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Daily Readings from the USCCB“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Matthew 9:37–38What does God want of you? What is your mission? Some fervent Christians may dream of becoming a popular evangelist. Some may dream of doing heroic acts of charity that are praised by all. And others may wish to live a very quiet and hidden life of faith, close to family and friends. But what does God want of YOU? In the passage above, Jesus exhorts His disciples to pray for “laborers...

President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, December 7. Trump held talks with Macron inside the Elysée Palace ahead of the re-opening ceremony for Notre-Dame Cathedral, with Zelensky then arriving and immediately joining them. The trio posed for a picture but made no further public comment before starting the talks.

Former US president Bill Clinton on Wednesday said young people in America today “can’t believe” that late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walked away from a Palestinian state during peace negotiations with Israel under his mediation as president. Clinton added, in reference to the failed Camp David talks of 2000, that having turned down a “once in a lifetime” peace opportunity, “you can’t complain 25 years later when the doors weren’t all still open, and all the possibilities weren’t still there.” “I think what’s happened there in the last twenty-five years is one of the great tragedies of the twenty-first century,”...

Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.

Nine attackers were found guilty of raping a girl in a Hamburg city park ... A woman has been given a prison sentence in Germany for making 'harmful comments' towards a gang-rapist after learning of his heinous crime. The man was one of nine attackers who were found guilty of brutally raping a 15-year-old girl in a city park in Hamburg - with all but one of the convicted men and teenagers allowed to walk free. Anger grew online and his name and number were leaked - with a 20-year-old woman among those who messaged him to share their disgust...

Adam Stafford King, the Elburn veterinarian charged with possessing child pornography, has filed a 32-page brief in federal court seeking the overturn of a federal judge’s decision to hold him in pre-trial detention. King, 39, was arrested March 22 at his home in Elburn after an investigation allegedly found that he had sent sexually explicit images and videos of children being sexually abused to a man in New York. A criminal complaint filed in federal court also alleges that King told the same person that he planned to sexually abuse his newborn son when he returned home with him from...

Birthright citizenship is a much discussed topic in the media as some Republicans have toyed with the idea of getting rid of it, arguing that it was never constitutional. Congressman Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., earlier this week criticized a loophole that Chinese nationals are reportedly using to get U.S. citizenship through a U.S. territory. "Under an Obama-era policy, Chinese nationals can visit the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa," Tiffany wrote on the social media platform, X. "Chinese women visit the islands to deliver their babies who automatically become U.S. citizens." According to reports, there is a...

Citing "evidence" provided by the Romanian Intelligence Service alleging that Russian participation in a social media campaign may have unduly influenced voters, Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round results in which Calin Georgescu (Independent) finished first (22.9%) and Elena Lasconi (Save Romania Union) second (19.17%). This effectively cancels the top-two runoff leaving it up to Parliament and the Prime Minister to reschedule a new round one election. Lasconi opposed the court's action, saying "the Romanian state trampled over democracy" and predicted that "God, the Romanian people, the truth and the law will prevail." Alliance for the Union of Romanians...

Iran intends to "significantly increase" its production of highly enriched uranium, according to a confidential report released Friday by the UN nuclear watchdog and seen by the AFP news agency. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report noted that updates to the design of Iran's Fordow facility would "significantly increase the rate of production of uranium enriched up to 60 percent." The new production rate is expected to exceed 34 kilograms of highly enriched uranium per month, a substantial jump from the previous rate of 4.7 kilograms. In its report, the IAEA urged Iran to allow inspections "as a matter...

The Hamas terror group on Saturday published footage of hostage Matan Zangauker, who was kidnapped to Gaza during the October 7 massacre, together with his girlfriend Ilana Gritzewsky. Gritzewsky was released in the November 2023 prisoner swap deal. Last week, Hamas published footage of hostage Edan Alexander. In the video clip, Alexander, an American citizen, said that he had been held for over 420 days, and asked US President-elect Donald Trump to free him. Video In the video clip, Zangauker turns to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he is "very disappointed" in the offer to give anyone who...

On Jan 6, 2021 Michael Byrd murdered Ashli Babbitt. He shot her as she attempted to enter the Speaker's Lobby in the Capitol through a window she did not break. For his actions, democrats rewarded him handsomely, even promoting him. House Democrats pressured U.S. Capitol Police to provide special financial assistance and even a promotion to the officer who fatally shot unarmed protester Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer and charitable assistance not provided to other officers, according to internal emails reviewed by Just the News. "He is very upset...

Britain’s intelligence services have launched a summer internship programme – but white British students are banned from applying. MI5, MI6 and GCHQ are offering students the opportunity of a paid internship next summer, promising that the opportunity represents the “first steps towards an exciting full-time career”. It says that summer interns will not “just be sitting on the sidelines – this is your opportunity to get unique access to our operations, gain experience, and make key contributions to real projects”. The advert goes on to explain that the 10-11 week “intelligence internship” is only open to students from a “Black,...

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles E Daugherty. Daugherty joined the Navy in 1939. He received basic training at Great Lakes and was aboard the USS California (BB-44) during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He remained at his battle station as a phone talker, nearly suffocating as the ship’s ventilation system malfunctioned. When the order was given to abandon ship, Daugherty was carried up two flights of stairs. Then a ferry came by and Daugherty stepped aboard, hiding in a sand pile for the remainder of the attack. The next day, he returned...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States should not interfere in Syria in a post on social media site Truth Social. "Syria is a mess but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!" Trump said. He also said that the rebels in Syria are on the outskirts of Damascus and are preparing for a major move to remove Assad. "Russia, because of the heavy losses in Ukraine, cannot stop it. The Russians, like Assad, could be...

Hmmmm. Something happened on this date. Seems like it was kind of a big thing.

Livestream of the Republican Party of Arkansas State Committee Meeting https://rumble.com/v5wz3k5-livestream-of-the-republican-party-of-arkansas-state-committee-meeting.html

Annette Margolis waved a green dog bag as her pitbull-boxer mix did his business Friday morning. “I’ve got a bag,” she said, smiling cheerfully as she scooped up the dog droppings.

If you exclude security guards & maintenance personnel, the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%! Almost no one. ... Lots of empty real estate ... Literally thousands of empty buildings, not just in America, but around the world, paid for with your tax dollars ... Now we know why they vote Democrat at almost 93%. They get paid our money while doing nothing.

P’Nut can’t rest in peace. The headless body of the world’s most famous squirrel is currently being held in a refrigerated room somewhere in upstate New York, The Post has learned. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is preserving it as “evidence” from its agents’ harried November raid on a home in Chemung County, where they seized P’Nut the Squirrel and his raccoon pal, Fred, and then euthanized the beloved pets, according to an agency spokesperson. Their heads were cut off for rabies testing, which proved neither animal was infected with the deadly disease. The whereabouts and status of the...

While Biden travels to Africa giving away money (and looking like the crypt keeper), the November jobs report was released. The Establishment report showed a gain of 227k jobs. But the household survey showed a staggering loss of -355k jobs. ... But not in labor force increased by 368k ... Biden, the economic crypt keeper.