Please join Bishop Sartain and Joliet (IL) Diocese Catholics in a Day of Prayer and Penance, September 7, 20079/6/2007 12:13:00 PMCCI NOTES: Please join Bishop Sartain and Joliet (IL) Diocese Catholics in a day of prayer and penance, September 7, 2007. As many CCI readers are already aware, Planned Parenthood is opening a massive abortion mill in Aurora IL. Bishop Sartain has asked that Catholics everywhere join us in prayer for the promotion of a Culture of Life and an end to abortion. Thanks!
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Blessed Teresa's Feast brings slum people, others to her tomb
Sept.5 (yesterday) was her feast day.
GODTUBE-EWTN -Blessed Mother Teresa
GODTUBE-EWTN -Blessed Mother Teresa
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Doubt and all, Mother Teresa carried on
This is written by a Protestant pastor in B'ham, Alabama...AWESOME! Thank you Rev. Roger Lovette for your commentary! GOD bless you! May Blessed Mother Teresa and all the angels and saints intercede for you, your work, and your family at the THRONE OF OUR LORD.
NAFTA Superhighway
Reminder--IT'S DONE!
Court Rejects Challenge to Allowing 100 Mexican Truckers Under ...
Mexican truckers expected to soon be hauling through US
Government enforcing rule that Mexican truckers speak English...We'll see...how can they enforce this? Give them a test at the border?
Monday, September 03, 2007
'Paintball for Jesus' riles Mariposa residents
Huh? Where does entertainment and 'witnessing' end and begin?
The merits of paintball as a character-building church youth activity became a cause of public debate when the church went looking for a more permanent home for the games.
RFID Tags: The End of American Common Sense?
A good one!
This is not an argument for returning to the days of the abacus or transport by horseback. It is a much-needed acknowledgement that technology has its limitations and is no substitute for common sense, mindfulness and prudence.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Cathedral of Christ the Light
Cathedral in Oakland diocese..have you seen the pictures? The last rendering looks pretty new age to me. (scroll down)
Oh yeah, remember some of these pictures?
And the fact that they use this quote from Robert Lewis Stevenson on their home page -"Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral."
It should read: "I never weary of great churches. It is my favourite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral."
They left off the real meat of this quote! Are you inspired or is beauty in the eyes of the beholder? (Imho) The interior is devoid of all spirituality! It does not inspire. It neither draws my heart to worship GOD nor my thoughts to heaven. Why do people insist on taking open space and creating it in such a devoid manner? Why?
California Catholic Daily - “A glowing, luminous space”
Oakland cathedral sets high marks in cost, design - USATODAY.com
Oh yeah, remember some of these pictures?
And the fact that they use this quote from Robert Lewis Stevenson on their home page -"Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral."
It should read: "I never weary of great churches. It is my favourite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral."
They left off the real meat of this quote! Are you inspired or is beauty in the eyes of the beholder? (Imho) The interior is devoid of all spirituality! It does not inspire. It neither draws my heart to worship GOD nor my thoughts to heaven. Why do people insist on taking open space and creating it in such a devoid manner? Why?
California Catholic Daily - “A glowing, luminous space”
Oakland cathedral sets high marks in cost, design - USATODAY.com
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Rift Grows Among Omaha Catholics, School
And it all started here...thanks to a blogger...Defend Us in Battle. org (DUiB)
From Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly--
Leaders continue to deny existence of a North American agenda
Scroll down to read the actual question presented by Bret and their answers.
The $64,000 question was posed by Fox News reporter Bret Baier. He asked all three heads of state, "Can you say today that this is not a prelude to a North American Union, similar to a European Union?" Their response was positively sensational. Not one denied that SPP is leading to a North American Union. The White House transcript of the news conference allows us to assume that the elites of the three countries are, indeed, moving toward North American integration.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Priest offers festival-goers the chance to confess their green sins
What?
The Roman Catholic Church is at hand with a new line in “green confessions” to help eco-sinners to find forgiveness.
Dom Anthony Sutch, the Benedictine monk who resigned as head of Downside School to become a parish priest in Suffolk, will be at the county’s Waveney Greenpeace festival this weekend to hear eco-confessions in what is thought to be the first dedicated confessional booth of its kind.
Alzheimer's Patients Lining Up for Microchip
Up to 200 Alzheimer's patients living near Palm Beach, Fla., will be implanted with the VeriChip for free in the next week.
Alzheimer's patients to get ID microchips
RFID Healthcare: VeriChip Corporation And Alzheimer's Community Care Officially Launch VeriMed Patient Identification ProjectThe arrangement was made through Alzheimer's Community Care, a nonprofit agency in West Palm Beach that help patients find in-home care and other services. The program will take two years to complete.
Ekahau and VeriChip collaborate on RFID securityScott R. Silverman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VeriChip, said, “We are very pleased to officially launch this important project with Alzheimer’s Community Care. We believe individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers can greatly benefit from the VeriMed system, which provides a safety net when they present in an emergency room unable to communicate. Alzheimer’s disease, which is one of several medical conditions we have identified as being ideally suited for the benefits of the VeriMed system, is dramatically on the rise in the United States with as many as 16 million new cases predicted by 2050.1”
Digital Angel Corporation Enters Distribution Agreement with Data Lab S.A. of Paraguay
Digital Angel Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Datamars
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they
are restless until they rest in you.
Late Have I Loved You,
Beauty so Ancient and so New!
St. Augustine: The Confessions
His book is available online:
The Confessions of Augustine: An Electronic Edition
CHURCH FATHERS: Confessions (St. Augustine)
Augustine, Saint. 1909–14. The Confessions of St. Augustine. Vol ...
A book on MHR by Fr. Donal Godfrey, SJ
SEE MHR events.
“Gays and Grays: The Story of the Gay Community at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish” - discounted....???? $63.00 from $75.00?...oh my gosh!!
Gibbons Cooney's book review is posted over at Fr. John Malloy's blog A Shepherd's Voice...
MHR and How It Got That Way
California Catholic Daily - The “truth of the rainbow” at USF
LORD HAVE MERCY!
Please pray!!
“Gays and Grays: The Story of the Gay Community at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish” - discounted....???? $63.00 from $75.00?...oh my gosh!!
Gibbons Cooney's book review is posted over at Fr. John Malloy's blog A Shepherd's Voice...
MHR and How It Got That Way
California Catholic Daily - The “truth of the rainbow” at USF
LORD HAVE MERCY!
Please pray!!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
FREE SPP Briefing with Dr. Jerome Corsi
Join Corsi, Farah for special SPP briefing!
Free teleseminar Wednesday exclusively for WND readers
Free teleseminar Wednesday exclusively for WND readers
Listen to Dr. Jerome Corsi's SPP briefing on
August 29th at 6 p.m. East. - 5 p.m. Cent. - 3 p.m. Pacific
Friday, August 24, 2007
Stop SPP Protest - Union Leader stops provocateurs
Interesting.....you decide what took place in Montebello, Canada at a 'peaceful protest'.
**Warning:Offensive language**
Quebec police forced to own up to use of agent provocateurs at summit protestEarlier Friday, the union president who exposed undercover cops posing as protesters at the summit said the controversy is distracting the public from the real issue.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
No rain & plenty of heat!
Cooooolllllllllllllll! That feels better...even on my eyes!
Can't get a suntan here!
Michigan Tech ice statues at their annual Winter Carnival 2007 --
St. Michael the Archangel in ice statue form!
Go St. Michael the Archangel!
Feast Day - St. Rose of Lima
She had a great devotion to St. Catherine of Siena...me too! = )
Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase. ~St. Rose of Lima
Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase. ~St. Rose of Lima
Wireless tracking system would monitor patients
He said the system would also work as a behavior modifier, detecting when patients lapse on their prescribed regimens and issuing reminders.
That statement concerns me....
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The Queenship of the Blessed Vrigin Mary
MARIAN CONSECRATION
I, (name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands,
I, (name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands,
O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism;
I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works;
and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom,
to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
In the presence of all the heavenly court, I choose you this day for my Mother and Queen. I deliver and consecrate to you, as your slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present, and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and eternity.
Amen.
– St. Louis Marie de Montfort
– St. Louis Marie de Montfort
Microchips in humans: High-tech helpers or Big Brother surveillance?
My questions...exactly...why do we need this? We've got braclets, chains, even our MP3 players can carry this info. without having it injected INTO the body.
The capsules can migrate around the body or bury themselves deep in the arm. When that happens, a sensor X-ray and monitors are needed to locate the chip, and a plastic surgeon must cut away scar tissue that forms around the chip.
The relative permanence is a big reason why Marc Rotenberg, of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, is suspicious about the motives of the company, which charges $20 a year for customers to keep one its database a record of blood type, allergies, medications, driver's license data and living-will directives. For $80 a year, it will keep an individual's full medical history.
More SPP News
Bush 'Amused' By 'North American Union' Fears
Target: SPP
Conservative Leaders Plead To Bush: No North American Union
The NAFTA Superhighway
Barlow pleased as CEOs urge input from legislatures in SPP
SPP Summit Ends with ‘Conspiracy’ Denial
Trade Partnership Sparks Backlash
Reminder:Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Seeking Access to Security and Prosperity Partnership Advisory Group Meetings and Records
Target: SPP
Conservative Leaders Plead To Bush: No North American Union
The NAFTA Superhighway
Barlow pleased as CEOs urge input from legislatures in SPP
SPP Summit Ends with ‘Conspiracy’ Denial
Trade Partnership Sparks Backlash
Reminder:Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Seeking Access to Security and Prosperity Partnership Advisory Group Meetings and Records
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The SPP Montebello Summit - News
Joint Statement by Prime Minister Harper, President Bush and ...
John F. McManus: SPP is Part of Building an EU for the Western ...
Bush Says Keeping Trade Flowing Essential to Economy
Harper, Bush agree to disagree on Arctic as summit ends
Illegal Presence in US Not Necessarily A Crime, Court Says
Montebello: Stop on the Road to North American Union?
Leading Conservatives Denounce Bush on 'North American Union'
Secrecy reigns as SPP agenda moves forward
John F. McManus: SPP is Part of Building an EU for the Western ...
Bush Says Keeping Trade Flowing Essential to Economy
Harper, Bush agree to disagree on Arctic as summit ends
Illegal Presence in US Not Necessarily A Crime, Court Says
Montebello: Stop on the Road to North American Union?
Leading Conservatives Denounce Bush on 'North American Union'
Secrecy reigns as SPP agenda moves forward
"The Siege"
We happened upon this movie over the weekend and was intrigued with the plot and the fact that the NY Twin Towers are present in a few scenes/shots.
Update: YouTube - Clergy Response Teams
A very ominous, prophetic and scary movie.
Watch the trailer. The stars: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, and Tony Shalhoub (MIB & Monk) are quite good together. I'm not keen on the Bruce Willis character nor am I that he should have had that part. Oh well...anyway I thought the story was very real and I decided that the writers knew something more then the rest of us....one more reason it's scary-the movie came out in 1998! Read the review too...gosh I think it was written right before the movie was released...scary too...Update: YouTube - Clergy Response Teams
Monday, August 20, 2007
Michael D. O'Brien on latest "HP" book
Finally, a breath of fresh air...SANITY!
Without neglecting the valid point that good fiction need not be overtly Christian, need not be religious at all, we might ponder a little the fact that the central metaphor and plot engines of the series are activities (witchcraft and sorcery) absolutely prohibited by God. We might also consider for a moment the fact that no sane parents would give their children books which portrayed a set of “good” pimps and prostitutes valiantly fighting a set of “bad” pimps and prostitutes, and using the sexual acts of prostitution as the thrilling dynamic of the story. By the same token we should ask ourselves why we continue to imbibe large doses of poison in our cultural consumption, as if this were reasonable and normal living, as if the presence of a few vegetables floating in a bowl of arsenic soup justifies the long-range negative effects of our diet.
Thank you Michael O'Brien!
The saddest commentary, I believe, is that there are so many adults and children that have spent so much time reading these books...why not read scripture or read about the lives of the saints?
Indeed, even by loving our enemies—at least by trying to learn to love them, and by believing that it is right to do so. With grace this is possible. But selective love (coupled with selective hatred) does not lead to freedom. It is the feelings of love without the substance of love, the feelings of freedom without the foundations of freedom. If God is the absent father—or the father who perhaps never existed—the hero and his readers are left only with such emotions, their hooked loyalties, their love of the self’s insatiable appetites, which they feel cannot be denied without a killing curse of self-annihilation. That is why so many people cling fiercely to the “values” in the Potter books while ignoring the interwoven undermining of those very values. That is why the defenders of Potterworld exhibit such adamancy, frequently outrage, against critics. According to their perceptions, the critics of Potterworld are the enemies of freedom and identity.
Our prayers continue for all to hear HIS TRUTH!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Clergy to be used to quell dissent
Program trains leaders to convince people to obey emergency orders
Huh?
Huh?
Friday, August 17, 2007
Shunning isn’t an option
Knights of Columbus will "attempt to persuade," but not expel, pro-abortion members.
And the Republicans were silent
SB 777 -- a “Stealth Attack” advances through the California legislature.
Bible Christian Society
A MUST bookmark/favorite website!
John is AWESOME! He shares his knowledge of scripture and instills confidence so that all can defend the Faith!
John is AWESOME! He shares his knowledge of scripture and instills confidence so that all can defend the Faith!
SPP News Items - Before the Meeting
Negotiating North America: The Security and Prosperity Partnership (download - pdf.file)
Critics fear superhighway to integration
Security beefed up for 'Three Amigos Summit'
Senior U.S. delegation schedules Press Conference in Canada's capital August 20, in solidarity with activists against the SPP
On Eve of SPP Summit, 110,000 Citizens Sign Petition Opposing Move to North American Union
Critics fear superhighway to integration
Security beefed up for 'Three Amigos Summit'
Senior U.S. delegation schedules Press Conference in Canada's capital August 20, in solidarity with activists against the SPP
On Eve of SPP Summit, 110,000 Citizens Sign Petition Opposing Move to North American Union
North American leaders can flip the channel on summit protesters
Upcoming Meeting Fuels 'North American Union' Fears
Yes, Virginia (Dare), There Is An SPP. And It Means (Big) Business
Opposition growing to quiet moves to integrate US, Mexico, Canada
Canada gears up for SPP protests
Where's the transparency in the 'Security' and 'Prosperity ...
Making the most of sharing a continent
SPP is public. By that alone, it cannot be seen as a secret agreement secretly arrived at. I won’t waste time on conspiracy theorists – they who smell treason everywhere. But when, with the help of the Freedom of Information Act, Judicial Watch can uncover official memos talking of the likely need for "stealth" to make SPP acceptable to Canadian, American and Mexican publics, it’s time to insist on openness.
McManus Goes to Canada with Anti-SPP Delegation (John Birch Society)
Amero - Parody
¡Está aquÃ! 'Amero' makes coinage debut
Parody designer imagines North American Union currency
Parody designer imagines North American Union currency
"Get real, stop theologising: Bishop Manning"
"We're not interpreting [the Gospel] in the terms that Christ wanted us to and that is in our attitude of loving other people, and especially loving those who are below our status and people who are suffering," Bishop Manning said.
"Intimate contact between priest and people is lacking to some extent. We've become too professional; too administrative. And I include myself in that. The role of the bishop has become very much centred in his chancery office whereas, what was Christ's attitude to all this? He was out there with the people all the time. I think we've lost that very important contact between the shepherd and his people.
"We've become a middle class church we've lost the poor people out of our schools “ we've become too middle class; our schools have become too costly “ and, to me, that's telling a story right through the church. We are neglecting the poor and the needy."
"My conclusion is that as we climb up the social ladder and become nice and comfortable in our lives with money and affluence and everything else we don't need God. I think this is what has happened in many of our parishes," Bishop Manning said.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
A Peek Behind Closed Doors
Make sure you read the pdf file listed in this article --> Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Ministerial Meeting held in Ottawa on February 23rd, 2007
Digital Angel Corporation Awarded Tender by United Nations Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency to Microchip Llamas in Peru
WHY????!!!!!
"the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is an agency of the United Nations, has awarded Digital Angel a tender to microchip llamas in Peru. The IAEA wants to ensure the llama population remains unaffected from nearby nuclear power plants. The initial order calls for 1,000 microchips and two readers."
Peruvian llamas to be guinea pigs
WHY????!!!!!
"the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is an agency of the United Nations, has awarded Digital Angel a tender to microchip llamas in Peru. The IAEA wants to ensure the llama population remains unaffected from nearby nuclear power plants. The initial order calls for 1,000 microchips and two readers."
Peruvian llamas to be guinea pigs
= )Getting those chips in the llamas could be tricky, the newspaper noted, since animal experts say the woolly beasts of burden, weighing up to 500 pounds, are known to spit and bite. Llamas have a reputation for being quick learners and are "extremely curious and alert."
Friday, August 10, 2007
Everything's Made of Ice at Dubai Bar
Brrrrr! What happens when the power goes out? Wish there was a place like that here in the southeast this weekend. Getting ready to hit the 100+ degree mark again...come on Oct.While the new, $3 million hangout, which opened in a Dubai mall in June, is expected to become a must-see tourist destination, it also is expected to raise questions about already high energy consumption in this desert land.
Divine Word priest's throat cut
Prayers of thanksgiving to Our Heavenly FATHER for the survival of Fr. Ho...and we'll continue to pray for his complete recovery.
VeriChip - Deal to Simplify the Business of Implanted Identity
It's a good thing.... = )The company has been furnishing hospitals with readers and software, but with few people willing to have the implants, it has been hard to demonstrate that the technology has benefits that cannot be achieved less invasively with other methods.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Plans for Economic Integration
by Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly
And this reminder...
And this reminder...
Right.The State Department claims the purpose is to “develop common approaches to transnational security threats and to expand economic productivity by streamlining trade among the countries.”
Cancer-stricken Pavarotti 'under observation' in hospital
O Blessed Mother intercede for him in his needs and may she hold him close to her Immaculate Heart!
From Reuters: FACTBOX: Key facts about Luciano Pavarotti
From Reuters: FACTBOX: Key facts about Luciano Pavarotti
RFID Vendors to Demonstrate Benefits of Item-level Apparel Tagging
Notice the list of speakers at the event!
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
JW releases Totalization Agreement with Mexico
The US & SS!
READ!
(pdf. file)
Pass along this info to friends and family-all US citizens!
VeriChip on CBS's "The Early Show" Thurs. 7/9/07
VeriChip Corporation’s Appearance on CBS’ The Early Show Postponed- rescheduled to air tomorrow a.m.
And I just noticed this....run your mouse/arrow over the image on this page over the words "There when you need it"---look what shows up- a small yellow box pops up-"RFID for people "...is that scary enough?!!!!
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
40 Days For Life
Look at how many people are interested in praying and fasting for LIFE!
See the world premiere 30-minute documentary film that aired on EWTN here.
See the world premiere 30-minute documentary film that aired on EWTN here.
To learn more about 40 Days for Life go here (pdf. file)
Let's GO!
Oh, yeah...spread the word!
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Feast of the Our Lady of the Angels
Our Lady, Queen of the Angels
Patriarchal Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels Shrine of the Porziuncola The Portiuncula Chapel
Please say this prayer:
Our Lady, Queen of Angels
This prayer was approved by the Church. A person who says it receives a 300 day indulgence.
Another Version:
Patriarchal Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels Shrine of the Porziuncola The Portiuncula Chapel
Please say this prayer:
Our Lady, Queen of Angels
August Queen of Heaven, sovereign Mistress of the Angels, who didst receive from the beginning the mission and the power to crush the serpent's head, we beseech thee to send thy oly Angels, that under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe. Most holy Mother, send thy Angels to defend us and to drive the cruel enemy from us. Amen. All ye holy Angels and Archangels help and defend us.
This prayer was approved by the Church. A person who says it receives a 300 day indulgence.
Another Version:
August Queen of Heaven, sovereign queen of Angels, you who at the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan, we beseech you humbly, send your holy legions so that, on your orders and by your power, they will track down demons, fight them everywhere, curb their audacity and plunge them into the abyss.Who can be compared to God? Oh good and tender Mother, you will always be our love and our hope. Oh divine Mother, send the Holy Angels and Archangels to defend me and to keep the cruel enemy far from me.
Holy Angels and Archangels defend us, protect us. Amen.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
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