Abortion foes gain on new front
State ‘fetal pain' bills advance
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI, Keeler, & Baltimore
Pope will not visit Baltimore for rededication of Basilica
"Spokesman Sean T. Caine said that Pope Benedict's schedule will not allow him to visit for the rededication of the nation's first Roman Catholic cathedral. But with the pope considering a visit to the United States in 2007, Cardinal William H. Keeler has asked him to consider a stop in Baltimore, Caine said."
Considering my many issues with the Sisters of Mercy-Baltimore (Mount St. Agnes Theological Center for Women)--I would so strongly desire to meet with them and discuss this situation before it's tentacles continue to spread across the country.
The Mercy women have already set up a "chapter" here in Birmingham under the guise of "Mercy Associates"-lay women's group with plans for another future local group to be entwinned together here in Birmingham ("A second group is preparing to join this inital group next year."). Since the diocese doesn't use the internet for our diocesan news (darnit) I'll have to quote from it as it is was reported in "The One Voice":
"Mercy Association Initiates First Group of Women"-
"Each new Mercy Associate made a promise of a ministerial work of Mercy (scroll down) to which she is committed and recieved a symbol of her committment, a Mercy Associate pin.
The key elements of Mercy association are as follows: A sense of calling by God, i.e. a Mercy dimension of the universal call to holiness; Orientation to Catherine McAuley (Foundress), Mercy, and Mercy history; Participation in local and regional Mercy life and mission; Formal, ritualized committment; Leadership of associates by associates in collaboration with Sisters of Mercy; Regular meetings, retreats and/or reflection days and opportunties for social and recreational gatherings; Networking of associates at Institute/interreligious/regional gatherings; Periodic evaluation of association; Committment to furthering multi-cultural and multi-lingual participation."
Won't Benedict XVI please come and clean all of this up?
"Spokesman Sean T. Caine said that Pope Benedict's schedule will not allow him to visit for the rededication of the nation's first Roman Catholic cathedral. But with the pope considering a visit to the United States in 2007, Cardinal William H. Keeler has asked him to consider a stop in Baltimore, Caine said."
Considering my many issues with the Sisters of Mercy-Baltimore (Mount St. Agnes Theological Center for Women)--I would so strongly desire to meet with them and discuss this situation before it's tentacles continue to spread across the country.
The Mercy women have already set up a "chapter" here in Birmingham under the guise of "Mercy Associates"-lay women's group with plans for another future local group to be entwinned together here in Birmingham ("A second group is preparing to join this inital group next year."). Since the diocese doesn't use the internet for our diocesan news (darnit) I'll have to quote from it as it is was reported in "The One Voice":
"Mercy Association Initiates First Group of Women"-
"Each new Mercy Associate made a promise of a ministerial work of Mercy (scroll down) to which she is committed and recieved a symbol of her committment, a Mercy Associate pin.
The key elements of Mercy association are as follows: A sense of calling by God, i.e. a Mercy dimension of the universal call to holiness; Orientation to Catherine McAuley (Foundress), Mercy, and Mercy history; Participation in local and regional Mercy life and mission; Formal, ritualized committment; Leadership of associates by associates in collaboration with Sisters of Mercy; Regular meetings, retreats and/or reflection days and opportunties for social and recreational gatherings; Networking of associates at Institute/interreligious/regional gatherings; Periodic evaluation of association; Committment to furthering multi-cultural and multi-lingual participation."
Won't Benedict XVI please come and clean all of this up?
Monday, January 23, 2006
More on Schiavo...
This article says it so well....scroll down to Schiavo, Centonze Wed In Catholic Church.
Did you hear today's readings too?
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Schiavo married in--- Espiritu Santo Catholic Church.
WHERE ARE YOU BISHOP LYNCH?
GOD HAVE MERCY!
Did you hear today's readings too?
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Schiavo married in--- Espiritu Santo Catholic Church.
WHERE ARE YOU BISHOP LYNCH?
GOD HAVE MERCY!
.S.F. Pro-life Rally 2006
We all need to read this article and see the pictures of the San Francisco Pro-Life Rally this past weekend, just as we all need to see the horror of an aborted baby.
Please pray for these people. Remember OUR SAVIOR carried HIS CROSS and hung on IT FOR ALL OF THEM TOO. No wonder HE sweat HIS own PRECIOUS BLOOD in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Please pray for these people. Remember OUR SAVIOR carried HIS CROSS and hung on IT FOR ALL OF THEM TOO. No wonder HE sweat HIS own PRECIOUS BLOOD in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
WARNING-"Narrow Road Ahead"
More "The Book of Daniel" (TBoD) comments here. Scroll down and move upward. Interesting.
I liked this comment:
Sallie Says: January 8th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
"I find it interesting that Christianity is the only religion that gets held up to satire, mockery and travesty by prime time TV. It causes me to remember the warning we received in the Bible about dealing with principalities and powers. Forget the entertainment and look at the big picture!!!
How does this show glorify our Lord and Savior. How does getting our entertainment from watching the sins of others fit in with Christian living? And just what message does this show make to the unbelievers that we are trying to reach with the truth, when even the church officials were living hypocritical, sinful lives! ! !
Wake up. Narrow is the road."
I liked this comment:
Sallie Says: January 8th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
"I find it interesting that Christianity is the only religion that gets held up to satire, mockery and travesty by prime time TV. It causes me to remember the warning we received in the Bible about dealing with principalities and powers. Forget the entertainment and look at the big picture!!!
How does this show glorify our Lord and Savior. How does getting our entertainment from watching the sins of others fit in with Christian living? And just what message does this show make to the unbelievers that we are trying to reach with the truth, when even the church officials were living hypocritical, sinful lives! ! !
Wake up. Narrow is the road."
"The Book of Daniel"-Diane Winston-LA Times
The risk of playing religion straight
"This misses the point. "The Book of Daniel" doesn't disparage Bible-believing Christians. Instead, it demonstrates the difficulty of turning serious religion into entertainment. Religion can be played as sentimental, spooky or satire, but doing it straight — think "ER" repotted in a synagogue — is hard to pull off." Diane Winston-LA Times
"This misses the point. "The Book of Daniel" doesn't disparage Bible-believing Christians. Instead, it demonstrates the difficulty of turning serious religion into entertainment. Religion can be played as sentimental, spooky or satire, but doing it straight — think "ER" repotted in a synagogue — is hard to pull off." Diane Winston-LA Times
"Book of Daniel"-Sponsors List
Here's my sponsors list from the program of The Book of Daniel (Fri. 1-06-06):
I noticed that there were more NBC commercials than other paid sponsors. Hmmm? I wonder if they had a difficult time getting sponsors? It sure looked like it when all the Olympic ads were run.
NBC -promotion of their programs & the Winter Olympics
Disney (very hard to find -tho not their offical site-scroll down) a Blogger
Taco Bell
Burlington Coat Factory (here too)
Arby's (1-800-487-2729)
Cheerios-General Foods
Mercury (2 ads)
Mazda (2 ads)
Toyota
Movies- "Munich"&"King Kong",-Universal, "Memoirs of a Geisha" (btw-Da Vinci Code)& "Last Holiday"
Local network program promotions
I noticed that there were more NBC commercials than other paid sponsors. Hmmm? I wonder if they had a difficult time getting sponsors? It sure looked like it when all the Olympic ads were run.
NBC -promotion of their programs & the Winter Olympics
Disney (very hard to find -tho not their offical site-scroll down) a Blogger
Taco Bell
Burlington Coat Factory (here too)
Arby's (1-800-487-2729)
Cheerios-General Foods
Mercury (2 ads)
Mazda (2 ads)
Toyota
Movies- "Munich"&"King Kong",-Universal, "Memoirs of a Geisha" (btw-Da Vinci Code)& "Last Holiday"
Local network program promotions
Amy's "open book" discussion-"The Book of Daniel"
Over at "open book" the discussion on the highly offensive and controversial program on NBC, The Book of Daniel has been quite informative.
I have often wondered what keeps people from seizing their grace-filled moment from Father-God. He presents us all with a moment to actually defend HIS SON! And what do we do? We wait for the moment to pass and we decide either that it's not the right time or not enough time, we need to pray about it, we have other battles to fight, or we just don't care. I don't understand this kind of thinking. No, I do understand. We know who loves it when we sit and do nothing. Enough said there.
Back to a comment made on this discussion: Roger asks: "Does anyone know the name of an Episcopalian blog, on the level of "Open Book"?"
I too, wondered what the Episcopal Church or Episcopalian bloggers were writing/blogging. I am sad to say I found these: Father Jake Stops the World & The Blog of Daniel.
Will it just go away if we just leave it alone?
I'll post my sponsor list in the next posting.
I have often wondered what keeps people from seizing their grace-filled moment from Father-God. He presents us all with a moment to actually defend HIS SON! And what do we do? We wait for the moment to pass and we decide either that it's not the right time or not enough time, we need to pray about it, we have other battles to fight, or we just don't care. I don't understand this kind of thinking. No, I do understand. We know who loves it when we sit and do nothing. Enough said there.
Back to a comment made on this discussion: Roger asks: "Does anyone know the name of an Episcopalian blog, on the level of "Open Book"?"
I too, wondered what the Episcopal Church or Episcopalian bloggers were writing/blogging. I am sad to say I found these: Father Jake Stops the World & The Blog of Daniel.
Will it just go away if we just leave it alone?
I'll post my sponsor list in the next posting.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Yea! He's Back!
Fr. Bryce Sibley is BACK!
He's podcasting-"The Word Made Flesh"!
I can't wait to download to my new MP3 player I got for Christmas.
Yippee! I am so glad he is back!
He's podcasting-"The Word Made Flesh"!
I can't wait to download to my new MP3 player I got for Christmas.
Yippee! I am so glad he is back!
Monday, January 02, 2006
George Weigel on Benedict XVI
Hoping for a pontificate of reform
It was expected Joseph Ratzinger would bring intellect to the papacy, but now action is in demand
It was expected Joseph Ratzinger would bring intellect to the papacy, but now action is in demand
The Future of Jerusalem-Vatican Modeled
Sharon's expert-Sergio Della Pergola, the leading worldwide scholar of Jewish demographics expounds on the future of Jerusalem with the Vatican as the model and the identity of the Israeli people are at the origin of his plan.
Sandro Magister reports on this plan here.
"The Vatican was studied as a model because – although it is an independent state – it is administratively integrated into Italy in terms of its money, water supply, electricity, sewer system, telephone system, railroad, and security services."
On the surface, it sounds like it can work.
Our prayers continue for peace!
Sandro Magister reports on this plan here.
"The Vatican was studied as a model because – although it is an independent state – it is administratively integrated into Italy in terms of its money, water supply, electricity, sewer system, telephone system, railroad, and security services."
On the surface, it sounds like it can work.
Our prayers continue for peace!
2006 & The Bible Code
What to make of this information for 2006? The Bible Code
"The warnings that are most clearly stated in the code are (a) the world will face global economic collapse starting in the Hebrew year 5762. 2002 in the modern calendar. We know that one came true. (b) this will lead to a period of unprecedented danger as nations with nuclear weapons become unstable and terrorists can buy or steal the power to destroy whole cities. After 9/11 no one doubts it. And then of course there's the most terrible of the three predictions, god help us if this one comes true. The danger will peak in the Hebrew year 5766, 2006 in the modern calendar. The year that is most clearly encoded with both world war and atomic holocaust."
I don't think that we had a global economic collapse in 2002. But the 2nd one -(b)- can apply to this moment right now.
Needless to say, our prayers continue for mercy and the salvation of our souls.
LORD have mercy!
St. Michael defend us in battle...
Our Lady of Fatima pray for us!
"The warnings that are most clearly stated in the code are (a) the world will face global economic collapse starting in the Hebrew year 5762. 2002 in the modern calendar. We know that one came true. (b) this will lead to a period of unprecedented danger as nations with nuclear weapons become unstable and terrorists can buy or steal the power to destroy whole cities. After 9/11 no one doubts it. And then of course there's the most terrible of the three predictions, god help us if this one comes true. The danger will peak in the Hebrew year 5766, 2006 in the modern calendar. The year that is most clearly encoded with both world war and atomic holocaust."
I don't think that we had a global economic collapse in 2002. But the 2nd one -(b)- can apply to this moment right now.
Needless to say, our prayers continue for mercy and the salvation of our souls.
LORD have mercy!
St. Michael defend us in battle...
Our Lady of Fatima pray for us!
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Mary, Mother of God-Solemnity & Happy New Year!
Mary, Mother of God-Solemnity
Today from our Holy Father-Pope Benedict XVI-
“A mother is she who gives life but also she who helps and teaches how to live,” said the Pope. “Mary is Mother, Mother of Jesus to who she gave her blood, her body. And it is she who presents the eternal Word of the Father, come to live among us. Let us ask Mary to intercede for us. Her maternal protection accompanies us today and always, so that Christ may welcome us one day in his glory, in the communion of Saints”.
'O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Today from our Holy Father-Pope Benedict XVI-
“A mother is she who gives life but also she who helps and teaches how to live,” said the Pope. “Mary is Mother, Mother of Jesus to who she gave her blood, her body. And it is she who presents the eternal Word of the Father, come to live among us. Let us ask Mary to intercede for us. Her maternal protection accompanies us today and always, so that Christ may welcome us one day in his glory, in the communion of Saints”.
'O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
More from Mount St. Agnes (RSM) & Carol Lee Flinders
From the Dec. 2005-MSA -"The Scoop"- Spiritual Feminism Workshop. Carol Lee Flinders' association with this institute-Sophia Institute in Charleston, South Carolina.
"If women are to bring forth a new paradigm, built on inclusiveness, mutuality, and reverence for nature, their inner work must be as sustained and systematic as their analysis and their activism. To that end, this workshop will offer a meditative practice that can be carried out in any religious tradition (or none), and that is an ideal foundation for spiritually informed activism."
I have always noticed their systematic drive to change institutions. I consider that burning and razing institutions. Nothing like selfishness to run your emotions and behavior.
Get ready it's getting ready to be a bumpy and dangerous ride on that "train". Even though "the train has left the station" we can still derail and detour it. But let's not get "side-tracked"-defeated by their behavior or their plans. We keep pushing forward-onward and upward assisting in building up HIS KINGDOM on earth-NOT her kingdom!
"If women are to bring forth a new paradigm, built on inclusiveness, mutuality, and reverence for nature, their inner work must be as sustained and systematic as their analysis and their activism. To that end, this workshop will offer a meditative practice that can be carried out in any religious tradition (or none), and that is an ideal foundation for spiritually informed activism."
I have always noticed their systematic drive to change institutions. I consider that burning and razing institutions. Nothing like selfishness to run your emotions and behavior.
Get ready it's getting ready to be a bumpy and dangerous ride on that "train". Even though "the train has left the station" we can still derail and detour it. But let's not get "side-tracked"-defeated by their behavior or their plans. We keep pushing forward-onward and upward assisting in building up HIS KINGDOM on earth-NOT her kingdom!
Op-ed on Boston Catholic Charities from NCR
Extremists drive church agenda
"We can become the absolutists, the literalists who keep cutting off limbs and poking out eyes to fend off that which we find disagreeable. Or we can rediscover the robustness of true Catholicism. We can recognize that politics is not religion. We can rejoin the fray, making our points by persuasion and example, not by ultimatums, sulking and walking away."
This from the National Cath. Reporter Editor--He talks as if his faith were a CAN OF BEER!
I am surprised Hitler and the terrorist comparison is not made in this piece. I have heard it so many times before now. It's just very sad.
"We can become the absolutists, the literalists who keep cutting off limbs and poking out eyes to fend off that which we find disagreeable. Or we can rediscover the robustness of true Catholicism. We can recognize that politics is not religion. We can rejoin the fray, making our points by persuasion and example, not by ultimatums, sulking and walking away."
This from the National Cath. Reporter Editor--He talks as if his faith were a CAN OF BEER!
I am surprised Hitler and the terrorist comparison is not made in this piece. I have heard it so many times before now. It's just very sad.
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Plenary Indulgence Attainable on Dec. 8
Plenary Indulgence Attainable on Dec. 8
Papal Decision for 40th Anniversary of Close of Vatican II
I pray that all are preparing for Advent!
Papal Decision for 40th Anniversary of Close of Vatican II
I pray that all are preparing for Advent!
Vatican II 40th Anniversary & the Vernacular
From The Commonweal this week on the 40th Anniversary of Vat. II-
Lost in Translation
The Bishops, the Vatican & the English Liturgy
"The use of vernacular languages in the liturgy did not begin with the Second Vatican Council. For decades previously an array of Catholic scholars and experts had been doing research in France, Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, England, and the United States; centers of liturgical renewal had become influential; and by the early 1950s, Rome had commissioned conferences of bishops-already it was they who had the responsibility-to prepare translations of part of the rites for baptisms, marriages, and funerals. Precisely because so much preparation had been done, the bishops assembled for the council felt able to push ahead immediately with liturgical reform."
Read on...very interesting...
Lost in Translation
The Bishops, the Vatican & the English Liturgy
"The use of vernacular languages in the liturgy did not begin with the Second Vatican Council. For decades previously an array of Catholic scholars and experts had been doing research in France, Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, England, and the United States; centers of liturgical renewal had become influential; and by the early 1950s, Rome had commissioned conferences of bishops-already it was they who had the responsibility-to prepare translations of part of the rites for baptisms, marriages, and funerals. Precisely because so much preparation had been done, the bishops assembled for the council felt able to push ahead immediately with liturgical reform."
Read on...very interesting...
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Recognizing Consensus Building
Another article on consensus building :THE UNSEEN ENEMY THAT'S STEALING AMERICA
Just maybe there ARE more people waking up.
Something's happening if we we're talking or writing about it It can't go much longer unoticed.
They're not unseen or unheard about now!
PRAISE GOD!
This is interesting too:The Consensus Building Institute
Just maybe there ARE more people waking up.
Something's happening if we we're talking or writing about it It can't go much longer unoticed.
They're not unseen or unheard about now!
PRAISE GOD!
This is interesting too:The Consensus Building Institute
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