ob•serv•er
noun \əb-ˈzər-vər\
: a person who sees and notices someone or something
: a person who pays close attention to something
: a person who is present at something (such as a meeting) in order to watch and listen to what happens
an OBSERVER
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki's May 8 viral video titled, “President Biden Mocks our Catholic faith,” is receiving tens of thousands of views (it received 21,000+ views alone in the first 24 hours). We sit down with the bishop to explain it all and what we should take from his message.
Blogger Note: see Transcript below. I was taken aback when the PM got political ..usually in my experience they just read the passage they came to proclaim. But a majestic rebuttal from the leader of the opposition nail the issue.
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The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event held in Ottawa under the authority of the speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons on behalf of the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast Group. Speaking at the event are Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre,
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Transcript
at the 35th minutes Intro Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
at the 48th minute the Leader of His Majesty's Loyal opposition Pierre Poilivre
The PM
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so without further Ado we call upon the prime minister to come and bring greetings at this time
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[Applause]
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National Chief Cindy thank you so much uh for being here for speaking us starting us off with a land
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acknowledgement uh but also with a beautiful beautiful rendition of the Lord's Prayer by uh by Elders by your
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parents uh in annab um thank you to the Musicians um
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Richard Paul for getting us on our feet early in the morning uh but also looking
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forward to Natalie and Bernie and all the other performances we're going to have here but mostly thank you all for
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gathering in faith but also in optimism in these challenging times when we need
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to pull together build a better world it's been important to me to join you
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here since as you said back when Elizabeth May and I were the only party leaders regularly coming to this uh
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breakfast it's a moment of thoughtful reflection prayer for me um I don't talk
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an awful lot about my faith as you all know but um my father raised me to read the Bible
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every week as a family um saying our prayers almost every night together uh
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my faith grounds me in a way that is um real but quiet for me and it is always a
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nice moment to be able to share in this place of service that Ottawa
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is with others who are reflecting on the same same sorts of things this year's
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theme is Bridge Over Troubled Waters and as all of you know there is a lot of uncertainty in the world right now we
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see conflicts and division young people are worried about their future whether
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it's due to the rising costs of living or the impacts of climate change in the face of ad iversity our Christian faith
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can serve as a strong bridge that carries us over the troubled waters of
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uncertainty our Bridge through these challenging times must be paved with
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optimism and built with the resilience that comes from hard work
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[Music]
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we're working hard to make sure everyone has a a fair chance at success knowing that when we Elevate each other and
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support each other it provides an opportunity for God's gifts to shine
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within each and every one of us in our quest to navigate through these tumultuous times the Beatitudes
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from Matthew serve as a moral compass providing us with a path forward in good
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times as well as in challenging
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times when Jesus saw the crowd s he went up the mountain and after he sat down
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his disciples came to him then he began to speak and taught them
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saying blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of
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Heaven blessed are those who mourn for they will be
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comforted blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth
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blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be
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filled blessed are the merciful so they will receive
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Mercy blessed are the pure of heart for they will see
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God blessed are the peacemakers for they are called children of God blessed are
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those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven blessed are you when
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people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you
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falsely on my account rejoice and be glad for your
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reward is great in heaven for in the same way they persecuted the prophets
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who were before you the gospel of the Lord
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merci thank you
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The LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
I want to say that I'm so thankful that as soon as I ask and since he's become the leader of
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the official opposition every time that I have asked and said leader would you
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be willing to be part of the National Prayer Breakfast there's not a hesitation in immediately he says yes I
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want to be there put me down and we are so honored that the leader of his Majesty's L opposition The Honorable
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Pierre PV is coming at this time to share brief remarks as well would you welcome The Honorable Pierre
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[Applause]
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PV when I first came to the National Prayer Breakfast it was about 400
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people that was 20 years ago and then Richard bragon came
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along and he took the words from the scriptures go forth and multiply
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literally and here we are with 1300 people a testament to his incredible
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ability to bring people together from all backgrounds to Worship the Lord thank you Peter thank you
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Richard and u i was just talking with the Grand Chief as we looked out at the
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audience during the incredible music and we looked at the various degrees of
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enthusiasm and were able to determine which in the room were catholic
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Presbyterian and Anglican and which are Evangelical and Pentecostal it's very
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evident wouldn't you agree now you might be wondering why all the politicians are at
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the front being recognized in name and uh some might be confused into
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thinking that's because we're the most important in reality it's because we're the ones in the room most in need of
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redemption um and um leadership does
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indeed require humility as Proverbs said Pride goes
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Before Destruction a hot spirit before the fall and Faith requires humility
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especially from leaders and Faith requires humility in that it is a
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universally powerful concept that is bigger than any
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one of us I think of the grand Chief's mother
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Loretta reading the Lord's Prayer in an ancient language Anish naabi of course
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first it was spoken in Aramaic by Jesus and then it was translated into the
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scriptural classical Greek and then it has been spoken in
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languages all around the world but always with one universal message bigger
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than any one language any one people and certainly any one
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person for me my my faith intersects with my political values in
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one particular area and that is the value of free will God gave adam free will you can see
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this on the ceiling of the sine Chaple in the creation of Adam where God's hand
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literally reaches out in attempt to touch the hand of man and behind it is
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what is the shape of a human brain and inside that brain are a number of car
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and in that moment God handed free will to man and said now you are free to do
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as you wish he will judge later on but in the meantime man is free to do good or evil
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man is free to decide for himself and surely if God can give free will to the
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people we political leaders must give the same we must have the humility to
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give up control
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the word minister in the church is actually the same meaning root meaning
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as minister in politics the root meaning of it is
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servant prime minister therefore is not first Master it is first
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servant the people of course in a democratic system are the Masters
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they choose the commoners who Grant and withdraw hopefully withdraw at some
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point in the not too distant future the confidence uh that allows the ministers
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to serve and that service is always rendered with the people on top and the
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servants in leadership on the bottom and then the relationship is between people
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and their God free from any coercion that princip principle requires
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us as Leaders to have humility and humility is what takes us over the
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troubled waters because just as in politics one has to give up
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control if one wants to be relieved of the anxiety and the tumultuous stresses of
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life one again has to give up control and accept that God is in charge
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and that he will chart your path and the
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the way will be made straight for you and nowhere was this message more
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beautifully passed on during the life of Jesus then in
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Mark 4:35 Jesus calms
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storm it says on that day when evening had come
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he said to them let us go out across to the other side and leaving the crowd
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they took him with them in the boat just as he was and other Boats were with him
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and a great Windstorm arose and the and the waves were breaking into the boat so
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that the boat was already filling but he was in the stern asleep on the
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cushion and they woke they woke him and said to him teacher do you not care that
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we are perishing and he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the
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Sea peace be still and the wind ceased and there was
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a great calm and he said to them why are you so afraid have you no faith and they
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were filled with great fear and said to one another who is this that even the wind and the
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Sea obey him in other translations it's the wind and the
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waves the wind the cause the waves the
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effect God is able to calm the cause and the effect of the
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troubled waters in our lives it reminds us [Applause]
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yes it was not a new message those on the boat who would have
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been schooled in the earlier scriptures of the Psalms would have
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remembered when Jesus when God said before the time of Jesus be still and
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know that I am God this is now a refrain
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used in meditations all around the world be still and know that he is God Be
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Still the winds and the waves and calm the waters bring Tranquility to each
The WHO decided it must continue "hybrid" Treaty negotiations (backroom
dealings) until the WHO members meet last week of May
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-who-decided-it-must-continue?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=746368&post_id=144517663&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=12n1a7&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Friday, 10 May 2024
NEWS RELEASE
Governments agree to continue their steady progress on proposed pandemic agreement ahead of the World Health Assembly
Geneva- 10 May 2024-:
Governments of the world today agreed to continue working on a proposed
pandemic agreement, and to further refine the draft, ahead of the
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly that starts 27 May 2024.
Governments
meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva agreed
to resume hybrid and in-person discussions over coming weeks to advance
work on critical issues, including around a proposed new global system for pathogen access and benefits sharing (i.e. life-saving vaccines, treatments and diagnostics); [excuse me, but pathogen sharing is not vaccine sharing, no matter how you slice it—Nass]
pandemic prevention and One Health; and the financial coordination
needed to scale up countries’ capacities to prepare for and respond to
pandemics.
"During more than two years of intensive
negotiations, WHO’s Member States have shown unwavering commitment to
forging a generational agreement to protect the world from a repeat of
the horrors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic [or was it horrors caused by the advice Tedros and his ilk were providing?—Nass],”
said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “I welcome
the determination that all countries have shown to continue their work
and fulfill the mission on which they embarked.”
The Member State-led Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB)
was established over two years ago to take this effort forward. The
Bureau of the INB, which is guiding the process, will submit its outcome
for consideration at the World Health Assembly.
INB Bureau
Co-Chair Dr Precious Matsoso, from South Africa, said progress had been
made during this latest round of discussions on a wide range of issues
contained in the draft agreement.
“We are witnessing history
play out before our eyes during this process, with the coming together
of all countries to decide a binding pact to protect all citizens of the
world,” said Ms Matsoso. “This is not a simple exercise. This is the
first ever process to develop a proposed agreement on pandemic
prevention, preparedness and response. Getting this done means getting
it right, and the INB Bureau is committed to help finalize a meaningful,
lasting agreement.”
Fellow INB Bureau Co-Chair, Mr
Roland Driece, from the Netherlands, said when countries launched the
process two years ago to develop a pandemic agreement, they did so
knowing they had set an ambitious timeline to reach an ambitious goal.
“This
unprecedented effort by all WHO Member States was launched in response
to an unprecedented global emergency – the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mr
Driece. “These sovereign states did so recognizing that great
collaboration and coordination were needed in the face of pandemics.
While negotiations have been challenging at times, all countries agree
that the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic. It is not a
matter of if a pandemic will happen again; it is a matter of when. [It will no doubt be sooner once you start sharing pandemic pathogens globally—Nass] We cannot afford to miss this historic opportunity to make the world safer from the next pandemic threat.”
In March 2021, heads of state and government from two dozen countries issued a statement of commitment calling
for global collaboration to prepare for, prevent and respond to
pandemics. In December 2021, WHO Member States decided to launch a
global process to draft and negotiate a legally binding convention,
agreement or other international instrument to strengthen pandemic
prevention, preparedness and response.