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Deuteronomy 30: 19 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”

A New Season of Vindication Begins NOW By Dennis Cramer The Sons of Issachar Have Been Re-Activated! The Bible tells us little about these prophetic "sons of Issachar" (I Chron.12:32) except that they apparently possessed an incredible prophetic sensitivity to discern, to distinguish, and to truly know the spiritual "now" seasons of God as He moved upon the earth. They were especially adept at knowing what God's people should do, that is, how God's people should respond to the particular season of God they were in at the moment. "And of the children of Issachar, which had understanding of the...

Saint Theresa is known as the Saint of the Little Ways. Meaning she believed in doing the little things in life well and with great love. She is also the patron Saint of flower growers and florists. She is represented by roses. May everyone be blessed who receives this message. Theresa's Prayer cannot be deleted. REMEMBER to make a wish before you read the poem. That's all you have to do. There is nothing attached. Just send this to seven people and let me know what happens on the fourth day. Sorry you have to forward the message, but try...

by Fr. William Saunders Other Articles by Fr. William Saunders Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 02/18/05 For the Year of the Eucharist, my parish is having all-day adoration and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. I just recently moved here and I am not familiar with this practice at all. Can you explain it? Unfortunately, the lack of familiarity with exposition and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is not uncommon these days. I remember when I was growing up in the '60s, that on special occasions my home parish, St. Bernadette Church in Springfield, had exposition and benediction. Then, for whatever reason,...

by Jacqueline Rapp, JD, JCL Other Articles by Jacqueline Rapp, JD, JCL Why Marry in the Church? 2/19/05 As the number of traditional Church weddings decline, more Catholics are opting for unusual weddings. These often take place outside of the Church. Some wish to marry on the beach, at their favorite ski resort, or some other exotic location. In This Article...Why Not Just Do What You Want?Do It for YourselfDo It for Your Children Why Not Just Do What You Want? Then there are those Catholics who attempt marriage outside of the Church because they are divorced and have not received...

Have you folks heard of the Constitution Party? www.constitutionparty.com Principal can be very hard to discern in politics. I just know that if the constitution party really had a chance to win they would definitely get my vote. This is a party of mostly Christians that uphold the constitution, guided by the Holy Bible, as the ultimate law of the land.

O.K. I need a little help here. I am going to be speaking at my son's Eagle Court of Honor and I need a reference from the Bible on the blessing, honor, benefits, etc. that a good son brings. Searching the Bible on "Son" brings up a whole bunch of hits about Jesus that aren't all that useful in this context and makes it pretty hard to find what I want. Any ideas?

All the gab in Washington about who let us down when it came to protecting the nation from Al Qaeda means nothing. But the quarreling is symbolic of the fact that democratic countries have problems that dictators and totalitarian regimes do not. Democratic governments have to be elected and reelected. That is why there is so much hot potato being played down in Washington right now. Democrats pretend Al Gore would have done a better job if he were in office now, while Republicans pretend the Bush White House has done the best job that could be done. Quite simply,...

FW: Council of General Synod Approves Wording of General Synod 'local option' Same-sex Blessing ProposalFYI.  See 1a, and then, on The Passion, see 2d, 2h, and the link in 2k. Subject: Council of General Synod Approves Wording of General Synod 'local option' Same-sex Blessing Proposal1a) http://london2003.anglican.tk/- CAT OUT OF CANADIAN BAG-- "General Synod will decide on same-sex blessings." Look for a large article from CaNN about this tomorrow ...http://anglicanjournal.com/extra/news.html?newsItem=2004-03-06_sds.news  General Synod will decide on same-sex blessings Church's national council sends resolution to triennial meeting SOLANGE DE SANTIS AND MARITES N. SISON STAFF WRITERS, ANGLICAN JOURNAL Mississauga, Ont., March 7, 2004...

<p>SAN JOSE -- This time around, Assembly Member Nicole Parra is leaving nothing to chance.</p> <p>The Hanford Democrat is determined to leave this weekend's state Democratic Party convention with an official party blessing for her re-election bid this coming November against Bakersfield Republican Dean Gardner.</p>

Military wife gets $500 gift of kindness from stranger By Lisa Heyamoto Seattle Times Eastside bureau DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES After a casual conversation with a man in line at the Woodinville Post Office, in which Karin Santos mentioned her husband serving in Iraq, the man presented her with a wad of cash in the parking lot. E-mail this article Print this article Search archive It was in the post-office parking lot, of all places, where Karin Santos rediscovered her faith in humanity. It had been an emotional few months. Her husband Alberto had left for Iraq in...

ADVENT WREATH "Customarily the Advent Wreath is constructed of a circle of evergreen branches into which are inserted four candles. According to tradition, three of the candles are violet and the fourth is rose. However, four violet or white candles may also be used” (Book of Blessings 1510).The rose candle is lit the third Sunday of Advent, for this color anticipates and symbolizes the Christmas joy announced in the first word of the Entrance Antiphon: "Rejoice" (Latin, Gaudete). For this reason the Third Sunday is also called Gaudete Sunday, and rose color vestments are permitted.The Advent Wreath represents the...

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997. Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

September 1, 2003Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday 38 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I1 Thes 4:13-18 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,about those who have fallen asleep,so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.For if we believe that Jesus died and rose,so too will God, through Jesus,bring with him those who have fallen asleep.Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord,that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,will surely not precede those who have fallen...

For Bassem Ramadan, images of coalition tanks advancing through Iraqi cities do not evoke fear, hatred, or anger. “Freedom has its price,” said the Iraqi refugee, while watching footage of destruction on his television screen in Hayy al-Sellom. “Everyone in Iraq was waiting for this moment,” he said. “Not the Shiites, not the Kurds ­ everyone. Saddam’s regime was equally bloody on all of us, even on women and children,” he said. In light of the widespread anti-war sentiment in the Arab world, Ramadan’s stern-pro-war stance was surprising. Ramadan, and other Shiite refugees here dubbed the war a “blessing.” When...

To: end-times_news@associate.com Subject: The NY Earthquake and Pres Bush The New York Earthquake and President Bush Bill Koenig April 21, 2002 In the book that John McTernan and I have written, "Israel: The Blessing or the Curse", we identified 34 significant same day events when the United States pushed on Israel to give up her covenant land or made major public statements pertaining to the covenant land of Israel. These events included hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, major stock market corrections, tropical storms and other events. These were some of the largest and most significant in U.S. history. Yesterday, as President Bush's...

As a military honor guardsman, Patrick Cubbage had a simple message to the families of deceased veterans at graveside services. "God bless you and this family, and God bless the United States of America," he would say as he presented a folded flag to them. Because of that, Cubbage was fired in October from his job at the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Burlington County, near McGuire Air Force Base. He breached cemetery protocol, his supervisor said, by deviating from the script. "No family member ever objected," Cubbage, 54, a Vietnam combat veteran, retired Philadelphia police...

The following quote from President Bush highlights the value our Chief Executive places on the prayers of each of us: " . . . I work the rope lines a lot, and people say, 'Mr. President, I pray for you and your family.' I turn to them, I look them in the eye, and say, that's the greatest gift you can give. That's the greatest gift you can give. I mean it with all sincerity. And so I want to thank you for your prayers. I want to thank you for what you do for our nation. I want to...