tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11494931746586706132012-01-30T16:46:07.473-08:00Micaelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08641626726171118936noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149493174658670613.post-56979857720370572222012-01-30T16:17:00.000-08:002012-01-30T16:17:02.867-08:00

Fight the HHS mandate. sign the petition https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/rescind-hhs-dept-mandate-requiring-catholic-employers-provide-contraceptivesabortifacients-their/lBxr7SdP?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

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Choice has never meant that 'whatever you choose regardless of that choice is something everyone should be able to have'! for goodness sakes : ) everyone can agree with that reality.  Not everyone has the "Choice" or "Freedom" when it comes down to it. Is that not why we have laws, protecting one another from harming one another? So if you call yourself prochoice, you are not only rigging it

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taken from EWTN.com click here The great veneration with which this saint has been honoured, both in the Greek and Latin churches for many ages, and the great number of altars and churches which have been everywhere erected in his memory, are proofs of his extraordinary sanctity and of the glory which he enjoys with God. The Emperor Justinian built a church in his honour at Constantinople, in

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Religion Is Not the ProblemSecularism and DemocracyPublication: Commonweal Author: Taylor, Charles Date published: February 25, 2011 The category "secular" developed largely within Latin Christendom, initially as one term of a dyad contrasting profane time with the eternal, or sacred time* Certain places, persons, institutions, and actions were seen as closely related to sacred or higher time,

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Sourced from Conversiondiary.com  St. Francis de Sales’ Four Tips for Starting Your Day the Right Way1. Give thanksAdore God profoundly and thank him for the grace of preserving you during the preceding night, and implore his pardon if you committed any sin during the course of it.2. Recall the goalRemember that the present day is given to you in order to gain the future day of eternity, and

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Speaking out the truth. source link: click here ...and the words that deceive these poor young ladies, found in video below (or at the source link above). "When one fears and flees from the truth, they are devoured by the deceived." "The generation of false feminism, an era of deception and destruction to the very ones whom they claim to stand for."

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An eye opening book to read. The Right to Privacy http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_rights_and_wrongs_of_privacy/ ....During the 1960s the courts invented a whole new meaning for the 'right to privacy' that was not true to its original meaning/to objective truth/to the Constitution. During the past four decades, things that were previously considered crimes have been turned into '

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What are your thoughts on the current debate about gay marriage? As a philosopher the thing that strikes me most is the brilliant strategy of the gay marriage movement. Like Orwell in 1984 it sees that the main battlefield is language. If they can redefine a key term like "marriage" they win. Control language and you control thought; control thought and you control action; control action and you

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“Be sober and vigilant: because your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is roaming around seeking whom he might devour.  Strong in faith, resist him knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. ” 1 Peter 5:8-9. click here to read this blog...

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"Love implies knowledge: The intellect sets up the goal or target. The will is the bow and the arrow combined directed to that target" "Just as to speak means to produce a word and to flower means to produce blossoms, so to love is to breathe love, or to sigh or spirate" "A kiss is a mere sign of love, but it is a giving of one's breath or spirit, which is inseparable from life itself."

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"Aristotle points out that 'to live is to be' and that man is essentially a social animal. This is why you can make a strictly anthropological case for marriage.  To find ourselves we have to get out of ourselves. A couple need the interpersonal connections that happen in the intimacy of the home if they are to really flourish. We were not created to remain alone.  We are not what modern culture

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 On the behavior and thinking rooted in turning our awesome religion of truth into some religion of "Opinion" The reality here is the clarity in defining in context a type of "Liberalism".... (link found below). What do I mean by ‘Liberalism?’Liberalism in religion is the doctrine that there is no positive truth in religion, but that one creed is as good as another, and this is the teaching

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(source link) The topic of getting older charges that “fire in my belly.” I’ve pursued studies in holistic family spirituality and have given seminars in this field since 1974 throughout the U.S. and Canada. As I did this, I noticed something strange when it came to stages five and six of the family life cycle: retirement and aging. Most information available in both countries focused on frailty

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This article is copied from lifesitenews.com January 24, 2011 (Breakpoint.org) - You have probably never heard of Lothar Kreyssig—I hadn’t until recently. Yet, after hearing his story, I realized Kreyssig was a hero for our times: a man whom, at almost unbelievable risk, stood up for the sanctity of human life.In October, 1939, the Third Reich created what came to be known as the “Action T4”

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"The entire supposed essense of the pro-choice viewpoint is that people should have the freedom to make their own personal choices. In the fall of 2009 Abby Johnson made such a personal choice when she not only to quit her job as director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, but in fact crossed the street to meet with the pro-life organization that had met outside her clinic for years. One

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this is copied and pasted from the American Chesterton Society Lecture XVIWhat’s Wrong with the World By Dale Ahlquist Chesterton’s book, What’s Wrong with the World, was supposedly written in 1910. But there is good evidence that it was actually written today.Our society is experiencing exactly the crisis that Chesterton warned us about almost a century ago. There is a greater disparity than

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-"The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis." - "David Copperfield," Chesterton on Dickens, 191 -"A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry for lovers who are without marriage." - Chaucer GK Chesterton -"I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are

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Click Here to Listen It is 25 minutes long; an excellent post pro-choice testimony by Jennifer Fulwiler. Please tune in!

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Progress has a hagiology, a martyrology, a mass of miraculous legends of its own, like any other religion; and they are mostly false and belong to a false religion. The most famous is the fancy that the young and progressive person is always martyred by the old and ordinary person. But it is false. It is the old and ordinary person who is almost always the martyr. It is the old and ordinary

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... First and foremost is because it violates the revealed Will of God as seen in Scripture. There are few things as clear in God's revelation as the sacred institution of marriage between a man and a woman. From Genesis 1 (the marriage of Adam and Eve) to Revelation 21 (the marriage of Christ the Lamb with His Bride the Church) God has had only one model of

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SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:'Mugged by Ultrasound', url:'http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/mugged-ultrasound', icon:'/sites/all/themes/weeklystandard/images/sharethis.png' }, {button:true} );  BY David Daleiden and Jon A. Shields January 25, 2010 S.addEntry({ title:'Mugged by Ultrasound', url:'http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/mugged-ultrasound', icon:'/sites/all

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"THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS" You're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" I think. To most it's a delightful nonsense rhyme set to music. But it had a quite serious purpose when it was written. It is a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts. Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829, when

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A priest is doing the "GOOD" thing by stepping up to their parishoner when "seeing" and "witnessing" something they are doing against Church teaching.... and saying to them....please refrain from Holy Communion until you rectify this problem you are showing with disagreements or personal immoral circumstances.

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Here is clarification on the myths and absolute misconceptions many Catholics, Anti-Catholics, and many believe about the Galileo Affair..... click here to listen

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Look at this beautiful small child! As small as he is, the support they need is tremendous, and will be for the next many years of his life...support from his parents especially.  When I look at this picture, I first melt over the beauty and cuteness, the innocence and fragility of this child who is all teeny and so in need of support.  Then it usually follows in my heart to question this... "

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click on the title "Moral Relativism" to listen

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The invention of the birth control pill was revolutionary and, in fact, caused the sexual revolution. Once people thought they could have sex without the possibility of pregnancy, or with a greatly reduced risk of pregnancy, they began to disregard the traditional structures that had protected children and sex for centuries. Contraceptives pills were soon prescribed for younger and younger

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Got a moment? I honestly am looking to get through a bunch of my awesome design challenges sitting beside me on my desk....but in the midst I wanted to stop and share this very truthful piece. I have read this several times on the "Feminist challenge to the Catholic Faith" -Any one of you, esp those with parents, or friends' parents who have issues with the Catholic Church, must read this to

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First of all he is an unselfish person. He sees Christ in his neighbor and is considerate of others and helpful to others, even at the cost of inconvenience and hardship to himself. This is "Charity"Then he is a cheerful and pleasant sort of person. He seems to radiate an inner glow which makes itself felt in any group of which he is a part. When he is around, the sun seems to shine a little

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It is the mind of a perverted one, an uneducated one, an ignorant and prejudiced one, an evil one who can reduce the 'dignity' and 'worth' of a human child in the womb to a "clump" of cells. It is the exact same sick, evil mentality the Nazi's felt towards the Jews. To the Nazis, the Jews were not worthy for "whatever" reason they had. Therefore, the kind of evil that sprouted from this

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (USCC) -1. What kind of document is this?It is an “instruction” from the Catholic Church’s highest doctrinal agency, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), applying timeless moral principles to some new issues and situations arising from biotechnology. It does not declare a new infallibly defined dogma, but is approved by Pope Benedict XVI and has his

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The bare minimum of moral behavior is certainly 'not' enough...Here is the minimum...

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Many of you have come across this amazing informative article "The Bitter Pill" It is an incredible articulation of the facts and truths behind the contraceptive mentality and artificial birth control. It is quite an eye opener if you have not read up on this. An article to "bookmark"! Here is a clip of it below ...but please read the whole article...heres the linkhttp://insidecatholic.com/Joomla

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This is to all those 'true'+'devout' Catholic bloggersby St. Thomas AquinasO Mary, Mother of fair love, of fear, of knowledge, and of holy hope, by whose loving care and intercession many otherwise poor in intellect have wonderfully advanced in knowledge and holiness, I choose you as the guide and patroness of my studies; and I humbly implore, through the deep tenderness of your maternal love,

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"The problem with new-style churches isn't just that they're ugly -- they actually distort the Faith and lead Catholics away from Catholicism."Okay...many of you have experienced the type of churches in America, and elsewhere that are......"different?" Maybe some of you dont know what I'm talking about because you think..."a church is a church". Well, as a designer this sort of stuff infuriates

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These pictures are captured by a famous photographer who visited these horses on an abandoned island (Sable Island) located far offshore southeast of Nova Scotia. They are wild horses who are descended from shipwreck survivors....I was able to meet the photographer, Roberto Dutesco, who told much of his personal encounter w/these crazy beasts. I also had the opportunity to be involved in the

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By Matthew WarnerMany people, including Catholics themselves, have no idea why we walk around on Ash Wednesday with dirty black smudges on our foreheads. First, it’s not a smudge. It’s supposed to be a cross drawn with ash. However, some of the people administering the ashes are a little better artists than others. Either way, it gets the job done. Second, the ashes represent our mortality and

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The day after Fat Tuesday begins with suffering and self-sacrifice for many people…suffering from a hangover and a sacrificing of much needed sleep in order to make it to work on time. Somehow, I think many of us might be missing the point. For many, Fat Tuesday (English for Mardi Gras) seems to be just another reason to stay out late, drink heavily, expose ourselves, and commit all types

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