Act of Faith...

O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became man, died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because you have revealed them, Who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
--Companion Prayers of St. Anthony

As we come toward Holy Week--the week that changed the world--let us in faith, and by our example, never fear to profess these truths to the world...

Feast of the Annunciation...

"Take shelter today under the mantle of your Immaculate Mother! Never, as in these times, have I felt the motherly need of bringing you comfort in your sorrow, confidence in your discouragement, hope in your disillusionment and safety in your tribulations.
You will now be constantly aware of the consoling presence of your heavenly Mother! It will become stronger as the sufferings you must undergo become greater, now that you are entering into the most painful period of the great purification."--Interior locution to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, Our Lady Speaks to Her Beloved Priests, (1987),p. 341 (communicated January 1, 1982).

Prayer: Sweet Heart of Mary, be our Salvation!

Explain to us....

And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field." He answered, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears let him hear."
--Matthew, 13:36-43.

Reflection: Where would Christ find you today within the context of this parable?

Moral responsibility...

In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, it is therefore never licit to obey it, or to "take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or vote for it" {Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration on Procured Abortion, November 18, 1974; no.22:AAS 66, 744.}
--Evangelium Vitae, John Paul II, 1995

St. Paul speaks for our time...

"The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false, so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
--Thessalonians, 2:9-12

Stupak folds...heaven weeps...

Today Congressman Bart Stupak folded to pressure from the White House and the Speaker of the House of Representatives--Nancy Pelosi--and declared that he would vote for the current pro-abortion, health care legislation before the House of Representatives. Congressman Stupak states that the Executive Order the President will sign 'tomorrow' will bar federal funds--tax dollars--from being used for abortion. This Executive Order for all intents and purposes will not be worth the piece of paper it is written on...if it did the pro-abortion Congressmen and Congresswomen would be screaming their anger and disdain to every reporter now in Washington to cover this debacle. Do you hear them? I do not. They are silent because they know that the Senate bill that will be 'reconciled' with the House bill being voted on tonight, has no protections for the unborn. In fact, it is virulently anti-life!
Bart Stupak believes or has capitulated his moral principles to the promise of a man who is the most anti-life president this country has ever elected! He can rescind the Executive Order at any time--remember the Mexico City Policy? This nation funds hundreds of thousands of abortions in countries all across the globe because this president rescinded the Mexico City Policy protecting the unborn from this tyranny---He is responsible--we are culpable-- because our tax dollars are paying for this.
Whether you want to believe it or not, we all have the blood of these innocents on our hands!
For those individuals who like to think they are Catholic, yet support this legislation--you are misguided and have poorly formed conscience's. May God enlighten you by his Holy Spirit and have mercy on you...this is not health care. This is diabolical on several fronts and this nation will pay a steep price for the tears flowing from heaven.
Jesus and Mary, have mercy on us!