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2020-04-06T18:44:41-06:00

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Australian High Court Overturns Cardinal Pell’s Conviction.

Last updated on: April 6, 2020 at 6:44 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Australia’s high court overturned Cardinal Pell’s conviction on five counts of child sex abuse today. The High Court ruled that the jury should have “entertained a doubt with respect to each of the offenses” and ordered that the convictions be quashed that that acquittals be entered in their place. From CNN: Brisbane, Australia (CNN)Cardinal George Pell will be immediately freed from prison after Australia’s High Court unanimously overturned his conviction on five counts of historical child sex abuse. The momentous... Read more

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2024-11-12T20:19:14-07:00

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II Looked into Hydroxychloroquine: Here is What I Found.

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 8:19 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

A reader asked me to look further at hydroxychloroquine, the drug that President Trump is promoting as a cure or treatment (I’m not sure which) for COVID-19. I’m very reluctant to get into this because I’m totally unqualified to do so. I don’t know anything about prescription drugs and their actions and interactions. I don’t even understand the many drugs I have to take myself. My primary reaction to this controversy has been disgust that politicians, talk show hosts and... Read more

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2020-04-06T11:07:10-06:00

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This is Holy Week. Don’t Miss Your Blessing.

Last updated on: April 6, 2020 at 11:07 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I don’t have any spiritual insights to share with you about Palm Sunday and Holy Week, except to say that whether or not it is a holy Holy Week for you is entirely up to you and your personal willingness to trust God. The mass is freely available from every parish on the internet. The Holy Spirit is everywhere. God will bless you this week if you are open to being blessed. My pastor and the other priests and deacons... Read more

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2020-04-06T10:52:21-06:00

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Trevor Noah Interviews Bill Gates and They Make More Sense Than All the Politicos Combined. Go Figure.

Last updated on: April 6, 2020 at 10:52 am By Rebecca Hamilton

What we have here is a comedian interviewing a tech billionaire and they are making more sense about the pandemic that is beating us up than all the politicos and professional commentators combined. Go figure. This is an edifying and thoughtful discussion about our situation today. It is honest, thoughtful and civil. Read more

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2024-11-12T20:23:53-07:00

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Bill Gates’ Famous Speech Warning of a Pandemic, Here It Is

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 8:23 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Nobody paid attention five years ago when Bill Gates made this speech. In fact, President Trump actually took steps backward by doing away with the Pandemic Response Team that President Obama had put together. However, Mr Gates was prescient. We’re going to get through this pandemic. And then we have to face a considerable economic mop-up. We’ll get through that too, although — if Trump is president — I expect the debate to be acrimonious and crazy-making. But it would... Read more

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2024-11-12T21:23:50-07:00

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This is a Prayer of Repentance for These Times

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 9:23 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Heavenly Father, we pray that You will forgive us our sins. We confess that we see ourselves as righteous, even thought we are weak and sinful. We confess that we have committed acts of petty malice against our co-workers, friends, family and strangers on the internet. We confess that we have used media to sin against our fellow human beings by passing along slander and lies about them. We confess that we have lied, many times about many things, both... Read more

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2024-11-12T21:38:59-07:00

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The One and Only Jesus

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 9:38 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

The Verge’ rap sermons are the best. Read more

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2020-04-03T03:46:32-06:00

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Keep the Lights On. Send Money.

Last updated on: April 3, 2020 at 3:46 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Send money. You local parish is probably sucking air, trying to pay the bills. Send your regular donation, the one that you haven’t been making because you haven’t been going to church because mass has been cancelled. Our bishops cancelled mass to help keep us alive. Let’s not starve the Church for cash while we’re beating down the virus curve. Write the check. Put it in an envelope. Mail it in. They baptize us, anoint us when we’re sick,... Read more

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2024-11-12T21:46:57-07:00

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My Kids are Certain that I will Die if I Get COVID-19.

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 9:46 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

My kids are absolutely certain that I will die if I get COVID-19. I’m not guessing about that. They’ve told me. In those words. “Mom, if you get this, it will kill you.” My oldest son calls me every day. He asks me, “Are you staying in?” Once he called when his father and I were in the car, going to get take-out for supper, and he nearly flipped. What are you DOING? You are STAYING IN THE... Read more

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2020-04-03T04:36:07-06:00

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COVID-19 Vaccine Works in Mice. Next Step is Testing it in People.

Last updated on: April 3, 2020 at 4:36 am By Rebecca Hamilton

According to the Independent, the first tests of a potential coronavirus vaccine are promising. The vaccine, which was developed by American scientists, generates enough antibodies in mice to protect them from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) Virus. It takes about two weeks for the antibodies develop. The next step is to apply for permits to begin testing the vaccine in humans. This does not mean that a vaccine will be available right away. In addition to the testing that is necessary, the... Read more

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