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by | September 10, 2025 · 7:30 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Make us innocent as doves and wise as serpents. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS: [8:21] – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) just published a report entitled “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias Within the Federal Government.” It recounts a “consistent and systematic pattern of discrimination” against Christians by the Biden administration. The 48-page document is linked below.

In February, President Trump established the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, which is chaired by Attorney General Pam Bondi. The task force is charged with ensuring that “any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target Christians are identified, terminated, and rectified.”

BEWARE of FALST PROPHETS : CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1965062570303517018 [:57] to hear a Christian preacher speak nonsense to score political points. Jesus was neither an “illegal immigrant” nor a “refugee.” Israel and Egypt were both part of the Roman Empire. His legal status was defined as a peregrinus, a common-born provincial who, while not a Roman citizen, was under the sovereign control of Rome. This status was not legally equivalent to foreign nationals who are here on valid visas, but it’s similar enough to understand that He was both documented and free to travel.

CARTEL WAR: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=752425524215883 [1:09] to hear Judge Jeanine lay it all out.

CHICAGO: On September 8, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run car wreck caused by a criminal illegal alien. The agency says, “This ICE operation will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets.”

MAHA: Best comment – “I propose calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pharmahontas’ from now on.”

READ AND WEEP: I can’t go here.

SCOTUS: [11:14] – Justice Barrett talks with Brett Baier. Her new book, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution,” was released yesterday.

VAXXXINES: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of child deaths after COVID-19 vaccination. They’re looking at the VAERS database, talking with family members of the deceased children, reviewing autopsy reports and having physicians do the review.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tPfO4F27jwo for a cool tip for LEGO geeks.

And speaking of LEGO geeks, CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rywgCtDi-pI.

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by | September 5, 2025 · 7:28 am

Today’s Meditation from Christian Art

By Father Patrick van der Vorst

Gospel Reading: Luke 5:33-38

“At that time: The Pharisees and scribes said to him, ‘The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.’ He also told them a parable: ‘No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.'”

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known to the world as Mother Teresa. Born in 1910 in Skopje (present-day North Macedonia), she entered the Loreto Sisters in Ireland as a young woman and soon moved to India, where she taught at a girls’ school in Calcutta. In 1946, during a train journey, she experienced what she later described as a “call within a call”: the deep conviction that Jesus was asking her to leave the security of her convent and dedicate herself to serving the poorest of the poor. With nothing but a simple white sari and a heart full of faith, she began walking the streets of Calcutta, tending to the sick, abandoned, and dying.

In time, others joined her, and the Missionaries of Charity were founded, growing into a worldwide order dedicated to serving the poor, sick and vulnerable. Mother Teresa became a global symbol of compassion, not because of great speeches or grand buildings, but because of her radical closeness to those whom society had cast aside. She tended wounds, lifted dying bodies off the streets, and reminded the forgotten that they were beloved children of God. For her, each suffering person was “Jesus in a distressing disguise” as she referred to. Her life was a living testimony that holiness is not found in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things with extraordinary love to ordinary people.

The Gospel for today speaks of the “new wine” of Jesus’ teaching that cannot be contained by old wineskins. Mother Teresa’s vocation was just such a new wine. She left behind the old wineskin of convent life and poured herself completely into the new mission God gave her. Her witness reminds us that the Gospel is always fresh, always challenging, always pushing us beyond comfort and convention. Like the new wine, God’s call can burst open our old patterns, leading us into unexpected places where His love is most needed.

Our watercolour by American artist John Alan Warford is beautiful in its simplicity: a tender, intimate scene of Mother Teresa gently tending to the wounds of a sick person.

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by | August 28, 2025 · 12:26 pm

Minneapolis Shooting

Dear Lord, We ask Your gracious blessings on all those affected by this act of pure evil. Grant them the graces they need to heal in mind, body, and spirit. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

Two children are dead after a Trump-hating trannie opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School. The shooter was also found dead at the scene. The 17 injured, who were mostly children, are all expected to survive. CLICK https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1960781221354475522 [:10] to hear a 10-year-old describe what he experienced.

Democrats sneered at Vance’s tweet. But if they’d done nothing, they’d have squee’d they didn’t care. It’s all getting so old.

Jen Psaki posted the atrocious thoughts above. J.D. Vance responded, “We pray because our hearts are broken. We pray because we know God listens. We pray because we know that God works in mysterious ways, and can inspire us to further action. Why do you feel the need to attack other people for praying when kids were just killed praying?”

The New York Slime reported that nobody has any idea what the shooter’s motive might have been.

CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1960874477371208169 [2:23] to hear her Psaki weep about the shootings, then sneer at those who offer prayer, then worry over the safety of trans people all over the world.

CLICK https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1960734495184650705 [1:08] to hear Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also mock prayer, then assure us all that “Minneapolis will continue to be a safe haven for the trans community.”

All of Minnesota too. Have any of the morons blaming Republicans for this even noticed that Minnesota is a blue state whose coocoo pants governor was recently the Democrat’s pick for Vice President? But yeah … let’s all ignore the fact that this was an anti-Catholic hate crime committed by an ardent member of the Leftist tribe.

CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1960877631185760567 [2:33] to hear Psaki ask Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey how liberals can prevent the facts about the shooter getting out so they can blame the guns. It’s sickening to listen to this garbage from people like her who grab every opportunity to politicize and weaponize before the facts are in.

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by | August 26, 2025 · 7:28 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to see our sins as You see them. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BOLTON: [17:59] – Mark Levin gives his take on the raid of John Bolton’s home.

CATHOLIC: The Chicago White Sox honored Pope Leo XIV by commemorating the seat where then-Father Robert Prevost sat during the 2005 World Series.

DOGE: Last week, agencies terminated 163 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers $647 million. Included was a $35 million USAID contract to “acquire contractor support to establish and manage a flexible, quick response mechanism supporting activities that will support democracy and stability in El Salvador.”

HISTORY: Dearest had to drink goat milk. But he did not have to use the actual goat. 🙂

INTELLIGENT DESIGN: Flatfish start out symmetrical like other fish, but during development, one eye migrates to the other side of the body. They lie flat on the seafloor with both eyes facing up. They could not have evolved, because the intermediate forms have no survival value. Plus, they have been found fossilized in layers with many other varieties of fish.

MIDTERMS: [8:23] – Dr. Steve Turley explains the redistricting war that could possibly give Trump a strong majority in the House for his last two years.

MINNESOTA: “Chicken Jockey”, a ten year old skater from Minnesota, went viral after her adorable performance in the Open Inflatables Final competition at the 2025 National Showcase, August 2, 2025, in Rochester, MI. She came in third.

GRAMMY NOTES: Prayers please for my daughter and her family. They lost a dear friend over the weekend and are grieving.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x8r1tTIgsO0 for a good feelz.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s7R7P3VztQ0 for another one.

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by | August 18, 2025 · 9:54 am

The Counterfeit Catholic Church

Everyone acts like Islam “came out of nowhere” in the 7th century. It didn’t. It was built by lifting Catholic ideas, stripping them down, and repackaging them as “new revelation.” Let’s expose a few.

The Angel Gabriel

Appears to Mary in Luke 1. He brings the Word that becomes flesh. That’s Catholic revelation.

600 years later, “Gabriel” appears to Muhammad in a cave. But this time? No Incarnation. Just dictation. Sound familiar?

The Virgin Mary

Catholics had venerated Mary as Mother of God for centuries. Ephesus (431 AD) settled it: Theotokos.

Islam? Mary gets lifted wholesale into the Qur’an… but Christ’s divinity is stripped out. It’s like stealing the frame and burning the painting.

The Eucharist

From the start, the Church celebrated the Body & Blood of Christ at the altar. “Unless you eat, you have no life in you.”- John 6

Islam? Denies it, but keeps the “ritual meal” vibe in Ramadan’s breaking of the fast. A hollow echo.

Monasticism & Prayer

By the 4th century, Catholic monks prayed fixed hours daily. The Divine Office. Bells. Prostrations.

Islam? Five daily prayers facing a holy city. Prostrations. Ritual words. Copied—minus Christ.

Pilgrimage

Christians had pilgrimages to Jerusalem, the Holy Sepulchre, martyrs’ shrines. Long before Muhammad.

Islam? Hijacks the practice, re-centers it on Mecca, strips it of the Cross.

Scripture & Authority

The Church had the canon of Scripture locked down by the 4th century. Magisterium safeguarded it.

Islam? Claims a “book from heaven” with no witnesses, no councils, no continuity. Just one man’s word.

The irony?

  • Islam denies the very truths it borrows.
  • Loves Mary, but denies her Son is God.
  • Honors Jesus, but calls Him a prophet, not a Savior.
  • Copies prayer, pilgrimage, fasting—while rejecting the Cross that gives them meaning.

Islam is not an “independent revelation.” It’s a remix of Catholic truths— distorted, stripped of Christ, and repackaged as “submission.”

The Catholic Church: ✝️ The blueprint.

Islam: ☪️ The counterfeit.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth: If you admire Islam’s discipline, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage — You’re admiring Catholic practices Islam stole.

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Original was posted by Totus Catholica @ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxlXtvd9_PyoyCS2pbrBRGxZXmgdCbUUb3

Graphics and slight edits added by CtH.

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by | August 14, 2025 · 7:13 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Remind us always that You love us so much more than we loved our babies who did nothing but eat, sleep, cry, spit up, pee, and poop. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: According to the Center for Immigration Studies, Trump’s policies have netted an overall drop of 2.2 million in the nation’s foreign-born population.

In other news, ICE is running a recruitment drive, funded by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4 by President Donald Trump. So far, more than 100,000 Americans have applied.

CONNECTICUT: In June, Democrat State Rep. Raghib Allie-Brennan was charged with shoplifting at a Target. He’s just been charged with not only committing the same crime, but doing it at the same location.

CREATION: Owls have offset ears; one is higher than the other, allowing them to triangulate sound in three dimensions. This anatomical feature gives them pinpoint accuracy in finding prey even under snow. Such asymmetry only works when both the ear placement and the brain’s sound processing are fully coordinated. A half-formed system wouldn’t offer any survival advantage, which means they were designed as a complete unit from the beginning.

DOGE: The Fourth Circuit Court handed Trump another win by removing a block imposed by a lower court that had been preventing DOGE from accessing data within various federal departments.

EVERYDAY HEROES: Two firefighters arrived at an accident scene to find everyone safe—but one little girl still trembling with fear. She clutched bottles of bright nail polish, her eyes wide.

Instead of talking about the crash, they knelt down, asked about her colors, and invited her to paint their nails. Her smile bloomed, the fear faded, and for a few precious minutes, the flashing lights and sirens disappeared.

When they left, their nails were far from regulation—but they were painted in the perfect shade of comfort and kindness. Sometimes, the greatest rescue is simply helping someone feel safe again.

There’s a television news clip at the link.

FRANKFURT SCHOOL SUCCESS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J44ttkYa5wo to hear how “Baby, it’s cold outside” was canceled by the left, while “WAP” was played over and over.

WAP won the American Music Awards (2020): Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song; BET Awards (2021): Video of the Year and Best Collaboration; BET Hip Hop Awards (2021): Song of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video, and Best Collaboration.

WAP was also nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards (2021): Best Music Video, Favorite Music Video Choreography; MTV Video Music Awards (2021): Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Hip Hop, Best Collaboration, Song of Summer; and Gold Derby Awards (2021): Best Music Video.

Cardi B said of her lyrics’ reputation for being “freaky and nasty” – “I grew up listening to freaky-ass rappers and I feel like this is very mild compared to them. … When WAP came out, the people that were critizing it the most and saying it was nasty and freaky weren’t even religious people. It was mainly republicans. Big republicans, not senates, it was literally the motherfuckers that got blue checks on Twitter, the big influencers. And I think it was because I used to endorse Bernie and then Joe Biden.”

::smh::

JASMINE CROCKETT: [13:40] – Benny Johnson exposed Jasmine Crockett as an even bigger elitist fraud than AOC or Bernie Sanders.

PENNSYLVANIA: [14:10] – Moving strongly from blue to purple to red.

RUSSIAN COLLUSION HOAX: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1955587369572409831 [3:42] to hear John Solomon of Just The News give a brief summary of what he reports in the article in “Comey’s media mole told FBI he shaped Russia narrative, needed ‘discount’ to deny leaking intel” which is linked below.

TRANS: More than 20 clinics have stopped gender-related treatments for minors.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1259696805856386 and watch Wyatt’s ears turn red. ❤

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B0_0gSf0bqE and LOL.

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by | August 9, 2025 · 11:31 am

A Meditation on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

Joseph never slept with Mary.

Not before Jesus.

Not after Jesus.

Not ever.

And the reason why?

It’s not what you think.

Let’s talk about the forgotten Jewish custom that flips this whole story upside down.

Imagine this:

A man marries a woman and chooses never to touch her.

Not because he’s weak.

Not because he’s cold.

But because he knows who she is.

Joseph didn’t “hold back.”

He bowed before the Ark of God.

Yes. I said it.

Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant.

Just like the Ark in 2 Samuel 6, her body carried the Divine Presence.

And just like the old Ark, her body was untouchable – not out of legalism, but out of awe.

In Luke 1:34, Mary tells the angel,

“How can this be since I do not know man?”

She’s already betrothed.

Why say that?

Because she had already made a vow of virginity.

A Jewish custom not many know existed.

Yes, consecrated virginity within marriage.

Joseph was a devout Jew.

A “just man” (Matthew 1:19).

That doesn’t mean confused. It means reverent.

He didn’t reject Mary out of suspicion.

He stepped back because he knew:

“This woman belongs to God.”

This wasn’t repression.

This was radical holiness.

Joseph wasn’t less of a man.

He was more.

He understood something most of us miss:

You don’t claim what God has consecrated.

You protect it.

And let me make this blunt:

Mary’s womb wasn’t just a vessel.

It was the Holy of Holies.

Joseph was no ordinary husband.

He was the guardian of the untouchable, the silent protector of God’s dwelling place.

You might think that’s weird.

But weird to us doesn’t mean wrong.

Joseph and Mary’s marriage wasn’t a loophole in the law.

It was a sign of heaven itself.

A love that gives, not takes.

Modern minds are scandalized by virginity.

Ancient minds were scandalized by touching the sacred.

Joseph’s silence speaks louder than our discomfort.

He teaches us this:

Some things are too holy to claim.

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by | August 7, 2025 · 1:20 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant each of us a deep and abiding love for prayer, both private and communal. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BLACK DEATH: [8:04] – Learn how scientists discovered the original source of the deadly bacterium and how it made its way to Europe in the Middle Ages.

D.C.: [10:06] – This is exactly what the Frankfurt School wanted.

FEMINISM AGAINST PROGRESS: The link is cued up to begin at the speech itself, so you don’t have to sit through introductions etc. [1:28:25] – Mary Harrington, author of Feminism Against Progress, describes herself as a “reactionary feminist.” She argues that the pursuit of progress has, in many ways, undermined the well-being of the majority of women, creating new forms of dependence and inequality.

This talk is long, but worth your time. (If you prefer to read, click the transcript button below the video.) As I listen to it, I am struck by how much of what she describes is what the Frankfurt School promoted. And she does it standing in front of a supremely chaotic and ugly mural, something the Frankfurters would be applauding … if they weren’t all (likely) burning in Hell.

Her summary line is this: “As we stare down the monster of money and technology and ‘no truth, only power,’ Christian theology really is the only place left to stand. … There’s no other body of thought that can make the case for human nature as creatures of both flesh and spirit, capable of directing our purpose beyond the mere pursuit of food, sex, money, and status power.”

MEDIA: [4:35] – “It’s like trying to understand nature by going to the zoo.”

VAXXXINES: [2:22] – HHS Secretary Kennedy explains why 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts, totaling about $500 million, and will prioritize ‘safer’ vaccine alternatives.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1100969061964496 for a really clever idea to help young kids deal with long car rides.

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by | July 29, 2025 · 5:20 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant us the graces we need to trust that You always answer our prayers in the best way possible. It’s easy for us to rejoice when You say yes right away; we need Your help to rejoice when Your answer is not yet or not ever. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BIBLE STUDY: This passage is offensive to modern ears. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lWgOTPLdoOo to hear a preacher resolve the issue, by explaining its historical context.

BORDER: On June 26, 2025, the House voted 246 to 160 to pass a measure to mandate the deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of or admitting to drunk driving and to prohibit their reentry into the United States. Only 37 Democrats voted yes; the 160 who voted no said the measure lacked evidence linking immigration status to drunk driving and did not address broader immigration issues. The bill still requires Senate approval and President Trump’s signature to become law.

S&G: An mtf trannie who slathered himself with estrogen cream may have seriously harmed his toddler daughter by having daily, skin-to-skin contact with her. When he realized she was entering puberty … at age THREE … he switched to an estrogen patch. Nobody knows what long-term damage the kid may have suffered, because her daddy thinks he is her mommy.

TRUMP: On July 26, 2025, President Trump posted the following to Truth Social – “I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for “expenses,” to Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV “anchor,” Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING! These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Our theory is that the pyramid is actually a 3D shape, like a three legged stool. One leg is the husband, one is the wife, and the third is the marriage. The needs and wants of each must be kept in balance with God sitting on the stool. Most of the time, my Dearest and I have been able to concede or compromise, but on a few occasions, we just couldn’t. For these times, we chose a neutral third party we trusted to hear our two sides and cast a vote on behalf of the marriage. We agreed ahead of time to graciously accept the outcome. It saved us a world of trouble. Our 46th anniversary is in less than 3 months.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ioebpSReFM0 for a giggle.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DRyez-rldVc for more giggles.

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by | June 12, 2025 · 9:54 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, You didn’t need to come to us at all, but You chose to out of Your great love to not only come to us, but to do it through the best of us. In Jesus’ Name, we thank You. Amen.

CATHOLIC: [10:09] – Pope Leo has asked us to pray more often in Latin, a language that is basic to our Catholic heritage.

DOMESTIC TERRORISM: “We’ll burn it all down.” [5:19] – When people tell you who they are, believe them.

FLORIDA: “If you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you. You don’t have to sit there and just be a sitting duck and let the mob grab you out of your car and drag you through the streets. You have a right to defend yourself in Florida.” ~Gov. DeSantis

GENESIUS TIMES: LOS ANGELES—In a dazzling display of logic-defying activism, anti-ICE protesters turned the streets of Los Angeles into a blazing paradox yesterday, firebombing the very country they’re desperate to call home—apparently to avoid the heartbreak of returning to the homelands they adore. Armed with Molotov cocktails and a questionable grasp of strategy, the demonstrators torched government buildings while chanting, “Don’t deport us back to paradise!”

NEW JERSEY: [2:00] – A federal grand jury has indicted Rep. LaMonica McIver on 3 counts for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers at a Newark, NJ, ICE facility.

SUMMER OF LOVE 2.0: Add Phoenix and Denver to that list. Andy Ngo says, “The Party for Socialism and Liberation, a communist group that the recent DC Jewish museum gunman suspect belonged to, has organized a direct action against the U.S. government. They’re demanding the end of immigration enforcement.” There are many clips of violence in the various cities at the Not the Bee link below.

TEXAS: [2:09] – Operation Soteria Shield, a month-long, multi-agency effort targeting online sexual exploitation or minors, rescued 109 children and arrested 244 offenders.

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz adds a page to her journal every day. I love how she combined fragile things with this verse. Also, Dearest’s procedure went perfectly. His heart rhythm is normal and he’s driving himself home as we speak. ❤ Thank you for your prayers!

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