Hudson & Fournier: Catholic Countdown to Election 2012, Day 37: Defend Life,Pray for the Faithful

10/1/2012

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target=_blank>Take a look at the special web set up for Catholic voters in Pennsylvania.

Imagine the impact if this particular Prayer for the Faithful was included in every Mass between now and Nov. 6! This prayer was sent by a friend who heard it prayed in the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina a few weeks ago.

A Prayer for the Faithful

"Lord, we affirm the conviction that our rights come from You, Our Creator, and that government exists to protect those rights. Now that we face unjust mandates that call upon us to violate our conscience and threaten Your Church, we pray for Your intervention and guidance. Help us to reverse the unjust policies that are being forced upon us, and restore this nation to the principles of freedom and justice upon which it was founded. We pray to the Lord."

You've got to shake your head at this one : Jon O'Brien, president of the oxymoronic Catholics for Choice positively exults in the Pew poll, concluding the bishops' Fortnight for Freedom "failed."

O'Brien even throws in a Nazi metaphor to describe Catholic obedience to Church teaching on life, marriage, and religious liberty. O'Brien opines: "On Election Day, Catholic voters won't walk in lockstep with bishops -- and a majority of Catholics think the bishops should stay out of politicking."

For O'Brien, the bishops are not "politicking" when they endorse entitlement programs, but they ARE when they defend innocent human life. Walking in "lockstep," applies only to those Catholics who take seriously the admonition of our Lord, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14).

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Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013
General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.

Keywords: Archbishop Gomez, Bishop Felipe Estevez, Moral coherence, unity of life, catholic vote, hispanic catholics, campaign 2012, Romney, Ryan, Obama, Biden, Deal W. Hudson, Deacon Keith Fournier

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Bill Sr.
8 months ago
We need to ask ourselves "What do you Catholics believe when you proclaim, I believe in one God........and in all that is seen and unseen or visible and invisible as it is now? These are not and must not be just words to a devout and conscientious follower of Christ and faithful Catholic. Hopefully you are saying we are aware of the forces of Evil constantly surrounding us trying in any way to tug, tease, or tempt us from accomplishing our mission to do God's will among men. We realize we live in an imperfect world as the result of sin which lives in those Evil forces attempting to steal as much of mankind as possible from the shelter of Christ's sacrifice of Love within the Fathers house. Understanding this allows us to look beyond the seen for the unseen within what men propose as solutions to our problems or methods to improve conditions or to the vain attempts to tamper with the very physical elements of life itself. These are the areas where the powerful forces of Evil can disguise themselves as benevolent benefits or evolving enlightenment for a society too eager to advance to an earthly man made Utopia without pain or consequence and privilege without price.
Our Lord came seen as a humble but faithful servant of Father in heaven teaching the ways of the Father of Love but also acknowledging the ever invisible presence of the devious deception of Evil opposed to His Will, promising us that whoever would believe in Him shall be worthy of the unseen Glory of God awaiting redeemed mankind.
We may consider what we see as our modern western society the height of human achievement and marvel at our accomplishments but at the same time are we not also witnessing the unforeseen collapsing of it both morally and structurally?
Far too often in recent history we seen how leaders have avoided the moral challenges in the light of truth and chosen do their work in the cool comfort of darkness where their deeds are less visible and the sleepy eyed gatekeepers have often been unwilling to sound the alarm for fear of disturbing the peace. As a result decisions have been made, choices are in place, and worst of all we have changed our language and vocabulary to fit an agenda contrary to our conscience. An unborn child is no longer a human being. Killing it is not a crime it is a right. Pregnancy is a disease or at the very least, as our own president has declared, it is a punishment for poor hygiene practice. Preventing pregnancy is praised and to be rewarded by a benevolent Federal government with free contraception for women and young school aged girls. All the while the same government disallows any mention of God in all its public schools and buildings. Religious liberty is no longer constitutionally protected but subject to the interpretation of bureaucrats in Washington. Free speech is soon to be a thing of the past as power hungry elitists and legislators have assumed the role of judges of vocabulary allowed to determine what can be publicly permissible speech. Every Christian value which helped build the shinning city on the hill is being challenged or cast aside to establish the Utopia of fools and it is time for us to unmask and reveal the Evil presence in the public policies proposed by the blind or misguided individuals perpetuating the corruption of our culture. The most potent weapon of Evil is our unwillingness to recognize its existence among us.
Pary that the hearts of the faithful will be opened that they may see clearly the unseen and live and vote according to an enlightened Christian conscience. God Bless
Spiritus Gladius
8 months ago
@Tom The security of a Nation is It's first priority. That said, I don't understand why there is an "issue" surrounding immigration policy. There are legal ways to immigrate into a country. There are people who break the law. People who break the law are subject to the law. Why is there an issue here?
Tom McGuire
8 months ago
What about immigration policy? How about an article that centers on this important issue? I am sure by now your readers now about the evil of abortion, but do they know the Catholic Church teaches about immigration? I would welcome the kind of perspective you describe as the perspective of Archbishop Gomez.

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