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There is breaking news, tonight,<\/strong> of a \u201ccredible and specific but unconfirmed\u201d terror threat.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Which isn\u2019t surprising. Al Qaeda is being pummeled and probably feels like it is still a force to be reckoned with. Who didn\u2019t expect some sort of credible threat?<\/p>\n

I thought, with that in the air,<\/strong> it\u2019s a good time to remember that there are people who get up, in the middle of the night, when the rest of us are asleep, or deeply in our sins, to pray for us \u2014 for the whole world.<\/p>\n

And this is beautiful; even if you do not believe, or you do not agree, you cannot deny beauty, and maybe you\u2019ll even feel consoled. So why fight it?<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_VHSfdvQTcI<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"