An article for the reason, I thought. Did it ever occur to you that Jesus didn’t say that God knows what’s in the thoughts of Men? The obvious reason being, that one’s intellect and knowledge of the faith does not in itself provide for a close relationship with God. The same applies with prayer. If one does not have the three basic virtues of faith, hope and charity, all else with God is in vain. We know the first of these is Charity. St. Paul for one, expressed how charity had to come first before anything else.
Los Angeles (AFP) – Some 605,000 undocumented immigrants who live in California were granted driver’s licenses in 2015, the first year they have been able to enjoy that benefit, officials said Monday.
The law known as AB60 took effect on January 2, 2015. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) expects a total of about 1.4 million people will get their license under the law by late 2017.
Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed the law in October 2013 to give a legal document to the 2.5 million undocumented immigrants in California alone — most from Latin America and particularly neighboring Mexico. MORE
It’s obvious that a $10-a-barrel tax on oil would translate into higher prices for gasoline at the pump. But how much higher?
The White House on Thursday said President Barack Obama will propose a $10-a-barrel tax on each barrel of oil to pay for clean transportation projects. The tax, which will be part of the budget request Obama sends to Capitol Hill next week, would be paid by oil companies and gradually phased in over five years. The measure, however, isn’t expected to go far. MORE
Unless the mind and will are ready to believe in God’s absolute right to teach and command, there is little likelihood that fasting and penance with extra prayer will be followed carefully.
The will must be free of self-interested desires and fears in order to bend the mind to assent to an unseen God and to His whole mysterious order of salvation. Prejudices and sinful habits easily find excuses for refusing assent to truth and to self-discipline.
Christian mysteries, accepted and lived, lead men to their supernatural destiny. A Christian’s joy in living his faith, without complaining of the cost, is a sign that he knows what he is about. Continue reading →
A major overhaul is planned for the Chicago Archdiocese. It could mean dozens of churches will close.
Fr. Thomas Belanger says the proposed overhaul slated for the archdiocese, which could see as many as 100 churches shuttered over the next 14 years, was inevitable. MORE
Almost 16 years after Harry Markopolos initially warned the SEC in vain that Bernie Madoff was operating a massive Ponzi scheme, Markopolos says he has found three more schemes that are multi-billion dollar pyramids of fraud.
A defector from China has revealed some of the innermost secrets of the Chinese government and military, including details of its nuclear command and control system, according to American intelligence officials.
Businessman Ling Wancheng disappeared from public view in California last year shortly after his brother, Ling Jihua, a former high-ranking official in the Communist Party, was arrested in China on corruption charges. MORE
Rio’s five-day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes got underway in the face of warnings the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous. MORE
Chinese engineers have managed to create hydrogen gas that is three times hotter than the sun. The team were able to maintain 50 million°C for 102 seconds – a breakthrough that could someday make fusion power a reality. It follows news last week that Germany used 2 megawatts of microwave radiation to heat hydrogen gas to 80 million°C for a quarter of a second. MORE
At least 11 people have died including a ten-day-old baby after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan in the early hours of this morning, causing a 17-storey apartment building to collapse. MORE
I shall do a thing in Israel and his ears shall Tingle.
He who has EARS to HEAR let him HEAR.
The vestments for the high priest required bells to be worn when entering the Sanctuary. (Holy of Holy’s) I can rightly say that most Catholics recognize the importance of bells in our Church. But what will come to a surprise to most is with “The bell, book and candle.”the bell got left out of the new Christian faith, until the fifth century, when Saint Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, introduced them as a means to summon monks to worship. Continue reading →
The father of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen who was kidnapped and burnt alive by Jewish extremists in 2014, has demanded that the Israeli government demolish the family homes of his son’s murderers and remove their Israeli citizenship, following their sentencing on Thursday. MORE
Pope Francis will meet Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Cuba next week in a historic first meeting between the heads of the two largest Christian churches, the Vatican announced Friday.
The gathering will be the first of its kind since a schism in the 11th Century split Christianity into Western and Eastern branches.MORE
An article for the reason, I thought. Did it ever occur to you that Jesus didn’t say that God knows what’s in the thoughts of Men? The obvious reason being, that one’s intellect and knowledge of the faith does not in itself provide for a close relationship with God. The same applies with prayer. If one does not have the three basic virtues of faith, hope and charity, all else with God is in vain. We know the first of these is Charity. St. Paul for one, expressed how charity had to come first before anything else.
