We're in Big Trouble

Volume XXVIII, Number 18
December 17, 2024

Uh Oh Spaghetti-O

Disaster! I have a dreadful appeal update and deadlines for ordering our wonderful books, medals, and scapulars in time to wrap 'em for Christmas. We'll end with a good prayer.

We are having the worst Christmas appeal in a long time—and it's definitely not your fault.

We're only 20% to our goal of keeping our doors open and less than 10% to what's needed to fully launch Treasure in Heaven next year.

A weird server malfunction disrupted a gazillion emails from arriving last week. At the exact moment when hundreds of you tried to donate online, more mysterious glitches blocked access at our website.

The next day, everything went back to normal on its own. Hmm.

33 Years of Spiritual Warfare

Combined with weeks of a "dark cloud" mucking up my prayer life and sleep patterns, I suspect it's probably just boring old spiritual warfare from the evil one—and if that's true—then it is a fantastic sign that our plans to launch Treasure in Heaven next year really will help God transform America into the most Catholic nation on earth.

That old snake never learns until Mary crushes his head.

So allow me to gently, humbly, and personally ask you—once again—to make a generous Christmas gift this year and erase that huge shortfall, even if your life is hectic.

Perhaps especially if your life is hectic (mine sure is). Ask Mary to guide you. It takes just a couple minutes. Always feels great. Helps Our Lady reach countless souls who we can all high-five in heaven!

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Get Saint Michael on the Job

Please join me and tens of thousands of others worldwide in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost...

Saint Michael, the Archangel,
defend us in the day of battle!
Be our protection against the
wickedness and snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him,
we humbly pray, and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits
who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Saint Joseph, Terror of Demons, protect us.
Mary, Mother of God, help us.
Amen.

Sorry about all the bother. We remain sincerely grateful to everyone who did get through or has already mailed in your gift!

Thanks for being a part our work and my life.

Everything is going to be okay.

Have a blessed Advent.

With Joseph and Mary,

Bud Macfarlane
Founder

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