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Derek Johnson breaks down CIC Trump's Mara-Lago Speech on April 4, 2023
If anyone can dispute on what he is saying , please reply. This is worth listening to every second of the 1 hour 45 minute video -
You can't make this
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Dr. Mary Talley Bowden in her own words...
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If you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothin will happen, but if you shake the jar hard the ants will start killing each other. The red ants will consider the black ants their enemies, and the black ants will consider the red ants their enemies. The real enemy is the one shaking the jar.
The same thing happens in human society. So before we attack each other we should think about who is shaking the jar!
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QUARTERFLASH - Harden My Heart (1982)
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One Thing, Jesus Christ.
Stations of the Cross Series, Station #10, Wednesday, April 5th by Fr. Ben Daghir & Luke DaghirEditor's Note: Fr. Ben Daghir and Luke Daghir will have 14 articles based upon the stations of the cross. The 14th article will conclude on Easter Sunday.
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The 10th Station: Jesus’s clothes are taken away.According to Forbes, Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon) currently have the highest net worths on the planet. Musk sits roughly at 267.3 billion dollars while Bezos is roughly at 189.2 billion dollars.
It is interesting that a famous person’s net worth is one of the first facts which appear on a Google search. What does this say about our culture?
It means that people are often searching for this information. It means that our culture is obsessed with wealth and the wealth of others.
The 10th station tells us that Jesus’s clothes are taken away. His wealth was stripped away from Him on the road to Calvary.
St. Thomas Aquinas reflected on the reality of Christ’s poverty on the road to Calvary. He noted that Jesus had no wealth, no honor, no power, and no pleasure on the Cross. He was stripped of everything that the world promotes as of first importance. Jesus’s “net worth” was reduced to $0.00.
Aquinas then noted, “Whoever wishes to live perfectly should do nothing but disdain what Christ disdained on the cross and desire what he desired.”
The 10th station demands that we reevaluate what is of highest worth to us. Is it power, wealth, honor, or pleasure? Is it our clothes or our car? Is it our retirement plan or our vacation spot? Is it our net worth?
Or, is it something much more profound than any of these?
Is what is of greatest worth to you what Jesus desired on the Cross?
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13).
“We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you; because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”
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Luke Daghir is a seminarian for the Diocese of Erie from St. Marys, Pa. He currently studies at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.
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1970 DuBois Little League team winning it’s 1st State Championship! An undersized/overachieving team that just kept winning, 12 games in a row before loosing (3-2) to the World Champion Wayne NJ LL team for the right to go to Williamsport.
Bottom row L-R Randy Liddle, Kevin Karoleski, Chuck Strouse, Tim Andrulonis, Don Guthridge, Ken Schaffer, Louie Sackandy
Middle: Coach Don Guthridge, Manager Louie Sackandy
Back row Bruce Nesbitt, Mike Mitskavich, Bill Mckee, Bill Mumma, Roger Myers, Bill Burley, Blair Collins
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Who's in the News?
▫️Luzerne County DA Sam Sanguedolce: 13 children were rescued last year and 32 adults arrested for child exploitation
https://www.timesleader.com/news/1604627/luzerne-county-da-highlights-crimes-against-children-in-annual-report▫️5 arrested after undercover College Park prostitution sting
ATLANTA, Ga. - Five people were arrested and face charges for their involvement in prostitution and illegal activity after an undercover prostitution sting in College Park.
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/04/5-arrested-after-undercover-college-park-prostitution-sting/▫️Six arrested following multi-agency human trafficking operation in Shasta County
23-year-old Ryan McKibben of Redding is charged with two felony violations of arranging to meet with a minor for sexual services, two felony violations of arriving at a meeting for the purpose of paying for sexual services with a minor, and one misdemeanor violation of soliciting prostitution. 60 people responded to an prostitution ad.
» https://krcrtv.com/news/local/60-people-respond-to-prostitution-ad-six-arrested-during-shasta-county-operation
» https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/crime/six-arrested-following-multi-agency-human-trafficking-operation-in-shasta-county/article_fc65907a-d27b-11ed-a511-9304999cac5a.html▫️Three Scioto County men arrested for human trafficking
After a joint investigation by the Southern Ohio Organized and Major Crime Task Force and several local and state agencies, three Scioto County men were arrested on March 25 and charged with human trafficking. The victims in this case will be offered the opportunity for treatment and other community resources.
https://www.irontontribune.com/2023/04/04/three-scioto-county-men-arrested-for-human-trafficking/▫️Traffic stop leads to human trafficking arrest in Martin County
According to the Martin County Sheriff's Office, 56-year-old Brenda Boaz of New Mexico was arrested over the weekend after making an illegal turn and then turned her vehicles headlights off suspiciously. During the traffic stop, deputies noticed she had two other people in her car. Further questioning determined Boaz was smuggling undocumented immigrants into the United States, according to investigators. Boaz was receiving $2,500 to $3,000 per person she smuggled in.
https://cbs12.com/amp/news/local/brenda-boaz-traffic-stophuman-trafficking-arrest-martin-county-new-mexico-florida-4-4-2023▫️El Paso Border Patrol discovers 2 stash houses with 146 migrants
Since the current fiscal year began, more than 130 stash houses have been discovered.
https://www.borderreport.com/regions/texas/el-paso-border-patrol-discovers-2-stash-houses-with-146-migrants/▫️Former San Bernardino middle school teacher gets 10-year sentence for distributing child pornography
Josue Gamaliel Vidal Quintanilla, a 31-year-old Fontana resident, taught math at Shandin Hills Middle School before authorities served a search warrant at his home and arrested him in September 2020, officials said in the release. An estimated 1,500 images and 724 videos of child pornography were discovered by authorities from Quintanilla’s online accounts and digital devices.
https://www.sbsun.com/2023/04/03/former-san-bernadino-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-for-distributing-child-pornography/▫️Former Tenn. School Nurse Sentenced For Child Porn Charges, Used Hidden Camera To Take Pictures In Girls Bathroom
NASHVILLE (DOJ) – Leon B. Hensley, 42, a former Clarksville, Tennessee, school nurse, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 24 years in federal prison on child pornography charges. A superseding indictment being returned in June 2022 charging Hensley with 25 counts of attempting to produce child pornography and enticing or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography. The investigation, including a search of Hensley’s phone led to the discovery of nude images which were later identified as minor female students at NEHS. A search of Hensley’s house resulted in the seizure of numerous electronic devices, including a small covert video camera. The devices also contained image files depicting unidentified females in hospital rooms, airports, and tanning beds, plus video files that appeared to be upskirt videos of adult and minor females.Hensley pleaded guilty to all charges.
https://breaking911.com/former-tenn-school-nurse-sentenced-for-child-porn-charges-used-hidden-camera-to-take-pictures-in-girls-bathroom/▫️Beaumont woman sentenced for child sex trafficking
Lake Charles, LA - Amber N. Manning, 39, of Beaumont pled guilty as charged on April 3, 2023, to trafficking of children for sexual purposes, pornography involving juveniles, and two counts of promoting prostitution. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
https://www.kplctv.com/2023/04/03/beaumont-woman-sentenced-human-trafficking/▫️Human smuggler sent to prison for role in deadly hostage-taking scheme following HSI Victoria-led investigation
VICTORIA, Texas — A federal judge sentenced a human smuggler April 3 to more than 12 years in prison for his role in a deadly hostage-taking scheme. Urbino Garcia-Bahena, a 32-year-old unlawfully present noncitizen residing in Houston, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 151 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit hostage taking.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/human-smuggler-sent-prison-role-deadly-hostage-taking-scheme-following-hsi-victoria▫️About 2,300 children go missing every day in the U.S., according to the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART)
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No Big Surprise!!
Trump pleads not guilty to 34 countshttps://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-pleads-not-guilty-34-counts
MORE BREAKING NEWS!!!
The 9th Circuit just awarded Trump $121,962.56 in attorney fees from Stormy Daniels. Order just released. This in addition to the roughly $500k she already owes him.
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Yes, The REAL Truth!
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Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
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Volcano fun in Miss Darla’s class @ Sonny Days Preschool!
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The REAL Woman of the Year!
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Biden and his administration LIED AGAIN!! (FOR THE 666 MILLIONTH TIME!!)
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More devastating news concerning McDonalds will be announced in the next couple weeks...
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Aldo Nova - Ball and Chain
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Flashback to the early 1970's with this DuBois Minor League team from McDowell. You might recognize some of the faces from this team. Here are some of their last names: Burns, Augenbaugh, Spinda, Royer, Read, Delong, Pompeii, Wyant, Harvey, Kaufman, Castiglione, Zawacki etc ... (God Bless the team mates we have lost over the years)
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Stations of the Cross Series, Station #11, Thurs, April 6th by Fr. Ben Daghir & Luke Daghir
in One Thing, Jesus Christ
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One Thing, Jesus Christ.
Stations of the Cross Series, Station #11, Thursday, April 6th by Fr. Ben Daghir & Luke Daghir
Editor's Note: Fr. Ben Daghir and Luke Daghir will have 14 articles based upon the stations of the cross. The 14th article will conclude on Easter Sunday.
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The 11th Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross.
Pope John Paul II once stated, “If the word of God does not convince you, His blood will.”
Doubting Thomas said, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe” (John 20:25).
The Roman soldiers did not intend to be Christian evangelists, but their marks into Christ’s hands have been converting skeptical and incredulous people for centuries.
Jesus is not ashamed of His marks. He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing” (John 20:27).
Thomas then replied, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28).
Have we been skeptical of the Christian narrative? Have we struggled to believe in Christianity? Have we gone through the motions as a Christian for many years without ever really growing in faith? Do we feel as if the crucifixion was something long ago, covered in the dust of history, and out of touch with the modern world?
Have we lost sight of the blood in our Christian faith? Have we forgotten that Roman soldiers pounded nails into Christ’s hands? Have we forgotten that those Roman nails reflect sin which always seeks to pin down and diminish truth, goodness, and beauty? Have we forgotten that sin restricts, enslaves, and nails us down? Have we forgotten that Jesus was nailed to the cross?
Maybe it is time to glance at the pierced hands of Jesus. Maybe His pierced hands are our neighbor’s hands. Maybe we see His pierced hands in our family member who is enduring an illness. Maybe His pierced hands are seen as the priest makes the sign of the cross when forgiving our sins. Maybe His pierced hands are seen in the elderly. Maybe we see His pierced hands in our coworker who is experiencing hardship. Maybe His pierced hands are seen in persons with disabilities.
Maybe Jesus’s statement to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side” means that we need to look again at the people in our lives with the 11th Station of the cross in mind.
“We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you; because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”
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Fr. Ben Daghir is a priest for the Diocese of Erie. He is a graduate of Elk County Catholic High School in Saint Marys, Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, and St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland. He considers writing one of his favorite hobbies.