🎵Joachim and Anne were good folks
They loved the Lord just fine
They never imagined that the Grandson they'd be having
Would be their God divine
And would appear both as bread and fine wine 🎵
🎵 Singin'...
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls now
Joy to the sinners who will be redeemed
Joy to you and me 🎵
🎵 That day the prince of the world
Did not know what to do
There was no sin of Adam to let him get at her
So her love of God shined through 🎵
🎵 Pray it now
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the sinners her son will redeem
Joy to you and me 🎵
🎵 You know I love Our lady
She leads me to her son
My sins are forgiven inside me he is living
That most straight shootin' son-of-a-gun
With Mary keeping the devil on the run 🎵
🎵 Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the sinners who will be redeemed
Joy to you and me 🎵🎵 Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the sinners Jesus will redeem
Joy to you and me 🎵
🎵 Joy to the world
Sinners will be free
Joy to the world
Today Mary is conceived 🎵
🎵 Joy to the world
All the boys and girls now
Joy to us sinners that will be redeemed
Joy to you and me (Amen) 🎵
🎵 Joy to the world (Hail Mary!)
All the boys and girls
Joy to those sinners her son will redeem
Joy to you and me
You know I mean 🎵
🎵 Joy to the world (Amen!)
All the boys and girls
Joy to the sinners she will help set free
Joy to you and me
You know I mean 🎵
🎵 Joy to the world
All the boys and girls (Hail Mary!)
Joy to the sinners Christ will soon redeem
Joy to you and me 🎵
Today is the feast day of St. Myron of Crete known for his hard work which brought him prosperity in youth, generous nature to the poor and after the death of his wife priest at 30 then Bishop of Crete for many decades till his death.
In honor of the feast, let me present to you the St. Myron Bishop of Crete song, sung to the tune of: Taking Care of Business by Backman-Turner Overdrive
He got up every morning from the day's first dawning Said his prayers and then began his day. He'd be planting and then seeding and he'd do the weeding, And then tend the grapes along the way And as things were fine, he would give the poor his time And and make sure every thing was OK If he ever got annoyed, he'd offer it to The Lord And continue all his work for the day
[Chorus] And I've been Invoking St. Myron, let us pray Invoking St. Myron, that's the way Invoking St. Myron, join the fight Invoking St. Myron, he will lead you straight to Christ, look out
[Guitar Solo]
St. Myron was a worker he never was shirkin' So prosperity, it came his way. There was a band of thieves, who were jealous indeed that he was so blessed instead of they So they all resolved, they'd catch his on his threshing floor And take everything they wanted the next day But when they all came a'thieving instead of shouting or screaming He helped them load all they could take
[Chorus] And we've been invoking St. Myron, every day Invoking St. Myron, let us pray Invoking St. Myron, teach me right Invoking St. Myron keep me on the path to Christ Amen
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge] Whoo They converted I love it! Found the Lord, he kept working Wonders came, though his faith Whoo!
[Guitar Solo] (Ha ha, whoo hoo, oh yeah)
He was happy in his life and he took a wife But she died at a very young age So he took up ordination, served well the whole nation So they elevated him to the Bishop rank And for the next seventy years, he stayed in this the veil of tears Keeping his flock from going astray Till at the age of 100 years, The Lord said "c'mon up here good and faithful servant of the way"
[Chorus] So I'm Invoking St. Myron, Bishop of Crete Invoking St Myron, Pray for me Invoking St. Myron, steer me right Invoking St. Myron come and lead me strait to Christ, yes, God bless
[Chorus] Invokin' St. Myron, Bishop of Crete Invokin' St. Myron Invokin' St. Myron, yo Invokin' St. Myron Invokin' St. Myron, Wonder worker Invokin' St. Myron, not a shirker Invokin' St. Myron, lead me right Invokin' St. Myron, keep me on the path to Christ!
[Outro] Invokin' St. Myron Invokin' St. Myron Invokin' St. Myron watch over me Invokin' St. Myron, help me see Invokin' St. Myron Invokin' St. Myron Invokin' St. Myron
Ok let me start this post with the following declaration that I made on twitter yesterday:
I don’t regret my support for either @tedcruz in 2016 or @RonDeSantis in 2024 both of who would have been fine @POTUS But @realDonaldTrump has by any measure been the best president of my lifetime & one of the most successful presidents of all time. I think today he passed TR
Donald Trump by the passage of his “big beautiful bill” has defied all the odds and all the media predictions that it would fail, which in itself is a lot of fun but for me the big beautiful chocolate on top (I don’t like cherries) is the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Coupled with the repeal of Roe vs Wade with Dobbs vs Jackson during the Biden years by a count with three Trump appointees on it this is a stake through the heart for the Abortion industry in America, the single most evil practice that this country has ever embraced.
That being the case this is an excellent time to remind you of the prophecy of the Hermit of Loreto
The Hermit of Loreto was a man by the name of Tom Zimmer who lived a pious life of prayer in in Loreto. He was one of the co-authors of the famous Pieta Prayer Book one of the most popular collections of Catholic Prayers available out there. He was a person who went to multiple masses each day. I posted about this after Roe was overturned:
Capoverdi asked him in English if he was Thomas [Zimmer], and the two had a delightful conversation. When Trump was elected, Dr. Curran called and told him that, back in the 1980s, Tom Zimmer said he had received a “premonition” and that “a certain man would lead America back to God”—and that man would be none other than Donald J. Trump.
“The millionaire playboy from New York?” the incredulous doctor is said to have asked Zimmer.
“Yes,” the Hermit of Loreto responded, adding he was so sure Donald Trump would become a great spiritual leader of America that he wrote his name on a brick and had it placed in the reconstruction of St. Peter’s Holy Door after the Jubilee so Trump would receive blessings from the many Masses that would be said in the Vatican.
The Youtube video is here:
At the time this came out this was evaluated:
After investigating Zimmer, Thomas wrote, “I have no reason to doubt Capoverdi’s statements that Thomas Zimmer communicated to his friend that he received a ‘premonition’ that Donald Trump would ‘lead America back to God.’” He explained that discerning the validity of a prophecy involves evaluating three elements: the prophet’s character, the prophecy’s alignment with Scripture and church teachings, and its ultimate fulfillment.
To the first point, Thomas observed, “Was the prophet a good and virtuous person? Zimmer was.” For the second, he noted, “There is nothing scriptural or in church teachings that would suggest that a political leader cannot lead people to God; on the contrary, Scripture indicates it as a duty.”
Lastly, Thomas acknowledged the importance of whether a prophecy comes true. He added that evidence of Zimmer’s faith in his prophecy could lie in searching for the brick bearing Trump’s name at St. Peter’s door. Thomas concluded, “Here we must wait and see if that happens, but I’m sure whether or not Trump leads America back to God will be open to dispute and interpretation.”
Now I have met people of extraordinary faith and devotion and Mr. Zimmer certainly qualifies. If someone like HE had told me that twenty years ago I would have filed it away in my head and watched because if there is one thing that you can say about God is that he routinely uses that last person you would ever expect from David the young shepherd to Saul of Tarsus the proud Pharisee to bring about extraordinary things. (Trump of course would be more Saul – Paul then David.)
But let’s be blunt I’m VERY catholic so when a person of deep faith says something like this I take it seriously but for most people if someone told them twenty years ago that Donald Trump (whose wife IS a devout Catholic but he is NOT catholic at all) would be responsible for:
The overturning of Roe vs Wade
The Defunding of Planned Parenthood
They would have been thought of him as some kind of nut and if you were a leftist supporter of Planned Parenthood and was told this you would have taken one look at Trump’s history as fell down on the floor laughing
The “kill the babies” left isn’t laughing now, but I suspect Mr. Zimmer, the Hermit of Loreto is smiling and nodding.
Update: I know this has nothing to do with this post but this is now my favorite audio file: the Catholic version of the famous: “What is best in life?” clip:
Also an FYI Knights of Columbus Council 15962 aided by the Legion of Mary Gardner council will be putting on a pancake breakfast Sunday June 8th at St. Bernard’s Parish at St. Camillus Church on Mechanic St. in Fitchburg.
The breakfast will be to raise money to help pay for a defibrillator for the church so it will be available in the event of a heart attack taking place while folks are at mass or a function.
The price is $5 and includes Pancakes and Ham and if you’re eating on site coffee & something to drink. Takeout orders are available which will include pancakes, ham, syrup and spread for those who would rather eat at home.
If you have a large Catholic family we will feed your entire family for a flat $20.
About 300 servings or 75 family servings will cover the full cost even if we don’t raise the lot however much of the cost we can defer is great.
I’ll be cooking that Sunday so I’ll be away all morning, no time for blogging for me that day.
Hope to see you there and while your there if you’re a Catholic man check out the Knights of Columbus and see if you want to be part of our acts of faith and works, and if you’re a Catholic woman check out the Legion of Mary to see if you want to be a part of all they do.
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