This Day In History 13 January: Pope recognizes Knights Templar

 

   On this day in 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God.

  Led by the Frenchman Hughes de Payens, the Knights Templar organization was founded in 1118. Its self-imposed mission was to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to and from the Holy Land during the Crusades, the series of military expeditions aimed at defeating Muslims in Palestine. For a while, the Templars had only nine members, mostly due to their rigid rules. In addition to having noble birth, the knights were required to take strict vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. In 1127, new promotional efforts convinced many more noblemen to join the order, gradually increasing its size and influence.

John Hagee's Daily Devotional 13 January 2018- Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me

John 14:1—Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jesus Says Here That You Are Responsible For The Condition Of Your Heart

Catholic Daily Reading for Friday January 12, 2018

Daily Reading for Friday January 12, 2018
Reading 1, First Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 89:16-17, 18-19
Gospel, Mark 2:1-12
Reading 1, First Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22
4 The elders of Israel all assembled, went back to Samuel at Ramah, and said,

5 'Look, you are old, and your sons are not following your example. So give us a king to judge us, like the other nations.'

6 Samuel thought that it was wrong of them to say, 'Let us have a king to judge us,' so he prayed to Yahweh.

7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, 'Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you: it is not you they have rejected

10 Everything that Yahweh had said, Samuel then repeated to the people who were asking him for a king.

11 He said, 'This is what the king who is to reign over you will do. He will take your sons and direct them to his chariotry and cavalry, and they will run in front of his chariot.

Billy Graham's Daily Devotional 13 January 2018: Where Is Your Hope?

  And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. —Psalm 39:7

Nigerian Man Shares How He Did Wedding Introduction The First Day He Saw His Wife

   

    A Nigerian man, Sochi InfiniTi to celebrate his 3rd wedding anniversary has narrated the extraordinary story of how he did wedding introduction, the day he saw his wife for the first time. He shared stunning family photos on Facebook and wrote;