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  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 18-October-2025

    10/18/2025 11:15:24 AM PDT · by annalex · 10 replies
    Saturday 18 October 2025 Saint Luke, Evangelist FeastSt. Luke the Evangelist, Westborough, MAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).First reading2 Timothy 4:10-17Only Luke is with meDemas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the coppersmith has...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 17-October-2025

    10/17/2025 4:51:35 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    17 October 2025 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Friday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeSaint Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church, Tarpon Springs, FL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 4:1-8Abraham was justified not by his actions but by faithWhat shall we say about Abraham, the ancestor from whom we are all descended? If Abraham was justified as a reward for doing something, he would really have had something to boast about, though not in God’s sight because scripture says: Abraham put his faith...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings xx-October-2025

    10/16/2025 5:03:00 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    16 October 2025 Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeAlter of St. Hedwig of Silesia, Assumption church, Zagan, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 3:21-30It is the same justice of God that comes to Jew and pagan alikeGod’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of...
  • The Attitude Is Here

    10/15/2025 5:04:06 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 5 replies
    Rapture Ready ^ | 10/14/25 | Dennis Huebshman
    Paul’s description of last days attitudes and negativity in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 bears reviewing. “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid Such People.” (ESV – all emphasis is mine) The fact is that being hated for being a Christian is not a...
  • Family Research Council Releases New Study Showing Shifting Views of U.S. Churchgoers

    10/15/2025 1:27:28 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Family Research Council ^ | October 13, 2025 | staff
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Family Research Council (FRC), in partnership with the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University (CRC) today released a new national survey of 1,003 regular churchgoing adults (July 2025), updating a comparable 2023 study. Given recent reports showing increased church-attendance, this new study brings to light some important areas for churches and pastors to think through. It identifies the beliefs that the people in the pews hold on a range of important topics and underscores why these need to be addressed with intentional, biblical clarity from the pulpit. Specific findings from the report are being released by...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 15-October-2025

    10/15/2025 10:25:33 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    15 October 2025 Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor on Wednesday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeBasilica of St. Teresa, ÁvilaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 2:1-11Do you think you will escape God's judgement?No matter who you are, if you pass judgement you have no excuse. In judging others you condemn yourself, since you behave no differently from those you judge. We know that God condemns that sort of behaviour impartially: and when you judge those who behave like this while you are doing exactly...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 14-October-2025

    10/14/2025 4:30:47 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    14 October 2025 Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeThe Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, where Callixtus' relics are housedReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 1:16-25These people knew God and failed to honour himI am not ashamed of the Good News: it is the power of God saving all who have faith – Jews first, but Greeks as well – since this is what reveals the justice of God to us: it shows how faith leads to faith, or as scripture says: The upright man finds life through faith. The anger of God is being revealed...
  • The High Cost of Prophetic Ignorance

    10/13/2025 2:29:26 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 15 replies
    Rapture Ready ^ | 10/11/25 | Daymond Duck
    Daniel had predicted the exact day Israel’s Messiah would arrive (69 weeks of years; 173,880 days after the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem on the Jewish calendar; Dan. 9:25; Neh. 2:1-8). That day had arrived. He and His 12 disciples were walking toward Jerusalem. They were approaching the towns of Bethpage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives (Luke 19:29). He sent two of the 12 ahead to look for a colt that had never been ridden and to bring it to Him. They found the colt, took it back to Jesus, cast their garments on the colt, set...
  • Through A Biblical Lens: Don’t Expect The Present Peace Plan To Lead To ‘An Everlasting Peace In The Middle East’

    10/13/2025 2:25:58 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 43 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 10/13/25 | Tom Gilbreath
    As I write this, the people of Israel, Gaza, and the world hope that the Gaza war is finally coming to an end. Will there be more delays? Probably. Has Hamas been removed? Over time, will Hamas be reborn or will a Hamas-like entity rise to take its place? The heart of terror is hatred, and this war has not snuffed that out. Still, the present peace deal appears to be an enormous achievement for President Trump and his administration. It has been praised from such divergent points of view as former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice....
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 13-October-2025

    10/13/2025 10:38:09 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    13 October 2025 Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, Tallulah, LouisianaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 1:1-7Our apostolic mission is to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nationsFrom Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures. This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our...
  • They Call It Love While They Rage Against Reality

    10/12/2025 3:50:10 PM PDT · by Morgana · 15 replies
    Disntr ^ | October 7, 2025 | staff
    A woman in a Transformers shirt stands outside Smith College, screaming at a group of middle-aged women holding a banner that reads, “Women are adult human females.” She flails, rages, and hurls profanity like holy water against demons, as though declaring reality itself were an act of hate. I don’t really want to put the video in here, as it is so full of foul language, so visit the link at your own risk. Source: Twitter – https://x.com/WDI_USA/status/1923776056349061189 There’s irony is that a “Transformer” is defending the delusion that you can transform what God has already defined. It’s almost poetic—sin...
  • God Is Using Israel To Try To Get The Attention Of The World… Yet even Many Christians Are Not Listening

    10/12/2025 11:02:56 AM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 68 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 10/11/25 | Robert Gottselig
    I am amazed by how many Christians seem unsure of where they should stand on the topic of Israel. Others openly oppose it altogether. And yet, the God we serve—the God of Israel—is using the Jewish State to try to get the attention of the world. That is what we read in Ezekiel 36:19-24, when God speaks about the Jewish people living in disobedience: “So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 12-October-2025

    10/12/2025 6:17:39 AM PDT · by annalex · 13 replies
    12 October 2025 28th Sunday in Ordinary TimeRipon Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading2 Kings 5:14-17Naaman the leper returned to Elisha and acknowledged the LordNaaman the leper went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. And his flesh became clean once more like the flesh of a little child. Returning to Elisha with his whole escort, he went in and stood before him. ‘Now I know’ he said ‘that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. Now, please, accept a present...
  • Papua New Guinea's parliament amends constitution to declare Christian identity

    10/11/2025 5:51:58 PM PDT · by Cronos · 14 replies
    Constitution net ^ | 12 March 2025
    Papua New Guinea’s Parliament has made a historic decision to amend the country’s Constitution, formally declaring its Christian identity while preserving the freedom to practice other religions. The amendment, approved by a strong majority of 80-4, will include references to Christianity in the Constitution’s Preamble. The updated wording recognizes “God, the Father; Jesus Christ, the Son; and Holy Spirit, as our Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe and the source of our powers and authorities.” Christianity will also be acknowledged in the Fifth Goal of the Preamble, with Section 1 affirming the nation’s Christian identity, and the Bible being...
  • Whether They Listen Or Not, We Must Proclaim The Truth That The King Is Coming Soon

    10/11/2025 12:08:24 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 57 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 10/10/25 | Jan Markell
    I was deeply moved by a Terry James’ article recently titled, “Warning the Clueless.” We all deal with them—the clueless and unaware. Many are clueless by choice! His point was that we as “watchmen on the wall,” who know what’s coming, must warn clueless people—Christians and non-Christians—that time is running out. As Terry says, “These believers are not being taught about Christ’s return—about the rapture—from most pastors in most pulpits. This is a neglected teaching in even well-known evangelical church bodies today.” Terry continues, “When Christians truly understand the nearness of the call from Jesus Christ, many will have a...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 11-October-2025

    10/11/2025 7:22:42 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    11 October 2025Saturday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. John XXIII Parish at Christmas, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJoel 4:12-21The day of the Lord is near; sun and moon grow darkThe Lord says this:‘Let the nations rouse themselves, let them marchto the Valley of Jehoshaphat,for I am going to sit in judgement thereon all the nations round.Put the sickle in:the harvest is ripe;come and tread:the winepress is full,the vats are overflowing,so great is their wickedness!’Host on hostin the Valley of Decision!For the day of the Lord is nearin the Valley of Decision!Sun and moon grow dark,the...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 10-October-2025

    10/10/2025 12:34:35 PM PDT · by annalex · 10 replies
    10 October 2025 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary TimeSt Paulinus Church, Crayford, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJoel 1:13-15,2:1-2Let all tremble, for the day of the Lord is comingPriests, put on sackcloth and lament.Ministers of the altar, wail.Come, pass the night in sackcloth,you ministers of my God.For the house of our God has been deprivedof oblation and libation.Order a fast,proclaim a solemn assembly;elders, call togetherall the inhabitants of the countryto the house of the Lord your God.Cry out to the Lord,‘Oh, what a day!For the day of the Lord is near,it comes as a devastation from...
  • The Other Ten Days of Awe

    10/09/2025 7:04:55 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 10 replies
    Rev310 ^ | 10/3/25 | Pete Garcia
    You have likely heard of the Jewish 'Ten Days of Awe' that occur from Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashana, or the Feast of Trumpets) to Tishri 10 (Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement); however, do you realize that Christians have their own 'Ten Days of Awe'? Let's first examine the Jewish ten days of awe before we delve into the Christian version. Israel The Jews today have three basic calendars: a civil calendar, a religious calendar, and the Gregorian calendar. Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets, is the fifth feast of the Lord. It occurs on the first day of...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 9-October-2025

    10/09/2025 5:02:19 AM PDT · by annalex · 7 replies
    9 October 2025 Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church, TorontoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingMalachi 3:13-20The day that is coming will burn up the wickedYou say harsh things about me, says the Lord. You ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ You say, ‘It is useless to serve God; what is the good of keeping his commands or of walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? Now we have reached the point when we call the arrogant blessed; yes, they prosper, these evil-doers; they try God’s patience and yet go...
  • Vice Prefect: Muslims can also pray in the Vatican Library

    10/08/2025 8:09:45 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 31 replies
    katholisch.de ^ | October 8, 2025 | Vice Prefect: Muslims can also pray in the Vatican Library
    Vice Prefect: Muslims can also pray in the Vatican LibraryEven in the most important library in Christendom, Muslims do not have to give up their prayers. "Of course, some Muslim scholars have asked us for a room with a carpet for praying and we have given it to them," said Giacomo Cardinali, Vice-Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, to the newspaper "La Repubblica" (Wednesday). The Vatican's book collection contains "incredibly old Korans", Cardinali continued. "We are a universal library, there are Arabic, Jewish, Ethiopian collections and unique Chinese items."