Monday, October 22, 2007

From Fr. Mark - His Homily from France

BEAUTIFUL and quite consoling in the midst of our trials from this past week!

Shamnesty alert:Desperate Dems & the DREAM Act

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"

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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.

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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!

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