HHS Mandate: The Parable of the Kosher Deli

Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn. followed in Jesus footsteps with the telling of a parable, that of the Kosher Deli, on Feb 16th before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing. He is the chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Development and Peace: A Cancer on the Church that Must be Excised.

This morning, I nearly stormed out of the church. They had allowed a presentation by the communist subversive anti-catholic organization known as Development & Peace.

We all know about their unholy alliances with pro-abortion groups, but this year it went much further. It was a 7 minute spiel about global warming and environmentalism. Pure political propaganda cloaked with a veneer of "christianese" words tossed in. If not for the fact that, after confession this morning, I was warned these nutjobs were going to speak ,and that I prayed for self control, I most certainly would have gotten up and walked out and possibly given them a piece of my mind.

I watched in disgust as many fellow parishoners heeded their call to sign "solidarity cards" and gove donations. I left immediately after feeling as disgusted and defiled as I would had I woken up in a brothel after a wild night of drinking and debauchery.

The demonic in the air was palpable. Don't these people know ( I refer to the Bishop who authorized this and asked us to "trust" that D&P was getting its act together, and the sheeple who go along with it. The D&P activists themeselves are well aware that they are corrupting the church with cultural marxism) that it is impossible to ally oneself with the anti-global warming crowd and remain true to church teaching? To subscribe to the heresy of anthropogenic global warming is to agree, eventually to throw the church teachings on contraception, abortion and marriage under the bus in the name of "social justice".
If anyone needs an explanation as to why the Global Warming/Green Movement and Christian Catholic teaching are compltely incompatible (to put it politely) watch the following Video:
I come to church to hear truth spoken , not lies. And this morning we were fed damnable lies with the blessing of no less than the local teaching authority of the church itself: the Bishop. That he could permit such a vile organization to openly spread outright lies like that in the church, before the official dismissal is unconscionable. In years past they would be low key and ask for funds to help with some projects, but this year the talk was unabashedly politcal. all the environmenatlist buzzwords were there.

Today I am absolutely ashamed of my church... I feel drained and defiled instead of refreshed and renewed after Mass.

This morning, I really had the sense that God had left the building.

D&P is not what i signed up for. As God abandoned the northern kingdom of Israel for its idolatry and worldliness, and later Judah for the same, it felt as if He had turned his back on us this morning.

Archishop Fulton J. Sheen Exposes Satan

(h/t http://www.bigbluewave.ca/)

Upon viewing this, I had two thoughts:
1) It speaks to the state of the culture and society today when you think that this man and his preaching were what people tuned into 50 years ago on TV. Today, they get the secular humanist snake oil of the irreverent atheist Bill Maher,the new age paganism of Oprah Winfrey and the relativism that is MTV.
It breaks my heart and speaks to the state of the church, that preachers of all denominations , by and ,large shrink back from speaking the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the tryuth in love for fear of "offending" some. Sadly they will learn that the One they had offended was the One that actually mattered, when they are asked to answer for the lost souls that could have been saved had they told it as it is. Ezekiel 33 comes to mind.
This talk is almost 40 minutes long but worth every minute you will spend watching it.

Honour Killings: We'd Better Understand

This girl is in hiding, terrified that she will be a victim of a so-called "Honour Killing". In this video she broke down saying that we don't undrstand. We had better understand that radical Islam does mandate (not permit, but REQUIRES) such extreme action for apostasy, and is often carried out for other things, such as adultery, or even minor matters which bring shame to the family.
Her parents want her returned to them, but she knows they will kill her if she is sent back. She also points out how widespread the practice really is. Here is a recent case that took place in Canada.
We need to wake up here in thewest. As more and more Muslims come to our countries, the demands grow for Sharia law to be permitted alongside our own law in matters pertaining to "internal Muslim affairs". Eventually it will be the law of the land, if concessiona are made. I would notbe surprised if many so-called honour Killings" are covered up by simply telling the authorities that "she has gone back to (insert Islamic country of your choice) to be married. We'll let Fathima Rifqa Bary tell her story and make her plea. The world needs to know, not only that "honour killings take place here, but be made aware of the many that take place every single day in Islamic countries, many of which go unreported, since in those countries where sharia is applied, women are considered second class persons , if that.

Social Conservative of the Day: Aug. 28th 2008

Pierre Lemieux, Conservative, Glengarry-Prescott Russell

Had Don Boudria run again for the Liberals in the 2006 election there is a good chance that Canada would not have Pierre Lemieux as one of its strongest voices for traditional values in parliament today.

M. Lemieux won the riding by 223 votes. The riding, like all of eastern Ontario had been trending Conservative in revent years, and with the departure of Boudria, the Tories finally went ove the top in this longtime Liberal stronghold.

M. Lemieux is a practising Roman catholic, loyal to the teachings of the magisterium, and has opposed Henry Morgentaler's accession to the Order of Canada, and gave an impassioned speech against so-called Same Sex "Marriage", arguably the best of any MP.

I encourage M. Lemieux to keep speaking up for truth and traditional values, and I also call on all those who claim to support a culture of life to get behind MPs such as M. Lemieux, and give them the clout they need to stand up to politically expedient party leadership.

Surprise!Aborted baby, declared dead, comes back to life in the cooler

Here's a story from Israel about how an aborted baby had been declared dead by the doctor who performed the procedure was revived after she had been placed in the cooler.

It must be said that the 26 year old mother was in the fifth month of her pregnancy and was experiencing a great deal of bleeding, had agreed to undergo the procedure, because tests showed that the child had no vital signs. The baby was born without a pulse, and had been declared dead.

Five hours later, the father of the child had come to pick up what he believed to be his dead daughter for burial, found the child showing signs of life, apparently being revived in the cooler where cadavers are kept.

In the State of Illinois, thanks in large part to the efforts of one Barack Hussein Obama, who blocked the "Born Alive" legislation, that child would have been allowed to die, even after showing signs of life.

Update:

August 19th 2008

We are Sad to report that the baby has died.

Too Bad Krauthammer is not one of Bush's Advisors

Charles Krauthammer, the Montreal-born pundit for the Washington Post has come up with a list of sanctions that would show Putin that the west actually has teeth, and will stand by its allies against naked aggression.

This is a must-read in Washington, and a host of European capitals.

"3. Dissolve the G-8. Putin's dictatorial presence long made it a farce but no one wanted to upset the bear by expelling it. No need to. The seven democracies simply withdraw. Then immediately announce the reconstitution of the original G-7."

And I'll add one more to his list: "5. Give Georgia and Ukraine immediate membership to NATO." Irreversible.

Edit:: Kicking Russia out of G8 needs to be permanent, or at least until such time as Russia changes its ways. If history is any indicator, that will be never.