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  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 3-October-2025

    10/03/2025 5:00:54 PM PDT · by annalex · 12 replies
    3 October 2025 Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time All Saints Church, Old Town Manassas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingBaruch 1:15-22We have been disobedient to the Lord our GodIntegrity belongs to the Lord our God; to us the look of shame we wear today, to us, the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem, to our kings and princes, our priests, our prophets, as to our ancestors, because we have sinned in the sight of the Lord, have disobeyed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God telling us...
  • Anglican grouping GAFCON objects to female Archbishop of Canterbury

    10/03/2025 2:04:05 PM PDT · by Cronos · 15 replies
    Reuters ^ | October 3rd, 2025
    GAFCON, a grouping of conservative Anglican churches across Africa and Asia, said the Church of England's appointment of its first female Archbishop of Canterbury showed that the English arm of the church had "relinquished its authority to lead". "Today's appointment makes it clearer than ever before that Canterbury has relinquished its authority to lead. The reset of our beloved Communion is now uniquely in the hands of GAFCON, and we are ready to take the lead," the alliance said in a statement on Friday.
  • Justice Or Forgiveness?

    10/03/2025 5:43:29 AM PDT · by metmom · 40 replies
    Real Life with Jack Hibbs ^ | Oct 2, 2025 | Jack Hibbs
    There's a lot of talk about justice and forgiveness as the world recently watched Erika Kirk publicly forgive her husband's alleged assassin. In this episode, Pastor Jack shares insights into what the Bible has to say about forgiveness and how we are to apply it to others, as well as what it means in regard to our relationship with God. This is a podcast and is 26:42 minutes long.
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 2-October-2025

    10/02/2025 4:48:49 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    2 October 2025 The Holy Guardian Angels on Thursday of week 26 in Ordinary Time The Church of St. Leodegar, Lucerne. The Altar of the Deposition of Jesus from the CrossReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingNehemiah 8:1-12All the people listened attentively to the Book of the LawWhen the seventh month came, all the people gathered as one man on the square before the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses which the Lord had prescribed for...
  • Debunking the alleged “Pagan” Roots of Marian Devotion. No, there is no linkage to Ishtar/Diana/Astarte)

    10/01/2025 7:45:28 AM PDT · by Cronos · 265 replies
    Cronos ^ | 1st October 2025 | Cronos
    The claim that Marian devotion in Catholicism is derived from pagan goddess worship—specifically Ishtar, Diana, or Astarte—is a persistent but thoroughly discredited myth rooted in 19th-century anti-Catholic propaganda, most notably Alexander Hislop’s *The Two Babylons* (1853). This narrative, often recycled in modern social media and evangelical circles, alleges that Mary’s veneration as the Mother of God (Theotokos) or Queen of Heaven is a Christianized version of ancient pagan goddess cults. However, linguistic, historical, biblical, and cultural evidence reveals no connection. This compiled text is inspired by discussions with our fellow freepers and I hope offers a detailed, accessible refutation of...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 1-October-2025

    10/01/2025 4:47:10 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    1 October 2025 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church - Lansing, MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingNehemiah 2:1-8'Give me leave to go to the city of my ancestors and rebuild it'In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, the wine being my concern, I took up the wine and offered it to the king. Now I had never been downcast before. So the king said,...
  • Dom Idris "I’m a white gay Muslim convert and I’m finally at peace"

    09/30/2025 11:43:20 PM PDT · by Cronos · 56 replies
    Metro uk ^ | 28th September 2025 | Dom Idris
    It's 6am on December 25, and I’ve just finished Fajr prayer, the first prayer of the day. I hear the quiet scurries of my mum downstairs beginning to prep the food for Christmas Day. I sit in peaceful silence in my room like I do every time after praying. It’s my time between me and God. I look around my room and above my desk, I see pictures of me at 2023 Manchester Pride sporting a T-shirt with ‘Queer, Muslim & Proud’ written on the front. ...I was in Thrace, on the shores of northern Greece when I first heard...
  • MO Boarding School Owner Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse Charges

    09/30/2025 11:12:41 AM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    Ministry Watch ^ | September 25, 2025 | Kim Roberts
    Five years after the doors of Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in Humansville, Missouri, were closed, its owner Stephanie Householder pleaded guilty to abuse charges against the girls in her care, according to KRCG. Earlier this month, Householder received a sentence of 120 days in prison, to be served concurrently, for the child abuse charges, but was given credit for time served. She was sentenced to five years of probation for charges of endangering the welfare of a child. If she violates the terms of her probation, Householder will have to serve eight years in prison. Her trial was set...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 30-September-2025

    09/30/2025 4:47:19 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    30 September 2025 Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Tuesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church, ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingZechariah 8:20-23Many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of HostsThe Lord of Hosts says this: ‘There will be other peoples yet, and citizens of great cities. And the inhabitants of one city will go to the next and say, “Come, let us go and entreat the favour of the Lord, and seek the Lord of Hosts;...
  • How Is The World Going To End Today, 22nd September 2025?

    09/30/2025 4:10:54 AM PDT · by Cronos · 76 replies
    Idl acience ^ | 22nd September 2025 | James Felton
    In the latest of many, many predictions of the end of the world, the Earth is set to end on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, according to a conspiracy theory going wild on TikTok and X. Every now and then, someone (sometimes, but not always, Isaac Newton) suggests that the world is about to end in some horrifying new way. Without exception (see: you aren't dead) they have all turned out to be nonsense, sometimes to the embarrassment of the "prophet" who suggested it. If you're older than 13, you have already lived through being dinosaured by imaginary planet Niburu several...
  • Life Chain 2025

    09/29/2025 8:14:19 PM PDT · by Morgana
    Life Chain.net ^ | N/A | staff
    * Stand with thousands of pro-life individuals throughout the USA and Canada in honor of millions of babies whose lives have been lost to abortion. Pray for people in crisis situations and for our nations. * You'll be a light in a darkened world as you help put an end to abortion through prayer! * Bring your whole family! * Water, lawn chairs, umbrellas and strollers are welcome and encouraged! * Rain or shine! * Signs proclaim "Abortion Kills Children," "Adoption the Loving Option," "Jesus Forgives & Heals," "Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation," "Abortion Hurts Women," "Life - the...
  • Hillary Clinton says white Christian men are causing such damage to the United States

    09/29/2025 7:44:07 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 60 replies
    Gateway Hispanic ^ | September 29, 2025 | Staff
    Hillary Clinton says white Christian men are damaging America VIDEO AT LINK.................. In a recent public appearance, Hillary Clinton once again sparked controversy with her statements. This time, the former presidential candidate claimed that white Christian men are causing “great damage” to the United States — remarks that immediately drew backlash from conservatives and defenders of traditional values. For many Republicans, these words are not only a sign of intolerance toward a significant part of American society, but also a reminder of the progressive narrative that blames Christian faith and traditional identity for the country’s current problems. Clinton’s comments, which...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 29-September-2025

    09/29/2025 4:32:30 AM PDT · by annalex · 10 replies
    29 September 2025 Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels FeastSt. Michael the Archangel Church in Leawood, KansasReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingDaniel 7:9-10,13-14His robe was white as snowAs I watched:Thrones were set in placeand one of great age took his seat.His robe was white as snow,the hair of his head as pure as wool.His throne was a blaze of flames,its wheels were a burning fire.A stream of fire poured out,issuing from his presence.A thousand thousand waited on him,ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.A court was heldand the books were opened.I gazed into the visions of...
  • Verses from the Holey Quran Surah al Ahzab 53

    09/28/2025 9:29:08 PM PDT · by Cronos · 31 replies
    Quran,com ^ | 9th century AD
    O believers! Do not enter the homes of the Prophet without permission ˹and if invited˺ for a meal, do not ˹come too early and˺ linger until the meal is ready. But if you are invited, then enter ˹on time˺. Once you have eaten, then go on your way, and do not stay for casual talk. Such behaviour is truly annoying to the Prophet, yet he is too shy to ask you to leave. But Allah is never shy of the truth. And when you ˹believers˺ ask his wives for something, ask them from behind a barrier. This is purer for...
  • Michigan church death toll doubles after search of building where Iraq war veteran Thomas Jacob Sanford 'planted 3 bombs' and opened fire

    09/28/2025 6:13:20 PM PDT · by Morgana · 80 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 28, 2025 | Brittany Chain
    Four churchgoers have died, with at least eight more injured and others potentially unaccounted for after a gunman set fire to a Mormon church in Michigan and began shooting at congregants. The shooter, who was killed by police at the scene, has been identified as 40-year-old Iraq War veteran Thomas Jacob Sanford. Sanford opened fire on hundreds of people, including children, who had gathered for a service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc about 10.25am on Sunday. Police confirmed in an 8pm press conference that two of the victims died from gunshot wounds, while...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 28-September-2025

    09/28/2025 9:30:26 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    28 September 2025 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lioba altar in the town church of St. Martin in TauberbischofsheimReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingAmos 6:1,4-7Woe to those who live in luxuryThe almighty Lord says this:Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zionand to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria,those famous men of this first of nationsto whom the House of Israel goes as client.Lying on ivory bedsand sprawling on their divans,they dine on lambs from the flock,and stall-fattened veal;they bawl to the sound of the harp,they invent new instruments of music like David,they...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 27-September-2025

    09/28/2025 8:42:10 AM PDT · by annalex · 12 replies
    27 September 2025 Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest on Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary TimeSt. Vincent de Paul in Kansas CityReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingZechariah 2:5-9,14-15'I will be the glory of Jerusalem'Raising my eyes, I saw a vision. It was this: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked him, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to find out her breadth and her length.’ And then, while the angel who was talking to me stood...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 26-September-2025

    09/26/2025 1:35:52 PM PDT · by annalex · 10 replies
    26 September 2025 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time The Basilica of Ss Cosmas and Damian, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingHaggai 1:15-2:9'The new glory of this Temple is to surpass the old'In the second year of King Darius, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord was addressed through the prophet Haggai, as follows, ‘You are to speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the high commissioner of Judah, to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people. Say this, “Who is there...
  • Leftists Mocking Erika Kirk Shows Just How Demonic They've Become

    09/26/2025 8:23:29 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 20 replies
    Rumble Via Liberty Daily ^ | September 26, 2025 | Staff
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  • God’s Character And Unchanging Word Dismantle The Lie Of Replacement Theology

    09/25/2025 4:17:45 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 27 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 9/24/25 | Josh Davis
    Replacement theology teaches that the church has replaced Israel in God’s prophetic and redemptive plan. If this theology is correct, the implications are massive: God would be a liar God’s Word would be untrue Israel would not be in God’s plans God’s love would not be unconditional These statements beg for biblical explanation. God Is Not A Liar Why would God be a liar if replacement theology is correct? Genesis 12:1-3 records God’s covenant with Abraham. God reiterated this covenant with Abraham in Gen. 13:14-18, 15:4-5, 17:1-22. God reminded Abraham’s descendants of this unconditional promise (Gen. 35:10-12; 1 Chron. 16:15-18)....