Gary O' said:

Late spring is so glorious
The garden is coming alive

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and a freshening of blossoms

Makes for a blessed Sabbath


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I like it. I used to have a slide of three yellow rises I took back in the 80s. One of my favorite photos ever,

The juveniles were taken into custody and charged with misdemeanor battery. . .
"I was out on the date with my husband, and they dragged my dress on the ground, and they said, like, ‘We own the street. You can’t just walk around prancing in your little dress.’

We have to put wokeness aside, we are losing our country. They should be charged with felony hate crimes. Black on white crimes should be treated the same as white on black crimes.

timewerx said:

Great, I'm supersonic!

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May Chuck Yeager rest in peace. He passed away in December 2020. Great man who broke the sound barrier in a plane in 1947.

One of my coworkers is having back pain/spasms, please pray the Lord will heal her and that it won't inconvenience my other co-workers. Thank you in advance.

Jehovah Jireh, we pray you will lead to and provide Benam with the job you have in mind, in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

Heavenly Father, we pray you enable Serenity to hear your voice and get some sleep, in the Name of Jesus. Amen and Amen.

I'm thinking it wasn't so much what type of calendar he used, but that he counted carefully. A hired man needs keep diligent with keeping track to know that he was paid properly. Just my two cents.

Putin and Orban are clearly in Trump's quarter...Kim Jung Un and Netanyahu haven't weighed yet.
All the lowlife leaders of the UN-free world.

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Pope Francis is slowing down his liturgical schedule a bit this summer as he prepares to head out on the longest international trip of his pontificate in September.

The 87-year-old pope does not have any public Masses on his schedule for eight weeks in July and August, according to the master of papal liturgical ceremonies’ official schedule published this week.

The pope’s current calendar has him taking a break from public liturgies from July 8 to Sept. 1. Prior to that, he is expected to preside over at least three events on his liturgical schedule.

Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has opted for a busier summer schedule than his predecessors, making international trips, creating new cardinals, establishing new Church celebrations, and famously forgoing the traditional summer retreat to the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo.

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Pope Francis to take 8-week break in liturgical schedule this summer

The 87-year-old pope does not have any public Masses on his schedule for eight weeks in July and August, according to the official schedule published this week.

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Good for him. We all need rest.

"Traditional" families are part of His original design --thus an ideal-- but since the Fall of Man, we need more than that.

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– Cheshire Wildlife Trust

A beautiful white stork was spotted recently flying over the English county of Cheshire, and not only would no one alive today be able to remember the last time that happened, but none of their grandparents would either; neither would any of their grandparents, and probably none of theirs.

White storks have been extinct in England for 600 years—since the time Martin Luther nailed his document of reforms on the Church wall—but they’ve been back and breeding for several years thanks to efforts to reintroduce them from other populations.

The Warsaw Zoo donated birds to the White Stork Project of southern England. They had been rescued following accidents on roads or with powerlines.

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Stork That Went Extinct in the UK 600 Years Ago is Spotted in the English Skies: ‘It was a great sign’

The Warsaw Zoo donated birds to the White Stork Project of southern England. They had been rescued following accidents on roads or powerlines.

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Wow, hopefully these storks are preserved, and repopulated.

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credit – Rewilding Europe, Nelleke de Weerd, released.

Rewilding Europe is thrilled to announce the arrival of a small herd of bison in a large valley in Portugal.

Believed to be the key to preventing catastrophic wildfires, invasive species spread, and promoting endemic biodiversity, it’s the first time bison have been present in Portugal since the last Glacial Maximum.

From Poland to Romania to the UK, European wood bison are now firmly recognized as one of the best tools for returning what little wilderness Europe has left to as wild a state as possible.

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Portugal Welcomes First Wild Bison in 10,000 Years–the Keystone Species for Rewilding a Quarter-Million Acres

Through their grazing, foraging, trampling, and fertilizing, bison help to maintain biodiversity-rich mosaic landscapes of forest.

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Hopefully this bison repopulation project works. I think it will.

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In the Midst of the National Eucharistic Revival, Vinea Research Releases New Findings Affirming More Mass-Going Catholics Believe in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist​

Although a 2019 Pew Study reported that only one-third of Catholics believe in the Eucharist, a new study from Vinea Research indicates the number of Catholics who believe in the True Presence is much higher​

A new study from Vinea Research indicates that 69% of Mass-going Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, which calls into question the accuracy of results from the survey wording choices used in a previous 2019 study from the Pew Research Center, which were not consistent with Catholic teaching. The Pew study claimed only one-third (34%) of Mass-going Catholics in the United States believed in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Vinea Research, a strategic market research company focused on Catholic topics, conducted their own study in late 2022, using survey language that they believe more accurately represents how Catholics understand the Eucharist.



Published in 2019 with an explosive headline “Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ,” this Pew study surprised Catholic leaders and led to the launch of the National Eucharistic Revival in 2022. However, using language more commonly understood by Catholics, Vinea’s research indicates that many more Catholics than originally thought have an authentic understanding of the core Catholic teaching of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. According to the founder of Vinea Research, Hans Plate, this is a beacon of hope for the American Catholic Church and an affirmation of the incredible response to the National Eucharistic Revival.

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Vinea Research Releases New Findings Affirming More Mass-Going Catholics Believe in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist

In the Midst of the National Eucharistic Revival, Vinea Research Releases New Findings Affirming More Mass-Going Catholics Believe in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist Although a 2019 Pe…

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Nice stuff. Got to show everyone the Eucharistic miracles as well.

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Artie the cat – SWNS

An Englishman has been reunited with a family cat who had been lost for 12 years.

Theo-Will McKenna, then just 17 years old, was attending university near the family’s home in Connah’s Quay, Wales when their cat Artie got out and never came home.

McKenna remembers staying out for hours with a bag of treats but couldn’t locate their beloved white and grey cat. McKenna would visit once a week for months to look some more, but gradually lost hope of ever seeing Artie again.

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Missing for 12 Years, Beloved Cat Named Artie Finally Reunited with His Family

McKenna would visit once a week for months with a bag of treats, but gradually lost hope of ever seeing Artie again.

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Aww, this is wholesome. 12 years is a long time to wait.

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(OSV News) — Growth, undeniable tensions and “a deep desire to rebuild and strengthen” the body of Christ have emerged as key themes in the latest synod report for the Catholic Church in the U.S.

Released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic BishopsMay 28, the “National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America for the Interim Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod” summarizes responses from more than 35,000 participants and over 1,000 listening sessions, with 76% of the nation’s dioceses and eparchies submitting reports to the U.S. synod team.

Widespread participation and commitment​

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Synod report for U.S. shows growth, tensions and 'deep desire to rebuild' the body of Christ

Released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops May 28, the "National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America for the Interim Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod" summarizes responses from more than 35,000 participants and over 1,000 listening sessions, with 76% of the...

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35,000? There are supposedly somewhere around 60,000,000 Catholics of one sort or another in the USA. One out of a thousand participated in synod on synodality part deux. That's way worse than synod on synodality part un, which was abysmal participation. And a quarter of the dioceses didn't even bother to send in a submission.

I waited and watched for my diocese to announce a 'listening session' but never saw it. If they even had one, I wonder if the usual bureaucrats showed up like it was their regularly scheduled weekly meeting.

Akita Suggagaki said:

Biden doesn't demand loyalty or threat reprisal.
But don't get me wrong. I am not a Biden supporter even though I thing he is far better than Trump. Trump is off the chart psycho.

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If Biden speaks - he is projecting.
If the left speaks - they are projecting.

I can Agree that Biden cannot threaten, unless he has a lucid day. Like when he threatened Ukraine to remove the guy investigating things regarding the company where Hunter worked.

Yes, I will pray for their salvation. Realistically, I know that not many will be saved. Because Messiah said that few would make it to heaven. And those who were actually into the dark side, seem like even less likely Heaven bound candidates.

My first prayer is that people will be protected from them as they can be known to do some horrific things. All in secret of course. I pray for the protection of people and children and animals.

And I pray that people will be let away from such groups and never enter them.

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I’m outside the bubble six to seven times a year.

You should try it. It is even easier to get away from the left propaganda here.

You do know I complimented the President right?

I think you have more bias towards your perception on me than what I post and this demonstrates it quite well.

Is that why you always address my behavior and not the topic of the thread? Asking for a friend.

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It does please me you are sticking up for yourself you deserve a bit more respect.
Have a nice day.

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And The Lord said, "read slowly my son" and wow just wow!

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Amen. The eternal water and wine ever flowing from His side and His wounds. I also eat His flesh and drink His blood slowly that I may share it. This is communion as He multiplies and bears fruits and fills the earth through His word and spirit of truth.

Conspiracy theorists get a bad rap in popular culture, yet research has shown that most Americans believe conspiracy theories of some sort. Why then, if most of us believe conspiracies, do we generally think of conspiracy theorists as loony?

New research from the University of Illinois Chicago found that it’s because people are quite bad at identifying what is or isn’t a conspiracy theory when it’s something they believe. The finding held true whether people self-identified as being liberal or conservative. “Conspiracy blindness” became less pronounced when study participants took more time to consider whether something was a conspiracy theory, and when they were given a definition of conspiracy theories to consider. The research is published in PLOS One.

“A lot of people believe these things, but it just never occurs to them that they may be a conspiracy theory,” said JP Prims, a visiting lecturer in psychology at UIC and the study’s author. After all, conspiracy theories aren’t always false — think Watergate. Indeed, Prims found their way to this research after realizing that they believed a conspiracy theory: that oil and gas companies deliberately hide information on climate change.

Prims showed that people were bad at labeling their beliefs as conspiracy theories across two studies, each with roughly 250 online participants.

The first study asked participants to read summaries of news articles, half of which came from mainstream outlets that did not contain conspiracies and half from conspiracy news sites that did. The second study was similar but used statements that either did or did not include a conspiracy, as opposed to real articles. Examples of the conspiracies included that pharmaceutical companies push state governments to require vaccinations or that 5G wireless networks pose health risks.

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4 Israeli hostages rescued

Celebrations erupted in Tel Aviv today after four Israeli hostages were finally rescued from Gaza by Israeli special forces.

Hostages held for eight months had been taken from the Nova music festival on October 7 last year—a captivity that added up to more than 240 days.

The daytime rescue operation in Nuseirat had been planned for weeks, said IDF officials, who released footage of soldiers ushering the hostages to a waiting helicopter.

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I saw a comic book sketch of a boy kneeling by his bedside saying his evening prayers as his dad walked by the bedroom’s open door. The boy looked up and said ‘Hi Dad; just saying my prayers; do you need anything while I’m here?’ His dad looked like he’d had a long day.

At first, it made me laugh; but as I pondered it I realised something. Our design is for complete dependency on God and Intimacy with Him. We are not meant to figure out life on our own. Prayer is the only way to make life work.

As the pace of life quickens, the pressure mounts, and demands are placed upon people that our ancestors would never comprehend; perhaps everyone in the modern world could embrace the Navy Seals saying “The only easy day was yesterday”. We are even harassed by our own telephones!

Often at best people try to shoehorn God in on Sunday morning and a quick prayer as they run out of the house. But we need a lot more than that to survive let alone thrive. Jesus spent whole nights in prayer. Even Jesus needed to. To commune with the Father, the only one who truly knew Him (and the only one who knows and understands us).

Prayer is the oxygen for the soul, without it, we will shrivel up and die. The human heart is the meeting place for God and man, He is already there; (like in a Zoom breakout room) waiting for us to enter, and share our troubles with Him so He can immediately get to work on them. (He loves to be needed).

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