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  Why Did Jesus Turn Water into Wine? https://st-ignatius.net/why-did-jesus-turn-water-into-wine/ by  Doug Ponder Jesus’ first miracle—turning water into wine at the wedding of Cana—is ripe with symbolic echoes of the great themes of Scripture. Why should we expect otherwise? Jesus is not the type to do anything haphazardly. Moreover, John the Apostle tells us that this miracle is the first of several  signs  ( John 2:11 ), all of which “are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (20:31). We should not, however, reduce the miracles of Jesus to  mere  signs of His power, as if miracles were nothing more than repeated demonstrations of Christ’s divinity. Instead, we ought to see them as signs of Jesus’ person  and  work, that is, signs of His divinity  and  signs of His divine intentions for the world.  In this way, the miracles of Jesus are not so much supernatural violations of “natural order” as t

Semite, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary : Semite, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary Originally: a member of any of the peoples mentioned in Genesis 10:21–31 as descended from Shem, one of the sons of Noah, traditionally interpreted as including the Hebrews, Aramaeans, Assyrians, and Arabs. Subsequently also: a member of any of the peoples who speak or spoke a Semitic language.

  Predicting the future of religious life plus Robert Hanssen https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/263646

  Women religious are being called to evolve to the interindividual stage https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/269726

The Evangelization Skill Every Catholic Disciple Needs! - Catholic Missionary Disciples - College Station, TX : The Evangelization Skill Every Catholic Disciple Needs!

 Legalized abortion can be blamed on political elites, but not on them alone. The Catholic hierarchy often failed to oppose abortion...Catholic priests often failed to refuse Holy Communion to politicians supportive of industrialised murder.   https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/can-pro-life-monarchs-veto-pro-abortion-laws https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/can-pro-life-monarchs-veto-pro-abortion-laws?utm_source=Crisis+Magazine&utm_campaign=245f5e6259-Crisis_DAILYRSS_EMAIL&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a5a13625fd-245f5e6259-28455755&mc_cid=245f5e6259&mc_eid=a11d8ac987 utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare  via @CrisisMag 

Pope Francis asks the whole Church to pray for women in April: no to discrimination against them - ZENIT - English : In The Pope Video for April, Pope Francis lifts up his prayer “that the dignity and worth of women be recognized in every culture, and for an end to the discrimination they face in various parts of the world.” In his monthly intention, Pope Francis asks that governments be committed “to eliminate discriminatory laws everywhere and to work toward guaranteeing women’s human rights.”

Pope Francis to go to Indonesia: government of the world's most Muslim country announces date - ZENIT - English : This trip for September 2024 also includes Papua New Guinea, in addition to Timor.