you feel somewhat “abandoned” and “left on your own”, and that “this is what God wants for you”.
You did great job this year, you have clarified a lot of situations, you have published many articles that have been useful to the others, and you have courageously stood for what you believe.
I am quite sure that all these people a grateful to 1P5 and to you for that, and that God want none of you to be dissaponited with the Catholic Church or with your own achievements.
Even if the filial correction is not publicly done for some reason concerning the authorithy and stability of the Universal Church, thanks to you and your collaborators the faithful now understand the roots of crises, as well as Bergoglio’s contribution to the same problem.
The thing is that His ways truly are above our ways, and that is why our expectations sometimes seem to be “betrayed”. However, God Himself will never abandon us nor betray is. We should never forget that!
Learn to let Him and Our Lady decide what is in the best interest of the Universal Church, the Holy and Apostolic One which no man should ever quit no matter how hard it can sometims be.
Take care, enjoy this beautiful Christmas time, and keep doing the good things!
Dear Steve
For all the long, wretched, miserable work you do, thank you.
For going on when you are so tired and depressed that you hardly care, thank you.
For helping us find words that are true in a sea of ambiguous deceptions and outright lies, thank you.
For bringing us the voices of valiant, honorable, holy and wise people who we would never otherwise hear, thank you.
For helping the deceived, ignorant and lost sheep make sense of a dark time, and reminding us that God is in control, thank you.
Warriors get beaten up at battle scarred. Thank you.
May King St. Fernando III, who never lost a battle against the enemies of Christ, pray for you and protect you.
Dear Steve,
You and your family are in my prayers for a very blessed, merry and (restful!) Christmas Season. Thank you!
Meditation of John Henry Cardinal Newman
God
has created me to do Him some definite service;
He
has committed some work to me
which
He has not committed to another. …
Therefore
I will trust Him.
Whatever,
wherever I am, I can never be thrown away.
If
I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him;
in
perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him;
if
I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him.
My
sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow
may
be necessary causes of some great end,
which
is quite beyond us.
He
does nothing in vain;
He
may prolong my life, He may shorten it;
He
knows what He is about.
He
may take away my friends,
He
may throw me among strangers,
He
may make me feel desolate,
make
my spirits sink,
hide
the future from me—
still
He knows what He is about.
Beautiful.
The Story of the Christmas Guest
Adapted by Helen Steiner Rice from an old German Legend
It happened one day at the year’s white end;
Two neighbors called on an old-time friend.
They found his shop, so meager and mean,
Made bright with a thousand boughs of green.
And Conrad was sitting with face a-shine,
When he suddenly stopped as he stitched a twine,
And said, “Old friends, at dawn today,
When the cock was crowing the night away,
“The Lord appeared in a dream to me,
And said, `I’m coming your guest to be.’
So I’ve been busy with feet astir,
Strewing my shop with branches of fir.
“The table is spread and the kettle is shined
And over the rafters, the holly is twined.
And now I will wait for my Lord to appear,
And listen closely so I will hear
His step as He nears my humble place,
And I open the door and look in His face.”
So his friends went home and left Conrad alone,
For this was the happiest day he had known.
For long since, his family had passed away,
And Conrad had spent a sad Christmas Day.
But he knew with his Lord as his Christmas Guest,
This Christmas would be the dearest and best.
He listened with only joy in his heart,
And with every sound, he would rise with a start.
And look for the Lord to be standing there,
In answer to his earnest prayer.
So he ran to the window after hearing a sound,
But all that he saw on the snow-covered ground…
Was a shabby beggar whose shoes were torn,
And all of his clothes were ragged and worn.
So Conrad was touched and went to the door,
And he said , “Your feet must be frozen and sore.
I have some shoes in my shop for you,
And a coat that will keep you warmer, too.”
So with grateful heart, the man went away,
But as Conrad noticed the time of day,
He wondered what made his dear Lord so late,
And how much longer he’d have to wait.
When he heard a knock, he ran to the door,
But it was only a stranger once more;
A bent old crone with a shawl of black,
A bundle of branches piled on her back.
She asked for only a place to rest,
But that was reserved for Conrad’s Great Guest.
But her voice seemed to plead, “Don’t send me away,
Let me rest for a while on Christmas Day.”
So Conrad brewed her a steaming cup,
And told her to sit at the table and sup.
But after she left, he was filled with dismay,
For he saw that the hours were passing away.
The Lord had not come, as He said He would,
And Conrad felt sure he had misunderstood.
Out of the stillness, he heard a cry,
“Please help me and tell me where am I?”
He stood disappointed, as twice before,
But shook off his sadness and went to the door.
It was only a child who had wandered away,
And was lost from her family on Christmas Day.
Again Conrad’s heart was heavy and sad
But he knew he should make this little girl glad.
So he called her in and wiped her tears,
And quieted all her childish fears.
Then he led her back to her home once more.
But as he entered his darkened door,
He knew that the Lord was not coming today
For the hours of Christmas had passed away.
So he went to his room and knelt down to pray,
And he said, “Dear Lord, why did You delay?
“What kept You from coming to call on me?
For I wanted so much Your face to see.”
When soft in the silence, a voice he heard:
“Lift up your head, for I kept My Word.
“Three times My shadow crossed your floor,
Three times I came to your lonely door.
For I was the beggar with bruised, cold feet.
I was the woman you gave to eat.
And I was the child on the homeless street.”
Merry Christmas to everyone here and may we here on 1P5 (and the Church itself) have a prosperous 2018.
Best wishes to all …
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😉
Dear Steve,
My brother sent me to OnePeterFive to read an article several months ago. I’ve been reading them ever since. (except some of the more cerebral ones) Yours is the website that finally has given me some peace. Previously I felt like I was being pulled this way and that. (confusion of the devil!) Your carefully chosen articles have helped me to see where we need to be right now, no matter what happens. Holding to the true faith.
You and your family are in my daily prayers and I thank God for you and your perseverence. We all hope you can get some much needed rest through these Christmas Holy-days.
You blog is very informative and faithfully Catholic. Thank you.
God bless you and those who contribute here, authors and
commenters, who do so in search of what is good and
consistent with long held truths.
May all the others come to their senses and return to sanity.
Nollaig shona dhaoibh!
Happy Christmas from Eire
Merry Christmas & GOD BLESS to everyone! and God Bless Tiny Tim too!
God bless you and your family, and your staff, for your phenomenal work in upholding the faith. We thank God for your excellent reporting, though this year has been a difficult one for faithful Catholics.
God bless your quest for truth, Steve.
There is a special gratitude felt when one is not only ensconced in a liberal diocese,
but that is thousands of miles from every other diocese, yet one can leapfrog over
this geographical barrier to get a reliable pulse of events in the Church at 1P5.
Daily you are faced with weighty decisions that must find you in perpetual battle against
the dogs of scandal and slander. One section of my daily Rosary is for you dozen brave
journalists who bring us news from two fronts: the immanent and the transcendent.
God go with you!
One Peter Five is my favorite source for Catholic Church news. Reading the comments is the only real fellowship I enjoy which is why I shall continue to support you in the new year. Christmas blessing to you Steve and staff.
Merry Christmas to Steve, Maike and all the regulars here on 1P5. What an incredible time to be Catholic.
Here is a beautiful testimony to God’s ability to change hearts. This man has literally stared death in the face in order to proclaim Christ and continues to live with immense joy at the privilege.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/a-wonderful-talk-on-preparing-for-christmas-from-a-muslim-iman-convert
I pray that this kind of soul-changing transformation comes upon our Pope and wayward prelates during these Holy Days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRV1hOVsGx8&index=5&list=PL6p2X2A5ty7Gq7ms7YpT5egcd3iT0sPxD
Have a blessed Christmas, Steve and family…and to all your readers!
Have a lovely Christmas everybody at OnePeterFive. May the Christmas Star shine on all your hearths and homes. 🙂
After not eating a single doughnut in over three months, I decided to splurge, for Christmas. I bought some “Hostess Donettes”—the mini powdered ones. My diabetes doctor, not to mention the citizenry of Heaven, probably wouldn’t approve. But I figure, what the heck: Donettes. Don’t tell.
[“I got a million of em.” -Jimmy Durante]
I’ll have one LESS goodie, for you.
I’m tempted to feel guilty but overall I’ve been responsible this year. Thanks for the sacrifice, though: “Offer it up…”
One less than the too many that I want!
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I considered using “archly” but it sounds too Veronica and Betty…
You are giving away your,likely age with the Veronica and Betty reference!
I could not resist saying it. Sorry.
No need to apologize; I’m pretty much reconciled with being 71 next month.
“I used to be an ex-bull rider;
I guess I finally stopped foolin’ myself.” -Guy Clark
{One does still see Archie comics in the checkout line at the supermarket, though.]
Ah, a child of the 40’s. You are my brother’s age. I am a child of the early 50’s. It’s why I love Buddy Holly and Jerome Anthony Gourdine, so much.
You may know the latter as the incomparable:
Little Anthony,
But Justice requires the Imperials, as well.
God bless.
“Shimmy, Shimmy, ko ko bop…” Blessings back at ya.
[Musically I was probably as much a child of the 50s as you: Eddie Cochran, Cozy Cole…]
The pleasure is mine to have crossed your path.
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