Prayer Request List
Please click on link above that goes to my prayer ministry blog. I have a request for prayer that I'd like you to join me in if possible. Thank you! :) Kelly.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Our Lady is Blasphemed in Oklahoma City: Send a Protest Now!
Oklahoma City woman's art featuring weapon-toting Virgin Mary gaining national spotlight
Oklahoma City woman's art featuring weapon-toting Virgin Mary gains national exposure.
via newsok.com
I post from America Needs Fatima below: (for the full article, click above link).
Please tell them to STOP BLASPHEMING Our Lady with this impure exhibit at the AKA Gallery in Oklahoma City
Send your instant e-protest now.
Dear Friends,
DO NOT read further if you think you will be too deeply injured by this blasphemy.
But I deeply regret to tell you that Our Lady is being blasphemed by an exhibit showing her holding a k n i f e, a g u n, and a handgrenade amid ads for lingerie at the AKA Gallery in Oklahoma City.
According to press reports, "the weapons being held by the Virgin Mary in Artus" art are embroidered in rose or yellow. The artwork also features vintage ads promoting products for women such as lingerie and hair nets.
"For example, one picture of the Virgin Mary holding a pink-embroidered small h a n d g u n is surrounded by sections of a vintage Frederick's of Hollywood lingerie newspaper ad touting the promotion line "Make Her Over to Please You."
This is blasphemy … completely beyond the pale, and deserves your immediate protest and reparation.
Send your instant e-protest to the AKA Gallery now.
Thankfully, local members of America Needs Fatima are speaking out against the blasphemous exhibit and have asked for our prayers and support for their prayerful protest in front of the AKA Gallery.
If you are in the area, or know someone who lives in Oklahoma City, please tell them about this prayerful protest and act of reparation. For details, please call Mr. Lou Scheidemantel at 405-274-6278.
But this exhibit is just too much. Here's a link to the article about the exhibit, but please read with CAUTION.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-womans-art-featuring-weapon-toting-virgin-mar...
Above all, let's storm heaven with acts of reparation and spread this protestto devout Catholics worldwide.
Thank you!
Sincerely in Jesu et Maria,
Robert E. Ritchie
America Needs Fatima
www.ANF.org
P.S. The Evil One would love us to become callous to the growing number of blasphemies against Our Lady, and to do nothing when we witness them. We cannot let that happen. To frustrate the Evil One's plans, please send this crusade of peaceful protest and reparation to your friends.
Contact info:
A.K.A. Gallery
3001 Paseo
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
ph: 405-606-2522
Giant Jesus statue burns to the ground!
Church to rebuild burned Jesus statue
Some church members say it's a sign.
via wdtn.com
Click to read article on link above.
Oil Capture Resumes After a Fire on Ship Halts Efforts
A drill ship resumed siphoning off oil gushing from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after a bolt of lightning struck the ship and ignited a fire that halted containment efforts
via foxnews.com
Radio ad urges Florida to stop Governor Crist
Following Governor Charlie Crist’s veto of a bill which would require ultrasounds to prior to first trimester abortions, the Political Action Committee (PAC) of the Family Research Council (FRC) has launched a statewide radio campaign urging Floridians to stop Crist.
Last week, Gov. Crist, who recently left his party and removed the pro-life section of his website, vetoed a bill requiring an ultrasound to be performed before all first trimester abortions.
ollowing Governor Charlie Crist’s veto of a bill which would require ultrasounds to prior to first trimester abortions, the Political Action Committee (PAC) of the Family Research Council (FRC) has launched a statewide radio campaign urging Floridians to stop Crist.
Last week, Gov. Crist, who recently left his party and removed the pro-life section of his website, vetoed a bill requiring an ultrasound to be performed before all first trimester abortions.
Kevorkian: “The Single Worst Moment of my Life … Was the Moment I Was Born”
Kevorkian: “The Single Worst Moment of my Life … Was the Moment I Was Born
via lifesitenews.com
How sad is this man! LIFE IS SO WONDERFUL AND SUCH A GIFT!
Let's pray for this sad soul so that he somehow experiences the great joy of LIFE and gift of LIFE! :) It's not all "sunshine and lollypops" but it's FANTASTIC!
California Catholic Daily - “Organized power of evil on a global scale”
“Organized power of evil on a global scale”
Pro-Life priest and exorcist sheds light on ancient rite with new book
via calcatholic.com
Obscured by rumor and myth, and confused by exaggerations and outright falsehoods in popular movies, the Catholic Church’s ancient rite of exorcism is not only still practiced today, but is needed more than ever, writes pro-life leader, Catholic priest and exorcist Reverend Thomas J. Euteneuer in his new book, Exorcism and the Church Militant.
Click link above for article! (but, I agree! ;) )
Amendment to Allow Abortions in Military Facilities Passed by Senate Committee
Amendment to Allow Abortions in Military Facilities Passed by Senate Committee
via aul.org
Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans are pro-life and do not want to fund abortion with their tax dollars. The government, however, continues to ignore the will of the people on this point. The latest move for government-sponsored abortion came from the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
God created a beautiful world! See it, don't miss it for the world!
via markmallett.com
Click link above for Mark Mallett's blog post entitled "In all Creation"...but, this picture is just too lovely not to share. When you are feeling a little "bleh" in your day...and the windows look grimy at work...it's over-cast outside....and people are being rude...LOOK UP and SEE God's beautiful creation and wonder with awe. Don't be too busy to see what God made and saw when He said "It's GOOD!" It sure is good! Don't miss it for the world!! :)
The Pope "Rethinks" Clerical Celibacy. In Order to Reinforce It
The Pope "Rethinks" Clerical Celibacy. In Order to Reinforce It
USS Intrepid to Light Up in Honor of Mother Teresa
USS Intrepid to Light Up in Honor of Mother Teresa
via dnainfo.com
ntrepid museum is stepping up to honor Mother Teresa after the Empire State Building refused.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20100615/midtown-west-hells-kitchen/uss-intrepid-light...
Nine villages and almost 2,000 homes destroyed in Papua quake - Prayer Rqestd.
Nine villages and almost 2,000 homes destroyed in Papua quake
via asianews.it
Prayer requested.
Jakarta (AsiaNews) – At least nine villages in South Yapen District were destroyed in yesterday’s devastating earthquake. The tremor, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, hit Biak Island, north of Papua Province. The latest report today indicates that at least 1,835 homes were razed to the ground.
Read link for story.
Spreading News of Angels: promoting Angelology success.
Spreading News of Angels
Group Succeeds at Promoting Angelology
via zenit.org
Father Marcello Stanzione, a self-described "simple rural priest," took up angelology as his lifework after coming across a book that purported to offer prayers to guardian angels, but actually linked these spiritual creatures to stars and planets in a work about "magic, not spirituality -- a theologically incorrect publication."
Click link for story!
ZENIT - Pontiff Explains Why Society Needs Aquinas
Pontiff Explains Why Society Needs Aquinas
Notes Timeliness of Saint's Moral Theology
via zenit.org
The moral theology of St. Thomas Aquinas is timely even today, says Benedict XVI, who pointed to the saint's emphasis on natural law.
click for story.
Pope to Venerate Relics of St. Celestine V
Pope to Venerate Relics of St. Celestine V
Former Pontiff Abdicated After 5 Months
via zenit.org
The Pontiff then convoked a Celestine Year -- from Aug. 28, 2009, to Aug. 29, 2010 -- that celebrates the 800th birthday of the Pope. The saint's remains have been on pilgrimage during this year throughout the dioceses of the region.
Church Cautious About "Bleeding" Last Supper Image
Church Cautious About "Bleeding" Last Supper Image
via zenit.org
Radical Catholic Life…What is it?
Radical Catholic Life…What is it?
All Catholics are called to live a life of Radical faithfulness to the Gospel. Start today!
Click link for full article...
Sacred Bond - Nice reflection on America
Sacred Bond
via medjugorje.com
You have to hit "download" to open the PDF. It's a beautiful Catholic short read. (Hit link above to get to site)
Transformed! :)
Sanctification is a daily moment by moment journey...it's a FUN adventure! :) Don't miss out on it for the world!
FOXNews.com - U.S. Marine Walks Away From Shot to Helmet Thanks to St Michaels' protection
U.S. Marine Walks Away From Shot to Helmet
via foxnews.com
Have you ever read this story? If not, here is the link above. BELIEVE and TRUST in God's love and protection for you...invoke the angels...they are here for you from a loving Father. :)
Claim that Catholic schools teach 'Gandhi is burning in Hell' illustrates lawmakers' incomprehension
Claim that Catholic schools teach 'Gandhi is burning in Hell' illustrates lawmakers' incomprehension
via freerepublic.com
Challenged to identify the Catholic schools that were teaching this bizarre doctrine, Lord Lucas refused to do so, for fear of reprisals. Uh-huh.
WE CATHOLICS need to CALL OUT all those who TWIST what we believe and "put it out there" as fact...knowing that many just believe what they hear on TV/media. No more quiet wheel...we need to be a loud squeaky wheel that calls out the liars, the haters, and/or the mis-informed I believe. We can do that in a loving way, but we must do it.
Catholics in NO WAY believe "Gandhi's burning in hell"...that's insane!! That is just a shot of hate to the Catholics...trying to cause Catholic-bashing (in my humble opinion).
Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Polish archbishop's suspension remains in effect, Vatican clarifies
Polish archbishop's suspension remains in effect, Vatican clarifies
Correcting reports that appeared in the Polish news media late last week, the Vatican press office has denied that Archbishop Juliusz Paetz has been restored to episcopal ministry.
: Priesthood is a vocation, not a career, Pope says at ordinations in Rome
Priesthood is a vocation, not a career, Pope says at ordinations in Rome
Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Cardinal Sepe a target of corruption investigation
Cardinal Sepe a target of corruption investigation
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples, who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001 to 2006, is among those under investigation in an Italian corruption scandal. In 2004, the congregation reportedly sold a building to Pietro Lunardi, then Italy’s minister for infrastructure and transportation, at a price far below market value. The following year, Mr. Lunardi approved the allocation of transporation ministry funds for the restoration of Church property.
Cardinal warns against FDA plans to approve abortifacient Ulipristal
Cardinal warns against FDA plans to approve abortifacient Ulipristal
Father Anthony Ho Will Pray for you (prayer intentions placed close to sacred relics)
I have a basket with written prayer intentions from the faithful and students in our Archdiocese. If you have prayer intentions, please feel free to send them to me (fatheranthonyho@gmail.com). I will print them and put them into the basket. This basket is placed close to sacred relics, and I pray for these intentions daily.
Also my 3 prayer groups: At the end of our prayer meeting, we pray the Litany of Loreto before sacred relics for those who have asked us to pray for them.
HIs blog was 2 years old June 19th if you wish to stop by and congratulate him and give him words of encouragement to keep up the good bloggin'!! :)
Cult following of 'The Shack'
If "The Shack" is not yet a cult, it may be on the way to becoming one.
via wnd.com
Click link to read article.
Catholic Quote: Blsd. Josaphat Chichkov, priest
We seek to do as best we can in everything that is expected of us in order to become holy. The most important thing is to draw near to God by living for him; everything else is secondary.- Blessed Josaphat Chichkov (1919 - 1952), Priest
Priest Accused of Stealing $1M From Church | NBC Connecticut
Priest Accused of Stealing $1M From Church
Prayer Need - Convalescent in hospital priest stabbed during the celebration of Mass Calbuco
priest stabbed during the celebration of Mass Calbuco
via fides.org
The Demon of Chid Sacrifice and the Valley of Slaughter
The Demon of Child Sacrifice & the Valley of Slaughter
Those who are uncomfortable with the thought and talk of demons have a decision to make: Remain in the dark and ignore a basic teaching of the Church regarding spiritual warfare or open your eyes and join the rest of us in the fight against the demons who are working evil in our midst. One such wicked work is the dirty business of abortion. No human activity glorifies Satan and his minions more than abortion. Read more at link above.
DILLER: Planned Parenthood's missing millions - Washington Times
DILLER: Planned Parenthood's missing millions
New GAO report reveals disturbing financial discrepancies
That's not pocket change. Why the discrepancy?
Click link for full article.
Environmentalists say Red Sea oil spill continuing
Red Sea oil spill continuing
via breitbart.com
CAIRO (AP) - Environmental activists said Monday that an oil spill off the coast of Egypt's Red Sea is continuing even after the government said it had been contained, leaving turtles and sea birds covered in oil.
click link for full article.
Hallucinations in Hospital Pose Risk to Elderly - NYTimes.com
Hallucinations in Hospital Pose Risk to Elderly
via nytimes.com
Wow! I never heard of this before this article! Interesting!
No one who knows Justin Kaplan would ever have expected this. A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian with a razor intellect, Mr. Kaplan, 84, became profoundly delirious while hospitalized for pneumonia last year. For hours in the hospital, he said, he imagined despotic aliens, and he struck a nurse and threatened to kill his wife and daughter.
Read the article at the link above!
Holy See Calls for Child-Friendly Medicines
Holy See Calls for Child-Friendly Medicines
via zenit.org
Spiritual Exercise for the Week (based on Daily Readings)
Spiritual Exercise for the Week
By Fr Paul Panaretos, SJ
Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus Associate Pastor, Gesu Parish. / This blog is my creation and does not represent the Society of Jesus.
A Spiritual Exercise exercises one's spiritual dimension (e.g.: the sign of the cross & other gestures; fasting; reading the scriptures to prepare for mass; the rosary and other litanies; reflecting on the day). These exercises jump-start anyone's praying. The one offered here is inspired by the reflection of one Sunday homilist.
Monastery Podcast by Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Monastery Podcast
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Feel like praying with the Benedictine Sisters? Click on link above! :)
Holy See Press Office: PRIESTS MUST ALWAYS REMAIN WITH CHRIST
PRIESTS MUST ALWAYS REMAIN WITH CHRIST
"The priesthood must never represent a way to achieve security in life or to attain social position. Anyone who aspires to the priesthood in order to increase his personal prestige and power has radically misunderstood the significance of this ministry. Anyone whose main goal is to realise an ambition of his own, to achieve success, will always be a slave to himself and to public opinion. In order to be noticed he will have to adulate; he must say what people want to hear, he must adapt to changing fashions and opinions. In this way, he will deprive himself of the vital relationship with truth, reducing himself to condemning tomorrow what he praises today.
"A man who organises his life like this", the Holy Father added, "a priest who sees his ministry in these terms, does not truly love God and neighbour, he loves only himself and, paradoxically, ends up by losing himself.
For full text click on link above.
St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows | Passionist Saint ~ Patron of Students and Young People
(Francis Possenti in the world).
Hello and welcome to this website which is dedicated to spreading devotion to Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Gabriel is little known in the English speaking world, though his memory is preserved amongst Italian immigrant communities. Saint Gabriel was declared a Saint by His Holiness Benedict XV in 1920. He is patron of young people, students, seminarians, clerics, Italian youth and of the region of Abruzzo in Italy. His feastday is celebrated on February 27th.
Click on site for a bunch of info on this lovely saint! :)
FOXNews.com - Horribly Graphic Sex Ed Class Under Fire
Graphic Sex Ed Class Under Fire
via foxnews.com
Parents are outraged after young teenagers were instructed on graphic sexual acts during a Planned Parenthood sex education class at the local high school in Shenandoah, Iowa.
“It was horribly inappropriate,” Colleen Dostal told Fox News Radio. “To do that in a mixed-gender classroom, — I truly believe it was inappropriate.”
Click link for story!
Prayer Need:Dozens die, hundreds missing in Brazil floods - Americas- msnbc.com
Dozens die, hundreds missing in Brazil floods
40,000 homes are washed away as northeast is hit by 14 inches of rain
via msnbc.msn.com
Release 1,000 souls now...
★★ Prayer foprr the Holy Souls
Prayer of St. Gertrude ★★
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, those in my home and within my family, Amen.
(a prayer said to release 1,000 souls every time it is prayed)
Join the Prayer Warriors for the Holy Souls Group here: http://www.pwhs-mfi.org/
International!
They have nobody but us Catholics who believe in Purgatory and will pray for them.
Join the Prayer Warriors for the Holy Souls Group here: http://www.pwhs-mfi.org/
International!
They have nobody but us Catholics who believe in Purgatory and will pray for them.
YOU *ARE* Called!
Funny, but TRUE story from YESTERDAY:
I was driving to my son's rehabilitation treatment and was contemplating the thought that
WE ARE ALL CALLED.
CALLED.
BY GOD.
He who created the whole universe and all life and all "things"....
He called ME. He called YOU.
CALLED.
For what?
To spread His love and His good news that we are loved, created on purpose with a purpose, are to love Him in return and others...to live in mercy and harmony and love and everything like that....
BUT.... ME?
I AM CALLED?
Now, I know for certain I am called and have no doubt...
we ALL are...
But, I was just contemplating the "greatness" and magnitude of
"being called".....
So, after all this.....
the thought went through my head:
"AM I REALLY CALLED? ME PERSONALLY?"
And, again, it was not a question as I know I am beyond doubt...it was just a contemplating of "WOW" and the responsibility of it and are you answering the call...all that contemplating....
AND IMMEDIATELY I passed a large Baptist Church (the area is Baptist here)....
A huge sign was lit up bright w/ lights during the day (that sort of sign)...
it said:
"YOU ARE CALLED!"
(in large letters on a large changeable sign).
THAT WAS IT.
THAT WAS IT.
YOU ARE CALLED!!
I immediately grinned. Widely. Deeply.
God does this a lot with me. I am sure He does it a lot with you, too. You just have to have open eyes.
He sometimes makes me laugh at how he answers my questions or how He lets me know He's there "hearing me" think....
So, I just wanted to pass that along to you.
YOU ARE CALLED.
Not by the President of the largest country or corporation....or anything like that..
You are called by one MUCH more important and powerful...
GOD HIMSELF!
YOU are called and commissioned!
Are you answering the call??
How will you report back at the next meeting?
Just something to contemplate this wonderful June 22nd of 2010.
After all, all we "have" is the present moment.
The present moment lived with God and for God and in God....and God is love....
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Absolute Love...
ABSOLUTE LOVE ....
"The first thing that must strike a non-Christian about a Christian's faith is that it is all too daring. It is too beautiful to be true: The mystery of being, unveiled as absolute love, coming down to wash the feet and the souls of its creatures; a love that assumes the whole burden of our guilt and hate, that accepts the accusations that shower down.. all the scorn and contempt that nails down his incomprehensible movement of self-abasement -- all this absolute love accepts in order to excuse his creature before himself......"
(Hans Urs von Balthasar)
Great is the Lord and highly to be praised!
Little is the Lord and greatly to be loved!
Little is the Lord and greatly to be loved!
The Body of Christ (Amen!)
The Body of Christ. Amen.
The Body of Christ. Amen. This is Jesus Christ in the fulness of His Divinity and Humanity. Amen! I believe.
The Body of Christ. Amen. This is who I am. "You become what you receive" (St Augustine). Amen! I will accept the challenge to be Christ for others!
The Body of Christ. Amen. This is the Whole Christ: Christ in His Body, in His brothers and sisters, especially in the poor and suffering. Amen! I will open my heart to Christ in His many disguises!
The Body of Christ: the sacrament of unity and Christ-like love, a call to forgiveness and unity, the challenge to become, like Jesus, a servant with basin and towel. Amen!
The Second Vatican Council affirms the traditional Catholic understanding of the Mystery of the Eucharist in these beautiful words:
THE MOST SACRED MYSTERY OF THE EUCHARIST
"At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us."
"At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us."
(Sacrosanctum Concilium, article 47)
Behold The Lamb of God!
Ecce Agnus Dei!
Ecce Agnus Dei!
I Thank You God (poem)
I thank You, God! (a poem)
I thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(I who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginably You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
-e. e. cummingsPrayer for Priests St Therese memorized and Prayed Daily
(This prayer is one that St. Therese memorized and prayed daily)
O Holy Father, may the torrents of love flowing from the sacred wounds of Thy Divine Son bring forth priests like unto the beloved disciple John who stood at the foot of the Cross; priests: who as a pledge of Thine own most tender love will lovingly give Thy Divine Son to the souls of men. May Thy priests be faithful guardians of Thy Church, as John was of Mary, whom he received into his house. Taught by this loving Mother who suffered so much on Calvary, may they display a mother’s care and thoughtfulness towards Thy children.
May they teach souls to enter into close union with Thee through Mary who, as the Gate of Heaven, is specially the guardian of the treasures of Thy Divine Heart. Give us priests who are on fire, and who are true children of Mary, priests who will give Jesus to souls with the same tenderness and care with which Mary carried the Little Child of Bethlehem. Mother of sorrows and of love, out of compassion for Thy beloved Son, open in our hearts deep wells of love, so that we may console Him and give Him a generation of priests formed in thy school and having all the tender thoughtfulness of thine own spotless love.
O Holy Father, may the torrents of love flowing from the sacred wounds of Thy Divine Son bring forth priests like unto the beloved disciple John who stood at the foot of the Cross; priests: who as a pledge of Thine own most tender love will lovingly give Thy Divine Son to the souls of men. May Thy priests be faithful guardians of Thy Church, as John was of Mary, whom he received into his house. Taught by this loving Mother who suffered so much on Calvary, may they display a mother’s care and thoughtfulness towards Thy children.
May they teach souls to enter into close union with Thee through Mary who, as the Gate of Heaven, is specially the guardian of the treasures of Thy Divine Heart. Give us priests who are on fire, and who are true children of Mary, priests who will give Jesus to souls with the same tenderness and care with which Mary carried the Little Child of Bethlehem. Mother of sorrows and of love, out of compassion for Thy beloved Son, open in our hearts deep wells of love, so that we may console Him and give Him a generation of priests formed in thy school and having all the tender thoughtfulness of thine own spotless love.
A prayer for Priests
A Prayer for Priests
O Jesus, I pray for Your faithful and fervent priests, for Your unfaithful and tepid priests; for Your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for Your tempted priests; for Your lonely and desolate priests; for Your young priests; for Your dying priests; for the souls of Your priests in purgatory.
But above all I recommend to You the priests dearest to me: the priest who baptized me; the priest who absolved me from my sins; the priest at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who taught and instructed me; all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way. Jesus, keep them all close to Your heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Approved Apparition Claims Site
"Approved Apparition" Website.http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/index.html
click on link to view: http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/index.html
The Bible on One page
The Bible (on one sheet of paper)
via jrsbible.info
"I have never seen anything like this. It must have taken a long time to mastermind something like it. This is
worthy of sending to everyone on your e-list. The bottom one really sends a message to all. "
Click link to bookmark or email to your email list.
EXORCISM BLESSING FOR SACRAMENTALS
EXORCISM BLESSING FOR SACRAMENTALS
via spiritdaily.com
Print and bring to your priest if needed :)
See link.
Another Gulf oil spill: Well near Deepwater Horizon has leaked since at least April 30 | al.com
Another Gulf oil spill: Well near Deepwater Horizon has leaked since at least April 30
via blog.al.com
“fatwa promulgated by 7,300 Moroccan Muslim doctors who recently declared that Christian charity ought to be considered religious terrorism.”
Bishop Padovese canceled Cyprus trip to avoid assassination of Pope
FR di Giacomo asserted that the expulsion was a consequence of the “fatwa promulgated by 7,300 Moroccan Muslim doctors who recently declared that Christian charity ought to be considered religious terrorism.”
Click link for article.
Pope invites faithful to take part with prayer in close of Year for Priests
Pope invites faithful to take part with prayer in close of Year for Priests
Cardinal: 'divided Church is a sin, scandal against Christ'
Cardinal: 'divided Church is a sin, scandal against Christ'
China: Christian lawyer Gao disappears again
China: Christian lawyer Gao disappears again
Concerns are growing for the safety of the Chinese Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has not been seen since April.
“He is definitely in the hands of Chinese security forces,” said Bob Fu, president of the US-based rights organization ChinaAid.
Gao, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, traveled to Xinjiang province at the end of April to visit relatives. He left to board a flight back to Beijing and has not been seen since. It is the second time he has disappeared in a little over a year.
"The government clearly has no desire to release him or allow him to rejoin his wife and two children, who have fled to the United States", ChinaAid said in a statement.
CLick link for more...
Hawaii elections clerk: Obama not born here
Hawaii elections clerk: Obama not born here
via wnd.com
Official who oversaw ballots in 2008 race says hospital birth certificate non-existent
Click link to read article.
Bill Clinton calls a Republican a 'sinner'
Bill Clinton calls a Republican a 'sinner'
via speroforum.com
Along with the letter, Clinton included a flyer that states that "DSCC funds go towards efforts to unseat far-right Republican senators like admitted sinner David Vitter..." This was a reference to Senator David Vitter - a Catholic and Republican from Lousiana - who admitted to patronizing an escort service while serving in the House of Representatives. (full story at link)
Bill Clinton calls a Republican a 'sinner'
Bill Clinton calls a Republican a 'sinner'
via speroforum.com
Along with the letter, Clinton included a flyer that states that "DSCC funds go towards efforts to unseat far-right Republican senators like admitted sinner David Vitter..." This was a reference to Senator David Vitter - a Catholic and Republican from Lousiana - who admitted to patronizing an escort service while serving in the House of Representatives. (full story at link)
Editorial: Stephen Hawking is Wrong. Church is a Defender of Life, Science and the Person -
Editorial: Stephen Hawking is Wrong. Church is a Defender of Life, Science and the Person
via catholic.org
Pro-Life Hero, Catholic Convert, Deacon Paul Schenck, to be Ordained to the Priesthood
Pro-Life Hero, Catholic Convert, Deacon Paul Schenck, to be Ordained to the Priesthood
via catholic.org
Congratulations!
Berating bus driver remains undisciplined (
Berating bus driver remains undisciplined
via onenewsnow.com
The father of a public school student who was lectured about her views on homosexual "rights" by a school bus driver says officials at the school district have stonewalled all efforts to gather information about the incident.
Click link for story.
Meet Brother Silence: Blessed Nicholas of Gesturi
Meet Brother Silence: Blessed Nicholas of Gesturi
Thanks to Taylor Marshall, for introducing me to Brother N. :)
Click link for article.
More Biebls in the Classroom
More Biebls in the Classroom
Does the First Amendment need protection from itself? A case from Washington State, although just rejected by the Supreme Court, suggests it might: Franz Biebl, a perfectly pleasant Bavarian composer, has been banned there, in Snohomish County. Worse, it was Biebl's most popular work, his setting of "Ave Maria," that was expelled from Henry "Scoop" Jackson High School.
To set the stage, understand that the Biebl Ave Maria is something of a "greatest hit" for choral societies, at least in the United States.
My daughter, in concert this last concert at her high school, played his Ave Maria....it is a PUBLIC (Texas) school. Amen for that. Needless to say, I was surprised and happy they played it w/o thinking "It's Catholic." It's lovely.
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The Rise of Cross-less Catholicism
The Rise of Cross-less Catholicism
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In a recent visit to Turin, Pope Benedict XVI remarked: "Towards the end of the 19th century, Nietzsche wrote: 'God is dead! And we have killed him.'" Far from disagreeing with this view, Benedict adds: "This famous saying is clearly taken almost literally from the Christian tradition. We often repeat it in the Way of the Cross, perhaps without being fully aware of what we are saying." Nietzsche is orthodox!
And how is it that we have "killed God?"
Surely, it is through our sins and other "negative" things. Thus, if we do not even want to talk about these things, as Tolkien and Lewis do, we will have no conception of what Catholicism is about. We will deny that things we do need attention. Many schools, Catholic ones included, live in an environment in which the early practice of virtue is almost impossible. A friend of mine who homeschools her son recently told me that she was grateful to be almost through the "middle school" period, as that was the worst arena morally in most school systems.
Fishers of Men & China
Fishers of Men & China
Today the Orthodox church (some churches on June 11) commemorates its Martyrs of China (1900). Certainly martyrs of China today include Catholics and Protestants. Martyrdom is one place where, sharing in the sufferings of Christ, Christians know a deeper unity in Christ, being united intensely to Christ in their sufferings.
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What Catholics Should know about Islam (by KofC) PDF
What Catholics Should Know About Islam
Click here for PDF: http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/resources/cis/CIS317a.pdf
Byzantine Catholic priests meet in Pittsburgh In a first-of-its kind gathering
Byzantine Catholic priests meet in Pittsburgh
via post-gazette.com
In a first-of-its kind gathering, Byzantine Catholic priests from across the U.S. met in Pittsburgh this week, hearing from the head of the Vatican office for Eastern Churches in a rare opportunity to get to know one another.
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Prayer Need: Pope, at audience, asks prayers for Middle East
Pope, at audience, asks prayers for Middle East
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Is Notre Dame Proud of it's 2009 Commencement Speaker now??
Is Notre Dame Proud of Its 2009 Commencement Speaker?
Steve Ertelt at LifeNews.com has posted a complete list of President Obama's record on abortion since taking office. ...
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She Is Black, but She Is Beautiful
She Is Black, but She Is Beautiful
Is the Church then a harlot? No, and yes.
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Bishop's theology makes Protestantism irrelevant (OneNewsNow.com)
Bishop's theology makes Protestantism irrelevant
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The president of The Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD) is encouraging conservative United Methodists to counteract institutions like Drew Seminary, which recently hosted a speaker who denies the basic tenets of the Christian faith.
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Pro-Life Group Worries Kagan Could Push Supreme Court on Assisted Suicide
Pro-Life Group Worries Kagan Could Push Supreme Court on Assisted Suicide
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Humor ... or religious bigotry?
Humor ... or religious bigotry?
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click link for story...also, he Coalition plans to release the names of companies that have taken a position on JC's advertising. The list will also include those that have remained silent on the issue.
Youth conference target of U.N. pro-abortion push
Youth conference target of U.N. pro-abortion push
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The United Nations is now preparing to kick off the International Year of Youth at the Mexico World Youth Conference.
The conference is not sponsored by the United Nations, but Samantha Singson, director of government relations at the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), tells OneNewsNow that some U.N. organizations will be involved.
"UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) has been promoting the so-called 'right' to sexual and reproductive health services, to contraception, sexual education, [and] much to putting in opposition the rights of parents to educate their children, versus the rights of youth," she explains.
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Cardinal calls on Bolivians to reject 'attacks' on human life
Cardinal calls on Bolivians to reject 'attacks' on human life
The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Cardinal Julio Terrazas, called on Bolivians this week to proclaim the value of human life and to reject what he believes to be society's increasing attacks on it.
CNS STORY: Bishops urge South African Catholics to welcome the world
Bishops urge South African Catholics to welcome the world
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) -- June 13 is World Cup Sunday in parishes around South Africa, and the nation's bishops are urging them to welcome "the world to our church communities."
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Catholic News Service MOVIE REVIEWS
Movie reviews by Catholic News Service (as well as from the former Office for Film and Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops). Please note copyright terms.
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Click for recent movies and their reviews for Catholics....
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CNS STORY: Pope, Spanish prime minister discuss tensions, papal trips
Pope, Spanish prime minister discuss tensions, papal trips
via catholicnews.com
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Despite his government's serious differences with the Catholic Church over abortion and other issues, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pledged his government's full support for Pope Benedict XVI's visits to Spain in November and again in 2011.
The pope and Zapatero met privately for 30 minutes June 10 at the Vatican.
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CNS STORY: Bishops discuss role of Catholic media with those who practice it
Bishops discuss role of Catholic media with those who practice it
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Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans promised to propose that the bishops' communications committee draw up a "bill of rights" of sorts outlining both the bishops' expectations of the Catholic media's role in the church and what those media organizations expect of the bishops, such as access to information and church officials
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CNS STORY: Martyred Polish priest beatified at Mass in Warsaw in front of 140,000
Martyred Polish priest beatified at Mass in Warsaw in front of 140,000
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Yaayy! I have his relics and am so happy to hear the news...
A martyred Polish priest was praised for standing against the oppressive forces of communism when he defended human rights in his sermons during a beatification Mass in the Polish capital.
More than 140,000 people listened intently during the June 6 ceremony in Pilsudski Square as Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Saints' Causes, recalled how Father Jerzy Popieluszko "did not yield to temptation to survive in this death camp" under communist rule.
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CNS STORY: Church and state: In Mexico, new reality or pragmatic politics?
Church and state: In Mexico, new reality or pragmatic politics?
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CNS STORY: Would Jesus have tweeted? Massachusetts parish leaders say yes
Would Jesus have tweeted? Massachusetts parish leaders say yes
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What do you think?
Would he be on your Tweet list?
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