A Perfect Addict

I would be the perfect addict. When a dilemma between what I should do and what I want to do arises, what I want to do wins. Always. Doesn't matter that I know better. Doesn't matter what it is. This is a particular problem when it comes to sin.

Right now it is a particular problem because I do not want to go to Mass. I feel revulsion when it is time to go. I feel sick. I get a stomach ache or an upset stomach. I don't know why I feel this way. I know what the right thing to do is, of course, go to Mass. But I don't. I didn't do a Lenten promise and I have had meat on Friday.

I don't know why I am doing this. I am not angry at God; my beliefs have not changed; I have no real reason for not going. I have been having a lot of spiritual dryness but nothing that should cause me not to go. I know that 'feelings' should be discounted.

I know I need to go to Confession. I also need prayers, please.

Gallup Poll has good Pro-life news

A recently released Gallup poll shows more young Americans are more pro-life. This is really no surprise. The biggest supporters of abortion are the baby boomers, but still, in a world where Nancy Pelosi is attempting to force Americans to pay for abortions it is refreshing to hear.

"As a result, 18- to 29-year-olds are now roughly tied with seniors as the most likely of all age groups to hold this position on abortion -- although all four groups are fairly close in their views. This is a sharp change from the late 1970s, when seniors were substantially more likely than younger age groups to want abortion to be illegal," Gallup noted.

The polling agency also noted that generational differences in support for broadly legal abortion have diminished over the past decade.

Look to your owns sins and your own sincerity

The amount of attention being spent on Tiger Woods, his extramarital activities, his apology is baffling to me. I find it baffling how golf if is a sport or why anyone should get paid to play games, but that is another topic for a different day. Why did his apology need to be public? He has harmed himself, his family and his wife. It is too much that a celebrity's entire life is scrutinized and made public. It is far too much that his apology after his transgression are measured and debated for truth and sincerity.

Each one of us falls. Each one of us sins. I would never, ever want my smallest sins broadcast much less my darkest ones. Let our sins and our contrition, our healing and our failings be our own concern. As the Lord said, take care of the plank in your own eye before you mind the splinter in your brothers.

Jesus, son of God, have pity on us sinners.

Margaret Sanger, Hater

Margaret Sanger , founder of Planned Parenthood, a hater of the Catholic Church, liar extraordinaire, spins her web during an interview with Mike Wallace from 1957. The interview is lengthy but worth the time. Interestingly, Wallace confronts Sanger when she contradicts herself multiple times during the interview with previous statements and correspondence. She spins, backpedals and goes on tangents. Listen to her answer about birth control increasing promiscuity.

To be clear, the Catholic Church does not demand or require a married woman to have a baby every year, instead, the married couple merely needs to be open to life. Also, the arguments Sanger uses against the Catholic Church are practically verbatim what cafeteria catholics use: a bunch of old celibates making rules; what do those old men know about married life or sex?

Margaret Sanger was a racist and follower of eugenics. Merriam Webster defines eugenics as a science that deals with the improvement (by control of human mating) of hereditary qualities of a race or breed. Is it any wonder that Planned Parenthood abortion mills are found in the poorest neighborhoods? More african-americans are killed from abortion than aids, accidents, violent crime, heart disease or cancer. On average, nearly 2000 black babies are aborted in the United States. Nearly half of all black pregnancies end tragically in abortion.

Another famous advocate of eugenics was Adolf Hitler. Different targets, different techniques, same goal.

NOW, where's your outrage?

Alexandra Nunez died earlier this week in New York as a result of a botched abortion. A woman from the clinic callously claimed, ""The patient was transferred to the hospital, she didn't die at the clinic...Nothing happened here."
Nothing happened here. A woman bled to death due to butchery but 'nothing happened'.

Where is NOW? Why is there no outcry for this woman and her family? Why is NOW focused on preventing the airing of the Tebow Superbowl ad instead of this woman's death? Shouldn't an organization that claims to be for women be calling for that abortion clinic to be shut down before more women are killed or injured?

Isn't a botched abortion the whole rally cry behind the pro-abortion argument? That no woman should have to die in a back-alley abortion clinic? Pro-aborts wave pictures of wire hangers around with the the declaration of 'Never again!" So, why are they not up in arms about this young woman's death? Death, injury and sterility due to abortion are much, much more common than the evil empire, Planned Parenthood, and other abortion mills would have us know.

Please pray for the soul of Alexandra Nunez and her family.

Entertained by Sin

What do you do for entertainment? What do you read? What do you watch? With what do you fill your eyes, ears and mind? I was reading a book the other day written about Pope John Paul II. The author made a comment that in older generations, especially in Europe, the images that filled their minds were icons, religious paintings or statues but in the United States, our minds, eyes and ears are filled with images from Hollywood.

We, as a nation, entertain ourselves with the ills of the world. We watch movies about gruesome murderers, rapists, drug dealers and other criminals filled with disasters, explosions and sex. The good guys aren't always so good and they don't always win. We watch movies that mock religion. We listen to music that is filled with violence and disrespect. We read magazines rife with celebrities, their lives on display. Magazines full of gossip and sex tips. We play video games full of violence. We become desensitized to others pain.

The author's comment got me thinking. Do I entertain myself with sin? I would have to say, yes, maybe a little bit. I don't play video games of any sort. I don't really watch too much TV and we rarely go to movies anymore since they are so filthy. I especially won't watch anything that glamorizes infidelity, disrespect for marriage or the gay life style as 'normal'. I read a lot of different types of books: fiction: romance, suspense, mysteries and non-fiction: biographies, poetry and religious books, mostly. The romance books I read are not all heaving bosoms and muscular chests but nearly all have pre-marital sex. The mysteries and suspense are more psychological than gruesome. I don't read People or US or Cosmo. Those deal in gossip and pain. They are full of unhappiness: you'll never be rich enough, sexy enough or just enough.

What about you? Do you entertain yourself with sin?

"I read the news today, oh boy!"

To quote the Beatles, "I read the news today, oh boy!"... The news is rife with sad, heartbreaking and baffling stories. Our world is in desperate need of prayers. Here are just a few.

Please pray for these people around the world:

Those homeless due to an earthquake in Tajikistan

The teenage girl who ran over her teenage brother

Those who want to hurt us

The United States, exporter of abortions world-wide

President Obama, for a multitude of reasons; especially for his conversion to the culture of life.

Grossly misguided cafeteria Catholics

The Manhattan Declaration

Please take a look at The Manhattan Declaration and sign it. It is a declaration regarding the following:

"Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.

We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are:

1. the sanctity of human life
2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife
3. the rights of conscience and religious liberty.

Inasmuch as these truths are foundational to human dignity and the well-being of society, they are inviolable and non-negotiable. Because they are increasingly under assault from powerful forces in our culture, we are compelled today to speak out forcefully in their defense, and to commit ourselves to honoring them fully no matter what pressures are brought upon us and our institutions to abandon or compromise them. We make this commitment not as partisans of any political group but as followers of Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. "

It is a movement for all who are tired of having abortion, stem cell research, euthanasia and other atrocities crammed down their throats. It is time to stand together and speak up. It is time to defend the principles upon which this country was founded.

Aren't you tired of thinking about your tax dollars paying for abortions?

Dissenting Nun is in Desperate Need of Prayers

Sister Quinn, an ardent supporter of abortion and all things non-Catholic, heretically says that the Blessed Mother was one of the first women in the New Testament to express choice. This train of thought is beyond shocking.

Please pray for this woman who has strayed so far from the faith and has created her own where she says, "Faithful and respectful dissent is vital to the life of the church. It enables the church community to think, to deliberate, to debate and to grow in relationship to one another and in relationship to God. We cannot afford to let our dissenters be silenced. They are a gift to our church."

Distorting church teaching is not a gift, it is destruction and evil. Portraying the Mother of God as a proponent of abortion is incomprehensible. Abortion, at the root, is about selfishness and ease of life. Mary, in her fiat, accepted all the difficulties and hardships that being the Mother of God would create. She in no way had an easy life. She received incomprehensible joy, being so close to Jesus but also had unbearable agony as well. Where in her life does she take a selfish, easy path? Mary is the antithesis of abortion.

O Mary, conceived without sin, intercede for Sister Quinn. Ask the Holy Spirit to engulf her heart with the truth and a true love of your Son. Pray for us sinners.
Amen.
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At the bottom of the lifenews article there is contact information for Sister Quinn's Prioress. Please contact the Prioress regarding Sister Quinn's actions and ask her to lovingly correct the errant nun. I did.

Fascinating People

Barbara Walters did her show regarding the most fascinating people of 2009. Ffffttt, please! Celebrities and sports figures should automatically be exempt as should people married to political figures. What has Michelle Obama done that makes her fascinating? Woo, she married Barack; big sorry deal. Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert? Two confused young people who exploit themselves and shock in order to retain attention. What happened to real talent? So, in disgust I came up with my own list of living people who are fascinating to me.

1. Pope Benedict XVI
2. Mary Jo Copeland
3. Sarah Palin
4. Catholics who live and practice their faith
5. Those who have or are serving in the military and their families
6. Women who regret their abortions and courageously speak out about it.
7. John McCain
8. Former atheists who have found the true faith
9. Faithful bishops: Burke, Dolan, Chaput
10. George W Bush

and an honorary mention goes to the guys at Hillbuzz for this post about George W Bush; their support of Sarah Palin and because they see Obamanation and Oprah the Devil for what they are.

Whom do you find fascinating?