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Pope is warned of a green Antichrist

Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 78, who retired as Archbishop of Bologna three years ago, quoted Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900), the Russian philosopher and mystic, as predicting that the Antichrist “will convoke an ecumenical council and seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions”.

Unfortunately, I believe it's happened! Just look around...even in your own community and parish. Have you sat in on a 'parish council' meeting lately?

World Council of Churches WCC Home

The WCC and the ecumenical movement

Member churches

And unfortunately the Roman Catholic Church is a member too!

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So, Cardinal Biffi did you just do something?

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

WCC Site Map

The World Council of Churches Preaches a New "Earth Gospel"

(Billy Graham association w/WCC)

And familarize yourself with 'businesses' such as this one Natural Step--as this company was used by the Sisters of Mercy(see hospitals-another big business)... they're getting big bucks from all over the place. (They're working so hard to get US ALL on 'their page')

You'd better read the entire article!!! FIRST-PLEASE PRAY!

Come Holy Spirit...Come...Come by the means of the Immaculate Heart of Mary your well beloved Spouse.

That began to change in 1989, with the emergence of new initiatives such as The Natural Step — an easily understood, scientifically-based framework for sustainability developed by Swedish medical doctor and cancer researcher Dr. Karl Henrik Robert and other scientists through an extensive consensus process.

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Scary...

The Dream

Robert’s work began with a dream, literally. In 1989, Robert was struggling to address the surging cancer rates he observed among young children in Sweden and read about in reports from around the world. His research and that of others led him to believe that the one percent a year increases in rates of certain childhood cancers were tied to environmental factors, not lifestyle. He had to explain to parents that their children were dying from what we are doing to the planet.

Robert was frustrated by the scientific community’s endless debate about the causes of the problem. As he says, "The scientists were like monkeys chattering about the leaves of a tree, while the tree was dying. We had to get at the trunk and roots to discover the core principles for addressing the problem."

As Robert struggled with the problem, it began to invade his sleep. Night after night, he had dreams of a beautiful woman, a temptress. And then one night she turned into a witch that clawed and attacked him.

Robert tried to understand its significance. He turned to his wife Rigmor, a professional therapist, who interpreted the dream to mean that he was not acting on his desires to build consensus and start an environmental organization. With this clarity, Robert was inspired to begin a bold quest for science’s seeming Holy Grail — a set of principles for planetary sustainability upon which leading scientists could agree. He distributed a paper for comment from fellow researchers. Comments came back ripping up the ideas presented. Robert thanked them for their comments and simply asked what suggestions they had for improving the paper. He initiated a process by which he incorporated suggestions and continually sent the document back out.

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The Natural Step (TNS, or in Swedish, Det Naturaliga Steget) was officially launched in 1989 with a nationally broadcast television show featuring Robert with Sweden’s leading musicians, artists, and cultural leaders. This was soon followed by an eco-train, which stopped in cities and towns from one end of Sweden to the other and carried educational exhibits on sustainability sponsored by corporations.

As my former 1st grade teacher (Sister of Mercy)...so eloquently stated "The train has already left the station..." ! LORD HAVE MERCY!

Consensus

Diaprax is a truth-silencing technique that covertly promotes humanist ideals and a reciprocating brotherly love known in the Greek as 'phileo' through imagery (arts/media) and conversation (opinion/dialog) at the expense of the more Godly, obedient, self-sacrificing, truthful and unworldly 'love-your-enemy' kind of love called 'agape' – the kind of love that drove the Apostle Paul to speak the bitter truth about sinful man from the chains of a dark and lonely prison; the kind of love that caused Stephen to cry out: "lay not this sin to their charge" as the angry crowd stoned him to death for his cutting words of conviction; and what moved the Lord Jesus Himself to say as He hung on a cross for the sins of the world: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."

More Consensus/Delphi Technique

In Educating for the New World Order by Bev Eakman, the reader finds reference upon reference for the need to preserve the illusion that there is "Lay, or community, participation in the decision­making process), while in fact lay citizens are being squeezed out."

What's Wrong With Consensus

Organ Donation

Report tells of errors in organ case

U.S. regulators detail how a potential donor was given huge doses of sedatives and painkillers as six people watched.

Scary...

Police and the state medical board are now investigating whether the transplant surgeon brought in to retrieve Navarro's organs attempted to hasten the patient's death by ordering him pumped full of massive amounts of narcotic painkillers and sedatives. If true, the allegation would constitute a grave breach of the nation's transplant rules.

In a stark recounting, federal regulators detailed how at least six people in the room, including Navarro's treating doctor, stood by without intervening, even though some later said they were disturbed by the actions of the surgeon and a nurse administering the drugs. The regulators from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have been looking into the hospital's role in the case.

The amounts of the painkiller morphine and the sedative Ativan that the report says were given to Navarro were "between 10 and 20 times a usual dose of these drugs," said Dr. Philip S. Barie, president-elect of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, who was not involved in the preparation of the document."I don't think I've ever given doses of either drug in that amount," said Barie, professor of surgery and public health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York.

Another possible 'hat in the ring' - GOP Candidate

Former TN Sen. Fred Thompson....this might get pretty interesting...hmmm.
The Next Reagan?

Fred Thompson has been consistently conservative on social policy and provided critical help in getting John Roberts confirmed as Chief Justice.

(I didn't know this one about - John Roberts)

More...Run, Fred, Run, & Law and Order: White House?

The Lighter Side of Lent

The Curt Jester is at it again...you've gotta see this one!
L-Mart

A little giggle in Lent won't hurt. = )

Fighting Evil in Season of Lent

Following my last posting...food for spiritual growth from our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI:
Pope Cites 3 Weapons to Combat Evil
Promotes Lenten Charity, Prayer and Fasting

Works of charity, prayer and fasting are spiritual weapons to combat evil, Benedict XVI said during Mass on Ash Wednesday.

'Show will go on' at University of Minnesota Despite Protest

Another moment/opportunity to receive grace in Lent....pray! Pray for all involved!

The Pope † The Witch

The Catholic Spirit: ‘Pope and Witch’ draws Catholic protests
Catholic reaction

University of Minnesota theater director Robert Rosen said he chose to stage “The Pope and the Witch” for its political message and physical style. Rosen, who is not Catholic, said he is not surprised by the strong reaction; however, he does not see the play as an attack on the Catholic faith.

“Some people will disagree with the message and still others with the means with which the message is conveyed,” Rosen wrote in a statement on the university’s Web site. “Students of theater must learn to use their art form to express their views of the world in which they live.”

Rosen, a visiting assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, said he has received about 2,000 letters, including some threats that have raised security concerns, from people who object to the play.

Many of the play’s critics, Rosen believes, have not read the script, which, he stresses, is a “fantasy.”

Rosen said he changed parts of the play to make it more contemporary and to remove any inferences to the late Pope John Paul II. However, Rosen views the controversy as positive.

“It’s a great thing to question authority,” Rosen said. “It’s a great thing to question ourselves. If we ever stop doing that, I think we’ll be in trouble.”

Beware the 'Christianists'?

"Offer it up" and rejoice as we suffer with CHRIST in this season of Lent!

Saving Babies in Rome

I've never heard of this...
Updating an Old Way to Leave the Baby on the Doorstep

In the Middle Ages, new mothers in Rome could abandon their unwanted babies in a “foundling wheel” — a revolving wooden barrel lodged in a wall, often in a convent, that allowed women to deposit their offspring without being seen.

Now a Rome hospital, the Casilino Polyclinic, has introduced a technologically advanced version of the foundling wheel — not at all a wheel but very much like an A.T.M. booth. For the first time a new mother left her baby there on Saturday night, and on Monday the child, a boy about 3 months old, was doing well, said Dr. Piermichele Paolillo, who directs the neonatal unit at the hospital.

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As in bygone days, it is possible for a woman to leave a baby without being seen, but the moment the child is abandoned an alarm goes off in the hospital’s emergency room, ensuring that the baby receives immediate first aid from a team of specialists.

“This is the foundling wheel of the third millennium,” Dr. Paolillo said. “It’s still a simple idea, but now it’s part of a neonatal intensive care unit, not a convent.”

Rome is not alone in the initiative. Modern foundling wheels have made a comeback in various places in Europe in recent decades, particularly in Germany. Switzerland, the Czech Republic and other European countries also have drop-off points for unwanted newborns.

'Conflicting Signals'

Military Signal Blocks Garage Remotes

But neighbors of the Marine base here have been reduced to just that after a strong radio signal coming from the facility began neutralizing remote-control openers.

Residents have had to spend hundreds of dollars on new systems.

"I feel there should be some kind of compensation," said Queen Carroll, who is in her early 70s and was forced to buy a new receiver and remote. "I am a struggling widow, if you will, and I praise the Lord I'm still here, but I am on a budget. When things like this come up totally unexpected, it is very upsetting."

I'd hate to have to fix this problem all the time...calling a repair guy weekly.

Stamps 41 Cents - Why?

Postal Regulators Want 2-Cent Stamp Hike

I can't understand why the rate keeps going up. Every time I go to my local P.O. either in the a.m. or p.m. (after lunch usually to beat the lunch crowds) there aren't enough workers in the building to work the 'windows'! I then have to shuffle my packages or mail and stand around for 15-20 mins. waiting for an available window/clerk. Now add to the time of waiting in line, the fact that there are now particular P.O.s that offer the applying/filing of passport applications. So, now they'll be burdened with this task and they still won't have filled the need to man all the windows/slots at the counter to assist postal customers. I have first hand of this experience.

So, be prepared (be patient-say a rosary, pray for the souls in purgatory, say the Divine Mercy Chaplet, meditate on a Bible verse,meditate on the face of Christ in your minds-eye) when going to purchase your (new) stamps, as there are others in line trying to do the right thing by following the rules...applying for their passports so they may travel. Oh yeah...one more thing...make sure you have all your required docmentation, correct size of pics. (Rite-Aid, Kinkos, etc. take pics.), and $-check or credit card. You'll help the other customer in line too by being completely prepared!

Life. It's a pilgrimage!

Opinions on J. Cameron's- ' The Lost Tomb of Christ'

Scholars, Clergy Slam Jesus Documentary & this one -Filmmakers Speak About Jesus Documentary

Amos Kloner, the first archaeologist to examine the site, said the idea fails to
hold up by archaeological standards but makes for profitable television.

"They just want to get money for it," Kloner said.

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Stephen Pfann, a biblical scholar at the University of the Holy Land in Jerusalem who was interviewed in the documentary, said the film's hypothesis holds little weight.

"I don't think that Christians are going to buy into this," Pfann said. "But skeptics, in general, would like to see something that pokes holes into the story that so many people hold dear."

Advent & Lent Collide

From the Associated Baptist Press...

Supreme Court will not review policy banning nativity scenes in NY schools

A year after a New York City mother's appeal, the Supreme Court declined Feb. 20 to review a policy banning nativity scenes but allowing other holiday-season displays in the nation's largest public school district.

The justices declined, without comment or recorded dissent, to hear an appeal in Skoros v. City of New York (No. 06-271).

In the case, Catholic mother Andrea Skoros had asked the justices to overturn two rulings by lower federal courts that said the school district did not violate her two sons' religious freedom or her ability to raise her children without governmental religious interference when the district disallowed nativity scenes.

The schools' policy states: "The display of secular holiday symbol decorations is permitted. Such symbols include, but are not limited to, Christmas trees, menorahs, and the [Islamic] star and crescent."

Shortly after implementing the policy in 2001, a group of Catholic activists asked school officials to allow creches or nativity scenes to be included in the displays. However, the school board denied the request.

There's more...preposterous stuff...like this:

In response to Skoros' lawsuit, city attorneys argued that menorahs, dreidels, Christmas trees, Santa Claus and the star and crescent are sufficiently secular to represent the holidays celebrated by students in the diverse district. However, they contended, creches are purely Christian religious symbols.

Why couldn't the school policy include creches & nativity scenes? What's so hard about including the scenes? They wouldn't even have a Christmas tree if it weren't for CHRIST'S birth. Why does everything have to be so hard? Oops, I forgot it's about the battle - spiritually.

That's ok, because I know who WON! We keep on fighting onward and upward! The suffering we endure on this earth allows us to receive such awesome and magnificent grace!
YEA GOD!

We can use this grace for/in Lent: to remember to be charitable and loving in ALL circumstances; always mindful of the battle (I) we should continue to fight for CHRIST so that HE gets all the honor and glory in all circumstances; remain strong, faithful and steadfast and HE will RULE THE DAY!

Prayers for this mother - Mrs. Skoros, her family, her lawyers, her supporters, the Supreme Court Justices, the New York City school district & school board. And as always we offer prayers of reparation!

Angels Singing?

Angels singing caught on tape?

Feast of the Holy Face

"Whoever gazes upon me already consoles me."

Our Lord to Sister Pierina

HOLY FACE ASSOCIATION
Our Lady of the Holy Face-Newsletter 2007

VATICAN - REPLY TO "TIMES" ARTICLE ON CATHOLIC-ANGLICAN RELATIONS

Asbury hosts pope's preacher

This is the first time the two religious organizations have collaborated in such a way, and Cantalamessa said during a news conference yesterday that the cooperation was one of the primary reasons he accepted an invitation to come.

"I saw that there was a convergence," he said. "This particular occasion is very important to me."

He said Pope John Paul II, who appointed him to the post of papal preacher in 1980, stressed "exchanging gifts among the churches, not exchanging accusations." That's something Cantalamessa said he wants to encourage.

"What unites us is much more important," he said. "The Lord put love in my heart for the fellow Christians."

He said the issues that created the division between the Catholic Church and other denominations centuries ago "have lost most of their importance."

Anglicans and the Roman Catholic Church

As reported yesterday...Churches back plan to unite under Pope

More info:

Church deadline to curb gay rights

The US Episcopal Church has been given seven months to change its ways or face being kicked out of the Anglican Communion.

In an unexpectedly hard-hitting set of recommendations, primates of the Anglican Communion demanded an “unequivocal common covenant” under which dioceses in the Episcopal Church agree not to authorise same-sex blessings.

They also demanded late last night that no more gay men or women in active relationships with a person of the same sex be consecrated bishop.

Archbishop of Canterbury -Archbishop’s comments at the final press conference in Tanzania
His press releases.

Other sites:
Commentary...Pray lift your eyes above the belt
Daily Episcopalian-Blog with other listings of commentary
Titus one nine

Catholic, Anglican officials say talk of plans to reunite churches ‘much exaggerated’
Holy reunion!-Catholic, Anglican churches studying reunification, report says

Protect Your Fertility

Sponsored by ASRM...see under 'For Patient'

Female Risk Factors-gosh, no where does it mention the effects of contraception!

I will tho...here- you decide.

College Women & Egg Donation

Increase in Egg Donors Raises Concerns

Jennifer Dziura, a 28-year-old New Yorker, is one of them.

She received $8,000 to donate her eggs in the fall of 2005 and hopes she'll be chosen again before the private egg broker she's registered with considers her too old. She realizes prospective parents who view her profile might think it a minus that her father is adopted, allowing for little medical history from his side. She also figures some are looking for a blonde, instead of a brunette.

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As more older moms look for help getting pregnant, younger women have become increasingly willing to part with their eggs. Some do it to help relatives and friends, or from a sense of altruism, but others openly acknowledge money is a big factor in their decision, prompting critics to worry that they're helping drive an unregulated market for human tissue.

And why are there older moms? The answer: (most) have delayed having families for their career or selfish needs and have killed their own eggs - contracepting! So again, we take from our young!

Mother of Jesus pray for us!

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The American Society of Reproductive Medicine, or ASRM, has set a compensation guideline of $5,000, with a limit of $10,000 for special cases - if, for instance, a recipient wants eggs of rare ancestry.

I am not ready to be a donor, despite being egged on

Classified ads are running in college newspapers across the country...(hmmm trying to woo young girls away from their eggs)

Found in local campus newspaper this past weekend:

$5000.00 EGG DONORS NEEDED ASAP $5000.00 min. comp.healthy fit females height/weight proportionate non smoking 21 -29 info confidential 941-741-4994 web openarmsconsultants.com 941.741.4994

So, you'd better keep an eye on your children (and possibly grandchildren!); keep all lines of communication open so that this will not happen to your child. They could be very vulnerable and susceptible to this kind of tactic. Need I say more...spring break is quickly approaching (they need spending $), peer pressure and of course their age (sometimes) prevents good judgement and choices.