Dear sister or brother, if as in Bethlehem, the darkness of night overwhelms you, if the hurt you carry inside cries out "You are worthless", tonight God responds and tells you: “I love you just as you are. I became little for you. Trust me and open your heart to me". #Christmas
Amanda thought she’d never see her family again after she spent 11 days intubated in a hospital with COVID-19. Her biggest regret is not getting a COVID vaccine sooner.
BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reveals that Biden’s Child Tax Credit has reduced food insecurity for families by a stunning 24%, a feat she calls "a profound economic and moral victory for the country.” RT IF YOU THINK ELECTING BIDEN WAS A GREAT DECISION FOR AMERICA!
Lakeland Regional Health had 428 patients this afternoon who tested positive for COVID-19. That’s half of the hospital’s total licensed bed count. #lkld
@danielaamc@DanRather Civil liberties are for a civilazation that someone is a part of. Being a part of something implies placing - some - value on the others in that civilization. With freedom comes responsibility. Freedom w/o responsibility = tyranny.
God does not come to free us from our ever-present daily problems, but to free us from the real problem, which is the lack of love. This is the main cause of our personal, social, international and environmental ills. Thinking only of ourselves: this is the father of all evils.
"We cannot lose sight of our duty to our fellow human beings and the balance we must achieve to preserve our precious Earth. If we head into space without cherishing and protecting our home, we are not explorers as much as deserters." https://t.co/XJfoltnznO
“Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.” This is how a federal judge rationalized overturning California[’s assault weapon ban. Please... let this sink in...
Against rise of Joseph McCarthy, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Republican of Maine and the only woman in the U.S. Senate, said today 1950,
“I do not want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear."
The Holy Spirit impels us to love not only those who love us and think as we do, but to love everyone, even as Jesus taught us. He enables us to forgive our enemies and the wrongs we have endured. He inspires us to be active and creative in love.
Alabama RB & top draft prospect Najee Harris returned to GRIP shelter in Richmond today to sponsor a draft party for the kids. Harris was a child when his family of 7 lived here while dealing with homelessness. Now he’s going to the NFL. What a success story.@kron4news#NFLDraft
The first way to pray for someone is to speak to God about him or her. If we do this frequently, each day, our hearts are not closed, but open to our brothers and sisters. To pray for others is the first way to love them and it moves us toward concretely drawing near. #Prayer
Jesus's cross is God's silent throne. Let us daily contemplate his wounds. In those gashes, we recognize our emptiness, our shortcomings, the wounds of our sin. His wounds were inflicted for our sake, and by those wounds we have been healed. #GoodFriday