Humanæ Vitæ: 40 Years Later

Humanæ Vitæ

It has all come to pass.

PZ Meyers Offers Us A Chance To Make Reparation And A New Saint!

I have much hope and love in my heart for PZ Myers, the militant disrespectful professor who desecrated the Eucharist. Not because I agree with what he has done - not in the least…

But I too was mired in the darkness of the sophistry that possesses him. There is hope.

In all irony, his actions may well lead to TWO greater goods - the return to reception on tongue, and so many prayers being sent heavenward on his behalf that the Grace shall grow irresistible. His conversion is imminent in God’s time.

Have a Mass offered for PZ Myers, in reparation for his sins, and for the conversion of his heart.

One day in heaven, he will thank you.

Don’t spend any time hating him.  Spend all that time praying for him.

Contact any of the following to have a Mass offered on his behalf:

Catholic Near East Welfare Association

Divine Word Missionaries

Seraphic Mass Association

Nasoul The Bee Learns A Valuable Lesson On Being Nice To Cats - After Abusing A Few!

Silly Bee, Allah wants you to kill Zionist pigs, not be mean to cats!

Kill a cat, go to hell! Kill a Jew, go to paradise!

It is simple really…

Pray for the conversion of the folks trapped in the heresy of Mohammet.

Let The Games Begin!

While all eyes are on China, let’s keep all our prayers with the suffering Chinese Catholic Faithful.

Consider giving generous support to the Chinese Church via The Cardinal Kung Foundation.

As Promised! Meet “Assud the Jew Eating Pink Bunny Jihadist”!

One wonders, are Jews tastey? If you see a 6-foot rabbit running your way who looks hungry (and you have not been taking any hallucinogenic or psychotropic drugs!)… Well my advice is simple - you don’t need to be the fastest runner, you just need to outrun the slowest Jew! That is who the 6-foot rabbit REALLY wants to eat.

See for yourself…

Aww gee! That’s awful sad those Zionist pigs killing Assud’s pal and all! He must be pretty lonely being left behind while Farfour gets his virgins and stuff! Right?

Now now, Allah provides! Tune in tomorrow to meet Assud’s new buddy, “Nahoul the Bee” who learns a valluable lesson about being humane to animals, while vowing to continue on in Farfour’s struggle against the Zionists!

Meet (& Say Goodby To) “Farfour The Mouse”!

Meet Palestinian children’s programming star “Farfour the Mouse”.  He loves spending time with his grandpa, his friends, and learning about the evils of “Zionist filth”.  Sadly, the “Zionist Filth” murder him.  No word on if he gets “mouse virgins” in paradise. 

Now that is just quality! One wonders if Mother Angelica is taking notes and if we will see a Mickey Mouse Martyr on any EWTN programming for children any time soon!

One also wonders why we aren’t all praying the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus which offers

You are King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry of Islamism…

 
Tune in tomorrow to meet “Assud the Jew Eating Pink Bunny Jihadist“!
 
I wish I made this stuff up.

Damian Thompson on “China’s Vile Persecution Of Christians”

China’s vile persecution of Christians

Posted by Damian Thompson on 07 Apr 2008  at 12:17 

I’m thrilled that China’s Olympic propaganda stunt turned into such a fiasco yesterday and sorry that someone didn’t throw the torch into the Thames. But this is not just about Tibet: it would have been nice to see huge crowds of Christians yesterday, protesting at the vile persecution of believers in mainland China.
Defiant faith: Bishop John Han was imprisoned on 11 occasions

Take a look at this picture from a video on the website of the wonderful Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. It shows

The Cardinal Kung Foundation

“Heaven has not forgotten China.  Will we?”

Support the Cardinal Kung Foundation.  Stop by their website to find out how you can support a priest for 4 days on just $10.

Unveiled Women Turn Men Into Beasts?

Is that what happened on 9/11? All those unveiled women? Maybe the suicide bombers? Maybe the fella with the shoe bomb?

http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/020631.php

Now they could be on to something here…

Consider if you will the situation now - the women stay bundled up and the men still riot in the streets, kill dhimmi dogs, protest over politcal cartoons, treat their women like crap, suicide bomb…

Now if the women showed some hair, some fore arm, or some ankle…. Imagine how uncivilized these men would become!

I would never dream of encouraging anything that might change that level of civility they are showing now!

Rev. Matthias Lu: “Martyrs Serve The Cause Of Truth In China”

MARTYRS SERVE THE CAUSE OF TRUTH IN CHINA

Rev. Matthias Lu

Easter is the feast of the 8th Beatitude. In St. Matthew’s Gospel, the 8th Beatitude is taken from the lips of our Savior: “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.” The Easter Alleluia is so joyful because it sings the glory of Christ’s own martyrdom on the Cross, fulfilling God’s loving will. The Hebrew word “Alleluia” proclaims, literally, “O God, thy will be done.” Thus it celebrates the fullness of the 8th Beatitude: the victory of Christ over death.The death of martyrs, victims of persecution, is their gate to entry into the Kingdom of God. Martyrdom for them is a victory, triumphant and instantaneous. And martyrdom has been a continuing fact of life for the Catholic Church in China during the past 47 years.

105th Anniversary Of The Repose Of Pope Leo XIII

Hear him speak.

Peter Kreeft: The Existence Of God

What do you think?

The Protest of a Protestant Minister Against Birth Control

by Rev. Matthew Trewhella

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Sunlight was just beginning to break over the darkness of the morning as my wife and I headed toward the entrance of the cold brick-faced building. Fear and apprehension gripped me each step of the way. A thousand questions and thoughts raced through my mind. “How much pain will there be? Why the heck did I ever do this in the first place? Maybe I should just leave.”

Forgotten Catholic China: A Photo Essay

This is a gathering of Catholics in a small village. They have being many years without a priest, but today Fr. Dang has come from the city of Kunming, more than 900 km. away, so the people from the village have spread the news around and everybody has come to the church, but the size of the crowd exceeds the capacity of the church, so many of the Christians have to attend Mass standing outside.

China has adopted the one child policy. This sight of brothers and sisters together is very seldom seen in the cities.

The Feast of Pentecost

See the whole slide show here. Whoever took this pictures has an artistic eye and a great love for the people.

5 bob to: Intentional Disciples

Prayers for the Church in China today will echo in eternity.  Remember them in your daily rosary, have Masses said for the faithful there, spread the word about them. 

The Catholic Church In China: Last Things First

She will not forget, no matter the price.  Will we?

What is He worth to you?

They Are Still Suffering: Martyrs Of China

Some of the Martyrs of China.  Read more.

Telegraph: “Ex-Anglican communities to become Catholic, Rome confirms “

Ex-Anglican communities to become Catholic, Rome confirms
Wednesday

The Catholic Church will expand its provision of “Anglican Use” parishes in the United States in order to allow whole communities of traditionalist Anglicans into the Roman fold, a senior Catholic archbishop has announced.

Pope Benedict on a recent visit ot the Yankee Stadium in New York

The Most Rev John J Myers, Archbishop of Newark and Ecclesiastical Delegate for the Pastoral Provision, told a conference of ex-Anglicans on Friday that “we are working on expanding the mandate of the Pastoral Provision [of Catholic parishes using Anglican-inspired services] to include those clergy and faithful of ‘continuing Anglican communities’.

“We are striving to increase awareness of our apostolate to Anglican Christians who desire to be reconciled with the Holy See. We have experienced the wonder of several Episcopal

Where is Bishop Su?

Searching for Bishop Su: Persecuted Chinese bishop gone but not forgotten Theresa Marie Moreau  (TMMoreau@yahoo.com)

From the back seat of the gypsy cab, Ming-Chuan “Joseph” Kung watched Beijing blur by. Everything had been pre-arranged. Everything. As the hired driver steered through the streets of the capital city of the People’s Republic of China, the seven passengers – a small delegation of Americans in town for a human rights conference – rode mostly in silence. Only periodic, superficial chitchat and the heavy breathing of the car’s heater broke the stillness of that wintry January 8 in 1994.

Soon, the touristy section stacked with American-style hotels, designed for the comfort of Westerners spoiled by Capitalism, melted into the background. The well-lighted streets and sidewalks packed with people eating, drinking, laughing that Saturday evening gave way to another reality.

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Portsmouth Poor Claires

5 bob to: Roman Catholic Vocations which reprints:

“Poor Clares discuss their religious vocations”

By Tim Puet
2/26/2008
Catholic Times of Coumbus

CLOISTER - Sister Marie Therese (far left) Sister Imelda Marie (center) and Sister Marie St. Claire (right)pray at St. Joseph Monastery in Portsmouth, Ohio. (Catholic Times/Jack Kuston)

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Catholic Times) - Any notion that cloistered nuns who constantly pray before the Blessed Sacrament and spend much of their lives in silence must live a solemn, somewhat grim existence quickly disappears on a visit to St. Joseph Monastery in Portsmouth.

Why Copts Still Get Christian Tattoos On Their Children

Why Copts still get Christian tattoos on their children:
Pakistan: 13- and 10-year-old girls abducted, raped, and forced into the fold of Islam

Pray for those trapped in Islam. Pray for Christian Dhimmi everywhere.

5 bob to Dhimmi Watch.

Catholic Cartoon Blog: Hi-freakin-larious!

From the Catholic Cartoon Blog:http://catholiccartoonblog.blogspot.com/

How had I managed to NOT find this clever site before?

Stop by and visit. This guy is good.

5 bob to CVSTOS FIDEI

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America = Episcopal Church 2.0?

I am the most casual of amateur “Anglican watchers”… As a Catholic, looking at what is going on over in TEC causes me no glee, but honestly I see the writing on the wall. (Feel free to weigh in with disagreement - that is what comboxes are for!)

A Lutheran watcher,  I am not at any level - amateur or otherwise.  Recently, however, I am having a spell of being, I dunno “Lutheran Curious” as I see snippets here and there of things coming out of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) - America’s largest Lutheran body of just under 4.77M members, formed in 1988 with the merging of three Lutheran bodies, they are in full communion with the Episcopal Church.

Again, as a rank amature with no vested interest in the internal politics of this community myself (save a desire/fantasy - I admit - to see an end to the divisions and a return to Catholic unity on the part of all baptized).

But in the past few weeks of looking at some things that are coming out of some blogs and news  sources here and there about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, I have come up with the following questions:

1. What trajectory has the ELCA taken on the GLBT issue?  Today it appears they are about three to five years behind the Episcopal Church on the matter, with affirming clergy being lined up to shore up support of what seems to be an affirming stance that is coming…
2. TEC and ELCA have an inter-communion and pulpit sharing arrangement… What influence has this had?  Some speculate that this re-enforces and re-affirms the influences of pro-GLBT parties within the ELCA… The TEC and ELCA in 2008 both have more clergy than ever, as their memberships both decline.  An observation that has been made by some is that in some diocese the TEC has rostered a good number of clergy who are not needed or used for parochial assignments, but serve - in effect - to “weight the strength of certain ideological agendas”… The ordinands have no or little parochial responsibility… but when it comes time to gather the rostered clergy to vote, they are votes that can be counted on.  “Stacking the deck” so to speak.  Is this a trend we have seen in the ELCA? 
3. Has clergy sharing had this influence or allowed for re-enforcements to be sent into ELCA synods from TEC for similar stacking?
4. What trends have we seen with ELCA congregations re-aligning in other synods? (The number of re-aligning congregations seems to have increased each year since 2002.)
5. Has the divisions between Lutheran bodies like WELS, Missouri Synod and the ELCA had an effect on how the situation in the ELCA has played out in these last ten years?  That is to say at the time of formation of the ELCA, WELS & the Missouri Synod did not opt to join back in 1988… That being the case, is it already a de factosituation that folks who self-describe as conservative Lutherans are already pre-divided into other non-ELCA bodies allowing for smooth transitions into a female-minister dominated body that is traveling in a trajectory to be widely and openly affirming of pro-GLBT (Affirming of homogenital sex acts)?
6. Continental Lutheranism (Germany and Scandinavia) has already gone the direction of the “mainline moderns”…  African Lutheranism - like African Anglicanism - seems to be more rooted in concepts of “Protestant Orthodoxy” with the eschewing of women’s ordination and pro-homosexual theologies.  Yet being that there is no “big tent Lutheran communion” analogous to what we see in Anglicanism with the world-wide communion and Lambeth, it would seem that neither Continental nor African bodies are in a position to exert pressures on the ELCA one way or another in the dramatic fashion that a global confrontation in The Anglican Communion has forced the hand of the TEC (in a fashion) to take a definative stand that (supposedly) will have an influence on TEC membership in the Anglican Communion.  As of 2008, I am sceptical this is going to happen in a fashion as dramatic as some predict - 11th hour comprimises seem to be the standard in the history of confrontations that liberal and affirming clergy and communities always recieve in a slow - if somewhat recently accelerated - war of attrition.  They always win.) Has this lack of a sense of world communion been a factor in the directions the ELCA has taken and will take?
7. In the past few years we have seen well over 25 clergy and notable theologians from American Lutheranism embrace the Catholic Faith.  Has this exodus hindered movements within the ELCA to ?

Worth looking at:

LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD BLASTS ELCA OVER GAY STANCE
Statement regarding 2007 ELCA Churchwide Assembly Action

by Gerald B. Kieschnick

Babies For Jihad!

From Jihad Watch: Babies for Jihad!

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar rally.

Chanting slogans of “jihad is our way”, burqa-clad women, some with babies, listened to fiery speeches from the daughter of the mosque’s jailed cleric on the eve of the anniversary of a commando raid on the complex in which more than 100 people died.  (READ ALL)

Ultimately, this is how they WILL win if they do.

They have children, we have utterly rejected our fertility in favor of comfort.

The next time you see a large family rather than make some smart alec comment about “You know what causes that, don’t you?” or “Get cable already!”…

THANK THEM and pray for them.

Another Disabled Young Person Dehydrated to Death in Terri Schiavo’s Hospice

from LifeSiteNews.com Headlines by lsn@LifeSiteNews.com

By Hilary White ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Another young person has been dehydrated to death in the same hospice in Florida where Terri Schindler Schiavo met her court-ordered end. Bradley Whaley, 26, was severely brain damaged by an overdose of drugs and was… (READ ALL)

Pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Bradley Whaley, and for the conversion of the errant souls who believe starvation of the helpless is an acceptable end-of-life-care scenario.

Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

After my grandfather’s funeral, my mother and my aunt (her sister, my godmother) gave me my grandfather’s 1952 Saint Joseph Sunday Missal (”A simplified arrangement of praying the Mass on all Sundays and Feast Days with A Treasury of Prayers“)
It is rather dog-eared from 6 decades of use - my grandfather continued to take it to Sunday Mass well after the implemenatation of the Pauline Rite so he could say the prayers in the back before and after Mass.

Looking through it, I came across the following prayer:

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Your altar. We are Yours, and Yours we wish to be; but, to be more surely united with You, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Your Most Sacred Heart. Many indeed have never known You; many too, despising Your precepts, have rejected You. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Your Sacred Heart.You are King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken You, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned You; grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.You are King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof; call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd. You are King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatryor of Islamism; refuse not to draw them all into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Your eyes of mercy toward the childrenof that race, once Your chosen people. Of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Savior; may it now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life. Grant, O Lord, to Your Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be glory and Honor forever. Amen.

Why did we ever stop praying this?

We should all start praying it again.

Just To Scare Jack Chick Fans & Other Various And Sundry Conspiracy Theorists…

 Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Happy First Birthday Summorum Pontificum!

For the Repose of the Soul of Joseph Alexander - My Grandfather

My grandfather passed away last Tuesday. Please join me in prayers for the peaceful repose of his soul and the comfort of my family.

Joseph A. , 91, of Erie, passed away July 1, 2008 at 1:40 p.m.

Born June 8, 1917 he was the son of Eli and Susan. He married Judith Dion December 26, 1945 in Manitoba, Canada.

Joe retired in 1975 as a lineman from Consumers Energy. He served our country proudly in the United States Army during WWII. He was a member of the Erie VFW Post 3925, Erie Knights of Columbus and the Luna Pier Senior Citizens.

Joe is survived by his wife, Judith, of 62 years; 2 daughters; 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter; 3 brothers Andrew, Enos and Francis; and 4 sisters Olive Turay, Mary Etue, Hazel Heidman and Norma.

The Rosary will be said at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church where he will lie instate after 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow withh the local VFW Post performing military honors.

July 4: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, 1901-1925

Who Is Left Standing In These Troubled Times As A Christian Voice That Can Re-gather The Storm-Tossed Flock?

Fr. J in Benedict the Re-Gatherer put it best and most succinctly… Our Holy Father is making great efforts to reach out and gather the faithful. In these troubled times, now more than ever, we need it.

B16 understands and recognizes what is at stake worldwide. Islam is growing because of its continued value of fertility, and many non-Catholic baptized Christians are adrift in a sea of unknowing. What the future holds for the places they called home is uncertain. Re-gathering the ranks, and strengthening the brethren is no small task.

Can you think of anyone else on the world seen remotely close to being up for this task? Any other Church that could go toe-to-toe with Islam, secularism, the sexual revolution, the post-modern era and actually stand a chance? Is any other cohesive expression and manifestation of Christianity actually growing?

The Sivas Massacre - 15 Years Later

The Sivas Massacre - on this day, 15 years ago, in Sivas Turkey the following people were burned to death in a hotel:

 

• Asuman Sivri (*1977-Ankara)
• Yasemin Sivri (*1974-Ankara)
• Hasret Gültekin (*1971-Sivas)
• Yeşim Özkan (*1973-Ankara)
• Huriye Özkan (*1971-Ankara)
• Belkis Çakir (*1975-Ankara)
• Muammer Çiçek (*1967-Tokat)
• İnci Türk (*1971-Balikesir)
• Gülsün Karababa (*1971-Sivas)
• Handan Metin (*1973-Sivas)
• Sait Metin (*1970-Sivas)
• Gülender Akça (*1968-Sivas)
• Carina Cuanna(*1971-Holland)
• Mehmet Atay (*1968-Sivas)
• Murat Gündüz (*1971-Ankara)
• Özlem Şahin (*1976-Ankara)
• Nurcan Şahin (*1975-Ankara)
• Ahmet Özyurt (*1972-Ankara)
• Serkan Doğan (*1974-Ankara)
• Serpil Çanik (*1974-Ankara)
• Sehergül Ateş (*1963-Tunceli)
• Uğur Kaynar (*1956-Sivas)
• Asaf Koçak (*1957-Yozgat)
• Erdal Ayranci (*1958-Niğde)
• Behçet Aysan (*1949-Ankara)
• Metin Altiok (*1941-Izmir)
• Asim Bezirci (*1927-Erzincan)
• Nesimi Çimen (*1931-Adana)
• Muhibe Akarsu (*1958-Sivas)
• Muhlis Akarsu (*1948-Sivas)
• Edibe Sulari (*1952-Erzincan)
• Menekşe Kaya (*1977-Ankara)
• Koray Kaya (*1981-Ankara)

Why?  Well among their number was the translator of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses…

Moderate Turkey, eh?

Transalpine Redemptorists Now In Good Standing With Rome

It was a joy to see that the Transalpine Redemptorists (that I have written about before) have announced today via their blog that they petitioned the Holy See for a lifting of sanctions against them, and have recieved an affirmative answer which now puts them in the position of having full and complete canonical relations and unimpaired communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church.

What a very happy day!

Father Michael Mary, C.SS.R. writes:

Canonical Good Standing

1 July, 2008
Feast of the Precious Blood

My dear friends,

I am happy to inform you that last June 18th, before Cardinal Castrillon and the members of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei in Rome, I humbly petitioned the Holy See on my own behalf and on behalf of the monastery council for our priestly suspensions to be lifted.

On June 26th I received word that the Holy See had granted our petition. All canonical censures have been lifted.

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Fathers of Mercy

(Pictured with Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ after he lead a retreat for them.)

http://www.fathersofmercy.com/

The Fathers of Mercy is a Roman Catholic Congregation of Priests. Our primary Apostolate is to preach parish missions

Pray for the recovery…

Of all items stolen from the Archbishop’s home while he was in Rome.

There must be a special place in hell for these people.

The Eldery Say The Darnedest Things!

Like dressing up as deacons… or something.  Nice stoles!

I’M The Boss! My Wife Said I Could Be!

5 bob to Father Dwight Longenecker who writes:

Just when you thought the Anglicans didn’t have any more surprises up their sleeve, here’s today’s news: a Church of England bishop has ordained his wife. You can read all about it here.

That would be Rt. Rev. Nigel McCullough and Rev. Mrs. McCullough in the photograph.

 I wonder if they share clerical shirts.

 

Soon enough they may share mitres!

Anglicans, eh?

Reminds me of a bumper sticker on my neighbor’s truck: I’m the boss!  My wife said I could be!

Ben & Bart

5 bob to Overheard in the Sacristy

Now if they could just get +++Al to join them…

ComBox Hero: Charlie Zeaiter on “What Calendar Are Ya Using?”

The Julian Calendar was invented by the Romans (I think under the reign of Julius Ceasar). It was a calendar that had 365 days a year, except every 4 years was a leap year which had 366 days.

Sounds famililar? It sounds like the calendar we use today, right? Wrong! We use the Gregorian Calendar. We don’t have a leap year every 4 years… well, we kind of do, but we really don’t.

If the year is divisible by 4 it may be a leap year; You see, if the year is divisible by 100, it must also be divisible by 400.

For example, the year 2000 was a leap year. But the year 1900 wasn’t. And neither will the year 2100 be a leap year. (But in the Julian Calendar, years like 1900 and 2100 will be leap years.)

This error was discovered In the 16th Century when they noticed that the Vernal Equinox (1st day of Spring) was 10 days later than it was back in the 4th century (which was when the Council of Nicea was held and determined a date formula for Easter). So Pope Gregory XIII authorised the use of the new calendar (hence the name, Gregorian Calendar). Basically, people went to bed on Thursday October 4th 1582, and woke up the next day on Friday October 15th 1582.

Eventually, other parts of the world would adapt the Gregorian Calendar. But the Orthodox won’t accept this new calendar.

Since the 16th Century, there have been 3 more erroneous leap years in the Julian Caledar (1700, 1800, and 1900). Hence now, the Julian Calendar is 13 days out of whack. That’s why some Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas 13 days later than us. (After the year 2100, they’ll celebrate Christmas 14 days later than us.)

(The Easter date formula has other factors involved. I’m not sure if the Orthodox use the Julian Calendar to determine Easter.)

http://forums.catholic.com/showpost.php?p=3508033&postcount=2

Consolers of the Heart of Jesus and of the Holy Face