Friday, September 04, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Fr. Tom Euteneuer's Spirit & Life Volume 04, Number 27 | Friday, August 28, 2009
Human Life International's Statement on the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy
We must, as a matter of precept, pray for the salvation of heretical Catholics like Senator Edward Kennedy, but we do not have to praise him let alone extol him with the full honors of a public Catholic funeral and all the adulation that attends such an event. There was very little about Ted Kennedy's life that deserves admiration from a spiritual or moral point of view. He was probably the worst example of a Catholic statesman that one can think of. When all is said and done, he has distorted the concept of what it means to be a Catholic in public life more than anyone else in leadership today.
Obviously we don't know the state of Senator Edward Kennedy's soul upon death. We don't pretend to. We are told by the family that he had the opportunity to confess his sins before a priest, and his priest has said publicly he was "at peace" when he died. For that we are grateful. But it is one thing to confess one's sins and for these matters to be kept, rightfully, private. It is another thing entirely for one who so consistently and publicly advocated for the destruction of unborn human beings to depart the stage without a public repudiation of these views, a public confession, as it were.
It is up to God to judge Senator Kennedy's soul. We, as rational persons, must judge his actions, and his actions were not at all in line with one who values and carefully applies Church teaching on weighty matters. Ted Kennedy's positions on a variety of issues have been a grave scandal for decades, and to honor this "catholic" champion of the culture of death with a Catholic funeral is unjust to those who have actually paid the price of fidelity. We now find out that President Obama will eulogize the Senator at his funeral, an indignity which, following on the heels of the Notre Dame fiasco, leaves faithful Catholics feeling sullied, desecrated and dehumanized by men who seem to look for opportunities to slap the Church in the face and do so with impunity simply because they have positions of power.
It is not enough for Kennedy to have been a "great guy behind the scenes" as we have seen him referred to even by his political opponents. It is also not praiseworthy to put a Catholic rhetorical veneer on his leftist politics that did nothing to advance true justice as the Church sees it or to advance the peace of Christ in this world. Every indication of Senator Kennedy's career, every public appearance, every sound bite showed an acerbic, divisive and partisan political hack for whom party politics were much more infallible than Church doctrines. Whatever one's political affiliation, if one is only "Catholic" to the extent that his faith rhymes with his party line, then his Catholicism is a fraud.
As the Scriptures remind us, there is a time for everything under the sun. This, now, is the time for honesty about our Faith and about those who are called to express it in the public forum. If we do not remind ourselves of the necessity of public confession for public sins such as Senator Kennedy was guilty of, then we are negligent in our embrace of the Faith and we are part of the problem. As Pope Benedict has reminded us recently, charity without truth can easily become mere sentimentality, and we must not fall into that error. A Catholic show of charity for the family must not eclipse the truth that is required of all with eyes to see and ears to hear.
Senator Kennedy needs to be sent to the afterlife with a private, family-only funeral and the prayers of the Church for the salvation of his immortal soul. He will not be missed by the unborn who he betrayed time and time again, nor by the rest of us who are laboring to undo the scandalous example of Catholicism that he gave to three generations of Americans.
We must, as a matter of precept, pray for the salvation of heretical Catholics like Senator Edward Kennedy, but we do not have to praise him let alone extol him with the full honors of a public Catholic funeral and all the adulation that attends such an event. There was very little about Ted Kennedy's life that deserves admiration from a spiritual or moral point of view. He was probably the worst example of a Catholic statesman that one can think of. When all is said and done, he has distorted the concept of what it means to be a Catholic in public life more than anyone else in leadership today.
Obviously we don't know the state of Senator Edward Kennedy's soul upon death. We don't pretend to. We are told by the family that he had the opportunity to confess his sins before a priest, and his priest has said publicly he was "at peace" when he died. For that we are grateful. But it is one thing to confess one's sins and for these matters to be kept, rightfully, private. It is another thing entirely for one who so consistently and publicly advocated for the destruction of unborn human beings to depart the stage without a public repudiation of these views, a public confession, as it were.
It is up to God to judge Senator Kennedy's soul. We, as rational persons, must judge his actions, and his actions were not at all in line with one who values and carefully applies Church teaching on weighty matters. Ted Kennedy's positions on a variety of issues have been a grave scandal for decades, and to honor this "catholic" champion of the culture of death with a Catholic funeral is unjust to those who have actually paid the price of fidelity. We now find out that President Obama will eulogize the Senator at his funeral, an indignity which, following on the heels of the Notre Dame fiasco, leaves faithful Catholics feeling sullied, desecrated and dehumanized by men who seem to look for opportunities to slap the Church in the face and do so with impunity simply because they have positions of power.
It is not enough for Kennedy to have been a "great guy behind the scenes" as we have seen him referred to even by his political opponents. It is also not praiseworthy to put a Catholic rhetorical veneer on his leftist politics that did nothing to advance true justice as the Church sees it or to advance the peace of Christ in this world. Every indication of Senator Kennedy's career, every public appearance, every sound bite showed an acerbic, divisive and partisan political hack for whom party politics were much more infallible than Church doctrines. Whatever one's political affiliation, if one is only "Catholic" to the extent that his faith rhymes with his party line, then his Catholicism is a fraud.
As the Scriptures remind us, there is a time for everything under the sun. This, now, is the time for honesty about our Faith and about those who are called to express it in the public forum. If we do not remind ourselves of the necessity of public confession for public sins such as Senator Kennedy was guilty of, then we are negligent in our embrace of the Faith and we are part of the problem. As Pope Benedict has reminded us recently, charity without truth can easily become mere sentimentality, and we must not fall into that error. A Catholic show of charity for the family must not eclipse the truth that is required of all with eyes to see and ears to hear.
Senator Kennedy needs to be sent to the afterlife with a private, family-only funeral and the prayers of the Church for the salvation of his immortal soul. He will not be missed by the unborn who he betrayed time and time again, nor by the rest of us who are laboring to undo the scandalous example of Catholicism that he gave to three generations of Americans.
Prayer Need - RIP Robert Schindler - Terri Schiavo's Dad
RIP Robert Schindler - Terri Schiavo's Dad
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
H1N1 - Swine Flu News
Half of GPs refuse swine flu vaccine over testing fears
Mass. Law
Pharmaceutical Corps.& Gov. - Immune from Lawsuits
"Vaccine makers and federal officials will be immune from lawsuits that result from any new swine flu vaccine, under a document signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, government health officials said Friday."
Agency Urges Caution on Estimates of Swine Flu
Residents can get $50 for swine flu shot
Mass. Law
Pharmaceutical Corps.& Gov. - Immune from Lawsuits
"Vaccine makers and federal officials will be immune from lawsuits that result from any new swine flu vaccine, under a document signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, government health officials said Friday."
Agency Urges Caution on Estimates of Swine Flu
Residents can get $50 for swine flu shot
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
More "Death Book" Sen. Specter Responds
Listen to his take on the Town Halls...please!
And..."they're hearing..."
No, Sen. Specter they're READING THE HOUSE BILL 3200!!! We're NOT STUPID!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Planned Parenthood Criticizes U.S. Bishops on Abortion
The Gloves are Off: Planned Parenthood President Slams U.S. Bishops on Abortion, Healthcare
And abortion ISN'T APART OF THE BILL? YEA RIGHT!
HLI's Fr. Euteneuer Responds (PR):
Pro-Life Leader Blasts Planned Parenthood President for Dishonest Attack on US Bishops
FRONT ROYAL, VA — Father Thomas J. Euteneuer, President of Human Life International (HLI), today blasted Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, for her scathing and error-filled attack on the U.S. Catholic Bishops who have called for abortion to be excluded from all proposed national health care legislation.
“Ms. Richards has done a favor to all pro-lifers and people of good faith in her hate-filled rant against the shepherds of our beloved Church,” said Fr. Euteneuer. “First, she has reminded everyone that, despite President Obama’s recent statements to the contrary, abortion is absolutely going to be covered in any health care reform legislation that crosses his desk. He and his cronies in Congress are much too beholden to the abortion lobby for any different outcome.”
“Second, she again highlights the extreme position of the organization she leads, and their hostility to the Catholic Church. No Catholic Organization should be comfortable finding themselves on the same side of the table as this hateful anti-woman outfit,” said Fr. Euteneuer.
“Finally, among her many factual errors Ms. Richards claims that, despite the findings of virtually every study on the subject, expanded access to contraception will somehow reduce the number of abortions,” said Fr. Euteneuer. “What does she recommend, force-feeding young women contraception? How much more access can be granted to this environment-destroying, blood-clot causing, biology-altering chemical that, as the Catholic Church predicted, has resulted in more, not less, abortions?”
“God bless our bishops who courageously and repeatedly stand up to such lies, even as they support the ideal of health care availability for all,” said Fr. Euteneuer.
And abortion ISN'T APART OF THE BILL? YEA RIGHT!
HLI's Fr. Euteneuer Responds (PR):
Pro-Life Leader Blasts Planned Parenthood President for Dishonest Attack on US Bishops
FRONT ROYAL, VA — Father Thomas J. Euteneuer, President of Human Life International (HLI), today blasted Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, for her scathing and error-filled attack on the U.S. Catholic Bishops who have called for abortion to be excluded from all proposed national health care legislation.
“Ms. Richards has done a favor to all pro-lifers and people of good faith in her hate-filled rant against the shepherds of our beloved Church,” said Fr. Euteneuer. “First, she has reminded everyone that, despite President Obama’s recent statements to the contrary, abortion is absolutely going to be covered in any health care reform legislation that crosses his desk. He and his cronies in Congress are much too beholden to the abortion lobby for any different outcome.”
“Second, she again highlights the extreme position of the organization she leads, and their hostility to the Catholic Church. No Catholic Organization should be comfortable finding themselves on the same side of the table as this hateful anti-woman outfit,” said Fr. Euteneuer.
“Finally, among her many factual errors Ms. Richards claims that, despite the findings of virtually every study on the subject, expanded access to contraception will somehow reduce the number of abortions,” said Fr. Euteneuer. “What does she recommend, force-feeding young women contraception? How much more access can be granted to this environment-destroying, blood-clot causing, biology-altering chemical that, as the Catholic Church predicted, has resulted in more, not less, abortions?”
“God bless our bishops who courageously and repeatedly stand up to such lies, even as they support the ideal of health care availability for all,” said Fr. Euteneuer.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A Meeting with 'Catholics' & other Religious Leaders
President Obama Met with 'Catholics' & other Religious Leaders
I found this one tonight after listening to the news. PRAY!!!
Obama : Health care debate is 'heart of who we are'
http://faithforhealth.org/join-the-call - SEE LIST OF SPONSORS
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (AME)
CATHOLICS IN ALLIANCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD
CATHOLICS UNITED
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
DISCIPLES CENTER FOR PUBLIC WITNESS
DISCIPLES JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
FAITHFUL AMERICA
FAITHFUL REFORM IN HEALTH CARE
FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE
GAMALIEL FOUNDATION
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, USA, INC.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN CHRIST
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
NETWORK, A NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE LOBBY
PICO NATIONAL NETWORK
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA), WASHINGTON OFFICE
PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM
SAMUEL DEWITT PROCTOR CONFERENCE
SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS
SOJOURNERS
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
THE LATINO LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
THE NEW EVANGELICALS
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
WASHINGTON OFFICE OF WOMEN'S DIVISIONS, GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
News Items: Faith groups weigh in on health care & News from Google
Thank and praise YOU FATHER, Thank and praise YOU JESUS, Thank and praise YOU HOLY SPIRIT! For this opportunity to work for YOUR TRUTH AND YOUR CHURCH!
I found this one tonight after listening to the news. PRAY!!!
Obama : Health care debate is 'heart of who we are'
Obama also accused critics of "bearing false witness" about the his proposals, describing claims of federally created "death panels" as an "extraordinary lie." He said no provisions are being made for illegal immigrants, as some detractors claim. He again denied his aim is a
government takeover of the health care system.
"These are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation," Obama said.
- We expected the president to take questions from other callers, but he did not.
- "Sponsored by more than 30 religious denominations and organizations representing millions of people of faith from the Evangelical, Catholic, Mainline Protestant, Jewish and Muslim traditions, "40 Minutes for Health Reform" will seek to make clear to Congress that quality, affordable health care for every American family is a moral priority for millions of people of faith."
http://faithforhealth.org/join-the-call - SEE LIST OF SPONSORS
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (AME)
CATHOLICS IN ALLIANCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD
CATHOLICS UNITED
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
DISCIPLES CENTER FOR PUBLIC WITNESS
DISCIPLES JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
FAITHFUL AMERICA
FAITHFUL REFORM IN HEALTH CARE
FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE
GAMALIEL FOUNDATION
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, USA, INC.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN CHRIST
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
NETWORK, A NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE LOBBY
PICO NATIONAL NETWORK
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA), WASHINGTON OFFICE
PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM
SAMUEL DEWITT PROCTOR CONFERENCE
SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS
SOJOURNERS
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
THE LATINO LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
THE NEW EVANGELICALS
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
WASHINGTON OFFICE OF WOMEN'S DIVISIONS, GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
News Items: Faith groups weigh in on health care & News from Google
Thank and praise YOU FATHER, Thank and praise YOU JESUS, Thank and praise YOU HOLY SPIRIT! For this opportunity to work for YOUR TRUTH AND YOUR CHURCH!
"The world is rapidly being divided into two camps, the comradeship of anti-Christ and the brotherhood of Christ. The lines between these two are being drawn. How long the battle will be we know not; whether swords will have to be unsheathed we know not; whether blood will have to be shed we know not; whether it will be an armed conflict we know not. But in a conflict between truth and darkness, truth cannot lose."
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Must SEE NOW - EWTN The World Over 8-14-09
View it NOW before the next show is added. Or listen.
Discussion with host Raymond Arroyo, Judie Brown, American Life League (ALL), Sr. Carol Keehan, Daughters of Charity - Catholic Hospital Association (CHA)....whoa.
Catholic Hospital Association (ad)
SVDP reiterates support for health care, human life - St. Louis Review - Wednesday, August 12, 2009 (pdf.file)
Discussion with host Raymond Arroyo, Judie Brown, American Life League (ALL), Sr. Carol Keehan, Daughters of Charity - Catholic Hospital Association (CHA)....whoa.
Catholic Hospital Association (ad)
SVDP reiterates support for health care, human life - St. Louis Review - Wednesday, August 12, 2009 (pdf.file)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Stimulus $ - How it's spent
See this article...interesting.
"We're really pleased with the pace of obligations. We think that the money has been getting out. It's been getting to people, whether it's tax relief in their paycheck every week or whether it's a $250 stimulus payment or whether it's unemployment insurance or whether it's relief for state budgets in terms of Medicaid assistance."
"We're really pleased with the pace of obligations. We think that the money has been getting out. It's been getting to people, whether it's tax relief in their paycheck every week or whether it's a $250 stimulus payment or whether it's unemployment insurance or whether it's relief for state budgets in terms of Medicaid assistance."
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