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We live in times in which mercy, like so many other things, has become a detached concept in people’s minds, separated from the things that really help us to understand it. For indeed, mercy makes sense and is necessary because we are sinners in desperate shape. Yet many today think it unkind and unmerciful to speak of sin as sin. Many think that mercy is a declaration that God doesn’t really care about sin, or that sin is not a relevant concept.On the contrary, mercy means that sin does exist. Thanks be to God for the glory, the beauty,...

25 you said by the holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant:‘Why did the Gentiles rage(A) and the peoples entertain folly?26 The kings of the earth took their stand and the princes gathered together against the Lord and against his anointed.’27 Indeed they gathered in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, Herod[a] and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,(B) 28 to do what your hand and [your] will had long ago planned to take place. 29 And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your...

A disgruntled former Walmart employee in North Carolina is accused of crashing into his old workplace and driving through the aisles, a report said. Lacy Gentry, 32, who was fired in February, allegedly rammed into a Walmart store in Concord at about 6 a.m. on April 2, Fox 46 reported. “He may have had some problem with the way the management was handling the issue that he had with them,” a Concord Police spokesman told the news outlet.

Georgetown University has announced a new program that will allow some Maryland prison inmates to earn bachelor’s degrees. The Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) will lead the five-year program. It will choose its first 25 students in the fall 2021 semester. By the program’s end, at least 125 inmates within the Maryland prison system will have earned bachelor’s degrees from the private university in Washington.

April 12, 2021Monday of the Second Week of EastertideHoly Rosary Church, Paia, Maui, Hawaii Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 4:23-31 ©They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldlyAs soon as Peter and John were released they went to the community and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard it they lifted up their voice to God all together. ‘Master,’ they prayed ‘it is you who made heaven and earth and sea, and everything in them; you it is who said through...

When President Joe Biden recently announced a $2.3 trillion spending plan, on the heels of the nearly $2 trillion bailout bill enacted in March, some Democrats in Washington complained. Their complaints: The price tag was not big enough, and the Washington power grab was not ambitious enough.... ...Less than 6% of Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan goes toward roads and bridges. Less than 2% goes to upgrade and repair America’s waterways, lakes, dams, ports, and airports. And while the Biden administration likes to cite expanding broadband as a priority, an idea that has bipartisan support, the administration devotes less than 5%...

A Long Island cop is in critical condition after a Mercedes driver stabbed him during a traffic stop Saturday night, officials said. Suffolk County Police Officer Christopher Racioppo was in a marked cruiser when he saw Jonathan Nunez, 25, allegedly driving a 1999 Mercedes Benz erratically and without headlights in Patchogue around 10:30 p.m., according to cops. ...

The national Democratic machine is in panic mode over the Arizona Senate’s Maricopa County ballot audit. On Tuesday, the Democrats sent in national fixer attorney Marc Elias’s firm Perkins Coie to throw around threats and make the audit go away. The stakes are astronomical for the Dems, after all the November 3, 2020 election steal gained them the presidency and control of Congress. The swing states in which the 2020 election steal occurred are key to uncovering the truth and proving the fraud in the election and Arizona is one of those states. Steve Bannon of the WarRoom Pandemic, Peter...

Remember Never Trump? For four years, an influential clique of think tankers, Republican operatives and talking heads claimed that any conservative who supported ­Donald Trump was complicit with a uniquely malevolent presidency. But if Trumpian conservatives are ­responsible for everything the 45th president was faulted for, then Never Trump should likewise own the evils of the new Biden administration. Never Trumpers spoke of the Trump GOP almost as if it were Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party, a dictator’s discredited political organ, badly in need of a purge. “President Donald Trump leaves office with a crimson-stained legacy,” thundered Peter Wehner, vice president...

Gun control advocate David Hogg announced that he is resigning from Good Pillow in order to focus on activism and his college studies.In a series of tweets Hogg, 20, said he had stepped away from the pillow company that he planned to be "progressive competition" for MyPillow CEO and vocal conspiracy theorist, Mike Lindell....He said: "Effective immediately, I have resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC. I want to thank his partnership and wish him absolutely nothing but success with the future of Good Pillow."

A new sealed arrest warrant for Ammon Bundy in Idaho leads supporters to surround his home this weekend but first.... In Canada a crowd gathered outside Edmonton's Grace Life Church this morning. The church surrounded by a three layer perimeter of fences ordered by Alberta provincial health authorities to prevent worship services in violation of coronavirus restrictions... At one point some people attempted to tear down the fencing but others along with the police put it back up. Comment This is a situation where provocateurs seeking to start conflict perhaps even undercover government agents or informants may be present... In...

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert for ground turkey products, including Wegmans brand. The products produced by Plainville Brands are recalled due to concerns they may have caused Salmonellosis. FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. The raw ground turkey products were produced on December 18, 2020 through December 29, 2020.

Human Events contributor Charlie Kirk’s radio show will broadcast on Salem Radio Network’s 77WABC and 107.1 FM WLIR from 12-1p.m. EDT—filling the coveted time slot of radio icon, Rush Limbaugh.The show will begin airing on Monday, April 12th.New York’s 77WABC was Limbaugh’s flagship radio station for decades, having aired his nationally syndicated hit show, The Rush Limbaugh Show beginning in August of 1988.“I am thrilled and honored to take the same time and station where my friend and American hero Rush Limbaugh launched his national radio show in 1988,” said Charlie Kirk. “I am so impressed with what John Catsimatidis...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (3.6 million is now a typical number of COVID vaccinations per day) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 237,796,105 (16,192,450 J&J) Administered: 187,047,131 (6,453,740 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 119,242,902 Fully Vaccinated: 72,630,892

In our collective battle in the Philippines against COVID-19 and its minions or variants there is now a great divide. On one side are the men and women from all professions and expertise who seek any and all remedies, possibilities and solutions to save lives, cure those infected and prevent further destruction and infections from taking place. They are the ones that have pushed for many new techniques, doing away with certain treatments for certain patients, improving handling, using different kinds of medicines for “Off Label” use such as Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, Remdesivir, Leronlimab and others. On the dark side of...

Pope Francis’ ‘ecological crusade’ is helping those who want to physically eliminate the poorThe Vatican’s formal presentation of its 'Pastoral Orientations on Climate Displaced People' marks the total subjugation of Church leadership to an ecological ideology, one that is anti-human at its core. While done in the name of defending the poor, it is actually a bullhorn for those who seek their elimination.April 7, 2021 (Daily Compass) – We can’t help but feel dumbfounded after reading the 26-page "Pastoral Orientations on Climate Displaced People." The Vatican document is replete with scientific and economic gibberish while sprinkled with warm Christian feelings...

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. 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

TEL AVIV, Israel—U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday declared an “enduring and ironclad” American commitment to Israel, reinforcing support at a tense time in Israeli politics and amid questions about the Biden administration’s efforts to revive nuclear negotiations with Israel’s archenemy, Iran.

US military pushes 'inclusion,' effeminacy while Russian recruitment ads emphasize masculinity

A riot is underway in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, and has already seen rioters injured, police property damaged, and an attempt to hurl a cement block at an officer’s head. The riot started in response to police involved shooting of a man who had an outstanding warrant and was in the process of fleeing from police.As National File reported, a riot is underway in the Minneapolis area. At least four black males jumped on and damaged two abandoned police cars, and another black male attempted to throw a cement block at a police officer, only to be immediately subdued by...