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The kingdom of the Beast is coming… …and it’s coming FAST! Things may look like a vast sea of disorganized chaos right now, but each piece is carefully and rapidly being assembled and positioned, and soon it will all come together into one giant nightmare for humanity. All the disinformation, the deception, the uncertainty, the manipulation, and the distracting illusions are heading to one final climactic endgame. And that big finish has been planned for eons. What no wise man, no philosopher, no king, no tyrant, and no President has ever been able to pull together will finally all be...

8 February 2026 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Gerolamo Emiliani Sanctuary, Lake Como, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 58:7-10Then will your light shine like the dawnThus says the Lord:Share your bread with the hungry,and shelter the homeless poor,clothe the man you see to be nakedand do not turn from your own kin.Then will your light shine like the dawnand your wound be quickly healed over.Your integrity will go before youand the glory of the Lord behind you.Cry, and the Lord will answer;call, and he will say, ‘I am here.’If you do away with the yoke,the clenched...

7 February 2026 Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Altarpiece and shrine of Saint Richard the Pilgrim, in San Frediano, at Lucca, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Kings 3:4-13Solomon chooses the gift of wisdomKing Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, since that was the greatest of the high places – Solomon offered a thousand holocausts on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared in a dream to Solomon during the night. God said, ‘Ask what you would like me to give you.’ Solomon replied, ‘You showed great kindness to your servant David, my father,...

6 February 2026 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Church of Saint Amandus in Nederhasselt, Ninove, BelgiumReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEcclesiasticus 47:2-13David sang out of love for his MakerAs the fat is set apart from the communion sacrifice, so David was chosen out of all the sons of Israel.He played with lions as though with kids, and with bears as though with lambs of the flock.While still a boy, did he not slay the giant,...

Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction. It’s part of daily life. But as AI becomes more powerful, serious spiritual questions have been raised: Is AI the Antichrist? Is AI connected to end times? And how should Christians think about AI? In my recent podcast, we cover the topic of AI because it isn’t something to discuss in the future. These are questions for right now. Is AI the Antichrist? The Bible tells us that in the last days, there’s going to be a world figure that will emerge—the Antichrist, also called the Beast and the Wicked One. I don’t...

The Bible describes a future period in which authority is concentrated not solely in traditional kingdoms, but in a limited number of powerful figures who operate beyond national boundaries. And that is why I am paying close attention to President Trump’s Board of Peace. Here are some fast facts: 1) President Trump will serve as chairman and wield considerable overall control. It will help resolve conflicts globally. He has the sole authority to invite new members and appoint a successor. 2) Global peace seems to be their goal, though they will participate in other global duties as well. The immediate...

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Dannon, wrote an opinion article titled, “Why are Jews still attacked worldwide?” To answer this staggering question, Danon wrote: International Holocaust Remembrance Day is meant to stop time. To force the world to confront the industrial murder of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. We remember these atrocities because memory is supposed to protect the future and because education is meant to prevent repetition. But honoring the victims demands more than ritual; it demands responsibility. That is why remembrance ceremonies take place, year after year,...

Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a 28-year-old Dutch lawyer, activist, and Catholic convert, announced on X that her Electronic Travel Authorization was revoked as of Jan. 13 and she may not enter the U.K. The U.K. government said her “presence in the U.K. is not conducive to the public good” and that she may not appeal it. The notice came just days after she accused Britian’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer of allowing “the ongoing rape and killing of British girls by migrant rape gangs” and criticized Starmer for threatening to block X in the name of “safety.”

5 February 2026 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary TimeSaint Agatha Church, Saint Louis, MissouriReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 2:1-4,10-12David's dying exhortation to SolomonAs David’s life drew to its close he laid this charge on his son Solomon, ‘I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man. Observe the injunctions of the Lord your God, following his ways and keeping his laws, his commandments, his customs and his decrees, as it stands...

4 February 2026 Wednesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Corsini Chapel, in the church of San Giovanni in Laterano, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 24:2,8-17David takes the guilt on himself to save IsraelKing David said to Joab and to the senior army officers who were with him, ‘Now go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and take a census of the people; I wish to know the size of the population.’ Having covered the whole country, they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. Joab gave...

As our nation marks the 250th anniversary of America's founding, we pause not simply to celebrate history - but to seek the God who gave it purpose. Real Life Network, in partnership with Family Research Council, invites you to stream live the National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance. Held at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, the gathering will bring together members of the United States Congress, state, and evangelical leaders from across the nation. America needs God. Let's be in prayer for our nation together!

3 February 2026 Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary TimeThe Church of St. Blaise, Sebaste, Antique, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30-19:3David mourns AbsalomAbsalom happened to run into some of David’s followers. Absalom was riding a mule and the mule passed under the thick branches of a great oak. Absalom’s head caught fast in the oak and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule he was riding went on. Someone saw this and told Joab. ‘I have just seen Absalom’ he said ‘hanging from an oak.’ Joab...

Monday 2 February 2026 The Presentation of the Lord Feast St Cornelius Catholic Church - Long Beach, CaliforniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.(This rule is not followed in the United States, so two separate readings are shown here).First readingMalachi 3:1-4The Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his TempleThe Lord God says this: Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the...

The list of 70 names in Genesis 10 is often called the Table of Nations because each man named was the original ancestor of an ethnic group that later became a nation. These post-diluvian men are the sons and descendants of Noah’s three sons. Japeth was Noah’s eldest son. His descendants are mentioned in Genesis 10:2-5. Japeth had seven sons. “The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras” (Genesis 10:2). Three of these names appear in the prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39. Magog, the second son of Japeth, fathered the children who...

On Jan. 19, 2026, the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) staff reported that Israel’s Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist Party, Bezalel Smotrich, said: Israel should issue Hamas a short ultimatum for disarmament and true exile, and once it expires—Israel should storm Gaza with all its might, destroy Hamas militarily and civilly, open the Rafah crossing with or without Egyptian consent, and allow Gaza residents to leave and seek their future elsewhere, where they won’t endanger the future of our children. This was the simple, self-evident position of the overwhelming majority of Israelis in the days after the massacre...

1 February 2026 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare, IrelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingZephaniah 2:3,3:12-13In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly peopleSeek the Lord,all you, the humble of the earth,who obey his commands.Seek integrity,seek humility:you may perhaps find shelteron the day of the anger of the Lord.In your midst I will leavea humble and lowly people,and those who are left in Israel will seek refuge in the name of the Lord.They will do no wrong,will tell no lies;and the perjured tongue will no longerbe found in their mouths.But they will...

31 January 2026 Saint John Bosco, Priest on Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. John Bosco Church, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 12:1-7,10-17David's penitence over UriahThe Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. He came to him and said:‘In the same town were two men,one rich, the other poor.The rich man had flocks and herdsin great abundance;the poor man had nothing but a ewe lamb,one only, a small one he had bought.This he fed, and it grew up with him...

30 January 2026 Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time church of St. Hyacintha in Viterbo, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 11:1-4,5-10,13-17David and BathshebaAt the turn of the year, the time when kings go campaigning, David sent Joab and with him his own guards and the whole of Israel. They massacred the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. David, however, remained in Jerusalem. It happened towards evening when David had risen from his couch and was strolling on the palace roof, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very...

BLUF: With the impossible third reelection of DJT, the political left knows they are losing “bigly” and are desperate. The changes Team Trump is making are not superficial like with previous Republican administrations; no, these are substantive, foundational, and will permanently remove the funding and power from political leftists of all stripes from now on, forever. But the leftists aren’t going to take this lying down. If they can’t have their own version of America, no one can. They’d rather watch it burn than see MAGA ever succeed. The tragic irony in all this is that the resistance the left...

29 January 2026 Thursday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Interior of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 7:18-19,24-29'The house of your servant will be blessed for ever'After Nathan had spoken to him, King David went in and, seated before the Lord, said: ‘Who am I, O Lord, and what is my House, that you have led me as far as this? Yet in your sight, O Lord, this is still not far enough, and you make your promises extend to the House of your servant for a far-distant future. You have constituted...