Rod Halvorsen at EVR_Forge. Jeremiah 6:16

Christ was born into a family, not an empire. His thirty hidden years were spent not in revolution but in obedience, labor, custom, and prayer. That is our pattern. To rebuild Christian civilization after the fall of liberalism, we must build hidden Nazareths everywhere—homes of justice, work, prayer, and joy. From these will come a society in which Christ is King, not only of hearts, but of land, law, and labor. “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” —Joshua 24:15

• Today, March 24th, marks 551 years since the death of Simon of Trent, a two-year-old child whose case became one of the most famous - and controversial - in Church history. • Trent, 1475. Little Simon disappears on Holy Thursday. His body is found on Easter Sunday in a water channel beneath the property of Samuel, the leader of the local Jewish community. The city erupts. • Under torture, 15 members of the Jewish community confessed to having murdered Simon to use his blood in Passover rituals - the classic "blood libel". All were burned at the stake. • The Bishop of Trent, Johannes Hinderbach, immediately promoted the cult of the "martyr." Rome hesitated: Pope Sixtus IV sent a commissioner to investigate and ordered the proceedings suspended. But popular pressure was immense. • In 1588, Sixtus V formally beatified Simon. The cult flourished for nearly five centuries: relics, annual processions, paintings, sermons. Trent celebrated him every year on March 24th. • On October 28, 1965 - the same day Paul VI promulgated Nostra Aetate, the conciliar declaration on relations with non-Christians - the Archbishop of Trent officially abolished the cult. The relics were removed and the body buried in an unknown location. • The suppression of the cult fits within the spirit of Vatican II, particularly the rejection of the collective charge of deicide against the Jewish people. Nostra Aetate marks a turning point in the Church's relationship with Judaism, and Simon's case was an uncomfortable symbol.

🇦🇹🔴There is only one Christian first-grader in a Vienna elementary school and he is called "pig" by his classmates. Out of the 390 students at the school, 230 are Muslim, nearly 60%. In total, the school features a 99% immigration background. Only 5 out of the total of 390 students have no migrant background. The Austrian youth has been subject to a number of insults but has little recourse due to his minority status. In total, the school features a bewildering 32 languages, with the biggest pool of non-German speakers coming from Turkey, with 81 speaking that language at home. Other major languages are Arabic and Chechen. One teacher told a Profil journalist that there are so many problems in the class, that each class could use its own social worker. The report additionally describes cases of neglect, drug use, and even arrests among young people. During Ramadan, Profil reports that some students refuse swimming lessons because the water might touch their lips, which would violate their religious obligation to fast. Half of the students come from families living on welfare, with two out of three repeating at least one grade in elementary school. Due to the extreme diversity and differing religions, Profil reports that religious tensions dominate in the school every day. New data shows that more than 50% of first graders in Vienna are listed as Muslims. In addition, over 50% cannot understand German, sparking a crisis in the Vienna school system.

Italian rhythmic gymnast Sofia Raffaeli is truly out of this world. Just listen to the crowd erupt as she delivers a breathtaking, sublime performance.

🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: Tom Homan confirms ICE will now look for CRIMINALS going through the airports, on top of assisting TSA LFG! 🔥 “We're gonna arrest criminals going through the airport, we're going to look for human trafficking, s*x trafficking, money smuggling!” “We’re NOT gonna give up President Trump’s promise of making this country safer!”