Remember that at this very moment Greg Abbott is trying to protect the mass deportation agents currently terrorizing Texans and community members all over this country.

Congressman Greg Casar@repcasar.bsky.social · 4d ago

ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.

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Life is the most beautiful creation

August 20, 2026 Out for a walk on a tree-lined street, idly mulling over health and family matters, suddenly I had the sensation that Jesus was right in front and a bit above me. It was as if there…

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As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farming - www.reuters.com/business/env...

As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farming

With Britain about to record its hottest summer yet, Sam Squier's nearly 200-acre beef farm in south east England stands out as a lush, green oasis surrounded by scorched brown fields.

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Celestial beings are crowding around painful trouble spots afflicting humanity - authoritarianism in the US; attacks on Ukraine and Gaza; etc. Prayer and meditation make space for divine influences to enter the world. We can spread simple acts of kindness. contemplativejournal.blog/2026/08/12/d...

Divine beings gather around war-torn regions

August 12, 2026 Today, sitting down to listen to the Gospel and engage in contemplative prayer, I see Jesus and very large numbers of saints and angels.  I hear that celestial beings are always con…

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By spending just one month in a quiet, secluded place, your hostility will give way to a wish to help others, and your attachment to your friends will give way to a powerful sense of impermanence and the inevitability of death. Dalai Lama Photo via Ngawang chosung buddhist #dalailama #buddhism

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took its latest blow in a failing voter roll crusade as a federal judge Thursday dismissed its case targeting Washington, D.C. This marks a 0-21 record for the DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/doj...

DOJ is 0 for 21 as court dismisses D.C. voter roll grab

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took its latest blow in a failing voter roll crusade as a federal judge Thursday dismissed its case targeting Washington, D.C.

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Pope at Audience: Prayer is an act of hope - Vatican News

Pope Leo delivers his fifth catechesis on Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Liturgy, reflecting on the ...

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When evil and corruption prevail, we mustn't give in to fear. Don’t sink into despair or be spooked. Focus on the vision of a peaceful, just society. With hope and perseverance, one step after another, we collectively can get there. #spiritualresistance contemplativejournal.blog/2026/08/05/l...

Let hope be greater than fear

August 5, 2026 One day after teaching the crowds, Jesus told his disciples to go ahead by boat to the other shore of the sea. After they set out, he went to the mountain to pray. In the middle of t…

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Prophets of harmony. Love that!

Water is life, not a luxury. When greed controls nature, rivers run dry, forests disappear, wildlife dies, and families are left with nothing. Profit should never come before people or the planet. The choices we make today will decide who has a future tomorrow.

Rapid River Flow in Mountain Landscape

ALT: Rapid River Flow in Mountain Landscape

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Morning Prayer 🌄 Loving God, may our lives, today, sows seeds of peace that will take root and produce a harvest of justice and mercy and hope. May our actions and presence serve to build peace and build up one another so that all may flourish and live in a world of peace. Amen.

Kindness & solidarity can spread through society like an epidemic of hope and love, #spiritualresistance against corruption and cruelty. Have hope in grassroots contagion of kindness against cruelty, misuse of the earth, & oppression of the poor for profit. contemplativejournal.blog/2026/07/26/c...

Contagion of kindness is grassroots resistance

July 26, 2026 You know how colds and flus can spread when the kids are in school? Your child comes home with a fever and cough. Your friend who was visiting takes it to their house. Their child spr…

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Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.

Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.

More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered

Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files

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Pope at Angelus: God's Kingdom grows quietly through love, not force - Vatican News

During his Angelus address, Pope Leo says God's Kingdom grows quietly through humility, patience and love rather than power, urging Christians to ...

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A tree forms a burl around a stressor, forming a pattern highly sought after by woodworkers. We can be the same in how we grow around wounds and fears. God sees each person as beautiful—fears, burls and all. contemplativejournal.blog/2026/07/16/s...

Spiritual healing

July 16, 2026 As human beings, we have all kinds of fears about emotional and physical survival and well-being. Often these fears begin in childhood with a neglectful parent, a traumatic move, the …

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Canadian Mi’kmaw used canoe for transportation and learned that using spruce roots and eel grass tied to their canoe who deter sharks. #Canada #AtlanticCanadian #AtlanticOcean #Sharks

Three cheers for Norway! The world fell in love with your lovely fans and your amazing striker. Haaland made us Haappy. Tusen Tak

The Norwegian team has been a delight to watch and they represent all that is positive about football.

#AbolishICE 🖕 #ICEGestapo‼️

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ICE gunned down Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on the streets of Houston — and now his family can't even get his body back for a funeral. LULAC CEO Juan Proaño joins Katie Phang with exclusive new details. Watch:

Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

You can't help but feel for Cape Verde🇨🇻 Vozinha delivered one of the greatest goalkeeping performances in World Cup history, making eight saves, including a stunning stop from Lionel Messi's free kick, to keep his country dreaming🧤🔥

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The gift of simplicity in prayer

June 20, 2026 Jesus gave his disciples the gift of the Lord’s Prayer at a time when traditional Jewish worship involved onerous requirements such as doing purifications and buying gifts at the temp…

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On the human condition

June 27, 2026 I have been sick for a time, and recovery is slow. In my prayer, Jesus said, “Don’t you know that having a human body means that there is always something uncomfortable or broken? You…

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A truly intelligent species would not contaminate its own drinking water, erode and contaminate soil, collapse wildlife populations, and create chronic diseases through its own food system.