Michael Brown - Our Blessed Mother Weeps & MHR

'WEEPING' STATUES MAY REFER TO TROUBLES IN CHURCH AS FOCUS IS ON RENEGADE PARISH

Yes, I believe Our Blessed Mother is crying for all her children...most especially her priests.

Please don't cry 'Momma'...we'll make it better...we'll pray more and accept our crosses for love of HIM and YOU!

Austin, TX PP OPENED today...

New "Planned Parenthood" Building Opens in Austin Today

Remember?

Could One Man Influence Abortion Law?

MHR - "The Culmination of Years of Dissent"

Verichip

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Is this part of the 'plan'?

Lay Catholics step up during priest shortage

Gautier considers the emergence of people in this role a stop-gap measure. "It's not like all parishes are going to be replaced by lay people," Gautier said. "It's to help them out until there's such a time as there's enough priests to go around."

I pray and hope so!

With Minninger empowered as a pastoral minister, she's not only able to counsel church members but can pick up such duties as preaching, presiding over funerals and baptizing children when a priest isn't available.

[snip]

Well apparently, she sees this for the future....hmmmm...'plan'....?

But Minninger said her family fully supports her new career, and its rewards far outweigh its challenges. "I would hope that in this position that I or anyone else in this ministry will be able to model for other people the many ways that you can serve in the church," she said. "I do see this as a part of the future of the church."

Well there ya' go....it is the 'plan'.

VOTF - National Conference News Wrap-Up

Catholic group accused of not supporting abuse victims

And since they've got no where else to go on issues...why not jump on the same old worn out issue---Allowing married priests may be group’s next goal

"Rev. Richard McBrien, a theologian at the University of Notre Dame and a longtime friend of the group"... again visits...celibacy:

There is another reason as well for reconsidering the rule, he said. In such a pool of men for whom lifelong celibacy is not a problem there is bound to be a disproportionate number of “sexually immature or sexually dysfunctional candidates,” he said. Opening the door of the priesthood to married men would broaden the pool of quality candidates, he said.

Nah....the issue is HOLINESS and Mr. Hayes hits it (DITTO!) :

Michael Hayes, managing editor of a Web site, BustedHalo.com, and author of Googling God, offered members in a workshop yesterday some of the challenges that Voice of the Faithful faces in trying to reach out to younger Catholics, particularly those in the so-called Millennium Generation, born after 1980.

In contrast to the Voice of the Faithful members, who are often perceived as more distrustful of authority, including church leaders, the Millenniums, said Hayes, are far more trusting of civil and church authority. They are more likely to get involved in helping one’s neighbor not because it’s a nice thing to do but because it is what Jesus asks of them, and far more comfortable than Baby Boomers to pray alone before the Blessed Sacrament and to seek out a priest for confession — all things the Voice of the Faithful members need to appreciate more if they’re ever going to reach a new generation.

Catholic Hospitals

A question of last rights
What if a Catholic hospital doesn't respect your wishes?

Can a Health Care Market Be Moral? A Catholic Vision

BINGO, SPI, & $$$

Bingo a big business for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

ANSWERED PRAYERS! - Priests FREED

Kidnapped Catholic priests freed in Iraq

Thank and Praise YOU FATHER,

Thank and Praise YOU JESUS,

Thank and Praise You HOLY SPIRIT!

Judicial Watch Obtains New FDA Documents Re: Abortion Pill RU-486

Feast Day of St. Gaspar del Bufalo:Apostle of Devotion to His Most Precious Blood

St. Gaspar founded the Society of the Precious Blood

His Life

Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, C.PP.S.- His Blog - Rifugio San Gaspare

"WEAPONS FOR GAINING HEAVEN"

Eucharistic Miracles:

• Blanot, France -- 1331
• Bolsena-Orvieta, Italy
• Lanciano, Italy -- 8th century A.D.

Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. :

• Devotion to the Precious Blood
• The Precious Blood of Christ

Litany of the Most Precious Blood

May HIS MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD pour down

over this country and the ENTIRE WORLD!

Commentary: Archbishop Niederauer & MHR

Archbishop Niederauer blaming filmers and bloggers
"The problem is, the Archbishop and priest of the diocese aren’t focusing their heat on MHR, they’re taking shots at the people who caught the incident on video and who are writing about it on the internet."

AGAIN, DITTO!

Commentary on SPI's Recent Press Release

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence now teach theology

DITTO!

Giuliani

Perkins: Giuliani supports marriage amendment

Giuliani did not mention the amendment or the issue of gay marriage during his address to the Values Voters Summit, but that position could win him favor with some social conservatives who view the former mayor warily.

Perkins said that was not enough to assuage his concerns about Giuliani, but “it was nice to hear.”

Allies of DREAM ACT

DREAM Act Organizational Sign-On Letter

"Commonweal" weighs in on S.F.

Suspended Catholic cleric has Vatican gay list -- report <

Holy Cross 'Catholic Status' At Risk Over Planned Parenthood, NARAL

Durbin and Others Revive DREAM Act Amnesty In New Bill

Although senators have, thus far, passed on tacking the DREAM Act amnesty on as an amendment to several other bills, majority leadership is now pushing for a vote on the DREAM Act as a stand-alone measure. That bill is expected to be S. 2205, introduced yesterday (no text yet available) by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and cosponsored by two long-tenured Republicans. It is imperative that NumbersUSA members contact their senators to stave off any future activity on the DREAM Act.

DREAM Act: 202-224-3121

George Bush's deference to international law

REMEMBER? - Parish cancels 'Catholic' drag queens' bingo games

Prayers to St. Anthony for Conversion

Catholics Deny Communion on Political Grounds

Conservative Catholics are once again up in arms against the Sisters, this time because members went to Most Holy Redeemer Church in the Castro on the Sunday morning of the Castro Street Fair to partake in one of the world’s stranger religious rituals: the eating of the body of Jesus Christ (their alleged crucified savior) and the drinking of his blood in the form of a wafer of bread and a sip of grape juice (or are they still using wine?). Archbishop Niederauer, who was saying the Mass, noticed the unusually dressed persons, but gave them Communion anyway. After all, when in Rome.I’m not a Catholic anymore, but as I recall, that’s what priests are supposed to do. Nuns and priests in the schools I attended never said, “we don’t give Communion to gay guys dressed as nuns.”

[snip]

So very sad!

At least it’s not the bad old days when the Archbishop would have just ordered the Sisters burned at the stake.

Tommi Avicolli Mecca is thankfully an ex-Catholic, atheist writer and performer with a website, www.avicollimecca.com

Prayers to St. Anthony for Conversion

Loving Saint Anthony you always reached out in compassion to those who had lost their faith. You were especially concerned because they had lost access to the healing words of Jesus found in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and in the nourishing presence of Jesus in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

Intercede for (name) who has stopped practicing his/her faith. Reawaken in his/her heart a love for our Church and the sacraments, and enkindle in his/her heart a sense of forgiveness for the ways he/she might have been hurt by members of the Church who fell short of the teaching of Christ.

Finally, St. Anthony, help me to respond to my own call to conversion so that I might become an example of someone who has found great peace in the arms of Christ. May the joy I experience as a Catholic be an invitation to those who are lost to come home again to the Church which we love. Amen.

One of my fav. actresses dies...

Actress Deborah Kerr dies at 86

Pretty pics.

One of my fav. movies--"An Affair to Remember"! = (

MHR-San Francisco Archbishop giving Communion to 'nuns' overblown

Jesuit Father Donal Godfrey, one of the Mass concelebrants, said the way the two men were dressed was "disrespectful to religious sisters," but he said he felt "it probably wasn't their intention (to offend.) They knelt in all the right places. They stood in all the right places. Except for the way they were dressed, they weren't doing anything disrespectful."

"I thought it was disrespectful for somebody to go to another church with the intention of filming it," he added, "without asking the pastor permission to do that and, second, with the intention of using that in a hostile way, without having a conversation first with the pastor. On the face of it, they were out to get the archbishop."

Asked about reaction he had received, Archbishop Niederauer expressed concern about the impact of Web logs, or blogs.

"The blogosphere is a kind of dangerous, endless recess in a global schoolyard," he said, "where the bullies with the biggest bullhorns can shout whatever they want."

Get your bullhorns ready!!

Political Notebook: SF archbishop in hot water

Matt Dorsey, an openly gay member of the church's parish council, dismissed the criticisms against the Sisters receiving the Eucharist as having little to do with Catholicism.

"This organization is a hard right fundamentalist group that does not represent mainstream Catholics, and frankly, does not espouse any teaching of Jesus Christ I am aware of," said Dorsey. "The same people object to Communion being given to Nancy Pelosi , John Kerry, and Rudy Giuliani. The truth is this isn't about religion; it is about the culture war and their efforts to drag the archbishop into it."

NCReporter's John Allen-ANALYSIS: What's the significance of Benedict's picks?

SPI Press Release on MHR

Sisters Upset Communion Being Turned into Political Issue

VeriChip Corporation Adds More Than 200 Hospitals at the American College of Emergency Physician

REPARATION BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

"Wafer Madness In S.F." - HEADLINE on front page of the SG Chronicle.

And this one-Weirdest Headline Ever

Prayer of Reparation

O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore thee profoundly. I offer thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of thee the conversion of poor sinners.

LET WASHINGTON, D.C. FEEL YOUR WRATH THIS WEEK

This is long----but please stay with it!

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT because there's alot of info in this --in one place!

Archbishop Niederauer team spinning damage control

23 New Cardinals

And this site is a great reference site -> What the Cardinals Believe

-Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

- Archbishop John Patrick Foley, pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

- Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State.

- Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum."

- Archbishop Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican, vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City and president of the Fabric of St. Peter's.

- Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

- Archbishop Raffaele Farina S.D.B., archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church.

- Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco Vicente of Valencia, Spain.

- Archbishop Sean Baptist Brady of Armagh, Ireland.

- Archbishop Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona, Spain.

- Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois of Paris, France.

- Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, Italy.

- Archbishop Theodore-Adrien Sarr of Dakar, Senegal.

- Archbishop Oswald Gracias of Bombay, India.

- Archbishop Francisco Robles Ortega of Monterrey, Mexico.

- Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, U.S.A.

- Archbishop Odilio Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

- Archbishop John Njue of Nairobi, Kenya.

Archbishop Tells MHR to Remove Thank-you from Transvestite 'Sister' from online bulletin

Happy Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Antioch

St. Ignatius' Letters

Abortion Business Death Raises Questions

House Approves Extension to 'Net Tax Ban

Anti-sanctuary measure in the Senate; DREAM Act resurrected

Stop the Dream Act

CALL!

CONTACT SENATORS

FIRST NORTH AMERICAN UNION DRIVERS LICENSES ISSUED IN US

ANTI-NAU WARRIORS BEGINNING TO MOVE THE ROCK UPHILL

C-SPAN J. Corsi discusses -"The Late Great USA" - you've gotta watch this one.

SUNLIGHT, PRAYER, & BLEACH NEEDED

Cardinal Herranz: Vatican first to want an internal cleansing

You're Kidding? No...they're not!

Brom asks Catholics to help pay settlement

PRAYER ALERT - Update on 2 kidnapped priests in Iraq

Kidnappers go back on pledge to free priests

There's not enough to do!

“Chocolate Jesus” Comes Back to New York

40 DAYS FOR LIFE UPDATE: 1/2 WAY THERE - DAY 20

Listen to Bishop Samuel Aquila of the Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota.

UPDATE: Offensive Costumes (Priest & Nun) - in KS & other item

Halloween Costumes Spark Protest
"But if I had been busy doing the things I should've been doing the past several years— praying more and being a good witness— it wouldn't have come to this. There wouldn't be costumes like that."

It figures--Survey details Halloween buying habits

Johnson County grand jury hands down obscenity indictments

Halloween Store Obscenity Charges Dropped

From a reader - her report:

Dear Friends,

I called the "Spirit Halloween" main number at 1-800-COSTUME and spoke to someone who carefully took down my complaint re: the obscene adult costumes of a priest and nun at the "Spirit Halloween" stores http://www.spirithalloween.com/. This person explained she would foreword it to the appropriate person. I also sent an email to help@spirithalloween.com.

Then I immediately called my local "Spirit Halloween" store to ask if they were carrying the obscene adult costumes of a priest and nun. The manager, who answered the phone, said "yes, they had these costumes". I explained that I was a Catholic and extremely offended by this direct insult on Catholic priests, nuns and the entire Catholic Church. This manager proudly told me that she too, was not only a Catholic, but was also a Confirmation teacher at her Catholic parish here in town. She thinks it's just fine to have these profane costumes and said, "we really need to pick our battles". When I commented we would never see costumes of this nature depicting the Jewish or Islamic faith, she said, "Oh, I don't know about that". I pleaded with her, in a very respectful tone, to try to understand the disrespect this brings to our priests and nuns and I told her that I would be praying she makes the right decision to remove the offensive costumes. She thanked me. I AM praying! Please do the same....

Thank you and God bless!

XXXX

I called too and was told they could address the issue in 2 weeks. I told them I didn't have 2 weeks. So I pushed the issue and asked that someone higher contact me. The young lady on the other end said that they would probably call me. YEA RIGHT. We have to continually work and fight to defend HIM in all that we do and say. NO matter what. So let's keep calling them and sending emails.

This isn't just a culture war folks---IT'S SPIRITUAL WARFARE!

Again: "But if I had been busy doing the things I should've been doing the past several years— praying more and being a good witness— it wouldn't have come to this. There wouldn't be costumes like that."

Are you ready? Another piece of ammo available to each faithful Catholic is Blessed Salt. Why not visit the local stores to pray and place blessed salt on the premises.

And remember IN YOUR FAITH is where the HIS POWER LIVES!

Put the 'V' for victory-HIS Victory --in the 'LIES' - LIVES--HE LIVES!

SPIRIT HALLOWEEN STORES-NEWS Items:

Seasonal Halloween stores come to Dallas, then disappear like ghosts

MHR Removes from online Bulletin - "Delta's" "Thank you Note" & MHR in the News-FINALLY!

The "Thank You Note" was prominently over the 'thank you blurb' to the Young Adult Group for assisting in the Castro Street Fair. It now appears that the 'October Count' has replaced the 'The Thank Note'....but that's not enough folks imho! Something more than that is going to have to happen!

SF-MHR News (finally, the local media is 'on' the situation):

SF Archbishop Uproar: Communion To Fake, Gay Nuns

Angry Emails Target SF Catholic Archdiocese

Bill O'Reilly, SF Archbishop George Niederauer and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Sacrilege

And a huge 'Thank You' and prayers to and for Fr. Anthony Mary MFVA for his consoling and teaching in his homily this a.m. on how to make reparation to HIS MOST SACRED HEART on this feast day of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.

CONSOLE HIM HERE

Duquesne Catholic University President Stops Planned Parenthood Ads

Bishop Warns College May Lose Catholic Name for Not Cancelling Pro-Abortion Groups in Conference

Fr. Euteneuer Applauds Bishop McManus for Defense of Church

40 Days for Life - Perspective from the 'other side'

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PRAY FOR US!

Canadians call for vote on SPP

2 Priests Released in Iraq - guarded info

Iraq: Attack at Base Kills 5 Iraqis

Also Monday, a Catholic priest in Mosul said two other priests from his church had been released a day earlier, hours after they were kidnapped on their way home from a funeral in northern Iraq. The priest requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media and the report could not immediately be verified.

MILWAUKEE RABBIS AND IMAMS GET MILLER PHOTOS; BOYCOTT IS IN FULL SWING

Costumes AGAIN- BEWARE CHILDREN'S COSTUMES

pg.2, pg. 3, & pg. 4

Would you let your child-young girl wear these?

NOT ME!

BOYCOTT - "SPIRIT HALLOWEEN" STORES & INTERNET

****Warning offensive material****

Obscene adult costumes of a priest and nun are being distributed on the internet and to local Halloween stores across the nation.

In two Albuquerque Halloween stores, costumes of the "Happy Priest" and "Pregnant Nun" are openly displayed. "The Happy Priest" costume depicts a priest with an erection while the costume of a pregnant nun is called "Thank you, Father". Other filthy nun outfits displayed on the website include the "Sexy Nun" and "Sexy One Bad Habit". While other costumes of religious figures including a Rabbi and Moses are available, only the priest and nun are portrayed in a profane and raunchy fashion; truly the product of cynical, sick mind!

Local Albuquerque Catholic activists are organizing a boycott and pickets at two Spirit Halloween stores.

Please protest the obscene costumes. Tell them as a Catholic you are deeply offended by this bigoted attack using obscene costumes on the thousands of Catholic clergy and religious in America who devote their lives in countless ministries to sacrifice and humbly serve the Church and people in need in communities everywhere.

Call the main distributor of this filthy display of bigotry and prejudice against Catholic religious at 1-800-COSTUME and tell them to remove these costumes from distribution NOW!

I know everybody (including myself) is tired of this stuff...it's ok. Just remember that we can not be complacent in this battle. Think of all the graces ready to be bestowed upon each of us! AWESOME! And again, we don't have to leave our homes to travel barefoot across barren deserts!

Here's our moment to wipe away the tears and blood from HIS BROW in the Garden of Gethsemane. WOW! What blessings!

Also remember Prayers of Reparation:

O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore thee profoundly. I offer thee the most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of thee the conversion of poor sinners.

MHR

“It allows me to live the life of Christ in fabulous make up and heels”

BEWARE OF - Movie: 'The Golden Compass'

Philip Pullman film stripped of religious themes

Catholic League condemns 'The Golden Compass'

PRAYER ALERT - 2 Catholic Priests Kidnapped in Iraq

Iraq: two Catholic priests kidnapped

Are there no Catholic Billy Mitchells?

Archbishop Niederauer's questionable apology

MHR Sunday Bulletin - SPI's -"DELTA" "Thank You Note"

To All the Folks at Most Holy Redeemer,
Just a quick note to recognize the wonderful Mass (Oh, there they are! Look to the far left under the choir loft corner)yesterday at your Church to welcome Archbishop Niederauer. Your entire congregation was so welcoming and it was great to be able to participate in the Mass. The service was absolutely beautiful and I know that I personally walked away very inspired by both the Archbishop’s message and the angelic voices of your choir ringing in my ears! Amazing!

Afterwards, one of the parishioners offered us a blue “MHRC: An Inclusive Catholic Church” pin that I was proud to wear through the Castro Fair. You are a wonderfully inclusive Church!
Best Regards,Delta (Goodhand)

And this:

Street Fair (More info on 'Folsom fair')
We would like to thank the Young Adult Group for staffing the parish information booth at the Castro Street fair. Thank you also to the Support Group for facilitating the parish’s presence in this neighborhood celebration.

This is over the edge...that they (the parish) would publish this in their bulletin...come on... OBSTINATE! This also blows apart Bill O'Reilly's argument...doesn't it!? THEY WERE WELCOMED! Mr. O'Reilly there's a bigger problem in SF...and it's not just about the politicians and media!

THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT PREVAIL!

Again, Prayers of Reparation!

Prayer of Reparation
O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore thee profoundly. I offer thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of thee the conversion of poor sinners.

REMEMBER THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED! THEY WERE WELCOMED!

Fatima

PRAY THE ROSARY!

Month of the HOLY ROSARY!

Fatima’s giant church is hiding no secrets

Catholic pilgrims flock to holy shrine Fatima

Selling religion in a pilgrim town

Rosary rally to 'pray for peace and the ending of abortions'

Public Rosary Campaign today!

DITTO!

Bill O'Reilly Didn't Do His Homework When Reporting On The San Francisco Sacrilege

"Green Martyrdom"

Archbishop Niederauer-“I must apologize”

One Step Away - 'Chipped Pets' 'REQUIRED'

Cedar Hill microchip rule aims to reduce lost pets

State law requires all Texas shelters to sterilize animals that are being adopted and mark them with a tattoo or implant a microchip saying the procedure has been done. Most shelters are using microchips because it also IDs the animal. The law went into effect in 2006.

"It's one more tool to get the animal home. First and foremost, it's about reuniting the animal and the owner," said Paul Curington, operations manager for Dallas Animal Services. "But you can look at that microchip as an enforcement tool. It's a way to drive responsibility into someone."

A few jurisdictions, such as Los Angeles County, require all pets to have microchips. El Paso is alone among Texas cities in requiring them for all dogs, cats and ferrets within the city limits, said Lorenzo Hinojos, the city's animal regulation and disease control supervisor.

[snip]

"It's a great idea," said Jay Sabatucci, president of the Texas Animal Shelter Coalition. "It's a relatively new idea, but I can see that coming in more places."

Most animal control officers carry scanners with them. [OUR FUTURE? Policeman carrying scanners?] They can return microchipped animals home rather than impound them, which frees up space in crowded shelters, Mr. Sabatucci said.

"Most people don't understand how the shelter business works," he said. "They don't want your animal."

[snip]

The shelter charges $25 to microchip an impounded animal. Officials hope to
offer the service to the public later at a reduced cost. [Money, money,
monnnneeeyy...monnneeey...]

SPCA of Texas hospitals charge $28 and Operation Kindness $15. Chips implanted by veterinarians can run from $45 to $75.

READ THE INFO ON HOW THE CHIPS WORK

Lodi doesn't plan to follow Stockton microchip pet law

'Hordes' clean pound out of pet microchips

NY - Spitzer Under Fire - IMMIGRATION

ALERT-"DREAM" AGAIN for VOTE Before Nov. 16th!

Judge Blocks U.S. from Cracking Down on Hiring Illegals

Scholars Explain Bush's SPP

Spokeswoman: 'No plan' for 'regional currency'

"Unaware of discussion cited by former Mexican prez"

"99 Balloons"

'Veil tip' to American Papist for this too!

WARNING: HANKY ALERT!

More on Archbishop Niederauer

'Veil tip' to Curt Jester and the American Papist for this one:Abp. Niederauer makes a second bad decision (and here's why)

A good read...

Mennonites continue peace and dialogue exchange with Catholics

Fortunate Families: Cath. parents of lesbian daughters & gay sons share their stories w/Bishops

Catholic News:

Roman Catholic bishop upset over conference at Holy Cross

Can a Catholic College Exist Today?

Worker suspended over Jesus image

Polish police evicts rebellious nuns from convent

Some Catholic Leaders Upset Over New Nicole Kidman Movie

Catholic group urges fight on condo statue ban

“Not the conservative Catholic Church”

Initiative to develop Catholic educators

Mexican church spokesman says added security is for cathedral, not ...

Enough?

KEEP PRAYING!

Reminder: Vatican Document on Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons

LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE PASTORAL CARE OF HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS

3."(Individual homosexual actions) were described...as being 'intrinsically disordered', and able in no case to be approved of...Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder. Therefore special concern and pastoral attention should be directed toward those who have this condition, lest they be led to believe that the living out of this orientation in homosexual activity is a morally acceptable option. It is not."

7."A person engaging in homosexual behaviour therefore acts immorally."

8."Nevertheless, increasing numbers of people today, even within the Church, are bringing enormous pressure to bear on the Church to accept the homosexual condition as though it were not disordered and to condone homosexual activity. Those within the Church who argue in this fashion often have close ties with those with similar views outside it...The Church's ministers must ensure that homosexual persons in their care will not be misled by this point of view, so profoundly opposed to the teaching of the Church. But the risk is great and there are many who seek to create confusion regarding the Church's position, and then to use that confusion to their own advantage."

9."The movement within the Church, which takes the form of pressure groups of various names and sizes, attempts to give the impression that it represents all homosexual persons who are Catholics. As a matter of fact, its membership is by and large restricted to those who either ignore the teaching of the Church or seek somehow to undermine it. It brings together under the aegis of Catholicism homosexual persons who have no intention of abandoning their homosexual behaviour. One tactic used is to protest that any and all criticism of or reservations about homosexual people, their activity and lifestyle, are simply diverse forms of unjust discrimination."
..."Even when the practice of homosexuality may seriously threaten the lives and well-being of a large number of people, its advocates remain undeterred and refuse to consider the magnitude of the risks involved. The Church can never be so callous. It is true that her clear position cannot be revised by pressure from civil legislation or the trend of the moment. But she is really concerned about the many who are not represented by the pro-homosexual movement and about those who may have been tempted to believe its deceitful propaganda. She is also aware that the view that homosexual activity is equivalent to, or as acceptable as, the sexual expression of conjugal love has a direct impact on society's understanding of the nature and rights of the family and puts them in jeopardy."

15."We encourage the Bishops, then, to provide pastoral care in full accord with the teaching of the Church for homosexual persons of their dioceses. No authentic pastoral program will include organizations in which homosexual persons associate with each other without clearly stating that homosexual activity is immoral."

17."All support should be withdrawn from any organizations which seek to undermine the teaching of the Church (regarding homosexual behavior), which are ambiguous about it, or which neglect it entirely. Such support, or even the semblance of such support, can be gravely misinterpreted. Special attention should be given to the practice of scheduling religious services and to the use of Church buildings by these groups, including the facilities of Catholic schools and colleges. To some, such permission to use Church property may seem only just and charitable; but in reality it is contradictory to the purpose for which these institutions were founded, it is misleading and often scandalous."

"During an audience granted to the undersigned Prefect (Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger), His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, approved this Letter, adopted in an ordinary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and ordered it to be published."

Archbishop Nierderauer Responds

San Francisco Archbishop Responds After Caught on Video Giving Communion to Gay Men Dressed as Nuns
"At Most Holy Redeemer Church Oct. 7, I noticed no protest, no demonstration, no disruption of the Sunday Eucharist," said Archbishop Nierderauer. "The congregation was devout and the liturgy was celebrated with reverence. Toward the end of the Communion line two strangely dressed persons came to receive Communion. I did not see any mock religious garb. As I recall, one of them wore a large flowered hat or garland."

Second World-Prayer-Congress for Life

Archbishop Fulton Sheen on Prayer & Meditation

Prayer & Meditation

If you can worry - you can meditate!

MHR- VIDEO - Mass with SPI & Archbishop Niederauer-

'Veil tip' to Gibbons Cooney at "A Shepherd's Voice"- Fr. John Malloy's blog and to Quamdiu Domine .

In this month of the HOLY ROSARY... I beg Prayers of Reparation before the Blessed Sacrament:

Pardon Prayer
O My God, I believe, I adore, I trust, and I love you! And I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust, and do not love you.

Prayer of Reparation

O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore thee profoundly. I offer thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended.

By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of thee the conversion of poor sinners.

Eucharistic Prayer

Most Holy Trinity, I adore you! My God, my god, I love you in the Most Blessed Sacrament!

Sacrifice Prayer
O my Jesus, it is for love of you, in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and for the conversion of poor sinners.

Why I am not a Republican-J. Corsi

We now have 10 percent of Mexico's population living in the United States as Mexican nationals. As a result, we have already become a dual country, whether we like it or not, and I don't remember that anybody was ever given the chance to vote on it.

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Electing Republicans is not my priority. Electing moral Christian politicians who will remain true to constitutional principles is my goal.

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My point is that there are not enough Republican Party true believers to win a national presidential election without the moral Christians brought into the GOP by Ronald Reagan.

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Today, unfortunately, on issues of illegal immigration and open borders, it is hard to tell apart many Republicans from most Democrats.

If we get a Bush-Clinton dynasty extending to a Hillary Clinton presidency, we will get more globalism. But the problem is that all the top tier Republican candidates for president are themselves members of the Council on Foreign relations. So what's the difference?

Ex-Mexican prez: 'Amero' on the way

"Vicente Fox confirms long-term deal worked out with President Bush"

CNN - King & V. Fox - Transcript

"KING: E-mail from Mrs. Gonzalez in Elizabeth, New Jersey. "Mr. Fox, I would like to know how you feel about the possibility of having a Latin America united with one currency?"
FOX: Long term, very long term. What we propose together, President Bush and myself, it's ALCA, which is a trade union for all of the Americas. And everything was running fluently until Hugo Chavez came. He decided to isolate himself. He decided to combat the idea and destroy the idea...
KING: It's going to be like the euro dollar, you mean?
FOX: Well, that would be long, long term. I think the processes to go, first step into is trading agreement. And then further on, a new vision, like we are trying to do with NAFTA.
KING: How is NAFTA doing?"

MORE- MHR-SF, Archbishop Niederauer, & The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer Gives Communion to Blasphemous ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’

Catholic ‘Drag Nun Bingo’ Parish, Most Holy Redeemer, Participates in San Francisco Pride Parade 2007

HEAVEN HEAR & HELP US!

Under the Odd Column - Cut Outs - Sisters of Mercy Pictures

City Resident Thwarts Giant Nun Invasion

"Each one was a cutout picture with wheels attached to the soles of sensible black shoes, zip-tied to a tree, fence or light post." (You gotta see the picture)

Christmas wars begin again, city ballot organized to return Nativity display

PP Aurora

Extra Credit

"Perhaps the biggest winners of the opening of our clinic are Catholic school kids. Why? Because Catholic schools award extra credit for school kids to come on out and rally against choice."

Yeah-right.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Folsom

"Over the years, the Sisters have awarded several thousand dollars in grants to a number of religious-based groups, including Catholic ones. We also actively supported Most Holy Redeemer church, the Castro neighborhood's local Catholic parish, until a very vocal minority of Catholics (most of whom lived outside of California) forced Most Holy Redeemer to cancel our rental agreement with them. Their ignorance about who the Sisters are and how we serve the community cost Most Holy Redeemer a considerable amount of monthly income and had the unfortunate side effect of driving many of their parishioners away from the Church."

Oh, no...we certainly know who you are....GOD HAVE MERCY!
MILLER BALKS—LEAGUE RESPONDS

San Fran in the news again...

“We have to work with the legislators we have, not the ones we wish we had”

VeriChip - This has been in the works for awhile...

Plan to 'chip' Alzheimer's patients causes protest - health -

Bracelets could also label people as mentally ill, whereas an implanted chip is much less obvious, says Rick Rader of the Orange Grove Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The centre, which cares for children with Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism, was in the media spotlight two years ago when it considered using VeriChip's device in a similar study on its patients, a plan that has since been put on the back burner.

Orange Grove Center VeriChip News items: NPR : Ethical Questions Raised over Implantable Chips

Tennessee Center Considers Offering VeriChip Technology, NPR's

Chips Spark Ethics Concerns

VeriChip - Life keeps getting easier - and scarier

PP AURORA- BLOG

NARAL Pro-Choice America Wins Fight over Corporate Censorship

Guess I'm not moving to Verizon...

CTA Call To Action 2007 National Conference

Call To Action 2007 National Conference
Focus Sessions & Presentations

'Amero coming within decade'

Endowed by their Creator

Bush: All religions pray to 'same God'

GOD has marked special places for YOU, NO MATTER how 'BAD' at times things seem

Presidential Candidates

Priest urges Catholics to elect those who value ‘all’ lives

Clergy Concurs on Burke's Communion Policy

Bishop: Giuliani refused sacrament

Discovering the NEW AGE Movement

Constance Cumbey Author of "The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow" tells her story on how she discovered the New Age Movement.

San Diego Diocese Seeks Donations

"The Catholic Diocese of San Diego is asking parishioners and priests to make contributions to help pay for the recent $198.1 million sexual abuse settlement."

I'm disgusted!!!