CROWNING WITH THORNS

"Both during and after the colonial era in American history, white settlers engaged in prolonged conflicts with Native Americans in the United States, seeking to displace them and seize their lands, resulting in American enslavement and forced assimilation into settler culture" (Wikipedia). "...approximately 100,000 Indigenous people were forced from their homes during the Trail of Tears, and some 15,000 died during their relocation" (Britannica). "The 19th century witnessed

Universal Declaration of Human Rights "...hate speech coupled with disinformation can lead to stigmatization, discrimination and large-scale violence." Hate Speech and Real Harm 5 Ways to Fight Hate and Discrimination, Directly From UNICEF Website 1. Celebrate other cultures 2. Call out bigotry and hate speech 3. Teach children kindness and how to talk about differences 4. Act in solidarity — and intervene if it's safe to do so 5. Support human rights organizations like UNICE

"...and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger" (Esther 4:16). "...but as it is they seek after a better, that is, a heavenly country" (Hebrews 11:16). "And He Himself was in the stern of the boat, on the cushion asleep. And they woke Him and said to Him, "Master, does it not concern thee that we are perishing?" Then rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind fell and

"...if God is for you, who can be against you?" (Pope Leo XIII, 1892) On Freemasonry, Pope Leo XIII Can Catholics be Masons? Sensus Fidelium 1 Lecture on certain abuses 2 Abuse victim, 1 3 Abuse victim, 2 4 Therapist interview 1 5 Therapist interview 2 6 Abuse victim, 3 7 Abuse victim, 4 8 Abusive treatment methods

Loving through Illness: Mental Illness and the Beauty of Suffering - Homiletic & Pastoral Review (October 2025) Suffering Through Mental Illness with God's Love - Catholic Stand - (November 2025) Why do some speak so strongly against mental illness and those who suffer with it? With mental illness as common today as many other illnesses of the body, one questions why there is a negative stigma connected to illnesses of the mind. One's brain is simply another part of the hum

"Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty " (2 Corinthians 3:17, RHE).