Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Have courage to defend your faith!
This is from the article found on
See full Text in Italian Here and Copy and paste to translate into English here...
Closing the Year of St. Paul yesterday evening, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the writings of the famed convert to Christianity. With reference to Paul's letter to the Ephesians (4:14), the Pope explained what Paul meant by his statement that Christians should not remain "children at the mercy of the waves, transported here and there by every wind of doctrine."
"Paul wants the Christian faith have a 'responsible', an 'adult faith," said the Holy Father. "The word 'adult faith' has in recent decades become a popular slogan. It is often used to refer to the attitude of those who no longer adhere to the Church and her pastors, but choose for themselves what they want to believe and not believe - a kind of do-it-yourself faith."
Benedict XVI continued: "Speaking against the Magisterium of the Church is presented as courageous. In reality, however, it does not take courage for this, since you can always be sure of audience applause."
"Rather it takes courage to adhere to the faith of the Church, even if it contradicts the 'scheme' of the contemporary world," said the Pope. "It is this non-conformism of the faith that Paul calls an 'adult faith.'"
The Holy Father gave two examples of an 'adult faith'. First, "to commit to the inviolability of human life from the very beginning, thus radically opposing the principle of violence, in defense of the most defenseless humans." And second, "to recognize marriage between a man and a woman for life as a law of the Creator, restored again by Christ."
For Paul, said Benedict XVI, "following the prevailing winds and currents of the day is childish."
Life site Newsregarding Paul's letter to the Ephesians:
See full Text in Italian Here and Copy and paste to translate into English here...
Closing the Year of St. Paul yesterday evening, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the writings of the famed convert to Christianity. With reference to Paul's letter to the Ephesians (4:14), the Pope explained what Paul meant by his statement that Christians should not remain "children at the mercy of the waves, transported here and there by every wind of doctrine."
"Paul wants the Christian faith have a 'responsible', an 'adult faith," said the Holy Father. "The word 'adult faith' has in recent decades become a popular slogan. It is often used to refer to the attitude of those who no longer adhere to the Church and her pastors, but choose for themselves what they want to believe and not believe - a kind of do-it-yourself faith."
Benedict XVI continued: "Speaking against the Magisterium of the Church is presented as courageous. In reality, however, it does not take courage for this, since you can always be sure of audience applause."
"Rather it takes courage to adhere to the faith of the Church, even if it contradicts the 'scheme' of the contemporary world," said the Pope. "It is this non-conformism of the faith that Paul calls an 'adult faith.'"
The Holy Father gave two examples of an 'adult faith'. First, "to commit to the inviolability of human life from the very beginning, thus radically opposing the principle of violence, in defense of the most defenseless humans." And second, "to recognize marriage between a man and a woman for life as a law of the Creator, restored again by Christ."
For Paul, said Benedict XVI, "following the prevailing winds and currents of the day is childish."
Friday, June 26, 2009
Money from Canadian Bishops Conference Funding groups in Peru that support the leagalization of abortion and Promote contraception? Upside down?
Bishops from Peru are asking Canadian Bishops why their norther brothers would fund groups that acted directly contrary to the Church in Peru, this video helps to understand this issue very clearly!
In 2009, investigative reporters from LifeSiteNews.com discovered a widespread scandal with the funding practices of the Canadian Catholic Organization For Development and Peace (CCODP). This official agency of the Canadian Catholic Bishops has been funding pro-abortion groups. Watch this video to see the undeniable evidence of pro-abortion and other advocacy contrary to Catholic teachings on life and family.
In 2009, investigative reporters from LifeSiteNews.com discovered a widespread scandal with the funding practices of the Canadian Catholic Organization For Development and Peace (CCODP). This official agency of the Canadian Catholic Bishops has been funding pro-abortion groups. Watch this video to see the undeniable evidence of pro-abortion and other advocacy contrary to Catholic teachings on life and family.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
We need to let our conscience be our guide... a well formed one
Just thinking on the chaos ensuing in our country...We all need a Jiminy Cricket to sing a little ditty to us...because you see that even Pinocchio had to have help building a well formed conscience.
Some quotes about conscience-
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Albert Einstein
Mohandas Gandhi
II. THE FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE (The Catholic Catechism)
1783 Conscience must be informed and moral judgment enlightened. A well-formed conscience is upright and truthful. It formulates its judgments according to reason, in conformity with the true good willed by the wisdom of the Creator. The education of conscience is indispensable for human beings who are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment and to reject authoritative teachings.
Here is an excellent article on Examining your conscience!
Websters Dictionary Definition-
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be conscious of guilt, from com- + scire to know — more at science
Date:
13th century
1 a: the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good b: a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts c: the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego2archaic : consciousness3: conformity to the dictates of conscience : conscientiousness4: sensitive regard for fairness or justice : scruple
— con·science·less Listen to the pronunciation of conscienceless \-ləs\ adjective
— in all conscience or in conscience
: in all fairness
conscience in Afrikaans is gewete
conscience in Dutch is geweten
conscience in Finnish is omatunto
conscience in German is Gewissen
conscience in Hungarian is lelkiismeret
conscience in Italian is coscienza
conscience in Latin is conscientia
conscience in Norwegian is samvittighet
conscience in Spanish is conciencia, conciencia
conscience in Swedish is samvete
Some quotes about conscience-
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Albert Einstein
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
Mohandas Gandhi
II. THE FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE (The Catholic Catechism)
1783 Conscience must be informed and moral judgment enlightened. A well-formed conscience is upright and truthful. It formulates its judgments according to reason, in conformity with the true good willed by the wisdom of the Creator. The education of conscience is indispensable for human beings who are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment and to reject authoritative teachings.
John Henry Cardinal Newman, "Letter to the Duke of Norfolk," V, in Certain Difficulties felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching II (London: Longmans Green, 1885), 248.
Conscience is a law of the mind; yet [Christians] would not grant that it is nothing more; I mean that it was not a dictate, nor conveyed the notion of responsibility, of duty, of a threat and a promise. . . . [Conscience] is a messenger of him, who, both in nature and in grace, speaks to us behind a veil, and teaches and rules us by his representatives. Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
Here is an excellent article on Examining your conscience!
Websters Dictionary Definition-
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be conscious of guilt, from com- + scire to know — more at science
Date:
13th century
1 a: the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good b: a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts c: the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego2archaic : consciousness3: conformity to the dictates of conscience : conscientiousness4: sensitive regard for fairness or justice : scruple
— con·science·less Listen to the pronunciation of conscienceless \-ləs\ adjective
— in all conscience or in conscience
: in all fairness
conscience in Afrikaans is gewete
conscience in Dutch is geweten
conscience in Finnish is omatunto
conscience in German is Gewissen
conscience in Hungarian is lelkiismeret
conscience in Italian is coscienza
conscience in Latin is conscientia
conscience in Norwegian is samvittighet
conscience in Spanish is conciencia, conciencia
conscience in Swedish is samvete
Monday, June 22, 2009
There is No Stopping Abortion Without the Eucharist
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
Introduction: There is no stopping abortion without the Eucharist. Abortion is murder. It is on a scale today greater than all previous combined abortion murders in human history. Public demonstrations and statements of all kinds and sizes are all very important. They offer the opportunity for the pro-life Catholic to publicly identify before the world where he or she stands. We must put first things first to know and understand that behind every abortion is the devil, a murderer from the beginning. Our own human resources are entirely inadequate. Divine grace is absolutely necessary to stop abortion. All graces come through Jesus Christ in His human nature. The primary source of these graces is Holy Mass, Holy Communion and Holy Adoration of our Lord in His Real Presence. Eternal Life’s spiritual director keeps us committed to the truth. Let’s hear it from Fr. Hardon.
Read on here http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Abortion_Euthanasia/Abortion_Euthanasia_003.htm
Introduction: There is no stopping abortion without the Eucharist. Abortion is murder. It is on a scale today greater than all previous combined abortion murders in human history. Public demonstrations and statements of all kinds and sizes are all very important. They offer the opportunity for the pro-life Catholic to publicly identify before the world where he or she stands. We must put first things first to know and understand that behind every abortion is the devil, a murderer from the beginning. Our own human resources are entirely inadequate. Divine grace is absolutely necessary to stop abortion. All graces come through Jesus Christ in His human nature. The primary source of these graces is Holy Mass, Holy Communion and Holy Adoration of our Lord in His Real Presence. Eternal Life’s spiritual director keeps us committed to the truth. Let’s hear it from Fr. Hardon.
Read on here http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Abortion_Euthanasia/Abortion_Euthanasia_003.htm
Far away...
This is a video for many who feel they need some hope, through the darkness there is always hope...
Where-ever I go
Far away and anywhere
Time after time, you always shine
Through dark of night, calling after me
And where-ever I climb
Far away and anywhere
You raise me high, beyond the sky
Through stormy night, lifting me above
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu Venite Spirtus
Far away, beyond the sky
Whenever I cry
Far away and anywhere
You hear me call when shadows fall
A light of hope, showing me the way
And Whenever I cry
Far away and anywhere
You raise me high, beyond the sky
Through stormy night, lifting me up high
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu Venite Spirtus
Far away, beyond the sky
Where-ever I go
Far away and anywhere
Time after time, you always shine
Through dark of night, calling after me
And where-ever I climb
Far away and anywhere
You raise me high, beyond the sky
Through stormy night, lifting me above
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu Venite Spirtus
Far away, beyond the sky
Whenever I cry
Far away and anywhere
You hear me call when shadows fall
A light of hope, showing me the way
And Whenever I cry
Far away and anywhere
You raise me high, beyond the sky
Through stormy night, lifting me up high
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu et emitte caelitus
Venite Spiritu Venite Spirtus
Far away, beyond the sky
Friday, June 19, 2009
Prayer of St. John Vianney
As the Year of the Priest starts it is begun in Rome with the Celebration of Vespers found here...
http://www.universalis.com/vespers.htm
EWTN, Global Catholic Network Click to access LIVE video stream from EWTN. Fri 6/19/09 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
VESPERS FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS - LIVE (2hr)
The Pope celebrates the beginning of the Year for priests by welcoming the relics of the 'Cure of Ars' followed by Vespers to inaugurate the special year for priests. The year will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Vianney, Cure of Ars. Live from St. Peter's Basilica.
Fri 6/19/09 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
St. John Vianney
I love You, O my God,
and my only desire is to love You
until the last breath of my life.
I love You, O my infinitely lovable God,
and I would rather die loving You,
than live without loving You.
I love You, Lord
and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally...
My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You,
I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath.
http://www.universalis.com/vespers.htm
EWTN, Global Catholic Network Click to access LIVE video stream from EWTN. Fri 6/19/09 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
VESPERS FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS - LIVE (2hr)
The Pope celebrates the beginning of the Year for priests by welcoming the relics of the 'Cure of Ars' followed by Vespers to inaugurate the special year for priests. The year will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Vianney, Cure of Ars. Live from St. Peter's Basilica.
Fri 6/19/09 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
St. John Vianney
I love You, O my God,
and my only desire is to love You
until the last breath of my life.
I love You, O my infinitely lovable God,
and I would rather die loving You,
than live without loving You.
I love You, Lord
and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally...
My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You,
I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath.
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