And so 2024 has swung open for us all........what with January nearly behind us and another long year of unexpected twists and turns outstretched before us.....I have spent my New Year's month of unfolding recovering from quite a difficult bout of gastroenteritis and I kind of think I am most likely more prone to picking…

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/25/israel-intensifies-occupied-west-bank-raids-on-christmas-day?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FAlJazeera This post was originally written on the 28th December 2023 for The Commemoration of the Holy Innocents When you see something like:'Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank' you then know it's finally time to write "The Time of the End is the Time of No Room" Redux ! There is…

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)

"FOR EVERY BOOT OF THE TRAMPLING WARRIOR IN BATTLE TUMULT AND EVERY GARMENT ROLLED IN BLOOD SHALL BE BURNED AS FUEL FOR THE FIRE. HE SHALL JUDGE BETWEEN THE NATIONS AND SHALL DECIDE FOR MANY PEOPLES; AND THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING HOOKS; NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP…

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-12/pope-concert-with-the-poor-shows-meaning-of-christian-message.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewsletterVN-EN The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the LORD and a day of…

2nd Reading from 2Peter 3 : 8-14 "Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish…

This year's Advent meditation is: Prepare Our Hearts, Give Him Room...... ......And Make Ye Way the Coming of the LORD! Thank You, Father, that You sent Your Son to save us. May the hope of Jesus be born again amongst us this Christmas.  And with it, may the din of canons and the bombs of…

A burger store in the inner suburb of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia caught fire last Friday* as a result of an as-yet unidentified explosion. The owner Mr Hash Tayeh of Jordanian origin was caught up in a storm of controversy on account of the blaze due to his political views regarding the war in the Holy…

https://www.news.com.au/national/proisrael-vigil-outside-parliament-house-comes-with-holocaust-warning/news-story/5bc57f8171f00ea3537ca251347ff562 Yes, exactly! What are they doing in filing a banal comparison? You cannot compare the two - the new Palestine territories flag with the Nazi one!!! If you do then, what it means is that you are essentially calling all Gentiles "Nazis", which btw would amount to one of the greatest slurs of bigotry…

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67047034 And this "rave" no doubt was part of the problem. You see, it seriously looks to have been drug-oriented. And this kind of techno-house music festival has absolutely zilch to do with celebrating Suqot! It's all about illicit substance use and abuse. You can see from the map of the area where the event…