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News – Page 7 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

July 25, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Whoever Hears the Word and Understands It

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Matthew 13:18-23 - 18 "Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. ....

July 25, 2025

Thune Considers Cancelling August Recess to Confirm Trump Nominees, by Elise Winland

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said July 21 he may cancel the Senate’s August recess to address a mounting backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, noting that Democrats have so far refused to confirm any through the Senate’s usual procedures... “We’re thinking about it,” Thune told reporters at the Capitol, according to The Hill... He said it would be “nice” if Democrats adhered to historical precedent ....

July 25, 2025

The World Must Not Abandon Gaza’s Last Christians, by Gia Chacón

By Gia Chacón, National Catholic Register - For two millennia, Christians in Gaza have borne witness to their faith with unyielding endurance and quiet courage. Today, fewer than one thousand remain, their survival hanging by a thread. After Hamas launched its brutal October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel — massacring civilians and taking hostages— the Israeli military responded with a massive campaign in Gaza. The war that followed has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Often ignored, Gaza’s Christians are an embattled minority caught in the crossfire

July 25, 2025

Saint of the Day for July 25: Saint James (d. c. 44)

Franciscan Media, July 25 - This James is the brother of John the Evangelist. The two were called by Jesus as they worked with their father in a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had already called another pair of brothers from a similar occupation: Peter and Andrew. “He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him” (Mark 1:19-20). ...

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