• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

Pray The Holy Spirit Miraculously Defeat politicians with extreme socialist, progressive liberal & socially-liberal views like Zohran Mamdani

Please pray that The Holy Spirit somehow Miraculously Defeat politicians with extreme socialist, progressive liberal & socially-liberal views like Zohran Mamdani at the ballot box:

My husband has passed away

I'm sorry I haven't posted for a few weeks as my husband passed away a few weeks ago. He was my rock & soul partner. We met when we were very young.

I loved him so much, although he never really agreed with me about the shape of the earth he would always pretended to just to keep the peace. :)

I will miss him so so much & at the moment I'm praying to Jesus to take me home to be with Mark.

RIP my darling until we can be togeather. I love you so very very much.

X

:heart::praying:

Do You Know Him in Truth?

“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked…
“The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” (1 John 2:3-6,9-11 NASB1995)

Biblical faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and is not of our own doing, not of our human flesh, but which is gifted to us by God, and is persuaded of God, must result in us being crucified with Christ in death to sin, and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. So if we claim faith in Jesus Christ, but sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we do not know God!

But sadly there are many professers of faith in Jesus Christ today who have been convinced that they are eternally secure in their salvation since they prayed the prayer to receive Christ, or they made a verbal acknowledgment of Christ as Lord and of his bodily resurrection. They have this false sense of security that their professions of faith alone serve like insurance, and that their sins no longer matter to God, and that God will not judge them for their sins since they “did the deed.” And so they keep on in their addictive sins.

Many of them are the self-indulgent, lovers of intoxication to sin, who think their deliberate sinful lifestyles will not prevent them from having salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And some or many of them are quite aware of what the Scriptures teach on this subject, so they are not naïve. They have just chosen “the path of least resistance,” i.e. they are choosing the easy way which leads to destruction rather than the narrow way, which leads to salvation from sin and eternal life with God (see Matthew 7:13-14).

So they hold on to their sins, and they continue to add sin upon sin to where their sins are piled up as high as heaven (see Revelation 18:4-5), while they refuse to biblically repent and to forsake their sins and to now walk in obedience to the Lord and to his commandments, in practice. So, for them, coming to faith in Jesus Christ is not in dying with Christ to sin and now walking in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, but it is Jesus forgiving their sins while they continue to clutch their sin treasures in hand.

But this isn’t just about them sinning against God deliberately and habitually, without conscience, while proclaiming Jesus as Savior and Lord, and God’s forgiveness of all their sins, and heaven as their eternal resting place. But this is about them sinning against their fellow humans, some of whom are their spouses, children, grandchildren, neighbors and even strangers. For they are vile, malicious, immoral, untrustworthy, and liars who sin habitually regardless of who gets hurt in the process. For this is about self-indulgence.

So, please understand here that the Scriptures do not teach that you can hold on to your pile of sins, and keep repeating the same sins over again, in direct disobedience to God, via hate for God and for all who you hurt by your deliberate sins, and then claim Jesus as your Lord as though you are in an intimate relationship with him. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven (see Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior
And your testimony is separate from Him.
Your words not matching your actions today.
Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.
Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,
For you profess one thing, but other you do.
Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.
Not living in truth to what you confess.
Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.
Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.
Your heart is not given to your Lord God.
Because of how you live, you are a fraud.
Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

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Do You Know Him in Truth?
An Original Work / September 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

An IT Tool We All Need

It's an IT tool we all need -- one that, when given an article (online), creates a high level view version of it. It will offer several benefits to the user -- the biggest of which is the Reduction of Distractions.

Ideally, a summary will be presented for each paragraph. Each paragraph will be summarised. All you see initially is the summaries. Hence, it would be a good learning tool.

The original text will be hidden initially. They can be revealed through clicking a button. This will work like the "Group" feature in MS Excel.

All the ads and hyperlinks will be removed from the newly created page.

There are several benefits that it can offer to the user:
1. High level view
2. More motivated to read articles
3. Less distractions

Reduction of Distractions is what we all need today.

When You Have Done the Will of God

“But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one. Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
“For yet in a very little while,
He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
But My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.” (Hebrews 10:32-39 NASB1995)

All throughout the New Testament writings we are taught that our salvation from sin, which is God’s gift to us, and which is not of our own flesh, is conditional upon us dying to sin, by the Spirit, and us walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we will now die to sin and walk in obedience to our Lord in the power and wisdom of God, as we yield control of our lives over to God.

And we are taught that if we go on sinning, and if sin remains our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips have professed. So our salvation is not based on lip service only, and it is not this one-time thing that takes place in our lives which guarantees us heaven when we die, but regardless of how we live. Our salvation is progressive sanctification which we must continue in to the end for us to have heaven as our destiny.

[Matthew 10:22; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 8:24; Romans 11:17-24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 1 John 2:24-25]

Now some people will call this legalism, or they will call it “works salvation,” but it is neither of those, if taught in the correct biblical context. What this describes is biblical salvation, which was taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles. Yes, we do nothing to earn or to deserve our own salvation, but we need to know what biblical salvation is, for it is us being delivered out of our slavery (addiction) to sin so that, by the grace of God, and in his power, we will now walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

So many people today are teaching a false gospel of salvation absent of biblical repentance (turning from sin to obey God), and without God’s requirements that we now put sin to death in our lives, not just once, but daily, by the Spirit, and that we walk (in conduct, with purpose) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice. And so we have a large number of people professing faith in Jesus whose lives are not much different from those who do not believe in Jesus, for sin is still their practice.

But the whole purpose of our salvation and our walks of faith is that we no longer walk in sin deliberately and habitually, but that we now walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in following our Lord wherever he leads us in being who he wants us to be, and in doing what he has called us to do, and in being his witnesses who live the gospel, in practice, and who are sharing the true biblical message of the gospel with the people of the world for their salvation from sin and for their hope of eternal life with God.

“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.” (Hebrews 10:26-27 NASB1995)

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley


“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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An Original Work / September 24, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

'Cancel the Hate' App targeting Charlie Kirk critics leaks user data in huge privacy breach; may also have been a scam

The app, called "Cancel the Hate", launched shortly after Kirk’s assassination on September 10 and encouraged people to anonymously report “offenders” who spoke against him, as per a SAN report.

While its website promised that users submitting reports would remain anonymous, a security flaw in the connected social media-style app exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and other personal details, as per the SAN report.

Cancel the Hate Users Say It May Be a Scam​

One user affected, who confirmed downloading the app but asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told SAN they began receiving suspicious donation requests by email and now believe the project may have been a scam, as per the report.

Cancel the Hate was founded by conservative activist Jason Sheppard ... backlash was swift. Sheppard’s social media accounts, along with those tied to Cancel the Hate, have since been deleted without explanation, as per the SAN report.

“Faith, Ethics, and Everyday Choices: How Do We Live Righteously Today?”

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ,


I wanted to start a conversation about ethics and morality from a Christian perspective. We often read in the Bible about God’s standards for right and wrong, yet in daily life, it can sometimes be challenging to apply these principles consistently.


Some questions to ponder and discuss:


  1. How do you decide what is ethical or moral in complex situations?
  2. How does your faith guide your choices in everyday life, like work, relationships, and social interactions?
  3. How can Christians balance compassion with truth when facing moral dilemmas?
  4. Are there specific Bible verses or teachings that inspire you to act ethically even when it’s difficult?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, experiences, and Scripture references that guide your understanding of morality and ethics in today’s world. Let’s share wisdom and encouragement with each other.

“Let’s discuss with love and respect, keeping Christ at the center of our conversation. What does living righteously mean to you in practical terms?”

Hello! I'm new here.

I'm hoping to find some good Christian friends on here to have fellowship with. I work in a warehouse where my manager constantly challenges my faith and cusses like a sailor. I have also been pushed away by other fellow Christians. I have been working hard to grow in the Lord and get closer to Him, which has led to some people say i am too religious for them. I really want good Christian friends that I can talk to and share God's Word with. I love you all and I look forward to meeting you all in the forums! God bless! Psalms 150

Trump replaces Biden’s portrait with a picture of auto-pen


President Donald Trump is once again making decorative changes to the White House -- disparaging former President Joe Biden in the process.

The White House has installed a new presidential portrait gallery along the West Wing Colonnade, unveiling the wall of photos on Wednesday. While the new "Presidential Walk of Fame" features portraits of all the presidents in gilded frames, Biden's portrait is replaced with a picture of an autopen.

Is AI making the human race dumber?

First of all is the Flynn effect where IQ has gradually increased over the past century due to various factors such as education and improved nutrition but has plateaued since around 2010.

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While this predates the AI revolution latest studies studies indicate an anti-Flynn effect may now be in effect with IQ scores falling.
A reason for this is an over reliance on AI resulting in diminished skills for independent problem solving.

Light weight report.

Heavier academic paper.

  • Poll
Whose groceries are more Expensive?

Has your grocery bill gone down since the start of the year?

  • Yes

    Votes: 10 31.3%
  • No

    Votes: 20 62.5%
  • I haven't noticed (ie.... I don't make a grocery budget and have no idea)

    Votes: 2 6.3%

I'm curious where everyone is at with their food budgets.

I've seen some pretty crazy images of beef and coffee and such. Not as interested in eggs.

Grocery prices are jumping up. We explain why.

Not necessarily as interested in the "big picture" stuff and more about people's awareness of how expensive things are "on the ground".

The Tea App

There’s a new app in town. Have you heard? :crosseo:

Tea, an app that allows women to post pictures of men they’re dating for feedback, is going viral. Tea is now the No. 1 lifestyle app in the App Store, with over 1 million women signing up over the past week. Marketed as an online dating safety app, Tea allows its users to post photos of men and ask others for “tea” — in other words, dirt or gossip — on them. It is gaining popularity on TikTok, particularly among Gen Z users.

Unlike dating apps, the purpose of Tea is to verify the identity of people on match-making apps. It’s not doing anything new — there have long been Facebook groups where women share pictures of men they’re dating to check for red flags.

Powered by AI-driven safety technology and real-time identity verification tools, the aim is for women to have the power to discreetly check that the men they’re dating are who they say.

Features include reverse image search, with users able to catch catfish and fake profiles by dropping a screenshot into Tea’s Catfish Finder AI. Phone number lookup helps verify if someone has a hidden marriage or concerning history with their phone number. Background checks include the ability to access public records, sex offender maps and criminal history to assess if your date is safe to meet up with in real life.

The app includes an anonymous space where women can share dating experiences, ask for advice and leave honest feedback on past partners called Tea Party Group Chat. The Tea app is for women only. The app uses an identity verification process to ensure only women are joining.

………..

There’s a lot of controversy around this app. What are your thoughts? Should Christians use it?

White House presser on autism, Tylenol prompts pushback from World Health Organization

President Donald Trump and top White House health officials faced criticism from the World Health Organization for a press conference earlier this week that floated potential ties between the skyrocketing rates of autism and pregnant women's use of the common pain reliever acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol.

The World Health Organization issued a statement Wednesday asserting "that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy."

During a press conference at the White House on Monday to announce their Autism Action Plan, President Donald Trump and health officials announced a potential association between Tylenol use during pregnancy and adverse neurological outcomes such as ADHD and autism. They also promoted leucovorin, a form of folinic acid used as an off-label cancer drug, as a potential treatment for autism.

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Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise

2025 marks the first time in more than 30 years that left-wing attacks outnumber those from the far right.

The year 2016 was a turning point for left-wing terrorism, even as right-wing incidents remained much more common. Trump’s political ascent and the expansion of the MAGA movement seem to have reenergized left-wing violent extremism, which accounted for 37 incidents from 2016 to 2024, most of them motivated by either anti-government or partisan sentiment. By July 4 of this year, far-left extremists had already been responsible for five terrorist attacks and plots...

A major shift in politics ... can cause the losing side to become more combative. Just as Trump’s election led to a rise in left-wing violence, President Barack Obama’s election corresponded with a surge of violence from the right.

This year ... violence on the right has plummeted. Only one right-wing-terrorist incident occurred in the first six months of 2025: the June assassination of the Minnesota state legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband. This extraordinary drop-off is too recent to allow for any definitive explanations—and the number of terror incidents often fluctuates over short periods—but Trump’s reelection could be a key factor. His victory deflated election conspiracies that had once motivated many extremists.

Under Trump, right-wing extremists may feel less need to mobilize, because they sense that their interests are already being taken care of.

Exaggerated rhetoric across party lines helps explain why both Republicans and Democrats believe that more than 40 percent of the other side supports murder if it serves their political interests. In reality, less than 4 percent of Americans support partisan violence such as assault or arson, let alone murder.

Pregnant women taking Tylenol to spite Trump


A fertility medicine doctor, Dr. Michelle Vu, also posted a video on TikTok of herself taking Tylenol, saying "my baby won't have autism," prompting criticism from some users on X. One user wrote: "This is a doctor, mind you! Are you kidding me? Why is she allowed to practice?! Disgusting."

Trump's statement has caused a major divide online, with some, including doctors, concerned about the impacts the announcement will have, while others have criticized the pregnant women.

As Tylenol helps to reduce fever in pregnancy, some have warned that advising women not to take the relief could result in "fetal neurological maldevelopment," as high fever during pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk of birth defects.

Although, as more and more videos appear to be circulating the internet, doctors have called for these women taking Tylenol just to "stick it to Trump" to stop.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, a Fox News contributor and radiologist, wrote in a post, which accumulated more than 1.5 million views, on X: "Don't weaponize your pregnancy for a political point."

"Revival"

"Revival", a definition:

"A Christian revival is a moment in history when 1) the hearts of many of God’s people are awakened to greater love and commitment to Christ, 2) many who consider themselves Christians (but are not) get converted and 3) many people who have never known Christ are drawn to faith in Christ through what God is doing in his people."

War Secretary Hegseth axes panel that encourages women to enter military created by Defense Secretary George C Marshall

Hegseth axes panel that encourages women to enter military

The advisory committee, which has existed for nearly a century, advances “a divisive feminist agenda,” a Pentagon spokesperson said.

The closure of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services — one of dozens of study groups that offer guidance to the secretary — is Hegseth’s latest effort to rid the Pentagon of efforts that don’t fit into his “warrior ethos” vision for the department and service academies.

The former Fox News host, who has previously questioned the role of women in combat, has also shut down a program that boosts the number of women in peace building and conflict prevention efforts, calling it “woke” and “divisive.”

Former Defense Secretary George C. Marshall created the committee in 1951 under President Harry Truman to increase the number of female servicemembers and open up new career fields.
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Ex-CNN host: Charlie Kirk memorial was about Christians 'claiming divine permission to rule'

Don Lemon calls ceremony a 'political rally dressed as church'

Former CNN host Don Lemon says a memorial service held in honor of slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was, in fact, a thinly-veiled “political rally dressed as church.”

Lemon, 59, who is best known for hosting "Don Lemon Tonight" and later co-hosting "CNN This Morning” before he was fired in 2023, made the comments in a Sept. 22 livestream in which he took aim at Sunday’s memorial for Kirk held in Glendale, Arizona.

Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 at the hands of an alleged 22-year-old shooter at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Speakers who were on hand to recognize Kirk’s legacy included political leaders, White House cabinet officials, Turning Point USA and TPUSA Faith employees and conservative media influencers, as well as musical performances by prominent Christian artists.

Lemon said he began questioning the true intent of the service — which featured appearances by President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Kirk’s widow, Erika — after he was prompted by a friend’s text about Kirk being a “person of faith.”

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Three ICE detainees shot, 2 dead, at ICE facility in Dallas; suspected shooter committed suicide.

Live updates: 2 dead in shooting at Dallas ICE facility; suspect is dead

The three people shot at the Texas field office are ICE detainees, an ICE spokesperson told NBC News. No ICE officers were hurt.

  • Two people are dead ICE facility in Dallas this morning, an ICE spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
  • The three people shot are ICE detainees, a ICE spokesperon told NBC News. No ICE officers were hurt.
  • The suspected shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem posted on X that "there were multiple injuries and fatalities."
  • A motive is not initially clear, Noem said.
DHS official did not disclose how close the shooter got to the ICE field office, but stressed this was not a detention center.
[Field offices are supposed to be used only for temporarily holding detainees for a few hours, but there have been many cases where hundreds have been there for days.]

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Shooting suspect fired at ICE office from adjacent building, police say​

Sabotage? Leavitt demands answers to UN escalator malfunction with Trumps: ‘What it appears to be to me’

United Nations officials addressed the incident, saying that nothing nefarious took place​


White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called for the firing and investigation of those responsible for a stalled escalator that carried President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at Tuesday’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The escalator malfunction occurred before Trump addressed the General Assembly in New York, and he and the first lady were forced to walk up the stalled machine before making his remarks to other world leaders.

"If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X in response to a Times of London article published Sunday.

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The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy

Every Catholic is well aware of the fact that the date of Easter moves around the calendar every year. Not every Catholic knows why.

Bishop cancels Latin Mass in California parish to bring about ‘unity’

In one of his final acts as the bishop of Monterey, California, Bishop Daniel Garcia issued a letter terminating the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the diocese “in order to strengthen our unity with the universal Church” and “to support [Pope Francis’] goal of moving toward greater unity in the postconciliar Roman rite.”

Garcia issued the letter to the Latin Mass community, located at Sacred Heart Church in Hollister, California, on Sept. 14, four days before he was installed as the new bishop of Austin, Texas.

In the letter, Garcia expressed his concern that the pastor at Sacred Heart, Father Stephen Akers, be “able to give his full attention to the entire parish rather than taking his limited time spent with a small group of individuals who are not worshipping according to ordinary (and one) rite of the Latin Church,” as the number of those who attend the “preconciliar” Mass is “very small.”

Garcia cited Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes as well as the “Letter to the Bishops of the Whole World” that accompanied it, which addressed “the rare situation” of the Church “having two liturgies being celebrated in the one Latin rite.”

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