GOOD WORKS CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS

Good (super early) morning! 

*Please forgive the grammatical errors.

First, prayers to Pope Francis. Though I am not a Catholic, Pope Francis seems like a cool guy. Hopefully he will get well soon. And again, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is making news on account of Pope Francis being hospitalized. They once again called Pope Francis the "woke Pope" since electing Tagle into the college of Cardinals and while I somewhat agree with this one it was Christian missionaries who brought Christianity to the Philippines, sooo it's kinda your fault, Christians, for Tagle being in the college of Cardinals. Of course, we wish Pope Francis a speedy recovery.   

And while on the subject of immigrants. 

(sigh)

I get the frustration. Look, I get it. The struggle is real. When I see immigrants sit outside their front door (yesterday!) washing their feet and vegetables in a kiddie pool at the same time, oh dear I'm both horrified and conflicted. Jokingly you can't help but sing the song social media made famous, "They're eating the cats! They're eating the dogs!" Which since the dawn of time was the stereotype they said about certain Asian countries because in part it's true. There are Asian countries who disgustingly eat cats and dogs. It was just never put to music before and now I can't get it out of my head. "They're eating the cats! They're eating the dogs!" Every time I see a lost pet poster that's the song I hear in my head made famous on TikTok and everywhere else. If you don't want Filipino Cardinals, don't go on Christian missions to the Philippines. These are the consequences of your actions.

I want to ask the neighbor questions about bathing the feet and vegetables at the same time but I know if I do it could go very badly. Instead, I walk away and reflect. (Just an innocent reminder) we all need to reflect from time to time including myself. For anyone who calls themselves a Christian, leading immigrants to new land for a better safer life is literally the thing Jesus did and He ordered His disciples do the same. So, Christians, do you follow the word of Jesus or don't you. Are you a Christian or not. If not, well....  

At least one good deed a day. That's all Christ asks of you. Good deeds. Good works. That's all. His sacrifice on the cross is worth one good deed a day. It could be something as simple as holding the door open for someone else. It could be something as easy as stepping aside and letting things live and let live. Almost every day around 4:15pm when I change the stray cats water bowl and feed them dinner, a lone bee flies to the water bowl for a drink. A single lone bee. Is it a sign I wonder. Keeping fresh cool water outside feeds the birds, bees, kitties, and other creatures big and small. One good deed a day. My goodness so easy. 

I see the subject of chastity being tossed around again by the Catholics on social media. I'm a protestant nonetheless I am pro-chastity until marriage. There are some subjects I happen to agree with the Catholic church like chastity and marriage counseling before marriage. I was dragged pretty hard on social media a few months back when I dare suggested younger couples (under 40) attend marriage counseling with their religious/spiritual advisors before getting married. As an ordained minister myself I will not marry a couple without sessions of marriage counseling first. There are many reasons to attend marriage counseling before marriage, but the most important reason is because marriage is entirely religious. Marriage is a union before God, or why else get married. Also, your religious/spiritual advisor is not blinded by your love and can inquire about your intended nuptials reasonably. Your religious/spiritual advisor will ask the questions that need to be answered by both parties before they wed like why you want to get married in the first place. What does marriage mean to you. What are your values regarding marriage. The divorce rate in this country (America) is shameful. It's ridiculous. Why did some y'all even get married. What was the point. My counter to the shameful divorce rate is marriage counseling before marriage. You can drag it. That's fine. At least I'm making suggestions. What are you doing to improve marriage - if nothing you might want to sit this one out. 

Back to the subject of chastity, no parent raises a child to be promiscuous. That said, sex education is necessary for young teens before they go out into the world and explore sex on their own completely unprepared for the oncoming consequences. Promiscuous sex always has consequences. I'm 56 years old and let me assure you that sex is the last order a couple requires for a healthy relationship. The last order. Note I also said relationship. The priority for a healthy lasting relationship is ongoing communication and shared relationship values. I highly encourage women even if you are not a Christian to remain chaste until marriage. The attitude of a gal "owing" sex because a fella took her out to dinner and a movie is disgusting. It's vile. Dinner and a movie, picnics at the Hollywood bowl, gifts, walks in the park, concerts, i.e. dating, this is how you truly get to know each other without sex. My dad raised my brothers to get jobs and cars when they were teenagers if they wanted girlfriends because there may be a lot (a lot!) of first and second dates. A man's gotta have money to date. And ladies, I'm going to tell you what my dad, what every dad tells their daughters, if you have to pay for anything it's not a date. If he assumes sex for taking you out to dinner, it's not a date. Trading favors for sex is called prostitution. 2025 nothing has changed, ladies, except younger gals today aren't taking fellas "owe me" attitude and good for them! That's right mister, I can feed myself. I once met a guy who said, "If she doesn't have sex with me on the first date I move on." Buddy, you need Jesus and lucky for her! At least he told her upfront he's a creep. I give him credit for that. 

Are you a Christian or not. Do you follow the teachings of Christ or not. Good men Christian or not never declare out loud, "I'm a good man!" They simply behave as good men behave. You will know if he's a good man by his repeated ongoing actions and values not words. It's all about values. 

Gals, it's your body your choice before you meet up with a fella. It's your body your choice before you agree to go on a date with him. It's your body your choice before you encounter the consequences of promiscuous sex. You can live in sin sure that's your right, it's still a free country for now but if you choose to live in sin, you will work hard until the day you die and if that's how you want to live, welp, God bless. My Lord in Heaven provides for me. He gives me everything I need. When I am sick, He heals me. When I am without, He provides me. I literally never want. God is my watchful eye. Though I am not Catholic, I have chosen my saint to worship, Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (The Patron Saint of cats), I chose to worship the Virgin Marry, and I love Christ. I talk to God every day. I pray. I need to do better reading my Bible. Still, life is very good. God protects. God provides. Every Catholic and protestant on earth since Jesus Christ instructs us to not put your faith in men, put your faith in God. Man is corrupt and made of sin. God is Holy and Righteous. Build that relationship. Earn God's favor. Work smarter not harder! So easy. 

Lord Jesus Christ, thou only savior of the world, to thee I raise my heart and mind and again thank thee for having, by thy boundless mercy and love preserve Pope Francis keep him blessed upon the earth I pray. Amen.  

SAINT GERTRUDE, PATRON SAINT OF CATS

Good morning! 

The sun has risen what good deed shall we do today.

*Please forgive the grammatical errors. I write passionately.

Please allow me to tell you about my favorite Saint.

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (Belgium) is the patron Saint of cats in the Catholic church. She's the patron Saint of cats, travelers, gardens, the poor, and widows. Amen. My kind of lady. And though I am a protestant Gertrude is my Saint. 

God has already informed us He failed making man. He informed us in the book of Genesis. Every creation before man is perfect. Man is God's one and only repeated failure. Adam was supposed to be in God's likeness, but Adam failed as a human being as all the Adams that followed have repeatedly failed as human beings. The Preacher Ecclesiastes warned us in the Bible "For in much wisdom is much grief; And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Ecclesiastes (the preacher) is my favorite story in the Bible. Adam forced sorrow unto the world. Everywhere man goes destruction and sorrow follows. Man will end the world one day. I was about eight years old when I was enlightened perhaps chosen to see the error of man. I can only reason God shows me this error of man with such clarity that I may combat man with the strongest weapons I have, compassion and sensibility, two high power blessings I estimate 98% of men have chosen to ignore and then they wonder why their lives are a deep dark well of loneliness. 

Ladies, you are never alone. God is with you. Where man has epically failed you time and time again God will not. Build that loving trusting relationship with God now. It's never too late. All that love and devotion you wasted on that man who repeatedly intentionally hurt you give to God instead. Work smarter not harder!

I worship Saint Gertrude of Nivelles the patron Saint of cats. 

Dearest Catholics, Nivelles is one of your Saints. Perhaps because I was baptized in the Catholic church I feel this Saint with every fiber of my being. Anyone who harms a cat harms me personally and I simply will not have it. Wherever I go cats are sacred and I will specifically point you out to God for endless days of punishment if you harm a cat. An eye for an eye. Amen. If you thought you suffered hard days before just wait until you see what comes. My God is vengeful towards those who harm any one of his blessed creations. If you sin against me you sin against God. Beg forgiveness. Repent.

I want to find an Abbey for single women and cats. Absolutely no children. NO CHILDREN. This country (America) loves children. There are literally tens of government branches in every state to clothe, feed, and house women with children. You laid with a man; those children are the consequences of your actions. Your responsibility not mine. Your poor choices in life are not my responsibility. Your lack of devotion to Christ is your choice as was sinning with a man who immediately abandoned you after you willingly laid down for him. Your choice. Reap what you sow. My Abbey is an Abbey after all. Google it if you don't know what an Abbey is. Women who enter my Abbey love and serve only Christ... and their cats. 

The gals in my Abbey will help widows, poor men, the elderly, veterans, and animal causes.

Tell me God how may I do this. I receive overwhelming generous (I mean generous!) amounts of donations for the cats. God bless you all who donate! Now, how do I receive the same generous donations for single women with no children. Please God, show me how to build my Abbey. 

Doesn't an Abbey with a grand beautiful garden filled with ponds and flowers to feed the bees, bird feeders, homegrown fruits and vegetables, some hens, our cats, a library, knitting or whatever, and just a simple life of peace and quiet sound like bliss. And all we have to do to deserve it is thanking God every day. Easy right. So easy. This needs to happen. 

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles found her Abbey because she didn't want to get married. Amen. Every time I think how nice it could be to find a good man to settle down with, I have no idea where the good single men my age are. Add to that I'm exhausted. Men are so emotionally, mentally, spiritually exhausting. I'm ready to retire these old bones and just live a simple good life. Go back to my Minnesota roots. In fact, that is where I want my Abbey to be, in Minnesota. Show me Lord how to get the donations for my Abbey. This needs to happen now. Send me guide of Biblical law like in Mathew.

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

--Mathew8:19

 

Dear Father in Heaven, thou lovest me, I know, because I love thy son, Jesus Christ, my savior. Trusting in this I do now confidently pray to hear me and to grant what I ask. Amen.

Q & A

Good morning! 

Let's answer some internet questions. 

*Please forgive the grammatical errors. 

1. Why Does God Allow Suffering?

If you are an innocent suffering as Christ suffered on the cross you are ascending to Heaven. You are closer to Christ in that very moment than the rest of us.  Christ has chosen you. He wants you by his side embrace Him. I pray that you have a speedy ascension to Him. If you are experiencing unbearable pain and survive you were meant to educate your experience. Tell your story. Educate others. That is what Christ wants. You were meant to survive your suffering to help others survive. We humans also need good people like you among us for guidance.   

If you are not innocent and suffering all I can say is God sees all. Knows all. Repent. Beg forgiveness. 

When people say, "There is no God. I'm still so miserable."

Those people might want to take a moment and reflect.

2. What Proof Do You Have God Exists?

Questions like this can be answered with "What proof do you have God doesn't exist." More to the point, God is not a fix-it man at your command. You do not command God to appear at your pleasure. Humans need to take responsibility for their actions. Cause and effect. Do I believe in the big bang theory sure why not but who created it? Something started it all at the very beginning. God exists even if you choose not to believe.  

3. Why Are There So Many Religions If There’s Only One Truth?

This is a question for the Catholics to answer. Protestants like me believe every person has an individual relationship with Christ our Lord in Heaven. My relationship with Christ is my own. Your relationship with Christ should you choose to have one is your own. 

 

4. Why Do Religious Texts Contain Contradictions?

Example? Without specifics to this question, I can only answer that one disciple's experience differed from another disciple. One witness saw one thing while a second and third witness saw another. My experience with Christ may differ from yours. My story will absolutely be different from yours. I was first spiritually enlightened when I was about eight years old. 

5. Why Is Morality Often Tied to Religion?

Morality isn't just tied to religion. Humans are taught the difference between right and wrong. By adulthood we instinctively know the difference between right and wrong. We know the Ten Commandments without reading them. When you chose to break a commandment there will be consequences. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but there will be consequences. 

 

6. How Do You Reconcile Science and Religion?

Both exist. What is there to reconcile. You either believe in science and/or religion or you do not. There are people who believe the earth is flat. We know that isn't true especially after space exploration and yet there are believers. I do not subscribe to missions of religious conversion. You either believe or you do not. 

7. Why Do Miracles Seem So Selective?

Perhaps you are selecting which miracles you choose to see. Perhaps your definition of a miracle is narrow and superficial. Yesterday I saw a lone bee drinking water from the neighborhood cats outdoor water bowl. It warmed my heart as I know lone outdoor bees are either older and dying or a male bee that has been kicked out of the hive. It warmed my heart knowing the cats water dish was right where this bee needed it be. That is a miracle.

8. What Makes Your Religion The “Right” One?

Again, your relationship with Christ should you choose to have one is your relationship with Christ. No one instructed me how or why or when to have a relationship with Christ. I just knew. 

9. Do You Ever Doubt Your Faith? 

Yes, in my 20's and 30's I was very defiant. Thought I was smarter than everyone including Christ. 

10. Why Do Prayers Often Go Unanswered?

Do you pray for others or for yourself? Are you praying for guidance or for reward and instant gratification? Have you built a faithful loving relationship with Christ or are you around just for the holidays?

11. Why Does The Bible Have Harmful Ideas?

Harmful ideas or recounted stories? Need specifics to answer this question. 

13. How Does The Afterlife Influence Your Actions in This Life?

Life itself I would think influences your actions in this life. Don't you want a good life in this lifetime.

14. Is Your Mission To Convert Non-believers To Your Religion? 

No. I'm against it actually. Pick your battles. 

15. What Role Does Community Play In Your Faith? 

My Faith and my community are two separate entities. 

16. How Should Atheists Approach Discussions About Faith?

Why would you want to. Atheists who want to argue and dismiss your faith is not a battle worth picking. I chose my faith when I was a kid and again as an adult. For a long while my priorities were messed up. Then I reassessed and returned to faith. The only atheists I know are men who want to fight because chaos is all they know. They correlate love with chaos, friendship with chaos, community with chaos, work with chaos, family with chaos, nothing is good in their eyes because they don't know what healthy love is, only chaos. But more-so they simply don't want healthy love because it's not as "exciting" as chaos. Sorry but I'm not a therapist. If you haven't accepted Christ in your heart, at bare minimum we can still be civil and chat about something else. Live and let live.

Grant peace in mercy, Lord we pray, peace in our time, O send us! Amen.

100%

Good morning! 

Let's just get into it shall we. 

*Please forgive the grammatical errors. I have no writing style. I just write conversationally. 

You may have heard about Father Calvin Robinson in the news recently. Following Elon Musk, Robinson made the same likened Nazi salute while speaking at a pro-life summit. As a result of his what we're calling the Nazi salute Father Robinson is reportedly defrocked, expelled from his Anglican Catholic church. Now he's just 39-year-old Calvin Robinson. Was it worth it, Cal? Never mind losing your title, hard work, pride, self-respect, was it worth losing your soul. Was it worth it, Cal? What happened to you, sir. How did you come to willingly belittle yourself.       

No one said religious figures shouldn't have opinions, but you keep those harmful opinions to yourself. If those opinions are harmful to others, you work them out with your superiors to rid yourself of evil and sin. Once you become clergy it's not about you anymore. It's never about you. You made a promise to God to be humble, chaste, poor, and obedient to the teachings of Christ. Selfish and self-serving is not part of the job description, CAL. Everyone can slip now and then. No one is perfect but there is a huge difference between slipping up and purposely sinning against God. At 39 years of age that man knew better. If Cal wanted to exit the catholic church, there was a much better way of doing it rather than slithering out leaving a trail of slime behind him. 

All God asks of you is to live well. Be mindful of others. Show kindness and consideration. We all love cats but generally speaking, humans are a lot easier to communicate with than cats. I love cats but when a big fat cat eats all the food and won't let the skinny hungry little cats eat, I get just as frustrated at that slothy cat as I do when a big fat slothy president gobbles up everything for his greedy fat fingered greasy self. When I was a kid, I lived among whiskey 7 highballs at noon-Catholics. I lived among virtue signaling diamond encrusted gold chain wearing crucifix-Catholics. Got to make that big "I'm a Catholic. I'm better than you." presentation regardless of if they even read past page five of the Bible. I know these false Catholics. These virtue signaling Catholics. The MAGA party is filled with them. Make no mistake MAGATS are neither Christian nor Republicans. They're a group of people who have broken commandment after commandment. They're a group of people who have spat in the face of Christ while having the audacity to wear a crucifix, a big giant showy crucifix. Eternity is a long time to suffer for your repeated unrepented sins. No protestant on earth believes in purgatory. No protestant on earth believes God is so indecisive to not know if you belong in Heaven or Hell. Heaven or Hell, buddy. We all know where self-serving unrepenting sloths go.  

  

I am going to meditate this weekend, pray, read the Bible, and meditate. I need to not get so upset. I need to let God do his work. I need to sit with my guardian angel for a while. Regardless if you believe in angels I do. And lately suddenly I've been finding a white feather at my feet every other day. It's a sign. A reminder.

I need to not get so upset at greed and sloth. I make my own chest hurt I get so upset. 

A few days ago, an Uber driver from California called Californians "left wing radicals" and that's why he lives in Nevada now. Buddy, did I ask for your opinion. No, I did not. I shot him down with, "That's why I like Nevada, people here generally mind their own business." My only beef with California, especially Los Angeles, aside from the high cost of living is the drama among Hollywood actors that gets plastered all over everywhere. I don't mind their politics. I'll always be grateful for LA CARE. Thank you, Governor Newsom. I miss my friends, and I'll always cherish the 30+ years I lived in California, but women actors like to think they're more important than the rest of us. I'm so over it. Nevada is a very different and difficult place to make connections. People here are transient, transplants with their families, and/or just wanting to live in peace like me. I just want to live in peace. People here mind their business for the most part. Moaning Hollywood actresses will not find the attention and sympathy they're constantly seeking, here. Thank goodness.

I've lost a lot of momentum lately. I sometimes feel like I'm that preacher in the movies with a giant board sign strapped to his chest screaming how the end is near. It seems more and more people over the years don't want solutions. They want problems and chaos. How many people today when asked what they want in life respond with, "I want to be healthy and happy. I'll do whatever it takes to be both."

I've never understood what expensive flashy cars, flashy houses, and flashy jewelry do for people. I can only imagine it must be an addiction. I know a thing or two about addiction. I know ten years of it. Still, I've always been drawn to nature not money. I'm drawn to the ocean and mountains. I suppose I should be grateful people aren't drawn to the luxuries of sunrises over mountains or more people would show up like locusts and do what locusts do. Still, if there was a way to teach humans to appreciate the free natural wonders of life rather than giving their money away to car companies and jewelry stores, I would preach it with a bullhorn. I want humans to be kind to each other, to nature, to animals. If that's my "silly" religious beliefs speaking, then so be it. I know there's non-religious people who feel the same.

Yesterday morning I saw an AI Youtube short of a woman trying to give a horribly beaten Jesus with a thorned crown on his head a cup of water. A Roman guard smacked the cup of water out of the woman's hands... and I cried. Not because of the content of the short, well, maybe a little because of the content of the short, but more so because there are people still to this day who would do the same. There are still people in 2025 who would smack food and water out of the hands of someone trying to feed the hungry and suffering. Additionally, they would do it for likes and followers on social media. We all know there are people who abuse animals for likes and followers, and strangely they get them. I'm from the Land of 10,000 Lakes (Minnesota) and do you know how many times I saw a bunny, baby deer, squirrel, or cat stranded in the middle of a lake, never. I never saw a single animals stranded in the middle of the lake. Never. Not in 19 years. Never. And yet somehow on social media animal channels these poor stranded lake animals are all over the place. It's because I come from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, I know the people shooting these feel good "rescues" are the same people who threw these poor animals into the lake to begin with. You will never convince me otherwise.

My next blog will answer some pessimistic internet accusations people have about Christianity, but my question to those people who seek to drag Christianity is this, if you are unable to live and let live, why then are so many of your social media posts about failed relationships. Your constant bemoaning about failed relationships is purely a human error. That's on you not God. It is 100% human error to not recognize hurtful people, or even worse to recognize hurtful people and still give them the benefit of the doubt time and time again. Adults know what pain is. Proof of that are all the social media posts about how someone you love is constantly hurting you, betraying you, lying to you. Proof of that are all the social media posts about why you can't find reciprocal love. It's exhausting. Worse than that, you voted for a THEE most hurtful human being to be leader of this country. 

Every relationship requires equal amount of effort on both parties. How much effort? 100% or nothing at all. You don't just randomly show up out of nowhere and make demands and expect to receive. Not with your mother, not with friends, not with your husband, not with God. 100% consistent equal effort, that's how relationships work. If you give expecting to receive that's not giving, that's not loving, that's merely monetizing business. Men who say "I married her to get free sex whenever I want" that's not loving, that's demanding. 

Lately I've been seeing a lot of women dragging on chain restaurants as places to go on first dates. I was young once. I might see how a chain restaurant might be deemed not special enough to a young gal who wants to feel special. I used to drag Olive Garden. Not proud of that. Until my dad took me to Olive Garden following his first bout with throat cancer. When dad's cancer went into remission he took me to lunch at Olive Garden. It was nice. Food was good. Wine was good. Service was good. It was nice. Certainly, it's a maturity thing but eventually you do come to realize it's not about where you go but rather who you're going there with. When fellas post social media trends like "Take her to McDonalds to see if she's just a gold digger." Well fellas, allow me to remind you that one must actually have substantial amounts of gold for that term to include you. 

First, know what qualities you're looking for in an individual rather than just seeking easy numbers to make demands upon.

Relationships are built not given. If you want to drag the existence of God, it's a free country (for now anyway). You do you. But then don't suddenly turn to God when you're in danger and expect God to respond. That's not a relationship. That's a demand. An expectation. Every relationship is doomed to fail when one or both parties demand and take advantage of each other rather than putting forth 100% of making a good healthy relationship work every day. I could answer the following blog's questions about God with this very paragraph, but I do answer the questions with as much heart and insight as I can. 

Have blessed Sunday. 

The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor chose you, because ye were more in number than any other people; for ye were the fewest of all people: -- Deuteronomy 7:7