Democrats May Lack Reconciliation Votes to Push Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill

Democrats May Lack Reconciliation Votes to Push Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill

I really hope so. This is again, several days old....

Pro-Abortion Obama Faith Advisor Harry Knox Reaffirms Catholic Church Bashing

Pro-Abortion Obama Faith Advisor Harry Knox Reaffirms Catholic Church Bashing

This is just a bit late, but I had it set to go, and had to do other things, then forgot about it.

What bothers me about this is that the 'Catholics' that Obama surrounds himself with are NOT those who follow the teachings of the Church, but who flaunt their disobedience and dissent, and then he adds this man....

There is a link to a petition in the article that you may consider signing.


Lord have Mercy!

New Study of PVS Patients Casts Increasing Doubt on Terri Schiavo's Death

New Study of PVS Patients Casts Increasing Doubt on Terri Schiavo's Death

This is an op-ed by Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler.

Terri was NOT dying when they removed her Gtube and starved/dehydrated her to death. She was simply a disabled woman who did not deserve that death.

God bless!

Divine Ripples: Geological Anomaly to be named after US president

Divine Ripples: Geological Anomaly to be named after US president


Now this one you have to read..... =D

God bless!

...I Watch Mary....

I've been listening to this off and on most of yesterday, after Mario St Francis (and then also Rene) had it on their Facebook walls...thanks to both of you.

I keep watching Mary....

For many years now, I have thought of her during this time of the year, as we draw closer to Good Friday.

I have one son. I have two daughters. I could not imagine standing outside the area after the arrest of any ONE of my children, much less my only son, as she did.

I could not imagine watching Him carry a cross to certain death when I KNEW he was not guilty ...and KNEW that He could stop it at any time just by calling down an army of Angels.... all the while, also knowing He would not do it... but also knowing that He was going through this for the sins of all human beings from the beginning to the end of humanity-- willingly laying down His life.

Worthy is the Lamb.... worthy is the Lamb.... you are HOLY!

I watch Mary, and know that for this film, Gibson chose a Jewish woman to fill the role of Miriam.

I watch Mary, knowing also that the scene shows her grabbing two handfuls of dirt, clutching...standing... slowly releasing the dirt... all the while watching her Son being nailed to that Cross, and dying...

I watch Mary KNOWING that she would have done the same thing if I were the only person who needed to be saved.

I watch Mary watch her Son give His life for me, knowing that HE would also do it if I were the only one.......

Worthy is the Lamb.... Worthy is the Lamb....Worthy is the Lamb....

...and I watch Mary.... and I'd have begged my child to stop....

Maia Morgenstern is the actress who portrayed Mary (Miriam) in the movie. She is also Jewish. I watched an interview she did long ago about this film. There were at least two suggestions that she had contributed to the film that added to it, IMHO.

One of the questions asked at the Seder, usually by the youngest at the table who is able to... "Why is this night different from all other nights?"

In the beginning of the movie, Miriam (Mary) awakens suddenly and asks this question with dread, sensing that something is very wrong. Mary Magdalene gives her a traditional response.

John comes soon after and tells her that Jesus has been arrested...

The second suggestion came when she mentioned how women in the Middle East often express real, profound grief by grabbing handfuls of dirt and throwing it over their shoulder... In the movie, as Jesus is being put on the Cross, Miriam (Mary) slowly takes two handfuls of dirt, stands, and later, slowly releases the dirt as she watches her Son, dying......

And I watch Miriam (Mary) as she races to him, kisses his feet, then after He is removed from the Cross, she holds Him across her lap in her arms...and she looks out at me... watching her hold her only Child.


Worthy is the Lamb.... You are Holy!

LORD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER!

God bless!

Exclusive: Shipments of Medical Aid to Haiti Delayed by Massive Condom Overload

Exclusive: Shipments of Medical Aid to Haiti Delayed by Massive Condom Overload

JUST what they need in Haiti right now.... JUST what they need in a predominantly Catholic country...and read the comments of OTHER's at the gift given to them, at the end of the article....

Sad. True...

Lord, have Mercy!

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

LOL Another perfectionist!

God bless!

Timothy Madrid On Finishing the Race

Timothy Madrid: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

Powerful.



God bless!

The abortion clinic and other novel ideas of Adolf Hitler

The abortion clinic and other novel ideas of Adolf Hitler

Jill Stanek has another very good article!

We here in the US so often think that we are way ahead of everyone else in the world......but there have been others who we are emulating....

Lord, have Mercy!

Young Counselor Threatened with Knife Learns that Baby Was Saved from Abortion

Young Counselor Threatened with Knife Learns that Baby Was Saved from Abortion

This story has a happy ending...for all concerned, but especially for that baby's life. We can pray that the mother does the best thing for her child now, and always.

God Bless!

Impact of One Woman's Choice

Life Issues Institute - Connector February 2010

Impact of One Woman's Choice

DISPELLING THE MYTHS behind conception, contraception and abortifacient drugs By J. C. Willke, MD and Bradley Mattes, MBS

Life Issues Institute - Connector February 2010

DISPELLING THE MYTHS
behind conception, contraception and abortifacient drugs
By J. C. Willke, MD and Bradley Mattes, MBS

Series from Vatican secret archives on Pius XII going digital

Series from Vatican secret archives on Pius XII going digital

They should be out in about three weeks? Wow....

Former Olympic speed skater has no regrets about new life as Franciscan sister

Sr. Catherine Holum (far left) poses with Sr. Jacinta Pollard,
Sr. Felicity Bouchard and Sr. Mary Pieta Geier.
Credit: Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal.

Former Olympic speed skater has ‘no regrets’ about new life as Franciscan sister :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

U.S. speedskater took leap of faith - 2010 Olympics - Yahoo! Sports

U.S. speedskater took leap of faith - 2010 Olympics - Yahoo! Sports

“Speedskating was such a huge part of my life,” Holumn said in a telephone interview with Yahoo! Sports. “I still loved the sport, but I had this incredibly strong calling that it was time to move on and take a different path in life.”

There is no television and no internet at St. Joseph’s Convent in Leeds, England, meaning Holum won’t get to watch the Winter Olympics where she was supposed to become a star.

The peaceful surrounds of the convent is where Holum, now known as Sister Catherine, devotes her life to religious service as a Franciscan nun. That calling had begun on a trip to Our Lady of Fatima, a holy site in Portugal famed for a series of religious visions that appeared nearly a century ago. It was outside the Fatima basilica where Holum decided that a path of religious dedication, not frozen skating lanes, would be her destiny.

“It is funny now to think of how different my life is now,” she said. “I had the wonderful privilege of being able to compete as an Olympian, and now I am blessed to able to serve God and help those less fortunate.”

After completing an art degree, including a thesis on the Olympics at the Art Institute of Chicago, Holum joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, a faith whose mission is “work with the poor and homeless and evangelization.”

Don't forget to read the rest of the article!

God is good.

Vivificat!: Plenty of Good Reading for Lent at Your Fingertips

Vivificat!: Plenty of Good Reading for Lent at Your Fingertips

A multitude of free .pdf files to download and read!!

Thanks, Patrick Madrid, for pointing many of us to this source!

To Whom Shall We Go? Archbishop Timothy Dolan

To Whom Shall We Go?

For Ash Wednesday.... and for Lent...

A Rose for Christi

Watching the video is well worth the trip to this webpage! It looks like a photo, but has a small play arrow on the bottom left corner.

Christi and her mother tell her story.

God bless Christi and Austin! See their love story .....


True love, hope and family surmount disability - ContraCostaTimes.com

Don Henley - Everything Is Different Now (LIVE 2000) [HQ]

Really beautiful song !!