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Daily Readings from the USCCBThirty-second Sunday in Ordinary TimeJesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise.” Matthew 25:1–2The Parable of the Ten Virgins draws on culturally familiar language and practices from first-century Israel. Understanding the wedding customs of that time sheds light on its deeper meaning. First, the bride and groom did not choose each other. The father of the groom selected a bride for his son and spoke to the bride’s father...

"Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. And Abel . . . brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering; but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard" (Gen. 4:3-5). True discipleship is characterized by obedience to God’s Word. In John 8:31 Jesus issued an important statement to a group of people who were showing an interest in Him: "If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine." Sadly, they rejected His...

Wisconsin Democrats, days after winning control of state government, say they will try to make Wisconsin join a multistate compact that would award the state’s 10 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, even when Wisconsin voters pick someone else. The push could have national consequences. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact takes effect only once states holding at least 270 electoral votes, a majority of the Electoral College, have signed on. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have joined so far, totaling 222 electoral votes, The New York Times reported Thursday. Virginia became the latest...

Putting aside voter discontent, the abrupt, overwhelming shift in one solidly conservative state after another is possible, but doesn’t seem highly probable.Look at the map. Just look at it. If you have spent more than five minutes listening to the heartbeat of America—the hum of truck engines, the quiet grit in the grain silos, the packed-to-the-rafters rallies, and the sheer, undeniable pulse of neighborhoods demanding fiscal sanity and secure borders—the results coming out of this midterm cycle don’t just feel wrong. They defy gravity. They defy human intuition. Was this a 2020 rigged election all over again? For millions...

“For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law.” From James O’ Keefe, independent journalist, posting on Twitter (X), O’Keefe writes, JUST RECEIVED IN MAIL: Complaint/Summons to appear in Court in Minneapolis, Nov 16th. Once again I’m calling on all journalists to take a stance for the 1st amendment. If they can put me in jail for asking questions, they will do it to you. https://t.co/VmWFE70ElN— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) We’ve come to the point in the proceedings when it is time to hang together or we will surely hang separately. Soft-on-crime Hennepin County prosecutor Mary Moriaty finally found a crime...

When Democrats spent election night telling Republicans to "lawyer up," President Donald Trump made it clear he isn't going to sit there and take it. It's no secret that the Democrat Party plans to weaponize its new House majority against Trump, his administration, his allies, and even his staffers. Democrats couldn't even wait for the ink to dry on the midterm results before they started promising subpoenas and investigations. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the incoming chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led the charge. He issued a victory statement laying out his investigative plans and branding Trump's relatives...

By Dr. John BergsmaMany years ago I worked in a cafeteria in northern Virginia with a large group of people who mostly knew each other and lived in the same neighborhood. Around the 4th of July, they all decided to have a party, and out of politeness invited me, even though I was a bit of a stranger. They told me the party would start at “six” and I dutifully showed up at six sharp with a dish to pass. Little did I know that, in the local culture, things tended to start about two hours after the stated time....

FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth mother is facing a capital murder charge after police say she drowned her newborn baby in a motel bathtub before her boyfriend threw the body in a dumpster. What we know: Avia Cantrell, 23, and Camron Baker, 26, are now facing charges after a baby was found dead in a Fort Worth dumpster in the 7300 block of Camp Bowie Boulevard. According to court documents, Cantrell admitted to police that she delivered a baby girl at the Drummers Inn in Fort Worth last week. Police say Cantrell admitted to drowning the infant and...

It’s now legal to kill babies up to birth in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey on Friday used an emergency preamble to put into effect a law that permits abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy based solely on an abortionist wanting to sell an abortion that kills a baby up to birth. Her decision overrides a citizen petition that gathered more than 113,000 signatures to suspend and potentially repeal the measure. The filing came just two days before Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026 was scheduled to take effect on Nov. 8. By declaring the law an emergency, Healey blocks...

Two individuals were reportedly arrested at a Turning Point USA event at the University of New Mexico after protesters threatened to assault the group’s speaker, according to a report from Fox News. Authorities say that Kevin Castro has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct, and conspiracy. Castro is said to have thrown a lacrosse ball into a crowd at the Turning Point event, nearly striking an attendee. Harrison Magnus is charged with conspiracy, disorderly conduct, and concealing identity. Authorities claim that Magnus “had been communicating with Castro about plans to throw objects into...

Lebanon News & OSINT on X: "🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰🇺🇸 The U.S. State Department has declared Lebanon’s Consul General in Detroit, Ibrahim Sharara, persona non grata, ordering him to leave the United States by Sunday, November 8. The decision follows a Washington Free Beacon report highlighting social media posts attributed to Sharara in which he praised the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing, which killed 241 American servicemen. The report also highlighted Sharara’s participation in an Arab-American community event in Michigan attended by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed." Conversation @LebOSINT Lebanon News & OSINT @LebOSINT 🌲 - 🇱🇧🔰🇺🇸 The U.S. State...

The editor — who goes by “CopyleftEverything” — is also responsible for dozens of other edits to pages on the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the American Communist Party and the Revolutionary Communists of America. The editor was “diligent in what appears to be a clean-up of El-Sayed’s page” heading into Tuesday’s general election where the radical Dem defeated Republican Mike Rogers, according to investigative journalist Ashley Rindsberg. ..tracked revisions to El-Sayed’s page and posted them this week on X. They include a June 12 edit where wording is changed from El-Sayed “has never been granted a medical license” to...

JERUSALEM, Israel – Today, we get a rare inside look at what Christians have faced under Hamas rule in Gaza. One Christian who escaped the region tells CBN News that intimidation and religious pressure have reduced Gaza’s Christian community to just a few hundred people. Naji grew up as a Christian in Gaza. He says Hamas changed life dramatically after seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. He told us, “They completely restructured how everyday Gazans thought. They pushed a whole new set of ideas through mosques, teachings, periodic sermons, and structured religious circles.” This system also affected the...

WEST VIRGINIA (WOWK) — Former U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller is being remembered for his five decades of public service. In this episode, the man who was a West Virginian by choice is being remembered. Watch On the Record with Amanda Barren weeknights at 8 p.m. through our free streaming app, WOWK+ on Amazon Fire, Samsung, Roku, and Apple TV. Video on link 🔗🔗🔗🔗🔗

Israeli president Isaac Herzog has asked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form a new government in a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, the centrist Yashar party leader said Israel was 'in a true, tangible, and dangerous state of emergency'. He claimed Mr Netanyahu's government 'threatens, at the most fundamental level, the very existence of Israeli democracy'. Mr Herzog's decision has come following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power. Mr Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader, is fighting to stay in office after his religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority in an October 27 election but...

The international banker who is Canada’s Prime Minister has announced he will import 2.3 million extra migrants to reanimate an economy paralyzed by millions of prior migrants. “We are masters of our destiny,” banker and liberal party chief Mark Carney posted on Twitter, as his deputies revealed his sure-to-pass budget plan that will bring a record 2.3 million migrants over the next three years — even though 1.5 million Canadians lack jobs. Carney’s bloc of 2.3 million includes new migrants, temporary migrants, and permanent status for prior temporary migrants. They will enter a nation of 42 million, which already includes...

LEADERSHIP AND LISTENING "Listen to what I am saying," Job cried out to his "friends" in the biblical story. "That is all the comfort I ask from you. Give me a chance to speak, and then, when I am through, sneer if you like." Job didn't ask for much. But it was more than these colleagues were prepared to offer. Unfortunately, such encounters are far too frequent -- even among those we would expect to care about what we think or feel. Back in 1989, Admiral Carlisle Trost (then Chief of Naval Operations) asked a group at the Navy's...

Minnesota Governor-elect Amy Klobuchar is wasting no time pushing for new restrictions on law-abiding gun owners, even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether bans on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment. Just one day after winning the November 3 election, Klobuchar told reporters that legislation targeting firearms and magazines would be a top priority for her incoming administration. “The gun safety bill is going to get passed,” Klobuchar declared during her November 4 press conference. The timing is particularly significant. On December 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County...

Musk has big plans for Tesla and SpaceX in the Lone Star State, and now faces a blue wall of oppositionElon Musk made a $225 million bet on Texas. Now, a new wave of Democratic leaders has the power to stall his projects. Musk-run companies like SpaceX SPCX 8.62%increase; up pointing triangle and Tesla TSLA 4.23%increase; up pointing triangle have flourished in the state thanks to white-glove treatment from elected officials—mainly Republicans—including tax incentives, infrastructure benefits, and legislation that makes it difficult to sue his companies. That is about to change, Texas Democrats who spoke to The Wall Street Journal...

“Ye have not, because ye ask not.”- James 4:2 (KJV) Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority: in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. <And this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us. We know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him - I John 5: 14-15 "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them". - Ephesians 5:11 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; Who put...