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"Saint Matthew" Abbey of Grandmont, 1231 JESUS CALLS MATTHEW: "FOLLOW ME". 2 8 A. D. Bible Timeline Resources to CLICK: To read MATTHEW 9 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it To see an ANIMATION of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or JohnHarmony of the Gospels Mt9 + Mk2 + Lk5 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible .MATTHEW9:9-13 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed...

A February 2020 statement signed by more than two dozen scientists that claimed the coronavirus naturally jumped from humans to animals was “orchestrated” to hurt then-President Donald Trump politically, Sen. Lindsey Graham charged Tuesday night. “This is the Russia dossier all over again,” Graham (R-SC) told Fox News’ “Hannity.” “This stinks to high heaven. This is Lab-gate, China-gate, call it whatever you want to call it.” Graham was referring to a message published in the British medical journal The Lancet that dismissed the theory that the virus accidentally leaked out of a virology lab in Wuhan, China

There's no hiding from the Left and hoping they'll go away.You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you. Many Americans—focused on their businesses, careers, home, and family—prefer to ignore the political battles and attendant controversy dividing our country. But neutrality is no longer an option. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about Americans’ love of being left alone. He called it “individualism,” and he fretted that one of the risks to our experiment in self-government was the tendency to retreat from questions concerning the public—political questions—in favor of enjoying our private lives. The risk, he recognized, was...

A new study suggests the COVID-19 vaccines offer previously infected patients with no greater immunity than they already have, a claim frequently made by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., an ophthalmologist.Sen. Paul hailed the findings Tuesday on Twitter:"Great news! Cleveland clinic study of 52,238 employees shows unvaccinated people who have had COVID 19 have no difference in re-infection rate than people who had COVID 19 and who took the vaccine.""Individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection are unlikely to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before," the study concluded. https://www.newsmax.com/politics/study-vaccinations-pandemic-covid/2021/06/08/id/1024390/

June 9, 2021 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time Church of St Colmcille, Inistioge Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading2 Corinthians 3:4-11 ©The new covenant is a covenant of the SpiritBefore God, we are confident of this through Christ: not that we are qualified in ourselves to claim anything as our own work: all our qualifications come from God. He is the one who has given us the qualifications to be the administrators of this new covenant, which is not a covenant of written letters but of the Spirit: the written letters bring death, but the Spirit gives life....

Jack Ciattarelli, a former state assemblyman, is set to challenge New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy in November after he clinched the Republican nomination for governor in the primary election on Tuesday. Fifty-nine year-old Ciattarelli won more than 49 percent of the vote in the Republican primary with nearly 80 percent of precincts reporting, and he defeated his fellow GOP challengers — Philip Rizzo, Hirsh Singh, and Brian Levine — most of whom aimed to be closely associated with the agenda of former President Donald Trump.

A federal judge has ruled that California's 32-year-old assault weapons ban is unconstitutional -- and that the state cannot limit civilian access to weapons he considered to be "fairly ordinary, popular, modern rifles."

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world -- possibly forever. Over the past year, Americans were forced to adhere to social distancing guidelines, an untold number of small businesses were shuttered, and social gatherings were basically eliminated. Together, these draconian rules (and many others, such as wearing face masks everywhere) attempted to create a “new normal.” Thankfully, we are closer to the end of the pandemic than the beginning, principally due to Operation Warp Speed. Yet, many unanswered questions remain. Perhaps the most important of all is: What is the actual origin of COVID-19? And could another pandemic be in...

Amazon has banned T-shirts mocking Vice President Kamala Harris and books critical of transgender ideology, but allows the sale of memorabilia proclaiming “Blue Lives Murder.” Through Amazon, clothing makers are selling T-shirts, hats, bandannas, and masks that feature the anti-police slogan. Today for just $15.99 users can buy a “Blue Lives Murder” adjustable face mask and—for only $1 more—a baseball cap bearing the same slogan. Amazon defended the products, saying it strives to provide its customers “with the widest possible selection” of goods. “We do not endorse the content of any particular book, video, or product,” an Amazon spokeswoman said....

Liberal billionaire George Soros signed an open letter in 2019 calling on 2020 presidential candidates to adopt the infamous “wealth tax” on the rich. But he reportedly paid no federal income tax three years in a row. Soros-funded outlet ProPublica published a report exposing how “Soros paid no federal income tax three years in a row.” A Soros spokesman reportedly told ProPublica: “‘Between 2016 and 2018 George Soros lost money on his investments, therefore he did not owe federal income taxes in those years. Mr. Soros has long supported higher taxes for wealthy Americans.’” [Emphasis added.] But as The Dan...

Jessamyn Stanley needs you to know what yoga is really about - and it's not the poses. In her new book Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, the yoga instructor and body activist shares reflective personal essays that touch upon everything from racism to the cultural appropriation of American yoga, from consumerism to cannabis. … The book explores the existence of white supremacy and cultural appropriation in American yoga. "I would venture to say that everything in our collective society is rooted in white supremacy. I am sure there are many people who would disagree with that, and honestly I don't...

I’m not inclined to hire a graduate from one of America’s elite universities. That marks a change. A decade ago I relished the opportunity to employ talented graduates of Princeton, Yale, Harvard and the rest. Today? Not so much.

Former President Trump endorsed Mike Carey on Tuesday in his campaign to represent the 15th Congressional District of Ohio. Trump, who carried the district handily in 2020, weighed in on the race by saying, “He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Carey has been campaigning with Corey Lewandowski, one of President Trump’s closest advisors and his first campaign manager. The duo recently completed 7 campaign stops throughout the district over a two day period. Lewandowski endorsed Carey earlier this year, saying the country needed Carey to “beat back the radical ideas coming from Pelosi & Biden.”

School board members and parents in the Massapequa School District held a rally on Tuesday afternoon denouncing what they called threats New York State officials made to the district regarding the district's decision to be mask-optional on Monday as detailed in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control from the New York State Health Commissioner. The group shouted "Bully" as they talked about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo during the rally at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa Park. [snip] Jeanine Caramore, Vice President of the School Board, said state officials threatened the district by saying the state would...

The duplicitous and anti-American actions of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is like the worst song you’ve ever heard looping on your MP3 player incessantly. He is the ultimate RINO — Republican In Name Only — and has done everything he can to subvert the MAGA movement since before Donald Trump was first inaugurated. His latest ploy involves his Super PAC. Okay, so technically it’s not HIS Super PAC since such things would be illegal but he controls where the funds go, which candidates to support, and which ones to attack. He has pointed his guns at pretty much anyone...

President Joe Biden and his European Union counterparts will commit to ending outstanding trade battles next week at an EU-US summit in Brussels on June 15, as globalists eager to get back to ‘business as usual’ seek to unravel tariffs related to a steel and aluminum conflict which came to a head under the Trump administration – contributing to over $18 billion in US and EU exports subject to steep levies. According to Bloomberg, which has seen a draft of the conclusions, the allies will agree to resolve disagreements – including a nearly two-decade old aircraft dispute which involves illegal...

CHARLOTTE, NC – U. S. Representative Ted Budd is riding high after a key endorsement from former President Donald Trump. “I’m giving him my complete and total endorsement,” said Trump during a speech in Greenville, NC. “It’s absolute the honor of a lifetime,” said Budd. Budd says he learned of the endorsement 15 minutes before Donald Trump took the stage at the North Carolina GOP Convention this past weekend. “Within 90 seconds the online donations from around the country were coming in with lots of very kind messages saying God, bless you,” explained Budd. Budd says having Trump in his...

Prince Harry has threatened the BBC with legal action after it reported that he and Meghan Markle did not ask the Queen for permission to name their daughter Lilibet - as an extraordinary three-way briefing war broke out between the Sussexes, the Palace and the corporation. Senior Buckingham Palace sources told BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond this morning that the Queen was 'never asked' her opinion on the couple's decision to name their new baby after her childhood nickname. However, Harry hit back within 90 minutes of the BBC's report being published through a statement from his and Meghan's close...

The results of Tuesday's 2021 Democratic primary make it completely clear that the extremist abortion views of the last four years will continue into this year’s elections. All three winners of this primary hold radical positions on abortion, including allowing abortion through all nine months of pregnancy and turning a blind eye to infanticide if a baby survives an abortion. None of the three winners condemned Gov. Northam’s comment in 2019 that indicated how a baby who survived an abortion could be killed after birth. Former Governor Terry McAuliffe, the winner of Tuesday’s primary for Governor, is on record as...

It appears that the election of Los Angeles County District Attorney, George Gascón, on November 3, 2020, was engulfed in substantial, and perhaps irrefutable, fraud. To determine this, I applied standard statistical fraud identification tools to the election data. In this race, Gascón, previously district attorney of San Francisco County, challenged Jackie Lacey, the incumbent. Lacey, who held the office for the prior eight years (2012 to 2020), and is considered to have conducted her duties in a “tough-on-crime” manner. I begin with the publicly available final election report, as posted on the web by the Los Angeles County Registrar...