DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to truly follow You today. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 10, 1776, a short pamphlet entitled “Common Sense” quietly appeared in Philadelphia. Written by Thomas Paine, but published anonymously, it urged American colonists to break completely from Great Britain. Within weeks, its ideas were being read aloud in taverns, debated in meeting halls, and discussed around kitchen tables, helping turn the dream of independence into a shared conviction.
CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1840831826579763 [1:53] to hear when and why we burn incense at Mass.
EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tpMiKMdQ57A [1:27] to hear how one persistent dog and his wise owner saved an entire neighborhood.
LESSONS FROM VENEZUELA: [5:50] – I was able to travel behind the Iron Curtain twice. Both times, I wanted to get on my knees and kiss the ground when I got back to the USA.
MEDIA HYPOCRISY: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1249009847106696 [1:12] to see one of the “fine people” the leftists are protecting.
ORANGE MAN ECONOMICS: Things the Left Stream Media doesn’t want you to know …
- Affordable Housing – To make home ownership more affordable, Trump will be banning institutional investors from purchasing more single-family homes, while instructing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds.
- Affordable Credit – Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Trump has called for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%. As of August 2025, the Federal Reserve reported the average interest rate on credit card accounts was 22.83%. Some consumers with low credit scores pay nearly 30%.
- Affordable Vehicles – Buyers of cars assembled in the U.S. will be eligible to deduct up to $10,000 per year in auto loan interest, whether they itemize or take the standard deduction.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-to-order-purchase-of-200-billion-in-mortgage-bonds-5968261
- https://www.newsmax.com/politics/credit-interest-rates-affordability/2026/01/09/id/1241556/
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/us-treasury-implementing-trump-backed-no-tax-on-car-loan-interest-bessent-says-5968018
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Silence all the lying lips that speak with pride and contempt against the righteous. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
USDA: The Trump administration is suspending payments for all federal food programs in Minnesota until state and local officials provide documentation detailing expenditures and transactions for the past year.
GRAMMY NOTES: I had just stopped my car beneath the traffic light to wait for a chance to turn left when my clutch cable snapped. I had zero time to process the fact that my car load of young children was stranded in the exact center of six lanes of traffic on a major thoroughfare in downtown Ithaca, NY. I bolted out of the car, yelling for the kids to get OUT of the car NOW, then shepherded them to the nearest building. After shouting, “Put your backs against that wall and DO NOT MOVE!”, I turned around to begin thinking what to do about the car. What I saw still makes me tear up. The intersection was littered with cars whose doors were hanging open, because the occupants had jumped out to help push my useless vehicle into the blessedly empty parking space that was right on the corner I had been turning toward. ❤
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5237417623149899 to watch Sophia Bell stick a perfect landing!
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