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Reactions mount in Canada to undercover video exposing late-term abortions

A week after The Catholic Register in Canada revealed that pro-life advocate Alissa Golob went undercover while 22 weeks pregnant to test whether late-term abortions were accessible in Canada without medical justification, the national response continues to intensify, with a new twist: a fourth hidden-camera video that Golob says she is legally barred from releasing.

Golob, co-founder of RightNow, posed as an undecided pregnant woman in abortion facilities in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary in 2023. The Nov. 19 Register story detailed her conversations with clinic counselors and physicians who told her late-term abortions could be arranged at nearby hospitals, sometimes “up to 32 weeks,” without needing to provide medical reasons.

Staff described procedures as a “mini stillbirth,” advised her she could “expel the fetus in the car,” and said reasons such as already having two children or “not wanting to be pregnant” were acceptable.

Those recordings — three of which have now been released — directly contradict long-standing political claims that late-term abortions in Canada are only performed in cases of maternal health risk or severe fetal anomalies.

In an email interview with The B.C. Catholic, Golob said the reaction from Canadians has been more visceral than she expected.

The dominant response has been “overwhelming shock and horror from the average Canadian who didn’t think late-term abortions were possible,” she said.

Many who describe themselves as pro-choice wrote to her saying the recordings were disturbing and that unrestricted late-term abortion “just shouldn’t be allowed.”

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Rome’s Failure to Correct Germany’s Bishops has Emboldened Their Pro-LGBT Agenda

As the country’s bishops issue a new document encouraging diversity of sexual identities in Catholic schools, German Catholic sociologist Gabriele Kuby explains the full extent of the crisis.​


A recently published document from the German bishops encouraging Catholic school pupils to self-identify according to their “sexual identity” is the latest significant departure of the bishops’ conference from the Church’s teaching, re-igniting talk of a possible new, German-born schism.

The “orientation aid,” published on Oct. 30, states that Catholic schools should consider “diversity of sexual identities is a fact,” effectively normalizing any pupil to self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and non‑binary.

Teachers are further encouraged to use language that reflects “the diversity of sexual identities,” and are advised to present questions of sexual morality as “disputed,” allowing students to form their own judgments.

Only three German bishops have so far publicly voiced their opposition to the document: Bishops Stefan Oster of Passau and Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg, and Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne.

The Vatican has, at least in its teaching documents, been clear about its opposition to this “gender theory” approach, describing it as an ideology that denies the created difference of man and woman, and that undermines the anthropological basis of the family.

German Catholic sociologist Gabriele Kuby, a respected expert on the scourge of gender theory, believes this latest act of German episcopal dissent from the Magisterium is, to a large extent, a consequence of Vatican inaction against the German bishops.

In the following excerpt of an interview published in the latest edition of The Academy Review of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family (JAHLF), Kuby explains in illuminating detail the extent of the crisis related to the German episcopate which, aided by their 2019-2023 Synodal Path, has attempted to impose a change in the Church’s teaching on sexual morality, introduce liturgical blessings for same-sex couples, and is now trying to normalise sexual diversity identities.

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A YouTube Priest Says You Shouldn’t Pray After Communion. Here’s Why He’s Wrong...

Jimmy Akin corrects popular Franciscan YouTuber Fr. Casey Cole’s claim that it’s “not appropriate” to pray privately after Communion and that EVERYONE must sing the Communion hymn. Jimmy goes through the argument line-by-line and exposes the claim as a classic “pious little legalism.” Jimmy quotes parts of the General Instruction that Fr. Casey never mentioned and reveals what Rome actually says about post-Communion prayer. A powerful, fact-packed defense of your right to thank Jesus after receiving him in holy Communion!

Society’s New ‘Sins’: Smoking and Having Too Many Kids

An excerpt from ‘Family Faith Under Fire’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi

This selection appears courtesy of EWTN Publishing. The full book is available here.



Dear Dr. Ray,

I’m a mother of five children and happily pregnant with my sixth. I’m amazed at how free people feel to disparage my family size. I’m reluctant to tell anyone I’m expecting again.

—Getting Quieter




Tolerance is the pervasive, preeminent new moral virtue. Whatever others want to do is their choice — indeed, their right — and is to be accepted, even celebrated. Yet our society is quite narrow in its tolerance. For all its vaunted openness, the tolerance movement is riddled with ironies.

Irony #1: Tolerance for all, except some

Not everyone deserves to think his or her own way. Tolerance is reserved for those who think the right way, as defined by reigning secular rules. In the largest group of “non-acceptables” are traditional values, especially those of the Christian faith and especially the Catholic Faith.



Irony #2: Tolerance redefines itself, moving with cultural winds

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Archbishop Alemany: The Dominican Who Built Catholic California

Amid fire, famine and the chaos of the Gold Rush, Archbishop Joseph Alemany worked tirelessly to revive the faith across a fledgling California.

This year, the Western Dominican Province of the United States is celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding in Monterey, California, by Dominican Father Joseph Alemany, who arrived as a newly appointed bishop to restore and to build up the Church during the California Gold Rush.

He was born in 1814 in Vich, Spain. After his ordination to the priesthood at age 26, he was assigned as a missionary to the United States to serve in Ohio, where he became a United States citizen, and then later in Kentucky and Tennessee, where he was appointed Prior Provincial of all American Dominicans. Thanks to an account written by a native San Franciscan during the Gold Rush, we have a wonderful insight into the dedication of Alemany, who took up residence in San Francisco following his appointment as the first archbishop in California.

The account opens, explaining that firemen often collapsed after fighting conflagrations for hours in the burgeoning, fire-prone city comprised of hastily built structures. One day, the writer witnessed the following:

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‘A Light in the Darkness’: Bethlehem Plans Joyous Christmas to Offer Hope in the Holy Land

Five Years After COVID’s and War’s Ravages, Site of the Nativity Plans Hopeful Celebration

JERUSALEM — Following two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, this year the holiday will be celebrated in the Holy Land in all its splendor, especially in Bethlehem.

“The tree is already up and employees are working 24 hours a day to prepare for Christmas,” Bethlehem Deputy Mayor Lucy Talgieh told the Register. “After five years of COVID closures and then the war, we want to celebrate.”

The festivities will include a tree-lighting ceremony at Manger Square, and the streets leading to the square and the Church of the Nativity will be full of decorative lights. A full-blown holiday gift fair and a Christmas Eve choir will both be back this year. The annual Christmas Eve Jerusalem-to-Bethlehem procession led by the Latin patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, which was so somber the past two years, is expected to be much more joyous.

The decision to restore the traditional public Christmas celebrations reflects the hope that the war in Gaza may be nearing an end, which in turn offers encouragement to Holy Land Christians, especially in Bethlehem, who have been facing a dire economic situation. Bethlehem’s fragile economy, and especially the local Christian community, are extremely dependent on pilgrimages. For the past century, the shops surrounding Manger Square, which sell beautiful hand-crafted mother-of pearl crosses and hand-carved Nativity scenes created by local Christian artisans, have supported entire extended families.

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America’s Mental Health Crisis and the Religious Sister Who’s Confronting It in California

Sister Theres Hong Phuoc Tran utilizes spiritual tools to improve people’s well-being, especially youth.

When Sister Theres Hong Phuoc Tran teaches mental health workshops at Catholic parishes, schools and religious congregations, she uses this Scripture quote — “You should love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength (Mark 12:30)” to illustrate that wellness consists of four components: heart (connection with others, being loved and loving others), soul (intimacy with God, finding purpose in one’s life), mind (feeding the intellect with good thoughts, seeking counsel when uncertain), and strength (living a physically healthy lifestyle).

While a few people have serious emotional and psychological problems that require professional help, most can make use of the “good tools” outlined in her workshops to enjoy wellness and a happy, fulfilled life.

“Human life has a rhythm, but chaos can enter our lives and bring us problems out of our control,” Sister Theres said. “To know how to live well, we have to know how God intended us to live. To maintain wellness, we must learn how to trust in God and accept the rhythm of our lives with gratitude.”

Sister Theres was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and immigrated to the United States at age 11. In 2003, she joined the Lovers of the Holy Cross, a predominantly Vietnamese community whose motherhouse is in Los Angeles. As their charism includes social services, she became a licensed marriage and family therapist and began seeing patients pro bono. Today, she resides in Santa Ana, California, and offers mental health workshops in Southern California.

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29 Inmates at America’s Largest Maximum-Security Prison Attend Father-Daughter Dance Thanks to God Behind Bars

Father-daughter dances usually don’t make the news. But a recent event in Louisiana went viral because of its setting: America’s largest maximum-security prison. On Nov. 22, the nonprofit organization God Behind Bars helped 29 inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, reconnect with their daughters in a memorable way.

Incarcerated men who had been selected for their good behavior wore tuxedos, presented flowers to their dressed-up girls, and danced the night away with them. Organizers transformed a space in Angola’s Bible college into a prom-like setting, with pink petals, balloons, and drapes.

Tears flowed as some fathers met and hugged their daughters for the first time; others reconnected after years apart. The men surprised their guests by performing a line dance they’d been rehearsing. Dads also gave each of their girls a handwritten letter and a Bible with highlighted passages.

God Behind Bars Sponsors Father-Daughter Dance at Angola


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Chris Pratt, Jonathan Roumie, and Gwen Stefani Invite People to Hallow’s Advent Prayer Challenge

Chris Pratt, Jonathan Roumie, and Gwen Stefani are helping to guide participants through Hallow’s Advent prayer challenge leading up to Christmas. Hallow is a prayer and meditation app, and, this year, its prayer challenge features John Mark Comer’s book “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.”

“It’s the most wonderful time of year: Christmas. The joy, the family time, the presents,” said actor Chris Pratt in a Dec. 1 Instagram video encouraging people to download Hallow and join the challenge. Pratt is an actor known for starring in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Jurassic World,” and “Parks and Recreation.”

The cookies,” he continued, holding up a plate of cookies before tossing them over his shoulder. “Of course, I don’t eat those any more.”

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A Shining Light for the Glory of God!’—Melissa Joan Hart ‘Bawling’ as Son Gets Baptized

Melissa Joan Hart, who is most known for her role in “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and who is an advocate for World Vision, is celebrating that her 16-year-old son, Brady, chose to be baptized.

“[My kids] witness a lot of that faith,” Hart told Us Weekly, referring to her family’s faith practices. “And I think through that faith, they’ve just felt stronger.”

Melissa Joan Hart Was a ‘Mess’ as Her Son Was Baptized

Faith has always been a huge part of Hart’s family. Hart, who shares three boys—Mason, Brady, and Tucker—with husband, Mark Wilkerson, mentioned how they all pray before meals, before traveling, and for loved ones who are going through difficult times. The boys see Wilkerson “reading the Bible every morning at 5:30,” said Hart.

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CNA explains: When is a deportation policy ‘intrinsically evil’ and when is it not?

Catholic bishops in the United States have expressed unified disapproval of the “indiscriminate mass deportation of people” as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported over 527,000 deportations and another 1.6 million self-deportations since Jan. 20.

Several Catholics in the Trump administration, such as Vice President JD Vance and Border czar Tom Homan, have invoked their faith to defend the heavy crackdown on migrants who do not have legal status in the country after the bishops’ message of dismay.

Caring for immigrants is a clear command in Scripture. Catholic teaching on the matter of mass deportations is somewhat nuanced, with obligations on wealthy countries to welcome immigrants and responsibilities for immigrants to follow the laws of the nations receiving them. The Catholic approach to immigration in recent decades has underscored mercy and respect for the migrants’ human dignity and prudence on the part of public officials to safeguard the common good, with an emphasis on a response to migrants that “welcomes, protects, promotes, and integrates.”

While Catholic teaching affirms human dignity and the right to migrate when necessary, debate has centered on the means of immigration policy.

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Official Vatican documents can now be drafted in languages other than Latin

The pope has approved the new General and Personnel Regulations of the Roman Curia, which come into effect Jan. 1, 2026, and which adapt the internal functioning of the Vatican bodies to the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, promulgated by Pope Francis in 2022.

The document, approved “ad experimentum” (for temporary or provisional use) for five years, seeks to consolidate “an ecclesial service marked by a pastoral and missionary character.”

Documents in Latin... or in other languages​

Among the most significant innovations is a historic change in linguistic matters. For the first time, the regulations stipulate that “the curial institutions will, as a general rule, draft their documents in Latin or in another language.”

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Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject compromise offer

An attempt at an amicable solution in the conflict over Goldenstein Monastery in Austria has failed: The three elderly Augustinian nuns have rejected a compromise offer from their religious superior, Father Markus Grasl, provost of Reichersberg Abbey. Now Rome is expected to decide.

“We are surprised and disappointed by the sisters’ decision. What Grasl already said is coming true: Now the next authority, namely Rome, will be involved,” Grasl’s spokesperson told the Austrian news agency Kathpress.

The religious superior had presented an agreement last Thursday that would have allowed the sisters, who are between 81 and 88 years old, to remain in Goldenstein. This accommodated their expressed wish, although he continued to prefer placement in a nursing home for medical reasons.

The agreement stipulated that the three sisters could continue living in the monastery — but under certain conditions. These included the restoration of the cloister, meaning the monastic rules for retreat and prayer that include areas off limits to nonmembers of the order. In addition, spiritual accompaniment by a priest from Reichersberg Abbey, 24-hour care, and reliable medical care were to be ensured. Registration on the waiting list of a nursing home in Elsbethen “within sight of the monastery” was also part of the offer.

Just one day later, the sisters rejected the agreement. According to APA (Austrian Press Agency), the proposal was turned down because of the conditions attached to it. Grasl had demanded the immediate “cessation of all social media activities” as well as “all active media contacts.”

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Faceless Nativity scene on Brussels’ Grand Place sparks international controversy

A new Nativity scene featuring faceless cloth figures installed on Brussels’ historic Grand Place — and the theft of the infant Jesus — have ignited fierce debate across Europe, with critics calling it an erasure of Christian tradition and supporters defending it as inclusive art.

The traditional wooden figurines have been replaced with forms made from recycled textiles, with faces consisting only of patchwork fabric in beige and brown tones. Artist Victoria-Maria Geyer crafted the Nativity figures out of cloth with no identifying facial features.

The installation, titled “Fabrics of the Nativity,” was selected through a call for proposals after city officials said the previous wooden Nativity had become too deteriorated to use. The dean of Sts. Michael and Gudula Cathedral was involved in the search for a new project and approved it, according to both municipal and church sources.

The installation drew immediate criticism on social media. Belgian national team soccer player Thomas Meunier triggered widespread reaction on X with his comment: “We’ve hit rock bottom... and we keep digging,” a post that was shared thousands of times.

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Trump urges voters to reject Democrat candidate he claims 'hates Christianity'

President Donald Trump has claimed that the Democratic nominee in a special congressional election that could influence the balance of power in Washington, D.C., “hates Christianity” as polling predicts a tight race ahead of Tuesday's election.

During a phone call with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday, who was campaigning in Franklin, Tennessee, for Republican candidate Matt Van Epps, the president told voters over cellphone that "the whole world is watching" as Republicans work to defeat Democrat nominee Aftyn Behn in the Dec. 2 special election for the state's 7th Congressional District.

In a separate message posted to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump urged voters to support Van Epps in Tuesday’s special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of former Republican Rep. Mark Green. Although he did not mention Van Epps’ opponent by name, he urged voters living in the district to reject Behn.

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Chat GPT is amazing for bible history, and Daniel 11:36-45

Ask chat GPT to explain Daniel 11 ending at Antiochus 4, and it will do a great job. There are plenty of human written websites explaining this part of Dan 11 also. Now ask chat GPT to give a list of all rulers of Judea including Roman ones from 164 BC (the death of Antiochus 4) until 70 AD. Now ask it which one fits Daniel 11:36-45 best. It can not find an answer although some days it might give one person, and another day gives a different person. It was trained on every single public domain text which is every single piece of ancient Greco Roman literature, Assyrian, Babylon, Persian etc archaeology, all different bible versions, the dead sea scrolls (ask it about all the ancient texts it was trained on) , and yet it can not figure out who that last person is, and neither can any real humans with certainty. Dan 11:36-45 mentions Edom (Edomites fought with Judeans 70 AD, got killed, and that was the end of Edom), Moab, and Ammon (ceased to exist even earlier by 63 BC) therefore Dan 11 had to end before 70 AD. Dan 11 was written to Israelites which was a people with a religion based in Judah centered around a temple which ceased to exist 30-70 AD another reason it had to end by 70 AD. There is a long list of different people it could be but I can never be sure who it is.
Chat GPT is great for finding language patterns in the bible. You can paste a verse into then ask it find every single other bible verse that sounds like this, and it will. If using it for Judean research with something like Josephus or other Greco Roman writers it can make up quotes a lot so always double check sources. I have learned a lot from it over the past few days. Can say to it what is the internal timeline of x book in the bible or what is the internal claim to authorship of books of the OT. When dealing with a text that is ignorantly labelled pseudepigrapha just say to it assume the text is historical, and happened then ask it questions.

Make no mistake: Antisemitism is the smokescreen of Hell

We’re watching a toxic lie race across the globe, infecting hearts and minds with astonishing speed. It claims humanity’s problems can be traced to one people: the Jews. And its so-called “cure”? Cut them off, cripple Israel, and turn Zionism into a crime.

“The interesting thing about Jew-haters,” Russian author, Uri Kurlianchik observed, “is that they don't hate Jews for something in particular; they hate them for everything: capitalism and communism, fanaticism and atheism, nationalism and globalism, insularity and meddling. They pin literally all the sins of the world on Jews.”

The great Charlie Kirk said, “There is a corner of the internet of people who want to point and blame the Jews for all their problems… Everybody, this is demonic, and it’s from the pit of Hell, and it should not be tolerated, period.”

Kirk described it perfectly as “hyper-online brain rot.”

Josh Hammer, senior editor-at-large at Newsweek and author of the 2025 book Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West, noted after Charlie Kirk’s assassination that Charlie had been “holding back some really nasty stuff” brewing in very young, far-right online circles - including increasingly open antisemitism. He said Kirk was doing “more than maybe anyone in the country” to contain it. And now, Hammer admitted, he “worries… what that energy does from here in his absence.”

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Jack Hibbs links rising antisemitism to End Times, says Trump peace deal will fail: 'Doctrine of demons'

Pastor Jack Hibbs claimed during a recent interview that rising antisemitism across the political spectrum is demonic in origin and evidence of the End Times.

Hibbs, who pastors Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino Hills, California, and adheres to a premillennial dispensationalist eschatology, also asserted that President Donald Trump's recent Gaza peace plan will fizzle to make way for the Antichrist.

“It's really an amazing time. First of all, we have to make sure that we put it in the proper context, as all things," Hibbs told the Christian Broadcasting Network last week in response to a question about alleged conspiracy theories and antisemitism from prominent voices on the political right, such as Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes.

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Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you...

Peace in Christ.

Again, we do not find the living body of Christ in the man-based churches where the Lord of glory has been crucified among them (and being kept that way even now).

No mortal flesh is being saved in the grave of the man-based churches. We must depart from them.

They are not shining forth the glory of the Lord as His presence is not being made manifest through them. They mortally perish as they do not hear the Word of Truth, the good news of our mortal salvation from their “pastors” who do not understand it and yet are allowed to rejoice in this situation.

He is not there among them for He is risen. The Lord of glory is being crucified….extinguished….betrayed…given up…among them. The Son of man goes (sinks out of view from this earth) as it is written of Him.

Mat 28:5-6 KJV
(5) And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

(6) He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

“Come see the place where the Lord lay…”

He made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in His DEATHS (plural). The Hebrew word for death is in the plural form here in Isaiah 53:9. The "wicked and the rich" are their pastors who know not what they are doing…and yet are allowed to profit and rejoice in this situation.

The “deaths” (plural) are the deaths of His people (we are many members of His body) who are being led astray by rich pastors (as deceit is found in their mouths) and are not manifesting His life in their mortal flesh which would have saved their mortal bodies.

The rich pastors have no understanding of the Word of Truth…the gospel of our salvation…and are not preaching it to their spiritually poor congregations.

Each of His people that does not manifest His life in their mortal flesh and mortally perishes as a result is a death of Him.

“Deaths” = a multitude of people. They could have manifested His life in their mortal flesh but were not fed with the gospel of Truth and so mortally perish without knowing it. The Lord of glory is never made manifest in their mortal flesh which would have given them an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”).

This is the “violence” of those who “rule” over them…their church rulers… as they are actively cutting off the manifestation of His life in the mortal flesh of those they are deceiving. He is being cut out of the land of the living…and His people who are falling for their deceit are mortally perishing without understanding. Deceit is found in the mouths of those who rule over their congregations....and they do "violence" as they are cutting off the manifest life of Jesus from their congregations. Jesus did none of these things.

Isa 53:8-9
(8) He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

(9) And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death ( DEATHS ); because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

The rich men…their ruling pastors….are full of “violence” because of this situation. Their tongue is deceitful for they are leading many astray from the way that leads to life...the life of Jesus that could be had/manifest in their mortal flesh.

Mic 6:12 KJV
(12) For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The rich pastors have been allowed to rejoice in this awful situation. They nourish their hearts as in the "day of slaughter" as the sheep they are pastoring are all mortally perishing under their "care."

They CONDEMN (to adjudge against, pronounce guilty) AND KILL the Just One …the Innocent One…and He does not resist them. The Lord of glory is being crucified even now. In the “trial” of Him, they cast their vote for guilt instead of innocence (the “white stone”). His manifest life is never released among them.

His manifest life is being cut off from being made manifest in the bodies of the people that they are “pastoring.” They are pastoring the “flock of the slaughter” as the Lord of glory is being crucified among them.

Jas 5:5-6
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

(6) Ye have condemned and killed the Just One; and He doth not resist you.

The hire of their laborers is kept back by fraud as the Word of Truth is not being preached to their congregations. The drum beat of the rejoicing of their (of the rich rulers of the churches) nourished hearts have kept them from hearing the cries of their congregations who are like Lazarus…desiring to eat of the crumbs of truth that fall from their tables and yet are full of problems...full of sores from top to bottom.

Yet, the rich men...the rich pastors...are about to have their rejoicing changed to weeping and howling for the miseries that shall come upon them. He will deliver His sheep from them for their cries have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth who will hear their cries and deliver them from those shepherds who are only feeding themselves.

Jas 5:1-4 KJV
(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
(3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

(4) Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

They...the rich rulers of the churches... fare “sumptuously” every day…that is, they REJOICE (fare = rejoice) brilliantly every day as they get their earthly, daily needs met from their congregations. They rule over them …being “clothed in purple and fine linen.”

This rejoicing of their rulers though drowns out the cries of their spiritually poor congregations who are like Lazarus.

Their congregations lay at the gate….at their mouth…waiting to be fed with the Word of Truth.

They are full of sores…full of problems…and yet the “dogs” come and lick the sores. In other words, the flattering tongue of those who could care less about them speak empty words of peace and safety to those who are experiencing problems which does nothing to solve the problems of their congregations. They come speaking "feigned words" as they make merchandise of them.

Luk 16:19-21 KJV
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously (REJOICED BRILLIANTLY) every day:
(20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

There has been a great famine of hearing the Word of God spoken in truth and sincerity.

Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

And yet those who are responsible for feeding His people are allowed to rejoice in this situation: “hurt not the oil and the wine”…hurt not their rejoicing.

(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

“Wine” makes the heart of man glad and “oil” makes his face to shine. The rich rulers of the churches “fare sumptuously every day….they rejoice brilliantly…their hearts rejoice and their faces shine as they eat the "bread" of others freely.

Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

They are feeding the “flock of the slaughter.”

Zec 11:4-5 KJV

(4) Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Their possessors slay them as they are cutting off the life of Jesus from those who are being led astray by them. Those that sell them….making merchandise of them….rejoice as they say “Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich” and do not care for the sheep as they are too busy rejoicing. Their own shepherds of the flock of the slaughter pity them not.

(5) Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

They follow after Judas as they purchase a "field" with the reward of the iniquity. They are pastoring the flock of the slaughter....a "field" of people who are mortally perishing as they make merchandise of them. They "fall headlong" after the reward as they get their earthly needs met by their congregations that they have "bought." Their "burst asunder in the middle"...that is, they REJOICE greatly in the heart (the "middle')....and their "bowels gush out"...that is, they have NO PITY for those they are making merchandise of. Their congregations are a "field of blood" as the life of Jesus is being cut off from being made manifest in their mortal flesh and so they are all mortally perishing. "Aceldama" = "smoothness" of the tongue and blood. Through deceit (the smoothness of the tongue) do they do "violence" in the field as they are preventing the life of Jesus from being made manifest in those they are deceving.

Act 1:18-19 KJV
(18) Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

(19) And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.


2Pe 2:3 KJV
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Jesus Christ is already raised from the dead. He is risen so that we might have His resurrected life now in our mortal bodies.

He is already raised to glory so that we might shine forth His glory to the people of this dark world.

He …the Holy One and the Just/Innocent One is being denied in the man-based churches where His life is not being found.

Act 3:14-15
(14) But ye denied the Holy One and the Just One, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

(15) And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

We must “go quickly” out from among the graves of the man-based churches where His manifest life is not found.

He leads us out of them into “Galilee”… “circle” of the nations. The people of the outside world encircle us. We will then manifest His presence to them through our mortal bodies when we depart from the grave of the man-based churches. His life will then shine to them from us.

Mat 28:7-10 KJV
(7) And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
(8) And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
(9) And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

(10) Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Trump Intervenes in Honduras Vote, Alleging Fraud Without Evidence

Honduras presidential and congressional elections were conducted this past Sunday.....

As of Monday afternoon, "Honduras was on edge after tallies showed two candidates separated by about 500 votes. Then President Trump claimed that officials were rigging results."


“Looks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election,” he wrote online on Monday night. “If they do, there will be hell to pay!”
His evidence? He said Honduran election officials had “abruptly stopped counting” at midnight the night before.

In reality, Honduras’s election agency had updated the results at about noon local time on Monday, roughly nine hours before Mr. Trump’s post. And the delay since then was expected.

That is because Honduras employs an electoral system that reports a first tranche of votes — transmitted from polling stations digitally — as preliminary results. Workers then verify all vote tallies by hand, and there is often a delay in between. It is difficult to send all tallies digitally because internet connections can be sparse and unstable in some parts of the country.





It wasn't enough to pardon the former narco President....now he wants to undermine Honduran elections.

Meet the Apostle of Christmas—and Pray the Novena

As [John the Baptist] watched Jesus walk by he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” …Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” …Then he brought him to Jesus. (Jn. 1:36-40)

Africa’s Catholic Awakening Amid Persecution

By 2025, it is projected that Africa will be home to one-sixth of the world’s Catholics. That means tens of millions of faithful believers—many of them first- or second-generation Catholics—bringing new life to a Church that has long been centered in Europe and the Americas. This demographic shift represents one of the most profound transformations in Church history.


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