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Governor Bradford of Massachusetts made this first Thanksgiving Proclamation three years after the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth: "Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience. . In everything give thanks; for this is the...

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:" Now, therefore, I do...

Daily Readings from the USCCBWhile some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus said, “All that you see here—the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” Luke 21:5–6In a literal way, this prophecy of our Lord came true. In 70 A.D., the Temple upon which they were commenting was destroyed. After prophesying this, Jesus then goes on to warn the disciples that there will be many confusions that will come. There will be false prophets, wars and insurrections,...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(11/25/25)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel’s “Messiah”John 1:2929 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.Holy Bible, The King James Version________________________

25 November 2025 Tuesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Brodnica, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingDaniel 2:31-45Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dreamDaniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, ‘You have had a vision, O king; this is what you saw: a statue, a great statue of extreme brightness, stood before you, terrible to see. The head of this statue was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet part iron, part earthenware. While you were gazing, a stone broke away,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Jesus Christ—the same yesterday and today and for all ages. (Hebrews 13:8)

In a pro-life win for children and families, Prince Albert II has rejected a proposed bill that would have legalized ending a pre-born child’s life on demand up to 12 weeks while expanding existing exceptions. The decision, delivered ahead of Monaco’s National Day, halts the bill because the prince holds final constitutional authority over legislation, according to the Monaco Tribune. Under the current law, updated in 2019, abortion in Monaco remains illegal in nearly all circumstances. Exceptions are cases posing a serious risk to the mother’s life or health, fetal conditions deemed “incompatible with life,” or pregnancies resulting from rape...

There are a lot of “solos” sung by our Protestant brethren: sola fide (saved by faith alone), sola Scriptura (Scripture alone is the rule of faith), and sola gratia (grace alone). Generally, one ought to be leery of claims that things work “alone.” Typically, many things work together in harmony; things are interrelated. Very seldom is anyone or anything really “alone.”The problem with “solos” emerges (it seems to me) in our mind, where it is possible to separate things out; but just because we can separate something out in our mind does not mean that we can do so in...

“‘Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here’” (Matthew 12:5–6). Seldom would any Christian today, even the most fastidious and rule-oriented among us, consider preaching, teaching Sunday school, leading youth ministry, or other similar work as profaning the Lord’s Day. Yet these activities require much time and effort—on Sunday. Likewise, the most scrupulous of the Jewish leaders in Jesus’ time viewed the priests as innocent of any Sabbath breaking, even though such...

[Catholic Caucus] Head of Italian bishops says ‘the end of Christendom is not a defeat’Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has described secularization as a providential opportunity to free the faith from 'constraints of power and culture.'The president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) has said that secularization was willed by God to deprive the Church of its cultural hegemony.On November 17, during the General Assembly of the Italian Bishops in Assisi, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi explained to his confreres why secularism should not be regarded as a defeat, but rather as a providential opportunity to rethink the way Christians live their faith.“What is...

The word “antinomianism” simply means “against the law.” “Anti” means against, and “nomos” means law. An antinomian is anyone who denies that God’s law is the standard or rule of conduct in the life of the believer. ........ And so they come to believe that Christ died so that they don’t need to worry about keeping God’s law, and they can safely stay in their sins against God’s law. To antinomians, the cross means that they can live their lives without measuring themselves against God’s law anymore. To an antinomian, God’s law is harsh, terrifying, and almost cruel. But if...

[Catholic Caucus] Abuse Commission Presses Vatican for OpennessThe Vatican’s safeguarding commission today urged the Holy See to be more transparent regarding the resignation of clerics, when related to issues of abuse.Publishing its second annual report today, the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) continued its appraisal of the Catholic Church’s response to the much-reported abuse crisis.The document presents the practices and policies of bishops’ conferences who have made ad limina visits to the Vatican during its reporting year, along with one of the Roman Curial departments. Examining the calendar year of 2024, PCPM examined – among others...

[Catholic Caucus] LEO IS FOLLOWING FRANCIS’ ABUSE COVER-UP PLAYBOOKDiarmuid Martin, after completing his studies for the priesthood in Ireland in 1969, worked in a Dublin parish before being sent to Rome for further studies in moral theology. Even though we were both pursuing licentiate degrees at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), we didn’t meet in class. Rather, we met through a common friend, Swiss Guard Wachtmeister Hans Roggen. After attending my diaconate ordination at the North American College in 1973, Diarmuid returned to Ireland only to come back to Rome in 1976 to spend most of his...

Interview with the Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X On the publication of Mater Populi fidelis.“To deny the title of Co-Redemptrix is tantamount to dethroning the Most Blessed Virgin. Such a thing wounds the Catholic soul in what is dearest to it.”FSSPX.News: Reverend Superior General, on the 4th of November the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (hereinafter “DDF”) issued a document entitled Mater Populi Fidelis, which restricts the use of certain titles traditionally attributed to the Most Blessed Virgin. What was your first reaction to it?Don Davide Pagliarani: I must confess that it had...

“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:18) It has been said that he who understands the two covenants is a theologian, and this is, no doubt, true. I may also say that the man who knows the relative positions of the Law and the Gospel has the keys of the situation in the matter of doctrine. The relationship of the Law to myself, and how it condemns me; the relationship of the Gospel to myself, and how...

Leo XIV Appoints Bishop Monteiro: Favours Female Ordination, Refers to Protestants as Role Model Today, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev Yohanes Hans Monteiro, 54, as Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia.He was ordained a priest on July 14, 1999. The article's picture shows him in 2024 celebrating 25 years as priest.Rev Monteiro completed a doctorate in 2018 in liturgy at the anti-Catholic University of Vienna, Austria."No Harm If Women Are Ordained"In 2024, Monsignor Monteiro wrote together with a certain Fransiska Widyawati a 16 page study entitled “Paus Fransiskus dan Kepemimpinan Perempuan dalam Gereja Katolik” (Pope Francis and women’s leadership in the...

Daily Readings from the USCCBMemorial of Saint Andrew Dŭng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs“I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.” Luke 21:3–4We must all see ourselves as this poor widow by offering our “whole livelihood” to Christ. Everything we have is a gift from God, and it must be offered back to God, sacrificially, as our gift to Him. The material offering made by this poor widow was two small coins worth very...

I. 1. And First, "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." The ritual or ceremonial law, delivered by Moses to the children of Israel, containing all the injunctions and ordinances which related to the old sacrifices and service of the temple, our Lord indeed did come to destroy, to dissolve, and utterly abolish. To this bear all the Apostles witness; not only Barnabas and Paul, who vehemently withstood those who taught that Christians ought "to keep the law of Moses;" (Acts 15:5;) not only St....

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(11/24/25)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel’s “Messiah”Matthew 11:3030 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.(END OF ACT ONE)Holy Bible, The King James Version________________________

The Sabbath was hallowed at the creation. As ordained for man, it had its origin when “the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” Job 38:7. Peace brooded over the world; for earth was in harmony with heaven. “God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good;” and He rested in the joy of His completed work. Genesis 1:31 All things were created by the Son of God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.... All things were made by Him; and without Him was...