Trump signals oil reserve release amid conflict price hike; Hezbollah reportedly targeting Christians in Lebanon; Despite ‘legacy media soft-soaping ISIS bomb attack’ in NYC, social media is praising NYPD apprehension of suspects; Polls show ‘MAGA Split’ on Iran may be inflated; Trump and Rubio give final offer – and an off ramp – to Cuban regime; Hawley introduces bill to ban abortion pill; Ethiopian Christians face growing wave of jihadist violence; A Maronite Catholic reminds us: ‘To fast is to banquet with the angels’; Day Three of the St. Joseph Novena is happening; and more —
Trump Signals Oil Reserve Release Amid Conflict Price Hike
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to counter rising energy costs stemming from the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran.
Oil prices have swung wildly since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28, reaching nearly $120 a barrel on Monday.
In after-hours trading Wednesday, Brent crude stood at $93.05 a barrel, about 1.16% higher than the opening price of $91.98, according to Google Finance.
Read more at NEWSMAX
Watch: Trump announces release of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve at Kentucky rally
Watch @nicksortor
Reports Hezbollah killed Fr. Pierre Al Rahi, actively targeting Christians in Lebanon
See @breeadail; see also @sahahcharbel1
The far-left media showed just whose side they’re on during coverage of the NYC ISIS-inspired bomb attack – Essay by Miranda Devine
The sinister media soft-soaping of Saturday’s ISIS bomb attack on the Upper East Side shows exactly whose side these corrupted news organizations are on — and it’s not yours.
They are so far in the tank for the revolutionary left that they aren’t even capable of hiding it with their usual cunning.
We are at the point where The New York Times, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and USA Today will downplay, obfuscate or even justify an ISIS terrorist attack in New York City simply because it was aimed at people they loathe.
Never mind that we saw video all over social media Saturday showing one of the ISIS-radicalized suspects yelling “Allahu Akbar” as he tossed a bomb packed with shrapnel and “Mother of Satan” explosives into an anti-Islam protest near Gracie Mansion. …
Read more at the New York Post
Social media praising NYPD chief’s apprehension of ISIS-radicalized suspect with bomb
Watch @EricLDaugh
NYPD Chief and Sgt. give praise to God
Watch @RedWavePress
Polls Show ‘MAGA Split’ on Iran May Be Inflated
Polls show that the divide within the Make America Great Again movement over President Donald Trump’s operation in Iran may be exaggerated.
An NBC poll showed that 90% of self-identified “MAGA Republicans” support Operation Epic Fury, with just 5% saying they disagree with the strikes.
Seventy-seven percent of Republicans support the operation, while Republicans who don’t see themselves as part of the MAGA movement are split, with just with 54% supporting the strikes, according to the March 4 poll.
Read more at The Daily Signal
Trump and Rubio Give Final Offer to the Castros and Díaz-Canel: “Off-Ramp” to Cede Power Without Forced Exile or End Up Like Maduro in Prison
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are pushing an economic agreement with the Cuban regime that includes an “off-ramp” — a negotiated exit — to allow the Castro family and President Miguel Díaz-Canel to cede power without forced exile, according to an exclusive report from The Telegraph.
The plan would allow these leaders to remain on the island in exchange for concessions in ports, energy, and tourism, with possible selective relief in sanctions.
The conversations involve Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of Raúl Castro, who maintains key influence. Rubio, son of Cuban immigrants, leads the high-level negotiations, as confirmed by Trump in public statements.
Read more at the Gateway Hispanic
Hawley Introduces Bill To Ban Dangerous And Deadly Abortion Pill, Punish ‘Greedy Foreign’ Makers
Sen. Josh Hawley is introducing legislation to ban the most popular abortion drug on the market and give survivors a legal remedy against foreign abortion pill makers.
Mifepristone, the drug responsible for a majority of the nation’s abortions, poses a deadly and dangerous risk to unborn babies and is dangerous to women, especially when ingested unsupervised. Yet, under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s current regulations, the abortion pill can be ordered online and taken at home without any in-person medical oversight.
Read more at The Federalist
Woman coerced into taking abortion drugs speaks out against them
Watch @sbaprolife
Critics argue an Islamic blasphemy law has arrived in the UK
A new government definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” risks introducing the logic of blasphemy law into British public life. Dr. Ashenden discusses.
Watch at Dr G Ashenden; read also ‘The Islamic Blasphemy Law has Arrived’ at Dr Gavin Ashenden substack
Prominent UK lawyer warns new definition of Islamophobia will sow confusion
See @SpeechUnion; read more at The Times
Ethiopian Christians face growing wave of jihadist violence – first part of a new series
See @idicenter
Pakistan’s Catholic bishops call for investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Christian laborer
See @cnalive
Murder in Michigan
See @elonmusk
Priest offers antidote to persecutions, appeals to bishops
Read @benedict_kiely
Lenten reminder: ‘To fast is to banquet with angels‘
See @timelessfaithh
NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPH – DAY THREE
See @father_rmv
Today is the traditional Feast Day of St. Gregory the Great
“The Lord of men and of angels, has sent you His epistles for your life’s advantage – and yet you neglect to read them eagerly. Study them, I beg you, and meditate daily on the words of your Creator. Learn the heart of God in the words of God” – St. Gregory the Great
See @TempusFugit4016; read St. Gregory’s epistles at New Advent
How Gregorian chant was born and why it’s called Gregorian
Christian chant has a long history that begins in the Gospels themselves. And Pope Gregory I compiled it.
Gregorian chant is a form of monophonic unaccompanied sacred music sung in Latin (although it also includes Greek) belonging to the Western, Roman Christian tradition. It developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, and experienced some later modifications in the Late Middle Ages and in the Early Renaissance. …
Read more at Aleteia
Famous Gregorian Chant of the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos (Spain)
Listen at Marcelo Fernandes Ferreira
