that jesus is the christ, the son of the living god. rock on which jesus can build his church. the eternal beatitude of john paul ii which, today, the church rejoices, to proclaim, is wholly contained in these sayings of jesus. blessed are you, simon, and blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe. it is the beatitude of faith, which john paul ii also received, as a gift from god the father, for the building up of christ's church. our thoughts turn to yet another beatitude, one which appears in the gospel before all others. it is the beatitude of the virgin mary, the mother of the redeemer. mary, who had just conceived jesus, was told by st. elizabeth, blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the lord. the beatitude of faith has its model in mary, and all of us rejoice that the beatification of john paul ii, takes place on this first day of the month of mary. beneath the maternal gaze of the one who, by her faith, sustained the faith of the apostles and constantly su

we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks to jesus christ our lord. praise you with greater joy than ever in this easter season when christ became our sacrifice. he is the true lamb who took away the sins of the world, by dying he destroyed our death, by rising, he restored our life. and so, with all the choirs of angels in heaven we proclaim your glory and joy in your unending hymn of praise. and now the choir and the people will sing. holy, holy, holy lord, god of power and might. heaven and earth are full of your glory. hosanna in the highest. blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord, hosanna in the highest. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and now together with ref rance and silence, the first time the blessed name of john paul ii will be included in our prayer and father calls to mind god his father's holiness and the work of the holy trinity to gathers by the people. now the holy father will celebrate, and asking god's blessing on the gift and the co consecration the wine will become the body and blood of christ. [bell ringing] ♪ >> let us proclaim the mystery

my prayer is that one day everyone in our nation will hear about jesus christ. there are tremendous stories about what god is doing in china, go to our website cwnews.org and find many links to the growth of christianity in china. we will have more of "christian world news" right after this. stay with us back in a moment. >> how would you react if you were a victim of a terrible crime? such a person and his act of unbelievable forgiveness. paul strand talked about the man that lived the story and written and produced the movie. >> brooks douglas watched his missionary mother and father gunned down before his eyes. >> they never got to see the age i am living and their grand kids. >> he, too was left for dead and his sister violently raped. he was 16 and sister 12. both survived and had to relive as the killers were tried and repealed. he hood a face to face meeting with the killers. heaven's rain is the result and available on the dvd. it is rated r where the rape of his sister is discussed graphically. no sex or nudity, any of that. >> if you are embarrassed by

oh, god, with the resurrection of thy son the lord jesus christ gave us joy to the world and through the session of virgin mary, we have enjoy the everlasting life, through jesus christ, glory be to the father, son, and the holy spirit, and glory as it shall be, world without end, amen. and the faithful departed eternal rest grant to them, oh, lord, and perpetual light shine on them. may they rest in peace, amen. and now, the final blessing. the lord be with you. blessed be the name of the lord. in the name of the lord. may almighty god bless you, the father, son, and the holy spirit. ♪ >> the decon sang in latin, hallelujah, hallelujah, the mass has ended, go in peace, hallelujah, hallelujah. the people responded: thanks be to god, hallelujah, hallelujah. and now we'll listen as the choir sings a hymn written especially for this beatification mass, blessed john paul ii. as you can imagine, the as they sang the words, john paul ii open the doors to christ, do not be afraid. open wide your heart to the love of god: holy father enters the altar with a kiss. ♪ ♪ >> as we see that marvel

we have a diary entry of a prayer he wrote in which he signs the prayer off to my lord jesus christ, savior of my soul. he's not a deiss. how much of a practicing christian is whether you believe church service is the end all and be all. what are these guys meaning when they talk about the freedom of religion. it's my view based what i saw in the documents, namely that all the colonial charters refer references to god and most to jesus christ, that many of the state legislators formed oaths of allegiance to their office in the name of jesus christ and all of the state legislators of pennsylvania had to swear such an oath in the name of jesus christ. it's hard to believe you can take that out of context of them all being christians. in other words, what do they say if a muslim walks in and says well, because of the separation of church and state, you have to fund a muslim foot bath in the university of michigan. they would find that crazy. well, you have to remove a cross on a public space such as a park? i think they would find that silly, but, again, it's all in the context, and you

may be this kid will be a piece maker, a modern day jesus christ as this jew understands jesus. i don't know what does. week 21, everyone thinks i'm having a boy. by everyone, i mean the waiter and my grandmother and neighbor across the street. i was getting out of my car and she yelled "your having a boy". week 22, my family is involved in an all out campaign on the names i'm considering. she mocks the mothers calling after their sons, sebastion. i didn't realize lisa is racist. makes me like the name more. i say good, because i'm hoping for a fag. week 25, it's 4:00 a.m. and i'm give up for an hour. who do i do for circumcision. it's a covenant with god. it seems like they feel plenty of pleasure. may be we should reduce a man's pleasure. may be this was god's way of reducing a man's libido. may be my son is not going to study the torah. we need to identify proudly. but then, am i imposing my will on my child? i can't have a child. week 30, i have an appointment at the hollywood birth center where i will have natural childbirth, which i don't recommend. alex is my primary care

even have a diary entry of a prayer that he wrote in which he signs the prayer off to my lord jesus christ, savior of my soul and words to that effect. so he's very clearly not a deist. how much of a practicing christian he is, depends on whether or not you believe that church attendance is the end all and be all but he did attend church quite a lot. so what do these guys mean when they talked about the freedom of religion? it's my view that based on what i've seen in the documents, namely, that all of the colonial charters involved references to god and most of them to jesus christ, that many of the state legislatures had to affirm oaths of allegiance to their office in the name of jesus christ. and that all of the state legislators of pennsylvania had to swear such an oath in the name of jesus christ. i find it hard to believe that you can take that out of the context of them all being christian. in other words, what would they say if a muslim suddenly walked in and said, well, because of the separation of church and state, you have to fund a muslim foot bath in michigan, the university

just who was jesus christ and how does he fit in the 21st century? we'll ask yahya hendi, muslim chaplain, georgetown university. and mark edward dever, baptist, southern baptist church. ifwo t is rdckllpawa if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. >>> welcome, welcome, imam, and welcome pastor dever. i want to talk about and present the proposition that the economic condition of any nation has profound impact on all phases of social living, cultural living, and spiritual -- the spirituality of the era. and we'll develop that as we go along. in the 1960 we had a wave of economic expansion and it produced something called the "age of aware just." and the age of aware just spawne

jesus christ our lord, amen. >> amen.h this ring i thee wed with this ring i thee wed.this ringi >> with my body i thee honor. >> with my body i thee honor. >> and all my worldly goodsoods with thee i share. >> and auld my worldly goods with she i share. >> in the namend of the father and of the son and of the holy. ghost, amen. >> amen. >> let us pray. outages ooh ternal god creator and preserver of all man kind,t the author of everlasting life send thy blessing been thesepot thy servants this man and this woman whom we bless in thy name that they shall keep the vow betwixed them made and forever remain in perfect love andant peace together and live according to thy lord through jesus christ our lord. >> amen. god has joined together let no. man put us under.r as much as william and catherine have consented together in holy wed lock andts witnessed the same before godea and his company and there to have given the pledge betothed either to other and declared the same by giving andg of rin receiving of a ring and byjoinf j

[laughter] you can't say jesus christ." i said, "well, let's put that aside for a while, and i'll think about that one." then they went on to some others, like, there's a point in the first act of the play where george refers to martha's father, president of the university, and says to the guests, "she is his right ball, so to speak." they objected to "ball" as a slang term, and this really, really puzzled me. they said, "however, it will be all right if you say she is his right testicle." [laughter] i said, "but that doesn't scan. the rhythm is wrong there, so we can't do that." and on and on and on and on. they said, "well, we have to come back to jesus h. christ," and i was getting a little puzzled and annoyed by that point, so i said, as a joke, "well, how about mary h. magdalene?" [laughter] he thought and said, "yes, that would be lovely." and i knew there was not gonna be any real communication here. and so i took his 75 objections, and i took them to the theater, where the actors and the director were very, very pat

. >> i like the possibility of jesus christ. they way he is presented from the bible and share with people, heal them, feed them. i said mom, i am a newman. she said if there is a god able to change ali, i want to believe in him. all my family became a christian except my dad. >> now serving in the australian church, brother active leader and sister leads worship. her brother converted. she explains why she left her country. >> national security police came to take me. they could kill me, torture me and do terrible things. >> also experienced the rejection of a loved one and societal condemnation. >> after the rejection, which it was a sexual rape. i felt like i lost my identity. i don't know who i am anymore. >> helena was strengthened by a scripture verse. >> come to me with heaven burden and i will give you rest. only way god can reveal to me or receive even his peace and joy is only through jesus. >> former muslim came to christ after she married. they changed their minds after that -->> i was cured from cancer. god made my

changed in the 11 years between the publication of these two books. >> my first book was "from jesus to christ." and that was published in 1988. and "jesus ofished a few months. what changed is time elapsed, i continued to work in the field and learned more. >> isn't it the all-important question of why jesus was killed, you now believe he represented a limited threat to public order during the festival of passover rather than a major threat to roman rule? >> i don't think anybody thinks he, including pileate that jesus represented a major threat to roman rule. >> well, then why was he crucified? >> because of the disruption, potential for disruption he presented that passover. but he's in jerusalem, that's not roman rule. >> well, if it's a small uprising, if it's a small dislocation that he creates he would not have been crucified. crucifix was reserved -- correct me if i'm wrong -- >> yes. >> you're much more up to date on this than i am, the crucifix was reserved for public displays in order to gain social control exactly true. >> but there was no disruption according to your current think

evangelical christians are exerting more influence by displaying what it means to be a true follower of jesus christ. >> people are looking for authentic life styles and relationships. we have the opportunity to demonstrate what a personal relationship with jesus is like. >> for more stories about christianity in russia and daily reports on the work of the church around the world, check out our website cwnews.org. we'll be back right after this. >> finally this week the reverend billy graham is doing better after getting agreement from a north carolina hospital. >> reporter: the 92-year-old e evangelist was in the hospital. >> he is in good health and good spirits. for someone who is 92 years of age with all the health concerns and mileage, he is doing pretty well. we are keeping an eye on him. >> graham rarely entered public. graham's wife ruth bell graham died in 2007, and family friend glen will cox says graham miss her greatly. >> i do know he is ready. he is anxious to go to heaven some day to be with ruth. but he said i don't need to go right this minute. >> testing shows graham's heart is nor

is the lord jesus christ. go to luke 13. e is a story, how these guys come up to jesus and mentioned that there were some jews offering sacrifices, as they ought to, under the law of moses, for their sins, and pilate murdered them and mixed their blood with theirs. and they told jesus that and ask that the worse than anyone else. and that these men, even though they were jews, were lost, and the wrath of god was going to fall on them, even though they were religious, and he gave them an illustration. said there were 18 people on whom the tower fell and killed them. unless you repent, you will all likewise parish. talk about getting under your skin. he said that. jesus said that. he was talking obviously about the wrath of god when christ returns, okay? not that a building was going to fall on anybody else or a government official from the roman authorities was going to kill anybody, but god almighty, i'm telling you, jesus is coming back soon. my bible said he made him to be sent -- [bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you. ne

on what i have seen in the documents, all of the colonial charters with references to god and jesus christ, many state legislatures zero allegiance handle state legislatures had to swear such a know they find a hard to believe in the context of the mall being christian. what would they say if the muslim often to say because of separation of church and state you have to fund the muslim bloodbath they would find that ludacris will reduce say about what you have to remove any space such as a part? they would find that silly but it is in the context for you and i get that directly from the words but into the state constitution and the letters in these private lives. some like hamilton went through phrases he was very religious as a young man and one colleague says how much she prayed constantly but in middle age she comes away from that and not only older age but closer to his death the gravitates back toward god. you'll find all of these different points of their lives are extremely religious and they wrote to the phrase is a new constitution, the other documents, they assume everything would

. >> i believe in jesus christ who has given his life for us, i know the following of the cross, and i'm ready to die for a cause, i'm living for my community and suffering people, and i will die to defend their rights. >> the commissioners are asking the u.s. government to blacklist egypt to respond to what they call a sharp deterioration of religious freedom >> there's a lot of attacks on the christian minority in particular, there's a lot of christian orthodox minority. >> they may see christianity disappear within their borders because of persecution. >> particularly because of what happened in the middle east, there's some countries who are facing extinction like in iraq. >> these are marked from the state department for severe violations of religious freedom and the commissioners want to add these six countries as religious persecutors. commissioners say nations will help themselves if they work to end religious persecution. >> there's civil rights and -- and there is security and stability. >> paul strand, cbn news, washington. >> jounbacker joining us now on our washington bu

converted hundreds of thousands of people with a simple message that if you give your life to jesus christ as your personal savior, you will be saved. now, the problem i encounter in researching the origins of the civil war, was not in this very simple and beautiful message of evangelicals, but in the fact that evangelicals brought this message into the political process. thomas jefferson who wrote the first amendment to the can't do shinned with the hope of james madison was crystal-clear under rule of church and state. in 1802, the congregation baptists in danbury, connecticut sent thomas a letter. when it be great if we could send an e-mail to the founding fathers and get a response back? in this case, they wondered what exactly did you mean that congress shall make no law establishing religion. what does this mean that this? he says here that adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of consciousness as he goes on. the legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof, best building a wall of separation bet

it was a means to reform society, our means to hasten the second coming of jesus christ. we do that by expiating san. two of the greatest sins or slavery in the roman catholic church. they are confused. they have not attributed it to to this background of this civil war, and particularly the self righteousness of northern evangelicals. >> it sounds like they were against slavery -- is this thing on? it seems like the kkk was the same. deasy -- dca correlation? >> not really. first, we are talking about different times. and secondly, number evangelicals generally would support violence. i mean, ralph waldo emerson claimed to be a pacifist, but he was right in there with the war effort. harriet beecher stowe also plans to be a pacifist, but she has this great passage in the -- she talks about the book of revelation, and she says, harriet beecher stowe police she was witnessing the unfolding of the book of revelation right at sumpter. the last struggle for liberty would proceed the coming of the war. caen's wrath shall be reached. her brother said pretty much the same thing.

. >> i'm a believer and a follower of jesus christ.hat relationship is far more important to me than any political office. all the factors say go but my heart says no. >> jon: governor, governor huckabee then added (ted ( cheers and applause ) welcome back. just this past weekend, my son and i are playing our new favorite game there. we pretend to be the heroic navy seals who took down america's worst enemy, a.k.a., our neighbor's labrador. the next thing i know there's a lawyer at my door serving me with papers. >> walt disney company is is looking to cash in on the osama bin laden takedown. >> it's been two weeks since the u.s. military raid on osama bin laden's compound but it took disney less than two days to reflect the trademark for the name. >> jon: you can't do that. you can't just take america's real-life heroes and turn them into this. although... but that is is awesome. i can't wait for the happy meal. putting a trademark is like trying to copyright the guys who stormed the beaches of normandy or putting a patent patent on p

. >> the church of jesus christ of the latter day saints has the largest records in the world. >> we find them. >> three billion pages was documents cover more than theirr ancestors and the roars are open to the public. so it is here in the mormon temple family history center that a groupp of east bay youngsters came to trace their roots. >> not a lot of people in my family know where they came from and so i say, you know i should start. >> 18 year old eliot is part of than -- the ancestory project. keith karlson came up with the idea. >> it is an old cliche of knowing where you are from helps to determine your future. we have seen the youth become empowered. >> none of those look like they are a winner. >> staff from the history center and members of the africa-american genology society are volunteering their time. in the technology age more information is available. but it is not easy. >> relatives that were enslaved. it takes time to get over that and be creative. >> the project began in black history month in february. organizers were determined to move it a one-time event. >> th

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, not caught in general, but specifically jesus christ because certain members of the public have had a concern that christ has been taken out of christmas and we wondered if presidents had responded to this. it turns out that since reagan presidents have. they roughly quadrupled the number of times and christmas communication that they reference priced specifically. we saw this pattern again and again. what helped us make sense with some of the changes in the electorate that were happening just before ronald reagan took office, and those changes were largely driven by a group in society that for a long time felt like their views were being marginalized, and this group has come to be known as the religious right, politically conservative christian citizens who felt like they needed to start engaging in the political world in no way they had not been because they felt that was going to be a means to shape society in a way they felt was appropriate. groups such as the moral majority emerge in the late 70's, and ronald reagan is the first politician who finds a way to harness the shiftin

it is not the gospel of jesus christ.t is not christianity. >> he's got followers that are distraught right now. he has given true christianity, true biblical christianity a black eye. and it's given those who disagree with christianity yet another opportunity to mock it. >> reporter: we have tried to contact camping. so far to no avail. this is not the first time he's predicted the end of days. despite a failed warning in 1992, he was adamant he got it right this time. live in oakland, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> police from four different agencies in marin are looking for an armed robber who made off with more than $10,000 in cash and used a semiautomatic handgun to do it. it happened just as the pacific precious metals pawn shop was foerpg the day. a man walked into the store, pulled out the gun and demanded cash. officers from four departments spent hours looking for the gunman but were unable to find him. >>> experts say sex trafficking is a $9 billion a year industry and on the peni

their erroneous, counterfeit, it's not the gospel of jesus christ. >> he's got followers that are distraughtht now. he has given true christianity, true biblical christianity a black eye and has given those who disagree with christianity another opportunity to mock it. >>> and we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, we'll show you who makes the best burger in the area. we put a celebrity chef to a blind taste test. wait until you see who won. >>> best burgers sound awesome. let's take it out to the sunol grade, you see a mixed bag of clouds, misty skies around the bay area. we'll talk more about your rest of the weekend forecasnges in yd some changes in your seven-day forecast as well. look at that, when we come back. >>> taking a live look at some brave folks, that water is very chilly out there. but good for them, getting out and getting some exercise before they sit down and enjoy a very important hockey game in the south bay. rob mayeda is in the spirit. >> that's right. >> looking good in teal. >> you were expecting sharky, perhaps? >> you're better than shark

♪ the church of jesus christ of latter day saints ♪ > what is so funny about religion?ything is funny about it. >> for us, we tell stories. that's like what we do. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, on stage and back stage at the hottest show on broadway. >> osgood: iron mike is mike tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champ whose reputation has been sullied by a mean streak as damaging as his powerful punches. these days, however, he's trying to soften that mean-guy image as he squares off conversationally with our mr. nice guy bill whitaker. >> it's the truth. i'm the best. >> reporter: we all know former heavyweight champ mike tyson, the baddest man on the planet, a brute in the ring and out. or do we? >> this is garbage. all this is garbage. it's only symbols of greatness. >> reporter: meese the mike tyson you have never met before. later on sunday morning. >> osgood: cabin fever is associated more with winter than with summer. but log cabins did affect the early lives of several american presidents including several who claimed to be born in one. our mo rocca w

something i don't know why right on top it's got to go to heaven as well have a lesson and then jesus christ doesn't want anything running around there i mean we have enough christians to feel happy with but no i think the broader point that this whole issue raises is that judgment day on the rapture is profitable it makes lots of money and these people they have like three hundred folks that sign up for the service of one hundred thirty five dollars a pop i mean that's a lot of money that's being made and mind you if i can add family ministries or family radio worldwide the folks that are helpfully buying all these the reporters let us know that there will be no world when they're all over the air and the subways everywhere and see the new you know one hundred million dollars over the past seven years in donations so they're raking in the cash atheists are doing the thing but i wonder if they're maybe in cahoots with the rapture people you know we could just do a rapture every year yeah i think it really was a cupboard but you have it there you're on your own as well as the pet shop give hi

his job was to announce jesus christ to all nations of the world.bsolutely changed the papacy. >> father barron, as we are looking at pictures of the crowd still streaming past his casket, what do you think it is about him that inspired his continuing devotion and adoration. >> >> alex, i think it's mysterious, he was the man of the theater, a man who knew how to stride the world stage, a man of great charisma, he affected the world, the downfall of communism, but finally it's mysterious. six years after his death, look at the crowd waiting to get in. maybe the best answer we can find is this. he was a man of such rich integrity. his whole like was gathered to clearly around christ, and everyone saw that. young people can see through a fraud in a second. john paul ii was a man of spiritual integrity, and maybe that's a secret, but a lot of it remains as a mystery of god's grace. >> we appreciate the coverage, and we thank you, father robert barron. >> you're quite welcome, thank you. >>> the libyan government says moammar gadhafi and his wife are sa