Bloggers' Request--Catholics Pay Attention, Please

Father Z has requested that bloggers pass on this information. Contact your bishops if you are in the States. To date, 107 have responded in demanding a repeal of the mandate against conscience. Also, Senator Rubio has drafted a bill to counter-act this heinous bill of Obama. Here are the links, one and two. If you never did anything political in your life, do it now.

I am a writing with an injured hand and arm, offering up this for all of the Catholic priests, sems, bishops and laity in the States. Read, pray, act. Act, please, now.

Why Obama Does Not Support Israel-The Jews Are Not the Chosen People of God in Black Liberation Theology

And, why POTUS knows he can bully the Church

My dear conservative friends cannot understand me when I say that I grew up in one of the most liberal dioceses in the world. So, to clarify, I thought I would share the legacy of the Pacem in Terris Award list. One of the reasons I know so much about Marxism and the Saul Alinsky agenda found in his Rules for Radicals, is because I was surrounded by this stuff in my youth. And, before I had a conversion experience after two years of being a stupid, selfish, arrogant Marxist, (are there any other types?), in college, I actually believed this nonsense. Thankfully, Jesus Christ in His Mercy forgave my dark years and brought me back into the light of my true heritage-the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Praise God, forever.

I do not want to give glory to evil and darkness, but some people in the States are wondering why POTUS can so easily push his anti-life agenda in the face of the Bishops and the Church in America. Here is why. For at least three generations, liberal and communist ideas have infiltrated the Church. When I say this, those who have not studied the condemned Liberation Theology, which changes Christ into a political Messiah, cannot see the connection. And, by the way, the Black Liberation Theologians believe in this mutated Christ, and POTUS belonged for 17 years to THE Black Liberation Church in Chicago--Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago (sources all over the net and if I had not taken down my old blog notes from 2008, you could reference those now, as I harped over and over on this point to help prevent him from being elected). The Black Liberation Theologians, most notably James Cone and Cornell West, and their followers, believe that the Blacks and not the Jews are the Chosen People of God-- a major reason why POTUS would not support Israel. Note, they also believe that Christ wants all to fight for various freedoms, such as a socialist agenda, as Christ is a Militant Messiah. And, as a reminder, communism has always supported abortion and contraception. Connect the dots.

If one wants proof of the infiltration of the Church, look at this list of winners of the Pacem in Terris Award in the Diocese of Davenport, my home diocese, and cringe. Now, in all fairness, there are three on the list, not counting the saintly Mother Teresa, who is not in good company here, I would say should have been awarded something; one person I know who has worked for poverty issues for years, and the other two less Marxist than most including Lech Walesa. However, if one does not believe in the hidden or not so hidden agendas of some in the Church at the highest levels, check this out. Can you believe that Saul Alinsky was awarded a Catholic medal named after the famous encyclical? It boggles the mind.

from Wiki 1964 John Howard Griffin and John F. Kennedy (posthumously) 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. 1966 R. Sargent Shriver 1967 A. Philip Randolph 1968 Father James Groppi 1969 Saul Alinsky 1972 Dorothy Day 1974 Senator Harold Hughes 1975 Dom Hélder Câmara 1976 Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1979 Bishop Thomas Gumbleton 1980 Crystal Lee Sutton 1980 Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler 1982 George F. Kennan 1983 Helen Caldicott 1985 Cardinal Joseph Bernardin 1986 Bishop Maurice John Dingman 1987 Archbishop Desmond Tutu 1989 Eileen Egan 1990 Mairead Corrigan Maguire 1991 María Julia Hernández 1992 Cesar Chavez 1993 Father Daniel Berrigan 1995 Jim Wallis 1996 Bishop Samuel Ruiz García 1996 Odebrecht Foundation and Archbishop Philip M. Hannan[5] 1997 Jim Douglass and Shelley Douglass 1998 Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ 1999 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel 2000 Monsignor George G. Higgins 2001 Lech Wałęsa 2002 Sisters Gwen Hennessey and Dorothy Hennessey, OSF 2004 Rev. Arthur Simon 2005 Donald Mosley 2007 Bishop Salim Ghazal [1] 2008 Monsignor Marvin Mottet 2009 Hildegard Goss-Mayr 2010 Father John Dear[1] 2011 Bishop Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri

No democratic process in Britain--Government pushes its own agenda and against the wishes of the people

LifeSiteNews has published an excellent article on the fight to stop the Cameron government from pushing through gay civil "marriage". Anglican and Catholic bishops alike are asking for a concerted, interdenominational effort on the part of churches to stop this movement. Archbishop Conti of Glasgow wrote eloquently that, “Those in Government need to be respectfully reminded that a mandate to govern does not include a mandate to reconstruct society on ideological grounds, nor to undermine the very institution which, from the beginning, has been universally acknowledged as of the natural order and the bedrock of society, namely marriage and the family. In terms of law, its support and defence have been on a par with the defence of life itself. We weaken it at our peril.”


Those is Britain should be demanding an explanation of this obsession with the present coalition government, which, as the article notes, did not publicize this agenda either in any of the parties' platforms or in the run-up to the election. Gay "marriage" was not an issue.


So, why is it now? This is ideology gone mad. Cameron and company are undermining the democratic processes of Parliamentary government. 


SPUC has passed this resolution and we must all support these pro-life efforts.“That the Council of SPUC, noting the various proposals currently being made by the present Government and others in regard to the status and standing of marriage and its consequent effect upon family life; and further noting the higher proportionate incidence of abortion in unmarried women compared to married women, resolves to do its utmost to fight for the retention of the traditional understanding of marriage in the history, culture and law of the United Kingdom, namely the exclusive union of one man with one woman for life; and accordingly instructs its officers and executive committee to conduct a major campaign to this end, to co-operate with other persons and societies in so doing and specifically to target the Government’s consultation period starting in March, 2012, in regard to (so-called) same sex marriage.” 

And, now for something completely different

I remember an episode light years ago when I was engaged and visiting the home of my fiance in Hampstead. Before dinner, the Pater asked me what I would like for my aperitif. Knowing the good cellar of the household, I said "whiskey" and promptly got a jab in the ribs from my sweet intended. I should have said "sherry", being a lady. However, the Pater poured me a generous glass of the finest and said, "Ah, these American ladies are so independent." What he really meant was that I did not do quite the right thing.

However, given a choice between a Emilio Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso or The Macallan, at a younger age, I would have chosen The Macallan, still my favorite whiskey. However, as I have grown a bit older, I find that I like the dry sherries much more, even though they are out of fashion in most places. 

I did take a short wine course a million years ago when I was as Notre Dame, (not part of the curriculum), and learned all about before dinner wines, wines during various courses, dessert wines and so on. Plus, I was fortunate enough to hang around various connoisseurs in graduate school (and...what is graduate school for...?) and learned "at the table" as it were. Also, when I was in the Senior Common Room in Bristol, we always had sherry before dinner, but it was always Harvey's. The faculty was a bit happier when I bought the old La Guita from El Vino's, the real thing from Spain. When I lived in London, one could take a jug into El Vino's and fill it up with The Macallan from a cask. I wonder if one can do that now? Happy days.

As I am living in Ireland, I am surprised at two things in the range of alcohol. First, all wines are two to three times as expensive as even in Britain and I do not understand why. Wine is much more expensive than in Malta, and the United States, where the Californian and other State wines keep prices competitive. The prices here are ridiculous and probably have something to do with the new Irish budget and belt tightening. An not-so-nice ordinary wine is the same price as a nice Coppola in California.

Secondly, I cannot understand why so many American beers, and I do not mean lovely Wisconsin or Iowa real ales. are sold here instead of British beers. Amazingly, at the local Supervalu, Guinness is not to be found, unless the shop is simply out all the time. I learned about real ales when I lived in Wisconsin and we used to shop at a great store which sold only Wisconsin produce. Also, the family lived in Alaska for awhile, which, believe it or not, in Anchorage there are more Cordon Bleu chefs and great restaurants then any other city in all the fifty states. In Ireland, at least where I am, women do not go to pubs here as they do in England, escorted, of course. And, as I do not go out to dinner much, I do not drink unless with dinner. I wonder if Mary and Jesus drank the wine He made out of water at Cana? Most likely, and why not? 

Ah, well, as the Feast of St. Brigid of Ireland is tomorrow, maybe she would not mind someone raising a glass of The Macallan. God bless Ireland and boy, does this country need blessing.