I'll all packed and just getting ready to leave right now. I'll write more on Saturday. Please just keep me in your prayers.May God bless all of you!
Updates:
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
I'll all packed and just getting ready to leave right now. I'll write more on Saturday. Please just keep me in your prayers.May God bless all of you!
Updates:
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Update (July 20, 2006): President George W. Bush vetos HR 810 and the House of Representatives by a 235 - 193 vote, fell short to override the veto. Source: CNN
The United States Senate approved HR 810, which would use our taxdollars to fund embryonic stem cell research, on a 63-37 vote. You should see how your Senators voted. Thankfully, President George W. Bush is expected to veto the bill, and it is unlikely the House and Senate will get the needed 2/3 majority to override the veto.
On to the pro-life bills, the United States House of representatives by a 273-154 vote failed to pass the Santorum-Specter bill, lacking the necessary 2/3 majority to send a bill to the President urging the federal government to find alternative ways to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying human life. On to the good news - The House of Representatives approved a ban on the practice of fetal farming on a 425-0 vote. It will soon become a crime to create, acquire, or traffic in tissue specifically derived from a human embryo created and grown for tissue harvesting. The Senate previously approved it unanimously.
President George W. Bush is expected to sign the ban on fetal farming into law, and he has promised to veto HR 810. I ask you to contact President Bush and just ask him to veto the bill. Thankfully the President is acting on his morals - embryonic stem cell research is always wrong.
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The United States Senate approved HR 810, which would use our taxdollars to fund embryonic stem cell research, on a 63-37 vote. You should see how your Senators voted. Thankfully, President George W. Bush is expected to veto the bill, and it is unlikely the House and Senate will get the needed 2/3 majority to override the veto.
On to the pro-life bills, the United States House of representatives by a 273-154 vote failed to pass the Santorum-Specter bill, lacking the necessary 2/3 majority to send a bill to the President urging the federal government to find alternative ways to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying human life. On to the good news - The House of Representatives approved a ban on the practice of fetal farming on a 425-0 vote. It will soon become a crime to create, acquire, or traffic in tissue specifically derived from a human embryo created and grown for tissue harvesting. The Senate previously approved it unanimously.
President George W. Bush is expected to sign the ban on fetal farming into law, and he has promised to veto HR 810. I ask you to contact President Bush and just ask him to veto the bill. Thankfully the President is acting on his morals - embryonic stem cell research is always wrong.
Everyone,
I'm going on a vacation. I'm going to leave tomorrow, Wednesday July 19, 2006, and I will not be blogging until this coming Saturday when I return. This vacation is for my discernment; I will be staying with a group of Benedictine Monks. When I return I should have a better idea where I am called to go.
Please keep me in your prayers. I will not be answering any email until then, so my email will be sending out an automatic vacation response to everyone that emails me while I'm gone.
Have a blessed week!
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I'm going on a vacation. I'm going to leave tomorrow, Wednesday July 19, 2006, and I will not be blogging until this coming Saturday when I return. This vacation is for my discernment; I will be staying with a group of Benedictine Monks. When I return I should have a better idea where I am called to go.
Please keep me in your prayers. I will not be answering any email until then, so my email will be sending out an automatic vacation response to everyone that emails me while I'm gone.
Have a blessed week!
Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.Remember Jesus didn't come to intentionally bring disorder. His message was one of love and redemption and for that His own people crucified Him. We all see it - sinners enjoy the darkness for the "...people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works were evil" (John 3:19). It is our responsibility to take up all of our Crosses and sufferings and follow after Our Lord anyway. It is our obligation to serve Him if we are to be graced with eternal life. This reading shows us that we must follow Our Lord - we are not saved by Faith-alone. We all must serve Our Lord no matter what obstacles lie in our path - look at the Example of the Martyrs.
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it,
and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward.
And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink
because he is a disciple— amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”
When Jesus finished giving these commands to his Twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns.
Matthew 10:34-11:1
My priest told this story in a homily before. There was a young woman that felt the deepest calling to become Catholic; however, her father hated Catholicism and forbid her to convert. But she followed Our Lord anyway. Finally, a few years later, he began to speak to her again. But, more than that, she then felt Our Lord's calling to become a nun. Her father said that if she entered a convent, he would never visit her - she would never see him again if she did. But she followed Our Lord anyway. Finally, years later, the father came to the convent and sat in the guest area waiting for his daughter. The conversation he had with the nuns there truly opened his mind and he began to respect Our faith.
We have to remember that not everyone will accept the message of Jesus. But, no matter what anyone else says, we must accept and follow Our Lord.
Image Source: Christ Cleansing the Temple by Bernardino Mei
Archbishop Raymond Burke of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, a wonderful Traditional priest, has been a member to the Apostolic Signatura (the Church's highest administrative law court, 1983 CIC 1445).Image Source: Wikipedia
Pope Benedict XVI is currently on a short vacation in Les Combes, France. It is the summer residence for the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI arrived there on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, and planned to spend an 18-day vacation.
Some photos of the Holy Father in Les Combes:
REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (ITALY)
AP Photo/Antonio Calanni
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Some photos of the Holy Father in Les Combes:
AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO
"Please pray for Monsignor DeBlanc who passed away. He was 91 years old and the most loving priest. He has done so much for the parish. He was retired and wrote many books. He loved people and helped so many. He would always call them 'My Angels.' Keep him in your prayers."
Monday, July 17, 2006
I received the following email, which I want to pass on to all of my readers.
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I wanted to let you know that Faith & Values Media, the nation's largest coalition of faith groups dedicated to media production, distribution and promotion, has launched a free video-on-demand (VOD) feature through its online service FaithStreams.com. On the site, visitors will be able to search video content from dozens of faith groups and religious organizations encompassing Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions in the U.S.I am a user of Youtube as well as Google's video-on-demand features. As a user of video-on-demand, I'm very glad to see that Faith & Values Media has launched their own service.
In today's LifeSiteNews report, here are some of the horrifying articles that I read. Please pray for the conversion of sinners and an end to evil.- Lord of the Rings Profits Used to Support Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Dutch Court Approves Pedophile Political Party
Image Source: L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieu
THANKS BE TO GOD!
Just last week I posted about a Kansas abortion clinic that was bought and now being used by pro-lifers. Then I posted about an Omaha one that closed and then about an abortion mill that closed in Missouri. Now I have another one to post about!
On June 1, 2006, Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo blessed a former abortion mill and consecrated it as a new chapel of the Holy Innocents. The Holy Innocents are mentioned in the New Testament - those children murdered by Herod as he looked to kill the Child Jesus.
“In the tradition of the early church, pagan temples were turned into holy spaces,” Bishop Kmiec said. “We have done the same thing here today.” This new chapel is the on-site chapel of a Catholic radio station, Holy Family Communications.
Source: LifeSiteNews
The Gospel of Life is winning! Please pray for the unborn and an end to the evil of abortion.
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Just last week I posted about a Kansas abortion clinic that was bought and now being used by pro-lifers. Then I posted about an Omaha one that closed and then about an abortion mill that closed in Missouri. Now I have another one to post about!
On June 1, 2006, Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo blessed a former abortion mill and consecrated it as a new chapel of the Holy Innocents. The Holy Innocents are mentioned in the New Testament - those children murdered by Herod as he looked to kill the Child Jesus.
“In the tradition of the early church, pagan temples were turned into holy spaces,” Bishop Kmiec said. “We have done the same thing here today.” This new chapel is the on-site chapel of a Catholic radio station, Holy Family Communications.
Source: LifeSiteNews
The Gospel of Life is winning! Please pray for the unborn and an end to the evil of abortion.
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