2024: I watch a lot of YouTube videos. Lately, they get interrupted frequently by political ads. One thing I have noticed is that the Democrat ads tend to be pushy about how urgently we need you to donate NOW, while the Republican ads say, “We know times are tough, So only donate if you can afford it.”
BORDER WALL: [10:01] – Guess who is now in favor of it?! She is an absolutely shameless political whore.
CATHOLIC: Some people insist the RCC teaching that Mary was perpetually virgin cite passages like Matthew 13:55 which says, “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?”
What they don’t appear to understand is that kinship was (and is) defined differently in tribal cultures. The word that gets translated as “brother” was used for men who were closely related, not necessarily as men who had the same parents or even men who were closely related by blood.
This isn’t entirely unknown today. I have a dear friend I call “Cousin Rachel”, but in strict genealogical terms, we are not related. She is the widow of my husband’s first cousin on his mother’s side. To put it another way, my mother-in-law was sister to her mother-in-law. But as far as we’re concerned, we’re cousins.
If you’re interested in reading more about the biblical evidence for the Catholic interpretation, follow the links below.
- https://www.catholic.com/tract/brethren-of-the-lord
- https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/jesus-had-brothers
- https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02767a.htm
OHIO: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says an audit of the state’s voter rolls has found 597 non-citizens registered and 138 non-citizens who have already voted.
- https://www.ohiosos.gov/media-center/press-releases/2024/2024-08-21/
- https://notthebee.com/article/ohio-secretary-of-state-finds-597-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-138-have-already-voted
PENNSYLVANIA: RFK Jr has removed himself from this important swing state’s ballot and judicial decisions have ruled that neither Cornel West nor Claudia De la Cruz have met the state’s requirements to appear. The Green Party and the Libertarian Party candidates, however, have both met the requirements, so will be on there with Trump and Harris.
STUPID: Stupid enough to believe that ousting the duly elected candidate is “Saving Democracy!”
GRAMMY NOTES: On Monday, I taught my first online art class to three of my grands! I was SO high on adrenaline afterwards! LOL And yesterday, I played The Great American Mail Race game with Bootz via video. He made some really excellent moves and beat me handily. I am so very grateful we have the technology to stay in touch like this! 🙂
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/934692788416880 for a random act of kindness. I’ve never seen an escalator ramp before. It is SO much more stroller friendly than stairs! And it has no sharp stair edges to hurt anyone who stumbles.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DMhkvngIo78 for an adorable parenting moment.
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