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mysterious Lord: the silent hidden God mercy and refuge lodge inside the shadows of His wings My friend, anglo-catholic Anglican bishop David Farrer, describes George Pell’s prison journals as “remarkably uplifting” and said he is grateful for the way they help us to pray. Above is a prayer which I have shaped today from words of the Cardinal about mass in the May 20, 2019 entry to the journal and from the words of Psalm 57 which he quotes in that entry. Lest We Forget: Cardinal George Pell, a truly great man of God, thrown to the lions by a...

Two of the Assyrian Christian hostages released by ISIS have spoken to the mediaTwo of the Assyrian Christian hostages released by ISIS have spoken to the media about their ordeal. Some 200 Christians were taken by the Islamist group on February 23 after they stormed a number of villages in the north-east of the country. One of the hostages, going by the name ‘Peter’, told the Times: “They entered our village at five in the morning, while everyone was sleeping. Some of them were Syrians, some were Chinese, some Russian – people who didn’t speak Arabic. They took 17 men,...

IRAN: Act by 9 November to call for Pastor Nadarkhani's pardon during Eid Pastor Nadarkhani was arrested in Rasht in 2009 while attempting to register his church. In 2010 he was tried and found guilty of apostasy (abandoning Islam), and was sentenced to death. He now awaits a decision on his case from the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, and a formal written verdict. His life is still in the balance.

LANCASTER, Ohio -- A camp counselor accused of molesting three boys at a church camp in central Ohio said he's innocent. In an interview Wednesday with WBNS TV in Columbus, 43-year-old Timothy Stephen Keil said he did not harm any children at the Scioto Youth Camp. The camp is about 50 miles southeast of Columbus. Keil, a married father of six, was arraigned Wednesday on felony charges of gross sexual imposition. A Perry County judge ordered him held on a $200,000 bond. Authorities said Keil was arrested on Friday after three boys, age’s 8 to 10, claimed Keil touched them...

I afraid to post. I don't want to put the pearls before swine. So if the moderators feel not good to post, delete it please. PLEASE. Now in India it is 1.23 midnight. The whole day I was in fasting and prayer. At about 11.30 (night) I went to bed after my usual prayer. I think it must be after 12.30 (midnight) I had this dream. Some mountains are fallen one by one from above. It seems like the mountains of hailstone. It was fallen upon the Dome of the Rock and that was destroyed. Then I saw the Archangel...