Statistics

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Statistics

There are four million Catholics in England and Wales and about 5,200 priests.

There are  78.2 million Catholics in America and about 39,500 priests.

Do the math....

Up to one-third of the Millenials have been aborted.  St. John Bosco said one out of every four men have a vocation. Some of those future priests have been destroyed.

Will there be a church in your area in two years, five years, ten years?

Sonnet 73

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. 
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed, whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.
   This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
   To love that well, which thou must leave ere long.

Is the new Noah anti-human?

http://www.evolutionnews.org/2014/02/are_humans_the_082141.html.

Very interesting

Separating the Men from the Boys

and the women from the girls.  I have said this for so long, I cannot remember I started saying this-but Humanae Vitae separates real Catholics from false.

Do you need to read it again?


http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html

Read the whole article-Governor Jindal

Today the American people, whether they know it or not, are mired in a silent war.

It threatens the fabric of our communities, the health of our public square, and the endurance of our constitutional governance.

It is a war against the propositions in the Declaration of Independence.

It is a war against the spirit that motivated abolitionism.

It is a war against the faith that motivated the Civil Rights struggle.

It is a war against the soul of countless acts of charity.

It is a war against the conscience that drives social change

It is a war against the heart that binds our neighborhoods together.

It is a war against America’s best self, at America’s best moments.

It is a war — a silent war — against religious liberty.

http://blog.acton.org/archives/65745-gov-jindal-silent-war-religious-liberty.html

Happy Valentine's Day

To Christ and His Bride, the Roman Catholic Church.

As Mother General at Tyburn told me last April, every soul is called to be the Bride of Christ. If each one of us responded, how holy the Church would be.

There are over 100 home schooling posts, parents

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.com/2013/09/home-schooling-q-and-one-answer-begun.html  for a starter. Use the tags and labels home schooling, home education and so on.

Another Lost Generation

Between WWI and WWII, a generation of men and women appeared who earned the label of the "Lost Generation" in Europe. These were the men born between 1883 to 1900. This label was not used for Americans, although American authors picked it up as a term, as few went to war, and this was the generation who really built up America in both industry and agriculture. 

However, in Europe, those who were in their twenties in the 1920s seemed to have been characterized by the trauma of being young in the years of the war, and not having the greatest of role models, as so many of the best and the brightest had been killed in WWI. 

We are now seeing a second "Lost Generation". But, which generation is the lost one? Some people, including myself, see more hope in the individualism of the Millenials than the over-conforming people of Gen-X. 

But, with regard to religion, the Gen-Xers are a "mixed bag" of those who go to church simply because it is still the thing to do, and those who are completely secularized. Gen-Xers in America are those born from 1965-1980. In America, the Baby Boomer cut off in 1965, but in Europe, as people after WWII delayed marriage, it is considered a bit later.

Roughly, 25-30 years is a generation. But, this is not merely based on age, but on a shared culture, and as the culture changes more quickly, so will the generational years be shortened. 

The Millenials are those born after 1980, or from 1981. 

A lost generation is one which lacks purpose because of being traumatized by war. The Baby Boomers, on the whole, are a positive, optimistic group who were highly successful, living in a time when education was still at a higher level, and where competition was considered a good. No one was afraid to speak of leadership training, for example, which is now a dirty phrase among the politically correct crowd.

The Gen-Xers have had focus as well but on the things of this world-money and status and this generation have been seen as much more conformist than the Baby Boomers. In America, the great symbol of the Gen-Xers was the SUV. Kids in my son's generation grew up watching DVDs and eating on the way to and from school in the family SUV.

This is the techno generation....and they are more introverted and loners.

But, the Millenials are not only more individualistic, they are the new lost generation.

They have not been traumatized by war, but by complete chaos in the world. They have been traumatized by watching wars and terrorism, violence and paganism on TV and in movies. They are surrounded by anti-heroes.

And, there is one huge reason for this. They were not "parented". Too many Gen-Xers wanted to be friends with their children, to the point of letting them call them by their first names. The Millenials have not been formed at all in the virtues, except for the few. 

"Here are Paula and Sam, my parents, " is something I began to hear in the generation who were never disciplined, never "grounded", whose parents just "talked" to them as discipline was without consequences.

I saw the huge change as I had stopped college teaching in 1986, and stopped working with youth as a chaplain in 1987 to get married and be a stay-at-home mom in 1988. When I returned to the world of academia, in 1997, I was shocked at the change. 

For the first time, I met youth who had never been disciplined, and never been inside a church. I was teaching in a Catholic high school, before going back to college teaching, and quickly saw the rot of the lack of parenting.

This is also the generation whose parents have never taught them any moral framework, and who have never learned to share. Why share when there are only two kids in the family?

The new lost generation is not inclined to religion or, ironically, are more religious than their parents. So, the extremes are more clearly seen in their groupings.

They are lost because they are beginning to perceive that they have no futures economically, and many have to put off marriage and having families because they are out of work. According to a Pew Research Document, 16% of the American Millenials of working age in 2013 were living in poverty, compared to 8% of the first wave of Baby Boomers.

Twice as many.....

We are losing our children or grandchildren to the greatest age of neo-paganism the world has ever seen. A post-Christian world is worse than a pre-Christian one, and parents who refused to form their children with religion and morals have created this lost generation. The rise of the occult in this generation is shocking and a direct result of the laissez faire attitude of parents.

It will be the job of those religious Millenials to bring some of their own generation into the Church, as few listened to anyone else. The peer group is all. The lost generation continue the heritage of  "peter pans" and "predators" instead of "protectors". 

But, sadly, the movement of converts will not make much of a difference to numbers, as the older generations die off and the new ones do not take their place in the pews. Up to one-third of this generation have been killed in abortion. 

The new lost generation have lost their souls. Pray that these young men and women are open to God's call and grace, given to all despite the failings of their parents.

Broke Big Brother May Take Your Savings

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-12/europe-considers-wholesale-savings-confiscation-enforced-redistribution

Readers, you must read this...........

Excellent LifeSiteNews

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/02/13/why-did-the-husband-of-one-brain-dead-wife-let-his-baby-live-and-the-other-didnt/

Do you have free will two..................?

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.com/2014/02/comments-interesting-do-you-have-free.html

In order to have free will, people must have a center of their being which is independent.

Mortal sin makes us thralls, that is, slaves, of satan. In order to be protected from evil and have the active gifts of wisdom and discernment, one must be in sanctifying grace.

This means regular confession, daily prayer, going to Mass and Adoration as much as possible. This means allowing yourself to be purified.

This means taking time to read the perfection series and the February 24th series.

Read, pray, reflect, act.

Only in the Catholic Faith is one truly free.

Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1 DR

Disgusting Iowan-WDTPRS and some good comments....

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2014/02/the-party-of-death-iowa-dem-says-colicky-crying-baby-is-reason-for-abortion/

Supertradmum says:

13 February 2014 at 3:29 pm

The entire Midwest is dying. This use to be the bread basket of the world and now the entire farming industry is in decline, as well as those manufacturers of agricultural machinery or connected industries. One can “feel ” the death here of the souls of those who voted for Obama, voted for ssm, and are pro-abortion.

The Church in this state has been weakened for decades by homosexuals and pedophiles. It has also been undermined by Liberation Theology and modernist heresies.

The growth of witchcraft and gross paganism in the Midwest and the common use of drugs also add to this death wish of the onetime center of America for morals and church-going people.

Read this….http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.com/2014/02/february-24-303-xv.html if you so desire. I know we are on the cusp of a huge, nationwide change.

On The Growing Evil

One of the most obvious things to me being back in America for three months is the obviously raw evil which is bombarding the people here.

I am not referring to the evils of abortion or same-sex marriage, which is growing. I have never seen such an onslaught of satanism as I have seen in the past two months, such as the real satanic chants on the Grammies and the satanist lyrics of the band which sang at the Super Bowl.

Is anyone paying attention? Does anyone care? If anyone is watching these things on their television, that person is allowing the demons of the air in his or her own home.

Get real! So many leaders are into satanism. An exorcist told me years ago that in some cities in the Midwest, the main governmental leaders, including mayors, were into satanist cults.

Get real! Satan gives temporal power. He gives money. He makes agreement with people who want their own kingdoms on earth.

If you are letting your children watch television, you will be responsible to God for any evil which these children encounter.

Many, many home schoolers do not have televisions.

Computer games are also problems. This is so obvious to see-obvious evil-coming from Europe after three years.

The frog in the water..................most people do not see this.

Do not let your own children become hostage in satan's games.

Being killed is not necessarily martyrdom

Some people think that if they are killed by thugs, or anarchists, that they will be martyrs.

No, sorry.

A martyr is specifically a person who dies witnessing the Faith of the Catholic Church and Jesus Christ.

In other words, those Christians in Africa and in the Middle East who are actually being killed because they are Christians, are martyrs.

Those who are killed because they are in the wrong place at the wrong time, or who are killed by armies in a civil war, are not martyrs. If the economy fails and one is caught in anarchy, one is not a martyr.

Be ready to face God, but do not be presumptuous about being a martyr.

Podding-Two

Happy confirmation from, of all saints, St. Etheldreda on the podding post.

To have a pod is to have an ark.

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.com/2014/02/last-post-on-community-podding.html

A few days of less postings

As I have to move again, please take time to read some of the posts labelled persecution, community, and February 24, 303.

I shall not be posting as much in the next two days.

But, I have a few comments on the upcoming release of Noah, which I hope to see and critique on this blog.

First of all, folks, it is a Hollywood production, not a Catholic documentary.

Second of all, Evangelicals, Noah did get drunk-it is in the Scriptures.

Third, the text is written by two Jewish men-this should prove to be interesting, as I for one, want to know how modern day Jews interpret the Biblical Story, which is a true story.

Fourth, I am sure the text is corrupted by modernist ideals. Again, this is Hollywood, not the Vatican making the movie. Look for what is good and be smart enough to see what is not good. I expect to find some good news and some modernist heresies, as well as modern propaganda.

Fifth, Noah was not a superpower hero. He was a man of God. We do not see miracles in the Bible made by him, but the Ark and his listening to God are the miracles, as Noah was obedient in a horrible age of disobedience and evil

"For people who are very literal-minded, it would be great to communicate that the themes of the film are very much in line with the themes of the Bible -- ideas about hope, second chances and family," he says. "If they allow that, they're going to have an incredible experience with the movie. If they don't allow it, it's theirs to lose."  Aronofsky

I would not take children under teen age. And, unless you, parents, have taught them the Catholic truth about Noah, I would not take them at all, even as teens, so as not to confuse them. Simple. Just use your discernment, but it is not for under 13, imho.

Ireland and The Remnant

As those who follow this blog know, I lived in Ireland for nine months over the past three years. I was in the convent there for three months, and also lived in a town near Kells, as well as in Dublin for four months.

After watching Michael Voris' excellent news on Ireland, I want to remind all that the real Catholicism we know and love is at the TLM in Dublin, at St. Kevin's Church. There, people will find excellent confessors before the Sunday morning Mass, the sermons are orthodox and hard-hitting. The Mass is beautiful.

I believe the remnant will last because of the Byzantine and TLM communities where orthodoxy is strong.

Here is a photo and the link. http://www.latinmassdublin.ie/

Attention Iowa Home Schoolers

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/02/12/2016-Iowa-Homeschoolers-Assert-Role-In-Choosing-Leaders-For-Education-Freedom?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

William Estrada, Director of Federal Relations for the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), says that Cruz is showing leadership in reaching out to homeschooling families.

“Studies have shown that homeschool families and graduates are more likely to be politically involved than the general public,” Estrada told Breitbart News.

“As homeschooling continues to grow, we expect that more elected officials will reach out to the homeschool community,” he added. “HSLDA applauds Senator Cruz' leadership in reaching out to the homeschool community. We can only hope that more elected officials - from both sides of the political aisle - will spend time talking to homeschool families.”

Research from a variety of sources demonstrates that homeschool graduates tend to be more involved in politics and engaged in civic and community activities than the general population.

In 2003, Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) found that only 4.2% of homeschool graduates surveyed considered politics and government too complicated to understand, compared to 35% of U.S. adults, an outcome that could account for why homeschool graduates work for candidates, contribute to campaigns, and vote in much higher percentages than the general population of the United States.

I remember this 2003 study ....

Choosing between food and meds

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/31/Why-Are-Costs-For-Generic-Medications-Soaring

For many poor seniors, like myself, one must choose between paying for meds and other things. Without generous readers of this blog, I would not be able to have cataract ops next month as I cannot afford the pre and post op meds.

Monthly, I have to decide what not to buy as I have two crucial meds I take daily, which are not optional.

I was talking with a sibling who was shocked at how much Medicare costs. I wanted to continue the discussion to include the truth that this administration wants to destroy Medicare and have people on Medicaid instead, which has less choices and more government control.

Some seniors must choose between food and meds.

A civilization which no longer cares about the elderly is no longer a civilization.

The very young and the very old are the most vulnerable in America today.

It is so sad for me to see the erosion of TLC in the medical system, which use to be the best in the world.

Another Caution

From the book The Rite: a reminder to those into false deliverance ministries.

"The earliest mention of the office of exorcist is perhaps in a letter written  by Pope Corneliu (251-252) stating that in the Church of Rome there were fifty-two exorcists, lectors and doorkeepers. Around the fourth century a series of steps were taken to give the bishops more control over the nominating process. The Council of Laodicea in the middle of the fourth century established a canon prohibiting all individuals from performing an exorcism unless appointed by their bishop."

Anything else is disobedience and a falling into Protestantism. If you have been involved or gone to such prayer meetings, especially among charismatics, I highly suggest discussing this an orthodox priest, not a charismatic one.

Hmm going around the Net...