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Good morning Crusaders welcome to Monday October 1, 2018 Im stacey Cohen reporting from the Crusade channel news desk  at the cohen Ranch in Gilbert Arizona. This report is brought to you by... the CRUSADE Channel's Founders Pass membership service, where you can signup or become a Founding Brother level member for 30 days FREE at crusadechannel.com.... 

 

What to listen for this hour. President Trump has made another friend of sorts. Lindsey Grahm talks about the FBI’s investigation. If hes caught lying.. nomination is over said 2 senators. How to stop a cow from having gas. 

 

 

US and Canada reach deal on NAFTA 

 

 

Very close….Canada has agreed to sign on to a trade deal between the United States and Mexico, preserving the three-country North American Free Trade Agreement after more than a year of tortuous negotiations, a US official and a Canadian official announced the finalization of the deal.. 

The US and Canadian governments agreed to a deal that would allow US farmers greater access to Canada's dairy market and address concerns about potential auto tariffs just hours before a self-imposed midnight deadline. 

 

One of President Trump's closest allies in the Senate...South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham...spoke about the new investigation of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh... … 

 

VERBATIM: 

 

The FBI talked to the witnesses that Dr. Ford named. They want to talk to Ms. Ramirez because she refused to talk to the committee. TAG: Senator Graham referring to Kavanaugh's accusers Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez 

 

Quote of the day 

Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be – and becoming that person.”..St. Thérèse of Lisieux 

 

Coming up our Saint of the day a flowery young girl with a deep understanding of life. 

"I'm Stacey Cohen for the CRUSADE Channel, seeking news, finding Truth." 

 

 

Ordinary people could lead saintly lives without needing to commit heroic acts of virtue. This is the theme of our Saint of the Day. Saint teressa  of lizeu. That really is what faith is about. Having faith that even though you are not a Saint or a religious leader you still can carry on as it is what is inside and how you treat others on a plain daily basis that makes a difference in this world. The act of a smile can mean so much to someone and Thérèse new this. Her in depth knowledge came from deep suffering at a very young age. She was the youngest of nine but 4 children in her family died as children. Her father a watchmaker was very close to her and he had 3 strokes and had to be put in a mental institution, her mother died earlier when she was just 4. Therese died when she was 24, after having lived as cloistered Carmelite for less than ten years. She never went on missions, never founded a religious order, never performed great works. The only book of hers, published after her death, was a brief edited version of her journal called "Story of a Soul." within 28 years of her death, the public demand was so great that she was canonized. 

Without realizing it, by the time she was eleven years old she had developed the habit of mental prayer. She would find a place between her bed and the wall and in that solitude think about God, life, eternity. She realized she wanted to be a nun as some of her sisters were. She knew as a Carmelite nun she would never be able to perform great deeds. " Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are ...