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God does not show Himself equally to all creatures. This does not mean that He has favorites, that He decides to help some and to abandon others, but the difference occurs because it is impossible for Him to manifest Himself to certain hearts under the conditions they set up. The sunlight plays no favorites, but its reflection is very different on a lake and on a swamp. ~Fulton Sheen

Thanks be to God. Keep up the good work. You are in my prayers. Fred Just back from LA. We did two encore performances Saturday of Fr. Miguel Pro play at San Gabriel Playhouse. Great turnout. 500 at Matinee and over 600 at evening show. Fine theater with Box Seats etc. Miguel Pro's cousins in attendance. Needless to say I was a bit concerned about their reaction. But they loved the play and thanked everyone involved. See you at the next meeting. Cal Gallagher “Although I have read the story of Fr Miguel Pro and his martyrdom, no book compares with watching the play performed by the GK Chesterton Theatre Company. Absolutely riveting, I was on the edge of my seat. When it was all said and done, my faith was renewed, revived and taken to another level. This play transported me back in time and I felt like I was there. What a roller coaster ride!” -Jesse Romero Nationally Respected Lay Evangelist/ Speaker and Talk Show Host “After many years of reading the life of Bl. M...

If Romney is the GOP Presidential Candidate, I will not vote for him. Why vote for a white Obama. Fred Romney shifted on 'conscience' issue ’05 contraception stance similar to Obama’s now C.J. Doyle of the Catholic Action League said Mitt Romney has a ‘very mixed record’ on the contraception issue. By Tracy Jan Globe Staff / February 3, 2012 E-mail| Print| Reprints| Text size – + E-mail E-mail this article To: Invalid E-mail address Add a personal message:(80 character limit) Your E-mail: Invalid E-mail address Sending your articleYour article has been sent. WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney accused President Obama this week of ordering “religious organizations to violate their conscience,’’ referring to a White House decision that requires all health plans - even those covering employees at Catholic hospitals, charities, and colleges - to provide free birth control. But a review of Romney’s tenure as Massachusetts governor shows that he once took a similar step. Related Romney r...

-In signing this, Obama has proven himself to be the most criminal of all U.S. Presidents, far worse than George W. Bush and a total traitor to the nation and its People. Remember, Obama swore upon a Bible that he would “protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” and yet he himself has become the enemy of the Constitution by signing a law that overtly and callously nullifies the Bill of Rights. http://dprogram.net/2012/01/02/r-i-p-bill-of-rights-1789-2011-mike-adams/ http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2011/12/%E2%80%98indefinite-detention%E2%80%99-bill-passes-senate-93-7 Indefinite Detention’ Bill Passes Senate 93-7 Americans completely stripped of all rights under Section 1031 Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, December 2, 2011 The Senate last night codified into law the power of the U.S. military to indefinitely detain an American citizen with no charge, no trial and no oversight whatsoever with the passage of S. 1867, the National Defen...

Thought you might be interested in this review from Jesse Romero. Cathal (Cal) Gallagher ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Angel Duran Subject: just got this blurb from Jesse Romero Jesse Romero:"No book compares with watching the [Viva Cristo Rey!] play... [It's]absolutely riveting" Here is one of the blurbs I just recieved for a new letter I am creating. I am waiting for more, but this one is great! "Although I have read the story of Fr Miguel Pro and his martyrdom, no book compares with watching the play perfomed by the GK Chesterton Theatre Company. Absolutely riveting, I was on the edge of my seat. When it was all said and done, my faith was renewed, revived and taken to another level. This play transported me back in time and I felt like I was there. What a roller coaster ride!" Jesse Romero- Radio Talk Show Host and Catholic Lay Evangelist Angel Duran Director/Producer Viva Cristo Rey - Live Stage Theatre Production Executive Board Member The GK Che...

Posted on February 7th, 2011 by Father John Bartunek Q: I have had a pretty regular prayer life for a few years, and have been going to confession regularly as well, and receiving Communion frequently. In my spiritual reading, though, I keep coming across the idea of “practicing the presence of God.” This means staying aware of Jesus throughout the day’s activities, right? Well, I have been trying to do this, but can’t seem to make any progress. The end of the day comes around, and then I remember that I should have been aware of his presence. Is this something I should be worried about? A: A beautiful question. Beautiful for two reasons: 1) If “practicing the presence of God” keeps coming up in your personal reading and reflection, you can be sure it’s because the Holy Spirit wants you to keep this on your spiritual agenda. This is how he coaches us – he puts something on our minds or hearts, and he keeps insisting on it. And if God is drawing you towards this rather advanced...

By Father Paul K. Raftery, O.P. The Rosary, as a gift of prayer from the Mother of God, leads us to Christ in a way unique among the devotions in the Church. Pope John Paul II, in his Apostolic Letter on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, focuses with particular attention on the special way she is active on the soul as we ponder or contemplate Jesus through the eyes of His Mother. We put ourselves under her maternal guidance and allow her to direct our hearts. "The Rosary," he says, "mystically transports us to Mary’s side as she is busy watching over the human growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth. This enables her to train us and to mold us with the same care, until Christ is ‘fully formed’ in us" (RVM 16). What is happening through this "contemplation of the face of Christ" in union with Mary, is far more than just a dry and abstract exercise of thought. The Rosary brings us, through a devoted pondering of its mysteries, into intimate union with t...

Is Occupy Wall Street the Obama/Wall Street Machine? An Emergency Program for Anti-Wall Street Protestors: Don’t Let Soros Hijack the Movement Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net September 29, 2011 Political mass strike dynamics have been at work in the United States since the Wisconsin and Ohio mobilizations of February and March. Now, there are demonstrations in lower Manhattan and Boston specifically directed against the Wall Street banks. Another protest demonstration is scheduled for Washington, DC, starting on October 6. Good: a political challenge to Wall Street is indeed long overdue. The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are skeptical in regard to Obama. There is no sizable constituency for Ron Paul, and the crackpot Austrian school of economics is hardly represented. Above all, there is a desire to break the power of Wall Street. This much is promising, but still not enough to win. The demonstrations appear initially as leaderless groups, engaged in an organic process of d...

Prayer and the First Commandment by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The most generic and fundamental definition of prayer: the conscious adoration of God. We might say it is expressed adoration. Adoration manifest. It is the communication of our minds and wills with God with whom we adore. Prayer is conversation with our adorable God. And my favorite definition, prayer is the voluntary response to the awareness of Gods’ adorable presence. We are still on our introduction. In the present meditation we plan to again ask ourselves the three basic questions: what, why, and how. What are the principle forms of prayer? Why must we pray? And then, this being a retreat, how can we improve our practice of prayer? What are the Principle Forms of Prayer? First then the main forms or kinds of prayer. The Church’s tradition distinguishes not just four but five principle forms of prayer. The adoration of submission, the prayer of adoration of love, the prayer of thanksgiving, the prayer of peti...