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1. 2 days ago on Francis

   We are all of us saints of God and I mean, God helping, to be one, too.

2. 2 days ago on Cul de Sac

   Better than leaving out a few pieces!

3. 2 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Congrats! Hubby was just “a friend from the office” for about 7 years. We’ll celebrate 50 years on Thanksgiving Day.

4. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   You do remember what happened to Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God, don’t you? No, God doesn’t enjoy what is happening in the world, but He lets us decide – He doesn’t reach down and grab us by the collar and yell, “STOP IT”! Although there are times when we all wish he would.

   In spite of inflation, the wages of sin is still the same.

5. 2 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   With half of the jurors hand-picked by Trump’s own lawyers. Suuuuure it was rigged. Pull the other one – it has bels on it.

6. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   No – It’s about half that price, but that trick did keep spending under control. I might be able to grab a box of crackers or something, but that’s about it.

7. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   FROM THE BALTIMORE SUN: 11/10/2024

   The Rev. Kenneth Lukong, of Cameroon, an associate pastor at the Cathedralof Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, is on a temporary visa that expires in April.He is one of at least 15 Catholic priests in the area who will likely be deportedwithin the next several months because of a 2023 State Department policychange regarding priests from other countries working in the U.S.

   Kenneth Lukong moved from his native Cameroon to the United States in 2016to become a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and by allappearances things were going smoothly.

   He graduated from St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2022 and was soonordained. He became an associate pastor at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Roland Park, where he celebrates 10 Masses and hears hundreds of confessions a week, performs baptisms, teaches Catholicism and serves as chaplain of the School of the Cathedral.

   But now, the beloved 33-year-old could be forced to leave the country as earlyas April. Lukong is one of 15 foreign-born priests serving in the Baltimore archdiocese — and one of thousands of religious workers nationwide — whose eligibility to live and serve in the U.S. is set to end in the next year, thanks to a change State Department officials made last year in how they interpret a federal law.

   Barring some change, that will have a major effect on religious life in theUnited States, particularly in Catholicism. Fully 24% of the Catholic priestsworking in the U.S. are imports from other nations today, according to a studypublished by the Catholic University of America’s Catholic Project in 2022. Andup to 50% of all foreign-born religious workers in the U.S. could be forced toreturn to their home countries by the end of 2025, according to studyconducted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

8. 3 days ago on The Other Coast

   Ogden Nash said it best:

   The hunter crouches in his blind,

   Neath camouflage of every kind.

   This full-grown man, with pluck and luck,

   Is hoping to outwit a . . . duck!

9. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   As an over-aged Rectory brat, I disagree with you. Or maybe just because my dad wasn’t a mega-preacher who never saw the inside of a seminary. I actually had a preacher of what I will kindly call a “folding chair church” tell me that too much studying “messes up your faith”. The problem is you can make the Bible say anything you want it to say – “He went out and hanged himself; go thou and so likewise”. Hey, it worked for Jim Jones, didn’t it?

10. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Well, if you want to blame everything on Free Will, then you are correct. God gave us the ability to make our own choices. (Unlike the gummit, it seems.)