March for Life 2012 facebook friend coverage

News coverage on the March for Life 2012 was minimal and late in the day, though hundreds of thousands of people came out to take a stand for the sanctity of human life, proclaiming that the right to life, has not been granted to people by the government, but by our God.

This photo was shared by a facebook friend who heard that there were speakers at the historic event "from every creed and race." You can imagine how many touching human interest stories could have been written from such a diverse presence.

The purpose of the March for Life is for American pro-life citizens to come together in unity to pray and speak up on behalf of the defenseless, innocent, preborn human beings who have no voice; and to send the message to our elected officials that abortion is not a health care option, but it is the inhumane destruction of human life, and that abortion also harms women and men who are left in its wake.

It is my pleasure to share some of this event, which is, from what I've heard, the largest assembly of U.S. citizens to ever march on Washington.

This is a photo posted on Susan B. Anthony List's wall. It was there that somebody commented that this year's March for Life in Germany was "wonderful," too.

As you can see by these few photos, showing the multitude of pro-life citizens who participated in the annual March for Life, posted by a handful of facebook friends, it is obvious that there are so many facets of this gem of an event that journalists purposely  neglected  to shine a camera light on. I appreciate everyone who posted information, photos, and videos to cover the event. Those of us who could only share the moment on a computer on facebook were there in spirit. And everyone there at EWTN, you did an awesome job!

It has been 39 years now since Roe vs. Wade, and in that time there have been nearly 55 million babies legally killed in our country alone. Let's continue to prayerfully work together to end this holocaust. Your prayers and your voice really do make a difference, for the unborn children, for families, and for society.

A group of my favorite Catholic facebook apologists were there at the March, and they shared photographs and videos. They also took the opportunity for doing some radio show live broadcasting. Margie Prox Sindlar is one of this crew, who posted pictures of the Vigil Mass for Life at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. She reported that it "took 40 minutes for all the Seminarians, Priests, and Bishops to process in."

Lastly, EWTN will be replaying their excellent exclusive coverage again this weekend. If your time is limited, check out the highlights in this video:

Public invited to a special Divine Mercy evening at St. Joseph's Polish Catholic Church

You are invited to enter into the mystical realm of the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ. The first-class relic of Polish Saint Sister Faustina Kowalska has arrived at St. Joseph's, a parish with a devotion for Blessed Pope John Paul II, who was also Polish. According to Pastor, Father Marek Ciesla, Schr, Saint Faustina, who was canonized by Pope John Paul II, is going to be busy here. "She'll be available all the time; she is here for the people. If they want to come close and touch her, we will let them do that." You can read more about parish relics and the process to attain St. Faustina's relic here. 

On Friday, November 4, 2011, St. Joseph's Polish Catholic Church will host the national touring production "The Message of Jesus, The Divine Mercy."

The schedule is as follows:
6pm  Confessions
7pm  Mass
8pm  "Tell All Souls About My Mercy" Presentation by Mother of Mercy Messengers

I hope to see you there!

Hanging with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

Tonight, after what seemed a trying and difficult day, I went to the Byzantine Catholic Liturgy. My children noticed right away that the Blessed Virgin Mary window high up at the top of the church looked blue. I looked at it and thought that perhaps she was sad like me. Somebody had put a blue light bulb up there. Well, it worked for me. I felt like it was a sign that the saints know how difficult my life is right now, and that they care about me. The Blessed Virgin Mary was interceding for me.

Perhaps because I had written an article to honor Father Joseph, the demons were fierce in battle against me. People hear about bad things that priests have done, and my article shows a very good and holy man of God who is a priest. The Holy Spirit really said a lot through me in that piece: http://www.examiner.com/x-4317-Denver-Roman-Catholic-Examiner~y2009m12d14-Look-out-Santa-Father-Joseph-laughs-jovially-too

If I had been in better spirits, I'm sure that I would have remembered more of what was said by Father Michael. I know that it was fascinating, that I'd never heard of such a thing before. And that I wanted to know more about it. I also knew that there was no way that I was in any state of mind to properly remember what he was saying to us, as Father Michael gave us the days of the week being designated for certain saints and angels to intercede for us. Yet I did pick up the calendar to have the saint days so that I know who I am supposed to pray to as I will now join in with the rest of the world-wide church community. Wow! I never knew this before. And I will pray with the Latin saint as well.

This is the first and only time that I went to the Holy Byzantine Liturgy and just felt the need to be comforted by being there. I go there to worship God the best way I know how. Today, I did that, but it was different. I needed to be there for me, too. And you know, it's a funny thing--it's the first time that I was ever in Holy Protection of the Mother of God that I thought it could have used a few more icons. Imagine that, there were so many bare spots on the walls that I'd never noticed before!

Today I am blue like that light bulb. The light is still there within me, of course, but it is darkened and without joy. And with this blue attitude, I saw more of the white walls than the many holy icons of the saints. Perspective change. Interesting. A different view of reality. A different experience brought on because of what is inside of me. The saints did not seem so powerful tonight. In fact, they seemed fewer. And smaller.

But they were still there. If I hadn't gone to the holy Liturgy, they would have seemed altogether invisible. I'm glad the Virgin Mary window was blue tonight. It helps me remember that to all of the holy saints, I exist and I am not invisible. We need to go to church and be with others who believe. And we need to see our holy saints. I thank them all for being there for me today. Sometimes you just need to hang out with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Like salve on a wound, it really helps :).

If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father

Jesus said that, "If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father."
                                                                                                

Google look up now, being Catholic, Scriptural references are not memorized for destination, though the meat of the matter resides within my heart. Got it--St. John 14:9. So true. Just a nugget of truth to chew on while we enjoy something funny and profound stated very sincerely from the mouth of a babe.

The following little quip is found on the website for Holy Protection Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church in Denver: http://www.holyprotection.org/

A kindergarten teacher was walking around observing her classroom of children while they were drawing pictures. As she got to one girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.

The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."

The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."

Without looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

Still having difficulties with posting videos but here is a link for an appropriate and awesome one. Meet Akiane. Akiane was born to atheists who are now Christians. Without any teaching about God, she introduced her own parents to Him around the time she could form sentences. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQlZv29E4_0

Advancing traditional conservative beliefs without apology

Faithful Catholics are so misunderstood. There are also many Catholics with an identity crisis. Agreeing that the horror of butchering the innocent through abortion is a necessary evil. Believing that religion is nothing more than old-fashioned superstition. Yet these people call themselves Catholics. Catholics for homosexuality. Catholics for modern relativistic thought and lifestyle. In short, the majority of Catholics in America are wayward lost souls.

The media has poisoned the minds of our young for many years. The public education system has done the same. Everything exists and is shared with God left out. Even in Italy, crosses have now been stripped from public places as if this is good for all people to have liberty from religious influence. (However, this topic in detail will be revisited in another post.)

At the present time, the atheists are doing everything that they can right now to oust God from every place and from every mind, as willing vessels of the deceiver. They believe that they are fighting for their own voice in a place where Christianity is proved to them to be a farce, and allows them little freedom to have a world without the law of God. They have asserted themselves not as noble heroes to emulate with great compassionate deeds, but as a vile army of sarcastic voices all about making a mockery out of God and out of those of us who have faith.

What then follows unfortunately, is that their disbelief is contagious. On top of that, those who call themselves Christian are not walking the walk, but only talking the talk. So who do our young people believe? They believe what is being put before them, that Christians are hypocrites, being provided with yet another example of such. Of course, there is little mention of pagans committing crimes against humanity and horrific attacks by extremist Muslims practicing Islamic terror. There is nothing shared in the secular media about the sinfulness of all mankind.

In fact, our great nation is under attack from the forces of evil from every direction. The faces change constantly to make the unwitting accept evil as good. Standing against this onslaught, taking my place in the holy battle, with God's help, the reason for this blog is to shed light on things, and to gain insight from others who are also soldiers of the Light. There are many things to think about and to share--and to change, if we are able. There are many issues to write about as evil rages on in so many forms.

It is with a heavy heart that this first post is created. Opinions abound. This blog exists for openness, clarification, and truth. What is truth? Who is foolish and who is wise? These questions become resolved in the source of wisdom and truth--our God.

Those who do not have much use for God, yet have conservative values, have learned to distinguish good from evil mostly through parents or grandparents who believed in God. Yet children are now being raised without any knowledge of these values and principles being Judeo-Christian at their root. Being a Christian does not make one a good and holy person, however, Christianity does create a solid basis for knowing what is right and wrong. That taking the life of an unborn innocent human being is cruel and inhumane murder, among other things.

Presently, the Senate is in the process of trying to force a health care reform upon the citizens of the United States, and the immoral legislation of having to pay for abortions whether one agrees with this so-called "choice" or not. This is evil. Morals are legislated. So, too, is immorality. Those who say this isn't true are lying to themselves.

It is time to stand up and take action against these types of evils. Whether in our Churches, in our political arena, in the many venues of media, in public education, and in every other place that compromising our values and principles rears it's ugly head, be encouraged to stand with me to expose evil and pray against evil and to actively do something to halt or prevent evil.

Archbishop Chaput of Denver is a signatory of the Manhattan Declaration. He stated:

“Now and always, we need to trust in God; and then we also need to act. Right here, right now, in this country, the work of organizing and struggling in the public square for what we believe belongs to us. That means all of us, and each of us."

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17959

It is time to hold one another accountable. It is time to repent. It is time to return to God. It is time to defend the faith. And it is time to take our country back! One place to begin is by signing the Manhattan Declaration available here: http://www.manhattandeclaration.org/ May God continue to bless America. Amen.

(If and when I figure out how to add a video, I'll add this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptMzgsyBrQ )