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“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (Proverbs 10:4-5 KJV).

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Posted on April 9, 2022 by Msgr. Charles PopeSee What the End Shall Be – A Homily for Palm SundayThe Passion, which we read in the liturgy for Palm Sunday, is too long to comment on in detail, so we will only examine a portion of it here.It may be of some value to examine the problems associated with the more moderate range of personalities involved. The usual villains (the Temple leaders, Judas, and the recruited crowd shouting, “Crucify him!”) are unambiguously wicked and display their sinfulness openly. But there are others involved whose struggles and neglectfulness are more subtle,...

April 10th 2022 6th Sunday of Lent Rimsko-Katolicheskiy Khram Svyatogo Georgiya Pobedonostsa; Roman Catholic church, Omsk, Russia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red This gospel is read at the procession with palms before Mass:GospelLuke 19:28-40 ©Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord.Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany,at the mount that is called Olivet,he sent two disciples,saying, ‘Go into the village opposite,where on entering you will find a colt tied,on which no one has ever yet sat;untie it and bring it here.If any one asks you,“Why are you untying...

The average person will take more than 600 million breaths over the course of their life. Every breath stretches the lungs' tissues with each inhale and relaxes them with each exhale. The mere motions of breathing are known to influence vital functions of the lungs, the production of air-exchange-enhancing fluid on their inner surfaces, and maintenance of healthy tissue structure. Now, new research has revealed that this constant pattern of stretching and relaxing does even more—it generates immune responses against invading viruses. The research team discovered that applying mechanical forces that mimic breathing motions suppresses influenza virus replication by activating...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died early Saturday morning after he was struck by a dump truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway. Haskins was 24 years old. Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Lt. Indiana Miranda said Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene. "He was attempting to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 when there was oncoming traffic," Miranda said in an emailed statement. She didn't say why Haskins was on the highway near Fort Lauderdale at the time. The accident caused the highway to be shut down for several hours, and Miranda said it's "an...

A chilling manifesto for ethnic cleansing, repression and genocide in Ukraine has been published by a major Russian state media outlet. One commenter called it a blueprint for "the final solution of the Ukrainian issue”, wiping the country from the map. Authored by controversial pro-Kremlin commentator Timofey Sergeytsev, it was published by major Russian state outlet RIA Novosti, a frequent Kremlin sounding board, suggesting this extremist treatise has the approval of senior figures in Vladimir Putin ’s circle. “War criminals and active Nazis should be exemplarily and exponentially punished,” he demanded. “There must be a total lustration. “Any organisations that...

SEATTLE — Washington state has launched a new program to save 10,000 acres of forest land as a carbon reserve. The Seattle Times reports the state intends to lease the trees as carbon credits to emitters of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The DNR is partnering with Finite Carbon, a developer and supplier of carbon offsets, which will verify the effectiveness of the offsets. Purchasers are expected to be larger corporations seeking to achieve reductions in their carbon emissions, said Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, adding that in the first 10 years of the program, the DNR hopes...

Sweden's infamous lockdown-sceptic health chief Anders Tegnell (pictured) is leaving his role to join the World Health Organization as a vaccine advisorSweden stood out among European nations and much of the world for the way it responded to the pandemic. Graph shows: The Covid death rate per million people in western European nations Announcing his new role, Professor Tegnell — who has been Sweden's state epidemiologist since 2013 — said: 'For 30 years, I have worked with vaccines and at the same time have always been passionate about international issues. 'It is still very important that the vaccines reach the...

In the final days of the occupation, Natasha says, a Russian soldier confronted her. She had ventured out to milk her cow, and he thought she was scouting Russian troop locations. She says he took her out to the middle of the road and pointed a gun to her head. "He was threatening me," she says. "And what did I say to him? I said I just wish one thing: that he would see my face for the rest of his days, so he would never forget what he's done here." The soldier spoke to someone else on his radio....

Even people who have had COVID-19 receive long-lasting benefits from a full course of vaccination, according to three recent studies. What's more, one of the studies found that the ‘hybrid’ immunity caused by vaccination and infection is long-lasting, conferring highly effective protection against symptomatic disease for at least six to eight months after vaccination.The data were collected before the Omicron variant emerged, casting some doubt on the studies’ relevance today. But if the findings hold up, they could inform vaccination schemes and vaccine passports, which some countries require for entry to places such as restaurants. The work also counters high-profile...

China’s corporate insiders are cheating small American investors of billions of dollars through advance information that enables lucrative trades just before the stock price falls.The total losses that insiders of Chinese companies listed on American exchanges have avoided by selling prior to price drops are at least $10 billion between 2016 and the middle of 2021, according to a new study of their security filings.Chinese company shares fell an average of 21 percent a year after the Chinese company insiders sold large quantities of stock, compared to a 2 percent rise after insiders from American companies sold. Given inflation, that...

Fred Fleitz, former chief of staff at the National Security Council, made his comments following a report that the U.S. released unverified information in order to stop Russia from invading Ukraine. In the wake of a report that the U.S. released unverified intelligence reports as a way to stop Russia from invading Ukraine, a former U.S. intelligence official said that the Biden administration needs to "clean house" at the National Security Council and other agencies. "We have to have a major housecleaning of these agencies," said Fred Fleitz, former chief of staff at the National Security Council and a longtime...

Pfizer hired 600 employees in the months after its COVID-19 vaccine was authorized in the United States due to the “large increase” of reports of side effects linked to the vaccine, according to a document prepared by the company.Pfizer has “taken a multiple actions to help alleviate the large increase of adverse event reports,” according to the document. “This includes significant technology enhancements, and process and workflow solutions, as well as increasing the number of data entry and case processing colleagues.”At the time when the document—from the first quarter of 2021—was sent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...

The United States will provide Slovakia with one Patriot air defense system after it transferred its S-300 air defense system to Ukraine.“I want to thank the Slovakian government for providing an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine,” President Joe Biden said on Friday in a statement. “To enable this transfer and ensure the continued security of Slovakia, the United States will reposition a U.S. Patriot missile system to Slovakia.”The Pentagon confirmed that Slovakia is supplying its S-300 air defense system to Ukraine.However, the deployment of the Patriot system is temporary and the two countries are still working on a permanent...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky greets British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kiev, Ukraine on 9 April 2022. (Credit: Sky News)Saturday, the world found out that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in Ukraine.Making a surprise visit to Ukraine’s capital, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Saturday promised more military equipment and missiles to Ukraine, underscoring his country’s role as Europe’s most enthusiastic supporter of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.Britain will provide 120 armored vehicles as well as new anti-ship missile systems to the Ukrainian military, Downing Street said in a statement issued to coincide with the prime minister’s meeting...

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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.

China is taking cats from their owner for extermination. The cats are collected in bags and hauled off for extermination. This video is going viral on social media. It is not clear when it was filmed but there are numerous reports out of China killing pets, some abandoned, due to COVID.

It is hard to destroy your own cause and feel righteous while doing so, yet the American left has done it. After more than two centuries at the vanguard of the struggle for freedom, the American left, broadly defined, executed a volte face and embraced anti-working-class policies marketed as purely technical public health measures. For two years the left has championed policies of surveillance and exclusion in the form of: punitive vaccine mandates, invasive vaccine passports, socially destructive lockdowns, and radically unaccountable censorship by large media and technology corporations. For the entire pandemic, leftists and liberals – call them the...