Valletta said:

You should definitely speak to the priest at your local parish, but here's my best shot at an overview. A Catholic is supposed to get married by a priest or have special permission by the Church to have a ceremony elsewhere which it sounds like your wife did not. If your wife decides to become a practicing Catholic again, and this is the first marriage for both of you, she goes to confession and then the next step is to get your marriage "convalidated." It's a short private ceremony usually with just a few witnesses to "bring your marriage into the Church." First there's some paperwork, some questions, you would have to agree to raise the children as Catholic and comply with Catholic teaching. They would ask for your baptismal record and your wife's. The children would get baptized. Again, it is essential to talk to a priest because there may be exceptions, but that should give you a rough idea of the kinds of things to expect.

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Thank you for all the info!

essentialsaltes said:

Especially when the president explicitly threatened to cut off federal money to NYC.

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You see the same with how Newsom deals with him. He’s got no problem giving Trump a bit of what he always wants in any interaction with anyone, if it means the president doesn’t take it out on the people of his state.

Fervent said:

It's not, but the catechisms only create a false picture of unity when there is a great deal of division even within the Catholic church. It's simply that some diversity is tolerated while others are repressed.

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I'd only say that catechisms are meant to set down and clarify core beleifs in a manner that is certainly more exhaustive and categorized and perspicuous than the bible often is. And in that way they seek to produce unity. Luther's Small Catechism should reflect that unity of Lutheran beliefs regardless of whether individuals wearing the name "Lutheran" agree with and hold to them or not.

Rabbi's Daily Devotion ...
If you’re anything like me, some days you awake feeling refreshed, and other days you feel sluggish and unmotivated. On those days, you may not feel like praising God. But I want to encourage you to consciously choose to start your day by blessing the Lord, even when you don’t feel like it, because this decision will affect the course of your day.

This is the law of firstfruits. Giving God the first part of our day orders the rest of it. When we decide to sit before the Lord first thing in the morning and thank Him for His goodness and declare His praise, suddenly our emotions change, and God begins to empower us. We may have had no desire to praise Him just five minutes earlier, but after electing to do so as an act of our will, we soon find ourselves feeling good. We have joy. Our perspective changes. Through transitioning ourselves in the spirit by choosing to put God first, we shifted the atmosphere.

Jesus did not say, “Whosoever feels, come.” He said, “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Beloved one, we can’t control how we feel, but we can control our will. Let’s choose to give God the firstfruits of our day and set our course in Him. The more you do this, the stronger, happier, and more stable you will be.

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Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider, Entering His Presence (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2023), Used by permission.

The Liturgist said:

That’s simply not the case - St. Paul makes use of a vast array of skillful oratorial techniques, even referring to the ancient logical error of Epimenides Paradox in his epistle to St. Titus.

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On this we completely disagree - First, I am not speaking of oratory at all, but what Paul WROTE -

The Liturgist said:

Rhetoric is not evil if used to promote truth; indeed Christ our True God employs skillful use of parable, which is allegory - a classic rhetorical technique of antiquity.

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Scripture is written:

1. Literal (includes historical)
2. Allegory
3. Poetic.

Paul in the verses we are citing is writing literally


It means exactly what it says.

Good to see all the concern on how to better to protect children in churches on this place labeled Christian Forums. Warms my heart.

ChubbyCherub said:

You've explained it well here but still..................I have to pray about it. It's a hard thing to understand

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It is so difficult to understand because it isn’t true. Jesus had a GOD and this GOD was his FATHER. John 17:3 John 2:17 Revelation 3:12 While on Earth and also in heaven Jesus has a GOD. If you believe in the trinity then the FATHER of Jesus was the Holy Spirit not the one called the FATHER. Matthew 1:18-20 The trinity doctrine states that under no circumstances can the three gods be separated yet if one became a human how would that effect their unity. Being distinct makes people or anything else separate from each other. The trinity defies logic and reason. The trinity was developed by the primitive Catholic Church long after Jesus and the Apostles. It is an excellent deception, a definite work of the Devil. Search the scriptures to find direct proof of the trinity, it isn’t there, what “proves” it is scripture by deceived believers giving their own interpretations to define it by quoting scriptures they don’t understand or not confirming the proper meaning of Greek or Hebrew words and the deliberate alterations of scriptures by the Catholic Church. The Apostles knew Jesus was not GOD but the son of GOD and the GOD AND FATHER OF JESUS WAS GOD. Ephesians 1:3 1 Peter 1:3 2 Corinthians 1:3 1 Corinthians 8:6 Any scripture that trinitarians use to prove the trinity is in some way misapplied or misinterpreted or misunderstood. There is only one GOD who is the FATHER of Jesus Christ our messiah . Mark 12:32 Romans 3:30 James 2:19 Jesus is the mediator between GOD and man, the MAN Jesus Christ . 1 Timothy 2:5 but if Jesus was GOD then GOD would be the mediator between GOD and man. The idea of the Trinity creates confusion and scrambles the mind baffles one with bull dung. People who want to believe the trinity will and no one but GOD alone can change that.

zoidar said:

I don't see the problem. Hearing and learning is not the same as receiving Christ. Listening to the prophets enabled one to come to Christ, in other words, you would be drawn. If you ignore the prophets, you would ignore Christ

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Yes, that revelation, itself, is grace, is God working on and then in us, exteriorly and interiorly. And it's not either/or, Him or me, but Him first and then me responding...or possibly not.

Hentenza said:

James is literally telling Paul to show the Jews his Jewishness. The Jews in Jerusalem that had accepted the Messiah still believed that they were Jews including all elements of their culture. They followed the law including the sacrifices because that it what Jews did for centuries. This is the same argument that Paul addresses in his epistles. Their social and religious life revolved around the temple and its activities. Plus they thought that Paul had brought a gentile into the temple which would defile the temple. This was not going to change overnight. James was afraid that the Jews would revolt against the Christians including Paul because of what Paul was teaching and they did eventually. Teaching that the law and the prophets were no longer necessary was a capital offense which is why Paul had to cite his Roman citizenship to survive.

Jesus gives us an idea of when this was going to change when He spoke of the total destruction of the temple. The ending of Matt. 23 is Jesus lamentation and grieving for Jerusalem and in the beginning of Matt. 24 Jesus tells His disciples that the temple would be destroyed which would virtually end both social and religious practices in the temple for the Jews.

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I agree. The thinking behind his actions is shown in 1 Corinthians 9:20-21 for all to see. None could doubt his overriding desire to see his fellow-religionists saved. He testified: “And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.”

I don’t see any deeper a meaning than this. Paul writings make it clear that the old covenant arrangement has been superseded by Christ and the new covenant. There was a religious / political aspect to the sacrifices that all Israelis were bound to as Jews in order to maintain their Jewish privileges.

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That one judge is merely attempting to help Comey and James instead of allowing them to go to trial.

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If the judge was biased, the case should be appealed to a higher court to seek reversal of the judge's decision.

I have confidence in the American judicial system. While I may not always concur with its decisions, I believe that, in most cases, our courts and judiciary have acted with greater honor and adherence to the law compared to other branches of government.

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But particularly in the moral/immoral context, it's my contention that Love fulfills the law and it is love that causes us to act responsibly and care about how our actions affect others, not our ability to volunteer or not volunteer.

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Well . . . yes love causes us to do something.

But we do have ability to choose to do something. So, this would mean we have some sort of free will . . . meaning ability to choose.

However, we have how there is "the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience" > in Ephesians 2:2. Satan's spirit is working people to do what they do, I see this means, since his evil spirit "works in" disobedient people. And his spirit has anger, fear, lust, and unforgiveness which were not in Adam and Eve when God created them "very good".

Humans now in sin are not "very good". And so their wills are not in the "very good" state in which humans were first created.

So, their wills are free, meaning they can make choices; however . . . where does the Bible say they work their own wills???? And we have, for children of God >

"for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)

So, I see from this, that God is the One who works in our wills, to get us to do whatsoever is "for His good pleasure". And this would be in His love having us so submit to Him.

So, we might say we have the ability to choose this, but who in us is working us to use this ability the right way? Are we of our own selves freely getting our own selves to submit to God working at every moment . . . or does God change our character so we become submissive to Him in His love?

Lawsuit filed in West Virginia maintained that Justice and his wife received notice of the funds due since 2009 but didn’t pay

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in their home state of West Virginia, maintained that the Justices had received notice from the US treasury department of the funds due since 2009 but had “neglected or refused to make full payment of those assessments”.

A separate filing later on Monday said the US justice department had struck a settlement with the political couple, who agreed to satisfy the full amount “plus statutory interest and other additions to tax accruing thereafter”. The agreement was pending a judge’s approval.

[Justice] had previously sought to dismiss as political attacks attempts to collect on financial debts for which he was on the hook.

Peace in Christ.

IF The Son of man is lifted up from out of the earth, He will draw all men (those people of the outside world) unto Him. If we lift Him up, then the people around us will come to us because of Him.

Joh 12:32-36 KJV
(32) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

We lift Him up by keeping His daily sacrifice in our mortal bodies….bearing about the dying of our Lord Jesus in our body so that His life (the Light) is made manifest (shine) in our mortal bodies. 2nd Corinthians 4:11-12 . This is the "death" we must die...dying to the sin by the keeping of His "daily" sacrifice.

(33) This he said, signifying what death he should die.

This lifting up of the Son of man is the “heave” (meaning to lift up) offering that we are suppose to keep.

Mal 3:6-12
(6) For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Our church fathers have gone away from His ordinances and have not kept them. They (and their followers) keep and serve the church external handwriting of ordinances instead of His inward commandments.

We are to seek His kingdom first. The kingdom of God is within us. It does not come by the observation of external ordinances. His commandments are written upon our hearts and minds and we are to seek to do them in all we do. This is the true “tithe.”

(7) Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Will a man “rob”…that is, COVER UP…God?

The Hebrew word for “rob” is “qaba” which means “TO COVER.” We do not shine His glory light to the people of the outside world when we “cover” Him up.

We “cover” Him up (so that He cannot be seen) when we do not seek His kingdom first (the “tithe”) in all we do.

The heave (to lift up) offering is the keeping of the dying of our Lord Jesus in our mortal bodies so that His life is manifest there (to be seen by the people of the outside world.) We then lift up (“heave”) the Son of man. When we do not lift Him up, the people of the outside world cannot “see” Him shine through us.

(8) Will a man rob (COVER) God? Yet ye have robbed (COVERED) me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed (COVERED) thee? In tithes and offerings (that is, HEAVE offerings).

When we cover Him up so that the outside people of the world cannot “see” Him through us, then we are “cursed with a curse” for doing so. We are curse: All nations hate us. They rule over us. They are the head and we are the tail. See Deuteronomy 28:15 – 68 .

We become a byword among them:

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

(9) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed (COVERED) me, even this whole nation.

If we seek first the kingdom of God, then we can truly feed His people with the meat of the Word of Truth.

Then the “windows of heaven” shall be opened….that is, the eyes of the ruling people of the outside world shall then see Him through us and will come to us. Kings shall then "see" Him as their eyes shall be opened.

(10) Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

We (His people) will no longer be despised by the people of the outside nations.

When we manifest the Son…the Holy One…in our mortal flesh to them, kings shall SEE and arise. The “windows of the heaven” …the eyes of the exalted rulers of this world…shall be opened and they will come to us.

Isa 49:7 KJV
(7) Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

When we lift Him up….

Isa 52:13-15 KJV
(13) Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
(14) As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

….then the “windows of heaven” shall be opened up as the earthly kings shall SEE.

(15) So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

The people of the outside world will then come to us. Their kings (the heaven…those who are exalted) shall minister unto us for He shall glorify us then.

Isa 60:5-10 KJV
(5) Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
(6) The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
(7) All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
(8) Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
(9) Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
(10) And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

The people of the outside world shall then “see” Him. They shall see the Light of the Lord God through us. And there shall be no more curse….

Rev 22:3-5 KJV
(3) And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
(4) And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
(5) And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

He shall not destroy the fruits of our “ground”…that is, ADAMAH. The “Adamah” is the people of the outside world.

Mal 3:
(11) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground (ADAMAH); neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Then, all nations shall call us blessed and we (His people) shall be a delightsome earth (land) to them.

(12) And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

‘An American nightmare’: L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids​

• A congressional hearing Monday explored how Trump’s immigration crackdown has harmed L.A. residents, including U.S. citizens who say they were wrongfully detained by ICE agents.
• The Long Beach mayor reported immigration agents have arrested more than 50 residents in the city.
• Lawmakers announced investigations into arrests of U.S. citizens and immigration raids, promising accountability for what one representative called “an American nightmare.”

There was the U.S. citizen who said she no longer feels safe after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer slammed her to the ground in downtown Los Angeles and later accused her of assault ... Prosecutors initially charged Velez with assault on a federal officer, alleging that Velez, who is 4 feet 11 inches, stood in the path of an ICE officer with her arms extended, striking his head and chest when they collided. Soon after, prosecutors dismissed the case.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach), announced last month that Congress was opening “a broad investigation” into arrests of U.S. citizens by ICE officers, as well as a separate probe into immigration raids overall.

The Monday hearing was scheduled after leaders of One LA-IAF — a network of faith and community based organizations across L.A. county — met with Bass and called for public hearings in order to document civil rights violations happening in communities.

More than 20 community members shared stories of the everyday impact across L.A.: Of a loved one thrown to the ground by immigration agents at a car wash. Of a father who showed agents his work permit and license, but was still detained as he sold food on the street. Of a student considering dropping out so he can work and not have his father be at risk. Of a parish that decided to close its doors during Sunday Mass to prevent ICE agents from getting inside. Of a Thai victim of sex trafficking — who had received a visa and is pending adjustment of status to permanent legal residency — who had their removal case reopened.

Yarddog said:

It is also taxing the people and giving money to they feel need it. Giving corporations tax money is socialistic, just as medicade, etc.. is.

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No, it's not. That's propaganda and delusion. According to YOU, police are socialist. Fire departments are socialist. Roads are socialist. Has it ever occurred to you that you're an extremist? You are very extremist in your classification of "socialist". Indeed, any enforcement of any law at all would be socialist.

Beliefs clash among students, parents and teachers as the Ten Commandments go up in Texas classrooms​

In Galveston, the school board voted not to post the commandments until the law’s constitutionality is decided in the courts, but then found themselves the target of a state lawsuit.

From second link:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Galveston, Round Rock and Leander school districts for allegedly not following a new state law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms while the legislation is challenged in federal court.

“We were hopeful that we could avoid using scarce district resources for litigation when the question will be fully addressed by the Fifth Circuit in an upcoming decision set for hearing in January,” the [Round Rock] district’s statement said, referring to the appeals court considering one of Texas’ Ten Commandments cases. “However, in light of the attorney general’s premature actions, we will be consulting outside legal counsel.”

“America is a Christian nation, and it is imperative that we display the very values and timeless truths that have historically guided the success of our country,” Paxton said in a Friday news release announcing the lawsuit against Galveston ISD. “By refusing to follow the law, Galveston ISD chose to both blatantly ignore the Legislature and also ignore the legal and moral heritage of our nation.”

The lawsuits against the three school districts appear to contradict state attorneys’ arguments defending SB 10. In the first case challenging the law’s constitutionality, they said the law does not pose any threat or harm to families in part because it doesn’t specify what would happen to districts that choose not to comply.

[As noted up thread, two courts have halted implementation of the law in 25 school districts on constitutional grounds.]

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What I will remember most about this series of events is that the longest government shutdown in history was completely unnecessary and accomplished absolutely nothing.

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Just don’t forget who was supposedly in control of both houses of congress, the White House and the supreme court at the time.

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A court has ruled that a couple’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district over concealing their daughter’s gender identity change from them can proceed.

Dan and Jennifer Mead filed a complaint against Rockford Public School District officials over its policy of keeping their daughter’s self-declared gender identity a secret from her parents.

United States District Judge Paul Maloney, a George W. Bush appointee, issued an opinion and order last week that partly denied and granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Maloney wrote that the lawsuit “contains sufficient factual allegations to support a claim for a violation of Plaintiffs’ fundamental rights as parents in the care, custody and control of their child, a right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.”

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Parents’ lawsuit against Michigan school district over hiding daughter's trans identity can proceed: court

A court has ruled that a couple s lawsuit against a Michigan school district over concealing their daughter s gender identity change from them can proceed

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2024 US NATIONAL SURVEY ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LGBTQ - YOUNG PEOPLE
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65% of transgender and nonbinary young people reported that they have felt discriminated against in the past year due to their gender identity.

50% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.

39% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year — including 46% of transgender and nonbinary young people. LGBTQ+ youth of color reported higher rates than White peers

28% of transgender and nonbinary young people reported that they have been physically threatened or harmed in the past year due to their gender identity.

More than 1 in 10 (12%) LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year.

More than half (54%) of transgender and nonbinary young people found their school to be gender-affirming, and those who did reported lower rates of attempting suicide.

Transgender and nonbinary young people who had access to gender-affirming clothing, gender-neutral bathrooms at school, and had their pronouns respected by the people they live with had lower rates of attempting suicide compared to those who did not.

Most LGBTQ+ young people who attend school (78%) reported having at least one adult at school who is supportive and affirming of their LGBTQ+ identit

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Affirming spaces among transgender and nonbinary young people:​

• Home 38%
• School 54%
• Community Events 26%
• Online 73%
• Work 39%
• Worship 3%

Transgender and nonbinary young people reported lower rates of attempting suicide when all of the people they live with respected their pronouns and/or they had access to a gender-neutral bathroom at school.​

How many of the people you live with respect your pronouns?​

37% None of the people I live with
27% Some of the people I live with
7% All of the people I live wit]]888

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1) The data was based on 18000 LGBTQ and Transgender/nonbinary young people ages 13 to 24!

2) The introduction of unisex washrooms usage of their preferred "pronouns had an impacted on transgender and nonbinary young people¬

3) The data indicates transgender and nonbinary youth find the schools much moire accepting than their families!

4) Fear of Rejection and Lack of Support:
- fear of negative reactions from family members are primary reasons for trans youth to keep their identity secret
- in a 2022 survey, less than fewer 1 in 3 transgender youth described their homes as "gender-affirming," suggesting that the majority is not

5) Timing and Process:
- transgender and nonbinary youth usually share their identity with friends, other relatives, or a trusted teacher first.
= parents will often find out only when their child is ready to tell them.

6) Importance of Safety:
- school staff are sometimes advised not to disclose a student's gender identity to parents who are unaware, out of concern for the student's safety and well-being.
= disclosing a new gender identity without consent may compromise the youth's safety.

7) Positive Outcomes with Acceptance:
- Transgender youth who have supportive families report better mental health outcomes, including lower rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts

8) Demanding that the school inform parents as to whether their child identifies as transgender/nonbinary may have legal support in the courts, but the fact remains that less than 1 in 3 believe that their families are "gender affirming! - young people also have rights starting with their personal safety should their parents not be supportive and/or resort to extreme measures in an effort to reprogram their sexuality!

2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People

The Trevor Project's sixth annual U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People provides data to help end LGBTQ youth suicide.

www.thetrevorproject.org

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All are purpose-driven. We all sinned to our death, and shall all fail the Judgment of Law (which only 2/3 angels can pass). Faith and repentance rerpesent the human characterisitc of being correctable. We are all dead under Law, but those correctable may be savable. Correctability serves another purpose, if we are correctable then we can be holy in the end. Holiness serves yet another purpose, when we are holy we can live with the sin-incompatible God in eternity which is Heaven.

We still have a goal when we are sure of being saved, which is to strive for holiness.

Philippians 3:
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up​

Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month.

Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her husband lost his $20-an-hour excavation job in northeastern Pennsylvania. The recent government shutdown dealt another blow, delaying federal funding for programs that helped the family pay for food and utilities.

Although Pellew’s lights were temporarily turned back on last week, they were set to be disconnected again if she didn’t pay another $102. With an overdrawn bank account, she was bracing to be without power again.

In Pennsylvania, where Pellew lives, power shutoffs have risen 21 percent this year, with more than 270,000 households losing electricity, according to state data through October. The average electricity bill in the state, meanwhile, has risen 13 percent from a year ago, as utilities upgrade electric grids to accommodate a burst of new data centers

Overall, Americans are paying 11 percent more for electricity than they were in January, though that number varies widely: Costs have risen 37 percent in Missouri but have fallen in three states by as much as 13 percent, NEADA found.

Nearly 1 in 20 households, or about 14 million Americans, were so behind on utility debt that it was reported to collections agencies or in arrears as of June,

The cost of heating a home this winter is expected to rise 7.6 percent to an average $976 because of rising electricity and natural gas costs, according to estimates from NEADA.

Can't say I'm terribly surprised...

You have kids making millions from other people watching them stream while they play video games.

You have people with monetized youtube channels where they make money off talking about other various interests (some so mundane as "what I eat in a day" and "product unboxing" videos)

I'm actually more surprised that it took this long for prosperity gospel/televangelism to catch up. Typically, they've always been at the front-end of getting hooks into various cash transfer mechanisms.

From Saturday night ALL CAPS SESSION.

johnnypapa said:

Newman Guide adds Catholic elementary, secondary, graduate school sections

www.catholicworldreport.com

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My kids went to a high school that is now on their list. The parish that school is attached to made it on the Reverent Mass site as well. Hoping my kid's primary school also makes the list. It is staffed by the Nashville Dominicans and the parish it is attached to also made the Reverent Mass list a few years back.

A good Catholic education is invaluable, worth sacrificing for. A good parish isn't always ones closest parish, though in my case it was. We have to realize that these things do make a real difference.

Pepperdoodle said:

Exactly!!
Most of the Left leaning like to preach "no one is above the law" and also "we are a nation of law and order".

So then if they believe that, which I think they only believe that when it's a Right leaner in the hot seat...why did the Biden administration break immigration law and encourage and allow Millions to come in illegally, as another example ‍♀️

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Their hypocrisy is obvious.