Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost

 Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

At the Introit of the Mass pray with the priest for the forgiveness of your sins: If thou shalt observe iniquities O Lord: Lord, who shall endure? for with thee is propitiation, O God of Israel. From the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. (Ps. CXXIX.) Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

COLLECT O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all goodness, hear, we beseech Thee, the devout prayers of Thy Church, and grant that what we faithfully ask we may effectually obtain. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end, Amen.

EPISTLE (Philipp. I. 6-II.) Brethren, We are confident in the Lord Jesus, that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus. As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart, and that in my bands, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of my joy. For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge and in all understanding: that you may approve the better things; that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

EXPLANATION This epistle was written by St. Paul at Rome, where he was imprisoned for the faith, to the inhabitants of Philippi in Macedonia whom he had converted to the true faith. He congratulates them that they so willingly received and conscientiously obeyed the gospel which he had preached to them, and he says, he trusts in God to complete the good work which He has commenced, and to give them perseverance until the day of Christ, that is, until death.

GOSPEL (Matt. XXII. 15-21.) At that time, The Pharisees went and consulted among themselves how to ensnare Jesus in his speech. And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man, for thou dost not regard the person of men: tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites? Show me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny. And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this? They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

Why did the Pharisees try to ensnare Jesus in His speech?

In order to find some reason to accuse Him before the emperor, or to make Him hated by the Jews; for had He denied tribute to Caesar, they would have accused Him before the emperor as guilty of high treason; had He, on the contrary made it obligatory to pay tribute, then they would have denounced Him as a destroyer of the liberty of the people, who considered themselves a free nation owing allegiance only to God. Like the Pharisees are all those who, under the appearance of friendship, only cause vexation and misfortune to their neighbor.

Who are really hypocrites?

Those who in order to cheat their neighbor, appear outwardly pious and holy, whilst inward they are full of malice; those who have honey on the tongue, but gall in the heart, and sting like scorpions, when we least expect it. Because there are so many vices connected with hypocrisy, (Matt. XXIII.) therefore Christ has denounced no sin more emphatically than this one. Hypocrites are brethren of Cain, Joab, and Judas, of whom the first killed his brother, the second his cousin and the third betrayed his divine Master with a kiss. Such false men are cursed by God. (Mal, I. 14.) I hate a mouth with a double tongue. (Prov. VIII. 13.) "The devil silently possesses the hearts of hypocrites and quietly sleeps in them, whilst he gives them no peace," says St. Gregory; and St. Jerome writes: "Pretended holiness is double malice." Better is an open enemy, before whom we can be on our guard, than a hypocritical friend of whom we have no suspicion, because we look upon him as a friend. Beware, therefore, my dear Christian, of the vice of hypocrisy, which is so hateful to God; endeavor always to be sincere with God, thyself and thy neighbor, and to walk in-true humility before God, then mayst thou carry His image within thee.

PRAYER Help me, O Lord, for the number of the saints is decreasing and truth is becoming rare among men. They speak vain things each with his neighbor: their lips are deceitful, and they speak with double hearts. Let the Lord destroy all those who say: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us? O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips and deceitful tongues give me grace to preserve Thy image in my soul, by piety and virtue. Direct my heart to justice and keep it from avarice, that I may give to each his own.

INSTRUCTION ON THE FOLLY OF HUMAN RESPECT
Thou art a true speaker ' neither carest thou or any man, for thou dost not regard the person of men. (Matt. XXII. 16.)

In this Christians ought especially to follow the Saviour, and not permit themselves to be deterred from piety, and the practice of virtue by fear or human respect. What matters it, what people think and say of us, if we only please God? He alone can truly benefit or injure us; therefore he alone is to be feared, as Christ says: Fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt. X. 28.)

How foolishly, therefore, do those act who through fear of displeasing certain people, are afraid to serve God and practice piety; who even go so far as to commit sin; who in order to be pleasing to others, oppress innocent, poor and forsaken people; who adopt the latest and most scandalous fashions and customs; those who eat meat on days of abstinence, or give it to others; those who sing sinful songs, or what is still worse, do not hesitate to ridicule sacred things to give others occasion to laugh, or in order to be considered strong-minded. Implore God daily and sincerely, that He may take from you this vain fear of men and give you instead the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom.

INSTRUCTION ON THE VALUE AND DIGNITY OF THE SOUL
Whose image is this? (Matt. XXII. 20.)

Thus we should often ask ourselves with respect to our soul, particularly when we are tempted to stain and rain it by sin, Whose image is this? We should then say to ourselves, "Is it not the likeness of God, a likeness painted with the blood of Jesus, an image for which the Saviour gave His life? Should I defile and deform this by sin and voluptuousness? God forbid!" For in truth, what among all created things, except the angels, is more beautiful and more precious than a -human soul, which is in the state of grace? "Could we," says St. Catherine of Sienna, "behold with our corporal eyes a soul in the state of grace, we would see with astonishment that it surpasses in splendor all flowers) all stars, the whole world, and there is probably no one who would not wish to die for such beauty." It is a dwelling of the Blessed Trinity! Christ did not give His life for all the goods and treasures of this earth, but for the human soul. And yet many estimate their soul at such little value that they sell it for a momentary pleasure, for a present not worth a penny! For shame! The body we estimate so highly that we take all pains to decorate it and keep it alive, and the soul the image and likeness of God, we take no pains to keep in the state of grace, and adorn with virtues! What folly!

INSTRUCTION ON THE OBLIGATION TO PAY TAXES OR TRIBUTE TO THE GOVERNMENT
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. (Matt. XXII. 21.)

To pay tribute to the lawful government is a duty of justice which the Spirit of God Himself commands us faithfully to fulfil. (Rom. XIII. 6, 7.) Christ Himself paid the customary didrachma for Himself and St. Peter; (Matt. XVII. 23.) "and if the Son of God Himself paid duty and tax," says St. Ambrose, "who art thou, O man, that thou wouldst free thyself from it?" The government must watch lest the life of its subjects be at hazard, that their property be not endangered or stolen, that there be security on the highways, that peace, harmony and order be preserved among the citizens, that their temporal welfare be promoted; that science and art flourish, etc. For this, teachers, judges, officers and soldiers are necessary, for whose support care must be taken, and whose trouble must be rewarded. Besides this the government must care for the security of the country, for public streets and bridges, and institutions necessary for the common good; to enable the government to perform these duties, taxes are necessary and lawfully assessed. If you oppose these laws, you oppose God, for by Him princes rule, and the mighty degree justice. (Prov. VIII. 16.) Let the payment of duties be done willingly, because you pay them for love of God, and resigned to His holy will as the early Christians did, who even served their heathenish government with pleasure, in all that was not contrary to God's will, and cheerfully paid the duties.

International Public Notice: The British Empire Wreck and the Real Scandal

 By Anna Von Reitz

We have nothing against the long-suffering people of the British Isles.  We realize that they have put up with "it" far longer than we have.  

We have often noted that the Brits are at the bottom of every dog pile, usually at the behest of their Roman partners and co-conspirators.  

Here's an example-- among many-- of how endlessly messed up the British Government and "culture" really are: they adopted a Roman as their national saint. 

The real St. George was a Christian martyr born in Palestine, who refused to take part in the persecution of Christians under the Roman rule -- and so, became a victim of the Nazi-like perverts himself. 

He was not British, not a warrior, fought no dragons, rescued no maidens -- at least not from any giant lizards.  

England named her flag and their national saint after a fairytale hero and nobody even stops to think -- WT?   

If the Americans adopted Superman as our national saint everyone would know for sure that we'd skipped a cog, but the British do something equally whackjob and everyone accepts it as perfectly normal.  Which is part of the problem. 

Over centuries of dealing with these charming miscreants we've developed a nasty double standard, one for the Brits, and one for the rest of us who live on Earth and maintain an ability to tell truth from falsehood.  

They rewrote the Bible, making over 20,000 changes to the text, adding and subtracting entire books, and everyone shrugged and said, well, it's the Brits.... 

They passed off a mercantile company, Great Britain, as the name of their country, and then passed off another British Crown Corporation, the United Kingdom, Ltd, as their country, too, and finally, just couldn't get enough of the deceit, passed off a Roman Municipal Corporation operating as the "UNITED KINGDOM" INC. as the name of their country, and everyone just blinks and puts up with this deceit and chicanery as if it is perfectly normal --- when it's not, and everyone shrugged and said, "Well, it's the Brits...." 

And we all get sucked into their common practice of calling something completely unsubstantiated "the UK" as if that must be their country, but given their track record, might be a new dance. 

The Brits support piracy as a national pastime and created the entire idea of Letters of Marque to legalize armed theft and brigandry on the High Seas.  Well, it's the Brits.... 

They are the first and most successful and horrific drug dealers and smugglers on the planet, first becoming famous for this when they forced opium on the Chinese, and more recently running guns and drone support for cartels in South America, as they push fentanyl on America.  But, well, it's the Brits.... 

They created the whole fetid, nasty, horrible, unending sore we call "the Middle East conflict"  because they leased land they didn't own to Jacob Rothschild and called it first "Palestine" and then "Israel".  But it's the Brits, so we forget that, just like we are being pushed and bullied and programmed to forget the genocide of Gaza -- by who?  The Brits. 

Their other patron saint, Thomas Hobbes, famous for his cowardice and opinion that life is a state of nature that is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" ---as it is for many Brits, especially those who have the looks and personality of Thomas Hobbes. According to Hobbes, fear is our one halcyon and ever-present emotion, and government, far from being an expression of our culture and values, is reduced to playing King Kong in a Nanny suit.  But we look at this and say, well, it's the Brits... they are a bit different.... 

Among their other contributions they invented work houses, debtor's prisons, child labor, concentration camps, machine guns, genocidal mass slaughter, slums, the organized slave trade, the modern welfare state (a spin off of the slave trade), carpet bombing (recently demonstrated in Gaza), blankets inoculated with smallpox and given to the American Indians as "gifts" (Prince Philip's War) and the open air internment camps known as "Indian Reservations" and thanks to their endless meddling in other people's business and messing with other people's money, they caused both the First and the Second World War and the Great Depression.... and still, we just shake our heads and say, well, it's the Brits.....?  Really?  

When do we stop and say, you good goddamned and bloody Hell right, it's the Brits, and they need a good stomping for all this Bad Behavior? 

For the last three centuries, they've been bilking and bleeding their own people with a German dynasty sitting on the purported English Throne, but being careful to break their Coronation Vows within three-days and thereby evade their contractual obligation to a Constitutional Monarchy that the English people are owed. 

Their BBC organ grinder openly carries the motto, "Listen and obey" and we wonder how our media has been inflitrated by subliminal propaganda and mind-control routines and planned addiction of viewers via manipulation of our own adrenalin responses?  Hello? 

The Brits, the Brits, the Brits, and the Brits some more. 

They hate freedom of any kind, especially freedom of speech, while touting themselves as the greatest democracy in the world and taking credit for every worthy achievement of mankind that they had nothing whatsoever to do with.  

How, you might ask, did the Brits create the Great Depression?  

While Lesser Beings might have struggled and stumbled with the assignment, for the Brits it came as naturally as falling off ten logs in sequence. 

It began with World War I which was itself a cover up and make-money effort after the bankruptcy of the Scottish Commercial Corporation calling itself "The United States of America, Incorporated" --- and Britain's sophisticated plan for prosecution of the war?  Take Britain off the gold standard, print up millions of pounds-worth of British Pounds Sterling (lacking Sterling, of course), use this to buy American ships (leaving us on the hook, again), beat the Germans and force them to pick up the tab via "reparations" payments to tax the rest of Europe into oblivion. 

Winston Churchill as Lord of Exchequer was at the bottom of that dogpile, too.  It was his own peculiar and unique fault that the gold standard sank beneath the waves (and mountains) of fiat debt and has remained there.  Except for six years in the 1920's, when people had the faint, vain hope of sanity returning, Britain has never gone back on the gold standard and barely passes wind over the silver standard, either, but has, nonetheless used stockpiles of other people's gold to wrangle a seat at the BRIC's table.  

Britain is a problem not only for itself, but for the whole world and it has been this way for centuries. 

It was the British Territorial Subcontractors that, as the Comptrollers of the Union Army, took control once Lincoln bankrupted the Northern States-of-States and set up the Lieber Code in 1863; they've been sitting here in the catbird's seat (or is it a cuckoo's nest?) ever since, using our country as a storefront, pillaging our resources, conniving to make our people pay their taxes and mortgages for them, and tricking our young people into acting as ill-paid and unknowing mercenaries.  

Working under color of law and conditions of secrecy, their national identity theft and credit hacking scheme worked so well, they decided to apply it whenever and wherever they could -- which has meant every country of the former Commonwealth, the seventeen still illegally occupied countries of Western Europe following the Second World War, Japan, most of the Middle East, large sections of Africa.... 

They've built themselves an Empire once again, a criminal Empire, it's true, but they don't seem to be concerned about the details of law that they are forever sanctimoniously pushing on others, along with their Bar Associations.  

All this is outrageous enough and should be obvious, but there is one more really fantastic example of what's wrong with Britain and its batshit crazy criminal government: the Federal Reserve.  

What?  What does Britain have to do with the Federal Reserve?  Everything, from the first Greenback, from the First U.S. Bank, to the Second U.S. Bank, to the Federal Reserve Act and all the other twisted, nasty, criminally fraudulent (but oh, so cozy) arrangements that the central banks and Maritime Commercial Banks have enjoyed at our expense for the past 150 years. 

The British genius for crime, duplicity, misrepresentation, dishonesty, guile, warped creativity, fraud, falsehood and plain old-fashioned sanctimonious audacity found its true home and room to roam in the realm of international banking and finance.  

Nobody but the Brits could possibly securitize living flesh and labor contracts and pretend that they weren't also therefore engaged in peonage, enslavement, and child labor, forced conscription, press-ganging and other crimes that have been outlawed for as much as 200 years.  But, well, it's the Brits, and they have done exactly that to their own people and ours, and anyone else they could victimize by deceit or force, for the last century and a half. 

They are in their bully pulpits worldwide spreading the idea that the "American" money is bad, that it's worthless, that it was ginned up out of thin air --- (if so, they did the ginning) but that's just another smokescreen and obfuscation covering the real scandal of the day. 

The real scandal is that these hypocrites who owed us good faith service preyed upon us while taking their paychecks from our pockets, that they used "America" as their Whipping Boy, blaming us for British aggression, greed, and immorality.  The scandal is the criminal nature of everything they did here.  

The value backing their Federal Reserve Notes wasn't empty air.  It was the value of American slaves and American indentured labor, the value of our land that they purloined title to, the value of the endless taxes they heaped on us at every turn, the value of our purloined money, the value of our credit, the value of our Good Names, our patents, our copyrights and trademarks, our corporations, our stocks and bonds, everything they purloined, misused, and abused in breach of trust, in violation of their treaties with us, in violation of their service contracts.  All while wearing a cheery smile and plenty of Charlie Ward-style bon ami.  

Britain has been our most intractable enemy while pretending to be our good friend and Ally, and that, above and beyond the sheer criminality of what they've done to us and many others, is the real scandal.  

The scandal, at least in the minds of most Americans, is that Russia has been a far better friend to America than Britain has ever been. 

We forgot that was Britain we fought in the War of Independence; we didn't mark our generosity in allowing British Territorial U.S. Citizens (Tories) to remain here in this country after the war.  Like the Nazis leftover from WWII, they didn't just disappear.  Both Lincoln and Grant were British Tories carrying familial grudges against the Americans who fought and won The War of Independence. Lincoln was even a Bar Attorney, prohibited from serving any elected office in the actual American Government. 

But with that British gift of gab and gift of guile, Honest Abe, who was anything but honest, convinced the American people that he was their "President", when he was, instead, the "President" of a British Territorial Commercial Corporation doing business as "the United States of America" --- Incorporated. 

It's outrageous that they somehow just always omitted that little telltale word, "Incorporated"... but, it's the Brits..... 

We need to stop making allowances for the Brits. We need to stop treating them as if they are our Odd Cousins, who aren't quite "all there" but mean well-enough.  History has shown that the Crown doesn't mean well toward anyone or anything, not even their own people.  It's --  full stop -- time to face the facts about Britain's practices and legacy and rotten government.  

Notice to Principals is Notice to Agents; Notice to Agents is Notice to Principals. 

Issued by: 

Anna Maria Riezinger -- Fiduciary

The United States of America

In care of: Box 520994

Big Lake, Alaska 99652

November 9th 2025

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