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Democrats shut down government
- By Job 33:6
- General Politics
- 129 Replies
Neither Party Dominates in Favorability or Trust
Americans rate the Republican and Democratic parties similarly, but their reasons for liking or disliking each party vary greatly.news.gallup.com
More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility
Americans' agreement that the federal government must ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage now exceeds 60%, after declining to as low as 42% during the years when the Affordable Care Act was being debated and implemented.
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Lets think about this. Why would a shutdown result in Democrats victories if Democrats were holding voters hostage?
Oh I know! Because people want the ACA subsidies.
You can't take people hostage if the people are voting for you so that you will block the CR.
Of the top 10 countries in the world with the most affordable and high quality health insurance, all of them have government subsidized and mostly universal healthcare.
And until the Republican party can present its own model to compete with Obamacare, they won't be able to win the people on this topic.
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Trumps interactions with global leaders
- By Yarddog
- American Politics
- 26 Replies
It certainly wouldn't be a record. Obama was criticized, by Republicans, for meeting with so many world leaders after being elected in 2008, as he worked to catch up relations after the Bush years.
2009 - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History - Office of the Historian
history.state.gov 3.0 shell
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Mass celebrated again at ancient St. Maron’s Shrine in Syria after 15-year silence
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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For the first time in over 15 years, the Maronite Church in Syria celebrated a solemn Mass at the ancient shrine of St. Maron in the village of Brad, northwest of Aleppo.
A pilgrimage to the site, organized by the Maronite Scouts, drew more than 80 participants, young and old, reviving one of the most sacred Christian sites in the region known as the “Dead Cities.”
Father Ghandi Mahanna, who led the liturgy, reminded worshippers that “the true presence of God is found in every human heart,” urging them to live faith through love.
The group also visited the nearby ruins of St. Simeon the Stylite’s Church and the cave chapel once home to the hermit Toufic Ajib, which suffered partial damage during the war.
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A pilgrimage to the site, organized by the Maronite Scouts, drew more than 80 participants, young and old, reviving one of the most sacred Christian sites in the region known as the “Dead Cities.”
Father Ghandi Mahanna, who led the liturgy, reminded worshippers that “the true presence of God is found in every human heart,” urging them to live faith through love.
The group also visited the nearby ruins of St. Simeon the Stylite’s Church and the cave chapel once home to the hermit Toufic Ajib, which suffered partial damage during the war.
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Mass celebrated at ancient St. Maron’s Shrine in Syria after 15-year silence
A pilgrimage to St. Maron in the village of Brad, northwest of Aleppo, was organized by the Maronite Scouts and drew more than 80 participants.
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Pope Leo XIV: Build the Church on the solid foundations of Christ, not on worldly criteria
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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At the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians to build the Church on “solid foundations” rooted in Christ rather than on “worldly criteria” that demand immediate results and overlook the value of patience and humility.
Celebrating Mass for the solemnity of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica — the cathedral of the bishop of Rome and the oldest church in the city — the pope reflected in his homily on the meaning of this feast and on the Church as a living temple built of “living stones.”
“The millennial history of the Church teaches us that with God’s help, a true community of faith can only be built with humility and patience,” he said. “Such a community is capable of spreading charity, promoting mission, proclaiming, celebrating, and serving the apostolic magisterium of which this temple is the first seat.”
The pope drew on the image of the basilica’s physical foundations to speak about the spiritual foundations of the Church. “If the builders had not dug deep enough to find a solid base on which to construct the rest, the entire building would have collapsed long ago,” he said. “As laborers in the living Church, we too must first dig deep within ourselves and around ourselves before we can build impressive structures. We must remove any unstable material that would prevent us from reaching the solid rock of Christ.”
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Celebrating Mass for the solemnity of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica — the cathedral of the bishop of Rome and the oldest church in the city — the pope reflected in his homily on the meaning of this feast and on the Church as a living temple built of “living stones.”
“The millennial history of the Church teaches us that with God’s help, a true community of faith can only be built with humility and patience,” he said. “Such a community is capable of spreading charity, promoting mission, proclaiming, celebrating, and serving the apostolic magisterium of which this temple is the first seat.”
The pope drew on the image of the basilica’s physical foundations to speak about the spiritual foundations of the Church. “If the builders had not dug deep enough to find a solid base on which to construct the rest, the entire building would have collapsed long ago,” he said. “As laborers in the living Church, we too must first dig deep within ourselves and around ourselves before we can build impressive structures. We must remove any unstable material that would prevent us from reaching the solid rock of Christ.”
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Pope Leo XIV: Build the Church on the solid foundations of Christ
At the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians to build the Church on “solid foundations” rooted in Christ.
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Are professed Christians that worship our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday sinning?
- Sabbath and The Law
- 357 Replies
Gal 2:3 is about circumcision which is part of the book of the law that Moses wrote that was placed besides the ark of the covenant Deut31:24-26. The Jews were requiring new Gentile converts to be circumcised to hear the gospel Gal 2:3 and in order to be saved Acts 15:1. This is what Paul was constantly correcting that they could save themselves apart from Jesus, which we know was never the role of circumcision or any law for that matter.
We are justified through faith agreed.
Those with faith do what our Lord and Savior asks. We are saved by grace through faith, our actions shows if our faith is genuine or not, like Abraham 26:5
Like Jesus taught
Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was [j]founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it [k]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
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