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For my aunt and uncle

Prayers for your aunt and uncle! :praying:
Thank you. I won't go into detail, but they've been posting a lot of political stuff that goes against the faith. I have no idea if they still go to Mass or not. They do travel a lot, as they are in their mid 70s and are retired. They're already great-grandparents as a matter of fact!

blessings
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Visiting another church f or Ash Wednesday

Yes.

I think it's splitting hairs; a distinction that merely reflects different terminology. Lutherans do not consider absolution, or any sacrament, to be effecacious ex opere operatio, but requires faith. Nor is it necessarily considered a discrete sacrament (sacramental rite would be more accurate to how many Lutherans understand it).
Thanks for the info!
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Wall Street is becoming Disillusioned with Musk


The actions of Musk, supposedly, represent the president's will.

"Shortly before the election, billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s biggest backer during the campaign and now his hatchet-cum-chainsaw man gutting the federal government, explicitly stated that the goal was to inflict short-term pain, including a few market crashes, in order to put the U.S. economy on a healthier footing. The problem is that, so far, the gains are looking to be as ephemeral or as invented as Musk’s government cost savings.

A few decades ago, a Republican candidate for president was roundly and repeatedly mocked for running on “voodoo economics,” which, of course, soon became gospel for the GOP. This is like voodoo, except the sharp pins and pain don’t only get jabbed into dolls."

I think that many American citizens, are quickly coming to the conclusion
that the president (and Musk), have no clue how to manage the American
economy.

AND, their blundering is hurthing American citizens, and American companies.

Musk struggles with empathy, I have noticed.

He also isn't nearly as smart as people think. His characterization of Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme", for instance, is just fatuitous right-wing shock jock rhetoric, and is wrong and misleading. His lack of empathy and curiosity, however, means that he doesn't care to actually understand how it works in the lives of millions of Americans.
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Please pray that Stefani Germanotta (aka Lady Gaga) finds companionship in Jesus Christ through the guidance of The Holy Spirit by reading The Bible

Heavenly Father, holy is your name, have mercy on your daughter, Lady Gaga. Fill her with your abundant grace, and make her holy. Surround her with spirit filled people that love your Son. This I ask, in the name of Jesus Christ your beloved Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Kristi Noem says 2 leakers accused of disclosing ICE operations ID'd: 'Put law enforcement lives in jeopardy'

Immigration raids in various parts of the United States have been plagued by leaks given to the media ahead of time​


Two people within the Department of Homeland Security have been accused of disclosing DHS operations amid the Trump administration's mass-deportation plans, Secretary Kristi Noem said.

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Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem

O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk.

But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant.

Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge my brother, for blessed art Thou, unto ages of ages. Amen.



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Former illegal immigrant aide to AOC self-deports to Colombia amid questions about employment: report

Diego de la Vega, a DACA recipient, was barred by law from paid positions in congressional offices​


An illegal immigrant who once served as an aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has reportedly self-deported to Colombia, praising the "freedom of movement" in the South American nation after working in Congress despite being in the country illegally.

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CNN edits fact-check saying Trump 'falsely claimed' there were trans experiments on mice

I don’t know. I have been reading stories of transgender mice long before I heard Trump say it. Using mice with foreign DNA or not, isn’t this being done because of the high HIV rate amongst trans women? They are being injected with the same treatments. Would it not give the same feminizing effects to male mice?
HIV? Because of sex work and other risky behavior they do? Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
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Casey Anthony, of all people, now pushing Democrat talking points regarding feminism and LGBT activism.

Wrong. It has been since the beginning. Read the Didache.
My thoughts exactly! It was never permissible for the early Church and all ancient apostolic Churches condemn it. Rightfully so.
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