Sunday 30 June 2013
A Miracle for Sunday: Jamie Ogg, Miracle Baby!
Posted on 20:36 by Unknown
Vortex Follow-Up on Vatican Homosexual Scandal
Posted on 17:07 by Unknown
Poggi has been arrested for defamation. Stay tuned.
Lesbian Houston Mayor Helps the Abortion Industry
Posted on 16:51 by Unknown
Let's get these videos to go viral. Douglas Karpen is Houston's' Kermit Gosnell. Karpen kills babies who survive abortion by wringing their necks or snipping their spinal columns with scissors. He is no less a monster than Gosnell. And yet, Karpen and Planned Parenthood of Houston are being protected and enabled by Houston police and elected officials like lesbian Houston mayor Annise Parker. Justice is being obstructed in Houston the same way justice was obstructed in Kansas by Governor Kathleen Sebelius who protected late-term abortionist George Tiller. Abortionists make beaucoup bucks and they are happy to invest some of them buying the support of local politicians.
Pass these to all your social media links. Karpen is committing acts that violate Texas law. Murdering already born babies is illegal. That isn't abortion; it's infanticide and we haven't made that legal....yet!
Pass these to all your social media links. Karpen is committing acts that violate Texas law. Murdering already born babies is illegal. That isn't abortion; it's infanticide and we haven't made that legal....yet!
Saturday 29 June 2013
Do Your Kids Belong to the State? They Do Under Common Core!
Posted on 04:00 by Unknown
Better read up on this. Every tyrannical government goes after the kids. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. Both parties have been involved in usurping parents' role as primary educators. You parents, after all, are too dumb to know what to do. So the professionals and the government bureaucrats at the Department of Education will do it for you. Note that CC dumbs down education. According to a math expert involved in developing CC who refused to sign off on the finished product, by 8th grade, children will be about two years behind their peers in other countries in math skills. CC also allows the Department of education to share your children's private and identifiable information (including health information and disciplinary histories) with whomever they deem appropriate -- one more assault on privacy.
Here are some links to get started learning about Common Core and why it's dangerous for your kids. If you want them to be dumbed down government robots just climb on board with Common Core. If you want children who can think for themselves rationally instead of emotionally, fight CC!
Children For Sale: A Mother Speaks Out Against Common Core
Here are some links to get started learning about Common Core and why it's dangerous for your kids. If you want them to be dumbed down government robots just climb on board with Common Core. If you want children who can think for themselves rationally instead of emotionally, fight CC!
Children For Sale: A Mother Speaks Out Against Common Core
Friday 28 June 2013
Have You Heard of Common Core?
Posted on 02:30 by Unknown
That's the latest indoctrination program for kids in the public schools. Take a look at this "writing" program for early elementary used in Utah public schools. Note one of the goals is "changing attitudes." Is that what writing programs are all about. Wake up, parents!
Teaching children manipulative techniques fits very well with the manipulative techniques of community organizing groups. Shall we teach our children to convince people by using "emotional words" or do we want to teach them logic and critical thinking? I know how I would answer that question. How about you?.
Teaching children manipulative techniques fits very well with the manipulative techniques of community organizing groups. Shall we teach our children to convince people by using "emotional words" or do we want to teach them logic and critical thinking? I know how I would answer that question. How about you?.
Thursday 27 June 2013
Les Miserables: Persecuted Priests
Posted on 17:30 by Unknown
The Boil is Bursting: Vatican Sex Ring Exposed!
Posted on 13:27 by Unknown
Well, before healing can begin, the boil has to be lanced and the pus released. Pray for Holy Mother Church.
Check it out here.
Check it out here.
Mass in Front Royal on St. Cyril's Feast Day
Posted on 09:52 by Unknown
I attended Mass at St. John the Baptist in Front Royal this morning which is always an edifying experience. As I walked into the church, the congregation, led by the pastor, Fr. Jerome Fasano, was praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. As Father processed in from the sacristy we prayed the Angelus. Mass, as is the norm at St. John's, was said ad orientem (Novus Ordo) with the Greek Kyrie and some of the responses in Latin. Oh, and of course the bells and the reverent silence (except for the chirping of the baby birds in the congregation) and the many veiled women all contributed to an atmosphere of of awe and holiness. So many people attend morning Mass that distribution of Communion (at the altar rail where congregants can kneel or stand) takes about ten minutes. How I love attending daily Mass there!
Being St. Cyril's feast day, Father's homily focused on the Council of Ephesus which declared Mary the Mother of God (Theotokos). Early Church councils always addressed heresies and the Council of Ephesus was no exception. The Bishop Nestorius of Constantinople, a major see in the Church, was teaching that Jesus was two persons, one divine and one human. Mary, he said, was mother only of the human Jesus, not the divine. Of course, this heresy flew in the face of both Church doctrine and common sense, making Jesus the ultimate schizophrenic with His body separate from his spirit. St. Cyril, a doctor of the Church, opposed Nestorius and it is to him we owe the second half of the Hail Mary which declares her "Holy Mary, Mother of God."
Father also compared the bishop's antagonism to the faith to our own sad times where so many clerics are preaching a gospel different from the one taught by Christ. And he lamented the indifference and silence of so many, both clerical and laity, who put up with it. He referenced yesterday's Supreme Court decisions saying Justice Anthony Kennedy was a former parishioner who came to Mass weekly and received Communion. And he discussed the many other Catholic politicians who can get away with saying they are in "good standing" in the Church because no bishops will excommunicate them. Ah, yes, how many heretical and apostate politicians there are here in Arlington and Washington who claim to be Catholic and never a word of correction to protect Jesus from sacrilege or call them to repentance for "obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin." (Canon Law 915)
But the good news is the laity sometimes act when their bishops won't. Father described an incident where Nestorius spoke from the pulpit of his cathedral against Mary's divine maternity. Outraged, the congregation physically dragged the bishop from the pulpit, threw him from the church, and booted him out of town. Oh for the days when men were men and women urged them to act like it! Frankly, I can think of a few bishops who deserve the same treatment!
Nestorius ended his days with cancer of the tongue that removed his ability to speak any more blasphemies against the Mother of God. The people considered it divine retribution. One hopes he repented in his silent suffering.
We owe St. Cyril a great debt of gratitude and I hope you will honor him today with prayers of thanksgiving and begging for his intercession for our many milquetoast bishops who coddle dissent and persecute the faithful who, as Dietrich von Hildebrand says, should be their pride and joy.
St. Cyril, pray for us!
Being St. Cyril's feast day, Father's homily focused on the Council of Ephesus which declared Mary the Mother of God (Theotokos). Early Church councils always addressed heresies and the Council of Ephesus was no exception. The Bishop Nestorius of Constantinople, a major see in the Church, was teaching that Jesus was two persons, one divine and one human. Mary, he said, was mother only of the human Jesus, not the divine. Of course, this heresy flew in the face of both Church doctrine and common sense, making Jesus the ultimate schizophrenic with His body separate from his spirit. St. Cyril, a doctor of the Church, opposed Nestorius and it is to him we owe the second half of the Hail Mary which declares her "Holy Mary, Mother of God."
Father also compared the bishop's antagonism to the faith to our own sad times where so many clerics are preaching a gospel different from the one taught by Christ. And he lamented the indifference and silence of so many, both clerical and laity, who put up with it. He referenced yesterday's Supreme Court decisions saying Justice Anthony Kennedy was a former parishioner who came to Mass weekly and received Communion. And he discussed the many other Catholic politicians who can get away with saying they are in "good standing" in the Church because no bishops will excommunicate them. Ah, yes, how many heretical and apostate politicians there are here in Arlington and Washington who claim to be Catholic and never a word of correction to protect Jesus from sacrilege or call them to repentance for "obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin." (Canon Law 915)
But the good news is the laity sometimes act when their bishops won't. Father described an incident where Nestorius spoke from the pulpit of his cathedral against Mary's divine maternity. Outraged, the congregation physically dragged the bishop from the pulpit, threw him from the church, and booted him out of town. Oh for the days when men were men and women urged them to act like it! Frankly, I can think of a few bishops who deserve the same treatment!
Nestorius ended his days with cancer of the tongue that removed his ability to speak any more blasphemies against the Mother of God. The people considered it divine retribution. One hopes he repented in his silent suffering.
We owe St. Cyril a great debt of gratitude and I hope you will honor him today with prayers of thanksgiving and begging for his intercession for our many milquetoast bishops who coddle dissent and persecute the faithful who, as Dietrich von Hildebrand says, should be their pride and joy.
St. Cyril, pray for us!
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Supreme Court Does it Again: Shades of Roe v. Wade
Posted on 08:43 by Unknown
Well, folks, it's two more 5-4 travesties at the Supreme Court, rulings consistent with the past. Five oligarchs in black have struck down DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and ruled California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The DOMA ruling gives "married" homosexuals the same rights to federal benefits as real married couples. That will have major financial implications since homosexuals playing house now have their fingers in the taxpayers' pockets. Benefits originally established to protect spouses and children will go to supplement the incomes of same-sex couples many of whom already have dual professional incomes. It's a bonanza with taxpayers footing the bill.
Poisoning marriage makes perfect sense from the justices' perspective. After all, they killed the fruit of marriage in 1973 with abortion-on-demand. Killing marriage itself makes perfect sense.
And, once again, it was Catholics leading the pack to affirm a grave moral evil. (Harry Blackmun who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, while himself not Catholic, was deeply influenced by Catholic justice William Brennan, the author of Griswold v. Connecticut, the precursor of Roe.) And yes, Catholic Anthony Kennedy wrote the decision overturning DOMA and Catholic John Roberts wrote the Proposition 8 decision declining to rule which leaves the ban on Proposition 8 intact. It's a non-ruling that, in fact, is a ruling. The only good news is that it was based on the standing of the appellants who appealed when the state of California would not.
With the highest court in the land supporting the legislative assault on marriage, the states are the only bastion left and they are falling fast. Twelve currently allow same-sex marriage. In the light of the Supreme Court's decisions the dominoes are in place and it seems same-sex marriage on demand is inevitable. Can anyone be confident that, had California's governor appealed the ban on implementing Proposition 8, the Supreme Court would have upheld it? Seems unlikely. The sad truth is that the division in the country just widened in magnitude exponentially between the sheep who follow the Lord and the goats who follow immoral desires. Serious prayer and fasting is in order.
What happened today makes November's election in Virginia even more important. The patriots of Virginia were beacons of light to the colonies of 1776. The moral evils they opposed were trivial compared to the moral evils facing us today, one of which is the unrestricted power of a Leviathan central government . States certainly cannot undo the evils at the federal level, but a state can still speak truth to power and we have a team of men who are not afraid to do that. I hope you will financially support our pro-life candidates, Ken Cuccinelli, E.W. Jackson, and Mark Obenshain. They are men of whom the founders would be proud!
And now as individuals - how should serious Catholics respond to this blow to the heart? If you're married, love and respect your spouse and reaffirm your promises. Much of the disintegration of marriage is directly related to the infidelity and moral lapses of married Christians who have abandoned their vows. We need to exchange the mantra, "I have the right to be happy!" for the biblical admonition, "Take up your cross and follow me." Love your children and raise them in the faith. Witness to God's goodness through the way you live your life. And don't forget to fast and pray. Did you hear that? Don't forget to fast and pray. Remember, some demons are only driven out through serious spiritual warfare.
Above all, we must never despair despite the storm of evil descending on us. God never deserts His people. And the only thing that ultimately matters is to know, love, and serve God so we can be happy with Him in heaven. We live in martyr-making times and that's not all bad.
Poisoning marriage makes perfect sense from the justices' perspective. After all, they killed the fruit of marriage in 1973 with abortion-on-demand. Killing marriage itself makes perfect sense.
And, once again, it was Catholics leading the pack to affirm a grave moral evil. (Harry Blackmun who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, while himself not Catholic, was deeply influenced by Catholic justice William Brennan, the author of Griswold v. Connecticut, the precursor of Roe.) And yes, Catholic Anthony Kennedy wrote the decision overturning DOMA and Catholic John Roberts wrote the Proposition 8 decision declining to rule which leaves the ban on Proposition 8 intact. It's a non-ruling that, in fact, is a ruling. The only good news is that it was based on the standing of the appellants who appealed when the state of California would not.
With the highest court in the land supporting the legislative assault on marriage, the states are the only bastion left and they are falling fast. Twelve currently allow same-sex marriage. In the light of the Supreme Court's decisions the dominoes are in place and it seems same-sex marriage on demand is inevitable. Can anyone be confident that, had California's governor appealed the ban on implementing Proposition 8, the Supreme Court would have upheld it? Seems unlikely. The sad truth is that the division in the country just widened in magnitude exponentially between the sheep who follow the Lord and the goats who follow immoral desires. Serious prayer and fasting is in order.
What happened today makes November's election in Virginia even more important. The patriots of Virginia were beacons of light to the colonies of 1776. The moral evils they opposed were trivial compared to the moral evils facing us today, one of which is the unrestricted power of a Leviathan central government . States certainly cannot undo the evils at the federal level, but a state can still speak truth to power and we have a team of men who are not afraid to do that. I hope you will financially support our pro-life candidates, Ken Cuccinelli, E.W. Jackson, and Mark Obenshain. They are men of whom the founders would be proud!
And now as individuals - how should serious Catholics respond to this blow to the heart? If you're married, love and respect your spouse and reaffirm your promises. Much of the disintegration of marriage is directly related to the infidelity and moral lapses of married Christians who have abandoned their vows. We need to exchange the mantra, "I have the right to be happy!" for the biblical admonition, "Take up your cross and follow me." Love your children and raise them in the faith. Witness to God's goodness through the way you live your life. And don't forget to fast and pray. Did you hear that? Don't forget to fast and pray. Remember, some demons are only driven out through serious spiritual warfare.
Above all, we must never despair despite the storm of evil descending on us. God never deserts His people. And the only thing that ultimately matters is to know, love, and serve God so we can be happy with Him in heaven. We live in martyr-making times and that's not all bad.
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Hunker Down and Keep the Faith
Posted on 12:56 by Unknown
The dear priest who witnessed our marriage was a benedictine monk who suffered greatly for his orthodoxy. As a matter of fact, the monks were happy to have him teach chemistry at the University of Maryland so they didn't have to deal with his faith. He told us once when we were lamenting the state of the Church that the laity always bring her back. I thought of Father when I listened to Michael Voris' message today. Keep the faith and pass it on to your children and grandchildren.
And We're Going to Trust the IRS with Health Care?
Posted on 12:20 by Unknown
So this is where your hard-earned tax dollars are going...
IRS Sent $7,319,518 in Refunds to One Bank Account Used by 2,706 Aliens
IRS Sent $7,319,518 in Refunds to One Bank Account Used by 2,706 Aliens
John Kerry is Soooo Worried about American Lives
Posted on 10:54 by Unknown
John Kerry: 'People may die' because of Edward Snowden
John Kerry's concern for American lives is touching. And Edward Snowden is a monster who has threatened the country because "terrorists may now know how to protect themselves in some way or another that they didn't know before." (Is he serious? Are terrorists so stupid they didn't expect the government to be listening in on their social networking. Snowden only exposed how broad the government dragnet is, i.e., it's targeting every one of us! I sure wasn't surprised to have my suspicions confirmed! And, as other whistleblowers have said, you don't need to eavesdrop on the entire population to catch terrorists! That, my friends, is all about having the ability to target political enemies including "domestic terrorists" like Catholics and pro-lifers!)
"But who is the real danger to the American people? I submit that it's Kerry and his liberal cohorts. Their actions mean not that people "may" die, but people "do" die, and in massive numbers. John Kerry and his ilk have enabled the murder of millions of little U.S. citizens who were never allowed to see the light of day. Their murders have had tremendous implications for the country both moral and economic. The demographic winter around the world is no joke and it is directly related to the murder of the world's children. Much of that murder, especially in the third world, can be traced directly back to the U.S. and liberal lawmakers who tie abortion and contraception strings to foreign aid packages. The minute Obama took office in 2009, he ended the ban on foreign aid abortion funding instituted by Bush. He did it quietly and without fanfare. After all, we wouldn't want those ubermenchen in the third world getting the idea that the U.S. wants to exterminate them. If you read the history of the abortion movement, it's clear that it was tied to eugenics and population control from the beginning. Concern for women and all their other slogans are nothing but smoke screens to hide their real motivation which is to elevate the "superior" people (like them) and have a bunch of serfs (like those other people) to serve them. Scratch a pro-abortion person and you will find an elitist, a male chauvinist pig, a selfish hedonist, or a poor frightened and coerced mom being pushed into abortion. There's one other category: those who have embraced the politically correct mantra and have never done any homework to discover how evil abortion is. Pray for them all. There are a lot of dead babies (and wounded mothers) to answer for!
Sunday 23 June 2013
Is Bill Donohue Serious?
Posted on 21:00 by Unknown
Bill Donohue of the Catholic League came out defending Obama's remarks in Belfast about Catholic schools claiming that anyone criticizing the president must not have read his speech. Oh...he also called their reaction "insane:"
Think about all this for a minute. Segregation in the United States was the forced separation of people by the color of their skin. Blacks could not attend white schools, sit at white only lunch counters, use white only restrooms and drinking fountains, etc. In every way whites were portrayed as superior to blacks including their privileged position at the front of the bus. It was a distinction based on how people look.
Faith schools, on the other hand, are based on what people believe and Catholics believe that all people are created in the image and likeness of God. The Catholic faith, properly taught, encourages respect, kindness, patience, charity, etc. Those virtues hardly "encourage division."
Now I'm not familiar enough with Irish schools to know whether Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern Ireland are open to children of other faiths. I suspect they are. However, if parents self select to send their children to schools that uphold and teach the faith they profess, that is a religious right that ought to be respected. Of course, we know from experience that Obama and his leftist cronies do not respect religious rights! And he carried that discrimination against religion into his Belfast speech. He condemned faith schools and blamed them, among other things, for the division and lack of peace in Northern Ireland.
No surprise there. Obama is an unregenerate liberal who would like nothing better than to force all children from the time they can toddle around the nursery into the failing public schools where they can be indoctrinated in leftist ideas and separated from the faith of the their fathers and mothers. He opposes parental choice in education and, I have no doubt, would eliminate home schooling if he could. He is the enemy of religion as his contraceptive mandate and forced abortion funding so strongly illustrate. His antagonism toward faith-based schools was definitely an attack that conservative critics recognized accurately!
I would never accuse Bill Donohue of being stupid, but his comments about Obama's speech were certainly naive in the extreme. Obama condemned not only Catholic schools, but Protestant schools as well. He essentially blamed the Christian faith for violence, a regular mantra of the left. While they declare Islam the "religion of peace," they blame Christianity for all the ills of the world...you know the drill....the crusades, the inquisition, the witch trials, yadda, yadda, yadda. It was a theme Obama continued in Belfast. How and why did Bill Donohue miss it? Beats me!
[T]he reaction on the part of conservatives, many of whom are Catholic, over his speech in Ireland, is simply insane.Well, I read the Obamas' speeches (Michelle introduced Barack) and I disagree with Bill Donohue. Obama equated faith schools, both Catholic and Protestant, to "segregation." Here's what he said (in context, Bill):
In today’s hyper-connected world, what happens here has an impact on lives far from these green shores. If you continue your courageous path toward a permanent peace, and all the social and economic benefits that have come with it, that won’t just be good for you, it will be good for this entire island. It will be good for the United Kingdom. It will be good for Europe. It will be good for the world.
We need you to get this right. And what’s more, you set an example for those who seek a peace of their own. Because beyond these shores, right now, in scattered corners of the world, there are people living in the grip of conflict -- ethnic conflict, religious conflict, tribal conflicts -- and they know something better is out there. And they’re groping to find a way to discover how to move beyond the heavy hand of history, to put aside the violence. They’re studying what you’re doing. And they’re wondering, perhaps if Northern Ireland can achieve peace, we can, too. You’re their blueprint to follow. You’re their proof of what is possible -- because hope is contagious. They’re watching to see what you do next.
Now, some of that is up to your leaders. As someone who knows firsthand how politics can encourage division and discourage cooperation, I admire the Northern Ireland Executive and the Northern Ireland Assembly all the more for making power-sharing work. That’s not easy to do. It requires compromise, and it requires absorbing some pain from your own side. I applaud them for taking responsibility for law enforcement and for justice, and I commend their effort to “Building a United Community” -- important next steps along your transformational journey.
Because issues like segregated schools and housing, lack of jobs and opportunity -- symbols of history that are a source of pride for some and pain for others -- these are not tangential to peace; they’re essential to it. If towns remain divided -- if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs -- if we can’t see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages division. It discourages cooperation.Exactly what did the president say here? That having faith-based schools is segregation, that it is divisive, it causes fear and resentment, and encourages division. Interestingly, an organization in the U.K. agrees. The British Humanist Association (BHA) actively targets faith-based schools calling themselves "Britain’s only dedicated campaigner against ‘faith’ schools." Here's how they interpreted Obama's speech:
Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It’s about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we create for ourselves in our own minds and our own hearts that don’t exist in any objective reality, but that we carry with us generation after generation.
United States President Barack Obama has called for an end to faith-based schooling in Northern Ireland, criticising ‘segregated schools’ as ‘encouraging division’ and ‘discouraging cooperation’. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the comments.Seems like the BHA understood Obama's speech better than Bill Donohue did!
Think about all this for a minute. Segregation in the United States was the forced separation of people by the color of their skin. Blacks could not attend white schools, sit at white only lunch counters, use white only restrooms and drinking fountains, etc. In every way whites were portrayed as superior to blacks including their privileged position at the front of the bus. It was a distinction based on how people look.
Faith schools, on the other hand, are based on what people believe and Catholics believe that all people are created in the image and likeness of God. The Catholic faith, properly taught, encourages respect, kindness, patience, charity, etc. Those virtues hardly "encourage division."
Now I'm not familiar enough with Irish schools to know whether Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern Ireland are open to children of other faiths. I suspect they are. However, if parents self select to send their children to schools that uphold and teach the faith they profess, that is a religious right that ought to be respected. Of course, we know from experience that Obama and his leftist cronies do not respect religious rights! And he carried that discrimination against religion into his Belfast speech. He condemned faith schools and blamed them, among other things, for the division and lack of peace in Northern Ireland.
No surprise there. Obama is an unregenerate liberal who would like nothing better than to force all children from the time they can toddle around the nursery into the failing public schools where they can be indoctrinated in leftist ideas and separated from the faith of the their fathers and mothers. He opposes parental choice in education and, I have no doubt, would eliminate home schooling if he could. He is the enemy of religion as his contraceptive mandate and forced abortion funding so strongly illustrate. His antagonism toward faith-based schools was definitely an attack that conservative critics recognized accurately!
I would never accuse Bill Donohue of being stupid, but his comments about Obama's speech were certainly naive in the extreme. Obama condemned not only Catholic schools, but Protestant schools as well. He essentially blamed the Christian faith for violence, a regular mantra of the left. While they declare Islam the "religion of peace," they blame Christianity for all the ills of the world...you know the drill....the crusades, the inquisition, the witch trials, yadda, yadda, yadda. It was a theme Obama continued in Belfast. How and why did Bill Donohue miss it? Beats me!
Sunday Meditation: Home Alone
Posted on 14:04 by Unknown
It is eerily quiet. Our five little peppers (an assortment of sweet, mild, and hot) are reunited with their mom and dad and just drove away with a honk and a wave. After a bustling and hopping week, it is strange indeed to return to the quiet of our "ordinary time."
It makes me think of the gospels. Jesus certainly had busy, noisy times surrounded by crowds that pressed in upon Him. He loved all those dear souls seeking His help and especially loved the children. How much He was like a grandparent in that way! But He also looked forward to getting away with his closest friends for a quiet time to teach and pray.
This evening quiet time is on our menu. We are out in the quiet desert (the air conditioner froze up so it is definitely turning to desert) away from the crowds calling for attention. ("Gramma, watch me....Gramma, I'm hungry....What's for dinner?....Paka, will you read us a book?....May we have a snack?....Will you help me (whatever)?... Is it time to swim yet?... May we watch a video?.... Where are the art supplies?....What are we doing today?"....and on and on. Ah, but what a fun time. We always love it when our grandchildren come, but we say good-bye with mixed feelings. A rest for two old folks after all that activity is welcome. But, really, peace and quiet isn't all it's cracked up to be -- especially when the alternative is pure joy!
Our last night before the exodus was a birthday celebration that included sending five colored paper lanterns up into the night sky. I picked them up six weeks ago when we went on a wine outing with our daughter and husband along Lake Erie. Camp Kreitzer was the perfect place for the launch and feeling them rise and watching them catch the breeze and float off above the trees was exhilerating and beautiful. It was the perfect way to finish a wonderful week with five precious girls. Thank you, dear Lord, for the gift of grandchildren and for the beauty of Your world. May we never take one precious minute for granted and may we never forget to say thank you!
It makes me think of the gospels. Jesus certainly had busy, noisy times surrounded by crowds that pressed in upon Him. He loved all those dear souls seeking His help and especially loved the children. How much He was like a grandparent in that way! But He also looked forward to getting away with his closest friends for a quiet time to teach and pray.
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Our last night before the exodus was a birthday celebration that included sending five colored paper lanterns up into the night sky. I picked them up six weeks ago when we went on a wine outing with our daughter and husband along Lake Erie. Camp Kreitzer was the perfect place for the launch and feeling them rise and watching them catch the breeze and float off above the trees was exhilerating and beautiful. It was the perfect way to finish a wonderful week with five precious girls. Thank you, dear Lord, for the gift of grandchildren and for the beauty of Your world. May we never take one precious minute for granted and may we never forget to say thank you!
Saturday 22 June 2013
Should Therapy be about Politically Correct Agendas?
Posted on 20:13 by Unknown
...Or should individuals be able to make their own decisions about whether they want to try to diminish their same-sex attraction? Reparative therapy has helped many people. How dare legislators and courts deny those with same-sex attraction the freedom to choose? Remember those famous words? How come the only choices liberals are willing to allow are choices to kill others or yourself?
Watch the video and visit voices-of-change.org.The stories are truly inspiring and filled with hope. Pray for those afflicted with SSA. Many have been greatly sinned against. When you read and listen to their stories of sexual abuse, some from pre-school days, it breaks your heart. Remember little Jacinta of Fatima whose tender heart reached out to "poor sinners." And think of Jesus on the cross saying, "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do."
David Pickup "Reparative Therapy Saved My Life" from NARTH on Vimeo.
Watch the video and visit voices-of-change.org.The stories are truly inspiring and filled with hope. Pray for those afflicted with SSA. Many have been greatly sinned against. When you read and listen to their stories of sexual abuse, some from pre-school days, it breaks your heart. Remember little Jacinta of Fatima whose tender heart reached out to "poor sinners." And think of Jesus on the cross saying, "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do."
David Pickup "Reparative Therapy Saved My Life" from NARTH on Vimeo.
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People Can Change; Can Gay People?
Posted on 14:49 by Unknown
Exodus International is closing up shop saying, "Sorry, guys, we goofed. We know you gay guys can't change after all. Our mistake!"
Well, deep-seated disorders are certainly difficult to change. Ask anybody who is tempted to any disordered behavior. Does an alcoholic ever lose the desire to drink? Does an ex-addict never desire one more fix?
But, if you believe the testimony of men who claim to have changed...well, it is not impossible although the temptations may never disappear completely. After all, moral living happens one decision at a time, one overcome temptation at a time.
Check out the witness of men who say they left the gay lifestyle behind. The founder of Exodus International, Alan Medinger, who died in 2010 was one of them. I wonder what he thinks of the organization he founded caving in to the politically correct mantra that same-sex attracted people can never change.
Well, deep-seated disorders are certainly difficult to change. Ask anybody who is tempted to any disordered behavior. Does an alcoholic ever lose the desire to drink? Does an ex-addict never desire one more fix?
But, if you believe the testimony of men who claim to have changed...well, it is not impossible although the temptations may never disappear completely. After all, moral living happens one decision at a time, one overcome temptation at a time.
Check out the witness of men who say they left the gay lifestyle behind. The founder of Exodus International, Alan Medinger, who died in 2010 was one of them. I wonder what he thinks of the organization he founded caving in to the politically correct mantra that same-sex attracted people can never change.
Friday 21 June 2013
Why Faithful Catholics MUST Criticize and Expose their Shepherds!
Posted on 14:23 by Unknown
I've been chided on many occasions for "criticizing priests." Usually my personal critic quotes from the Pieta Prayer Book which is filled with errors. But this article illustrates exactly why we MUST speak out against unfaithful shepherds who mislead the flock with their heretical positions. Pray for the wolves in sheep's clothing, but listen to them at your peril. They are helping Satan gobble up souls. You don't want to be one of the lambs at the feast because you won't be AT the table but ON it!
Retired bishops join pro-Planned Parenthood group in call for Catholic funding of pro-abort orgs
Retired bishops join pro-Planned Parenthood group in call for Catholic funding of pro-abort orgs
A Tea Party for a Gaggle of Gorgeous Girls
Posted on 13:07 by Unknown
Anyone who visits much here knows how much I love being a grandmother. And today was one of those days that let me be a little girl again enjoying what all little girls enjoy -- tea parties. Visit Camp Kreitzer to see how our Victorian princess tea party turned out.
Biggest Abortion Mill in Virginia Closes - Pray it's Permanent!
Posted on 08:03 by Unknown
Another Virginia abortion mill bites the dust -- hopefully for good. Last year Operation Rescue reported a temporary closure after botched abortions. and complaints to the Virginia Health Department and Board of Physicians. The abortionist had her license suspended earlier after an abortion death and other botched abortion. Read more here. Women need to understand that abortionists are the bottom feeders of the medical field. Instead of "doing no harm" their intent is lethal harm to the baby and often unintended harm to the mother. Hire hit men lack integrity and their first priority is money, not concern for people.
And now the latest via e-mail:
And now the latest via e-mail:
Dear Friends,
Exciting news! We received word that NOVA Women’s Healthcare on 10400 Eaton Place is CLOSED. Building workers said they saw moving vans Tuesday this week, others came forward to tell Pro-lifers they were closed for business. We have no word they are opening up elsewhere and pray they are closed for good. If you call their office, they are directing women to Falls Church Healthcare and Alexandria Women’s Health – both abortion mills.
We invite you to join us in Final Closing Prayers on Saturday, June 29 at 10:00 am at 10400 Eaton Place! Hope to see you there!! We are also planning a Closing Celebration sometime next month and will let you know when we have the details worked out.
Thanks be to God! And thanks for your prayers!
God bless,
PS. This was the largest abortion mill in VA for years.....doing 3500 abortions in 2011 and 3000 in 2012!Pray this baby/woman butcher isn't opening at a new location!
Thursday 20 June 2013
Have You Noticed I'm Blogging Less this Week?
Posted on 13:48 by Unknown
Camp Kreitzer is in session and we're having fun! Check it out here.
Wednesday 19 June 2013
If You Wanna Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life...
Posted on 16:33 by Unknown
...start with a simpler wedding plan that won't break the bank! Consider that one of the big things couples fight over is money. Starting with a thrifty wedding makes a lot of sense to get your marriage off on the right track!
Costly weddings could be crippling for new marriages
I love blogger Melissa Naasko's advice “never ever, ever buy a bridal magazine...because they’re all geared just to sell stuff.” Yup...and the bigger and fancier the better...for the wedding industry that is.
Too many couples focus on all the wedding hoopla and think the marriage will take care of itself. But the wedding is just one day and only about 1/4 of a day at that. Focusing on the marriage makes a lot more sense and focusing on the people coming to the wedding rather than the hoopla makes even better sense. If you don't have a big back yard, how about renting a pavilion at a local park?
Everyone has talented family and friends who can help out as well. Wouldn't that be a great and more personal wedding gift than a blender? I hope backyard wedding receptions will become the rage. I've been to a few and they were no less enjoyable (in some cases more so) than the extravaganzas at the hotels which, come to think about it, are more like cookie-cutter events. If you're planning a wedding, think simple. The money you save is better spent saving toward your first home. Invest in marriage, not in the wedding day festivities.
Costly weddings could be crippling for new marriages
The Marriage Foundation is focusing its mission on educating couples about the benefits of getting married and having children, and helping them to realize they can have a wedding reception focused on what’s important, rather than on extravagant spending.Really -- do you need a $5000 dollar engagement ring and an $800 dollar dress? Do you need a fancy "venue" with a price tag to match? Will you be less married if you opt for simple homemade wedding cake instead of a gourmet, white chocolate, raspberry filled whatever? And do you really need a $500 limo for the thirty minutes you spend riding from home to the church and the church to the reception?
I love blogger Melissa Naasko's advice “never ever, ever buy a bridal magazine...because they’re all geared just to sell stuff.” Yup...and the bigger and fancier the better...for the wedding industry that is.
Too many couples focus on all the wedding hoopla and think the marriage will take care of itself. But the wedding is just one day and only about 1/4 of a day at that. Focusing on the marriage makes a lot more sense and focusing on the people coming to the wedding rather than the hoopla makes even better sense. If you don't have a big back yard, how about renting a pavilion at a local park?
Everyone has talented family and friends who can help out as well. Wouldn't that be a great and more personal wedding gift than a blender? I hope backyard wedding receptions will become the rage. I've been to a few and they were no less enjoyable (in some cases more so) than the extravaganzas at the hotels which, come to think about it, are more like cookie-cutter events. If you're planning a wedding, think simple. The money you save is better spent saving toward your first home. Invest in marriage, not in the wedding day festivities.
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Rush Tells It Like It Is on Abortion!
Posted on 07:42 by Unknown
Limbaugh: Abortion at Root of Much of America's Ills
There's something a little strange when a secular voice speaks moral truth loud and clear while many religious voices are silent or dead wrong. Rush Limbaugh, in fact, speaks up more frequently and more clearly than many U.S. bishops and religious. When have we heard the nuns on the bus say, abortion "is at the root of our cultural rot and decay?" Never! Sr. Simone Campbell is more likely to say our problems are due to not enough immigration or global warming.
I remember the first time I heard Rush speak up for the unborn about fifteen years ago, the first time I'd heard a national media figure speak up so clearly and call abortion murder. And he repeats it frequently. Rush sees clearly that abortion is a disaster for any country that embraces it. "I think it is the cause of so much that seems to be inexplicable to people," he said. "Why are 10-year-olds shooting each other to death in Chicago? Why is our society so permissive, anything goes, the more ribald, the better? The more honorable, the more boring it is said to be."
He's absolutely right. Why should anyone ask how a mom like Susan Smith can murder her toddlers when they had no problem with her killing a baby by abortion? Isn't it strange that the same people who can see that slavery and segregation coarsened a nation's attitudes toward people of color, can't see that abortion coarsens a nation's attitude toward life itself?
There's something a little strange when a secular voice speaks moral truth loud and clear while many religious voices are silent or dead wrong. Rush Limbaugh, in fact, speaks up more frequently and more clearly than many U.S. bishops and religious. When have we heard the nuns on the bus say, abortion "is at the root of our cultural rot and decay?" Never! Sr. Simone Campbell is more likely to say our problems are due to not enough immigration or global warming.
I remember the first time I heard Rush speak up for the unborn about fifteen years ago, the first time I'd heard a national media figure speak up so clearly and call abortion murder. And he repeats it frequently. Rush sees clearly that abortion is a disaster for any country that embraces it. "I think it is the cause of so much that seems to be inexplicable to people," he said. "Why are 10-year-olds shooting each other to death in Chicago? Why is our society so permissive, anything goes, the more ribald, the better? The more honorable, the more boring it is said to be."
He's absolutely right. Why should anyone ask how a mom like Susan Smith can murder her toddlers when they had no problem with her killing a baby by abortion? Isn't it strange that the same people who can see that slavery and segregation coarsened a nation's attitudes toward people of color, can't see that abortion coarsens a nation's attitude toward life itself?
Planned Parenthood assured us that when every child was a "wanted child," violence against children would disappear. Instead, research indicates the opposite, no surprise to people who can reason logically. If a mother owns her baby as disposable property before birth, why not after birth? The correlation between abortion and abuse makes perfect sense. The baby is a doll object with no intrinsic value. His or her value is determined by the desires and feelings of the mother. We've taught an entire generation that people are disposable.
Think about it, doesn't that same self-centered mentality explain a lot of other societal problems? Isn't the "knockout game" the result of objectifying others who can be assaulted at will based on the feelings of the attackers? Isn't flash mob violence by teens possible because no one has any intrinsic rights based on their intrinsic value as persons?
Yes, Rush has it right. Abortion is at the root of many of our problems. We will begin to solve our problems only as we begin to recognize the intrinsic value of babies waiting to be born and those who are "useless" in the eyes of the world.
Thanks, Rush, for being a voice of common sense in our increasingly senseless world!
Monday 17 June 2013
Remember the Village that Raises the Children?
Posted on 16:41 by Unknown
It's Gramma's house! Today we enjoyed the company of seven little girls from two families. Five belong to our oldest daughter from Pennsylvania and range in age from 18 down to five. They are staying with us for the week while their parents enjoy a holiday. The other two, almost five and almost two, belong to our youngest daughter who lives locally. What a great time all these happy little sisters and cousins had today. We took the five to Mass then came home and weeded in the garden for half an hour, got good and hot, then changed into swim suits for a leisurely day in the pool. Cousins arrived in time for lunch and joined the fun. When all the girls had finally had enough swimming they moved on to the dress up box and the art supplies. And then it was time to help set the table for dinner, eat, and clean up. Everyone worked and everyone played, just the way families should be.
As I blog, the girls are donning pj's for a pajama party with a movie and popcorn. The only one not staying is the baby who's not quite ready for a sleepover even with her big sister. And, of course, there will be stories read by "Paka" and evening prayers by candlelight.
I call this a good summer day and we have lots of plans for the rest of the week as we celebrate the joys of grandchildren: the potato chip factory, hiking, wading in a feeder stream of the Shenandoah River, thrift store shopping, and, of course, morning Mass. This week of family fun is why we settled at "Camp Kreitzer" instead of buying a retirement cottage, and we are never happier than when it is filled up and bustling with musical little voices. If you could hear our "Chirpita" and her sisters describing all the fun of their day, you would understand exactly what I'm talking about.
How can anyone ever think there can be too many little ones? No wonder Jesus said, "Let the children come to me. Do not hinder them. The kingdom of God belongs to such as these." We had a foretaste of His kingdom today and it filled our hearts with joy!
As I blog, the girls are donning pj's for a pajama party with a movie and popcorn. The only one not staying is the baby who's not quite ready for a sleepover even with her big sister. And, of course, there will be stories read by "Paka" and evening prayers by candlelight.
I call this a good summer day and we have lots of plans for the rest of the week as we celebrate the joys of grandchildren: the potato chip factory, hiking, wading in a feeder stream of the Shenandoah River, thrift store shopping, and, of course, morning Mass. This week of family fun is why we settled at "Camp Kreitzer" instead of buying a retirement cottage, and we are never happier than when it is filled up and bustling with musical little voices. If you could hear our "Chirpita" and her sisters describing all the fun of their day, you would understand exactly what I'm talking about.
How can anyone ever think there can be too many little ones? No wonder Jesus said, "Let the children come to me. Do not hinder them. The kingdom of God belongs to such as these." We had a foretaste of His kingdom today and it filled our hearts with joy!
Sunday 16 June 2013
Happy Father's Day
Posted on 20:19 by Unknown
For dinner at our house today we honored four fathers. My husband and three sons-in-law who among them fathered a combined total of sixteen children. What a delightful evening! One granddaughter made homemade cards (printed in vibrant colors at Staples) that depicted a game she and her sisters have played with their grandfather since they were tiny. It's called "Katie the Lion" and consists of Larry the gorilla chasing Katie the lion, Jenny the giraffe, and several other assorted critters whose names I've forgotten. Another grandchild came running into the house asking Paka for a game of pai gow (double handed poker0. The baby of the group who is 22 months old toddled into the house calling "Paka" and saying "na na na nyow!", her interpretation of her grandad's noise when he pulls back the swing and sends her flying. She's actually got it down perfectly. And she only let's "Mum" (grandma) push her if Paka is unavailable. Paka's lap is rarely empty when grandkids are around and they often demand favorite books like Let's Go on a Bear Hunt. But those quiet times only come after the pick up soccer or football games with all the dads. And for the little ones, it's their daddies' strong arms that carry their exhausted little bodies out to the car and up to bed at the end of the trail.
Our feminist-influenced world has convinced many women that fathers are unimportant. That attitude has so infected the black community that 72% of black babies today are born to single mothers. How many of those children ever see their dads or have a significant male influence in their lives? Too few. And there is plenty of evidence that gangs are taking the place of dads. That has to change for the good of the kids and our society.
You can trace the disaster back to Johnson's War on Poverty which decimated black families, replacing fathers with Uncle Sugar and his handouts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan warned about the disintegration in the mid 60's when the number of fatherless black families was under 24%. Liberals ignored him and minority families suffered. Today the fatherless rate for black families has almost tripled. All you have to do to see what's happened is look at the heavily black inner cities. This fathers' day weekend saw 7 killed and 32 wounded in Barack Obama's home town of Chicago. And the trend toward fatherless families is growing among whites as well.
Disappearing fathers is a tragedy for children! Kids need a mom and dad committed to their well-being to grow up healthy, happy, and normal. The trend in disappearing fathers bodes ill for the future of our children. It's time to demand family-friendly policies instead of government programs that undermine and destroy the family.
Pray for dads today. They have been under attack for years: from the feminists and the liberal left that sees the family as a roadblock to socialism. We desperately need godly fathers who love their wives and are committed to their children. If you have a dad who's been there for your, a really important part of your life, call and thank him. And pray that more dads will wake up and become the men they are called to be. It would help if women would stop keeping them little boys by being their all-day suckers and sex toys!
A big thank you to the fathers in my family: my own dad who died in 1985 after raising ten children and being the patriarch to a growing village of grandkids, to my husband of 43 years, to my father-in-law who died in 2002 but gave his four sons a great example of fatherhood, to my two sons and three sons-in-law who are the parents of our 21 grandchildren and to all the fathers in my extended family who are committed to their kids. May God bless you all abundantly!
Hollywood Hypocrisy on Gun Violence: And a Little Common Sense Exposure from Colion Noir
Posted on 08:19 by Unknown
Hollywood loves to glorify violence! Do you suppose they would stop doing it to save ONE life? Am I kidding? Hahahahahahahahahahaha........
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Saturday 15 June 2013
Ah California, the Land of Limitless Legislator Loonies...
Posted on 09:16 by Unknown
...has just passed another stunning bill, AB1266. The public schools are now required to allow boys and girls to share facilities, i.e., bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers irrespective of their differing body parts. This takes show-and-tell to a radical new level. It also lets boys who feel like girls compete against girls on athletic teams giving them an unfair advantage and limiting girls' opportunities.
Here's the wording of the bill that mandates this insanity:
A pupil shall be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.Take a look at some of the legislators supporting the bill.
According to the LGBTQXYZ lobby this is all about protecting transgender kids. Nobody worries about protecting normal, healthy Christian kids these days. The whole world has to join a psychotic game where there is no reality outside an individual's own feelings. Parents who still have the brains to recognize this "emperor has no clothes" scenario need to pull their kids out of California's public schools. Children are no longer spiritually safe in an environment where they are being trained to call good evil and evil good. That is a surefire training ground to lead the young straight to hell. Whether these irresponsible adults are sincere or not, the truth is not in them. And those with moral sense will flee!
Friday 14 June 2013
E.W. Jackson's Speech at the Virginia Republican Convention
Posted on 05:14 by Unknown
What a speaker: former Marine, two-time Harvard grad (Law and Divinity), successful lawyer, and charismatic speaker! Go, E.W.!
"We stand up for the lives of unborn children because there is no liberty without freedom!...We stand up for parental choice in education because there is no liberty where children are indoctrinated instead of educated."
Donate to his campaign for Lieutenant Governor here.
"We stand up for the lives of unborn children because there is no liberty without freedom!...We stand up for parental choice in education because there is no liberty where children are indoctrinated instead of educated."
Donate to his campaign for Lieutenant Governor here.
How Come the Sequester Never Stops a Presidential Boondoggle?
Posted on 04:55 by Unknown
Congress authorizes spending. Why does the president seem to have unlimited access to the taxpayers' pockets? A hundred thousand a year for the family dog handler? Why should the taxpayers pay ANYTHING for the first family's pet? Something is certainly rotten in the state of Denmark on the Potomac!
White House cancels Obama's African safari after plans are revealed to include a military SNIPER team 'to take out lions and cheetahs if they threaten first couple'
Obama family 'costs taxpayers $1.4BILLION per year' (that's 20 times more expensive than British Royal Family)
Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on Obama family last year, perks questioned in new book
White House cancels Obama's African safari after plans are revealed to include a military SNIPER team 'to take out lions and cheetahs if they threaten first couple'
Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on Obama family last year, perks questioned in new book
Thursday 13 June 2013
Pro-Lifers Said Mass Euthanasia was Next. We were Right!
Posted on 14:15 by Unknown
The Belgian Parliament is about to pass a new law to let children ask for death. Have you ever heard your little son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter say, "I wish I was dead!" Well, if you live in Belgium don't let them say it in the doctor's office, because they might just get what they wish for and parents will be out of the decision-making loop.
Belgian Parliament Posed To Approve Child Euthanasia Law
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger and editor of Natural News, is up in arms as all people of good will should be. He expressed his outrage in an article, Euthanasia for children nears approval by Belgian Parliament; doctors to mass euthanize children and Alzheimers patients.
Since when is killing people health care? Oops, I forgot, killing unborn children has been health care since 1973 in every state in the U.S. So I guess this next step of killing born children is the natural next step. Why not? Killing the elderly, handicapped, and debilitated has been going on under the radar screen (and sometimes very much on it - like Hugh Finn and Terry Schiavo) for years.
Which brings me to the Groningen Protocol which went into effect in 2005 and outlines the circumstances under which doctors can kill their infant patients in the Netherlands. In some cases the protocol is reasonable as, for example, removing from a ventilator a severely ill newborn whose death is imminent. After that, provisions of the protocol are the proverbial "sticky wickets" because they allow doctors to make determinations based, not only on the medical condition of the infant, but on quality of life presumptions:
In the Netherlands, however, if neither withholding nor withdrawing intensive treatment will result in a speedy death, the unbearable suffering of the infant is seen as a compelling reason for the doctor to end its life directly. In the United States this would count as an appalling breach of medical ethics, as it also would in the United Kingdom: the Nuffield Council makes very clear that "the active ending of neonatal life even when that life is 'intolerable' is rejected."[13] But in the Netherlands, the termination of these infants' lives has not caused much controversy. The decision for deliberately ending the life of a group 2 baby involves not only a question of when death should take place, as is the case for babies in group 1, but also a value judgment about the infant's quality of life: the baby is judged to be better off dead than forced to endure the only kind of life it can ever have. ["group 2" babies: infants who "may survive after a period of intensive treatment, but expectations regarding their future condition are very grim."]There is a third group, however, children who would survive without technology but would either live with serious conditions that cause suffering or (watch the floodgate open here) suffer from conditions requiring "complete lifelong dependency, and permanent inability to communicate in any way."
It is precisely those babies who could continue to live but whose lives would be wretched in the extreme [note this is a presumptive conclusion of the doctor] who stand in most need of the interventions for which the protocol offers guidance. The whole point of the protocol is to help physicians end the lives of newborns who are so severely afflicted that neither their dying nor their living should be prolonged. That being the case, the pertinent distinction is not between babies who will die and those who could live, but between babies for whom life-ending decisions should be made and those for whom such decisions cannot be morally justified. In bringing within its compass babies who are in no danger of dying—and, indeed, with proper care could live to adulthood—the protocol is even more radical than its critics supposed.Radical indeed and there is no reason to limit the protocol to severely damaged infants. If a child develops autism later and loses the power "to communicate in any way" why should a physician not expand the protocol to encompass him? As for Alzheimers patients, are their lives worth living? In most cases they are in no danger of dying and yet they are in a condition of "complete lifelong dependency." Why not include them under the protocol?
Our world is increasingly unwilling to suffer the inconvenience and cost of those who require extended care. The Third Reich called such patients (World War I handicapped vets, the mentally ill, the retarded, and others) "useless eaters." Under the T4 program hundreds of thousands of German citizens were eliminated. And here we are again 75 years later. There is nothing new under the sun!
In 1973, after Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers predicted that euthanasia was the monster lurking in the shrubs inexorably following in the footsteps of the abortion specter. The euthanasia killings have been going on for a long time without much fanfare, but a program of expanded killing is imminent. I can't say it any better than the Health Ranger, Mike Adams:
The age of mass murder by government is upon us. It won't be long before such laws spread to other nations and are expanded to people with "mental health problems" or even cancer. While in theory the idea of euthanasia may have merit in a strictly limited scope, the truth is that governments are now jumping on the euthanasia bandwagon to provide attempted legal justification for the mass murder of children and senior citizens whom they no longer wish to support with health care expenditures. Save the government from bankruptcy! Have grandma euthanized! (Right alongside little autistic Johnny, too.)...God help us all. We are all being mass murdered by the fascist global state, and most of the population is too dumbed-down to realize what's happening.I think Mike Adams may be all too right. Abortion unleashed the whirlwind and it is as relentless as the superstorm that devastated Moore, OK. The death monster is growing in power and bearing down. May God help us all.
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Late Term Abortionists Not So Rare After All
Posted on 18:00 by Unknown
If you thought Kermit Gosnell was a rarity, think again. According to data extrapolated from a 2005 study by the Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood's research arm), three hundred abortionist kill babies at 20-24 weeks.
Most abortion proponents claim that abortionists only kill babies at this late stage because they are sick or handicapped, as if murder is a treatment for illness or disability. But the reality is that most late-term abortions kill perfectly healthy babies whose mothers are seeking abortions for non-medical reasons. Even the abortionists admit it. They are nothing but hired hit men whose victims happen to be very small.
Abortion kills babies, hurts women, and hardens the consciences of all involved. It does not solve problems, but creates a whole host of new ones. As for the society that allows it, well, what do barbarians look like?
Pope Francis Talks to Children
Posted on 14:15 by Unknown
A few days ago, Pope Francis met with a group of children. He pitched his 5-page prepared speech, gave a brief summary, and then answered questions. One was on politics. Now, frankly, I hate politics, but I'm involved because if Christians aren't who does that leave? I'm not super involved, but I do more than vote. I actively support pro-life candidates. I used to be a precinct chairman, but I don't much walk the precincts these days. I write letters to the editor, collect signatures to get the good guys on the ballot, etc. I was interested to read what Pope Francis' said to the children and their parents about politics:
Getting involved in politics is a Christian duty. We Christians cannot be like Pilate and wash our hands clean of things. We need to get involved in politics because it’s one of the highest expressions of charity. It takes the common into consideration. Lay Christians must work in politics. That’s no easy task you might say. But it isn’t an easy task becoming a priest either! Politics is dirty but the reason it has become dirty is that Christians didn’t get deeply enough involved in the evangelical spirit. It’s easy to find excuses for this… but what do I do? Working for the common good is a Christian duty.He had a lot of other great things to say as well which you can read about here.
The pope has asked us to pray three Hail Marys a day for him. Will you say yes? The three Hail Mary's devotion is also a practice that can inoculate souls against mortal sin. If you stay close to the Mother of God, you will be close to Jesus. She is so entwined with her Son that you cannot love one without loving the other.
Mary, Mother of our Savior, pray for us and for our Holy Father, Pope Francis.
A Few Good Reasons Not to Support Catholic Charities
Posted on 13:37 by Unknown
There are plenty of truly Catholic organizations that serve the poor without getting mixed up in these disgraceful and scandalous situations! I wouldn't give one red cent to Catholic Charities since it often isn't Catholic or even charitable.
Catholic Charities exec on board of organization that fought to save Planned Parenthood funding
Planned Parenthood infanticide supporter was on board of Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities exec on board of organization that fought to save Planned Parenthood funding
Surprised? Pope Confirms to CLAR that a "Gay Lobby" Exists within Vatican
Posted on 13:05 by Unknown
In a private meeting with religious from the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious, Pope Francis lamented the "gay lobby" at the Vatican. The statement was quoted in a summary document from the meeting produced by a number of attendees who apologized to the pope that it was made public. Read more here and here. And read the CLAR statement (translated) at Rorate Caeli.
Is anybody surprised by the existence of a gay lobby at the Vatican? How else to explain the negligence associated with the sex abuse crisis. The CDF had to know about much of what happened because groups in the U.S. were reporting it. The only thing stunning about this is the admission, even if it was private. How could the pope not expect it to come out. And was he disappointed when it did?
The first thing necessary to cure a disease is to acknowledge that it exists. Pray for the pope!
Is anybody surprised by the existence of a gay lobby at the Vatican? How else to explain the negligence associated with the sex abuse crisis. The CDF had to know about much of what happened because groups in the U.S. were reporting it. The only thing stunning about this is the admission, even if it was private. How could the pope not expect it to come out. And was he disappointed when it did?
The first thing necessary to cure a disease is to acknowledge that it exists. Pray for the pope!
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Need a Lift? Take a Rosary Walk in the Woods!
Posted on 14:21 by Unknown
There's no better place to say the rosary than on a walk in the woods. Join me on the rosary walk my husband and I took today on North Mountain in the Shenandoah Valley. God has blessed us with so much beauty. How can we not thank him for it!
The "Paper of Record" Washes Editorial to Soft Peddle Obama Criticism
Posted on 05:27 by Unknown
Ah the New York Times is sooooo predictable. Why would anyone waste his money on that rag?
New York Times quietly changes published editorial to make it less damning of Obama
New York Times quietly changes published editorial to make it less damning of Obama
Tim Tebow Joins the Patriots
Posted on 05:21 by Unknown
I had to smile when I read that Tim Tebow was joining "The Patriots." That is, indeed, an appropriate team name for this young man who puts me in mind of our godly founders. They weren't afraid to stand up for what they believed with courage and without apology.
God bless you, Tim! May you be a real inspiration to millions of young kids who can look up to you as a role model.
Tebow turned down an "opportunity" to appear in Playboy in 2008 after winning the Heisman trophy because of his Chrisitan beliefs. May Jesus protect him from all the temptations of fame and fortune! Go get 'em, Tim!
God bless you, Tim! May you be a real inspiration to millions of young kids who can look up to you as a role model.
Tebow turned down an "opportunity" to appear in Playboy in 2008 after winning the Heisman trophy because of his Chrisitan beliefs. May Jesus protect him from all the temptations of fame and fortune! Go get 'em, Tim!
Monday 10 June 2013
Hero Edward Snowden Warns: Government is Spying on Americans!
Posted on 15:30 by Unknown
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Edward Snowden pointed out that:
"I had authority to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge or even the President, if I had a personal email....You don't have to have done anything wrong. You simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody, even by a wrong call, and then they can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you've ever made, every friend you've ever discussed something with, and attack you on that basis to sort of derive suspicion from an innocent life and paint anyone in the context of a wrongdoer."Edward Snowden is a hero. Like the patriots who spoke out against the abuse of the colonies by King George, he is drawing a line in the sand. And as I've researched this issue, I'm finding other patriots who have also risked persecution to expose the systematic surveillance of ordinary Americans like you and me. Remember when pro-lifers were declared "domestic terrorists?" That's me! Are you a tea party patriot? You may be on the list too! Are you a vet? A Catholic? You may be on the list too.
Does anyone really believe politicians won't use this information to persecute their enemies? Obama's administration has already shown they will use the power of government to target their political opponents through the IRS. PRISM gives them exponential power to spy on and go after their enemies! And while you hear the government using the word "traitor" for Edward Snowden, remember our founding fathers. George Washington was a traitor too as were all those who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor when they signed the Declaration of Independence. This data collection is the equivalent of illegal and unconstitutional wire-tapping on the broadest scale possible. There is nothing traitorous about exposing it. The only question is - Will most people care?
See more:
Who is behind the snooping? And how long has it been going on?
Meet the NSA Whistleblower
Posted on 08:48 by Unknown
Edward Snowden, 29-year-old employee of Booz Allen who released records showing the illegal surveillance of millions of Americans.
Will NSA Whistleblower be Disappeared?
Posted on 08:15 by Unknown
Intelligence officials overheard joking about how NSA leaker should be 'disappeared' after handing classified documents to press
Intelligence officials at Dulles Airport were overheard joking that UK Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald and NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden should be "disappeared" (secretly murdered). Is that really a joke? Airport security doesn't think joking about bombs is funny, and I don't think much of joking about killing off political enemies -- not with a president who's given himself the authority to target "terrorists" for assassination. Hey, somebody who gives away administration secrets could easily be defined as a "domestic terrorist" and they sure didn't want anyone to know about their illegal surveillance.
Intelligence officials at Dulles Airport were overheard joking that UK Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald and NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden should be "disappeared" (secretly murdered). Is that really a joke? Airport security doesn't think joking about bombs is funny, and I don't think much of joking about killing off political enemies -- not with a president who's given himself the authority to target "terrorists" for assassination. Hey, somebody who gives away administration secrets could easily be defined as a "domestic terrorist" and they sure didn't want anyone to know about their illegal surveillance.
CBS Actually Reveals State Department Scandal
Posted on 08:04 by Unknown
Cover up, cover up, cover up -- that's the mantra of this administration! And using the jackboots on whistleblowers is the strategy to scare anyone considering exposure of wrongdoing. (No wonder the NSA wihistleblower left the country.) Hey, you want a career...you shut your mouth and carry water for the power brokers! See more here. It's good to FINALLY see one of the major networks covering the Obama administration's corruption. Let's hope they keep pounding on it until we get the full monty! There are certainly Republican crooks, but the Democrats have made it a science!
Sunday 9 June 2013
First it was IRS Luxury Conferences; Now it's EPA "Man Caves"
Posted on 18:27 by Unknown
One thing about Obama -- he's given an example of opulent government living that seems to be having a trickle down effect. We've heard about the IRS lavish conferences ($49 millions worth from 2010-2012) that included luxury hotel suites, employee gifts, $17,000 for ONE speaker, free food and booze paid for with government credit cards, etc. ad nauseum. (Read more here including the IRS audit.)
Well, that was just a crazy aberration right? Wrong! Now we're hearing about an EPA contractor maintaining secret "man caves." (Hey, why shouldn't the contractors get to share in the taxpayers' largesse just like the bureaucrats?) Here's just a paragraph from the EPA Inspector General's report documenting the lack of oversight by EPA at a Landover, MD warehouse:
The warehouse contained multiple unauthorized and hidden personal spaces created by and for the workers that included televisions, refrigerators, radios, microwaves, chairs and couches. These spaces contained personal items, including photos, pin ups, calendars, clothing, books, magazines and videos. The unauthorized personal spaces were arranged so that they were out of sight of security cameras through the use of screens, partitions and piled-up boxes.Since 2007, EPA has pumped over $5 million into maintaining this ONE warehouse. But, sheesh, how can anyone blame them? They were very, very, very busy, after all, measuring the influence of cow flatulence on the ozone layer.
Once thing is pretty darn clear: nobody is minding the store! The executive branch is out of control and has been for decades. And it's only getting worse with the spender-in-chief at the help! It's time to eliminate a bunch of these federal agencies. Read the Constitution! Give the responsibilities back to the states where they belong!
The Obama at Columbia Story is Starting to Unravel
Posted on 17:27 by Unknown
Obama's classmates don't remember him at Columbia and neither does a professor whose classes he would have had to take there. Let's face it. It's highly unlikely that Obama ever went to Columbia unless it was an out-of-body experience. That's the only thing that can explain the invisible man.
How much of the rest of Obama's background is a fairy tale? What do you think...will the mainstream media pick up on the Columbia professor's statement? Or will the fantasy writers at the New York Times and the dream spinners at MSNBC and the major networks continue to play Sargeant Schultz of "I know nothing" fame. Why is there such a mantle of silence surrounding Obama? Where are the fellow classmates, the extra curricular buddies, the old girlfriends, etc. talking about their experiences with little Barry? It's a little more than bizarre! It's just plain hard to believe.
Barack Obama Never Attended Columbia University Says “His” Graduating Class
Professor From Columbia Comes Forward Saying Obama Never Attended the University
How much of the rest of Obama's background is a fairy tale? What do you think...will the mainstream media pick up on the Columbia professor's statement? Or will the fantasy writers at the New York Times and the dream spinners at MSNBC and the major networks continue to play Sargeant Schultz of "I know nothing" fame. Why is there such a mantle of silence surrounding Obama? Where are the fellow classmates, the extra curricular buddies, the old girlfriends, etc. talking about their experiences with little Barry? It's a little more than bizarre! It's just plain hard to believe.
Barack Obama Never Attended Columbia University Says “His” Graduating Class
Yesterday was the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary: Love & Honor the Queen of Heaven
Posted on 13:27 by Unknown
Did you talk to her at all yesterday on her feast? Not to worry, speak to her now.
Mary is not only the Mother of our Savior, but our mother as well. If Jesus is our brother, Mary must be our mother. I don't understand non-Catholic Christians dissing Mary. (For Catholics to do it is utterly shameful!) Jesus is the Word. He speaks the commandment, "Honor your father and your mother so you will have a long life on the land." Is it reasonable to think Jesus ignored His own commandment? Would He dishonor His own mother or wish her to be overlooked and forgotten? That thought is incomprehensible!
Catholics honor Mary because she is Christ's mother, and He gave her to us when He told John the apostle, "Son, behold your mother."
She is the ark of the covenant who carried the Word made flesh in her body. If non-Catholic Christians love the Word, isn't it natural to love the vessel that carried that word? Aren't the covers of bibles often made of leather and beautifully embossed in gold even though they aren't the word of scripture, but simply enclose it?
Honoring Mary is the most natural thing in the world. To ignore her or actively dishonor her is an inexcusable neglect that cannot possibly be desired by her Son.
Let us pray today that all Catholics will grow in their love for our mother Mary. And let us pray that our Protestant brothers and sisters will come to see how precious she is in the sight of her Son, and how much He desires her to be honored and respected.
In His humility, Jesus came into the earthly world through a woman. Doesn't it make perfect sense that He calls us to come into the heavenly world through the same narrow gate of His mother, the gate through which He Himself passed? Little children play the game, follow the leader. If we follow our leader, the Good Shepherd, we will seek Him always through His mother.
All for Jesus through Mary! Amen.
Mary is not only the Mother of our Savior, but our mother as well. If Jesus is our brother, Mary must be our mother. I don't understand non-Catholic Christians dissing Mary. (For Catholics to do it is utterly shameful!) Jesus is the Word. He speaks the commandment, "Honor your father and your mother so you will have a long life on the land." Is it reasonable to think Jesus ignored His own commandment? Would He dishonor His own mother or wish her to be overlooked and forgotten? That thought is incomprehensible!
Catholics honor Mary because she is Christ's mother, and He gave her to us when He told John the apostle, "Son, behold your mother."
She is the ark of the covenant who carried the Word made flesh in her body. If non-Catholic Christians love the Word, isn't it natural to love the vessel that carried that word? Aren't the covers of bibles often made of leather and beautifully embossed in gold even though they aren't the word of scripture, but simply enclose it?
Honoring Mary is the most natural thing in the world. To ignore her or actively dishonor her is an inexcusable neglect that cannot possibly be desired by her Son.
Let us pray today that all Catholics will grow in their love for our mother Mary. And let us pray that our Protestant brothers and sisters will come to see how precious she is in the sight of her Son, and how much He desires her to be honored and respected.
In His humility, Jesus came into the earthly world through a woman. Doesn't it make perfect sense that He calls us to come into the heavenly world through the same narrow gate of His mother, the gate through which He Himself passed? Little children play the game, follow the leader. If we follow our leader, the Good Shepherd, we will seek Him always through His mother.
All for Jesus through Mary! Amen.
Saturday 8 June 2013
Big Brother is Listening and Watching!
Posted on 05:00 by Unknown
Scope of Phone Records Grab Goes Beyond Verizon
This is chilling. The technology exists to keep track of everything we do and say, where we are at every minute of the day, etc. You may say, "I have nothing to hide," but that begs the question. IT IS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS! And, as the IRS scandal shows, it is all used to persecute those whose politics differ from the administration's. This entire administration is corrupt from top to bottom. They make Richard Nixon look like a petty thief. Pray for our poor country.
"In a new development, the National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies in real time, obtaining audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails and other information, various news outlets reported. The program is code-named PRISM."
This is chilling. The technology exists to keep track of everything we do and say, where we are at every minute of the day, etc. You may say, "I have nothing to hide," but that begs the question. IT IS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS! And, as the IRS scandal shows, it is all used to persecute those whose politics differ from the administration's. This entire administration is corrupt from top to bottom. They make Richard Nixon look like a petty thief. Pray for our poor country.
Friday 7 June 2013
Biola University: Hiding the Truth of Abortion
Posted on 17:59 by Unknown
Diana Jiminez is a recently graduated nursing student from nationally ranked Biola University in Southern California. Shortly before graduation she disobeyed a school rule that forbids showing pictures of aborted babies on campus. (See video below.) It is hard to imagine a truly Christian University banning students from telling the truth about one of the most serious moral issues of our age. The hypocrisy stunning!
Please send an email to the president of Biola University, Dr. Barry Corey, through his assistant, Michele Hughes, at michele.hughes@biola.edu. And pray for Diana Jiminez whose career as a nurse is being jeopardized by the draconian order that none of her professors may write her a letter of recommendation. God help us when this is the "Christian" face shown to the world. It is certainly NOT the face of Christ.
Please send an email to the president of Biola University, Dr. Barry Corey, through his assistant, Michele Hughes, at michele.hughes@biola.edu. And pray for Diana Jiminez whose career as a nurse is being jeopardized by the draconian order that none of her professors may write her a letter of recommendation. God help us when this is the "Christian" face shown to the world. It is certainly NOT the face of Christ.
We Can Expect More Anglicans to Cross the Tiber
Posted on 17:37 by Unknown
Church of England Drops Opposition to Gay Marriage Bill
God writes straight with crooked lines. He allows evil for the good that may come from it. And one thing that's been clear as a bell in the last few years is that the insanity in the Anglican/Episcopal Church is driving orthodox Christians from that denomination straight into the arms of Holy Mother Church. Certainly the latest politically correct decision to drop opposition to "gay marriage" legislation will be another nail in the coffin for the Church of England. The bishops may not be championing the legislation, but, like the bishops who "dropped opposition" to Henry VIII's invalid marriage to Ann Boleyn and his declaration that he was head of the church in England, they have bowed to a political god. And once again they point to the reality that the only true Church founded by Jesus Christ is the one whose doctrine stands firm. Catholic leaders may waver, but the doctrine founded on the rock of Peter is unchanging.
God writes straight with crooked lines. He allows evil for the good that may come from it. And one thing that's been clear as a bell in the last few years is that the insanity in the Anglican/Episcopal Church is driving orthodox Christians from that denomination straight into the arms of Holy Mother Church. Certainly the latest politically correct decision to drop opposition to "gay marriage" legislation will be another nail in the coffin for the Church of England. The bishops may not be championing the legislation, but, like the bishops who "dropped opposition" to Henry VIII's invalid marriage to Ann Boleyn and his declaration that he was head of the church in England, they have bowed to a political god. And once again they point to the reality that the only true Church founded by Jesus Christ is the one whose doctrine stands firm. Catholic leaders may waver, but the doctrine founded on the rock of Peter is unchanging.
Pray for the Bishops; they need it!
Posted on 07:48 by Unknown
Pope Francis and the Eucharistic Miracle
Posted on 07:36 by Unknown
Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Over the millenia the Church has documented many Eucharistic miracles. But the one described below is particularly significant because our current Holy Father Pope Francis oversaw the investigation himself. This miracle converted the cardiologist who examined the heart tissue and made the report. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto thine.
[reprinted from The Catholic Eternal Truth blog]
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In 1996 in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina, when the present Pope Francis was Auxiliary Bishop under Cardinal Quarracino, an amazing Eucharistic miracle took place. He himself had it photographed and investigated and the results are astonishing. At seven o’clock in the evening on August 18, 1996, Fr. Alejandro Pezet was saying Holy Mass at a Catholic church in the commercial center of Buenos Aires. As he was finishing distributing Holy Communion, a woman came up to tell him that she had found a discarded host on a candle holder at the back of the church. On going to the spot indicated, Fr. Alejandro saw the defiled Host. Since he was unable to consume it, he placed it in a container of water and put it away in the tabernacle of the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament.
On Monday, August 26, upon opening the tabernacle, he saw to his amazement that the Host had turned into a bloody substance. He informed Bishop Jorge Bergoglio(Now Pope Francis, Auxillary Bishop that time), who gave instructions that the Host be professionally photographed. The photos were taken on September 6. They clearly show that the Host, which had become a fragment of bloodied flesh, had grown significantly in size. For several years the Host remained in the tabernacle, the whole affair being kept a strict secret. Since the Host suffered no visible decomposition, Cardinal Bergoglio(Who became Archbishop by that time) decided to have it scientifically analyzed.
On October 5, 1999, in the presence of the Cardinal’s representatives, Dr. Castanon took a sample of the bloody fragment and sent it to New York for analysis. Since he did not wish to prejudice the study, he purposely did not inform the team of scientists of its provenance(the source of sample was kept secret to the scientists). One of these scientists was Dr. Frederic Zugiba, the well-known cardiologist and forensic pathologist. He determined that the analyzed substance was real flesh and blood containing human DNA. Zugiba testified that, “the analyzed material is a fragment of the heart muscle found in the wall of the left ventricle close to the valves. This muscle is responsible for the contraction of the heart. It should be borne in mind that the left cardiac ventricle pumps blood to all parts of the body. The heart muscle is in an inflammatory condition and contains a large number of white blood cells. This indicates that the heart was alive at the time the sample was taken. It is my contention that the heart was alive, since white blood cells die outside a living organism. They require a living organism to sustain them. Thus, their presence indicates that the heart was alive when the sample was taken. What is more, these white blood cells had penetrated the tissue, which further indicates that the heart had been under severe stress, as if the owner had been beaten severely about the chest.”
Two Australians, journalist Mike Willesee and lawyer Ron Tesoriero, witnessed these tests. Knowing where sample had come from, they were dumbfounded by Dr. Zugiba’s testimony. Mike Willesee asked the scientist how long the white blood cells would have remained alive if they had come from a piece of human tissue, which had been kept in water. They would have ceased to exist in a matter of minutes, Dr. Zugiba replied. The journalist then told the doctor that the source of the sample had first been kept in ordinary water for a month and then for another three years in a container of distilled water; only then had the sample been taken for analysis. Dr. Zugiba’s was at a loss to account for this fact. There was no way of explaining it scientifically, he stated. Also, Dr. Zugibe passionately asked, “You have to explain one thing to me, if this sample came from a person who was dead, then how could it be that as I was examining it the cells of the sample were moving and beating? If this heart comes from someone who died in 1996, how can it still be alive?
Then did Mike Willesee inform Dr. Zugiba that the analyzed sample came from a consecrated Host (white, unleavened bread) that had mysteriously turned into bloody human flesh. Amazed by this information, Dr. Zugiba replied, “How and why a consecrated Host would change its character and become living human flesh and blood will remain an inexplicable mystery to science—a mystery totally beyond her competence.”
Then Doctor Ricardo Castanon Gomez arranged to have the lab reports from the Buenos Aires miracle compared to the lab reports from the Lanciano miracle, again without revealing the origin of the test samples. The experts making the comparison concluded that the two lab reports must have originated from test samples obtained from the same person. They further reported that both samples revealed an “AB” positive blood type. They are all characteristic of a man who was born and lived in the Middle East region.
Only faith in the extraordinary action of a God provides the reasonable answer—faith in a God, who wants to make us aware that He is truly present in the mystery of the Eucharist. The Eucharistic miracle in Buenos Aires is an extraordinary sign attested to by science. Through it Jesus desires to arouse in us a lively faith in His real presence in the Eucharist. He reminds us that His presence is real, and not symbolic. Only with the eyes of faith do we see Him under appearance of the consecrated bread and wine. We do not see Him with our bodily eyes, since He is present in His glorified humanity. In the Eucharist Jesus sees and loves us and desires to save us. (Archbishop Bergoglio became a Cardinal in 2001, this miracle was published after many researches, by that time he became a Cardinal, that's why he is addressed as cardinal in this post) Also watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APz1v8oz1ms where Dr.Castanon, Atheist turned Catholic explains this miracle!
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In 1996 in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina, when the present Pope Francis was Auxiliary Bishop under Cardinal Quarracino, an amazing Eucharistic miracle took place. He himself had it photographed and investigated and the results are astonishing. At seven o’clock in the evening on August 18, 1996, Fr. Alejandro Pezet was saying Holy Mass at a Catholic church in the commercial center of Buenos Aires. As he was finishing distributing Holy Communion, a woman came up to tell him that she had found a discarded host on a candle holder at the back of the church. On going to the spot indicated, Fr. Alejandro saw the defiled Host. Since he was unable to consume it, he placed it in a container of water and put it away in the tabernacle of the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament.
On Monday, August 26, upon opening the tabernacle, he saw to his amazement that the Host had turned into a bloody substance. He informed Bishop Jorge Bergoglio(Now Pope Francis, Auxillary Bishop that time), who gave instructions that the Host be professionally photographed. The photos were taken on September 6. They clearly show that the Host, which had become a fragment of bloodied flesh, had grown significantly in size. For several years the Host remained in the tabernacle, the whole affair being kept a strict secret. Since the Host suffered no visible decomposition, Cardinal Bergoglio(Who became Archbishop by that time) decided to have it scientifically analyzed.
On October 5, 1999, in the presence of the Cardinal’s representatives, Dr. Castanon took a sample of the bloody fragment and sent it to New York for analysis. Since he did not wish to prejudice the study, he purposely did not inform the team of scientists of its provenance(the source of sample was kept secret to the scientists). One of these scientists was Dr. Frederic Zugiba, the well-known cardiologist and forensic pathologist. He determined that the analyzed substance was real flesh and blood containing human DNA. Zugiba testified that, “the analyzed material is a fragment of the heart muscle found in the wall of the left ventricle close to the valves. This muscle is responsible for the contraction of the heart. It should be borne in mind that the left cardiac ventricle pumps blood to all parts of the body. The heart muscle is in an inflammatory condition and contains a large number of white blood cells. This indicates that the heart was alive at the time the sample was taken. It is my contention that the heart was alive, since white blood cells die outside a living organism. They require a living organism to sustain them. Thus, their presence indicates that the heart was alive when the sample was taken. What is more, these white blood cells had penetrated the tissue, which further indicates that the heart had been under severe stress, as if the owner had been beaten severely about the chest.”
Two Australians, journalist Mike Willesee and lawyer Ron Tesoriero, witnessed these tests. Knowing where sample had come from, they were dumbfounded by Dr. Zugiba’s testimony. Mike Willesee asked the scientist how long the white blood cells would have remained alive if they had come from a piece of human tissue, which had been kept in water. They would have ceased to exist in a matter of minutes, Dr. Zugiba replied. The journalist then told the doctor that the source of the sample had first been kept in ordinary water for a month and then for another three years in a container of distilled water; only then had the sample been taken for analysis. Dr. Zugiba’s was at a loss to account for this fact. There was no way of explaining it scientifically, he stated. Also, Dr. Zugibe passionately asked, “You have to explain one thing to me, if this sample came from a person who was dead, then how could it be that as I was examining it the cells of the sample were moving and beating? If this heart comes from someone who died in 1996, how can it still be alive?
Then did Mike Willesee inform Dr. Zugiba that the analyzed sample came from a consecrated Host (white, unleavened bread) that had mysteriously turned into bloody human flesh. Amazed by this information, Dr. Zugiba replied, “How and why a consecrated Host would change its character and become living human flesh and blood will remain an inexplicable mystery to science—a mystery totally beyond her competence.”
Then Doctor Ricardo Castanon Gomez arranged to have the lab reports from the Buenos Aires miracle compared to the lab reports from the Lanciano miracle, again without revealing the origin of the test samples. The experts making the comparison concluded that the two lab reports must have originated from test samples obtained from the same person. They further reported that both samples revealed an “AB” positive blood type. They are all characteristic of a man who was born and lived in the Middle East region.
Only faith in the extraordinary action of a God provides the reasonable answer—faith in a God, who wants to make us aware that He is truly present in the mystery of the Eucharist. The Eucharistic miracle in Buenos Aires is an extraordinary sign attested to by science. Through it Jesus desires to arouse in us a lively faith in His real presence in the Eucharist. He reminds us that His presence is real, and not symbolic. Only with the eyes of faith do we see Him under appearance of the consecrated bread and wine. We do not see Him with our bodily eyes, since He is present in His glorified humanity. In the Eucharist Jesus sees and loves us and desires to save us. (Archbishop Bergoglio became a Cardinal in 2001, this miracle was published after many researches, by that time he became a Cardinal, that's why he is addressed as cardinal in this post) Also watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APz1v8oz1ms where Dr.Castanon, Atheist turned Catholic explains this miracle!
Two Thumbs Up to Matt Birk, a Pro-Life Catholic Hero
Posted on 07:14 by Unknown
Baltimore Ravens Player Skips Obama White House
Matt Birk is a football lineman, Harvard graduate, and Catholic father of six. Here's some of what he said when interviewed about skipping the White House confab:
Matt Birk is a football lineman, Harvard graduate, and Catholic father of six. Here's some of what he said when interviewed about skipping the White House confab:
“I don’t think I’m a superstar by any means,” Birk said, “but I’m glad (for) the platform that football allows me. I’m glad to use it to support causes that I passionately believe in and this is one of them. For me, it comes down to what’s right and what’s wrong – what’s God’s will and what’s not.”Amen! And thank God for Catholics willing to stand up in the public square and tell the truth even at the risk of damaging their careers. He has a great career on God's heavenly team no matter what happens in the NFL! Read more about Matt's faith here. And please say a prayer for this wonderful Catholic family who witness to the value of faith and family every time they leave the house together.
Thursday 6 June 2013
A Bishop with Backbone: Thomas Paprocki Debates Dissident Nun
Posted on 18:47 by Unknown
Wow! What a story. I didn't realize that Mary Stachowicz worked for the Church. Pray for Bishop Paprocki and all true shepherds who speak the truth in love.
A Walk Down Memory Lane: The Golden Years at St. Louis in Alexandria
Posted on 08:54 by Unknown
Lately I've had a few visitors here who claim to know me from my former parish, St. Louis in Alexandria. How many memories they have stirred up! St. Louis is engraved on my heart.
My husband and I worshiped there for about 28 years. We raised our children a mile from the church, sent all our children to the parish school for at least a time and the three oldest graduated from eighth grade there. We were active in the PTO for years and I was one of the "hot dog and playground ladies" for more seasons than I can remember. Our children received all their sacraments there and I even taught fourth grade for a year before I began homeschooling the two youngest. I served as the pro-life chairman for six or seven years and Larry and I opened the church for Monday night novena. We also prayed at the Poor Clare Monastery within our parish boundaries and I often went there for morning Mass.
We lived in a dead-ended neighborhood three houses from the entrance to the community pool. Our two oldest girls loved the swim team and participated until they aged out at 18, and all five kids played community soccer. How many weekends we went from game to game cheering them on as they graduated from the "herd formation" to a real understanding of the game.
We had many favorite spots. Many times we stood at the window outside Krispy Kreme and watched the donuts as they rode up and down the racks before falling into the oil "river," passed through the flipper, then reached the conveyor belt that took them under the icing falls and up the ramp to the employee who boxed them. How we loved to see that "hot doughnuts" sign lit up. During the last few years we were there I often took our oldest grandchild to Mass with the whispered admonition, "If you are doughnut good we'll go to Krispy Kreme." What a wonderful training ground that was for a little one! She loved to sit in the front pew, but if she was "distracting" to other worshipers we moved back the next Mass and then worked our way back to the front. I always rewarded her with lighting a candle, but Krispy Kreme was saved for those special days. And there were man sitting at the counter with hot chocolate and a hot doughnut.
Then there was Huntley Meadows, the nature center nearby with a boardwalk through the wetlands where beavers built dams and lodges, the redwinged blackbirds perched on the cattails, ducks and turtles swam through the pond, and the great blue heron feasted on fish and frogs. My youngest and I spent several wonderful homeschooling years running the Nature Detectives program for pre-schoolers which led to one of our creepier experiences, with a "pet" corn snake. How I hated feeding time with those poor little "pinkies."
Leaving St. Louis was one of the hardest things we ever did and the parish still holds a special place in our hearts. Thinking of the parish and all the dear ones we left behind reminds me of the song in the round. "Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold." Some of those golden friends are gone now, but I continue to depend on them to pray for me.
I have to confess that my anonymous St. Louis acquaintances posting here are not admirers by any stretch of the imagination. It's a humbling reminder that no matter how hard we struggle to do God's will, we cannot please everyone and some will remember us with hostility and even animosity. It's certainly painful, but an opportunity to unite little sufferings to Christ on the cross, a sort of crucifixion by thumbtack as my sister often says.
But even though painful memories weave like black threads among the vibrant colors of a tapestry, I would not trade my years at St. Louis for anything. I still pray for the many pastors and associates who gave us Christ's Body and Blood and served us as spiritual fathers -- yes, both the faithful priests and the unfaithful. I remember with gratitude the school principals and teachers who helped form our children and the long list of good friends: my Cursillo group reunions, the pro-life committee, the school volunteers and office staff, my CCD classes, the other home schooling parents. Those wonderful years at St. Louis were a little microcosm of life where our family learned so much.
May all the dear ones still there and those who have moved on be blessed. They truly are golden!
My husband and I worshiped there for about 28 years. We raised our children a mile from the church, sent all our children to the parish school for at least a time and the three oldest graduated from eighth grade there. We were active in the PTO for years and I was one of the "hot dog and playground ladies" for more seasons than I can remember. Our children received all their sacraments there and I even taught fourth grade for a year before I began homeschooling the two youngest. I served as the pro-life chairman for six or seven years and Larry and I opened the church for Monday night novena. We also prayed at the Poor Clare Monastery within our parish boundaries and I often went there for morning Mass.
We lived in a dead-ended neighborhood three houses from the entrance to the community pool. Our two oldest girls loved the swim team and participated until they aged out at 18, and all five kids played community soccer. How many weekends we went from game to game cheering them on as they graduated from the "herd formation" to a real understanding of the game.
We had many favorite spots. Many times we stood at the window outside Krispy Kreme and watched the donuts as they rode up and down the racks before falling into the oil "river," passed through the flipper, then reached the conveyor belt that took them under the icing falls and up the ramp to the employee who boxed them. How we loved to see that "hot doughnuts" sign lit up. During the last few years we were there I often took our oldest grandchild to Mass with the whispered admonition, "If you are doughnut good we'll go to Krispy Kreme." What a wonderful training ground that was for a little one! She loved to sit in the front pew, but if she was "distracting" to other worshipers we moved back the next Mass and then worked our way back to the front. I always rewarded her with lighting a candle, but Krispy Kreme was saved for those special days. And there were man sitting at the counter with hot chocolate and a hot doughnut.
Then there was Huntley Meadows, the nature center nearby with a boardwalk through the wetlands where beavers built dams and lodges, the redwinged blackbirds perched on the cattails, ducks and turtles swam through the pond, and the great blue heron feasted on fish and frogs. My youngest and I spent several wonderful homeschooling years running the Nature Detectives program for pre-schoolers which led to one of our creepier experiences, with a "pet" corn snake. How I hated feeding time with those poor little "pinkies."
Leaving St. Louis was one of the hardest things we ever did and the parish still holds a special place in our hearts. Thinking of the parish and all the dear ones we left behind reminds me of the song in the round. "Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold." Some of those golden friends are gone now, but I continue to depend on them to pray for me.
I have to confess that my anonymous St. Louis acquaintances posting here are not admirers by any stretch of the imagination. It's a humbling reminder that no matter how hard we struggle to do God's will, we cannot please everyone and some will remember us with hostility and even animosity. It's certainly painful, but an opportunity to unite little sufferings to Christ on the cross, a sort of crucifixion by thumbtack as my sister often says.
But even though painful memories weave like black threads among the vibrant colors of a tapestry, I would not trade my years at St. Louis for anything. I still pray for the many pastors and associates who gave us Christ's Body and Blood and served us as spiritual fathers -- yes, both the faithful priests and the unfaithful. I remember with gratitude the school principals and teachers who helped form our children and the long list of good friends: my Cursillo group reunions, the pro-life committee, the school volunteers and office staff, my CCD classes, the other home schooling parents. Those wonderful years at St. Louis were a little microcosm of life where our family learned so much.
May all the dear ones still there and those who have moved on be blessed. They truly are golden!
Wednesday 5 June 2013
A Modern Martyr: Soon to be Beatified Odoardo Focherini
Posted on 05:21 by Unknown
Church to Beatify Father of Seven
What an inspiration! This father of seven died at 37 in a Nazi concentration camp. He teaches us that some things are worth dying for, especially love of neighbor. He is credited with saving 100 Jews from the Nazi killing machine. He makes me think of all the pro-lifers trying to save babies from the Planned Parenthood killing machine -- especially the sidewalk warriors.
Odoardo, please pray for us.
What an inspiration! This father of seven died at 37 in a Nazi concentration camp. He teaches us that some things are worth dying for, especially love of neighbor. He is credited with saving 100 Jews from the Nazi killing machine. He makes me think of all the pro-lifers trying to save babies from the Planned Parenthood killing machine -- especially the sidewalk warriors.
Odoardo, please pray for us.
Tuesday 4 June 2013
The Vortex: A Clear Explanation of What's Wrong with the BSA "Gay" Policy
Posted on 19:00 by Unknown
Michael Voris is totally on target again! There is no way the BSA can be "neutral" on the gay question now that they have welcomed openly gay scouts into the fold. By so doing they have made it clear that those with same-sex attraction are no different than those whose attractions are ordered by the natural law. That is a lie and all the young men will be learning it either directly if the issue comes up during a meeting or indirectly. If any scout dares to say that gay activity is wrong, he will be seen as bullying.
Silence can be a sin of omission. Children will be learning that, in the face of evil, silence is good and "tolerance" is better. But "tolerance" is not a Christian virtue. More often, it leads to tolerance of evil. Look at our "tolerance" of abortion. How many millions of babies have died under that wicked banner! Send tolerance back to hell where it came from.
The real Christian virtue is hospitality which requires us to be kind, even to our enemies. In fact, the word hospitality has a connotation of a relationship with an enemy. Hospitality and hostile have the same root. Interesting isn't it? Chesterton gets into that very issue in The Ball and the Cross and a popular Chestertonian aphorism is "Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." The next time someone calls you "intolerant" tell him he's absolutely right and then quote Chesterton to him. Some things are worth fighting over.
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