The Catholic Monitor

THE PUBLICAN Saint Teresa of Avila said that God cannot be described for His beauty, but one analogy would be like a great and beautiful diamond of white light, and each facet is like a mirror. When we stand before Him, all our imperfections are seen in the facets of His being. I don't know about you, but I have a lot of imperfections [sins], so I'll offer you this sinner's approach to prayer. First, I call my angel to come and pray with me. "Do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, THEIR ANGELS in heaven always behold the face of my Father in Heaven." (Matt. 18:10) I then ask the Holy Innocents to come and pray with me, since they were the first martyrs of Christ (Matt. 2:16). I ask Padre Pio and Saint Joseph to come and pray with me. Surrounded by these saints of Heaven, I picture myself as a little child and I approach the Great Doors of the Kingdom of Heaven. With Rosary in hand, I make a profession of faith, "I believe in God, etc." ...

Stephen Frank's California Political News and Views Frank Discussion Not Lecture For Conservatives www.capoliticalnews.com Romneycare Costs One Hospital $100 Million July 16, 2009 Mitt Romney created a universal health care program in Massachusetts . He is very proud of it. The cost? One hospital is going to lose $100 million next year--a couple more years and the hospital closes down. Why is this important? Because Obama is basing his health care plan on the Mitt Romney plan. The bottom line goal of Obama is to take over all the hospitals in the country. He does this the Romney way--by bankrupting them. Barack did this with banks and the auto industry, why not health care? Obama is a national socialist, someone who wants government to control the means of production--in this case, you very life. needs to end. We need Mitt Romney to come out and publicly admit his health care plan is a failure and needs to end. "The hospital, Boston Medical Center , faces a $38 million...

Obama -"Largely skipped by the news media was his speech June 29 commemorating a date that homosexual activists have marked with solemn dedication... [Obama] accommodate[d] the demands of the homosexual lobby... including embracing hate-crime laws, supporting civil unions and federal rights for LGBTQ couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights and ending the existing "Don't ask, don't tell" policy." -"His enthusiasm for appealing to the LGBTQ gathering ... unmatched by the last liberal president, Bill Clinton... would normally be subject to an examination as to what Obama's own sexual orientation is. There is no doubt as to his heterosexuality-although watching him throw out the first ball at the All Star Game could, if considered solely, lead one to think otherwise." -"In U. S. history his accession will likely be compared to the succession of unstable emperors beginning with Nero, Caligua and Commodus. W...

http://www.unitypublishing.com/Apparitions/PopeMedj2009.htm Crackdown on Medjugorje Daily Mail – United Kingdom The Pope has begun a crackdown on the world’s largest illicit Catholic shrine – by suspending the priest at the centre of claims that the Virgin Mary has appeared more than 40,000 times. Benedict XVI has authorized ‘severe cautionary and disciplinary measures’ against Father Tomislav Vlasic, the former ‘spiritual director’ to six children who said Our Lady was appearing to them at Medjugorje in Bosnia. The Franciscan priest has been suspended after he refused to cooperate into claims of scandalous sexual immorality ‘aggravated by mystical motivations’. He has also been accused of ‘the diffusion of dubious doctrine, manipulation of consciences, suspected mysticism and disobedience towards legitimately issued orders’, and is suspected of heresy and schism. Father Vlasic was a central figure in promoting the apparitions that allegedly began in 1981 and continue to this day. In ...

http://www.unitypublishing.com/Government/Obamageddon.htm By Richard Salbato Taxes are rising when more and more people are losing their jobs. Bailout monies are given away to corrupt and incompetent institutions so that they can continue gambling on their exotic derivatives. Your children and grand children will be paying off these debts for decades to come. The reality is: these debts can never be paid off. America is heading towards a massive collapse at all levels: federal, state, municipal, private corporations…. society, families, personal… Like the People of the Philippines, then Poland, then Russia and 87 other countries from 1984 until 1990 these people went to the streets and took back their countries by people power, people who were willing to stand up to oppressive governments and take back the power, people who were willing to monitor voting booths and stop fraud. The people of Iran are risking their lives right now for freedom, are you willing to do the same? By Richard S...