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Have you had enough yet? Violence and lawlessness seem out of control. Senseless violence. Snipers unleashing bullets carved with evil messages on them! Who thinks this way? The line-up of atrocities never ends. An innocent Ukrainian woman coming home from her pizza job, casually scrolling on her phone on a train in North Carolina, is stabbed to death by a demonized thug. She had left war-torn Ukraine for the supposed safety of America. Yet a monster lurked in the shadows and ended her young life. And it was all captured on camera. Beyond Our Imagination My hometown made notoriety again...

'They should all know this: If you thought that my husband's mission was powerful before you have no idea, you have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country and this world, you have no idea.' ~ Erika KirkThe shot heard 'round the world.The turning point is the origin point [of unity]... Postcard from Boston:. . .צ'ארליCharlie(The apostrophe-like mark after the first letter indicates that the letter is being used to represent a sound that is foreign to Hebrew. In this case the tzaddi -- צ, tz -- is used for ch.)These letters also spellציר אלTzir ElCharlie...

15 September 2025 Our Lady of Sorrows on Monday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Catacombs and mausoleum om Via Nomentana in RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Timothy 2:1-8Pray for everyone to God, who wants everyone to be savedMy advice is that, first of all, there should be prayers offered for everyone – petitions, intercessions and thanksgiving – and especially for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live religious and reverent lives in peace and quiet. To do...

This is a special guest speaker, Tim Barton from Wallbuilders. He gives a very thorough run down of American history and the founding of our government. Up until the 25:26 minute mark, it's Jack Hibbs with an intro and update on what's going on in America. Which makes the message about 54 minutes long. The message by Tim Barton begins at the 25:30 mark if you wish to skip the intro.

Sunday 14 September 2025 The Exaltation of the Holy CrossFeast Catholic Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St. Notburga Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).First readingNumbers 21:4-9If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and livedOn the way through the wilderness the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this wilderness? For there is neither bread nor water here; we are sick of this unsatisfying food.’ At this God sent fiery serpents among the people; their bite brought death...

A Christian lady recently said to me, I have a problem that you may be able to help me with. If my sins have been forgiven, why do I have to go before the Judgment Seat of Christ? My answer was: Understand that there are several different judgments mentioned in the Bible: the Christian’s sins were judged on the cross, there will be a judgment of the sheep and goat nations, a judgment of the fallen angels, the Great White Throne Judgment of unbelievers, we must judge ourselves, etc. Every Christian must appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ to...

Pastor Vandeman I can think of several things which I really appreciate about Catholic people on a personal level. What I like is the way they have treated me during those five years I spent there in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University. You see they accepted me as a separated brother but in reality they treated me as a real Christian brother with love respect and kindness blending on a more general way. What I like about the Catholics is the dedicated way in which they perform their religious exercises. I was privileged while studying there at the Vatican...

In our book of some years ago, The Departure: God’s Next Catastrophic Intervention into Earth’s History, we point out crucial truth about who will go to Christ and who will be left behind when the Lord says: “Come up here!” (Revelation 4:1, as prophesied by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18). Even though it is “my” book in that I developed it, I say “our” book because a number of the most knowledgeable authorities in Bible prophecy wrote chapters on the most relevant topics of our day. All issues and events involving what we consider having prophetic importance are looked at...

11 September 2025 Thursday of week 23 in Ordinary Time St. Felix and Regula, Zurich, SwitzerlandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingColossians 3:12-17Be clothed in loveYou are God’s chosen race, his saints; he loves you, and you should be clothed in sincere compassion, in kindness and humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another; forgive each other as soon as a quarrel begins. The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same. Over all these clothes, to keep them together and complete them, put on love. And may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because...

10 September 2025Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Basilica of St. Nicola of Tolentino. Tolentino, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingColossians 3:1-11You must look for the things that are in heavenSince you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed –...

9 September 2025 Saint Peter Claver on Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Church of St Peter Claver, West Hartford CTReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 2:6-15The Lord has brought you to life with himYou must live your whole life according to the Christ you have received – Jesus the Lord; you must be rooted in him and built on him and held firm by the faith you have been taught, and full of thanksgiving. Make sure that no one traps you and deprives...

“Despicable.” That’s how one Columbine survivor framed some of the anti-prayer rhetoric coming from politicians and public figures after the horrific shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. Evan Todd, who was shot and injured during the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, said many of those speaking ill of thoughts and prayers fail to understand the importance of invocations. “It’s heartbreaking,” Todd said in response to those decrying thoughts and prayers. “I think [it’s] despicable. I think it’s revealing of the people who are doing it.” Todd said his own story is evidence of just how powerful prayer can...

6 September 2025Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time The Parish Church of Saint Bega Bassenthwaite interior, Lake District National Park, Lake District, England UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingColossians 1:21-23God has reconciled you by Christ's death in his mortal bodyNot long ago, you were foreigners and enemies, in the way that you used to think and the evil things that you did; but now he has reconciled you, by his death and in that mortal body. Now you are able to appear before him holy, pure and blameless – as long as you persevere and stand...

5 September 2025 Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Timefive women made their full vows to fully join the Missionaries of Charity at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DCReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingColossians 1:15-20All things were created through Christ and for ChristChrist Jesus is the image of the unseen Godand the first-born of all creation,for in him were createdall things in heaven and on earth:everything visible and everything invisible,Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –all things were created through him and for him.Before anything was created, he existed,and he holds all things in unity.Now...

Former singer and songwriter Ray Boltz has ‘married’ his longtime partner, Franco Sperduti, after nearly 20 years together. Boltz, 72, a prominent recording artist through the late 1980s and 1990s, is perhaps best known for his song “Thank You,” which won the 1990 GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year, as well as “Watch the Lamb” and “I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb.” He briefly retired from music in 2003, separated from his wife, Carol, with whom he had four children, in 2005, and finalized the divorce in 2008. He reemerged on the music scene in 2010 with his...

Josh Hilburn is the lead pastor of Gather Houston. Founded in 2019, they are a “Christian community of healing passionate about inclusion, justice, and practicing the way of Jesus” with a wild confession of faith. At a recent Q & A, he was asked about the church’s beliefs on homosexuality. In a refreshingly honest take, Hilburn explained that he cares more about what his LGBTQ friends and family think and feel than what the bible says: It’s important to me what the Bible says about it. It is. I love the Bible. I preach from it every week. It’s very...

A he Wednesday Evening message at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills by one of the assistant pastors. The video is 58 minutes long.

Back in the 90s, few voices rang louder in evangelical youth groups than Ray Boltz. Choirs sang his ballads, even parents wept at his lyrics, and GMA Dove Awards were stacked on his shelf. His song, "Thank You," captured the imagination of a generation. "The Anchor Holds" gave solace to broken men. And in 1994, he took home Inspirational Song of the Year (at the GMA Dove Awards) for "I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb," a declaration of costly discipleship that echoed through sanctuaries like a modern creed. “I pledge allegiance to the Lamb With all my strength, with all...

4 September 2025Thursday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint Rose Church in Viterbo, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingColossians 1:9-14God has taken us out of the power of darknessEver since the day we heard about you, we have never failed to pray for you, and what we ask God is that through perfect wisdom and spiritual understanding you should reach the fullest knowledge of his will. So you will be able to lead the kind of life which the Lord expects of you, a life acceptable to him in all its aspects; showing the results...

3 September 2025 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary TimeAltar of St. Gregory the Great (590-604) with a 1772 mosaic, St. Peter's, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:1-8The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the worldFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy to the saints in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father....