WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUR FAITH TO THE TEST AGAIN. MANY OF US FEEL LIKE THIS PRESIDENCY WAS CREATED OUT OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN GREAT IDEAS AND MAKING A BETTER AMERICA. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A PRO-ABORTION PRESIDENT WITH SOCIALIST TENDENCIES TO BE ELECTED. OBAMA WAS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND WAS PAID IN PART BY MONEY FROM CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: THE COLLECTION PLATES OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE MONEY TO THIS CAMPAIGN. LOOK INTO THE ORGANIZATIONS IT HAS FUNDED IN THE PAST AND ASK WHO IS ON THE COMMITTEE, MAKING THESE DECISIONS. IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND AND THOSE IN "AUTHORITY" ARE CLOSED MOUTHED AND GO MERRILY ALONG USING "CATHOLIC MONEY" FOR ANTI-CATHOLIC USES IN MOST CASES.
CHECK OUT WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES, THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY LEVERAGE YOU HAVE IN THE PEWS.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AND HAVE MERCY ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Election Thoughts at the Final Hour
By Mark Miravalle
Saturday, 01 November 2008
The election for the United States president is a few days away. If you or any of your family members or friends find themselves confused about who to vote for morally, or why we should vote based on moral issues as our first priorities, allow me to offer you the following bullet point principles:
• It is a grave moral evil to vote for a pro-abortion candidate when there is a fundamentally pro-life candidate available, unless there is grave proportionate reason.
What would grave proportionate reason be? Say one man is pushed up against a wall and another man is pointing a gun at his head threatening to pull the trigger and kill him. Moreover, it is well known that this man with the gun has killed many men in like manner and plans to continue to do so.
Next to them is another man. He is also being threatened by a man. What is he being threatened with? Taking his money? Having him participate in a questionable war? Taking away his standard of living? Lowering his retirement benefits? Hurting his relationship with people of different countries? None of this is morally proportionate to the first case—the direct killing of an innocent human being, and, when done so knowingly, the act of murder.
One candidate wants to sign into legislation immediately as his very first presidential act a law that allows murder of millions of unborn people (Freedom of Choice Act), which includes the removing of any or all national restrictions, whether at federal or state level, particularly giving partial birth to a baby and then having the baby’s brain literally sucked out of his or her head. That’s the frightening and macabre process of partial-birth abortion. That’s gravely and grossly evil. No Christian or person of good will can in good conscience support that evil or the horrific evil of abortion in any form, and there is absolutely no proportionate reason to do so. Morally, it’s pretty simple.
• Numerous U.S. bishops have also made it clear, that in the particular case, of this presidential election, there is no proportionate reason that can justify voting for the pro-abortion presidential candidate (cf. Bishops Farrell and Vann of Dallas-Fort Worth; Archbishop Naumann, Kansas City; Bishop Martino, Scranton; Bishop Arthur Serratelli, Patterson, etc.)
• One candidate is a fundamentally pro-life candidate. This is confirmed by National Right to Life. The other candidate is a passionately pro-abortion candidate. This is confirmed by Planned Parenthood. We cannot morally vote for the pro-abortion candidate when there is an option of a fundamentally pro-life candidate.
• All human rights depend on the right to life. If you’re not alive, you’re not too concerned about the Dow Jones, foreign policy or health care. That’s why voting pro-life is not "single issue" voting, but rather morally appropriate priority issue voting, based on a properly formed Christian or moral conscience. All Christians and all people of good will are morally obliged to exercise priority issue voting.
• Not being in favor of the war does not justify voting for a pro-abortion candidate. The direct killing of innocent human beings in the womb is an intrinsic evil that outweighs in its direct formal and moral proximity the evil of a potentially unjust war. In the particular case of the Iraq war, this is true, both qualitatively concerning the immediate material and formal evil of the abortion act, and quantitatively, by the numbers of lives lost. 50 million unborn children have been killed through abortion in the U.S., and that doesn’t include the millions upon millions of unborn children killed through contraceptive abortificacients.
• Frustration that one political party didn’t do more when they were in office, however justified, is not an appropriate moral reason for failing to support the fundamentally pro-life candidate and for not opposing a political candidate and consequent party who is vehemently pro-abortion. Supporting a pro-life and pro-family candidate at the very least prevents the fearful advancement of an anti-life national agenda, while also providing the possibility of further pro-life and pro-family legislation, which includes the appointment of pro-life Supreme Court justices.
• When there is a candidate who is fundamentally pro-life with a chance of victory and effecting authentic pro-life legislation (and/or preventing an onslaught on pro-abortion legislation through defeating the pro-abortion candidate), and another candidate who is entirely pro-life but with no chance of victory, you are not morally obliged to vote for the entirely pro-life candidate, since the Church allows for the voting for a fundamentally pro-life candidate with the goal and practical outcome of saving lives and moral values through the candidate with the possibility of victory.
• Claiming that one party is alone and entirely responsible for the present economic crisis (as dubious as this position might be) does not morally justify supporting a pro-abortion candidate from the other party. This would be to place money over morals, and economic concerns over human life and its protection.
• Saying that a pro-abortion presidential candidate has nothing really to do with abortion (since he’s not actually committing the abortion) is philosophically parallel to saying that Adolf Hitler had nothing really to do with killing the Jews because he never himself pulled a trigger or released the poisoned gas. A presidential candidate who voluntarily wills to sign into law the FOCA abortion legislation has immediate moral and formal participation in the advancement of abortion and is directly morally responsible.
• To claim that one candidate is not "pro-abortion" but only "pro-choice" is to equivocate the truth that supporting the legitimacy of the direct killing of an innocent human being as a legitimate option is in itself an intrinsic evil and in act a pro-abortion policy.
• Support of limited embryonic stem cell research, as immoral as it is, cannot be morally or proportionally paralleled to abolishing 35 years of pro-life legislation as your first presidential act (FOCA legislation) and making abortion "rights" the litmus test for appointing pro-abortion supreme court justices.
How do we think Blessed Mother Teresa would vote if she were alive now and a U.S. citizen? What about Servant of God, John Paul II? Whom do we really think our present Holy Father wants us to vote for, based on the authentic moral principles of the Catholic Church?
Ultimately, I believe, it comes down to a question not of politics, nor of party, but of faith. Any disciple of Jesus could never in good conscience prioritize issues of economy or party allegiance over allegiance to God and His moral issues of life and family, which He has ordained to constitute the foundation of the all societies.
Let us pray and fast in these few final days before the election. Let us pray and fast that we all vote in a manner pleasing to Almighty God first. Let us pray and fast that Catholics and Christians of the United States, who make up well over a quarter of our national population, will vote morals first, pro-life first, pro-family first—pro-Christ first.
Yes, ultimately it comes down to a question which has not only grave national and international contemporary ramifications, but also authentic eternal ramifications: Who and for what policies would Jesus want us to vote for? We will be personally and eternally responsible, for whom and for what principles we vote for in these final critical days.
When in doubt, err towards life. Jesus will be eternally grateful. You will be eternally grateful.
Personally, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, I will be voting for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.
Immaculate Mother, Mother of the Unborn, Co-redemptrix with Jesus, Mediatrix of Mercy, Our Lady of America,
Pray for the United States of America,
your children who need you in the midst of great crisis and confusion.
We entrust our country to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.
We place our trust not in ourselves, but in the infinite mercy of your Divine Son.
We beg to be spared from what we perhaps deserve as a nation, but plead instead for the mercy of the Father, which comes to us through the pierced Heart of His Son.
May the Holy Spirit, through your most Immaculate Heart, illumine the hearts of our citizens, especially those who are disciples of your Son, to vote for life, for family, for policies consistent with our Christian faith above all other considerations.
Our Lady of America, O Immaculate Conception, pray for us,
your children of the United States of America.
Dr. Mark Miravalle
Professor of Theology and Mariology
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Saturday, 01 November 2008
The election for the United States president is a few days away. If you or any of your family members or friends find themselves confused about who to vote for morally, or why we should vote based on moral issues as our first priorities, allow me to offer you the following bullet point principles:
• It is a grave moral evil to vote for a pro-abortion candidate when there is a fundamentally pro-life candidate available, unless there is grave proportionate reason.
What would grave proportionate reason be? Say one man is pushed up against a wall and another man is pointing a gun at his head threatening to pull the trigger and kill him. Moreover, it is well known that this man with the gun has killed many men in like manner and plans to continue to do so.
Next to them is another man. He is also being threatened by a man. What is he being threatened with? Taking his money? Having him participate in a questionable war? Taking away his standard of living? Lowering his retirement benefits? Hurting his relationship with people of different countries? None of this is morally proportionate to the first case—the direct killing of an innocent human being, and, when done so knowingly, the act of murder.
One candidate wants to sign into legislation immediately as his very first presidential act a law that allows murder of millions of unborn people (Freedom of Choice Act), which includes the removing of any or all national restrictions, whether at federal or state level, particularly giving partial birth to a baby and then having the baby’s brain literally sucked out of his or her head. That’s the frightening and macabre process of partial-birth abortion. That’s gravely and grossly evil. No Christian or person of good will can in good conscience support that evil or the horrific evil of abortion in any form, and there is absolutely no proportionate reason to do so. Morally, it’s pretty simple.
• Numerous U.S. bishops have also made it clear, that in the particular case, of this presidential election, there is no proportionate reason that can justify voting for the pro-abortion presidential candidate (cf. Bishops Farrell and Vann of Dallas-Fort Worth; Archbishop Naumann, Kansas City; Bishop Martino, Scranton; Bishop Arthur Serratelli, Patterson, etc.)
• One candidate is a fundamentally pro-life candidate. This is confirmed by National Right to Life. The other candidate is a passionately pro-abortion candidate. This is confirmed by Planned Parenthood. We cannot morally vote for the pro-abortion candidate when there is an option of a fundamentally pro-life candidate.
• All human rights depend on the right to life. If you’re not alive, you’re not too concerned about the Dow Jones, foreign policy or health care. That’s why voting pro-life is not "single issue" voting, but rather morally appropriate priority issue voting, based on a properly formed Christian or moral conscience. All Christians and all people of good will are morally obliged to exercise priority issue voting.
• Not being in favor of the war does not justify voting for a pro-abortion candidate. The direct killing of innocent human beings in the womb is an intrinsic evil that outweighs in its direct formal and moral proximity the evil of a potentially unjust war. In the particular case of the Iraq war, this is true, both qualitatively concerning the immediate material and formal evil of the abortion act, and quantitatively, by the numbers of lives lost. 50 million unborn children have been killed through abortion in the U.S., and that doesn’t include the millions upon millions of unborn children killed through contraceptive abortificacients.
• Frustration that one political party didn’t do more when they were in office, however justified, is not an appropriate moral reason for failing to support the fundamentally pro-life candidate and for not opposing a political candidate and consequent party who is vehemently pro-abortion. Supporting a pro-life and pro-family candidate at the very least prevents the fearful advancement of an anti-life national agenda, while also providing the possibility of further pro-life and pro-family legislation, which includes the appointment of pro-life Supreme Court justices.
• When there is a candidate who is fundamentally pro-life with a chance of victory and effecting authentic pro-life legislation (and/or preventing an onslaught on pro-abortion legislation through defeating the pro-abortion candidate), and another candidate who is entirely pro-life but with no chance of victory, you are not morally obliged to vote for the entirely pro-life candidate, since the Church allows for the voting for a fundamentally pro-life candidate with the goal and practical outcome of saving lives and moral values through the candidate with the possibility of victory.
• Claiming that one party is alone and entirely responsible for the present economic crisis (as dubious as this position might be) does not morally justify supporting a pro-abortion candidate from the other party. This would be to place money over morals, and economic concerns over human life and its protection.
• Saying that a pro-abortion presidential candidate has nothing really to do with abortion (since he’s not actually committing the abortion) is philosophically parallel to saying that Adolf Hitler had nothing really to do with killing the Jews because he never himself pulled a trigger or released the poisoned gas. A presidential candidate who voluntarily wills to sign into law the FOCA abortion legislation has immediate moral and formal participation in the advancement of abortion and is directly morally responsible.
• To claim that one candidate is not "pro-abortion" but only "pro-choice" is to equivocate the truth that supporting the legitimacy of the direct killing of an innocent human being as a legitimate option is in itself an intrinsic evil and in act a pro-abortion policy.
• Support of limited embryonic stem cell research, as immoral as it is, cannot be morally or proportionally paralleled to abolishing 35 years of pro-life legislation as your first presidential act (FOCA legislation) and making abortion "rights" the litmus test for appointing pro-abortion supreme court justices.
How do we think Blessed Mother Teresa would vote if she were alive now and a U.S. citizen? What about Servant of God, John Paul II? Whom do we really think our present Holy Father wants us to vote for, based on the authentic moral principles of the Catholic Church?
Ultimately, I believe, it comes down to a question not of politics, nor of party, but of faith. Any disciple of Jesus could never in good conscience prioritize issues of economy or party allegiance over allegiance to God and His moral issues of life and family, which He has ordained to constitute the foundation of the all societies.
Let us pray and fast in these few final days before the election. Let us pray and fast that we all vote in a manner pleasing to Almighty God first. Let us pray and fast that Catholics and Christians of the United States, who make up well over a quarter of our national population, will vote morals first, pro-life first, pro-family first—pro-Christ first.
Yes, ultimately it comes down to a question which has not only grave national and international contemporary ramifications, but also authentic eternal ramifications: Who and for what policies would Jesus want us to vote for? We will be personally and eternally responsible, for whom and for what principles we vote for in these final critical days.
When in doubt, err towards life. Jesus will be eternally grateful. You will be eternally grateful.
Personally, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, I will be voting for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.
Immaculate Mother, Mother of the Unborn, Co-redemptrix with Jesus, Mediatrix of Mercy, Our Lady of America,
Pray for the United States of America,
your children who need you in the midst of great crisis and confusion.
We entrust our country to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.
We place our trust not in ourselves, but in the infinite mercy of your Divine Son.
We beg to be spared from what we perhaps deserve as a nation, but plead instead for the mercy of the Father, which comes to us through the pierced Heart of His Son.
May the Holy Spirit, through your most Immaculate Heart, illumine the hearts of our citizens, especially those who are disciples of your Son, to vote for life, for family, for policies consistent with our Christian faith above all other considerations.
Our Lady of America, O Immaculate Conception, pray for us,
your children of the United States of America.
Dr. Mark Miravalle
Professor of Theology and Mariology
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
America To Europe: "Come Over and Help Us"
And a vision was showed to Paul in the night, which was a man of Macedonia standing and beseeching him, and saying: Pass over into Macedonia, and help us. And as soon as he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, being assured that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. Acts 16: 9-10
Dear Catholic Brethren of Europe, like the image spoken of above I'm a man standing here on the coastlands beseeching you, saying: Pass over to America, and help us...
It's my hope that after having received this post you may immediately be assured and confident in that God is calling you to pray the Gospel--the Gospel of Life--to us here in the States.
As your aware, in one week we will be electing a new President of the United States. And to be absolutely truthful concerning the sobering facts, the Gospel of Life here is threatened by the culture of death unlike anytime previous since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Forty years of gains upholding the Two-Thousand-year-old Catholic tradition of defending the innocent unborn from abortion and infanticide is perilously close to being swept away in one single day by that beast who was a liar and murderer from the beginning...
It's that simple.
And so I am calling on you, (no, I am begging you) friends to help us... We do not need you bodily, of course, but we do need you as members of the one Sacred Body to act on our behalf mystically. The enemies we face here are not those of flesh and blood, but those terrible unseen forces of the air that make up the spirit of this world--and they have acted in such nefarious ways as to convince too many, (even among our own), that it's feasible to override the truth of our hearts by following mammon, physical desires and personal comfort over-and-beyond the dignity of little ones in the womb of life.
As Catholics, this is unacceptable.
Here is how you can help; and I implore you to act without hesitation, for time is short:
- Join us in storming heaven with prayer, as its become more and more apparent that heaven is our only remaining hope and recourse in this battle of good and evil. Below you will find the twin solemn novenas. In union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary and invoking Her Spouse, the Holy Spirit, Our intention is simple:
Pray for us that God's will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion
- E-mail and/or post this plea for help from America on your blogs, send to friends and family, share in the Church--preach it from the pulpit.
In closing, I thank you for your consideration in this time of peril, and trust in the love and mercy that binds and upholds us together--Jesus Christ. Here are the prayers I ask:
Father John Corapi's Election Novena: Our Lady of Victory
Novena for the Poor Souls of Purgatory
Note: If you're American with family or friends in Europe please relay this post. Also, do not be afraid to join us in these novenas despite the lateness of the hour, as it is the prayers we need, even after the election.
St. Paul, Pray for us.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A letter to Catholics for Obama
Despite its current legal status, or the manifold reasons for it cause, abortion is an experience of human death. Each and every year worldwide Tens of Millions of innocent children, “innocent persons”, are denied their right to life on earth. In our country alone nearly 50 million children have succumbed under the weight of such unjust laws since 1973.
As inexplicable as it may seem, some Catholics are prepared to support pro-abortion Senator Barack Obama and the Democratic Party this election cycle. The reasoning goes, they’ve found ‘proportionate reasons’ that make it possible to override their good conscience that justifies a vote for a candidate who supports legalized abortion when there’s a choice of another candidate(s) who does not support such intrinsically evil policies.
But can a Catholic in good conscience prefer a candidate’s positions on peace, the economy, health care or immigration etc. to the point of overriding that candidate’s support for legalized abortion? How is it possible that these ‘proportionate reasons’ overcome 50 million children killed in America these past 35 years?
The simple answer is they don’t.
For a Catholic with full command and understanding of the gift of his or her faith means for them to have experiential spiritual knowledge of the object of their faith. Through the action of the Holy Spirit in baptism and the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist, a certain spiritual understanding has occurred which reveals within our hearts and souls confirmation of the new reality found present in the Life of Christ; put simply, by the Spirit, which the world does not know as yet, we are aware of where we’ve come from and towards where we are journeying; herein is the revelation that everything about our faith revolves about the Author of Creation—the Author of Life.
If, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, there were a clear understanding of the origin and destiny of men’s lives that fell upon them and America like a blanket of dew in the next few moments, by virtue of the power and action of such spiritual love hearts would be converted and healed, abortion mills would be shuttered, and the next day the abortion industry would’ve collapsed—because the same spirit of love who is sent to heal and forgive us also convinces us of sin--however horrible and grave. America would have heard the words of the One who commands that men should not kill—in any manifestation.
Public policy discussion during elections speaks of our personal concern on issues that affect our communities, our nation, and our people. But the threatened unborn are persons of our communities, of our nation, and people too; albeit a people without voice. And this is where Barack Obama fails as a proclaimed Christian—either through ignorance, as he himself suggested at the Saddleback Debate, or through political expediency, he denies the created reality of life so rooted in the Christian faith he professes. So much so, that he is willing to continue this genocidal war on children both within and outside the womb of life…
Before dear Catholics you cast your vote for Obama and America’s future, as you yourself pass through this world toward life, you must know:
1. Barack Obama has promised to sign The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). FOCA is a radical bill. It creates a “fundamental right” to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. No governmental body at any level would be able to “deny or interfere with” this right, or to “discriminate” against the exercise of this right “in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.” For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must condone and promote.
2. Barack Obama is so entrenched in the culture of death at odds with the culture of life that as a state senator he failed three times to stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion in voting against (or present) on the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.
3. The experience of human death by abortion is not limited to the victim alone, but extends to the mother and the father as well. A vote for Obama will further solidify the already tragic, yet, often unspoken reality of mental health effects caused by abortion within relationships and families. The best evidence indicates that a minimum of 10-30% of women who undergo an abortion report pronounced and/or prolonged psychological difficulties attributable to the abortion. These adverse psychological outcomes include guilt, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, relationship problems, substance abuse, symptoms of posttraumatic stress, and increased risk of suicide. Male responses to a partner’s abortion include grief, guilt, depression, anxiety, feelings of repressed emotions, helplessness/voicelessness/powerlessness, posttraumatic stress, anger and relationship problems (Coyle, 2007).
As inexplicable as it may seem, some Catholics are prepared to support pro-abortion Senator Barack Obama and the Democratic Party this election cycle. The reasoning goes, they’ve found ‘proportionate reasons’ that make it possible to override their good conscience that justifies a vote for a candidate who supports legalized abortion when there’s a choice of another candidate(s) who does not support such intrinsically evil policies.
But can a Catholic in good conscience prefer a candidate’s positions on peace, the economy, health care or immigration etc. to the point of overriding that candidate’s support for legalized abortion? How is it possible that these ‘proportionate reasons’ overcome 50 million children killed in America these past 35 years?
The simple answer is they don’t.
For a Catholic with full command and understanding of the gift of his or her faith means for them to have experiential spiritual knowledge of the object of their faith. Through the action of the Holy Spirit in baptism and the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist, a certain spiritual understanding has occurred which reveals within our hearts and souls confirmation of the new reality found present in the Life of Christ; put simply, by the Spirit, which the world does not know as yet, we are aware of where we’ve come from and towards where we are journeying; herein is the revelation that everything about our faith revolves about the Author of Creation—the Author of Life.
If, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, there were a clear understanding of the origin and destiny of men’s lives that fell upon them and America like a blanket of dew in the next few moments, by virtue of the power and action of such spiritual love hearts would be converted and healed, abortion mills would be shuttered, and the next day the abortion industry would’ve collapsed—because the same spirit of love who is sent to heal and forgive us also convinces us of sin--however horrible and grave. America would have heard the words of the One who commands that men should not kill—in any manifestation.
Public policy discussion during elections speaks of our personal concern on issues that affect our communities, our nation, and our people. But the threatened unborn are persons of our communities, of our nation, and people too; albeit a people without voice. And this is where Barack Obama fails as a proclaimed Christian—either through ignorance, as he himself suggested at the Saddleback Debate, or through political expediency, he denies the created reality of life so rooted in the Christian faith he professes. So much so, that he is willing to continue this genocidal war on children both within and outside the womb of life…
Before dear Catholics you cast your vote for Obama and America’s future, as you yourself pass through this world toward life, you must know:
1. Barack Obama has promised to sign The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). FOCA is a radical bill. It creates a “fundamental right” to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. No governmental body at any level would be able to “deny or interfere with” this right, or to “discriminate” against the exercise of this right “in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.” For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must condone and promote.
2. Barack Obama is so entrenched in the culture of death at odds with the culture of life that as a state senator he failed three times to stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion in voting against (or present) on the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.
3. The experience of human death by abortion is not limited to the victim alone, but extends to the mother and the father as well. A vote for Obama will further solidify the already tragic, yet, often unspoken reality of mental health effects caused by abortion within relationships and families. The best evidence indicates that a minimum of 10-30% of women who undergo an abortion report pronounced and/or prolonged psychological difficulties attributable to the abortion. These adverse psychological outcomes include guilt, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, relationship problems, substance abuse, symptoms of posttraumatic stress, and increased risk of suicide. Male responses to a partner’s abortion include grief, guilt, depression, anxiety, feelings of repressed emotions, helplessness/voicelessness/powerlessness, posttraumatic stress, anger and relationship problems (Coyle, 2007).
4. It is time to seek healing for ourselves and our nation from the trauma of abortion.
In 1930 Pope Pious wrote:
“Those who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to defend the lives of the innocent, and this all the more so since those whose lives are endangered and assailed cannot defend themselves. Among whom we must mention in the first place infants hidden in the mother's womb. And if the public magistrates not only do not defend them, but by their laws and ordinances betray them to death at the hands of doctors or of others, let them remember that God is the Judge and Avenger of innocent blood which cries from earth to Heaven.”
It is my hope that your Catholic vote will truly reflect the God who is both perfectly just and perfectly merciful, for once again he has placed before our freedoms the choice of life or death. Let us choose life, a non-negotiable truth of faith.
James Mary Evans
County Chair/Catholics for McCain/ Josephine County
Father Corapi Election Novena: Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Victory
"The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church."
"If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v.Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death unwanted unborn children.
"No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a
proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and
defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion.
"I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between October 27th and Election Day, November 4th. Pray that God's will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion."
Father John Corapi S.O.L.T
Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Victory
Lord, have mercy on us,
Christ, have mercy on us,
Christ, hear us,
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.
The response for the following greetings is Pray for us.
Our Lady of Victory,
Victorious daughter of the Father,
Victorious Mother of the Son,
Victorious Spouse of the Holy Spirit,
Victorious servant of the Holy Trinity
Victorious in your Immaculate Conception,
Victorious in crushing the serpent's head,
Victorious over all the children of Adam,
Victorious over all enemies,
Victorious in your response to the Angel Gabriel,
Victorious in your wedding to St. Joseph,
Victorious in the birth of Christ,
Victorious in the flight to Egypt,
Victorious in your exile,
Victorious in your home at Nazareth,
Victorious in finding Christ in the temple,
Victorious in the mission of your Son,
Victorious in His passion and death,
Victorious in His Resurrection and Ascension,
Victorious in the Coming of the Holy Spirit,
Victorious in your sorrows and joys,
Victorious in your glorious Assumption,
Victorious in the angels who remained faithful,
Victorious in the happiness of the saints,
Victorious in the message of the prophets,
Victorious in the testimony of the patriarchs,
Victorious in the zeal of the apostles,
Victorious in the witness of the evangelists,
Victorious in the wisdom of the doctors,
Victorious in the deeds of the confessors,
Victorious in the triumph of all holy women,
Victorious in the faithfulness of the martyrs,
Victorious in your power ful intercession,
Victorious under your many titles,
Victorious at the moment of death,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Hear us, Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy, Lord.
Pray for us, blessed Lady of Victory.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The Novena Prayer
Let us pray:
Our Lady of Victory, we have unshaken confidence in your influence with your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Humbly we ask your intercession for all of us associated under your title, Our Lady of Victory.
We beg your powerful assistance also for our own personal needs. (Please mention here your special intention in you own words.) In your maternal kindness please ask Jesus to forgive all our sins and failings, and to secure His blessings for us and for all the works of charity dedicated to your name. We implore you to obtain for us the grace of sharing Christ's victory and your forever in the life that knows no ending. May we join you ther to praise forever the Father, His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, on God, for all the ages to come. Amen.
Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen)
Let us pray:
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine evyes of mercy toward us.
And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary,
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God:
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
The Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, and sought Thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To Thee I come; before Thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! despise not my petitions, but in Thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
All this we ask of The Father in the name of Mary's Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with Him and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer To Our Lady of Victory
Let us pray:
O Victorious Lady! Thou who has ever such powerful influence with Thy Divine Son, in conquering the hardest of hearts, intercede for those for whom we pray, that their hearts being softened by the rays of Divine Grace, they may return to the unity of the true Faith, through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Election Novena: Holy Souls in Purgatory
Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
This Novena, written by St. Alphonsus Liguori, has different prayers for each of the 9 days, followed by the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory which is at the bottom of the section.
First Day:
Jesus, my Saviour I have so often deserved to be cast into hell how great would be my suffering if I were now cast away and obliged to think that I myself had caused my damnation. I thank Thee for the patience with which Thou hast endured me. My God, I love Thee above all things and I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee because Thou art infinite goodness. I will rather die than offend Thee again. Grant me the grace of perseverance. Have pity on me and at the same time on those blessed souls suffering in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of God, come to their assistance with thy powerful intercession.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Second Day:
Woe to me, unhappy being, so many years have I already spent on earth and have earned naught but hell! I give Thee thanks, O Lord, for granting me time even now to atone for my sins. My good God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee. Send me Thy assistance, that I may apply the time yet remaining to me for Thy love and service; have compassion on me, and, at the same time, on the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. O Mary, Mother of God, come to their assistance with thy powerful intercession.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Third Day:
My God! because Thou art infinite goodness, I love Thee above all things, and repent with my whole heart of my offenses against Thee. Grant me the grace of holy perseverance. Have compassion on me, and, at the same, on the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. And thou, Mary, Mother of God, come to their assistance with thy powerful intercession.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Fourth Day:
My God! because Thou art infinite goodness, I am sorry with my whole heart for having offended Thee. I promise to die rather than ever offend Thee more. Give me holy perseverance; have pity on me, and have pity on those holy souls that burn in the cleansing fire and love Thee with all their hearts. O Mary, Mother of God, assist them by thy powerful prayers.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Fifth Day:
Woe to me, unhappy being, if Thou, O Lord, hadst cast me into hell; for from that dungeon of eternal pain there is no deliverance. I love Thee above all things, O infinite God and I am sincerely sorry for having offended Thee again. Grant me the grace of holy perseverance. Have compassion on me, and, at the same time, on the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. O Mary, Mother of God, come to their assistance with thy powerful intercession.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Sixth Day:
My Divine Redeemer, Thou didst die for me on the Cross, and hast so often united Thyself with me in Holy Communion, and I have repaid Thee only with ingratitude. Now, however, I love Thee above all things, O supreme God; and I am more grieved at my offences against Thee than at any other evil. I will rather die than offend Thee again. Grant me the grace of holy perseverance. Have compassion on me, and, at the same time, on the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of God, come to their aid with thy powerful intercession.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Seventh Day:
God, Father of Mercy, satisfy this their ardent desire! Send them Thy holy Angel to announce to them that Thou, their Father, are now reconciled with them through the suffering and death of Jesus, and that the moment of their deliverance has arrived.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Eighth Day:
Oh my God! I also am one of these ungrateful beings, having received so much grace, and yet despised Thy love and deserved to be cast by Thee into hell. But Thy infinite goodness has spared me until now. Therefore, I now love Thee above all things, and I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee. I will rather die than ever offend Thee. Grant me the grace of holy perseverance. Have compassion on me and, at the same time, on the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of God, come to their aid with thy powerful intercession.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Ninth Day:
My God! How was it possible that I, for so many years, have borne tranquilly the separation from Thee and Thy holy grace! O infinite Goodness, how long-suffering hast Thou shown Thyself to me! Henceforth, I shall love Thee above all things. I am deeply sorry for having offended Thee; I promise rather to die than to again offend Thee. Grant me the grace of holy perseverance, and do not permit that I should ever again fall into sin. Have compassion on the holy souls in Purgatory. I pray Thee, moderate their sufferings; shorten the time of their misery; call them soon unto Thee in heaven, that they may behold Thee face to face, and forever love Thee. Mary, Mother of Mercy, come to their aid with thy powerful intercession, and pray for us also who are still in danger of eternal damnation.
Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below
Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
O most sweet Jesus, through the bloody sweat which Thou didst suffer in the Garden of Gethsemani, have mercy on these Blessed Souls. Have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel scourging, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most painful crowning with thorns, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in carrying Thy cross to Calvary, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel Crucifixion, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most bitter agony on the Cross, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
O most sweet Jesus, through the immense pain which Thou didst suffer in breathing forth Thy Blessed Soul, have mercy on them.
R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.
(Recommend yourself to the Souls in Purgatory and mention your intentions here)
Blessed Souls, I have prayed for thee; I entreat thee, who are so dear to God, and who are secure of never losing Him, to pray for me a miserable sinner, who is in danger of being damned, and of losing God forever. Amen.
Make it a truly good year...
In 1973 nearly 100,000 fans filled the seats at the Los Angeles Coliseum to watch the Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII 14 - 7 and complete the perfect 17 - 0 season.
It was a good year...
Or, so we thought.
For these, it was not a good year...
To fill the seats with the number of children killed thus far by American abortuary's it would take 500 (Hundred) such Super Bowls filling the coliseum below to capacity...
And with 42 Super Bowls down, that leaves just 458 left to go...
See you in the year 2466.
Make it a truly good year, vote life. Vote McCain.
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