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The soul of Vladimir Putin

What do people make of the soul of Mr. Putin who I'd currently say is the most evil person on the planet given he is holding some many cards. Here we are on this planet & we the people as imperfect as we are can never seem to get rid of these tyrants. The ebb & flow of death in all these wars on the globe not to mention the passing away of regular human beings, just disappearing from our lives forever.

What purpose do dreams serve in modern day?

I am absolutely convinced that God still uses dreams to talk to us. We know that God has used dreams to communicate in the past: Genesis 37:5-11, Genesis 40:8, Daniel 2:19-22, Joel 2:28, Matthew 1:20, etc;.

But it seems to me that dreams are often dismissed as purely random or a mere recollection of daily events. I have never heard the topic of dreams discussed at any of the churches I have went to. I have not seen any discussion about dreams on Christian youtube channels either, really. Why is this? Has anyone had a profoundly "coincidental" dream before that ended up coming true? How does one gain Joseph's skill of dream interpretation?

Angels are the REAL Guardians of the Galaxies...

A CALLER ON MY radio show today asked whether angels are responsible for the “vibrations” heard throughout the universe. He had come across a speaker who suggested something along those lines and wanted to know if it was odd speculation or if the Church actually teaches anything that resembles it. His description mixed a few ideas together, but it touched on something more significant than he realized.

Catholic teaching has always held that angels are real spiritual beings who serve God in ways both revealed and hidden. Scripture hints at some of their responsibilities, the Fathers expand on that picture, and the great theologians explain how their activity fits within God’s providence. The idea that they exercise influence within the created order is not a modern fantasy. It is part of the Catholic understanding of how divine governance reaches into the visible world.

Before turning to St. Thomas Aquinas, it helps to recall that the Church has never claimed to know the full scope of what angels do (Catechism 328–336). What has been revealed shows that they carry out genuine tasks, and the tradition teaches that their responsibilities extend far beyond what Scripture records. That is the context for understanding how a casual remark about “vibrations” can gesture, however clumsily, toward an older and richer teaching.

St. Thomas Aquinas states plainly that angels serve in God’s external missions:

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Two National Guardsmen Shot and Killed in DC



What we know now

• Two members of the West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot dead in Washington, DC, today, according to the state’s governor.

• They engaged in gunfire with the suspected shooter prior to being shot, according to two law enforcement sources. The sources said the suspect was detained and transported away from the scene on a stretcher.

• Prior to news the Guardsmen had died, President Donald Trump said on social media that shooter was “severely wounded” and will “pay a very steep price.”

Another shooting - Two DC Nat. Guard from W VA Killed



Two National Guard members are dead after being shot in downtown Washington near the White House, according to West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey.

"It is with great sorrow that we can confirm both members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot earlier today in Washington, DC have passed away from their injuries. These brave West Virginians lost their lives in the service of their country. We are in ongoing contact with federal officials as the investigation continues," Morrisey said.

"Our entire state grieves with their families, their loved ones, and the Guard community. West Virginia will never forget their service or their sacrifice, and we will demand full accountability for this horrific act," Morrisey said.

Not much is known yet. Thoughts and prayers, for whatever that is worth.

Vatican City: How the world's smallest state is governed

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to act freely throughout the world.

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, in an interview with the Spanish-language edition of EWTN News, detailed how this tiny nation is governed, how its institutions operate, and what role the Holy See plays in the world.

A unique governance structure​

Arrieta explained that the Dicastery for Legislative Texts — where he has served for 18 years — is one of the departments that collaborates directly with the pope in the governance of the Church.

“The dicasteries are the ministries of the Holy See; they are like the departments that serve the pope … and this one is dedicated to the preparation of laws, to the oversight of the laws of the entire Church,” he said.

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Mel Gibson's screenwriter says 'Passion' sequel emerged from talk about Protestantism

'Satan's going to come after you'

Screenwriter Randall Wallace, who has worked with actor and director Mel Gibson on some of his major films, including "The Passion of the Christ," revealed during a recent interview that Gibson's upcoming two-part movie about the Resurrection emerged from a conversation the two had about the Protestant emphasis on Christ conquering death.

"We were having dinner one night, just the two of us in Dallas, and I said, 'You know, the thing we need to do is the Resurrection,'" Wallace said on the "Verité Vision" podcast that aired Tuesday.

“It's an interesting thing. Catholic friends have said, and I don't want to over-characterize anyone's particular practice, but in Catholicism, there's much more emphasis on the Crucifixion, on the Passion. One Catholic friend of mine said we almost never talk about the Resurrection," he said.

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Televangelist Benny Hinny and wife, Suzanne, finalize divorce for a second time

More than a year after she filed for divorce from televangelist Benny Hinn, Suzanne Hinn's marriage to the popular faith-healer is now officially over for a second time in 46 years.

Records from the Hillsborough County Court in Florida, first cited by the Trinity Foundation, show the Hinns' marriage ended in an uncontested divorce on Nov. 19.

When Suzanne Hinn filed for divorce in the summer of 2024, the former couple had been living in separate homes more than 60 miles apart.

Matthew Wilson, Suzanne Hinn's attorney who works with the Anton Garcia Law firm in Tampa, declined to comment when contacted by The Christian Post on Wednesday.

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Televangelist Benny Hinny and wife, Suzanne, finalize divorce for a second time

More than a year after she filed for divorce from televangelist Benny Hinn, Suzanne Hinn's marriage to the popular faith-healer is now officially over for a second time in 46 years.

Records from the Hillsborough County Court in Florida, first cited by the Trinity Foundation, show the Hinns' marriage ended in an uncontested divorce on Nov. 19.

When Suzanne Hinn filed for divorce in the summer of 2024, the former couple had been living in separate homes more than 60 miles apart.

Matthew Wilson, Suzanne Hinn's attorney who works with the Anton Garcia Law firm in Tampa, declined to comment when contacted by The Christian Post on Wednesday.

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Do Not Grow Weary or Lose Heart

“For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“’My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.’
“It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” (Hebrews 12:3-7 NASB1995)

Now Jesus Christ was not born with a sin nature as we are, because he was conceived of the Spirit of God and not of man. And while he lived on the earth he never sinned. But Jesus strived against sin to the point of shedding his blood on a cross to put our sins to death with him, so that, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness. And sin doesn’t have to be some major moral failure. Sin can be doubt, fear, lack of faith, and retreat, which disable our work for God.

So we need to be those who follow the example of Christ, who resist the devil, who flee temptation, and who draw near to God in full assurance of faith, regardless of our circumstances. For the devil likes to “put us through the wringer” (to subject us to very stressful experiences) in hopes that we will fail, and that we will give up the fight, and that we will retreat out of sadness, fear, and physical and mental and emotional exhaustion. But the Lord allows us to go through difficult times of suffering for his purposes.

Just like he allowed the devil to inflict God’s servant Job, to murder his children and his servants and his livestock, and to give Job painful sores all over his body, to test Job’s faith, God will allow difficulties to come into our lives to test our faith, too. This is the discipline of the Lord in our lives to keep us humble, to purify our hearts, to purge us of any known sins in our lives, to keep us focused on God’s purpose for our lives, and to teach us endurance, patience, love, and compassion, that we might grow in Christ.

But when I look at the world around me, in our present day and age, and I see so many signs of the last days, and of times of tribulation, and of the nearness of our Lord’s return, I can’t help but feel that God is allowing some of us to suffer in painful ways because he is getting us ready for greater sufferings yet to come. And/or he is getting us ready for his soon return, so he is purifying our hearts to make us ready for when we will meet our Lord face to face. For the Scriptures talk about that, I think in Revelation.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

Be Still, My Soul

Hymn lyrics by Katharina von Schlegel, pub.1752
tr. by Jane L. Borthwick, pub.1855
Music by Jean Sibelius, 1899


Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav’nly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He takes away.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hast’ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
So shall He view thee with a well-pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

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Relative of Trump Press Secretary taken by ICE

ICE arrests woman with family connection to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt -
ABC News ICE arrests woman with family connection to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

U.S. immigration authorities have detained a woman who is the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew, according to a source familiar with the arrest.

The White House declined to comment.

Corr Links

My father is currently a prisoner at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

He would like to establish an email connection between himself and his brother Robert, who lives in Florida.

Could he use the CorrLinks system to communicate with his sibling?

Note, my father is not in a federal prison.

Could you please explain the exact steps that my father and his brother would need to take, in order to establish a connection through CorrLinks?

Thank You

Pastor arrested for helping woman hide vehicle after man killed in hit-and-run

A pastor has been arrested for helping a woman hide a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that killed a man in Texas. Authorities say the woman was a passenger in the vehicle driven by a man who fled the scene after the crash.

The Conroe Police Department said the crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the 200 block of North Loop 336 East, where 46-year-old Brett Wilborn was struck and killed while crossing the road, according to KTRK. Investigators reportedly said he was first hit by a dark-colored SUV that fled, then by a second vehicle whose driver remained at the scene and called 911.

Police officers who arrived at the scene found Wilborn lying in the main lanes of traffic. The Traffic Incident Reconstruction Unit responded along with patrol officers, the Crime Scene Unit and representatives from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Woodlands Online reported.

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Corr Links

My father is currently a prisoner at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

He would like to establish an email connection between himself and his brother Robert, who lives in Florida.

Could he use the CorrLinks system to communicate with his sibling?

Note, my father is not in a federal prison.

Could you please explain the exact steps that my father and his brother would need to take, in order to establish a connection through CorrLinks?

Thank You

Party like it’s 1399: 12 tips for better celebrations from the Middle Ages

The room feels stuffy, the music is a bit too loud, and the atmosphere is anxiety-provoking. Dressed in your most uncomfortable formal attire, you are at your company’s regional corporate holiday party. You didn’t particularly want to attend, but networking is essential, your boss reminded you. The RSVP specified that children aren’t welcome, so your spouse is home with the kids. Standing alone, holding a glass of mystery wine in one hand and a rubbery stuffed mushroom in the other, you look around anxiously, trying to see someone who looks important, and to whom, therefore, you should introduce yourself.

Clearly others are thinking the same — someone from another branch you haven’t met comes up to you. In between the awkward small talk, you reveal your lowly position in the firm. Promptly your conversationalist needs a drink refill and disappears. You know he will not be coming back. Others in the room are similarly anxious, and their discomfort manifests in different ways. Several people are glued to their phones. One has been stationed at the bar the entire time, drinking excessively. In one corner of the room, an argument seems to be brewing. Based on snippets of the conversation, whose volume has been rising, you know it’s a political argument. You’re staying clear.

At last, you glance at your own cell phone, realize that you’ve been here for more than an hour, and decide that you’ve made enough of an appearance to be able to politely disappear. You breathe a sigh of relief as you start your car and drive home. But straightaway sadness sets in. Parties are supposed to be fun, or so we’ve been conditioned to believe from a young age. So why aren’t they?

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‘Say thank you to someone’ this Thanksgiving, Pope Leo XIV says

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested that people “say thank you to someone” this Thanksgiving and he addressed concerns about violence in Lebanon ahead of his trip there later this week.

Speaking two days before Thanksgiving, the first U.S.-born pope celebrated what he called “this beautiful feast that we have in the United States, which unites all people, people of different faiths, people who perhaps do not have the gift of faith.”

The pope urged all people, not just Americans, to take the occasion “to recognize that we all have received so many gifts, first and foremost, the gift of life, the gift of faith, the gift of unity … and to give thanks to God for the many gifts we’ve been given.”

Pope Leo answered questions from reporters as he left for Rome after a daylong stay at the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo.

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Bishops lead Stations of the Cross at Colorado ICE center, urges dignity for migrants

Hundreds of Catholics gathered in front of the Denver Contract Detention Facility — an ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado — on Nov. 22 for Stations of the Cross led by Archbishop Samuel Aquila and Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez of the Archdiocese of Denver.

Sponsored by the Committee for Pastoral Care for Migrants, individuals from over 36 local parishes gathered for a peaceful procession and to stand in solidarity with undocumented immigrants who are being impacted by the mass deportations taking place across the United States.

“I want to thank all of you for coming today as we have prayed and walked the Stations of the Cross. They are reminders to us of God’s love for all people and for the immigrant, for the stranger, for those who are sick and suffering, and for all those who are in need of our prayer,” Aquila said according to a statement in the Denver Catholic.

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We shall not all "sleep"....

Peace in Christ.

There are 2 groups of Christians….the dead and the living. Jesus both died and rose, and revived for us all so that He may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

What we have witnessed so far in Christian history are the “dead” as they have all mortally perished without inheriting an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”).

They were/are the “flock of the slaughter”…the “vessels of wrath”… as their “pastors” did not feed them the Word of Truth (because of their lack of understanding of the gospel) and were led astray down the broad way to their mortal destruction. They believed in Christ but were led astray from the path that leads to His manifest life. MANY have gone down the broad way that led to their mortal destruction. Matthew 7:13-14 .

But Christ is both the Lord of the “dead” and the living. The "dead"...the first group of Christians... are the last in the resurrection (AT the last day of this age)...while the "last" group of Christians in this age are FIRST in the resurrection.

Rom 14:8-9 KJV
(8) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

(9) For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

The “dead” Christians shall live again as they will be resurrected AT the “last day” of this age. They believed in Christ but they had mortally died (as they were led astray by false prophets.) The "first" group (the MANY "dead") shall be "last" in the resurrection. the first shall be last and the last shall be first.

Joh 11:25-26
(25) Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead (though he died), yet shall he live:

But the “living” Christians are those who shall live and believe in Him. They shall NEVER DIE into the age. They will be kept mortally standing here by Christ in this earth TO the “last day” of this age. This is the last group of Christians that are yet to be. The last shall be first in the resurrection. They will be the "few" who will find life. Can we believe this?

(26) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die (INTO THE AGE). Believest thou this?

The “living” Christians are the “firstfruits” as we shall hear the Word of Truth and will believe in it.

The “dead” never got to hear it and have fallen asleep in Christ. They are termed "asleep" for the duration of this age. He will bring them back again AT the last day of this age when death (the last enemy) is defeated.

Jas 1:18-20 KJV
(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

We are to be swift to hear the Word of Truth and slow to speak and slow to wrath.

(19) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
(20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

We…those who will hear the Word of Truth and believe in it…are the “living” who will manifest the presence of Jesus in our mortal flesh so that the people of the outside world may see and also believe and receive an age-lasting life. His manifest life in our mortal flesh keeps us mortally standing here now in this earth for the duration of this age....an age-lasting life.

1Co 15:22-26
(22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Christ the firstfruits are the “living” Christians who will be kept standing here mortally in this earth manifesting the life of Jesus to the people of the outside world. We are the firstfruits of His “creatures”….who are the people of the outside world.

We HEAR the Word of Truth and believe while the people of the outside world will SEE and believe as we manifest His presence to them.

They are His at His “coming”…that is, PRESENCE (Parousia.) The believers among the people of the world (who will SEE His presence being made manifest through us His firstfruits) shall also receive an age-lasting life. They will NOT DIE but will continue to live to the last day of this age.

They are the “eagles” who will gather together around the living body of Christ. Luke 17:37 . The eagles SEE the living prey and are drawn to it.

They are the “clouds” of heaven that the Son of man (those who manifest His life) comes upon.

(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming (Greek: Parousia = PRESENCE).

We…with Christ…will put down all rule and all authority and power….THEN the end of this age comes. We have an age-lasting life to achieve this through Christ. We will not mortally die.

(24) Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
(25) For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

The last enemy of this age to be destroyed is death. This comes AT the last day of this age.

(26) The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

At this time (at the last day of this age), the “dead” Christians will then be resurrected. They will have missed out on the gathering of everything in Christ on this earth.

The “living” shall not “sleep” for the duration of this current age at all as they will be kept standing here mortally in this earth TO the last day of this age. They will then be changed from mortal into immortal thereby circumventing death completely in Christ.

At the last trumpet of this age…the last day of this age, the “dead” Christians that had mortally perished (the “corruptible”) will then be resurrected incorruptible….nonperishable. They believed in Christ but had mortally perished because they were led astray by false prophets to their deaths. But we are assured that God will bring them back with Jesus.

1Co 15:51-52 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

The “dead” Christians will be raised AT the last day. They had mortally died. They lost their mortal bodies…but God will give them a body as He determines.

But the "living" Christians will have kept their mortal bodies until then which at that time shall be changed from mortal to immortal. They will have never mortally died but will have kept living until the redemption of the body.

1Co 15:35-38 KJV
(35) But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
(36) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
(37) And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

(38) But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

‘An encounter with Jesus’: Artist behind living wall memorial for unborn shares mission

Amid the sounds of Arkansas’ waterfalls, women who have had abortions will someday be able to find healing at a “living wall” memorial covered in flora and fauna, where the names of unborn children will be inscribed on the hexagonal stone floor thanks to local artist Lakey Goff, who submitted the living wall design, which was selected for Arkansas’ monument for the unborn.

The memorial will be on state property, but funding must come from the people. Now Goff and other Arkansians are fundraising for the living wall.

On Saturday morning, participants gathered at sunrise at Two Rivers Park in Little Rock to kick off the first annual Living Wall 5K — a race to fundraise for the memorial.

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Pray Jesus Christ heals & comforts & provides for all those affected by the fires at an apartment complex area in Hong Kong

Pray Jesus Christ heals & comforts & provides for all those affected by the fires at an apartment complex area in Hong Kong:

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