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15 July 2026 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Wednesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Bonaventure - Plymouth, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 10:5-7,13-16Assyria's arrogance and coming ruinThe Lord of hosts says this:Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger,the club brandished by me in my fury!I sent him against a godless nation;I gave him commission against a people that provokes me,to pillage and to plunder freelyand to stamp down like the mud in the streets.But he did not intend this,his heart...

On July 8, 2026,Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave presents to the other leaders of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nations. The gifts were given at the meeting in Turkey. The present appears to be a rare Gümüsay .357 revolver, which was made by the Turkish company MKE about 30 years ago. Giving presents to NATO leaders is not unusual. Giving firearms to leaders of other countries was not unusual before WWI. Over a hundred years of demonization of civilian ownership of firearms has made it unusual. The revolver came in a presentation box which seems to have a...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (7/15/26)[Prayer]Personalities1 Samuel 14:1-33 14 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son...

Thumbs up to Secretary Rubio for going after the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has specialized in calling out our friends, such as the PM of Israel, and giving a pass to our enemies, like the late Fidel Castro. Between the two, who do you think engaged in more human rights violations? Who locked up more political opponents? What country has an active free press: Cuba or Israel? Secretary Rubio is on target with this: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday issued a new broadside in the U.S. fight with the International Criminal Court (ICC), announcing a diplomatic...

More than a year after a woman was found dead in a wellness house in Miami Beach, the doctor accused of giving her drugs as part of a "heart protocol" ceremony is facing criminal charges. Samuel Lee, 44, is facing a manslaughter charge in the Feb. 10, 2025 death of Tina Sodhi, court records show. Lee, a medical doctor certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, describes himself as a "holistic, integrative psychiatrist who uses a Spiritual approach towards mental health." But according to an arrest warrant, Lee used the alternative healing practices in a so-called "heart protocol"...

He has a long memory. A notorious rogue Nepalese elephant has stalked resident Shanichara Bote for years, killing four of his family members 14 years apart — including two even after they all moved miles away to try to escape the homicidal pachyderm. Bote’s nightmare began in December 2012, when Dhurbe — an infamous killer elephant whose human death toll is now up to 25 — fatally trampled the man’s parents in the Nepalese town of Madi near Chitwan National Park, the Kathmandu Post said. The grief-stricken son packed up and moved himself and the rest of his family to...

A leftist Canadian woman allegedly slapped a teen who was wearing President Trump-branded clothing on the Jersey Shore over the Fourth of July weekend — before she was arrested and detained by immigration officials. Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk when she became violent on July 3, according to court documents obtained by NJ.com. Tracey took issue with two of the beachgoers — who are minors — wearing “patriotic colored” sweatpants with the words “Trump” and “ICE” before she struck one of them across the face and...

President Trump, showman that he is, just dropped a serious teaser for what he’s calling one of the biggest announcements of his presidency. The announcement is set for Thursday in prime time. Speaking during a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, ahead of the highly anticipated address to the nation, Trump described it as “really, really big news” and stressed a core truth that has been central to his message for years. “Without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country," he told the press. The President was responding to a reporter's inquiry speculating...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Colombian national who allegedly tried to run them over — and the onetime “border czar” was swiftly given a fact check online. “Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive,” Harris wrote on X, referring to the 26-year-old man the Department of Homeland Security described as an “illegal alien” who “attempted to flee the scene” of an ICE operation in Maine on Monday. **SNIP** Backlash to Harris’ post was immediate — with many pointing out that she served as the...

An illegal migrant truck driver who killed three people after plowing into several vehicles on a Southern California freeway has been sentenced to less than five years in prison for the horrifying wreck. Jashanpreet Singh, 21, an Indian migrant who entered the US under the Biden administration, smashed into seven other vehicles on the 10 Freeway in Ontario in October 2025. Singh pleaded guilty to three counts of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the crime last week. He faced up to 10 years in prison, but was sentenced Tuesday to four years and eight months. Prosecutors said Singh...

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A 61-year-old man was partially pulled through a cabin window after it dislodged on a Ryanair Boeing 737 shortly after take-off from the Greek city of Thessaloniki. His wife and nearby passengers managed to pull him back inside as the plane descended. Svetlana Maksimovic says her husband's face has been "completely disfigured" and that he is struggling to recover in hospital Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband, Ljubisa Karovic, had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when they heard a deafening bang. Seconds later Ms Maksimovic turned to see her 61-year-old husband being sucked through a dislodged cabin window....

First Minister John Swinney has apologised to a Dundee girl who brandished weapons at a Bulgarian man who was later convicted of assaulting her Ilia Belov, 22, was convicted last week of grabbing and pushing the girl and uttering sexual remarks to the girl and her friends last year. Swinney said he would apologise to the girl, as he said his comments at the time of the incident were based on the information he had on the case at the time. Police Scotland have now admitted that their initial statement "did not fully reflect the situation." It was initially indicated...

Sima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four. Sitting with her children in their mud-brick room in Badghis province, Sima says: “After the Taliban entered the country, I had just finished the sixth grade and was supposed to start the seventh. But two months later, my father pressured me immensely to marry my cousin. After being beaten by my father several times, I was forced to accept.” At 13, Sima became a bride inside the compound where she still lives, and where she has given birth to her children....

Let this be a lesson for everyone foolish enough to cast Spain as underdogs. How they enjoyed dishing it out here, reducing France to passengers and surely guaranteeing nobody will make the same mistake twice. those minded to back against Luis de la Fuente’s side will need a mightily compelling reason. France never came close to finding one. Kylian Mbappé had one last go in added time, shooting harmlessly over, and his forlorn expression upon glancing up to check the clock said more than enough. He knew the game was up but, in truth, that had barely been in question...

Daily Readings from the USCCBMemorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” Matthew 11:25–27Jesus’ praise of the Father, as recorded in today’s...

"You are . . . a royal priesthood" (1 Pet. 2:9). Christians serve the King and will someday reign with Him in His Kingdom. In Exodus 19:5-6 God says to Israel, "If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples . . . and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." They were to be both priests and royalty, but they violated the covenant and forfeited those privileges. Now, according to Peter, Christians are the royal priesthood of God. The Greek...

A large protest occurred Tuesday in Maine, a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were involved in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man, who officials say was not the intended target of the operation. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said he was briefed on the deadly encounter by Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, who confirmed that ICE agents conducting an operation in the area were involved in the shooting. The man who was killed was identified as 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Guerrero, a spokesperson for King's office told ABC News. The officer involved in Monday's shooting was a...