There is nothing objectionable in this positive, life-affirming advertisement. We show a beautiful ultrasound, something NBC’s parent company GE has done for years," Burch said.
"We congratulate Barack Obama on becoming the first African-American President. And we simply ask people to imagine the potential of every human life," he told LifeNews.com.
More of above, HERE .
Of course, let's not be surprised by the overtly sexual advertising we will see on Superbowl Sunday...a necessary ingredient to FEED the abortion machine!
Send your complaints about the rejection of the ad to Victoria Morgan, Vice President, Advertising Standards, NBC Universal, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 1825 E. New York, NY 10112. Call (212) 664-4267 or fax (212) 664-6366 or email victoria.morgan@nbc.com
Come folks, take a minute to send an email. Be heard, an email is easier than marching and holding a sign. WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST OF MY BRETHERN, YOU DO UNTO ME.
(letter you can copy in combox)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
YES! We need to regain our Catholic Identity and LIVE our faith.
Thank you Bishop Hermann for bravely speaking the Truth...In our Supreme Court and in our Congress, we have a plethora of so-called Catholics who are failing to live their Catholic identity.
Over 50 percent of our electorate voted for a president who is one of the most pro-culture-of-death candidates from a major party to run for the highest office of the land.
Yes, we can thank one-half of our Catholics for bailing out on their faith! After almost 50 years (hmmm, did our Catholic identity weaken when we changed our Mass to look like the Protestant service?) of having 50 percent of Catholics abandoning their Catholic identity, we cannot expect to turn this culture around by short-term political efforts. In order to bring about a transformation from a culture of death to a culture of life, we have to restore our Catholic identity.
This means that all of us, as Catholics, have to undergo a profound transformation. It means that we have to take a good look at every facet of our Catholic life, including the serious study of life issues, the regular and devout use of our Sacramental system, especially the devout and weekly attendance at Mass, the regular reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the devout praying of the daily Rosary, and then the faithful, loving and firm witness to lax Catholics about our Catholic beliefs and practices.
We have to live our lives in such a way that we will be unafraid to witness to what we believe and live. I may courageously say that I am willing to die to end abortion, but am I equally willing to say that I am ready to let my ego get ruffled daily for the same cause? Yet … that is where I need to arrive if I am to be a credible witness.
What a glorious opportunity we all have to make a difference in the pro-life cause. Until we are willing to be politically incorrect in order to be biblically correct, we will never convince anyone that our religion is worth living. It does not take 100 percent of our Catholics to transform this country. If 75 percent of our Catholics were steeped in Catholic identity, the abortion issue would be over for our entire country.
For the whole column by Bishop Hermann see:http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jan/09012707.html
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Contraception IS adding to the problems!
Patrick Madrid: If You Are Contracepting, You Are Part of a Very Big Problem <---full article at this link, below is a snippet.
Global aging, combined with plummeting birth rates, is a catastrophically dangerous menace that only a few people seem to be waking up to. You may not be familiar with terms like “global aging” and “demographic winter,” but you will be soon.
I've been giving public lectures on the problem of global aging for the past 7 years or so, and my audiences are always shocked and dumbfounded as I explain how the West's ever expanding population of old people (due, thank God, to the ever-improving capabilities of bio-medical science), while a good thing in itself, will soon become a prime target for the forced-euthanasia crowd as the decline in birth rates among women of child-bearing age throughout the West (as well as major non-Western countries like Japan and Russia) forces an ever-shrinking number of younger, working citizens to shoulder the economic burden of paying for the retirement benefits consumed by the ever-expanding population of retired, old folks.
Read more from Patrick Madrid from the link at the top.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Religion of Secularism - Reagan's prophetic words
On this Day... and from AMERICAN MINUTE by Bill Federer
In his State of the Union Address, JANUARY 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan stated:
"Each day your members observe a 200-year-old tradition meant to signify America is one nation under God. I must ask: If you can begin your day with a member of the clergy standing right here leading you in prayer, then why can't freedom to acknowledge God be enjoyed again by children in every school room across this land?" A month later in a radio address, February 25, 1984, President Reagan stated: "The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny...But now we're told our children have no right to pray in school. Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom. It is time to redress the balance." President Reagan continued: "Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart noted if religious exercises are held to be impermissible activity in schools, religion is placed at an artificial and state-created disadvantage...Refusal to permit religious exercises is seen not as the realization of state neutrality, but rather as the establishment of a religion of secularism."
We have devalued what once defined us, the intention and faith of our founding fathers.
When you remove foundations, you crumble...
In his State of the Union Address, JANUARY 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan stated:
"Each day your members observe a 200-year-old tradition meant to signify America is one nation under God. I must ask: If you can begin your day with a member of the clergy standing right here leading you in prayer, then why can't freedom to acknowledge God be enjoyed again by children in every school room across this land?" A month later in a radio address, February 25, 1984, President Reagan stated: "The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny...But now we're told our children have no right to pray in school. Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom. It is time to redress the balance." President Reagan continued: "Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart noted if religious exercises are held to be impermissible activity in schools, religion is placed at an artificial and state-created disadvantage...Refusal to permit religious exercises is seen not as the realization of state neutrality, but rather as the establishment of a religion of secularism."
We have devalued what once defined us, the intention and faith of our founding fathers.
When you remove foundations, you crumble...
Friday, January 23, 2009
How an inaccurately labeled, pro "choice" President saves the economy?
3 ways President Obama plans to use YOUR tax dollars to fund elective abortion on demand.
1. Sign an Executive Order to abandon the Mexico City Policy so that U.N. organizations can fund abortion overseas; (DONE, 1-23-2009 - what happened to saving our economy? Why SPEND our tax $$$ on FOREIGN abortions??!!)
2. Repeal the Hyde Amendment in order to allow tax-funded abortion on demand through Medicaid;
3. Appropriate tax-dollars to Planned Parenthood and DEFUND Crisis Pregnancy Centers.
This does not warrant the label "pro choice," WAKE UP people!
By defunding centers that help women who want AND CHOOSE to KEEP THEIR BABIES our President is telling us plainly...to our face...as he did with his BORN ALIVE stance... I'll support your GETTING RID OF THE BABIES.
In the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama voted at least six times against legislation that would protect the life of a child born alive during an abortion procedure. And while Obama says he would have supported the federal version of the “born alive” legislation, he voted against a “nearly identical” bill in Illinois.
1. Sign an Executive Order to abandon the Mexico City Policy so that U.N. organizations can fund abortion overseas; (DONE, 1-23-2009 - what happened to saving our economy? Why SPEND our tax $$$ on FOREIGN abortions??!!)
2. Repeal the Hyde Amendment in order to allow tax-funded abortion on demand through Medicaid;
3. Appropriate tax-dollars to Planned Parenthood and DEFUND Crisis Pregnancy Centers.
This does not warrant the label "pro choice," WAKE UP people!
By defunding centers that help women who want AND CHOOSE to KEEP THEIR BABIES our President is telling us plainly...to our face...as he did with his BORN ALIVE stance... I'll support your GETTING RID OF THE BABIES.
In the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama voted at least six times against legislation that would protect the life of a child born alive during an abortion procedure. And while Obama says he would have supported the federal version of the “born alive” legislation, he voted against a “nearly identical” bill in Illinois.
For the love of Christ, TRULY present in the Most Blessed Sacrament
The Patron of this blog for the 2009th year of Our Lord is the Apostle of the Eucharist (who was the first saint to "pick me" 5 years ago! Thanks for "staying" near dear saint.)It is no coincidence, but a God-incidence that this Saint is devoted to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, especially for priests and had a great love for the first tabernacle, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Yes, these are dear to my heart as well!
O Saint Peter Julian,
who, all aflame with faith in the Holy Eucharist,
pleaded with the world, "Jesus is there; go to him",
obtain through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary,Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament,that this cry from the depths of your heartmay re-echo in all hearts and lead to a renewal and deepening of Christian life everywhere.
May your call resound even more powerfully and fruitfully from heaven where you share the glory of the saints.
May your call resound even more powerfully and fruitfully from heaven where you share the glory of the saints.
May it raise among the faithful and especially among priests,to whom you were so constantly devoted, new armies of adorers and apostles of the Eucharist who, like you, will dedicate themselves to its glorification among individuals and nations, and work for the coming of the peace of Christ in his reign of love.
Amen.
Saint Peter Julian, pray for us!
Saint Peter Julian, pray for us!
Pray that the TotusTuusFamily blog would lead souls to Christ in the Eucharist and to Our Mother, The Blessed Virgin Mary!
Google this remarkable saint. I hope to post more about his quotes, life and books during the year.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
We hold these truths to be self-evident...
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are CREATED EQUAL, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIFE, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
- Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
- Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Did we apply that Right to blacks when their civil rights were devauled? Babies are our new blindspot. We will, AGAIN, shamefully look back in history at our genocide of baby humans, the most defenseless!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The coming, "generated crisis" !
Why are they making these predictions? It feels like a set-up. As reported on ABC
Go to www.YouTube.com and search under January 21 22 crisis to see Colin Powel and Biden speaking of a generated crisis that will happen today, tomorrow or in the next 6 months. How do they know?
There are even videos of troops on alert in America for Marshal Law, New World Order.
We need to pray for the March for Life tomorrow, the 22nd.
We need to pray... Pray.
Go to www.YouTube.com and search under January 21 22 crisis to see Colin Powel and Biden speaking of a generated crisis that will happen today, tomorrow or in the next 6 months. How do they know?
There are even videos of troops on alert in America for Marshal Law, New World Order.
We need to pray for the March for Life tomorrow, the 22nd.
We need to pray... Pray.
The Interview meme
Can I fire 5 questions attcha?!
Let me tell you how this works.
You put a comment on this post that says you'd like to be interviewed. I get to come up with the questions. I'd love to interview you for your blog! You answer your interview questions, like I have done below... and the chain continues...
Shelly , Keeper of the Keys blog, has asked me the following questions:
1. Who has been the greatest influence in your life thus far [that you know personally]?
That would be my husband. He's so clear thinking, reasonable, holy and self-sacrificing. I rely on his guidance as my best friend and spiritual leader of our family.
2. What do you think is the worst thing about doing laundry?
When I can't get a stain out. Fels-Naptha soap is usually the magic bullet, even when rubbed on an "old" stain. But sometimes, there's a liquid or grease that just makes the color of the fabric a tad darker...and I can't get it out...and I HATE that!
It should be noted that inside out smelly boy socks and things in pockets are a close second!
3. What gadget would you like to have - small appliance or otherwise?
Recumbent exercise bike...whole house water filter....
4. What is a great comfort food to you?
My mother's shepherd's pie...or when she would make me tea when I was sick....or get me matzah ball soup from the local jewish deli....
5. When you are cold do you throw on a sweater, turn up the heat or build a fire?
I usually put on a sweater. I like it cold, but I like sitting by the fire too!
YOUR TURN!
Let me tell you how this works.
You put a comment on this post that says you'd like to be interviewed. I get to come up with the questions. I'd love to interview you for your blog! You answer your interview questions, like I have done below... and the chain continues...
Shelly , Keeper of the Keys blog, has asked me the following questions:
1. Who has been the greatest influence in your life thus far [that you know personally]?
That would be my husband. He's so clear thinking, reasonable, holy and self-sacrificing. I rely on his guidance as my best friend and spiritual leader of our family.
2. What do you think is the worst thing about doing laundry?
When I can't get a stain out. Fels-Naptha soap is usually the magic bullet, even when rubbed on an "old" stain. But sometimes, there's a liquid or grease that just makes the color of the fabric a tad darker...and I can't get it out...and I HATE that!
It should be noted that inside out smelly boy socks and things in pockets are a close second!
3. What gadget would you like to have - small appliance or otherwise?
Recumbent exercise bike...whole house water filter....
4. What is a great comfort food to you?
My mother's shepherd's pie...or when she would make me tea when I was sick....or get me matzah ball soup from the local jewish deli....
5. When you are cold do you throw on a sweater, turn up the heat or build a fire?
I usually put on a sweater. I like it cold, but I like sitting by the fire too!
YOUR TURN!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Ice Ice Baby!
It's a small rink, but it's ours...
We spent last weekend making it and all week freezing it.
Lucky to have this kind of freezing weather and yet not any real snow to cover the rink...we'll see how long it lasts. In the meantime, we'll be skating!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Upon seeing this picture
"Daddy, remember when God sent me down from heaven to be with our family...and you caught me?"
O, Darling, how could we ever forget!
Friday, January 16, 2009
A Baby dreams before it's ever born
For my brother and sister-in-law who delighted us with the news that they are welcoming their 3rd daughter into the world...Jeremiah 1:5
Giveaway - Quilts, like God's handiwork
Dear Readers - Do you like quilts? I do!
In them, I see an analogy to the work of God. When we look at a quilt up close we sometimes see pieces that look or feel discordant. Why is this piece alongside this piece? What does it all mean?
And then, we step away...
A sharp breath in and we see the pattern. We see how it all "fits" together. We see beauty and intricate toil. We see comfort and legacy.
Life is like that.
God sews and connects our experiences together like a patchwork quilt and only when we "remove ourselves" do we see His handiwork, His perfect plan and will.
While we're on the journey of life we can mark the days. Some days God brings us to birthdays, some days to deaths. First teeth are lost and First Holy Communions are made! A book of days can show us our timelines and connect the past to the present.
Perhaps the Grandfather you never met had his birthday on your baptism day? Coincidence or God-incidence?
If you'd like this BOOK OF DAYS celebrating pictures of beautiful quilts, leave me a comment and I will pick a name on Monday, January 26th and post a winner.
You too, then, can create your own legacy notes and create strong family ties!
In them, I see an analogy to the work of God. When we look at a quilt up close we sometimes see pieces that look or feel discordant. Why is this piece alongside this piece? What does it all mean?
And then, we step away...
A sharp breath in and we see the pattern. We see how it all "fits" together. We see beauty and intricate toil. We see comfort and legacy.
Life is like that.
God sews and connects our experiences together like a patchwork quilt and only when we "remove ourselves" do we see His handiwork, His perfect plan and will.
While we're on the journey of life we can mark the days. Some days God brings us to birthdays, some days to deaths. First teeth are lost and First Holy Communions are made! A book of days can show us our timelines and connect the past to the present.
Perhaps the Grandfather you never met had his birthday on your baptism day? Coincidence or God-incidence?
If you'd like this BOOK OF DAYS celebrating pictures of beautiful quilts, leave me a comment and I will pick a name on Monday, January 26th and post a winner.
You too, then, can create your own legacy notes and create strong family ties!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Gregor Mendel...word to da brutha....PEAS!
Second son writing a science paper on Gregor Mendel. Perhaps future assignments should acccept rap videos?
Yeah...that's the ticket!
A question from son's art course....
Me: Michelangelo has an ability to make his people look solid and heavy. How does he do this?
Son: Uhhhh...years of practice?
Check. Pass.Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
On Heresy
The crowning disloyalty to God is heresy.
It is the sin of sins, the very loathsomest of things which God looks down upon in this malignant world.
Yet how little do we understand of its excessive hatefulness!
It is the polluting of God’s truth, which is the worst of all impurities.
Yet how light we make of it!
We look at it, and are calm. We touch it and do not shudder.
We mix with it, and have no fear.
We see it touch holy things, and we have no sense of sacrilege.
We breathe its odour, and show no signs of detestation or disgust.
Some of us affect its friendship; and some even extenuate its guilt.
We do not love God enough to be angry for His glory.
We do not love men enough to be charitably truthful for their souls.
~Father Frederick Faber
It is the sin of sins, the very loathsomest of things which God looks down upon in this malignant world.
Yet how little do we understand of its excessive hatefulness!
It is the polluting of God’s truth, which is the worst of all impurities.
Yet how light we make of it!
We look at it, and are calm. We touch it and do not shudder.
We mix with it, and have no fear.
We see it touch holy things, and we have no sense of sacrilege.
We breathe its odour, and show no signs of detestation or disgust.
Some of us affect its friendship; and some even extenuate its guilt.
We do not love God enough to be angry for His glory.
We do not love men enough to be charitably truthful for their souls.
~Father Frederick Faber
Read more about Fr. Faber, HERE.
Monday, January 12, 2009
God will not be outdone in generosity!
With the start of the FOCA novena yesterday, and the encouragement from a devout cousin to add sacrifice to these days of prayer, I posted the Saint Basket to offer up any effort that resulted in helping people find a companion Saint for the year.
With the response here, and on the Catholic homeschooling yahoogroups, I approximate picking almost 200 Saints in 2 days and typing so much that the "E" on my laptop has come off! :)
I am glad that God made me busy. I wanted this offering to have a sacrificial element.
I thought maybe the broken keys on my keyboard were...."interference." Happily, I laughed that "he" wouldn't stop me, or the saints from his home before his descent.
But it must be said that I often cry.
I cry because you all write the kindest things!! You share how these saints have deep connections to your needs, or your past, or your future. I am humbled by your enthusiasm.
I know we're not supposed to be surprised to see God working in our lives, it's what we believe. But when I read your God-incidences I am goosebumped at His handiwork, His nearness. He shows Himself and how can I not be awed?!
And I am reminded again...God will not be outdone in generosity! When you give, he gives back 100 fold!
With the response here, and on the Catholic homeschooling yahoogroups, I approximate picking almost 200 Saints in 2 days and typing so much that the "E" on my laptop has come off! :)
I am glad that God made me busy. I wanted this offering to have a sacrificial element.
I thought maybe the broken keys on my keyboard were...."interference." Happily, I laughed that "he" wouldn't stop me, or the saints from his home before his descent.
But it must be said that I often cry.
I cry because you all write the kindest things!! You share how these saints have deep connections to your needs, or your past, or your future. I am humbled by your enthusiasm.
I know we're not supposed to be surprised to see God working in our lives, it's what we believe. But when I read your God-incidences I am goosebumped at His handiwork, His nearness. He shows Himself and how can I not be awed?!
And I am reminded again...God will not be outdone in generosity! When you give, he gives back 100 fold!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Your 2013 Saint Companion & Giveaway!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's that time again... I will prayerfully ask God to guide my hand in choosing your Saint Companion to guide your 2013....AND you can also enter to win the Catholic Child's Teaching Bible and supplies.
FOR OUR 9th YEAR....it is time to pick a new saint to guide each of us this year, as we have done in years before. Did you get a saint last year? Blog about it...encourage this tradition.
It is said that the Saint picks YOU.
It is said that the Saint picks YOU.
In our family, we post our Saints of the Year on our refrigerator so that we are constantly reminded of them... of our journey with them... to be inspired by what their life can teach us in our faith journey. It becomes a great learning and spiritual study to google our saint and learn and read as much as we can about them.
With solemnity, we each fervently pray as our hand reaches into the basket. We ask that the saint God intends to "teach and journey " with us this year will choose us.
And they have been so meaningful to us. Sometimes a certain saint likes to stay and share themselves with other members of our family....like Padre Pio, St. Therese's family and Mother Cabrini. We are growing in love for our saints. Some might say we are Saint Junkies!
And they have been so meaningful to us. Sometimes a certain saint likes to stay and share themselves with other members of our family....like Padre Pio, St. Therese's family and Mother Cabrini. We are growing in love for our saints. Some might say we are Saint Junkies!
Would you like to have a companion saint this year? CAN I PICK A SAINT FOR YOU?
Leave me a comment and I will leave you one back with a Saint Companion for 2013. Then, google them...read all you can about them. Get a medal and post their prayer card on your mirror...learn from them and their struggles. Make it a New Year's resolution to let them transform you in some way!
All you holy men and women, ora pro nobis.
(This project becomes larger each year, thank you, Lord! Please be patient with me as I gladly respond to requests as promptly as I can.)
+ S P E C I A L A D D E D F E A T U R E T H I S Y E A R +
You came to this blog post in a quest for spiritual companionship, finding a saint to help guide your year of faith. I believe this giveaway dovetails nicely because with this resource your family can also meet that calling to grow in virtue and closeness to God's Word...the way the Saints did. This book will encourage you and your family to open your bibles more! There, in His Word, you will meet Him, like our role models the saints, who now pray before the face of God in heaven.
To enter the GIVEAWAY...follow the instructions at this link, a Rafflecopter giveaway .
Thursday, January 8, 2009
My Catholic Source on "The Most Beautiful Thing This Side of Heaven"
A member of the Mother Of Divine Grace yahoogroup recommended this website chock full of Catholic information - http://www.mycatholicsource.com/ . I found this comparison there (below) that matches my own experience of falling in love with the Extraordinary Form 3+ years ago.
Brief Comparison of the Old & New Rites of Mass
You may find these and other differences between the Traditional Latin ('Tridentine') Mass and the New (Novus Ordo) Mass of the 1960's (most commonly said at Catholic parishes at the end of the 20th century):
You may find these and other differences between the Traditional Latin ('Tridentine') Mass and the New (Novus Ordo) Mass of the 1960's (most commonly said at Catholic parishes at the end of the 20th century):
* The 'Tridentine' Mass has a more vertical focus - a focus more on God than on fellow parishioners
* The 'Tridentine' Mass is clearly a sacrifice (as opposed to a meal, as many 'moderns' want the faithful to view the Mass)
* The 'Tridentine' Mass emphasizes self-denial, awareness of sin
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, the priest typically faces eastward, symbolically towards Christ (not towards the parishioners) (At the IHM homeschool conference in Virginia I was impressed to hear how many "well-known" priests encourage and celebrate Mass Ad-Orientum, facing God.)
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there is increased reverence at the altar and extreme reverence for the Holy Eucharist
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there are ample references to atoning for sin, hell, judgment, and the intercession of saints
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, a fixed liturgy - containing the traditional prayers - is used throughout the Church, which is not subject to personal preference or manipulation
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there are reverent silent periods where the priest leads prayers on our behalf (and with the helpful missal we pray every prayer, the whole Mass along with him, silently.)
*In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there is more genuflecting and kneeling
* The 'Tridentine' Mass uses a different, fuller calendar
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there are fewer rote responses by the parishioners
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, the unchanged, traditional prayers of consecration are used (they are soooo beautiful! Why were they changed!)
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, Holy Communion is given only by priests - to kneeling communicants on the tongue (excepting, of course, those physically unable to kneel)
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there are no 'altar girls', no lay readers, and no 'Eucharistic ministers'
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there is a longer silent period after Communion for prayer & thanksgiving
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, pipe organs and Gregorian chant are employed rather than guitars and drums
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, the priest is not sitting off to the side while laity 'take charge'
* In the 'Tridentine' Mass, there is no hand-holding or "kiss of peace" among the laity (which I believe breaks up the reverent tone right before the consecration.)
*In the 'Tridentine' Mass, the stable rubrics help assure that liturgical abuses do not occur (like Fr. Z says, they Say the black and Do the red!)
* And, of course, the Latin language is used for the majority of the 'Tridentine' Mass (you may follow along with a Latin/English missal)
Latin Mass attendees state that the above contribute to a more holy and reverent atmosphere with fewer distractions.
Note: For a more extensive comparison between the old and new rites of Mass, see below. For some pictorial comparisons, click here.
FOR ANOTHER POST ON THE LATIN MASS...
http://totustuusfamily.blogspot.com/2007/06/7707-our-lucky-day.html
And others, with videos -
http://totustuusfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-we-have-lost.html
http://totustuusfamily.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-catholic-on-latin-mass.html
And others, with videos -
http://totustuusfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-we-have-lost.html
http://totustuusfamily.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-catholic-on-latin-mass.html
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The chapel veil ~ a signal
The veil, mantilla...I love mine. It was my grandmothers. It reminds me to pray for her when I wear it.
It is also a signal.
When I cover my head in church, I feel humble. I am coming before Greatness, my Lord, and this action reminds me that this is a moment like no other. (In a similiar way, but not of similiar importance, a student's attitude is said to change when they wear a uniform...perhaps a chef feels more like a chef in an apron, a judge must feel more cerebral when they put on their robes...right?)
Sarah from Journey of Truth made me aware of this chapel-veil blog campaign .
It is also a signal.
When I cover my head in church, I feel humble. I am coming before Greatness, my Lord, and this action reminds me that this is a moment like no other. (In a similiar way, but not of similiar importance, a student's attitude is said to change when they wear a uniform...perhaps a chef feels more like a chef in an apron, a judge must feel more cerebral when they put on their robes...right?)
Sarah from Journey of Truth made me aware of this chapel-veil blog campaign .
To it I would add some of the reading I found online when I was working up the courage to wear the veil. The below articles come from www.fatimafamily.org on veils and www.christianfamilyoutreach.com 's pamphlet on veils and here are some excerpts....
Question: Has the Church changed the Word of God on this - or - has almost 2000 years of this tradition of men without head coverings and women with - been wrong all this time? Is it wrong to teach as recommended, that women wear the veil to Church as a sign of dignity and reverence before the Most Blessed Sacrament?
...Feminist wouldn't touch a veil with a ten-foot pole. They know exactly what it symbolizes (submission) and they hate the word. How about you? Do you hate the word also? If you do, take a look at your children, do they have a problem with being obedient to you? A mother teaches her child to resent authority by her own resentful attitude toward her husband's God-given authority. Remember, if we can reinterpret scripture in such a way that mom is no longer required to be submissive to dad, then the children can do likewise and reinterpret scripture to justify being disobedient to mom. We can carry this logic further, so that dad no longer had to love mom and lay down his life for her. Now you should be able to understand why there is so much disharmony among the Catholic couples that manage to fight it out to the bitter end.
Parents, who view the Church as burdensome and oppressive, are likely to bring up children with similar mentalities, but with less knowledge and understanding. Thus the children are far more likely to abandon the Church than their parents. Even if the children don't leave the Church it will be difficult for them to be truly happy, and they will never become the persons God intended them to be. This, my dear reader is the problem with legalism.
In conclusion, I would ask the reader to ponder these questions: 1.) Was St. Paul inspired when he wrote that a woman should be veiled [in Church]? 2.) Do you believe that the Church was wrong for two thousand years, concerning the veil, and the feminist corrected the error by getting women to abandon it? 3.) If you are a woman, who has chosen not to wear the veil, could you give a reason that would illustrate that your choice comes from a deep and profound love of God?
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When and why did the Church change the teaching that a woman should wear a head covering
while attending church services? Answer: The Church has never changed its teaching. There is nothing by the Magisterium stating that the wearing of the veil has been abolished. You may gasp and say to yourself, "we were even told that to wear the veil could be prideful in that, we would be "calling attention to ourselves." Using this logic, one would be obliged to become a nudist if nudity became popular. And what about the first women to take the veil off? Did they not defy Church teaching with the express purpose to call attention to themselves? See how such statements sound silly when held up to logic.
Church Teachings
As stated before, the Church has never changed its teaching concerning women wearing the veil. The nearest anyone could come to this claim is that it was not mentioned in the new Code of Canon Law published in 1983. Those who use this mode of reasoning say that good Catholics are no longer obliged to wear the veil because of this fact. Those who are familiar with Canon Law know that it did not, in any way, say that women should NOT wear a veil. Yet just for arguments sake, let us say that the new Canon would have stated that women should no longer wear the veil, which of course it did not. We would still have the period from approximately 1969 to 1983, when women throughout the United States were already abandoning the veil in direct violation of Canon Law. So it is clear that Church law cannot be called upon to justify the abandonment of the veil since it had already been abandoned by many as early as 1968, some fifteen years prior to the publication of the new code. This is why it would be deceitful to justify their disobedience by using the law. Admittedly the vast majority of women were told that Vatican II initiated the change. (Please read the documents to find it. It is not there!) In 1973, a local Catholic paper reported that the ladies could throw away their hankies. (The word hankie was used to mock the wearing of the veil as insignificant.) The article was referring to a document from Rome stating that the veil was of minor importance. They conveniently failed to mention what prompted this remark. It was in response to liberals petitioning Rome to allow the ordination of women. Their argument was basically this: Since the Church allowed women to break Canon Law, Scripture, and Tradition in the matter of the veil, then why not break the teaching of the Church concerning the ordination of women? (This is the normal consequence of unchecked disobedience; it is never satisfied.)
Facts to be Considered
In the new Code of Canon Law, Can.21, we read: In doubt, the revocation of a previous law is not presumed; rather, later laws are to be related to earlier ones, as far as possible, harmonized with them. My dear reader, if the law concerning the veil had been revoked, which it was not, you would still have to harmonize with the latter, which was to wear the veil. Then from Can. 27, we read: Custom is the best interpreter of law. The veil has two thousands years of being a custom to its credit. (The rosary does not come close to that. Yet who would try to discourage people from saying the rosary? Nor was the rosary ever in Canon Law or in the Bible.) when we relegate everything to the status of nonessential, why should we belong to a particular church? We are all aware that one can go to heaven in any of the thirty-odd thousand different denominations, so one could conclude that the Catholic Church has become a nonessential.
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. was a very holy man as well as an extremely intelligent theologian. He was a consultant to the Holy See for more than thirty-one years. Among the more than thirty books he published was The Catholic Catechism. Somewhere in the middle 90's, I phoned Fr. Hardon. I asked him if women should still be wearing the veil; his answer was an emphatic, "Yes." Could Fr. Hardon be wrong also?
If the Pope wanted the veil dropped, why is it that all of our Presidents who visited the Holy Father in Rome were instructed to have their wives and daughters wear a veil? Be sure to keep in mind that, except for Kennedy, they were all Protestants.
Please read carefully the following quotes taken from the N.O.W. Handbook. It has some very interesting information that you truly need to know and seriously ponder. We read under A. Religion Resolutions, " Because the wearing of a head covering by women at religious services is a symbol of subjection within many churches, NOW recommends that all chapters undertake an effort to have all women participate in a "national unveiling" by sending their head coverings to the task force chairman. At the Spring meeting of the task force of women and religion, these veils will be publicly burned to protest the second class status of women in all churches. (Dec., 1968)"
Questions to Ponder
Why did St. Paul say women should be veiled, if it were not important? Why did the Church have the tradition of wearing the veil for nearly two thousand years, if it was not important? Why did the Church mandate it in Canon Law, if it was not important? Could the Church be truly holy and wise and yet mandate something for two thousand years that would be a sign of oppression to women? Do you truly believe that the Church was wrong for two thousand years and just in the past few years became wise?
The concern should be the desire to have special reverence in the presence of God Incarnate sacramentally present and perpetuating the Sacrifice of the Cross. From apostolic times head coverings, as mentioned by St. Paul have been a sign of reverence and submission.
If one goes only according to Canon Law and says it no longer applies then would it be acceptable for men and boys now to wear head coverings in church since present Canon Law does not require that they should be bare-headed? Or would it now be proper for woman to come to church immodestly dressed?
From the point of Canon Law there is no longer the force of law. If we did things only when required by Canon Law, and that was our motive for love and reverence and submission, I would not anticipate great growth in spirituality. Canon Law does not require Catholics to participate in the Sacrifice of the Mass on weekdays. Yet many do and all are encouraged to when possible.
Can we do MORE for our Lord in the way of reverence...or just offer Him the bare minimum "requirements"? Especially in this the year of St. Paul...I still believe your Divinely inspired words, St. Paul and pray for your intercession. 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
If the Pope wanted the veil dropped, why is it that all of our Presidents who visited the Holy Father in Rome were instructed to have their wives and daughters wear a veil? Be sure to keep in mind that, except for Kennedy, they were all Protestants.
Please read carefully the following quotes taken from the N.O.W. Handbook. It has some very interesting information that you truly need to know and seriously ponder. We read under A. Religion Resolutions, " Because the wearing of a head covering by women at religious services is a symbol of subjection within many churches, NOW recommends that all chapters undertake an effort to have all women participate in a "national unveiling" by sending their head coverings to the task force chairman. At the Spring meeting of the task force of women and religion, these veils will be publicly burned to protest the second class status of women in all churches. (Dec., 1968)"
Questions to Ponder
Why did St. Paul say women should be veiled, if it were not important? Why did the Church have the tradition of wearing the veil for nearly two thousand years, if it was not important? Why did the Church mandate it in Canon Law, if it was not important? Could the Church be truly holy and wise and yet mandate something for two thousand years that would be a sign of oppression to women? Do you truly believe that the Church was wrong for two thousand years and just in the past few years became wise?
The concern should be the desire to have special reverence in the presence of God Incarnate sacramentally present and perpetuating the Sacrifice of the Cross. From apostolic times head coverings, as mentioned by St. Paul have been a sign of reverence and submission.
If one goes only according to Canon Law and says it no longer applies then would it be acceptable for men and boys now to wear head coverings in church since present Canon Law does not require that they should be bare-headed? Or would it now be proper for woman to come to church immodestly dressed?
From the point of Canon Law there is no longer the force of law. If we did things only when required by Canon Law, and that was our motive for love and reverence and submission, I would not anticipate great growth in spirituality. Canon Law does not require Catholics to participate in the Sacrifice of the Mass on weekdays. Yet many do and all are encouraged to when possible.
Can we do MORE for our Lord in the way of reverence...or just offer Him the bare minimum "requirements"? Especially in this the year of St. Paul...I still believe your Divinely inspired words, St. Paul and pray for your intercession. 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
Monday, January 5, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Will we "pollute" ourselves from entry into heaven?
THIS (excerpted below) article, noting the idea of the new president's science advisor, recommending "limiting population" to improve the environment is aligned with the Culture of Death.
We live in a world where people see children as a burden to their finances and freedom and where old people are equally inconvenient. The world has responded to devalue life...choosing abortion, birth control and euthanasia.
I hope and pray that mankind can and should recognize our personal responsibility to not pollute the earth....but a child does not necessarily equal a threat to the earth! How we pollute is a learned behavior, not an innate one...so, take away the SUVs first and educate/lead us to cleaner choices! Consider that ice once covered the land we tread right now...BEFORE man was on it to make the carbon emissions. There ARE different theories in the scientific community.
" ...2008 has been a year of records for cold and snowfall and may indeed be the coldest year of the 21st century thus far. In the U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration registered 63 local snowfall records and 115 lowest-ever temperatures for the month of October.
Global thermometers stopped rising after 1998, and have plummeted in the last two years by more than 0.5 degrees Celsius. The 2007-2008 temperature drop was not predicted by global climate models. But it was predictable by a decline in sunspot activity since 2000.
The first seven months averaged a sunspot count of only three and in August there were no sunspots at all — zero — something that has not occurred since 1913.
According to the publication Daily Tech, in the past 1,000 years, three previous such events — what are called the Dalton, Maunder and Sporer Minimums — have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called the Little Ice Age (1500-1750).
The Little Ice Age has been a problem for global warmers because it serves as a reminder of how the earth warms and cools naturally over time. It had to be ignored in the calculations that produced the infamous and since-discredited hockey stick graph that showed a sharp rise in warming alleged to be caused by man."
"In a speech at Harvard last November, Harvard physicist John Holden, President-elect Obama's choice to be his science adviser as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, presented a "top 10" list of warming solutions.
Topping the list was "limiting population," as if man was a plague upon the earth.
R. Timothy Patterson, professor of geology and director of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre of Canada's Carleton University, says: "I and the first-class scientists I work with are consistently finding excellent correlations between the regular fluctuations of the sun and earthly climate. This is not surprising. The sun and the stars are the ultimate source of energy on this planet."
Indeed, a look at a graph of solar irradiance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows little solar activity during the Little Ice Age and significant activity during recent times.
Don't blame Dick and Jane — blame sunspots."
A wider approach than blame should include admitting our selfishness. Mankind is smart enough to make changes that reduce and reuse but change is not always convenient. Extra effort is not easy and we don't like to "suffer" even though suffering is redemptive.
Let's honor and respect the earth AND humanity. Let's make smarter,faithful choices for the earth AND it's inhabitants without devaluing LIFE. In the beginning (Genesis 9:7) God said, " 'increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it. " Life is a gift from God...it is a grace. Do we shut ourselves off from His graces to "save" a planet? We were made to procreate...internal and external organs DESIGNED for it....the most NATURAL thing we do.
If we believe in God and His Word then there's another question....one with longer reaching, eternal consequences Are we made for this life...or the next? Happy here or Happy hereafter?
Will we "pollute" ourselves from entry into heaven?