They need legal experts like Levin on the Council.

Praying for Rob! thanks for sharing!

Fantine said:

After finishing reading my daily Lenten meditation: "None of us really knows what we are doing until the outer crucifix becomes the inner revelation of every act of human barbarism, war, torture, starvation, disease, abuse, oppression, injustice, and absurd lives "from the blood of Abel the Holy to the blood of Zechariah whom you killed (Mt 23:35.)...."

I turn on the news and hear Marco Rubio announcing that Trump is getting "impatient" and the US might "move on" from peace efforts...leaving 66 million 'lambs of God' in Ukraine vulnerable to slaughter (for did not Jesus say that we are the lambs and he the Good Shepherd?)

Sen. Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Trump says U.S. could move on from Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. could "move on" from its involvement in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine if no progress is made "within a matter of days."

www.nbcnews.com

The horror of the news on the holiest day of the year leaves me transfixed with grief.

66 million lives to relieve a president's "impatience?"

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Praying for peace is all I can do. I do not put my faith in politicians, only in God.

CallMePoP said:

Pray for me... im exhausted and empty.

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Jesus, please give CallMePoP strength and reasons to feel fulfilled, lead him over his concerns about his marriage, protect his children from suffering in any way because of the imperfections that apply to their parents, as no one is perfect but You. Please provide all the knowledge and insight and support from other christians, Your Word, and their church. that will create a greater element of both partners thriving in this relationship, and carry the whole family to a deeper and clearer sense of Your amazing unfailing love.

Lord, have mercy on Lilli. Restore her to full health and strength. Guide and protect all doctors and nurses watching over her. Comfort her parents. Take away all their worries and distress. In the name of Christ I pray, Amen!

Avaree said:

LORD GOD,
YOU WHO ARE LOVE itself,
Teach us to love — not with words alone, but with our lives.
Help us to love each other, even when it’s hard,
Even when we’re hurt, even when we don’t understand.
And most of all, LORD, TEACH us to love YOU —
With all our hearts, soul, mind, and strength.
Because when we love YOU first, everything else falls into place.
HEAL the divisions. Soften the hearts.
MAKE us one, as YOU and THE SON are ONE.
LET YOUR LIGHT shine through us.
LET YOUR PEACE settle over us.
And LET YOUR WILL be done, in us and through us.
In JESUS’ HOLY NAME, we pray.
Amen.

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Amen!

Since this is the American Politics tab and not Science... we have our political answer:

whitehouse.gov

I will keep everyone updated this coming Easter Sunday. God bless

Glory to God! As a person of English descent who visited England twice, this warms my heart! My great-great grandparents were immigrants from England and Catholic.

Thanks for posting! I know they have a Tenebrae with the seminarians at the Cathedral in my city! Too bad I wasn't able to attend this year

Thanks for posting! I find his life story very fascinating! May he pray for us before the throne of God!

Wow! Thanks for posting!

“…One who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to His ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.” (Hebrews 7:16)

Glory to God! Praying for many more young men to join the priesthood!

Michie said:

I have gone but I don’t always go. There is also a Good Friday short service but not many go to that.

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I think it depends on your parish? My parish is always pretty full!

Wolseley said:

Well, either way, I am pleased and happy to say that I, personally, never got *any* of the shots or boosters. I refused to be inoculated, had Covid at least twice that I know of, and here I am, living to tell the tale.

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I am fully vaccinated and almost completely healthy. Hoping for the best!

FireDragon76 said:

There's alot of fake news out there right now meant to stir anger or fear.

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If it’s fake I redact my earlier comment, other than freedom of religion is a basic human right.

BukiRob said:

It doesnt matter if you are a heterosexual or not. If you are engaging in sexual immortality, you are in open sin and rejecting that it is sin is a VERY dangerous place to be because you are living in OPEN REBELLION of Gods word

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I agree. But I have my own sins and salvation to worry about.

Glory to God!

Blessed Good Friday all

rebornfree said:

Well that is good, but I hope that he, and others, know that while the Lord has died for us all we need to accept His death for ourselves. We are not automatically saved because we live in an era after Jesus' resurrection.

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Indeed. You are spot on!

Valletta said:

Malta is very religious, the people at mass seem deeply involved. St. Paul was shipwrecked there ( St. Pauls' Bay) and they have very much kept their Catholic faith.

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Glory to God!

So . . . in case we talk about dying well > learn now with God, how to do things well, and then we can be ready also to do our dying well.

Trust God to have us ready - - - the way ***He*** wants.

And this means to become the way He wants us to become, by then . . . how Jesus is humble and all-loving.

And this is the way to be, all the time.

Our Apostle says >

"I die daily,"

in 1 Corinthians 15:31.

I see he can mean he always is ready to see Jesus for judgment. And I see we can mean we die to self so we are humble and all-loving like Jesus. And so, by being like Jesus, we can do things of this life well and die well, all while being pleasing to our Father like how Jesus on the cross was "a sweet-smelling aroma" (Ephesians 5:2) right while so suffering but obeying our Father. We can be like this also while still living here.

And in a group we can talk about this. Even if someone else has an agenda, we can make good use of the group. Satan and his world might intend something for evil; but God is able to use it for His good.