Proposal for Christians to Enrich Faith

I suggest that you and young adults look for Christian spiritual nourishment available freely on the Internet...

Examples:

1. Donate what you can (on-line) for persecuted Christians in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia...

2. Listen on the Internet (YouTube) to some great stories of saints and theological insights by Bishop Robert Barron and others. You can also check out many saints in the "Catholic Encyclopedia" and on http://catholicsaints.info

3. There is much online information in Biblical scholarship that you can find here:

- Fr. Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. Biblical Studies here: http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/index.html

- St. Paul Center: https://stpaulcenter.com

4. Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. and his associates on many topics of concern to Christians today:

https://www.magiscenter.com/

5. Pope Benedict XVI (one of the most profound contemporary Christian scholars) here: http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com/

6. St. Thomas Aquinas: http://www.aquinasonline.com/Topics/

7. Ignatius Insight: http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/index.asp

8. Zenit: https://zenit.org/

9. Evangile Au Quotidien (Today's Gospel and Saints in many languages including English, French, and Arabic...) https://evangelizo.org/evangelizo.php

10. Television catholique (KTO) - France: http://www.ktotv.com/

11. P. Henri Boulad, S.J. (French): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvZ0TcjA7jCdRe5VS6dWjdQ

12. Today's Questions (English): http://todayquestions.blogspot.com/

13. Jean Vanier - L'Arche (English/French): https://www.larche.org/welcome

14. Vatican (The Apostolic See - in many languages): http://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/it.html

15. Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm

A New Threat - Be Vigilant and Read

Today we see how aggravated the situation in the Middle East has become. It is not really a war between Iran and Israel or Iran and the United States. It is a war of fundamental terrorism under a new shape guided by Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its Revolutionary Guards, against the United States Administration under Donald Trump...To make things worse,  a few days ago the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in Sochi but failed to agree on the Iranian crisis and other ones (CBS News here). Yesterday, President Trump warned the Iranian rulers in a tweet that "If Iran wants to fight that would be the official end of Iran" (here). Khameini's Iran is responsible for Hizbullah terrorist organization that threatens to wipe out Israel and, since 2006, has used Lebanon as a proxy base for launching attacks on Israel. Hizbullah was used by Iran in its support of Alawites (a Shiite branch) in Syria, and in the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launch of rockets against its arch-rival Sunni Saudi Arabia from Yemen where both sides try to eliminate each other. Israel, on the other hand, has targeted Hizbullah in Syria with rockets and air power while also eliminating Hamas, a Sunni Islamic terrorist organization, in Gaza.
If this is a reminder of turbulence in world peace, I suggest that we revisit my post in July 2014 here:
https://todayquestions.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-much-needed-courage-of-joseph.html
The need is greater than negotiations; for two prominent scholars: Samuel Huntington and Bernard Lewis had predicted, for over 4 decades, the return of radical Islam.
It is time to pray for the conversion of hearts and minds and to donate what we can to persecuted Christians in the world especially in Africa and Asia - We do not forget Christians killed in Nigeria this year, and in China and those killed in Sri Lanka on Easter while worshiping; for only through Jesus Christ can humanity be saved from utter destruction!