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Speaking the Truth to Power: Catherine Engelbrecht, citizen of the USA
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14 February 2014
Glenn Greenwald's 'The Intercept'
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Now that Glenn Greenwald has parted ways from The Guardian (and The Guardian has become just another news org. touting the establishment line of the controlling elites), Greenwald has started a new newsblog which may be worth reading: https://firstlook.org/theintercept.Certainly, the news story on the NSA on the new blog is eye-opening (and mind-boggling): click here.
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12 February 2014
O God of Earth and Altar
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Shocking DJI Stock Chart
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Some claim this chart is showing history repeating itself... albeit more of an echo of the great Stock Market Crash. Whatever this chart may be, it certainly gives one pause.
Some claim this chart is showing history repeating itself... albeit more of an echo of the great Stock Market Crash. Whatever this chart may be, it certainly gives one pause.
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11 February 2014
Prayer for the Church's Mission
by Dr. Charles Henry Brent
ORD JESUS Christ, who didst stretch out thine arms of love upon the hard wood of the Cross, that all men everywhere might come within the reach of thy saving embrace: So clothe us with thy Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know thee to the knowledge and love of thee; for the honour of thy Name. Amen.
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A Hymn of Invitation
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Rejoice in the Lord, O friends of God's Son.
The feast is prepared, the waiting is done.
The banquet is spread with warm welcome for all.
O do not delay, but respond to God's call!
How gracious is God, how mighty and just.
His mercies are sure and worthy of trust.
Come, broken and weary. Come, burdened and torn.
With crowns of salvation Christ shall you adorn.
The Spirit and Bride bid all of us come.
The thirsty shall drink from our Father's love.
The hungry shall feed on the joys of the Lord,
And Jesus the Christ will be ever adored.
Words: Copyright © 2002 Vincent Uher
Suggested Tune: Laudate Dominum
Metre: 10 10 11 11
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Congressman Pike
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If you are of my vintage then you probably well remember Congressman Pike and Senator Church using the Legislative Branch's hammer to go after the abuses of the intelligence agencies. News comes that Congressman Pike has passed away at age 92. May he rest in peace. Sadly today few remember or know of Congressman Pike and his epic battle with the NSA to produce its "TOP SECRET" charter. When you think of it, it is very strange that no news broadcaster has made any mention of Rep. Otis Pike as they covered Edward Snowden and the NSA scandalthon. Most odd, don't you think?
The Pando.com website has a thought provoking (and hair raising) article about him that is worth reading and digesting: "The first congressman to battle the NSA is dead. No one noticed, no one cares"
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10 February 2014
Pray for the Nuns of Maaloula
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Be sure to continue to pray for the safekeeping and the immediate release of the Orthodox nuns who were kidnapped and are being held by "Syrian rebels". The nuns' convent is in the Aramaic-speaking city of Maaloula, Syria. Zenit.org reports:
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| Monastery of St. Thekla, Maaloula |
DAMASCUS, February 10, 2014 (Zenit.org) - A group of Greek Orthodox nuns taken captive from their convent in the historic Syrian town of Maaloula have appeared in a new video.
The video of the nuns, who were taken at gunpoint by rebel forces from Mar Takla convent in early December, is reported to have been filmed on Feb. 5. It was shown on the television channel Al Jazeera on Sunday.
The clip has no sound, but a commentator said "they say they are in good health, haven't been mistreated... and they are waiting for their release to return to the convent".
Also, remember to pray for the kidnapped Orthodox bishops to be kept safe and released as soon as possible:
Aleppo’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim were abducted in April by armed men near Aleppo while en route to the northern Syrian city from the Turkish border. They were reportedly on their way to negotiate the release of three priests who are also missing.
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Lourdes in the Business Mirror
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| Ste Bernadette Soubirous |
'I BELIEVE Lourdes to be a genuine revelation of the goodness of God to a world which every day stands more and more in need of it.” This was the conclusion of John Oxenham, a non-Catholic in his book The Wonder of Lourdes. Lourdes in 1857 was a town of 5,000 inhabitants, mostly agricultural or quarry workers. It was known as a garrison town because in the place once stood a castle fortress.
Please click the link to read the entire article. God bless us one and all.
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09 February 2014
Barbara Nicolosi tells it like it is
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From an interview with Barbara Nicolosi in AvVenire, Nicolosi unveils the truth: What has happened in the Church is that we have sacrificed the search for “new epiphanies of beauty” in the words of Bl. John Paul II, to egalitarianism, cheapness and politics.
We don’t care anymore if a hymn is lovely and haunting, we just need it to be singable by the assembly without any musical training or practice. This means we have had to dumb down our music to the level of pre-school ditties.
Our movies and television are not flowing out of the mysterious impulse to create and connect, which is the hallmark of art, but rather out of the desire to preach and distract.
Secondly, in productions created by Christians for Christians, there is nothing so unappreciated – and I would argue, resented – as God-given talent. In the Church today, the emphasis on talent seems to people to be elitist, as if God has very bad form in giving one person the ability to do something that another can not. How dare God be so unequal in His favors?!
Barbara Nicolosi
Also, be sure to read Fr. Dwight Longnecker's post
relating to his book: click here.
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