Those of us who are raised Christian know who is behind the sins of the world and would like nothing more than to drag our souls down into Hell. We all sin because we are human but the majority of us try to be worthy of a spiritual hereafter in the Presence of our Lord. When we deliberately sin, we are, in essence, calling on Satan because by our actions we are letting him know that we are moving away from the Grace of God.
A priest said once that when we use God's name in vain, we do get His attention because we have called out his name even if disrespectfully. In this short video clip, it is scary to see people publically calling out to Satan to defend their selfish choices.
http://conservativebyte.com/2013/07/satan-liberal-hero-for-abortionists/
We all enjoy many freedoms in this country but ignore the smallest of our citizens. The video clip kind of puts the mind set of the anti-life faction into perspective. I used to wonder how people could take such a stand but their exultation of evil at this event reveals it all.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Happy Fourth of July!
Our country has taken a battering over the last few weeks and from those who should be representing us and guarding our freedoms. Today is a good day to remember that we have to include our country's freedom in our prayer petitions to God every day . . . before we lose it.
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.
God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home!
God, help America,
To be her best,
To reap justice and compassion,
And to stride strongly through every test!
From the Great Lakes to the bayous
To the canyons to snowy Nome,
God, bless America, My home, sweet home!
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.
God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home!
God, help America,
To be her best,
To reap justice and compassion,
And to stride strongly through every test!
From the Great Lakes to the bayous
To the canyons to snowy Nome,
God, bless America, My home, sweet home!
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Prayer from Catholic Advocate . . .
In view of the government rulings that have come down this past week, it is a time for people of faith to redouble their prayers. Our country seems to have lost sight of the reasons we became a nation and prayer is our recourse.
A Prayer for Religious LibertyBlessed are you God and I praise you for the gift of freedom.
This day, I pray especially for government leaders -
the men and women elected or appointed
as the stewards of our rights and the overseers of our needs.
Grant them true discernment so that they may never stray from the duties
with which we citizens have entrusted them
to uphold our religious freedom and care for our well-being.
Give me the power to touch with your truth everything and everyone I meet.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
A Prayer for Religious LibertyBlessed are you God and I praise you for the gift of freedom.
This day, I pray especially for government leaders -
the men and women elected or appointed
as the stewards of our rights and the overseers of our needs.
Grant them true discernment so that they may never stray from the duties
with which we citizens have entrusted them
to uphold our religious freedom and care for our well-being.
Give me the power to touch with your truth everything and everyone I meet.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Okay, who will tell our current administration/government??
"When we get
piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt
as Europe ."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
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Contraception is reaffirmed by the president . . .
There is something wrong with a country that forces everyone to provide contraceptive care in any manner through their company insurance programs. There are faiths in addition to Catholicism that hold fast to the truth that life begins at conception and prefer to not be a part of fetal death at any stage of development. Supposedly, the United States is a free nation that supports every one's right to their own beliefs and opinions . . . yet the current administration ran their last campaign with a firm platform of abortion and contraception and are now enforcing it.
The world is taking a downward turn in morality these days and having a government that not only promotes it but condones it, is pushing our moral demise even faster. Seems to me that freedom of choice is only for those in line with the contraceptive mind set. Those of us who don't chose to curtail our reproductive freedoms, who would never abort a child for any reason, and want to live a godly life are refused our choice in how our businesses and companies are insured.
Although many of our bishops and cardinals are now coming out more strongly on the subject, it is an uphill battle because of the silence that allowed Roe v. Wade to become law.
It seems simple to me. If you are a Catholic, belong to the Catholic Church, then adhere to the teachings and rules of the Catholic Church which are very much in compliance with the Ten Commandments. If you don't like the rules, find another religion to suit your wants. Find a faith that you can adjust to your needs rather than adjust your soul to the Grace of God.
You see politicians, etc. like Biden, Pelosi, Sibelius sporting the outward signs of Catholicism like ashes on Ash Wednesday yet supporting the wholesale slaughter of the unborn citing women's health. I think Jesus touched on the subject of whitened sepulchers. They flaunt their 'faith' while calling abortion 'sacred ground'.
The hierarchy of the churches may fear the loss of their tax-free status which might account for the lukewarm discussions of matters of Faith. Perhaps, both religion and government should review the fact that separation of church and state means that government cannot interfere in how a religion is run not that a religion has to be in line with the wishes of the government.
There are five non-negotiable points a Catholic voter has to take into consideration when voting and one of them deals with abortion/contraception. Politics came first in the last election that brought us this current onslaught of mandatory taxpayer funding of abortion/contraception with religion coming in second or third in many Catholics' list of priorities. We are now living through and dealing with the fallout from their selfish vote.
The world is taking a downward turn in morality these days and having a government that not only promotes it but condones it, is pushing our moral demise even faster. Seems to me that freedom of choice is only for those in line with the contraceptive mind set. Those of us who don't chose to curtail our reproductive freedoms, who would never abort a child for any reason, and want to live a godly life are refused our choice in how our businesses and companies are insured.
Although many of our bishops and cardinals are now coming out more strongly on the subject, it is an uphill battle because of the silence that allowed Roe v. Wade to become law.
It seems simple to me. If you are a Catholic, belong to the Catholic Church, then adhere to the teachings and rules of the Catholic Church which are very much in compliance with the Ten Commandments. If you don't like the rules, find another religion to suit your wants. Find a faith that you can adjust to your needs rather than adjust your soul to the Grace of God.
You see politicians, etc. like Biden, Pelosi, Sibelius sporting the outward signs of Catholicism like ashes on Ash Wednesday yet supporting the wholesale slaughter of the unborn citing women's health. I think Jesus touched on the subject of whitened sepulchers. They flaunt their 'faith' while calling abortion 'sacred ground'.
The hierarchy of the churches may fear the loss of their tax-free status which might account for the lukewarm discussions of matters of Faith. Perhaps, both religion and government should review the fact that separation of church and state means that government cannot interfere in how a religion is run not that a religion has to be in line with the wishes of the government.
There are five non-negotiable points a Catholic voter has to take into consideration when voting and one of them deals with abortion/contraception. Politics came first in the last election that brought us this current onslaught of mandatory taxpayer funding of abortion/contraception with religion coming in second or third in many Catholics' list of priorities. We are now living through and dealing with the fallout from their selfish vote.
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