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  • AMERICA PRAYER VIGIL (Mar 28, 2024) *PRAYER*

    03/28/2024 1:15:42 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 2 replies
    Free Republic ^ | Mar 28, 2024 | Free Republic Intercessors
    Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.
  • [Catholic Caucus] ‘Servant of Freemasonry’: Viganò rebukes bishop who approved pagan ritual before Mass at cathedral

    03/27/2024 7:04:19 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | March 27, 2024 | Stephen Kokx
    [Catholic Caucus] ‘Servant of Freemasonry’: Viganò rebukes bishop who approved pagan ritual before Mass at cathedralThe archbishop said a ''shamanic ceremony' 'desecrate(d) the Cathedral of the Diocese of Superior (WI) on the very day on which the Holy Chrism is consecrated.'(LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò issued a stinging rebuke of an American bishop who allowed a pagan ritual to be performed inside his cathedral earlier this month. In a X post published last Friday, Viganò condemned the ceremony as a “sacrilegious act.” He referred to the prelate who permitted it as a “squalid official of the ecumenical religion.”“The shamanic...
  • 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 - 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝙖𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 by Cardinal Mario Grech

    03/27/2024 5:01:44 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 8 replies
    Facebook ^ | March 26, 2024 | Cardinal Mario Grech
    𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 - 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝙖𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 by Cardinal Mario Grech𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 - 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝙖𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚by Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the SynodSpecial theological exchange - Berne, 19th March, 2024Thank you for the following two questions you have put to me:Synodality and doctrineThe synodal process is a learning path for the Roman Catholic Church to incorporate the insights of all its members as it seeks and experiments with ways forward into an as yet unknown future. However, official church regulations on doctrine, law and practice leave little room for manoeuvre in many respects. Moreover, in Catholic mentalities, innovation...
  • [Catholic Caucus] African priest: ‘Pope Francis is a new Judas’ for betraying Christ’s teachings

    03/27/2024 2:52:34 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 8 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | Father Jesusmary Missigbètò
    [Catholic Caucus] African priest: ‘Pope Francis is a new Judas’ for betraying Christ’s teachings‘Francis is playing the role of Judas by sacrificing the traditional truths that the Church received from Jesus,’ Father Jesusmary Missigbètò writes.(LifeSiteNews) — The following is an open letter by Father Jesusmary Missigbètò. His previous writings can be viewed here.OPEN LETTER ‘MARIA SUPPLICANS’concerning the truth about Pope Francis and his moral and doctrinal errors Part 5; 24 March 2024; Palm Sunday Dear faithful Catholics throughout the world,Today the Church enters the special time of Holy Week. At the end of this time, the victory of the Risen...
  • Gospel of Luke Ch. 11 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 22

    03/27/2024 2:52:15 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 1 replies
    "And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? "And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Leading Italian bishop, Vatican newspaper pay tribute to ‘Via Crucis of a Gay Boy’

    03/27/2024 2:27:03 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 8 replies
    Catholic Culture ^ | March 26, 2024 | Catholic World News
    [Catholic Caucus] Leading Italian bishop, Vatican newspaper pay tribute to ‘Via Crucis of a Gay Boy’The Vatican newspaper has published Bishop Francesco Savino’s preface to Via Crucis di un ragazzo gay [Via Crucis of a Gay Boy], a new book by Luigi Testa, an Italian law professor.Appointed a bishop in 2015, Bishop Savino has been the vice president of the Italian Episcopal Conference since 2022. Father Sergio Massironi, an official of the Dicastery for the Promoting Integral Human Development, contributed an afterword to the book.In conjunction with Bishop Savino’s preface—which focused more on the prelate’s own reflections than on the...
  • LIVE: Islamic Pakistan Flag RAISED At Westminster Abbey During Easter Week

    03/27/2024 11:18:55 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 9 replies
    Youtube ^ | 3/27/24 | Mahyar Tousi TV
    Another controverial decision by Church Of England’s Justin Welby to raise an islamic flag from Westsminster Abbey during Easter period.Westminster has fallen
  • [Catholic Caucus] My Catholic Life! Rejecting Empty Promises - Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - Catholic Caucus/Devotional

    03/27/2024 8:26:47 AM PDT · by fidelis · 3 replies
    My Catholic Life (YouTube) | March 27, 2024 | My Catholic Life
    Daily Readings from the USCCBOne of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. Matthew 26:14–16The desire for money can become a powerful incentive to betray our Lord. In this Gospel passage, it seems clear that Judas’ betrayal was based on his desire for money. He most likely had some level of faith in our Lord, or he wouldn’t...
  • BIBLE art ✝️ “GRUESOME PROCESS: THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS THE CHRIST, Part 1” ✝️ Link to New Video, PASSION OF THE CHRIST Series

    03/27/2024 7:02:07 AM PDT · by Hebrews 11:6 · 9 replies
    GUSTAVE DORÉ "Crucifixion of Jesus"
  • PRAYER REQUESTS - March 27, 2024 [Prayer]

    03/27/2024 6:07:23 AM PDT · by stars & stripes forever · 7 replies
    Free Republic ^ | 3/27/2024 | Free Republic Intercessors
    Welcome to the PRAYER REQUESTS thread. This daily thread is a listing of prayer requests that have been posted by Freepers to the main forum who wish to have continued prayer. Hopefully this thread will remind us to continually pray for our fellow Freepers’ cares and needs. GOD hears and answers our prayers.Please remember to continue to pray and encourage those who are on the prayer list.
  • Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (3/27/24)[Prayer]

    03/27/2024 5:25:42 AM PDT · by left that other site · 16 replies
    The Holy Scriptures | 3/27/24 | left that other site
    Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (3/27/24)[Prayer]The Names and Titles of God (Judge, lawgiver, and King)Isaiah 33:22:22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.The King James Version__________________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 27-March-2024

    03/27/2024 4:42:55 AM PDT · by annalex · 15 replies
    27 March 2024 Wednesday of Holy Week St. John of Damascus Orthodox Church, Dedham, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 50:4-9 ©Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach meThe Lord has given mea disciple’s tongue.So that I may know how to reply to the weariedhe provides me with speech.Each morning he wakes me to hear,to listen like a disciple.The Lord has opened my ear.For my part, I made no resistance,neither did I turn away.I offered my back to those who struck me,my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;I did not...
  • Enemies of Humility: Selfish Ambition - Evangelical Caucus/Devotional

    03/27/2024 12:40:32 AM PDT · by metmom · 2 replies
    Gracetoyou.org ^ | 1997 | John McArthur, Grace Community Church
    “But Jesus answered and said, ‘You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?’ They said to Him, ‘We are able’” (Matthew 20:22). Selfish ambition in spiritual things shows that we are ignorant of the real path to God’s glory. Yesterday we saw that James and John, with their mother, posed a bold power-play question to the Lord Jesus. Now, as He answers them, they display another attitude at odds with the humble spirit: selfish ambition. If the brothers’ power-play request was brazen, it was also very...
  • AMERICA Prayer Vigil March 27, 2024 ~PRAYER~

    03/26/2024 11:58:09 PM PDT · by Norski · 16 replies
    FreeRepublic ^ | March 27th, 2024 | FreeRepublic Intercessors
    Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom 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.
  • Prayer for my daughter Anna

    03/26/2024 11:46:58 PM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 85 replies
    Free Republic ^ | 3-27-2014 | UMCRevMom@aol.com
    Anna's due date is in June. She is having a problem pregnancy with that sent her to E.R. She was released from E.R. without resolving the cause for bleeding. She also is working from home and caring for her 7,5,and 3 year old. We try to help but need your prayers.
  • Academic surprise: Jesus’s healings, exorcisms virtually undisputable

    03/26/2024 9:58:57 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 03/25/2024 | Gary Habermas
    An absolutely amazing feature in recent critical New Testament thought is the significant alteration that has developed regarding the scholarly attitude concerning [Jesus’ miracles]. Due to the evidential application of historical considerations to the Gospels ... critical scholars virtually across the scholarly spectrum acknowledge that Jesus was a healer and an exorcist. This is not necessarily to answer the questions of what really or exactly happened on those occasions or what was the ultimate cause of the events in the sense of being from God’s hand and so on, but it is granted by scholars today that events at least...
  • hurch’s Western-Themed Easter Play Sees Cowboy Jesus Getting Shot and Then Crucified + Wild Yellow Face

    03/26/2024 7:31:12 PM PDT · by Morgana · 3 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 26, 2024 | staff
    Church of the Rock in Winnipeg, led by pastor Mark Hughes, is known for its unique Easter sermons, interpreting the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord of Glory as Hollywood blockbusters, ranging from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Toy Story, Star Wars, Tombstone, Indiana Jones, Robin Hood, Back to the Future, and Pirates of the Caribbean. We last covered them after they crucified Iron Man on stage, then crucified Buzz Lightyear, Simba. and then most recently Batman. A straightforward exegesis and the proclamation of the good news of the resurrection as told by the scriptures is seemingly...
  • Psalms, Hymns, and ‘Miley Cyrus’ Songs? Church Worships to Dance Remix of ‘The Climb’

    03/26/2024 7:27:09 PM PDT · by Morgana · 5 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 26, 2024 | staff
    he Ambassador Seed of Love Church, which is part of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ (COOLJC), is a Philadelphia-based Oneness Pentecostal church led by Edward “Busta” Fields. COOLJC differs from many Pentecostal denominations and groups in that it doesn’t allow women to be pastors and has a stricter view of divorce and remarriage, though for teh most part it follows the same beats. During a recent church service, Seed of Love Church did not merely perform Miley Cyrus’ 2009 hit The Climb, as some sort of mid-service performance or musical interlude, as many churches do, but actually incorporated...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Female Synod advisor appointed by Pope Francis says ‘women deacons’ are a ‘possibility’

    03/26/2024 6:44:09 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | March 26, 2024 | Andreas Wailzer
    [Catholic Caucus] Female Synod advisor appointed by Pope Francis says ‘women deacons’ are a ‘possibility’Maria Lucchetti Bingemer is one of three new consultants for the Synod on Synodality appointed by Pope Francis who have endorsed so-called ‘women deacons.’VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — One of the female advisors appointed to the Synod by Pope Francis has said women deacons are “a possibility.”In an interview with the news outlet of the German bishops, katholisch.de, theology professor Maria Lucchetti Bingemer said that thanks to Pope Francis, “There is already more visibility of women in leadership positions, and this creates an ecclesiological fact: women are...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech sets out vision for ‘rainbow’ synodal Church

    03/26/2024 6:19:32 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    The Pillar ^ | March 25, 2024 | The Pillar
    [Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech sets out vision for ‘rainbow’ synodal ChurchThe Secretary General of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops used an interview with a Swiss newspaper last week to lay out a vision for the Church, which addressed several contentious issues, including women’s ordination, same-sex blessings, and division among the world’s bishops. Cardinal Mario Grech. Image via Archdiocese of ManilaIn the March 21 interview Cardinal Mario Grech described that he believes synodality can help the Church move from “uniformity of thought” to “unity in difference,” while reshaping the exercise of authority within global Catholicism.As the chief organizer of the global...