The Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-18) has been with us since the late first century. It's symbolic, just like the Mark of God (Revelation 7:3; Revelation 9:4), which has also been with us since Biblical times. Both are symbolic. They're not literal. They're not meant to be taken literally. As the Book of Revelation is a highly symbolic book.

Both marks represent mental and spiritual allegiance. Both marks tell you where your heart is. If you have the Mark of God (on your forehead) it means you've got God on your mind, and you're trying to live for him. If you've got the Mark of the Beast on your forehead or hand, it means you've got the love of this world on your mind or in your actions, or both. You can neither buy nor sell without it. It's the love of money. Because it gives you a number, 666, which is the number of a man -- Nero Caesar, whose face and name were printed on every Roman coin in the Empire, when the Book of Revelation was written. You couldn't buy nor sell without it. Caesar was worshiped as a god, and when you paid your taxes, you had to pay him homage as a god.

Whenever governments set themselves up as gods, they become a "beast." Whenever people go along with it, paying homage to governments as god, abandoning the true God, they receive the Mark of the Beast.

It's symbolism. The Mark of the Beast is all around us. In today's world, in our time, nothing represents it more than Marxism. Those who embrace Marxism are wearing the Mark of the Beast, as it exists in our time. It's just invisible, because it's symbolic. It was never meant to be taken literally.

It's not a credit card.
It's not a debit card.
it's not a social security number.
it's not a bar-code.
it's not a microchip.
And no, it's not a vaccine either.
It's a symbolic image, representing worship of the state.

That's what it meant 2,000 years ago, when the Book of Revelation was written, and that's what it means today.

A person of high reputation, in the US Catholic Church, has recently encouraged me to move away from social media and move toward more frequent blogging instead. He said I have always impressed him as a man who takes his faith seriously. While he doesn’t share my appreciation of social media, he thanks me for being a sane voice in the blogosphere. I presume he would like to see my words have a more permanent record than what social media has to offer. What are your thoughts on this? Should I focus more on blogging? And by extension — podcasting? I think I might do just that.

Take a good, long look at this image, headlines at all. Do you know what this is? THIS is the cover of the Drudge Report, which means that every other Western media outlet is parroting this story in one way or another. What you are seeing here, is a moment, an instant captured in time. Do you know what this is you’re looking at here? If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’ll tell you. THIS, right here, is THE END of the Francis pontificate. Maybe it’s not the legal end of it. That doesn’t happen until he dies or resigns. No, what you’re seeing right here is the end of what little respect Francis may have had. Whatever infinitesimal speck of respect he might have had, it’s gone now. You know, it really doesn’t matter what was said in that private meeting with Biden now. The media has take over. The story is now larger than life. It’s bigger than Francis now, way bigger, and there is no way Francis can undo it, not that he would want to. There is not a single, respectable Catholic left on the planet, who takes this pope seriously anymore. He’s a globalist stooge, and the lapdog of the Marxist Left. Everyone knows it. Nobody can deny it. The man stands for nothing. His papacy is over. We are just waiting for the formality if his death or resignation now. And if you doubt what I’m saying here, even just a little, take another good, hard look at this image again.

Pope Francis has just damned the soul of President Joe Biden. How did he do it? He advised the American president to commit an act of blasphemy which Scripture says is damnable (1 Corinthians 11:27-29), that is to receive the Eucharist in a state of (public) heresy and mortal sin.

The next day, Joe Biden did just that. As of this moment, the American president’s soul is damned, and unless he repents before he dies, the damnation may become permanent. Worse than that, his body may be in danger of judgment too, as the Scriptures warn us could happen (1 Corinthians 11:30-31).

Please pray for the body and soul of our president, whether you like him or not, for this is a predicament we shouldn’t want anyone to be in.

It is shocking that a pope would advise any Catholic to damn himself. Nevertheless, that is exactly what Pope Francis did.

With this in mind, for the sake of our immortal souls, it may be in our best interest to begin ignoring everything Pope Francis says, lest he lead us into damnation as well.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-receives-communion-st-patricks-194531508.html

Almighty and merciful Father, we beseech thee, by the merits of thy most precious Son, Jesus Christ, and through the intervention of the Holy Ghost, that thou sparest the body and soul of our president, Joseph Biden, that he may not be punished for his blasphemy against the body and blood of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. We ask instead, dear Father, for his confession and repentance, that he may turn away from his wicked ways and see long life in this world, and life everlasting in the next. We ask this though Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

The problem with this is that saying nothing is a subtle admission of truth. If it were not true, the Vatican still could have held a “no comment” position by saying “no comment,” but then reminding the press that the pope opposes abortion. They didn’t do this. So it’s basically an admission that it’s true.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/30/vatican-mute-asked-pope-francis-told-biden-continue-receiving-communion/

Here’s the problem. Pope Francis says one thing on camera, but then appears to say something very different behind closed doors. We all know Biden is a pathological liar, but he’s not the first pro-abortion politician to report this. Then there is the Vatican itself, which never actually denies it happened.

In regards to Pope Francis, it’s a good time to read this right now…

https://completechristianity.blog/2020/10/13/when-peter-has-fallen/

How to be a good Catholic in the age of Francis…

1.) Take charge of your own religious education and prayer life.
2.) Read the Baltimore Catechism #4.
3.) Find a ReverentCatholicMass.Com

A holy and happy Hallowtide to you and yours.

https://anchor.fm/shane-schaetzel/episodes/Christians-SHOULD-Celebrate-Halloween-e19a80u

I am a member of this party. Why? Because Donald Trump is not king. Joe Biden is not king. The Republican Party is for rich people and big corporations. The Democratic Party is for Marxists, feminists and woke LGBTP people. Both parties are globalist and they are working together behind the scenes. I am a member of the Solidarity Party because JESUS IS KING, and for no other reason.

https://youtu.be/bjasBHKVDto

THIS is why the American political system is lost. The Democrats have learned that cheating pays, and so now there is no way in hell they will ever let go of power with election reform. The ONLY way to get rid of them now is to try to take over both houses of Congress, and then unseat the president/governor through impeachment after impeachment after impeachment. The likelihood of this happening on a federal level is almost nil, because the Democrats are rigging the US Senate races too. That way, all federal impeachments are guaranteed to fail in achieving removal. In other words, the federal government is lost. We will never see another Republican president again.

So the only thing left are state governments, but as we see here with Whitmer in Michigan, there is not a snowball’s chance in hell she’s going to allow election reform. They can rig the system to insure her re-election, and you can bet they’ve already set up the groundwork for that. Now, there is still a small hope for impeachment there, if the Republicans can focus on taking back the two chambers of the Michigan legislature.

If this kind of nasty politics just isn’t for you, and you’re tired an a Democratic tyranny in your state, it’s time to leave. Go to a red state, where Republicans are enacting election reform to keep the election system viable. It’s not going to get any better in the blue states. It’s only going to get worse — a lot worse! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you live in a blue state, you’re screwed. You can either look forward to tyranny and nasty impeachments, or you can get out. That’s as good as it gets for you.

https://theepochtimes.com/whitmer-vetoes-voter-id-election-reform-bills-says-they-would-hurt-minority-voters_4078850.html

The arrest is an important reminder to all Catholics. While tradition is good, and tradition is helpful, tradition itself does not always stop corruption. This is a traditional Catholic priest of the FSSP. The evidence appears to show that he is a pervert. He’ll have his day in court, and he is innocent until proved guilty, but things aren’t looking so good for him right now.

There is a danger among Catholics who gravitate toward tradition. (Consider me among them.) That danger is to assume that all of the Church’s corruption issues are limited to the non-traditional (modern) wing of the Church. There is a tendency to blame Vatican II for all the things wrong in the Church, and a tendency to say “if only we could go back to the way things were before Vatican II” all (or most) of our problems will go away. This is a false hope based on a false presumption.

Sexual perversion among the clergy is something the Catholic Church (and all churches really) have grappled with for centuries. The Catholic Church appears to have gotten a super-concentrated injection of that kind of corruption way back in the 1930s and 40s, long before Vatican II. This has gradually led to the mess we’re in today. Yes, it is possible for sexually corrupted clergy to hide out in traditional (pre-Vatican II) communities. They did it quite well before Vatican II. They can do it again today.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249457/fssp-priest-james-jackson-child-pornography-arrest

Another worthless document is in the works by the USCCB. I mean, how many words does it take them to say: “The bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass. Yes, it’s literal. Yes, you’re no longer Catholic if you deny it.”

There! I just said it all in twenty-seven words. I doubt they’ll be able to top that kind of succinct explanation.

Of course, their copious verbiage will immediately be undercut by their refusal to mention anything about denying communion to those who reject this teaching, or those who obstinately persist in heresy or mortal sin. So whatever they write is moot, right from the start, because Americans profoundly understand the old axiom that “actions speak louder than words.” Say whatever you like, but if you don’t back it with actions, it’s just words.

I truly feel sorry for good and orthodox bishops who are forced to sit through this exercise in futility. It must be hard on them. At least they can do things that really matter in their own dioceses. In the meantime, while they’re attending these kangaroo conferences, maybe they can look around and learn a thing or two about how NOT to run a church.

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/usccb-eucharist-draft-document-focuses

The type of vandalism usually tells us a lot about the vandal himself. Yes, this was a hate crime. Most vandalism against churches is.

Now if it were done by a Leftist, Antifa, BLM, or one of those types, it would more likely involve the painting of swastikas and profanities on the sign or church building itself. If these types of vandals attack a statue, they usually just tear it down completely.

This particular type of vandalism, where the head is broken off a statue, is usually the result of Protestant Fundamentalists or Muslims.

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2021/11/01/saint-statue-decapitated-outside-fargo-catholic-church/?