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Photos from Vatican News

Jan De Vliegher (Belgian, 1964), Buddhists, 2004. Oil on canvas, 110 x 165 cm.

There are just 16 million Jews left, thanks to Islam and Christianity.

If we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we will too go through it and rise to the glory of God. Sounds discouraging, right? I get it, because we know how much the Lord had to suffer through to get it all finished (John 19:30), but it shouldn't be, since it is to the good prepared for those believing. God wants all of us to repent and believe in Him (2 Peter 3:9), but He won't force it upon us. Rather He will give us a chance until death to repent and start following His Will. Some believe that it is by going to church, reading the Bible, and praying, that one becomes a believer; but it is not the case. Some can do all these things and still not be the believers Hod calls us to be. If we are to follow Him, it must be in Spirit and Truth (John 4:24), which is through having a personal relationship with Him. This is how we get to knowing Him personally, and in this way can we be assured that we have eternal life. Let us turn to Jesus Christ today and start our walk with Him into the promise He keeps for all. Bless you in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour! Amen. :)

A memorial to Venerable Thich Quang Duc in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, commemorates the Buddhist monk who publicly burned himself in June 1963 to protest the persecution of Vietnamese Buddhists by the regime of President Ngo Dình Diem, a Catholic.