I have been thinking that the uprising in Iran and whomever is supporting it will not be successful. Because it seems like it would go contrary to the Ezekiel 38 & 39 prophecy.
Well, a few hours ago Trump stated that the killing in Iran is stopping and that there are no plans to execute protesters inside the country. This appears to strongly signal a retreat from plans for a possible military action in the Persian Gulf. https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-protesters-executions-195edfa07111be782db71af07b538fdc
I don't think it is going to happen, I wish it would in that I want to see a free Iranian people, but I don't believe it is part of God's plan.
I am pretty much ignorant when it comes to politics and what is better or worse, but I just feel bad for the Iranian people right now. They're suffering a lot and they believe the U.S. is going to come save them... Maybe it's really naive of me to wish that we would. It makes me think of Immaculee in her book Left to Tell, about the Rwandan genocide. She and others were so sure the U.S. would come to save them when they were being slaughtered... They had the impression of the U.S., or at least the developed West, as being the bastion of freedom, that would step in and save them from their genocide, because they couldn't rely on their own government. I wish we could be that for the world...but also be a strong Christian, God-fearing country that would cause Faith to flourish everywhere we went.
Current events remind me so much of those in the time of the Prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah warned the King that Israel was under the Judgement of God and had to go into exile in Babylon and not to seek an alliance with Egypt to go into rebellion. False prophets told the King things would be fine. The King went into rebellion Babylon won , killed all the Kings sons blinded the King and used him as a slave and a footstool. Its like this today. But it is not just Trump it is all the European Leaders. Not only them but the Leaders of the Church. They think it is business as usual but it is not. It is bankrupt time. It reminds me of the saying that he whom the Gods would destroy they will first make mad.
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HEALTH DEPT 'QUIETLY' REFUNDED PLANNED PARENTHOOD The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “quietly released” tens of millions of dollars in previously frozen Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates and other abortion facilities in December, Politico reported this week. READ
PLANNED PARENTHOOD REFUNDING EXPLAINED Some pro-life commentators this week were dismayed by a Politico report that the Trump administration had “quietly” restored funding to Planned Parenthood in December. But pro-life operatives with knowledge of the decision say the move was legally necessary and could ultimately make it easier to cut off taxpayer abortion funding in the future. READ Why did HHS release the funds? Explaining the administration’s decision, CatholicVote Director of Government Affairs Tom McClusky said federal officials were forced to choose between restoring the money or risking a court loss that could undermine broader efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. “The administration had two choices before them,” McClusky told CatholicVote: “Give up the money and be able to stop any future grants, or fight it out in the courts, where they would lose and also tie up other efforts to defund the abortion giant as a lawsuit went forward.” “I think the administration made the hard, but right choice,” he added. “Now they need to ensure they properly divest the American taxpayer from Planned Parenthood.” As CatholicVote previously reported, the lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which argued the grants were illegally withheld. The case was voluntarily dismissed Jan. 12 after the funds were released. A former senior Trump administration official echoed McClusky’s assessment, telling the Daily Signal that ending the lawsuit puts the White House in a stronger position to cut Planned Parenthood funding moving forward. “With the case dismissed, the administration has far greater ability to cut Planned Parenthood funds under Trump-era rules,” the former official told the outlet, “and that will be the true test of the president’s promise to end taxpayer funding of the abortion industry.” McClusky also told the Signal that the situation might have been avoided if the administration had already reinstated the Protect Life Rule from Trump’s first term. The rule barred Title X providers from referring patients for or encouraging abortion. As CatholicVote previously reported, when the rule was in effect, more than a dozen grantees operating nearly a thousand clinics nationwide withdrew from the Title X program in protest, including 11 state health departments and all participating Planned Parenthood affiliates. CatholicVote also reported that the Biden administration rescinded the rule in 2021 and that it has not yet been restored. McClusky said the Trump administration’s next steps will matter most. “Being over-eager to defund the world’s largest and richest provider of abortion — Planned Parenthood — should be seen as a plus for this administration,” McClusky told CatholicVote. “The real test will be if they quickly and finally issue the Protect Life Rule and also completely separate the abortion giant from taxpayer funds.”
I agree but this is different, they were told by everyone they were going to lose the case. So they worked out a deal where if they dropped the case, then they would add the money back in. If they lost the case it would be disastrous so this gives them the chance to go back at it in a way they can win. So while I hate it, I get why this had to happen
Had a beautiful trip to my local Marian Shrine. I just looked at a few photos I took and this one was special. Even though it was afternoon , the moon was visible. I really did not notice that rainbow like light inna heart shape. Anyhow, I take it as a bit of a hug from my Momma Mary!
Interesting this is happening on the eve of President Trump telling Davos/WEF to take a hike. Watch for Northern Lights tonight. NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center @NWSSWPC · 5h An S4 severe solar radiation storm is now in progress - this is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years. The last time S4 levels were observed was in October, 2003. Potential effects are mainly limited to space launch, aviation, and satellite operations. As a result, Stefan Burns believes volcanoes and earthquakes are likely to follow during the next week:
There have been some spectacular auroras over the past two years, but if one occurs in the next few hours or days, it will probably be the most tense one, due to the points of tension involving the United States, Iran, and Greenland.
I did not know until recently that the main colours of the Northern Lights are: But we don't get to see the blue colours until the space storm is very,very strong indeed. I thought this was interesting as blue, of course if the colour of Our Lady.. Blue Aurora are very rare indeed.
There are 33 chapters in Mirjana of Medjugorje's book, 'My Heart Will Triumph' - the number of years in the life of Jesus. In the second last chapter she describes in some detail what it is like to experience the vision of Our Lady. Personally, I was struck by the blueness of the light she describes. In the book she says: "The feeling builds to a crescendo. I put my hand over my chest as if to prevent my heart from jumping out. I gasp for air. Suddenly it's as if someone flips a switch. - the world disappears and I'm encompassed in a great unending blueness. Our Lady is before me in the middle of it all. Every pain and fear disappears. I'm comforted. I'm loved. I'm complete. Praised be Jesus, she says."
