The Catholic Monitor

Chicago Atheism Examiner: "Loughner no more represents the atheist movement than Hitler represented Catholicism or bin Laden Islam." http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-chicago/atheists-should-be-quick-to-condemn-loughner "Another classmate, Lydian Ali, recalled the incident as well. "'A girl had written a poem about an abortion. It was very emotional and she was teary eyed and he said something about strapping a bomb to the fetus and making a baby bomber,' Ali said." Here's the Times' version: "After another student read a poem about getting an abortion, Mr. Loughner compared the young woman to a 'terrorist for killing the baby.'" So that's how the Times transformed Loughner from a sicko laughing about a dead fetus to a deadly earnest pro-life fanatic. (Never believe a news story written by Eric Lipton, Charlie Savage or Scott Shane of The New York Times -- or for simplicity, anything in the Times.) I wouldn't have ment...

By St. Francis De Sales All that remains is for us to state the necessary conditions to pray well. I know indeed that the ancients who treat this matter cite a great many such conditions; some count 15, others eight. But since this number is so large, I limit myself to mentioning only three. The first is that one be little by humility ; the second, that one be great in hope ; and the third, that one be grafted onto Jesus Christ crucified . Let us speak of the first, which is nothing other than that spiritual mendicancy of which Our Lord says: Blessed are the mendicant in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. [Cf. Mt. S:3]. And although some of the Doctors interpret these words thus: How happy are the poor in spirit, these two interpretations are not opposed, because all the poor are mendicants [beggars] if they are not proud, and all mendicants are poor if they are not avaricious. In order to pray well, then, we must acknowledge that we are poor, and we must greatly humble our...

St. Gertrude’s Unlimited Confidence Blind trust in God’s mercy, unlimited confidence in His love , is one of the secrets to obtain sanctity. The Holy Fathers have always taught that the measure of our hope and confidence is the measure of the graces which we receive from heaven . They have realized that, through our unreserved confidence, God is most honored and glorified. Nothing will be denied to an unlimited confidence. Our Lord revealed: “It is impossible that anyone should not receive all that he has believed and hoped to obtain. It gives Me real pleasure when men hope great things from Me and I will always grant them more than they expect.” Saint Gertrude understood that confidence is the key which opens the treasures of the infinite mercy of God. To her confidence alone she attributed all the gifts she received, and she invited all to place boundless confidence in our Savior in order to receive from Him immeasurable graces . “All that I have received,” she affirmed, “I owe to my...

Welcome to the Roman Catholic Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel! PRAISE + JESUS! Our Dear Friend in Jesus, We are Spiritual Descendants of the original Hermits on Mount Carmel, the roots of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance. With great joy, hope and love, we come to share with you our life of unceasing prayer in the desert in communion with Jesus Christ, our Good News! Each of us, as a Hermit of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, strives to live in Christ a life of unconquerable faith in the living God. "Pure in heart and steadfast in conscience, we must be unswerving in the service of our Master" — Rule of St. Albert. Ours is a Divine Call to be the praying, healing, forgiving Christ in the Heart of the Church for the sanctification and salvation of priests and all our brothers and sisters in the human family – Constitutions #2. Whoever you are and wherever you are, know that we are praying for you day and night. Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Son of Man shed His ...

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=12024389291&topic=15262#topic_top Charismatics vs. Catholics Alaric I would like to hear more opinions on the Charismatic movement. From the outside looking in (for the most part), it seems to me that this movement is full of liturgical abuses, new-age theology, and spiritual guidance based purely on feelings. (Mt. 7:20) What I am trying to do is... I Jn. 4:1 "Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." "Who in our day expects that those on whom hands are laid so that they may receive the Holy Spirit should forthwith speak with tongues....These signs were adapted to the times. For there behooved to be that betokening of the Spirit in all tongues to show that the Gospel of God was to run through all the tongues over the earth. But that thing was done for the betokening, and it has passed away." -St. Augustine, What are your thought...

Fred Marinez, Perhaps this book could be used in a story for your journal? Rod Murphy A new book, Stopping Abortions at Death’s Door, published by Taig Publishing, Southbridge, MA is available at Amazon.com. It gives much detailed information on how to fight abortion and start or move a pregnancy resource center next door to an abortion “clinic”. This method, if applied nationally, will save hundreds of thousands of babies. The author Roderick P. Murphy has spent almost 30 years as the director of a Massachusetts pro-life pregnancy center and provides help regarding fundraising, recruiting volunteers, how to find office space next door to abortionists, sidewalk counseling and much more. The book is available only at Amazon and the link is http://www.amazon.com/Stopping-Abortions-at-Deaths-Door/dp/0982819005

So is the Holy Father saying it is morally good for male prostitutes to use condoms? The Holy Father is not articulating a teaching of the Church about whether or not the use of a condom reduces the amount of evil in a homosexual sexual act that threatens to transmit HIV. The Church has no formal teaching about how to reduce the evil of intrinsically immoral action. We must note that what is intrinsically wrong in a homosexual sexual act in which a condom is used is not the moral wrong of contraception but the homosexual act itself. In the case of homosexual sexual activity, a condom does not act as a contraceptive; it is not possible for homosexuals to contracept since their sexual activity has no procreative power that can be thwarted. But the Holy Father is not making a point about whether the use of a condom is contraceptive or even whether it reduces the evil of a homosexual sexual act; again, he is speaking about the psychological state of some who might use condoms. The int...

Stop for a moment of silence, ask God what He want you to do next. Make this a practice. By doing this you are doing more good than reading anything here or anywhere else on the Internet. [ ] [ ] [ ] Addresses of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in UNITED STATES Web Sites: Association of Mary,Queen of Carmel: http://www.mary-queen-of-carmel-assoc.org/ http://www.littlerockcarmel.org/ Oklahoma - Piedmont www.okcarmel.org Cleveland Heights, OHIO http://www.clevelandcarmel.org/ Texas - San Antonio http://www.carmelsanantonio.org/ http://www.carmelsanantonio.org/ http://www.ccacarmels.org/ http://www.ettinger.net/carmelcov/ Reno http://www.carmelofreno.com US association of monasteries: http://www.ccacarmels.org/ Association of Mary,Queen of Carmel: http://www.mary-queen-of-carmel-assoc.org/ Beacon NY http://www.carmelitesbeacon.org Carmel CA www.carmelitesistersbythesea.net/homepage.htm Covington www.ettinger.net/carmelcov Sugarloaf PA www.byzantinediscalcedcarmelites.com ...