Religion
“We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts … hey wait!”
The religion of peace is off to the races in 2017
You might wonder: have Syrian Christians experienced any persecution because of their faith? Yes, according to Pope Francis who calls it a genocide. Tens of thousands Christians have fled Aleppo after 1,000 of their community, including two Orthodox bishops, were abducted and murdered, to site but one example.
At one point, Christians represented ten percent of the population of Syria. So why has the U.S. only accepted 53 Syrian Christian refugees when at the same time we’ve accepted nearly 2000 Syrian Muslims?
Why the bias?
Read MoreDemocrats have no interest in appealing to conservative Christians
“We can’t expect to have someone with a perfect family life. What we can expect is someone who can look out for us, just like every other group in this country is looking for a candidate who will look out for them.”
Read MoreThe Day of the Holy Innocents
The man was a monster even Isis could appreciate, but for the fact that he was a Jew.
King Herod the Great was the Roman client king of Judea at the time Christ was born. Jewish prophesy stated that a new king, a Messiah, would be born in Bethlehem, threatening the reign of Herod.
When Herod was told that the time had come, that his rival had been born, Herod sent his soldiers to Bethlehem to kill all boys under the age of two. This day, known as The Day of the Holy Innocents, is commemorated in the Catholic Church today…
Read MoreThe Child
The world never got to know little Claudia.
The baby was cast outside naked to die by her father, the Roman Emperor Claudius, when he learned he hadn’t fathered the little girl.
History views her life as little more than a footnote in a compendium of excesses inflicted on mankind by Roman emperors.
Human life was disposable in the time of Claudia. First century Rome simply ‘cast out’ babies that weren’t wanted, especially if they were girls, or if they were imperfect.
Some would be left in what we would characterize as a ‘dump yard’ for babies where they would die from exposure, or in some cases, be retrieved to be raised by others.
Another Child was born several decades before Claudia who changed all of that…
Read MoreOn the third day of Christmas
I saw this explanation of the third day of Christmas on Facebook this morning: On the third day of Christmas, three French hens. Known for their beauty and rarity, the three French hens signify both the gifts of the Magi (gold, frankincense and myrrh) and the three theological virtues (faith, hope and love). Enjoy this…
Read More“For today in the city of David a savior has been born”
“All find God”
“You give me your humanity, and I will give you my Divinity; you give me your time, and I will give you my eternity…”
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