Numbers 4 and 7 have a bit of poetic license. But everything else matches uncannily.

Some of my fondest memories are of watching “Poirot” with my grandmother in her cozy little house. In the early 90’s it was shown on PBS “Mystery” on KCPT 19 on Thursday nights. The flicker of the television against the heavy drapes, with the sound of the weight-driven grandfather clock tick-tocking and chiming in the tiny foyer as we watched David Suchet embody Poirot… such memories. Say an Ave for the actor David Suchet. He is an ethnic Jew that converted to… ugh… Anglicanism, and has done some amazing projects, including an audio recording of the Gospel of St. John, and documentary films on the lives of Saints Peter and Paul. He might be the last living zealous Anglican. But he needs to cross the Tiber. If you didn’t know, Agatha Christie wrote Poirot as a devout Belgian Catholic. Poirot resolved the tremendous moral quandary of the situation on The Orient Express by praying the Rosary.

And here is the intro for “Mystery”, which I have to include, because my grandmother would always snarkily imitate the “wailing damsel”. Ohhh! Ooooooohhh! 😂😜🤣

Today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself newly pregnant with God Incarnate, to her elderly cousin, heavily pregnant with John the Baptist, St. Elizabeth.

The Visitation is the Second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, the fruit of which is “fraternal charity, love of neighbor”.

I write this as I have just come off a major manifestation of fraternal charity from YOU to me. The annual June ’25 Barnhardt donation/subscription development drive was, as these things always are, exceedingly humbling. I cannot thank everyone enough for your staggering munificence of both financial support AND prayers and kind words of encouragement.

I was especially touched yet again this year by the requests for prayers for spouses, children, and family and friends who are outside the Church, and suffering from various trials (both spiritual and… experimental injection trials, shall we say). While I can’t as policy reply to every message, I want folks to know that I see those messages and prayer requests as they come in, and I pray for that donor and their intention immediately by name. Then the intention goes on the Big Barnhardt List, which is curated by God Himself and the Blessed Virgin who is the Mediatrix of all graces, which makes my part quite easy. Mass is offered daily for ALL Barnhardt Benefactors and Supporters, for their intentions, and for the salvation of their souls. And, I pray for my benefactors and supporters after every Mass, and with every Rosary. Please pray for “Father X” who not only commemorates you daily, but is also an outstanding source of Memes for BarnhardtMemes.com.

The Communion of Saints transcends the entire Church – the Church Militant on earth, the Church Suffering in Purgatory, and the Church Triumphant in the Beatific Vision – dwelling INSIDE the Trinity. Consider: EVERY person in Purgatory has been enjoined to pray for YOU. Even more, EVERY person in the Beatific Vision, and EVERY ANGEL, of which I suspect there are at minimum in the QUINTILLIONS, not only know who you are, but lift you up in prayer at the foot of the Cross EVERY SINGLE DAY.

So you’ve got that going for you, which is nice, as the man once said.

But seriously. Never feel alone. Never feel abandoned. You have no idea how much you are loved not only by God, but by so many other dazzling rational intellects, both human and angelic, who are rooting for you, and always have been outside of anything to do with me. But, the Barnhardt Benefactor and Supporter List is a very real little corner of the Communion of Saints. As I stated not long ago, I’m now starting to give some thought cycles to a plan for continuing these Masses after I shuffle off this mortal coil- not that I have any “travel plans” for the next few decades.

Practical updates:

As you might remember, I moved, hopefully for the last time, just before Christmas into “The Proverbial Motor Coach Down By the Creek”, and this is the place that I would like to die – again, decades hence. I’ve been at the same monthly rent amount for a decade now, and I thank God for this amazing price and budgetary stability whilst upgrading from “van” to “R.V.” to now, finally, “motorcoach”. The Divine Providence is always perfect, and I can see how Our Lord has been so graciously escorting me through the labyrinth of this world to get me exactly where I need to be at all times. So, right now, my financial model is to be as far forward on rent as possible plus a cash stack, a fully-stocked pantry, all website and podcast expenses covered, plus reasonable walking around money sufficient to host any guests that roll in, and to be a contributive and hopefully magnanimous member of the local community, inspiring ladies to wear pretty dresses, and maybe even attracting some people to the Venerable and August Rite of Gregory the Great in the process.

I simply cannot thank everyone enough in words, because those words don’t exist. All I can do is echo what several donors have written – I pray that we meet in heaven, and then we can tell each other everything face-to-face.

Happy and Blessed Feast of the Visitation.

And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.

Et beata, quae credidisti, quoniam perficientur ea, quae dicta sunt tibi a Domino.

Luke 1: 45

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We’ve known from the beginning that Antipope Bergoglio and his pinch-lipped chutney ferret minion, the incompetent and despised Cardinal Arthur Roche, fabricated the “poll results” of a questionnaire sent to bishops about the Traditional Latin Mass and Pope Benedict’s motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. What was missing was the receipts proving it.

Diane Montagna has them, and has dropped them.

https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/exclusive-official-vatican-report

I know it’s probably a shock to the readership that Antipope Bergoglio, the demon-worshipping faggot apostate sodomite psychopath and probable False Prophet Forerunner of the Antichrist would ever, EVER dream of lying… but, we all have to come to terms with the shocking, shocking truth. Quick. Someone get me to my fainting couch lest I become overwrought and swoon from the discombobulation of it all.

In related news, Hagan Leo Bergogliovost has given “permission” for one diocesan TLM in San Antonio to continue for two years in order to give the Novus Borg additional time to assimilate the Trads to the collective, resistance is futile, blah blah blah.

While Trad Inc is cheering, what this proves is that Hagan Leo Bergogliovost has zero intention of cancelling “Traditiones Custodes”, because what point would there be in issuing an extension if he were not going to continue to enforce Antipope Bergoglio’s sulfuric fart of a document?

And, now that Diane Montagna has proved that the entire foundation and justification for Antipope Bergoglio’s war on the Traditional Latin Mass was a total fabrication and boldfaced lie, will Hagan Leo Bergogliovost acknowledge this, or will he do exactly what he was installed to do – continue apace the Sankt Gallen-Bergoglian—Freemasonic agenda and pogrom of destroying the Church from the inside – except with better manners, higher intelligence, a few Latin garnishes, and in gabardine instead of cheap Chinese polyester?

Considering that he STILL hasn’t fired the gay groomer Tucho Fernandez, nor the arch-criminal Secretary of State Parolin, the answer is obvious, and has been since the first of May when the alarm was sounded that Prevost was the hard-left’s dark horse candidate, that would be Trojan Horsed as a “moderate”.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-under-pope-leo-xiv-grants-latin-mass-in-texas-a-two-year-extension/

New hashtag catchphrase: Hagan Leo. I’m mad at myself for not coming up with it. If you recall, Antipope Bergoglio immediately upon usurping the Petrine See, went to the World Youth Day and declared his motto to be “¡Hagan Lió!”, which in Spanish literally means, “Make a mess!”, but colloquially and more accurately is translated as “Raise hell!”

I JUST covered this issue of blaspheming the miracle of the loaves and fishes, so I’ll just post that citation, and also today’s reportage.

“Thanks for rebuking me.”
“That’s okay. That’s what friends are for.  Hey!  You wanna go to Rome?  We should go to Rome.”

O Roma felix, quæ duorum Principum
Es consecrata glorioso sanguine
Horum cruore purpurata ceteras
Excellis orbis una pulchritudines.

“People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider webs. It’s not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.”

-Author unknown

See, how the multitude of our proud and cruel sins has wounded the innocent Heart of a God who does not merit such offence.

Our sins directed the soldier’s thrust with the lance, and our mortal sins sharpened the iron point of the spear.

The Church, the Spouse of Christ, is born from His broken Heart, which is the gate made in the side of the ark for the salvation of all mankind.

Out of that door grace flows incessantly as from a sevenfold stream, that we may wash our soiled robes in the Blood of the Lamb.

Evil were it to return to the sins, which wound that Blessed Heart: rather let us strive to kindle in our own hearts those flames, which symbolize His Divine Love.

To Thee, O Jesus, who didst pour forth grace from Thy Heart, may glory be given, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, forever and ever. Amen.

-Hymn of Vespers of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Ann-

A few days ago in the United Kingdom, a baby boy of only 13 months was brought into a hospital and succumbed to his internal injuries. He had been literally raped to death in the home of the gay couple who were in the process of adopting him. There are over 2 pages of Google stories about the Preston Davey case–and what also should make UK parents shudder is that the killer was a schoolteacher–in fact, both sodomite men had jobs around children.

Why this baby boy was placed into the foster care system at 6 days old was not covered in the UK newspapers–but the biological family did come to court in tears when the 2 monsters were arraigned. The adoptive “couple” only had custody of the baby for 3 months before they killed him–and what hell these 3 months must have been for the infant. Those men were truly diabolical. They even used the baby in pornography.

Google “The Preston Davey murder in the UK”. This case demonstrates why homosexual couples should never be permitted to adopt children. I hope, Ann, you cover this sad story in your blog, and Judi, I hope you publish the story on your Canada Free Press. It hasn’t gotten much publicity outside of Britain.

Signed,

X

https://humanevents.com/2025/06/16/uk-gay-male-couple-charged-in-death-sexual-abuse-of-13-month-old-boy-they-sought-to-adopt

“The Lord hath called me by my name from the womb of my mother, and He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow.”

Isaiah 49: 1-2
Introit of the Feast of the Birthday of St. John the Baptist