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Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:25 -0400

Homosexuality and Theology of the Body But what the Church...

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:26 -0400

Homosexuality and Theology of the Body

But what the Church actually presents is a vision of the beauty of marriage as a sacred union between one man and one woman who are committed for life and open to the transmission of new human life. With this vision, “same-sex marriage” is an oxymoron, making about as much sense as a “squared circle.”

“Same-sex marriage” has been presented to the public as an issue of fairness. But the worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. Leaders in the homosexual movement have themselves admitted that the promotion of “same-sex marriage” is a device to destroy the institution of marriage. A poster at a homosexual conference called the National Conference on Organized Resistance in 2008 read “Marriage is the proverbial burning building. Instead of pounding on the door to be let in…queers should be stoking the flames!”

This is why, far from denigrating sex, the Catholic Church teaches that sex within marriage is actually holy; in fact, she has raised marriage to the level of a sacrament. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “The matrimonial covenant by which man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole life is by its nature ordered to the procreation and education of offspring. This covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.” There is nothing “unfair” about honoring this covenant.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:06:47 -0400

This is what America should be doing, saving our generations…....

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:53 -0400

This is what America should be doing, saving our generations…. Not killing them.

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Henry Cartier-Bresson: Cardinal Pacelli, Paris, 1938

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:09 -0400

Henry Cartier-Bresson: Cardinal Pacelli, Paris, 1938

A Saint a day: May 23 St. John Baptist Rossi 1698 - 1764 This...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:27 -0400

A Saint a day: May 23

St. John Baptist Rossi

1698 - 1764

This holy priest was born in 1698 at the village of Voltaggio in the diocese of Genoa and was one of the four children of an excellent and highly respected couple. When he was ten a nobleman and his wife who were spending the summer at Voltaggio obtained permission from his parents to take him back with them to Genoa to be trained in their house. He remained with them three years, winning golden opinions from all, notably from two Capuchin friars who came to his patrons home. They carried such a favourable report of the boy to his uncle who was then minister provincial of the Capuchins that a cousin Lorenzo Rossi a canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin invited him to come to Rome. The offer was accepted and he entered the Roman College at the age of thirteen. Popular with his teachers and with his fellow pupils he had completed the classical course with distinction when the reading of an ascetical book led him to embark on exfessive mortifications. The strain on his strength at a time when he was working hard led to a complete breakdown which boliged him to leave the roman College. He recovered sufficiently to complete his training at the Minerva, but he never was again relly robust. ndeed his subsequent labours were performed under the handicap of almost constant suffering.

On March 8, 1721 at the age of twenty three he was ordained and his first Mass was celebrated in the Roman College at the altar of St. Aloysius Gonzaga to whom he always had a special devotion.

His fame came from his work as a confessor and as his ministry to the sick.

from Wikipedia

His desire to become a priest was very strong, but was hampered by episodes of epilepsy, which would normally exclude one from the priesthood. Nonetheless he was granted a dispensation on March 8, 1721, and was ordained a priest soon after. He worked tirelessly in Rome on behalf of homeless women, the sick, prisoners and workers, becoming a very popular confessor. St John Baptist was known as a second Saint Philip Neri.

Owing to his selfless desire to assist the needy and downtrodden, he eventually succumbed to illness and died on May 23, 1764. His mortal remains were interred in the main altar of the church of Santissima Trinit dei Pellegrini in Rome, his base of operations

A church was dedicated to St John Baptist de Rossi in Rome in the year 1940, though construction was delayed for a while by the Second World War. This church was finally consecrated on May 22, 1965 (with the saint’s relics translated the following day, his feast day from the Church of SS Trinita` dei Pellegrini).

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Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:10 -0400

“John Paul II has warned against the tendency to...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:20:26 -0400

“John Paul II has warned against the tendency to “clericalise the laity”, which he says has resulted from erroneous interpretations of the Second Vatican Council.

When greeting a group of bishops from western Brazil in Rome for their ad limina visit, the Pope said there is a “confusion of functions”, which originates in erroneous theological interpretations.

“Among the objectives of the liturgical reform, established by Vatican Council II, was the need to have all the faithful participate in liturgical ceremonies,” the Holy Father told the bishops…
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“However, in practice, in the years following the council, in order to fulfill this desire, the confusion of functions in regard to the priestly ministry and role of the laity was arbitrarily extended,” he said.

Symptoms of this confusion are “the indiscriminate and common recitation of the Eucharistic Prayer,” “homilies given by lay people” and the “distribution of Communion by the laity.”

http://filiiecclesia.com/2013/04/12/vatican-ban-on-extraordinary-ministers-of-holy-communion-part-one/

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Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:02 -0400

Crash and Burn the Church of nice, inclusiveness, and no fear...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:07:03 -0400

Crash and Burn

the Church of nice, inclusiveness, and no fear of hell.

Michael explains.

from Palermo,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:14 -0400

from Palermo, Sicily

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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:28:30 -0400

A Saint a day: May 22 St. Rita Patron of impossible cases 1381...

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:28:01 -0400

A Saint a day: May 22

St. Rita

Patron of impossible cases

1381 - 1457

St. Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her. Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger he often mistreated his wife. He taught their children his own evil ways.

Rita tried to perform her duties faithfully and to pray and receive the sacraments frequently. After nearly twenty years of marriage, her husband was stabbed by an enemy but before he died, he repented because Rita prayed for him. Shortly afterwards, her two sons died, and Rita was alone in the world. Prayer, fasting, penances of many kinds, and good works filled her days. She was admitted to the convent of the Augustinian nuns at Cascia in Umbria, and began a life of perfect obedience and great charity.

Sister Rita had a great devotion to the Passion of Christ. “Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour,” she said one day, and suddenly one of the thorns from the crucifix struck her on the forehead. It left a deep wound which did not heal and which caused her much suffering for the rest of her life. She died on May 22, 1457.

from Wikipedia

Saint Rita of Cascia (Born Margherita Lotti 1381 - May 22, 1457) was an Italian Augustinian nun, widow and saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Rita was married at an early age. The marriage lasted for 18 years, during which she is remembered for her Christian values as a model wife and mother who made efforts to convert her husband from his abusive behavior. Upon the murder of her husband by another feuding family, she sought to dissuade her sons from revenge before their calamitous death.

She subsequently joined an Augustinian community of religious sisters, where she was known for practicing mortification of the flesh, along with the apparent efficacy of her prayers. St. Rita is venerated due to various miracles attributed to her intercession, and is often portrayed with a bleeding wound on her forehead, which the Roman Catholic Church claims to have been a partial stigmata.

The Roman Catholic Church, under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII officially canonized Rita on May 24, 1900, while her feast day is celebrated every May 22. In many pious Catholic countries, Rita is known to be a patroness for abused wives and mourning women.

After the deaths of her husband and sons, Rita desired to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in Cascia but was turned away. Although the convent acknowledged Rita’s good character and piety, the nuns were afraid of being associated with her due to the scandal of her husband’s violent death. However, she persisted in her cause and was given a condition before the convent could accept her: the difficult task of reconciling her family with her husband’s murderers, a public act that ideally nullified the conflict. She was able to resolve the conflicts between the families and, at the age of 36, was allowed to enter the monastery. Popular religious tales recall that the bubonic plague which ravaged Italy at the time infected Bernardo Mancini, causing him to relinquish his desire to feud any longer with the Chiqui family.

She implored her three patron saints — John the Baptist, Augustine of Hippo, and Nicholas of Tolentino to assist her, and she set about the task of establishing peace between the hostile parties of Cascia with such success that her entry into the monastery was assured. She remained at the monastery, living by the Augustinian Rule, until her death on May 22, 1457.

The “Acta” or life story of Saint Rita was compiled by the Augustinian priest, Father Jacob Carelicci.

Rita was beatified under the Pontificate of Pope Urban VIII in 1626. The pope’s own private personal secretary, Cardinal Fausto Poli, had been born some 15 kilometers (9 miles) from her birthplace and much of the impetus behind her cult is due to his enthusiasm. She was canonized on May 24, 1900[1] under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII and her feast day was instituted on May 22.

She has acquired the reputation, together with St. Jude, as a saint of impossible cases. Many people visit her tomb each year.

Her body, which has remained incorrupt over the centuries, is venerated today in the shrine at Cascia, which bears her name.

A popular religious depiction of Saint Rita during her partial Stigmata, though historically inaccurate, she is wearing a black Augustinian habit instead of the brown robe and white veil of Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene from the 13th century.

Some criticisms have addressed Rita’s portrayal of in an inaccurate religious habit. While most common images of Rita show her in a classic Augustinian traditional black habit, historical accuracy shows that the religious sisters in the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in 14th-century Cascia, Italy wore beige or brown habits, particularly with a white veil with a brown edge ribbon. This correction was particularly noted in the 2004 film Santa Rita da Cascia.

The forehead wound

One day when she was about sixty years of age, she was meditating before an image of Christ crucified, as she was accustomed to do. Suddenly a small wound appeared on her forehead, as though a thorn from the crown that encircled Christ’s head had loosed itself and penetrated her own flesh. For the next fifteen years she bore this external sign of stigmatization and union with the Lord.

Roses

A story is told that near the end of her life, Rita was bedridden at the convent. A cousin visited her and asked her if she desired anything from her old home. Rita responded by asking for a rose from the garden. It was January and her cousin did not expect to find anything due to the weather. However, when her relative went to the house, a single blooming rose was found in the garden and her cousin brought the rose and fig back to Rita at the convent. St. Rita is often depicted holding roses or with roses nearby. On her feast day, churches and shrines of St. Rita provide roses to the congregations that are blessed by the priest during Mass.

The Bees

In the parish church of Laarne, near Ghent, Belgium, there is a statue of St. Rita in which several bees are featured. This depiction originates from the story of her baptism as an infant. On the day after her baptism, her family noticed a swarm of white bees flying around her as she slept in her crib. However, the bees peacefully entered and exited her mouth without causing her any harm or injury. Instead of being alarmed for her safety, her family was mystified by this sight. According to Butler, this was taken to indicate that the career of the child was to be marked by industry, virtue and devotion.

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Dr. Joseph Randall - Atlanta, Georgia After the operation you...

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:39 -0400

Dr. Joseph Randall - Atlanta, Georgia

After the operation you have to reassemble that baby - arms, legs, head, chest - everything. That’s when it got rough, even for old-timers like me.

When you looked at an ultrasound, there was no mistaking that this was a baby. Ladies who came in for mid-trimester (four to six months of pregnancy) abortions were shielded from the images. Several nurses quit. They would bond with the baby they saw on the screen; they couldn’t take it.

Dr. Randall finally stopped performing abortions when a Christian woman came to work in his office and convinced him of their immorality. He switched from doing abortions to volunteer counseling at a facility offering alternatives to abortion.

http://www.teenbreaks.com/abortion/abortiondoctors.cfm

abortion is murder, and ” a death sentence for the unborn” and the born

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“They think I’m a saint… When I’m dead, they’ll come and touch...

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:20:39 -0400

“They think I’m a saint… When I’m dead, they’ll come and touch holy pictures and rosaries to me, and all the while I’ll be getting broiled on a grill in purgatory. At least promise me you’ll pray a lot for the repose of my soul.”

“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for me, a poor sinner.
- Last words of Bernadette Soubirous

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:55:45 -0400

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Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:35 -0400

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What is that which is called evil, except the lack of good? For...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:18:27 -0400

What is that which is called evil, except the lack of good? For corruption is nothing but the destruction of good. Evil things therefore had their origin in good things, and unless they reside in good things, they do not exist at all.

St. Augustine of Hippo

Webcast Will Expose Abortionist Who Broke Babies’ Necks With...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:42 -0400

Webcast Will Expose Abortionist Who Broke Babies’ Necks With His Hands

by Tony Perkins | LifeNews.com | 5/20/13 7:33 PM

Americans love their reality TV, but when it comes to the reality of what happens in the country’s abortion clinics, they tune out. While the clinics may not all be as filthy as Kermit Gosnell’s, the reality of what happens there is still the same: babies born alive die painful and violent deaths.

No one really knows how many children are killed by barbarians like Gosnell and Douglas Karpen, a Texas abortionist so sadistic that employees say he broke the necks of newborns with his bare hands. But what we do know from the testimony of experts is that every baby whose life is ended by abortion after 18 weeks–whether in the womb or in the abortion room–feels the pain of death.

Studies agree that babies respond to invasive procedures with elevated heart rates and the secretion of stress hormones. In other words, these little children can feel pain just as easily as they can yawn or smile.

Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, who 30 years ago became one of the first to research fetal pain, has testified that nerve endings in a developing child spread to all parts of the skin and tissues by the 20^th week. Some scientists even believe that babies at this stage can feel pain more acutely than a full-term newborn. Why? Because they have the highest number of pain receptors per square inch at this stage, and the fibers that help moderate that pain don’t develop until the 32^nd week.

“If the fetus is beyond 20 weeks of gestation, I would assume that there will be pain caused to the fetus,” Dr. Anand explained. “And I believe it will be severe and excruciating pain.”

With the images of Gosnell’s victims still fresh in everyone’s minds, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) hopes more Americans are ready to put an end to this suffering.

“I know when the subject is related in any way to abortion, the doors of reason and human compassion in our minds and hearts often close, and the humanity of the unborn can no longer be seen,” he said. “But I pray we can at least come together to agree that we can and should draw the line at the point that these innocent babies can feel the excruciating pain of these brutal procedures.”

Franks, who led the charge for the D.C. Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, announced Friday that he’s expanding his bill to a nationwide ban on abortions past 20 weeks.

The Unborn Child Protection Act, or H.R. 1797, will be debated this Thursday at a hearing of the House Judiciary. Congressman Franks, who chairs the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, hopes the time is right to start pricking America’s conscience. After all, even criminals are executed more humanely than unborn babies.

“Knowingly subjecting our innocent unborn children to dismemberment in the womb, particularly when they have developed to the point that they can feel excruciating pain every terrible moment leading up to their undeserved deaths, belies everything America was called to be. This is not who we are.”

Tomorrow, FRC will help expose this underground web of Gosnells in a new simulcast with Lila Rose called, “Inhuman: Undercover in America’s Late-Term Abortion Industry.” Congressmen Franks and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) will join us for the program to help spotlight the shocking violence against women and children. Join us tomorrow, May 21, at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) as we take a trip behind the dark curtain of the abortion industry. To register to view the webcast online, click here.

ifeNews Note: Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council.

abortion is murder and ” a death sentence for the unborn” and the born

Pope Francis